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CWM Working for Xoom!

Just seen Bigrushdog tweet this
@clockworkmod Xoom has fully functional recovery with SD Card Mass Storage enabled! testing and debugging...
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<DroidHAMz> hey brd
<DroidHAMz> @clockworkmod Xoom has fully functional recovery with SD Card Mass Storage enabled! testing and debugging...
<DroidHAMz> really?
<@bigrushdog> yes
its true...

Awesome News.
I was thinking, with so few physical buttons on the Xoom, I wonder how navigation will work in Clockwork.
Volume up and Down can provide up and down on the menu... however Select, back etc...

youngproguru said:
Awesome News.
I was thinking, with so few physical buttons on the Xoom, I wonder how navigation will work in Clockwork.
Volume up and Down can provide up and down on the menu... however Select, back etc...
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Select is probably power button. Back should be in the cwm menu.

My guess is up and down volume to navigate and lock button to select, should only need those.
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This is exciting i hope its available tonight
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Guess the real question is...how long before roms and we put the thing to use?
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I guess that all depends on Google releasing the source code for HC

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I guess that all depends on Google releasing the source code for HC
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[...] because really, who wants to put gingerbread on a tablet when you can have HC ?

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18958627/IMG_20110416_134722.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18958627/IMG_20110416_135058.jpg

OMG!
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!
I can hear CM8 coming!
Cant wait!

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[...] because really, who wants to put gingerbread on a tablet when you can have HC ?
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After much reading, and following CM, I think that Honeycomb and Gingerbread are almost the same. I think Gingerbread was modified, and the Shell was modified to give us that Honeycomb look.
I think that CM7 would be just as good on Xoom as Honeycomb, if we can convince the market to supply us the Tablet apps.

I'm not so sure... we know that at some point Google branched, likely closer to 2.2 than 2.3 for honeycomb. you'll find 2.1 and 2.2 elements in it that don't exist in gingerbread... but that doesn't mean I'm any more right than you. I was really surprised to see the base 2.2 indeterminate (progress bar swirl) in it for example.
I've run Gingerbread on my gTab and keep going back to an optimized version of the 2.2 front-end it shipped with.
I'm hard pressed at this point to name one or the other a victor. If there was a truly tablet optimized version of GB out there I'd consider trying it again, but they all still have too much of a hacked feel to them... I don't mean that as a knock against the devs working hard on them... just my own observation. I'm sure in time they'll clean up nicely... as will honeycomb.

The recovery will be up shortly. In the mean time, i recommend you back up your /data/media folder to your computer. The way things have turned out. Android will have to treat your external sd card as the real sd card. In other words, android will no longer use your internal memory for things like camera. your internal memory will just be storage space. But, isn't this the way it's supposed to be? Also, this should enable Mass Storage. You will also have to flash a new updated kernel which will also be up soon.

I'll patiently wait for both. Does the external SD card have to be mounted for us to go through the procedure? I'll just pull it out prior to the upgrade if that's an option.

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The recovery will be up shortly. In the mean time, i recommend you back up your /data/media folder to your computer. The way things have turned out. Android will have to treat your external sd card as the real sd card. In other words, android will no longer use your internal memory for things like camera. your internal memory will just be storage space. But, isn't this the way it's supposed to be? Also, this should enable Mass Storage. You will also have to flash a new updated kernel which will also be up soon.
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Is this gonna work for the wifi xoom??
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Is this gonna work for the wifi xoom??
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those pics above are pics of my wifi xoom, fyi

You can install recovery in the meantime while waiting for the new kernel. Its on koush's website and rom manager.
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kenhunt said:
You can install recovery in the meantime while waiting for the new kernel. Its on koush's website and rom manager.
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Clockwork stated to wait till new kernel via twitter
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I dont have a data/media folder on my xoom

[INFO] Flash 10.3 on Market

Give it a try... still seems to stutter with 720p youtube video on the full site

Doesn't it require 3.1 for full support?

bleclair said:
Doesn't it require 3.1 for full support?
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Seems to require that or a faster processor?

