I have a XDA2 that I no longer need that I would like to donate to a Linux developer (specifically).
The is only one draw back.
The phone is "slightly" broken.
The little PCB pin in the base of the phone is broken so you can no longer charge it by cable or plug it into a PC. Other than that it works fine with no history of crashes or overclocking at all.
I no longer needed it because I upgraded to a TREO 650.
Could someone point out to me whom I should be talking to for making a hardware donation to a Linux Hacker/Group.
Thanks
Marcus
If you still have it, I would be delighted to take it off your hands....
I've just started on working on porting Linux to mobile phones like this one
Ithamar.
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I took apart one my hw6515a smartphones and gave the faceplate to my sister's boyfriend who paints at a body shop. He painted it blue to match my truck although i believe the paint he used was for a 2000 Acura. Regardless it looks awesome, however that is all it does. It boots up and you can tell that because of the sound and you can blindly make calls. However as the title of this thread reads the screen is all white from the moment you turn it on. It was working before I disassembled it. I have done computer repair for a living for the past 10 years and I thought I was careful with the motherboard and the other PCB. Anyone with experience with this please reply, thanks! Not sure if I somehow damaged the screen or I am hoping there is some little nuance I overlooked during reassembly. It was kind of a pain in the butt trying to connect the screens ZIF connector because it and the speaker wires are short and so they have to be reinserted while this case is almost all the way closed.
A little about me + if you want to by the HP smart phones: I have known of xda-developers.com for years but haven’t had the time to participate in the community up until recently. Two weeks ago I decided to try out wm65 and it it awesome! However flashlite 3.1 was working with all browsers on my original Fuze firmware and now it is not, anyway I am ranting, I need to go to the proper post for that...
I have a (3) hw6515a's. Actually I have 4 but two of them are broke and together can make 1 full phone. If someone wants to make an offer to buy them with all the goodies that originally came with them feel free! I love HTC and currently use a Fuze and a Tilt (aka Raphael) both running WM6.5 . I just sold my 8525's and have had earlier HTC's as well. OK enough confessing of my love for HTC. I have taken a picture of the blue HP using my Fuze's camera in case anyone is interested in making an offer and it is attached below. The HP is a nice lightweight smartphone with GPS built in however the 240 x 240 px screen can prevent you from using some apps the way you want although i downloaded a fix off that allows you to run apps designed for 320 x 240 px. OK I am gone, sorry for the blathering; my mind has not been working properly the last few days.
Sounds like a connection to the screen is not right.
there is only 1 connection for the monitor
That connection is a small zif connector. I have tried reconnecting it multiple times.
there is only 1 connector going to the screen
That connection is a small zif connector. I have tried reconnecting it multiple times.
I'm used to have an USB microscope plugged to my pc. In the end that's nothing else than a sort of usb camera.
Useless to tell you there are no drivers for Android... but, as our a500 has an usb plug, I wonder if there is an app or a way to plug it and make it work. Any idea?
I hate being the devil's advocate, but I'd say it's highly, highly unlikely you'll ever get it to work... Unless you get a Linux driver for the microscope, you're out of luck. If you do get the driver in source form (unlikely) and it doesn't contain any x86 specific parts (or poorly written code that makes assumptions which don't hold on arm, nearly impossible), the android NDK should help you cross-compile it for your tab... then you can load it via insmod. You'll need root (and probably busybox) for all that, though (shouldn't be much of a problem).
He'll also need to write a client app that can talk to the USB device once he's got a driver for it...
Good luck ... but no likely to happen
All of the above is so true..
Kinda like my AWESOME BEST PRODUCT FOR DIGITAL DRAWING EVER .. MY Intuos 4 digital tablet.. I however got it working with the help from someone here in the accessories threads. But there is no APP That can use its capabilities.. I do not think Android has the ability.. Second issue is CPU AND MEMORY.. even if i could get a app to use it.. Would our tablet have the power .. ANSWER IS SIMPLE NO WAY .. MY QUAD FUSION CORE NOTEBOOK RUNNING WIN 7 PRO 64 BIT 16 GB SUPER FAST DDR3 RAM.. WITH SSD HARD DRIVE.. Still will lag during some brush tools .When i run anything else.. of Course this is on cs5 . on corel sketchbook it will recognize the pan tilt feature but load more then a few images or over 8-10 complex layers.. DEAD.. IT GOES.
