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Making the Shift compatible to Win XP

As the title notes, it will be a good ideea to focus our efforts in making this possible. Any ideeas are welcomed and in this stage I would like that users (who already tried installing XP on the Shift) write their experieces here.
Making some sort of driver for the touchscreen imput should be our first priority. If someone can find more specific informations about the touchscreen's controller and some chipset codes it would be a good place to start.
I'm waiting for my Shift to arrive (something like a week or so) in order to get the work started.

hey dude greetings,
I have installed a dual boot XP SP2 with OEM shift Vista successfully; however there are some anomalies; the obvious lack off graphics drivers, sound etc are there. I have managed to get drivers for most of the components; however the SDIO wireless card is not even detected BT is detected if you activate it first from Vista Shag then reboot back to XP. The weird thing is that no HID components are actually detected i.e. pen device etc. The monitor tab under device manager is interesting; it displays 3x 1024*768 digital lcd panel. I will try and a device dump of hardware ids and attach it to this thread; maybe that will give us a clue to controller chip sets.

BUS report
Report-Date = 27-03-2008 (D-M-Y)
PC-Model = HTC SHIFT
=== F u l l R e p o r t ================================================
Bus 0 (PCI Express), Device Number 0, Device Function 0
Vendor 8086h Intel Corporation
Device 27A0h 955XM/945GM/PM/GMS/940GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller
Command 0006h (Memory Access, BusMaster)
Status 2090h (Has Capabilities List, Supports Back-To-Back Trans., Received Master Abort, Fast Timing)
Revision 03h, Header Type 00h, Bus Latency Timer 00h
Self test 00h (Self test not supported)
PCI Class Bridge, type PCI to HOST
Subsystem ID 10015567h Unknown
Subsystem Vendor 5567h Unknown
New Capabilities List Present:
Vendor-Dependant Capability
Bus 0 (PCI Express), Device Number 2, Device Function 0
Vendor 8086h Intel Corporation
Device 27A2h Mobile 945GM/GU Express Integrated Graphics Controller
Command 0007h (I/O Access, Memory Access, BusMaster)
Status 0090h (Has Capabilities List, Supports Back-To-Back Trans., Fast Timing)
Revision 03h, Header Type 80h, Bus Latency Timer 00h
Self test 00h (Self test not supported)
PCI Class Display, type VGA
Subsystem ID 10015567h Unknown
Subsystem Vendor 5567h Unknown
Address 0 is a Memory Address (anywhere in 0-4Gb) : CFE80000h
Address 1 is an I/O Port : 0000EC00h
Address 2 is a Memory Address (anywhere in 0-4Gb, Prefetchable) : D0000000h
Address 3 is a Memory Address (anywhere in 0-4Gb) : CFE40000h
New Capabilities List Present:
Message Signalled Interrupt Capability
MSI is enabled
MSI function can generate 32-bit addresses
Power Management Capability, Version 1.1
Does not support low power State D1 or D2
Does not support PME# signalling
Current Power State : D0 (Device operational, no power saving)
Bus 0 (PCI Express), Device Number 2, Device Function 1
Vendor 8086h Intel Corporation
Device 27A6h Mobile 945GM/GU Express Integrated Graphics Controller
Command 0007h (I/O Access, Memory Access, BusMaster)
Status 0090h (Has Capabilities List, Supports Back-To-Back Trans., Fast Timing)
Revision 03h, Header Type 80h, Bus Latency Timer 00h
Self test 00h (Self test not supported)
PCI Class Display, type Other
Subsystem ID 10015567h Unknown
Subsystem Vendor 5567h Unknown
Address 0 is a Memory Address (anywhere in 0-4Gb) : FEA80000h
New Capabilities List Present:
Power Management Capability, Version 1.1
Does not support low power State D1 or D2
Does not support PME# signalling
Current Power State : D0 (Device operational, no power saving)
Bus 0 (PCI Express), Device Number 27, Device Function 0
Vendor 8086h Intel Corporation
Device 27D8h 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio
Command 0006h (Memory Access, BusMaster)
Status 0010h (Has Capabilities List, Fast Timing)
Revision 02h, Header Type 00h, Bus Latency Timer 00h
Self test 00h (Self test not supported)
Cache line size 32 Bytes (8 DWords)
PCI Class Multimedia, type Hi-definition Audio
Subsystem ID 10015567h Unknown
Subsystem Vendor 5567h Unknown
Address 0 is a Memory Address (anywhere in 64-bit space) : CFE3C000h
System IRQ 19, INT# B
New Capabilities List Present:
Power Management Capability, Version 1.1
Does not support low power State D1 or D2
Supports PME# signalling from mode(s) D0, D3hot, D3cold
PME# signalling is currently disabled
Current Power State : D0 (Device operational, no power saving)
3.3v AUX Current required : 55mA
Message Signalled Interrupt Capability
MSI is disabled
MSI function can generate 64-bit addresses
PCI Express Capability, Version 1
Device/Port Type :
Root Complex Integrated Endpoint Device
Device Control :
Unsupported Request Severity is Non-Fatal
