so being a little fed up with windows mobile and a little discouraged with my last unsuccessful flashing experience (tethering is how I roll) im looking for a fully functional or mostly functional version of linux for my Herald. I've searched everywhere I can think of, is that pretty much the end of the road? would a linux rom that works on another similar phone work on mine? which phone is most similar? if linux isn't available, how long should I wait?
THANKS!
Cheers
Stivan
Have a lokk in "Developement and Hacking" thread. there are several linux threads. BUT nothing impressive....
Wait on google android!
If it makes you feel better, USPL works off some kind of linux i believe. If you use USPL to flash your phone you technically used linux. So there we go
I am definately interested in a herald linux port.
Linux on Herald Here!!!
Here is a gentoo image compatible with the Herald. Built for the Wizard, but works fine on my Wing. Only issues being no sound support and screen is shifted to the right a little, but touchscreen and SD card are working. Keyboard mapping is a little off though, but easy enough to figure out.
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/gentoo/embedded/55281
For those who don't want to read the whole thread...
http://tinderbox.dev.gentoo.org/embedded/linwizard/gizard-20080527.tar.bz2
Extract to root of storage card, and run Haret.exe Login as root, blank password. Use startx to get desktop if you want.
Enjoy
Hey guys, I tried it too but I get a white screen...
you kick ass..If I could just get the source code...
Lackofmotivation said:
Here is a gentoo image compatible with the Herald. Built for the Wizard, but works fine on my Wing. Only issues being no sound support and screen is shifted to the right a little, but touchscreen and SD card are working. Keyboard mapping is a little off though, but easy enough to figure out.
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/gentoo/embedded/55281
For those who don't want to read the whole thread...
http://tinderbox.dev.gentoo.org/embedded/linwizard/gizard-20080527.tar.bz2
Extract to root of storage card, and run Haret.exe Login as root, blank password. Use startx to get desktop if you want.
Enjoy
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I don't even know you, but I love you!
You are awesome. Thank you so damn much.
Linux was my only reason for buying a wing!
The obvious problems I see are as follows:
no sound
screen does not adjust when slid out
no phone program
not sure if it can get on the edge network
directional button does not work
the telephone buttons dont appear to respond nor do the subkeys around the green and red phone buttons
it's gentoo [I kid, this isn't really a problem ]
the keypad does not seem to map correctly to qwerty-us
cap and alt are lit and are inaccessible
usb port may or may not work.. did not check
other then that KICKASS
This is by no means a complaint list.
I am a programmer, I do know c and I have messed around inside the
internals of the linux kernel before.
My motivation to resolve as many of the above issues is very high right now.
I was almost ready to give up on this phone.
Again... THANK YOU!!!
Did you take the entire gizard folder and drop it into the top level directory of your sd card?
after you do that, reboot your phone. Then run the haret program.
_MsG_ said:
Hey guys, I tried it too but I get a white screen...
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You must have a different LCD panel, and the power GPIO settings may
be different. Look and compare the wizard and artemis wiki pages about
omap gpios.
Herald is very similar to Wiazrd (artemis has a very different setup), but
obviously there are still some differences.
not really
fzzyrn said:
If it makes you feel better, USPL works off some kind of linux i believe. If you use USPL to flash your phone you technically used linux. So there we go
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this really isnt what i was talking about at all. linux os on htc phone, not using linux program to flash htc phone with windows software. really big difference. so technically, yeah i did use linux, but not on my phone. thanks anyway though
touchscreen broken
so in order to install gentoo onto linux i have to install within windows mobile i guess. problem is, my touchscreen is broken and it wont let me get past the setup wizard and the screen calibration. when the touchscreen broke, for some reason i thought that reseting my phone might fix it, maybe some sort of glitch or something. is there any way to get past this? is there any other way to install gentoo without having to put it on the memory card first?
so in order to install gentoo onto linux i have to install within windows mobile i guess. problem is, my touchscreen is broken and it wont let me get past the setup wizard and the screen calibration. when the touchscreen broke, for some reason i thought that reseting my phone might fix it, maybe some sort of glitch or something. is there any way to get past this? is there any other way to install gentoo without having to put it on the memory card first?
waiting......
as for the broken touch screen,just create a file named welcome.not and place it in the root of the micro sd card. restart the unit. it'sjust an empty file. it has worked for me four times already. it bypasses the touch screen setup. as for linux. I would love to try it.
