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Root The road to Android ICS 4.0 on the Triumph

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Can I ask (going back to the new drivers for the GPU) how you have all installed these on our phone?
 
lifeblows10 said:
Why did this post go blank?! Oh well.

Can I ask (going back to the new drivers for the GPU) how you have all installed these on our phone?
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I'm wondering the same thing. I have the final version of CM7 installed and would love a graphical boost if possible.

Thanks!
 
lifeblows10 said:
Why did this post go blank?! Oh well.
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Isaac is on a well deserved leave do to final exams, the holidays and his Triumph's micro USB port died. If he called Virgin on Monday, then he should have the replacement phone this week. I got mine in two days. I'm sure he will work on his replacement at his leisure and he is generous enough to share his findings with us. I would think that he wants to get ICS on his phone as much if not more than anyone, and if someone wants to pick up where he left off; he posted his github links to the code in an earlier blog a page or two or three back. Not to assume but if he continues to work on ICS and make major progress on his Triumph, an alpha release by him will probably happen by the end of this month or early in January.
None of us should rush him into anything....I'm also sure that he will want to look at the new drivers available for video and everything else. If anyone finds information that might be useful in ICS development for the MT, give him a link.

Isaac Rocks!

Happy Holidays Isaac and to everyone here who helps others out!
 
fototogo said:
Isaac is on a well deserved leave do to final exams, the holidays and his Triumph's micro USB port died. If he called Virgin on Monday, then he should have the replacement phone this week. I got mine in two days. I'm sure he will work on his replacement at his leisure and he is generous enough to share his findings with us. I would think that he wants to get ICS on his phone as much if not more than anyone, and if someone wants to pick up where he left off; he posted his github links to the code in an earlier blog a page or two or three back. Not to assume but if he continues to work on ICS and make major progress on his Triumph, an alpha release by him will probably happen by the end of this month or early in January.
None of us should rush him into anything....I'm also sure that he will want to look at the new drivers available for video and everything else. If anyone finds information that might be useful in ICS development for the MT, give him a link.

Isaac Rocks!

Happy Holidays Isaac and to everyone here who helps others out!
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Bro, you took what I said out of context. I was trying to multi-quote the stuff from the guys that found the drivers, but when I hit "Post" it came out as a empty post.
 
lifeblows10 said:
Bro, you took what I said out of context. I was trying to multi-quote the stuff from the guys that found the drivers, but when I hit "Post" it came out as a empty post.
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There is an issue of that sort of thing happening around the forums today. I blame the Galaxy Nexus release! :p

In all seriousness, they are working on resolving that issue.
 
isaacj87 said:
Something real funky happened to this thread...
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Someone posted a thread about pulling the ICS sources, I moved some posts from here to the other post if they fit better with that. They all related to that and were posted mostly in one evening. Is that what you mean? or the fact that posts don't appear correctly?
 
Whyzor said:
Android development is mostly about programming in Java (a nice object oriented language) in a sanitized development environment (thanks to Google & their dev tools).

This kind of work is more about low level hardware/software interactions. I think the main thing is getting other people's solutions/fixes/updates merged. Which means searching the threads, other people's repos, compare differences between files. Trying their solutions in your build environment, if it works, push out the results so others who follow your repo or searching for the same thing don't have to re-solve the same problems. The fastest way to learn something to jump in, ask questions, search, don't be afraid to make mistakes... This is cutting edge stuff
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So where or how does one get started?

I'm a sophomore in college with a year of computer science and java knowledge under my belt and would love to look into this stuff, but I don't even know where to begin, I don't want to drag this thread off topic though, if this is a complicated answer please PM me, thanks a ton!
 
Whyzor said:
Android development is mostly about programming in Java (a nice object oriented language) in a sanitized development environment (thanks to Google & their dev tools).

