I'm looking for a phone or tablet with a replaceable TI WL127x/8x wifi driver. I see that the KF apparently has it as a module, which is good. Are there any unobvious impediments to replacing it? And does anybody know how it compares (in terms of the development hassles of modding this driver) with the Nook Color?
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hi all,
i'd be interested in adding WiFi capabilities to the Gizmondo game console.
while adding the hardware (using an SD Wifi Card) would be trivial, i assume that there is not WiFi support in the ROM at all. so just installing the drivers will not be enough, won't it?
can anybody of the ROM hacking gurus around here give me an educated guess how difficult it would be to add the missing WiFi capabilities?
the Gizmondo uses Window CE 4.2, so i assume most of the missing stuff should be available in the Window CE Platform Builder, right?
thanks a lot,
Daniel
drgoldie: you might want to check out dedicated gizmondo forums for this kind of hacking.
Platform Builder is good for reference, but not very useful for implementing things on a real device, without a full BSP for the device in question.
In this instance, what you're lacking presumably is the wifi card drivers (by the wifi card's manufacturer), irrespective of whether the device can support the external expansion (which it probably can).
V
hi V,
i am in contact with the Giz hacker guys, but is seems nobody is working on this yet.
the wifi card drivers would probably come with the wifi card, wouldn't they?
my question is more about if there is something missing the OS besides the card drivers. shouldn't there be a WiFi stack in order to do WiFi...?
Daniel
If they're using a standard CE build, you might just be lucky and wifi is built in - subject to the driver. However, given how modular CE is, you might be unlucky!
The driver - well, presuming it's a mainstream wifi card, you've probably got WinMobile drivers, but I'm not sure about cross-compatibility with CE. So, obviously you're in luck if your OEM provides CE drivers, but if they don't - writing your own wifi drivers for the card might be ugly.
However, my advice would be - just stick the card in and see what happens! The OS could lack wifi support, a compatible driver, or both! But before re-implementing wifi in the OS, consider availability of your card's drivers first.
V
well, i don't have any sd wifi card yet.
i was planning to buy this one
http://www.socketcom.com/product/WL6207-600.asp
because it comes with a lot of software...
any recommendations for specific WiFi cards?
Daniel
All,
I am working on building a 7" touchscreen LCD into my car to work with my Atrix. The lcd has capability that allows it to work like a mouse, so with the USB output, and the Atrix HD Dock with USB controllers, I was thinking that it should be possible to get the LCD touchscreen to control my atrix when docked. The company (Lilliput) has Linux drivers and the atrix runs in the Webtop environment when docked (which i want) and so i was wondering if there was a way to get these drivers to work that way?
Unfortunately, I am not a programmer, however, if someone could determine a way to make it work, and help me get it running, I will pay for their labor up to $100. If it seems as though it will take more than that, perhaps we can compromise. Anyone up to the task?
attached is the list for the drivers if this helps you get going.
http://touchkit.com/Drivers.htm
Please forgive my ignorance - I'm a fairly new developer and know very little about hardware.
The subject line of the post pretty much says it all. I'm looking for something inexpensive with an eInk screen that I can use to type on, as regular monitors tire out my eyes after a while. If no software exists, I'd be very happy to contribute to that development, which is part of why I was looking to the Nook (I'm most comfortable in Java).
Does the current model or any previous eInk model have the capacity to connect a physical keyboard? If not, are there any other eReaders that do have this ability? (I know I can get an eInk screen for a netbook, but I don't want to spend that much if I can avoid it.) I saw a few old threads discussing whether or not USB Host was possible, but none seemed to have a conclusive answer one way or another.
Thanks for your help!
I'm not quite sure if the current version has Bluetooth. But since it is android and if it does have Bluetooth. Chances are there would be the possibility of connecting a Bluetooth keyboard.
Another possibility is getting an eeepc network and replacing the screen yourself with a pixelqi screen. That should be easier on your eyes (though probably not so easy on your wallet)
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Sorry, Volcanolotus, but the STR does not have bluetooth. One further option for that would be use the usb connector, converting it to usb host, and adding the physical keyboard. It is just a concept, but it may work.
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Sorry, Volcanolotus, but the STR does not have bluetooth. One further option for that would be use the usb connector, converting it to usb host, and adding the physical keyboard. It is just a concept, but it may work.
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Hm. I thought so too. Fret not! I just thought of a solution. It has wifi right... Use this! https://market.android.com/details?...?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS52b2xvc3l1a2l2YW4iXQ..
Though its really a clumsy solution but a solution nonetheless
Though i love the nook, would not a kindle, already having a keyboard be a better option?
Now, in regards to using the USB port as a USB host, in regards to cell phones running android, the hardware is there, though software uses have been hit/miss on. ICS (Android 4.0) enables usb host functionality natively in the operating system, this will probably be your best bet for the functionality you want. The downside is that I would expect it to be atleast a year or longer before ICS comes to the nook.
keyboard now working
I asked verygreen to work on this and 24 hours later, voila.
(Nook Touch Android Development) USB Host support (working)
Pretty much buying my girlfriend a tablet. between a nook color, cause I noticed they enabled the bluetooth functionality through software, and I was wondering if the kindle fire had similar bluetooth functionality that was just disabled through software
Unknown if it's possible yet, no one has tried yet, that I know of.
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Pretty much buying my girlfriend a tablet. between a nook color, cause I noticed they enabled the bluetooth functionality through software, and I was wondering if the kindle fire had similar bluetooth functionality that was just disabled through software
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Kindle Fire has the bluetooth chip but it is unknown whether it works via software.
Hi everyone,
I am a Kindle person who is about to own NSTwG. I was wondering if anyone has come across the idea of porting Kindle Touch software to NST (with or without Glowlight). How difficult do you think it would be? Or having an emulator that can emulate such a device.
plan: My intention was, given over time OTG support for USB 3G can be added by hackers here in this forum, one would be able to use their NST as their Kindle Touch 3G without needing to carry around the latter all the time.
Cheers
idoit said:
Hi everyone,
I am a Kindle person who is about to own NSTwG. I was wondering if anyone has come across the idea of porting Kindle Touch software to NST (with or without Glowlight). How difficult do you think it would be? Or having an emulator that can emulate such a device.
plan: My intention was, given over time OTG support for USB 3G can be added by hackers here in this forum, one would be able to use their NST as their Kindle Touch 3G without needing to carry around the latter all the time.
Cheers
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Although you can get usbhost mode with NST. It won't be able to provide much power I would think. I suspect not enough for a 3g connection I would have thought without a powered hub or battery source providing additional power. Also if it did it would reduce you battery life so much it would not be worth it.
Do you not have a phone? Share your phone data 3g with NST over wifi.
You can run an older version I believe of the kindle software. If you don't get on with the app because its a bit naff you could remove DRM from your kindle books and read no a normal ereader.
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Although you can get usbhost mode with NST. It won't be able to provide much power I would think. I suspect not enough for a 3g connection I would have thought without a powered hub or battery source providing additional power. Also if it did it would reduce you battery life so much it would not be worth it.
Do you not have a phone? Share your phone data 3g with NST over wifi.
You can run an older version I believe of the kindle software. If you don't get on with the app because its a bit naff you could remove DRM from your kindle books and read no a normal ereader.
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Thanks for the reply. I'm more interested in running/emulating the KindleOS (Well... Linux) on NST... Wow, do you mean that's possible? Any pointers please.
I know there is Kindle App on Nook, you mean that or actual KindleOS?