Thank You Thank You So Much!
donepate you are so awesome! this is by far probably one of the most useful (albeit basic) tips ive ever read! thank you so much my herald has been dead for about a year and in its place was a Samsung SGH-639. BLAH! YAY! HERALD IS BACK! HELL YEAAAAAH!
has anyone got this to work completely keyboard, screen flipping and everything?
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Something that has been bugging me is the speed at which file are copied between my pc and my phone.
I was playing with my dads phone (The HTC Touch Diamond 2) and I noticed a nice feature, when the phone is connected to the pc it asks you to choose a connection setting, namely: Active Sync, File Storage, or Internet Conn Sharing.
If you choose the file storage mode, the phone appears as a flash disk type device with access to the storage card and files are transfered at the same speed as one would expect from a flash disk.
So my question basically is, is it possible to do something like that with my HTC Elf, I'm running WM 6.0.
Thank in advance.
dgcarter said:
Something that has been bugging me is the speed at which file are copied between my pc and my phone.
I was playing with my dads phone (The HTC Touch Diamond 2) and I noticed a nice feature, when the phone is connected to the pc it asks you to choose a connection setting, namely: Active Sync, File Storage, or Internet Conn Sharing.
If you choose the file storage mode, the phone appears as a flash disk type device with access to the storage card and files are transfered at the same speed as one would expect from a flash disk.
So my question basically is, is it possible to do something like that with my HTC Elf, I'm running WM 6.0.
Thank in advance.
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Almost all cooked ROMs have got this feature... However, if you don't want to flash your device, you can use apps like WM5torage
Cero92 said:
Almost all cooked ROMs have got this feature... However, if you don't want to flash your device, you can use apps like WM5torage
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Too late I'm afraid... did the whole rom upgrade thing, got a bit carried away and now my phone is bricked, so much so that it wont even power on... looks like it was my 1st and last smartphone.
Try to unbrick it using this
I wish I could... problem is, the phone is literally dead, and I mean dead... I push the power button and nothing happens... at all.
dgcarter said:
I wish I could... problem is, the phone is literally dead, and I mean dead... I push the power button and nothing happens... at all.
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Sounds like a Motherboard issue.
It was working perfectly until it restarted after I tried restoring my dumped SPL and IPL. I don't know why it would just become so totally unresponsive, its never given any trouble before.
dgcarter said:
It was working perfectly until it restarted after I tried restoring my dumped SPL and IPL. I don't know why it would just become so totally unresponsive, its never given any trouble before.
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Oh, no wonder!
You cannot ever restore dumped spl or ipl, as you can get it from the forums.
Gold card method left.
Check the elf-upgrading forum.
Oh well, you live you learn... I was relieved to find that I still have 3 months on the warranty, and the phone is so stuffed up that I don't think theres even any way to tell that I had all sorts of funky roms on the device.
I started looking into the idea of restoring the device with the JTAG technique, but there's not much info out there re: the elf, so I thought I'd be kind to myself and just drive all the way out to Lab88 and get them to repair it.
Hold thumbs, lol...
dgcarter said:
Oh well, you live you learn... I was relieved to find that I still have 3 months on the warranty, and the phone is so stuffed up that I don't think theres even any way to tell that I had all sorts of funky roms on the device.
I started looking into the idea of restoring the device with the JTAG technique, but there's not much info out there re: the elf, so I thought I'd be kind to myself and just drive all the way out to Lab88 and get them to repair it.
Hold thumbs, lol...
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Well, you still had 3 months on the warrenty? Bring it back to HTC!
Dont bother to go to any other place.
I did take it to HTC... In SA Lab88 are the HTC people, lol... They used to be leaf, but they changed for some reason.
dgcarter said:
I did take it to HTC... In SA Lab88 are the HTC people, lol... They used to be leaf, but they changed for some reason.
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Oh, thats weird.
I thought it should be called like ' HTC Customer Service Centre '.
Because thats whats its called in Singapore.
Hello,
Can I successfully flash a new ROM if I have a broken display??
I am currently controlling my phone via MyMobiler. I have ordered a new LCD but until it arrives (aprox 15 days) I would like to flash a new ROM, also CID unlock the phone.
Is there a way that I can do all of this blindsided ??
nnph said:
Hello,
Can I successfully flash a new ROM if I have a broken display??
I am currently controlling my phone via MyMobiler. I have ordered a new LCD but until it arrives (aprox 15 days) I would like to flash a new ROM, also CID unlock the phone.
Is there a way that I can do all of this blindsided ??