Device Status :
AUX Power Detected
Link Capabilities :
Maximum Link Speed : Unknown (00h)!!
Maximum Link Width : xReserved
Link Port Number : 0
Link Control :
Asynchronous Clocking in Use
Link Status :
Current Link Speed : Unknown (00)!!
Current Link Width : x0
Bus 0 (PCI Express), Device Number 29, Device Function 0
Vendor 8086h Intel Corporation
Device 27C8h 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller
Command 0005h (I/O Access, BusMaster)
Status 0280h (Supports Back-To-Back Trans., Medium Timing)
Revision 02h, Header Type 80h, Bus Latency Timer 00h
Self test 00h (Self test not supported)
PCI Class Serial, type USB (UHCI)
Subsystem ID 10015567h Unknown
Subsystem Vendor 5567h Unknown
Address 4 is an I/O Port : 0000E480h
System IRQ 21, INT# A
Bus 0 (PCI Express), Device Number 29, Device Function 1
Vendor 8086h Intel Corporation
Device 27C9h 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller
Command 0005h (I/O Access, BusMaster)
Status 0280h (Supports Back-To-Back Trans., Medium Timing)
Revision 02h, Header Type 00h, Bus Latency Timer 00h
Self test 00h (Self test not supported)
PCI Class Serial, type USB (UHCI)
Subsystem ID 10015567h Unknown
Subsystem Vendor 5567h Unknown
Address 4 is an I/O Port : 0000E800h
System IRQ 23, INT# B
Bus 0 (PCI Express), Device Number 29, Device Function 2
Vendor 8086h Intel Corporation
Device 27CAh 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller
Command 0005h (I/O Access, BusMaster)
Status 0280h (Supports Back-To-Back Trans., Medium Timing)
Revision 02h, Header Type 00h, Bus Latency Timer 00h
Self test 00h (Self test not supported)
PCI Class Serial, type USB (UHCI)
Subsystem ID 10015567h Unknown
Subsystem Vendor 5567h Unknown
Address 4 is an I/O Port : 0000E880h
System IRQ 18, INT# C
Bus 0 (PCI Express), Device Number 29, Device Function 7
Vendor 8086h Intel Corporation
Device 27CCh 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller
Command 0106h (Memory Access, BusMaster, System Errors)
Status 0290h (Has Capabilities List, Supports Back-To-Back Trans., Medium Timing)
Revision 02h, Header Type 00h, Bus Latency Timer 00h
Self test 00h (Self test not supported)
PCI Class Serial, type USB 2.0 (EHCI)
Subsystem ID 10015567h Unknown
Subsystem Vendor 5567h Unknown
Address 0 is a Memory Address (anywhere in 0-4Gb) : CFE3BC00h
System IRQ 22, INT# D
New Capabilities List Present:
Power Management Capability, Version 1.1
Does not support low power State D1 or D2
Supports PME# signalling from mode(s) D0, D3hot, D3cold
PME# signalling is currently disabled
Current Power State : D0 (Device operational, no power saving)
3.3v AUX Current required : 375mA
USB 2.0 EHCI Debug Port Capability
Bus 0 (PCI Express), Device Number 30, Device Function 0
Vendor 8086h Intel Corporation
Device 2448h 82801GBM Hub Interface to PCI Bridge (ICH7-M B0 step)
Command 0107h (I/O Access, Memory Access, BusMaster, System Errors)
Status 0010h (Has Capabilities List, Fast Timing)
Revision E2h, Header Type 01h, Bus Latency Timer 00h
Self test 00h (Self test not supported)
PCI Class Bridge, type PCI to PCI (Subtractive Decode)
PCI Bridge Information:
Primary Bus Number 0, Secondary Bus Number 1, Subordinate Bus Number 1
Secondary Bus Command 0002h ()
Secondary Bus Status 2280h (Supports Back-To-Back Trans., Received Master Abort, Medium Timing)
Secondary Bus Latency 20h
I/O Port Range Passed to Secondary Bus : None
Memory Range Passed to Secondary Bus : CFF00000h to CFFFFFFFh
Prefetchable Memory Range Passed to Secondary Bus : None
New Capabilities List Present:
Subsystem ID & Subsystem Vendor ID Capability
SSVID : 5567h
SSID : 1001h
Bus 0 (PCI Express), Device Number 31, Device Function 0
Vendor 8086h Intel Corporation
Device 27B9h 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Controller
Command 0007h (I/O Access, Memory Access, BusMaster)
Status 0210h (Has Capabilities List, Medium Timing)
Revision 02h, Header Type 80h, Bus Latency Timer 00h
Self test 00h (Self test not supported)
PCI Class Bridge, type PCI to ISA
Subsystem ID 10015567h Unknown
Subsystem Vendor 5567h Unknown
New Capabilities List Present:
Vendor-Dependant Capability
Bus 0 (PCI Express), Device Number 31, Device Function 1
Vendor 8086h Intel Corporation
Device 27DFh 82801G (ICH7 Family) Ultra ATA Storage Controller
Command 0005h (I/O Access, BusMaster)
Status 0280h (Supports Back-To-Back Trans., Medium Timing)
Revision 02h, Header Type 00h, Bus Latency Timer 00h
Self test 00h (Self test not supported)
PCI Class Storage, type IDE (ATA)
PCI EIDE Controller Features :
BusMaster EIDE is supported
Primary Channel is at I/O Port 01F0h and IRQ 14
Secondary Channel is at I/O Port 0170h and IRQ 15
Subsystem ID 10015567h Unknown
Subsystem Vendor 5567h Unknown
Address 0 is an I/O Port : 00000000h
Address 1 is an I/O Port : 00000000h
Address 2 is an I/O Port : 00000000h
Address 3 is an I/O Port : 00000000h
Address 4 is an I/O Port : 0000FFA0h