This kind of work is more about low level hardware/software interactions. I think the main thing is getting other people's solutions/fixes/updates merged. Which means searching the threads, other people's repos, compare differences between files. Trying their solutions in your build environment, if it works, push out the results so others who follow your repo or searching for the same thing don't have to re-solve the same problems. The fastest way to learn something to jump in, ask questions, search, don't be afraid to make mistakes... This is cutting edge stuff
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This is mostly true, but when we're talking about getting all the hardware stuff working, it'll require a strong C/C++ background. When it comes to getting the ROM mostly functional, we can explore and try out things that others have tried. However, in the case of the Triumph, there is certain hardware that will require new code to be written. A good example would be getting libhardware_legacy working with our wlan module.
 
Hi Isaac:

I see you working hard with a few developers on ICS and without a working Triumph... Can you give us an update as to you sending in or receiving a replacement? Even if it died before you could put it back to stock, when they refurbish it they probably look to wipe it clean anyway. Did you send yours in? Let us know at your convenience.....Thanks!
 
fototogo said:
Hi Isaac:

I see you working hard with a few developers on ICS and without a working Triumph... Can you give us an update as to you sending in or receiving a replacement? Even if it died before you could put it back to stock, when they refurbish it they probably look to wipe it clean anyway. Did you send yours in? Let us know at your convenience.....Thanks!
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I haven't made any attempts at getting a replacement (too busy). When I figure out all the right details, I'll ask VM for a new one.

I have a nice Triumph user who is willing to donate her Triumph, so that's another possibility.
 
isaacj87 said:
I haven't made any attempts at getting a replacement (too busy). When I figure out all the right details, I'll ask VM for a new one.

I have a nice Triumph user who is willing to donate her Triumph, so that's another possibility.
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Email them including:
The phone number
Pin for the account
your full address
your first and last name

And a couple sentences saying the port is ruined and you need a replacement. That's it, they should send you a message back saying it's going to be sent. Nothing else, no justification or conversation to be had.
 
JohnnyCSx said:
Email them including:
The phone number
Pin for the account
your full address
your first and last name

And a couple sentences saying the port is ruined and you need a replacement. That's it, they should send you a message back saying it's going to be sent. Nothing else, no justification or conversation to be had.
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I'll try that. What's the email address? Or is it this thing: https://www1.virginmobileusa.com/about/prepareEmailUs.do
 
isaacj87 said:
I'll try that. What's the email address? Or is it this thing: https://www1.virginmobileusa.com/about/prepareEmailUs.do
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Isaac I say just call them. Its what I've always done. Takes 5 to 10 mins. When you call just say live advisor then ask a question on the next menu and then say something else on their next menu. Then say some same weird rambling. It will say it can't understand you then just repeat the weird rambling then it will say it's gonna connect you to a live advisor. This stops the automated system from asking lots of questions. No lie but this always works. Just dial *86 from your phone.
 
boomer_jmoore said:
Isaac I say just call them. Its what I've always done. Takes 5 to 10 mins. When you call just say live advisor then ask a question on the next menu and then say something else on their next menu. Then say some same weird rambling. It will say it can't understand you then just repeat the weird rambling then it will say it's gonna connect you to a live advisor. This stops the automated system from asking lots of questions. No lie but this always works. Just dial *86 from your phone.
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I also spoke to someone live and it took about 9-12 minutes. You don't have to return your defective unit for up to 2 weeks. They send you a return envelope to put your defective phone in and they tell you over the phone a VM # to write on the envelope so they credit you for it's return. If you don't return the def phone with your return # on the VM paid return envelope in 2 weeks they cancel your acc't. The replacement phone then needs to be activaed and ported by them for no charge and get a live person on the phone and it will take also 5-10 minutes to get your number ported and phone activated.... I read somewhere that VM sends your unit to the OEM where they wipe and repair the unit and give it back to VM as a refurb....If you get a refurb then it will come with no battery, no micro SD card and no back battery cover....Those you swap over from your other phone. If you call Sunday night, you might get it by Tuesday. :o
 
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