We have to wait for 3.1. Some time in June.

Cannot be installed
Hello, Flash player cannot be installed on my TF because of my country....Is there any way to fix this issue (apart from moving to another country )

make my devices slow lol

64GB Micro SD-Cards out!

I'm sure it'll be expensive as hell when it first arrives, but KingMax is releasing a 64GB Micro SD-Card.
There shouldn't be any compatibility issues, since I'd be formatting that as ext4 for use in my Xoom anyway.

Thought the max for compatibility was 32GB.

Stealyourface said:
Thought the max for compatibility was 32GB.
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Pretty sure that's just a filesystem issue with FAT; since I'll be formatting as ext4 that won't be an issue unless the kernel itself can't issue the block commands, and that's something that's readily fixed.

kcrudup said:
Pretty sure that's just a filesystem issue with FAT; since I'll be formatting as ext4 that won't be an issue unless the kernel itself can't issue the block commands, and that's something that's readily fixed.
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WOW. Thus, I will have 96 GB tablet. Whoohoo.

Oh, I've been waiting for this!
Once it's tested, I'll get the Sandisk one.

Out of curiousity, what will you use the 96gb for?

slack04 said:
what will you use the 96gb for?
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??!
"Nature abhors a vacuum." - Rabelais
(Oh, and: "If you build it, they will come." - "Field of Dreams")
IOW, oh, I'm sure we'll think of something!

Hmmm... I am not sure the stability of handling 64GB since it was stated to support up to 32 GB.
I have a dell streak 7 which say supporting it up to 32GB, but my system got unstable whenver I got my SDCard in for a while. (only for a while, not immediately it will be unstable).
It restarts randomly and dead on sleep when I have the SDCard on. I tried to go back to stock on roms and it still happened until I gave up and took out the sdcard.
Based on this experience, I would rather think Android system's capability of handling large external SDCard is not perfect/stable. I may just hold a cautious but certainly happy view on this news =)

jiwengang said:
I would rather think Android system's capability of handling large external SDCard is not perfect/stable.
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... and as a kernel dev, I think you just had a crap SD-Card

The device should handle any card regardless of size really, even without ext4 (the volume limit of FAT is something like 2Tb).
I read somewhere that Android didn't support ext4 on SD card without a custom kernel, is this correct? Seems odd considering the kernel must have ext4 support to read/write to the internal filesystems.

32 GB is usually mentioned by any device because that's the largest size that was actually tested with. Once they validate that 64 GB cards work (which they probably will), they will probably update the official specs.
Just a validation thing.

Philio25 said:
I read somewhere that Android didn't support ext4 on SD card without a custom kernel, is this correct? Seems odd considering the kernel must have ext4 support to read/write to the internal filesystems.
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Yeah, there's probably a misunderstanding somewhere in what was written or read. For all intents and purposes, our internal storage (which has two filesystems on ext) is not much more electrically than a soldered-in SD-Card.

kcrudup said:
??!
"Nature abhors a vacuum." - Rabelais
(Oh, and: "If you build it, they will come." - "Field of Dreams")
IOW, oh, I'm sure we'll think of something!
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Nice quotes. I'm just curious, no need to flame. (96gb wouldn't do much for me; too much for basic stuff, but too little to hold everything. It would be a storage shuffling nightmare for me. I'm curious how people use their tablets).

slack04 said:
flame
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... yer kiddin', I hope ...!

slack04 said:
Nice quotes. I'm just curious, no need to flame. (96gb wouldn't do much for me; too much for basic stuff, but too little to hold everything. It would be a storage shuffling nightmare for me. I'm curious how people use their tablets).
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A couple of movies for me and some collection movies of my children will easily fill up 96gb when we travel. Hehehe.