second Half
Bus 0 (PCI Express), Device Number 31, Device Function 3
Vendor 8086h Intel Corporation
Device 27DAh 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller
Command 0001h (I/O Access)
Status 0280h (Supports Back-To-Back Trans., Medium Timing)
Revision 02h, Header Type 00h, Bus Latency Timer 00h
Self test 00h (Self test not supported)
PCI Class Serial, type SMBus Controller
Subsystem ID 10015567h Unknown
Subsystem Vendor 5567h Unknown
Address 4 is an I/O Port : 0000FFE0h
System IRQ 17, INT# B
Bus 1 (PCI), Device Number 6, Device Function 0
Vendor 1947h Unknown
Device 4743h Unknown
Command 0006h (Memory Access, BusMaster)
Status 0210h (Has Capabilities List, Medium Timing)
Revision 09h, Header Type 00h, Bus Latency Timer 40h
Minimum Bus Grant 01h, Maximum Bus Latency 0Ch
Self test 00h (Self test not supported)
Cache line size 32 Bytes (8 DWords)
PCI Class System, type SD Host Controller (Without DMA)
Subsystem ID 44332211h Unknown
Subsystem Vendor 2211h Unknown
Address 0 is a Memory Address (anywhere in 0-4Gb) : CFFFFE00h
Address 1 is a Memory Address (anywhere in 0-4Gb) : CFFFFC00h
System IRQ 20, INT# A
New Capabilities List Present:
Unknown Capability (Code 00h)!!
IRQ Summary: IRQs 14,15,17,18,19,20,21,22,23 are used by PCI devices
Shared IRQs: There are no shared PCI IRQs
IRQ control is currently managed by the system APIC controller - IRQ info is
not actual hardware settings...
PCI Busses, Devices and Device Functions Tree
--Bus 0 (PCI Express)
|__Device 00h 8086h:27A0h PCI to HOST Bridge
|__Device 02h
| |__Function 0 8086h:27A2h VGA Display
| |__Function 1 8086h:27A6h Other Display
|__Device 1Bh 8086h:27D8h Hi-definition Audio Multimedia
|__Device 1Dh
| |__Function 0 8086h:27C8h USB (UHCI) Serial
| |__Function 1 8086h:27C9h USB (UHCI) Serial
| |__Function 2 8086h:27CAh USB (UHCI) Serial
| |__Function 7 8086h:27CCh USB 2.0 (EHCI) Serial
|__Device 1Eh 8086h:2448h PCI to PCI (Subtractive Decode) Bridge > Bus 1
|__Device 1Fh
|__Function 0 8086h:27B9h PCI to ISA Bridge
|__Function 1 8086h:27DFh IDE (ATA) Storage
|__Function 3 8086h:27DAh SMBus Controller Serial
--Bus 1 (PCI)
|__Device 06h 1947h:4743h SD Host Controller (Without DMA) System
A total of 13 Devices Found