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Not being an expert, but you wouldn't be able to resinatll mymobiler to control it again afterwards, and then it would be useless until you got the new LCD? Most steps of it, I think you'd be able to do, when flashing I haven't ever had to use the touch screen/see the screen. But I think you would have issues being able to use it afterwards anyways as you would have a nice bit of guess work to get the right location when you're prompted to install mymobiler on the elf. Also, you would have to get to this point by using remote align?
But then again, someone with more knowledge may be able to offer better advice, I hope my views help.
hoping to get some ideas!!
MyMobiler was installed when the display was broken. I am not sure if it prompts a message when you install it? (after running the installer on the PC I pushed the left soft-key just in case, and it worked)
My only concern is what are the steps/messages on the first boot after flashing??! it has been 2 year since I've flashed a WM and I don't remember all the stages.
nnph said:
hoping to get some ideas!!
MyMobiler was installed when the display was broken. I am not sure if it prompts a message when you install it? (after running the installer on the PC I pushed the left soft-key just in case, and it worked)
My only concern is what are the steps/messages on the first boot after flashing??! it has been 2 year since I've flashed a WM and I don't remember all the stages.
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Did one on my lunch, from memory it seems to be calibrate (cries if one is slightly out...), date time settings, and a few annoying this is how winmo works with menus etc. then you get to the actual screen.
I have a second ELF coming tomorrow - If I can get it fixed I can see if I cna figure it out if you'd like? May take some time as I only get 30mins a day to mess around with them though. Maybe take some pics so you can get a guess for where the buttons are on the screens you won't be able to see, as from your posts it sounds like the digitiser works?
I have an Imagio that i would like to give to a friend, they want Angry birds. And well.... The Imagio is Windows Mobile. So i was wondering if i can get android on there?
I've heard rumors that a blackstone ROM would work, But i've no idea how to go about installing it.. Any ideas?
I've tried a few times to put it on there but it doesn't work for me. I've been asking around as well.
Is not that easy, it is not the same hardware only same processor and ram, maybe FM radio and GPS is the same, but imagio must have a different GSM radio (because of the HSPA features) and also a CDMA/EvDO radio; the bluetooth is 2.1 instead of 2.0 and the hardware keys are different (only 4 on the blackstone)... The key is to develop a new Android rom for the imagio, is just a matter of drivers and configurations, i am pretty shure it's all there but has not been put together yet...
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The ignorance is a deseased, but it can be cured
It booted (i guess) !!
coolpoete said:
I've tried a few times to put it on there but it doesn't work for me. I've been asking around as well.
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Hi, i was ale to boot yesterday but i found a problem with the LCD screen, it is not recognized and is blank, i think maybe we can work it out using the correct command line arguments in the startup.txt HaRET file
Please try it, i need help:
http://www.4shared.com/file/h9LTDTdp...imagiotar.html
The screen is blank, but i know it boots because it turns off the screen after a minute and responds to the "send" buttom and turns on, also it created a data.img and FSCK0000.REC file
There's a lot of work to do but we are on the right way !!!
Thank's
i have an HD2 with a cracked screen i bought on craigslist. the unlock screen will stop working sometimes, and when i pull the battery and reboot, the home screen sometimes doesn't work. i've heard of these problems before but i'm not sure if this is a software or hardware problem. the previous owner had the phone running on AxLor DF1 XLite WWE. please help!
also i'd like to know how to flash to stock through micro sd, since i don't have a usb cable.
Thanks.
isoDUB said:
i have an HD2 with a cracked screen i bought on craigslist. the unlock screen will stop working sometimes, and when i pull the battery and reboot, the home screen sometimes doesn't work. i've heard of these problems before but i'm not sure if this is a software or hardware problem. the previous owner had the phone running on AxLor DF1 XLite WWE. please help!
also i'd like to know how to flash to stock through micro sd, since i don't have a usb cable.
Thanks.
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Go to this thread here, this is a thread on flashing from SD card. It has all the info you will need.
Also you can buy a replacement screen and install it. There is a couple of threads here on XDA on how to do this just do a search for them.
T-Macgnolia said:
Go to this thread here, this is a thread on flashing from SD card. It has all the info you will need.
Also you can buy a replacement screen and install it. There is a couple of threads here on XDA on how to do this just do a search for them.
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thanks, got on the stock T-Mobile rom now, but the touch screen on the lockscreen only sometimes works. would flashing to android fix this? i notice it will unlock sometimes after i press power then give it a few minutes, so i'm not sure if this is hardware or software related, and i'd like to avoid replacing the screen if i can.