slack04 said:
Out of curiousity, what will you use the 96gb for?
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Doctor Who eps of course
And, yes it "on record" only supports up to 32gb, but thats only bc nothing higher was around at the time to test with.

slack04 said:
Out of curiousity, what will you use the 96gb for?
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p0rn
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ryan562 said:
p0rn
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lol, ADIDAS

you could drop a 1TB MicroSD in there and me and KC will build a kernel for it

bigrushdog said:
you could drop a 1TB MicroSD in there and me and KC will build a kernel for it
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Speaking of but on a different subject; can I hook up a say 500gb external harddrive to the xoom?
Also is their anyway to make it so it can handle the same internet speed as a laptop.

Looking for devs to help port Xoom 3.1 ROM

Hi guys,
So I have had some recent success doing a semi-port of the Xoom's ROM to the A500. I know most of you are already thinking why bother when PRIMEE is working, but I prefer the Xoom's ROM because it's the closest thing to running stock Honeycomb. Most things are working except for WiFi and misc.
I'm quite short on time and would like to find some other devs to help fix up parts that aren't working.
Please reply to this thread if you can help out.
Thanks!
Just to reiterate that this is a very hackish Honeycomb 3.1 build. If you want something useable, I suggest you check out PRIMEE.
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*Updated* Video recording and playback is now working. Will upload a video later for proof.
*Updated* Video proof here - http://vimeo.com/25120538
*Updated* Just tested 1080p video and it works great.
Here's the link to the partition images for you to try out:
system.img
boot.img
By the way, while you're at it, be sure to check out this ROM's 1080p capabilities with these videos -
http://www.tools4movies.com/2011/03/xoom-720p-1080p-high-quality-settings/
Since there's no microSD mounting yet, just push the videos to /sdcard/ to see the video player in action.

sound great (Y)

Does the xoom have different wifi hardware?

Not that I can tell...the odd thing is that the kernel module loads fine. It just isn't scanning.
I can upload what I've done so far if you guys want to have a poke at it....

Please download links, so we can help to find a fix

Cool, I can upload my backup boot.img and system.img for anyone to try. I don't really have much time to make an update.zip....how does that sound?

This is pretty exciting. Good luck guys.
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What need to be fixed/what doesn't work ?

vache said:
What need to be fixed/what doesn't work ?
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Currently not having WiFi is the most pressing issue. Other things that need to be done including HDMI output and SDCARD mounting (I'm getting help from the Xoom guys for this). I also believe that GPS is not working.
P.S. I'm uploading the system and boot images now. Should be done in an hour's time. I'll post up the link when it's done.

dr1337 said:
Currently not having WiFi is the most pressing issue. Other things that need to be done including HDMI output and SDCARD mounting (I'm getting help from the Xoom guys for this). I also believe that GPS is not working.
P.S. I'm uploading the system and boot images now. Should be done in an hour's time. I'll post up the link when it's done.
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Does the wifi say anything like unable to scan for networks? Or does it even say its scanning.

fyi, both 720p and 1080p videos posted in the example page work fine with PRIMEE.

huxflux2003 said:
fyi, both 720p and 1080p videos posted in the example page work fine with PRIMEE.
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Yep, I just tried PRIMEE P3 and it seems to be working great now.

dr1337 said:
Yep, I just tried PRIMEE P3 and it seems to be working great now.
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So does that mean this project is now dead in the water or are you continuing I bet people would like options to try since we have all been waiting since day 1 to do anything with our devices.

Crsdr37 said:
So does that mean this project is now dead in the water or are you continuing I bet people would like options to try since we have all been waiting since day 1 to do anything with our devices.
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I agree, if given the choice I'd probably start to swing towards a Xoom ROM due to it being closer to stock.
Besides that, once the base ROM works, customizations and enhancements can begin.

Yay, WiFi issue is now solved!

dr1337 said:
Yay, WiFi issue is now solved!
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So then what is not working just gps? Are you planning on making an update.zip
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great...
looks like pur iconia will have mre rom day by day ..