those damn suckers at htc romania told me that my shift will be comming from sweeden and it will take another 2 weeks untill i get my own one. Untill then I have nothing to play with and experiment.
In order to get the support for wlan and touchpad I think the first test would be to see if we can port the drivers from vista to the xp part of the device. Furthermore, there are some HTC made management programs that need to be implemented in xp if we're going to ask for more.
Thanks for the hardware ID's, I'm waiting for my unit to come and untill then I'll try to collect as much info as possible.
LE
Lol, shoudn't shift run on a intel GMA950 ?
Bus 0 (PCI Express), Device Number 2, Device Function 1
Vendor 8086h Intel Corporation
Device 27A6h Mobile 945GM/GU Express Integrated Graphics Controller

keep the work gong everyone. we will try to help also.

facdemol said:
those damn suckers at htc romania told me that my shift will be comming from sweeden and it will take another 2 weeks untill i get my own one. Untill then I have nothing to play with and experiment.
In order to get the support for wlan and touchpad I think the first test would be to see if we can port the drivers from vista to the xp part of the device. Furthermore, there are some HTC made management programs that need to be implemented in xp if we're going to ask for more.
Thanks for the hardware ID's, I'm waiting for my unit to come and untill then I'll try to collect as much info as possible.
LE
Lol, shoudn't shift run on a intel GMA950 ?
Bus 0 (PCI Express), Device Number 2, Device Function 1
Vendor 8086h Intel Corporation
Device 27A6h Mobile 945GM/GU Express Integrated Graphics Controller
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I have used the vista drivers for G sensor on the hard drive, the graphics and sound drivers dont appear to work with XP, however this may be the inf file as apposed to the bins. The proble is I have the drivers for the SDIO wifi but XP dosent see the hardware, I have forced the drivers on in a hope to see if the OS responds but it doesnt work. The touch pad works, the pen or touch screen does not work and again like the wifi driver it does not appear to be detected by the OS. I have been unable to force the vista HID pen driver to XP as in add hardware there is no option for this (HID device) I guess the OS needs to detect it. Looking through the scan of the pci bus it appears HTC have not yet added there vendor id to the PCI Vendor and Device Lists which is a bit weird Over the weekend if I get a chance I might try to have a look at the vista drivers (dlls) to see what is in them. Also the Shag control service does not appear to like installing or running on XP which could be a bit of a bummer. Although I think Comonex has rei the Shag bins so i am pretty confident Comonex might be able to help us getting that working on XP. I just trying to figure out how to get the OS to at least detect the missing hardware.

thanks faisal.husain for working in this direction.
The key with touchscreen recognised is to have Shag program made compatible with xp. Unlike tablet pc's this device seems to operate bluetooth, wlan and HID devices in a more "pocket pc" manner. They are simply powered off when not in use, ore not connected. This is a hardware based situation and the role of the Shag thing is to power them in order to have the operating system see them. So from what I hear from you I thinks trying to have the Shag compatible with XP is another place to start. The inf files would be easily made compatible with xp then...