EDIT: weird, i read a thread that said i should use the call button to unlock, and after a battery pull and waiting a few minutes, its worked for a bit, so i guess i found a temperary fix....
so now, i was wondering if its possible to boot android from the nand, and boot windows mobile 6.5, wp7, ubuntu, and meego from the sd, or can win mobile 6.5 only be booted from the nand? also, i need spl/hspl to boot all these things right?
isoDUB said:
so now, i was wondering if its possible to boot android from the nand, and boot windows mobile 6.5, wp7, ubuntu, and meego from the sd, or can win mobile 6.5 only be booted from the nand? also, i need spl/hspl to boot all these things right?
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You can't have them all. You can have WP7 running from NAND and Android running through SD. Not too sure on the rest though.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App
isoDUB said:
thanks, got on the stock T-Mobile rom now, but the touch screen on the lockscreen only sometimes works. would flashing to android fix this? i notice it will unlock sometimes after i press power then give it a few minutes, so i'm not sure if this is hardware or software related, and i'd like to avoid replacing the screen if i can.
EDIT: weird, i read a thread that said i should use the call button to unlock, and after a battery pull and waiting a few minutes, its worked for a bit, so i guess i found a temperary fix....
so now, i was wondering if its possible to boot android from the nand, and boot windows mobile 6.5, wp7, ubuntu, and meego from the sd, or can win mobile 6.5 only be booted from the nand? also, i need spl/hspl to boot all these things right?
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I know it would be a pain in the butt and in the wallet too. But it would probably benifit you to replace your screen. But this is a dessision that you will have to make for yourself.
Glad you found a teperary fix!
Yes you will need HSPL and also MAGLD flashed to your HD2 in that order to flash a NAND Andriod ROM. I beleive you can flash HSPL from your SD card, I think the thread I linked covers this. Buy I din't think you can flash MAGLD from your SD card. So you will have to have a USB cable for this. You can go to the HD2 Andriod NAND ROM section here on XDA and do a search for MAGLD and you will find the thread on it so you can double check and see if you can but I really don't think it is possibble. But you will have to have a USB cable to flash Andriod, WP7, MeeGo, and Ubuntu cause MAGDL does not have SD card flashing ability yet but they are working on it though. They are also working on being abale to run Windows Mobile 6.5 from SD card but as of right now it is not possibl, only from NAND right now. Also if you install a NAND Andriod ROM I think you can run WP7 from SD card but don't hold me to that cause I am not 100% sure of that, but if So that isit no other OS from SD card when running a NAND Andriod ROM.
T-Macgnolia said:
I know it would be a pain in the butt and in the wallet too. But it would probably benifit you to replace your screen. But this is a dessision that you will have to make for yourself.
Glad you found a teperary fix!
Yes you will need HSPL and also MAGLD flashed to your HD2 in that order to flash a NAND Andriod ROM. I beleive you can flash HSPL from your SD card, I think the thread I linked covers this. Buy I din't think you can flash MAGLD from your SD card. So you will have to have a USB cable for this. You can go to the HD2 Andriod NAND ROM section here on XDA and do a search for MAGLD and you will find the thread on it so you can double check and see if you can but I really don't think it is possibble. But you will have to have a USB cable to flash Andriod, WP7, MeeGo, and Ubuntu cause MAGDL does not have SD card flashing ability yet but they are working on it though. They are also working on being abale to run Windows Mobile 6.5 from SD card but as of right now it is not possibl, only from NAND right now. Also if you install a NAND Andriod ROM I think you can run WP7 from SD card but don't hold me to that cause I am not 100% sure of that, but if So that isit no other OS from SD card when running a NAND Andriod ROM.
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thanks. for now i'll just work on installing android to the nand. i have a question though, will turning off the lockscreen in android possibly fix the touchscreen problem? i've been racking my brain trying to figure this out. i can either hurt my wallet with a screen repair, or i can do a battery pull every everytime i use the phone.. a real pain in the ass... sigh.. at least i got the phone cheap..
isoDUB said:
thanks. for now i'll just work on installing android to the nand. i have a question though, will turning off the lockscreen in android possibly fix the touchscreen problem? i've been racking my brain trying to figure this out. i can either hurt my wallet with a screen repair, or i can do a battery pull every everytime i use the phone.. a real pain in the ass... sigh.. at least i got the phone cheap..