WITH THAT ALL SAID.. YOU NEED .. kernel module .... drivers.... application to use them ... If that microscope is propitiatory like my tablet YOU ARE SOL.. UNLESS THE Manufacturer wants it to work under ANDROID.. I hope WACOM. Will make a android driver and app . i got a email back from them saying they are considering it..
Sorry for my long winded useless post ...
Ok, ok, ok, I surrender. I will keep using my netbook for the microscope. It's almost as "portable" as the tablet and I don't need to turn in rocket scientist to use it.
About the wacom... I use one of them as well (I am a photoshop addicted) but once again I am not a masochist. I will keep using my pc with it
I've got a simple touch that got stepped on, now Joseph Conrad has an interesting hairdo (can see where the crack is).
I've got ADB installed and working well for my other (various) Android devices, so using that is an option if I can figure out the Nook side.
The light next to the USB port goes on when I plug the Nook in, so there's some logic working in there.
Questions:
Can someone suggest a way to test if the device is good excepting the screen?
Is it worth replacing the screen on this device and if so, where could I find one?
Assuming screen replacement isn't an option, I'm considering random fun projects for this hardware. Anyone got recommendations?
The first random fun project I'm thinking of would be a WiFi repeater, mostly because I need one in the house here. Total awesomeness would be getting DD-WRT working on it
if u expert in adb ... then u can use and install program named "screenshot" and then run it and take print screen from ur nook and pull pic from ur sd card from screenshot directory .... all that via adb
but i dont know how ... it's just a theory ..... but it will make sure that ur device working or not and is it screen Issue or not
thx
That's a good idea, speedman.
You don't actually have to install any software.
The stock "screenshot" works well enough.
Ok, the colors are all screwed up, but still.
Code:
screenshot /sdcard/snap.png
Oh, yes you can buy screens from NST's gutted for parts.
It just that they cost about as much as a used NST.
If it were mine, I'd do some hacking.
I've already got a console UART connector soldered to the board.
I'd see about expanding the key matrix and seeing if I could get some I/O pins going.
JTAG would be fun to play with.
Could someone please direct me to the file in the manta source code what decides if the tablet should be charging or not?
I am trying to learn how to do some kernel hacking, and would like to start with a simple project.
I just got a Nexus 10 for Christmas, and I love it. I got a powered OTG cable and usb hub. Keyboard, mouse, and gamepad work flawlessly in CM, but the Nexus doesn't charge while I'm using them. I also have an Atrix 2, which I'm not very fond of, but it charges just fine under the same setup. The source for the Atrix 2 isn't available, so I got the source code for the Droid Bionic which I believe is close to identical if it's not the same phone. Once upon a time, I knew how to code, and I want to re-learn. I have plenty of manuals laying around.
What I'd like to do is re-compile the kernel with better behavior for OTG. I want it to check for incoming voltage, and AC charge if it sees it.
The only problem is that I'm completely unfamiliar with the kernel and system sources. I see the source for manta here:
(woops! Can't post links. Github. android_kernel_samsung_manta)
and the Droid Bionic here:
(Ditto. Sourceforge. droidbionic)
I was hoping someone could tell me whereabouts in the CM code it actually detects that a USB cable has been plugged in, and decides what actions to take. I can look back and forth between the two and sort it out, and learn a bit about how it's plumbed together. Additional commentary on how I should proceed would be most appreciated.
Thanks!
I know there are a lot of these threads but my intention is a bit different. This phone I gave to my daughter a few months ago and she cracked the entire screen (no touches register whatsoever). I want to take the phone and repurpose it to simply act as a webcam and point at my 3d printer. The phone is rooted and nothing on the phone needs to be saved. I bought an OTG cable without really reading into it enough to see the default one won't work.
So here's what I want to do. Somehow get some kind of vnc server/anything installed so that I can control it. The wifi currently connects so I'm good in that regards. The one damn hurdle that has stopped me is that the phone does not currently have debugging enabled so I cannot install apks over adb.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. The value of this phone is far outweighed by the price of a new screen so an actual repair is not in the cards.