Graphic Driver
Here is the link for the graphics card.
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/fil...XP+Professional&lang=eng&strOSs=44&submit=Go!

USB2 to Fast Ethernet Adapter
Here is the USB network driver link;
http://www.asix.com.tw/products.php?op=pItemdetail&PItemID=86;71;101

Synaptics Driver Software
Here's the touchpad
http://drivers.synaptics.com/Synaptics_Driver_v10_1_8_XP32.exe

Intel Mainboard / USB Subsystem and Memory drivers + Chipset correct drivers
Here is the link to the intel chipset for our shifts.
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/fil...XP+Professional&lang=eng&strOSs=44&submit=Go!

Wow. Time to move to XP is near....

I got everything working except the Touchscreen IIRC (and the shagctrl).
Stupidly I didn't save the driver links, but I think the TouchScreen is the big one we need to worry about.
I installed alongside Vista, and so for one of the devices that I couldn't find I just pointed it at c:\windows\inf for the driver, that was one of the 'HTC' system devices.
I even got the external ethernet working too.
If someone can get the touchscreen working, i'll dig out the other links.
P

XP
Yeah I got to the same position too, but failed on the Touch part.

modaco said:
I got everything working except the Touchscreen IIRC (and the shagctrl).
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just to confirm, are you saying that you got the Wifi, SD, and BT devices working under XP?
and the ONLY device that isn't currently working under XP is the touchscreen?

facdemol said:
those damn suckers at htc romania told me that my shift will be comming from sweeden and it will take another 2 weeks untill i get my own one. Untill then I have nothing to play with and experiment.
Bus 0 (PCI Express), Device Number 2, Device Function 1
Vendor 8086h Intel Corporation
Device 27A6h Mobile 945GM/GU Express Integrated Graphics Controller
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I got mine already a month ago from HTC Romania.
I cannot say I am superhappy with the Shift, but their service is OK. They helped me quickly and professionally with a problem I had with the touchscreen.
Was my mistake anyway by putting it on too fast.
Huib
P.s. I even may consider selling it and take this P1620 Fujitsu.

As a future buyer of Shift.. what didn't you like about the device? Putting the not so good battery life aside.
It seems by the time i get my own shift, people here will have already sort out most of the problems and I will be left without job

facdemol said:
As a future buyer of Shift.. what didn't you like about the device? Putting the not so good battery life aside.
It seems by the time i get my own shift, people here will have already sort out most of the problems and I will be left without job
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Too much hassle with the small screen. I use fingers for browsing one time, then I need the stylus another time.
I have a continuous battle when browsing the internet or reading pda files etc.
I use a lot of Google tools, like Calendar and docs.
I must say the software helps a lot, but still. The F11 key does not exist, so I have to find a solution to switch full screen.
Now, pls believe me on my word: I have no commercial or emotional motives to say this: But I think I go for the somewhat bigger/faster Fujitsu P1620. I know the screen does not work well with fingers but that is the only disadvantage. I need those two inches real estate more.
But I repeat: It can be my age. I wanted the shift mainly for my boring, long, economy class flights. A normal portable can not be folded out, because the chair in front of you can be put down.
And I was hoping for a working XP. I have a lot of software that I do not want to buy once more, like the old Office 2003.
This disk, with Vista, keeps spinning and spinnging, even with indexing switched off. VLC player has a battle to play normally. It works now, but..
But maybe I will change my mind.
When I have
1. An extra battery
2. a 32 gigabyte SD card.
3 And..... thanks to you guys, a really working Winmo with Wifi, synchronising outlook, SD card OK etc etc.
Huib

Do you have problems running Office 2003 under Vista? Normally it runs fine.