Crsdr37 said:
So then what is not working just gps? Are you planning on making an update.zip
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GPS isn't working, but that should be a simple fix that I can import from PRIMEE. Other than than, microSD isn't working either. That's just the nature of the Xoom ROM. I'll probably implement team Tiamat's workaround for that and we'll see how that goes from there...
Yeah, I'll make an update.zip later today after some studying...

dr1337 said:
GPS isn't working, but that should be a simple fix that I can import from PRIMEE. Other than than, microSD isn't working either. That's just the nature of the Xoom ROM. I'll probably implement team Tiamat's workaround for that and we'll see how that goes from there...
Yeah, I'll make an update.zip later today after some studying...
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Well sounds like it could be a solid rom. Dont care a ton about GPS but def. Need Micro SD.

ill make you a "update.zip" out of the system.img..
PRIMEE is as complete as it gets for now..
so i can start doing other hacks.. xoom is one..

[Q] question on the iconia A500

hi
i thinking about buying the iconia for the use of trandfering pictures from camera to hard drive and for internet ,now i have netbook and i want it instead of him.
i have some questions:
1)is it possible to connect hard drive something like these to the tab
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136392
?
2)is it passible to connect to him card reader to move picturs from the card to the tab?
3)i have an sony ericsson usb stick
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FX8tqMBbT...AAAk/cTpiP4vVMQQ/S485/sony-ericsson-md300.jpg
is it possible to connect him to the tab and to get to the internet with him?
4)is the thing that it have 1gb ram is bed for it?because i have nexus one and when i installed there many games so the ram memory run's low...so is it like these here?
5)it have rom's or something like it that i don't get at the back if acer will not update it?
6)i understand that it better to do root to get new stuff..when i will do it i will stop get updates from ACER?
7)for the usage of internet/games(not so much)/and to move...or storage pictures.is it importent that it will have the kai el ??
8)if i'm moving movies that i take with my camera to the tab do i need to convert them or to install some app to see them?
9)what is the last iconia tablet ?a500 or 501 or what?
thenks!!!

I7210I said:
1)is it possible to connect hard drive something like these to the tab
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136392
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Yes. Either in FAT32 format, or you gotta root the tab to get NTFS.
2)is it passible to connect to him card reader to move picturs from the card to the tab?
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No idea, never tried.
3)i have an sony ericsson usb stick
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FX8tqMBbT...AAAk/cTpiP4vVMQQ/S485/sony-ericsson-md300.jpg
is it possible to connect him to the tab and to get to the internet with him?
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No idea, but I doubt it.
4)is the thing that it have 1gb ram is bed for it?because i have nexus one and when i installed there many games so the ram memory run's low...so is it like these here?
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I haven't noticed any slowdowns or such related to RAM, so I'd say no.
5)it have rom's or something like it that i don't get at the back if acer will not update it?
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Yes, there's plenty of ROMs.
6)i understand that it better to do root to get new stuff..when i will do it i will stop get updates from ACER?
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No.
7)for the usage of internet/games(not so much)/and to move...or storage pictures.is it importent that it will have the kai el ??
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Kal-El isn't released yet.
8)if i'm moving movies that i take with my camera to the tab do i need to convert them or to install some app to see them?
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There's a guide written by me here that teaches you how to transcode movies and videos with Handbrake to suitable format, or you can install MX Player or Diceplayer.
9)what is the last iconia tablet ?a500 or 501 or what?
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A501 is the same as A500 except that it has 3G which the A500 doesn't have.

first thenk you for the answer..
the thing with the stick is very importent to me so if you can check it i will be glad also the thing with the card reader (i understand that you have it)
Kal-El isn't released yet but maybe it good to wait for him that i ask..
about the movies..if i can just install app to see them it's great!just to look the movies from the camera
also the a500 and 501 ..if i can connect via the usb stick it doesn't meater for me