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You know I can not say for sure if turning off the screen lock would solve your problem. But it sure is worth a shot so I say go for it and see. Also you can use a app like Touch Tools or BsB Tweeks to cut the lock screen off in Windows Mobile. Just do a search here on XDA or do a Google search for them and you will find them I recomend the Touch Tools this is a really great app. It adds a lot of tweeking ability to your HD2. I love it and have been using it for atleast 5 to 6 months now. Anyway if turn off the lock screen with one off these apps and it fixes your issue. Then you will know if you turn off the lock screen in Andriod it should have the same result. Heck if it fixes it you might just keep Windows Mobile ha ha just joking. I would not blame anyone for flashing a NAND Andriod ROM and getting rid of Win Mo. I personaly like Win Mo.
You're best off investing in a USB cable too lol. Your local hardware shop will have them. Its just a basic USB to micro USB cable.
I dont think any amount of tinkering with any OS is going to resolve your touchscreen problem............
The screen is cracked right?? Theres your problem.........
Could be issues with the digitiser as well because of this.
First job, new screen...........
i've been messing with the phone last night, and it seems the problem is related to the end call button. it seems whenever i try to wake up the phone with that button, it will freeze, while using the green button will wake up with no problem most of the time (>20% chance of freeze). it seems the freezing doesn't happen after a certain amount of time, since i left the phone in sleep all night and woke it up in the morning no problem. so in case anyone has the same problem as me and is too cheap to fix it, try only using the end call button when actually calling/putting the phone to sleep.
and where could i get a micro usb cable cheap besides online? i think t-mobile has them but they're like $10+...
it's dead again!
help! (again). the touchscreen is dead after i HAD to use the power button today, and now i can't use the touchscreen at all! i've tried turning the screen on and off like 50 times, tried like 10 battery pulls, but nothing! please help! can i open my phone somehow to get to the end key hardware or something???
earlier today also happened to me this problem, I install several rom a day, I can not go a day without testing new rom, I thought the problem was that, because I found this topic, when I use the button to connect the phone, everything is well, but not always the case that with the off button. Was it any rom that did this damage in some piece of hardware?
Body said:
earlier today also happened to me this problem, I install several rom a day, I can not go a day without testing new rom, I thought the problem was that, because I found this topic, when I use the button to connect the phone, everything is well, but not always the case that with the off button. Was it any rom that did this damage in some piece of hardware?
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isoDUB said:
help! (again). the touchscreen is dead after i HAD to use the power button today, and now i can't use the touchscreen at all! i've tried turning the screen on and off like 50 times, tried like 10 battery pulls, but nothing! please help! can i open my phone somehow to get to the end key hardware or something???
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Sorry to tell both of you but your problems are hardware related. Member isoDUB yours is most definitly a hardware issue, but it has been a little bit sense you posted that post so I hope you have got your HD2 fixed or are working on getting it fixed. Member Body yours sounds hardware related to cause if you flash another ROM and you still have the problem with your buttons then it is most definitely a hardware issue.
Best option is to send to HTC and see if you can get a new one for free if you are under warranty.
same problem
hi
im not original english speaking so please excuse my bad english.
a few days ago i got the same problem. the display doesn't work when the phone was waked up with the endcall button.
when i woke up the phone with an other button the display worked.
i sended it to htc an they just told me they will not repair it because it is not in the original contition.
i flashed it with the latest original rom from htc but they didn't tell me what is wrong in detail.
i answerd them an asked what is wrong but until now i didn't get an answer.
Hello, I have a similar problem. When you unlock the screen so we jump on the green but some spots that disappear after a while.
Disaster strikes !!! Same prob here !!!
its indeed something with the buttons ... Touch screen is dead ... but sometimes its workin!!
Three months ago ... I changed the case of the HD2 with a new one. The "old"one was full of scratches ...
I think yhat HTC is not gonna accept that ... the "void-label" on the screw is damaged...
What do you think Guys ??
Grtz
every where the htc hd2 screen problem ........... i think that every one who has the htc hd2 facing the screen problem we shopuld start the new thread where we that who has the htc hd2 without any touch screen problem
Have the same damn problem ..once the screen is locked ..its impossible to slide it to unlock ..previously it was working 50% of the time and now it doesnt work at all :-(( ..
Any suggestions ? ...I read alot on the forums and people seem to say that its digitizer related but the imp thing is to note that almost 98-99% of the people having this problem are frequent Android rom flashers ..so does Android have something to do with this and will flashing original stock rom back be the solution ??
Hi all,
I have an Archos 70IT but, with an accident, the screen broke up, and now i wan't to know if I can do something with my Archos, like installing Linux on it, making a server or whatever else than letting it on the ground.
Thanks for your answer
eagleofdeath13 said:
Hi all,
I have an Archos 70IT but, with an accident, the screen broke up, and now i wan't to know if I can do something with my Archos, like installing Linux on it, making a server or whatever else than letting it on the ground.
Thanks for your answer
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if it still runs then great - but how can you configure it to enable ssh, some kind of a share, or even usb access, without a screen?
can you use it by plugging an hdmi monitor to it? ( don' tknow if your model has hdmi out)
First of all thanks to reply ^^
Yes it still run (or it seems to run ^^) and the "how?" is the the question that i ask ^^
I will try to plug it to an HDMI monitor but I think it will not work (to make the external screen work you have to use a button, that i can't use without screen).
The only thing i've done is going in recovery and use the flash disk with my compute. If only we could make our self .aos i could make a one that accept SSH access, and then the work will be done, but we can't
hmmm.... that's a tricky one then.
Without trying to sound negative, all I can think of is to get another one, take both of them apart to get access to the screen connectors, attach working screen to yours and do whatever programming changes are needed so that when you power it on you can access it or vnc control it from another machine by default without having to touch anything. then put the other one together again and return it to the store or give it back to your generous friend who let you borrow it for the weekend
and no - I'm not that generous ;-)
There may be some other brilliant method but I certainly don't know of it in standard android.
I have bought another one (i was addicted to this thing ^^) but ... open it wil break the garanty so i'm not sure. Maybe i will wait some time before doing this (or wait another idea) but thanks, it's a really good idea ^^
If you can see anything on the screen you can get a wireless keyboard mouse combo to use the device. If you can't see anything you might have a pretty hard time and a lot of guess work flashing a custom kernel with SSH enabled by default. Does angstrom have SSH enabled?
Also not really android dev...
Sent from my A101IT using Tapatalk
Nothing visible on the screen, only white :S And for Angström I don't know.
(Could someone replace this subject on the right place!)
eagleofdeath13 said:
I have bought another one (i was addicted to this thing ^^) but ... open it wil break the garanty so i'm not sure. Maybe i will wait some time before doing this (or wait another idea) but thanks, it's a really good idea ^^
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Cool, I agree about the warranty issue if you own the second 101 yourself.
My suggestions were slightly illegal (buy then return to store "I don't want it after all so would like a refund" LoL) or just not very nice ("thanks, I liked borrowing that over the weekend to play games" LoL).
Wait as long as possible in case someone more clever can help you out.
But I'm glad that my ideas weren't completely crazy anyhow
Cheers,
Don
But i'm also afraid to break something ^^
eagleofdeath13 said:
But i'm also afraid to break something ^^
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that would stop me from doing it also. I was hoping you were more confident working insde tiny electronic devices than I am.
d31b0y said:
If you can see anything on the screen you can get a wireless keyboard mouse combo to use the device. If you can't see anything you might have a pretty hard time and a lot of guess work flashing a custom kernel with SSH enabled by default. Does angstrom have SSH enabled?
Also not really android dev...
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Hmm, seems like you could flash it with a cooked Uruk configured how you wanted it so that it would work with ssh/vnc from a straight boot. I'm trying to think of the steps that would be involved and if you would need a working screen.
If you knew the exact location of the menu items on the Uruk install you could do it without the screen (press vol down twice, then enter; next step press vol once, enter, etc - these are just examples, obviously). I think Uruk comes with ssh enabled by default. I could be wrong or missing a key step you can't do blindly, just thinking out loud here.
I've never used UrukDroid, but if someone here knows the steps it would be very, very nice! Thanks in advance and Thanks for your help.
Pull apart the broken one and see what the make/model of the screen is and then see if you can buy a new screen.
You could also contact Archos and buy a screen from them.
Thanks, yes I think i'll try to do that ^^
Same problem ...
Broke my screen too!
I'm trying this route ... EBAY - cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230598268646
Cheaper but you have to use Western-Union: item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=9004146795
I dropped the http : //. I'm new to the forum and they do not let new members post links. I assure all that I have no connection to either link. In fact, I'm still waiting for my purchase from EBAY (it's only been a week or so from over-seas). I obtained the second link from forum(.)archosfans(.)com and had contact with them - they wanted $77 USD plus shipping and payment via WesternUnion. I chose EBAY because I felt I had more financial protection.