Windows Mobile 7.0 Requirements

Hi all does anyone know if this is the hardware requirements for WM7. It was taken from this website as a leak of info from microsoft. But is it genuine?
WM7 Chassis 1 Specification
Core requirements:
Processor: ARM v6+, L2 Cache, VFP, Open GL ES 2.0 graphics HW (QCOM 8k, Nvidia AP15/16* and TI 3430 all meet spec)
Memory: 256MB+ DRAM, 1G+ Flash (at least 512MB fast flash – 5MB/s unbuffered read @4K block size)
Display: WVGA (800×480) or FWVGA (854×480) 3.5” or greater diagonal
Touch: Multi-touch required
Battery: Sufficient to meet Days of Use LTK requirements.
Controls: Start, Back, Send and End are required (soft controls allowed as long as they are always present).
Peripherals:
Camera: 3MP+, flash optional, 2nd camera optional (VGA resolution sufficient)
GPS: aGPS required
Sensors required: Light Sensor, Compass (3 axis, 5 degrees, 100 Hz sample rate), Accelerometer (3 axis, 2mg resolution, 100 Hz sample rate)
USB: High speed required, 20 MB/s transfer rate.
BlueTooth: BT2.1 required, must run MSFT BT stack, CSR BlueCore6 or later recommended.
Wi-Fi: 802.11B/G required, must run MSFT Native Wi-Fi stack, Atheros 6002 or Broadcomm 4325 recommended.
Connectors: Micro USB and 3.5mm Audio required.
Options:
FM tuner: If tuner HW is present it will be detected and supported by the Media application.
Haptics
SD Card (Micro SD recommended)
DPAD, qwerty or 12/20 key keyboards all optional
Thoughts? It seems like a pretty solid foundation for the next generation of Windows Mobile.

It's as genuine now as it was a month ago when it was first posted. As far as I'm aware, no official requirements list has been produced by Microsoft. The internet has several different versions available though.

Havok316uk said:
Hi all does anyone know if this is the hardware requirements for WM7. It was taken from this website as a leak of info from microsoft. But is it genuine?
WM7 Chassis 1 Specification
Core requirements:
Processor: ARM v6+, L2 Cache, VFP, Open GL ES 2.0 graphics HW (QCOM 8k, Nvidia AP15/16* and TI 3430 all meet spec)
Memory: 256MB+ DRAM, 1G+ Flash (at least 512MB fast flash – 5MB/s unbuffered read @4K block size)
Display: WVGA (800×480) or FWVGA (854×480) 3.5” or greater diagonal
Touch: Multi-touch required
Battery: Sufficient to meet Days of Use LTK requirements.
Controls: Start, Back, Send and End are required (soft controls allowed as long as they are always present).
Peripherals:
Camera: 3MP+, flash optional, 2nd camera optional (VGA resolution sufficient)
GPS: aGPS required
Sensors required: Light Sensor, Compass (3 axis, 5 degrees, 100 Hz sample rate), Accelerometer (3 axis, 2mg resolution, 100 Hz sample rate)
USB: High speed required, 20 MB/s transfer rate.
BlueTooth: BT2.1 required, must run MSFT BT stack, CSR BlueCore6 or later recommended.
Wi-Fi: 802.11B/G required, must run MSFT Native Wi-Fi stack, Atheros 6002 or Broadcomm 4325 recommended.
Connectors: Micro USB and 3.5mm Audio required.
Options:
FM tuner: If tuner HW is present it will be detected and supported by the Media application.
Haptics
SD Card (Micro SD recommended)
DPAD, qwerty or 12/20 key keyboards all optional
Thoughts? It seems like a pretty solid foundation for the next generation of Windows Mobile.
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Have you got it straight from Microsoft? If not its probably fake.
The fact that Microsoft hasn't released anything, no one here would know as there is nothing official to compare to.

rEFInd on the Toshiba Encore WT8-A32

I have managed to boot to rEFInd on my Toshiba Encore in preparation for booting Ubuntu from a microSD card natively. I have not written up a guide yet from my notes because I don't think there will be much demand for this here on XDA. If enough people want to do this, I will turn this post into a guide. This boots directly from the UEFI partition with no USB stick needed. You DO need a USB stick to do the actual install.
Toshiba Encore booting to rEFInd: http://postimg.org/image/4lx3mnxzr/
Toshiba Encore booting to Grub2: http://postimg.org/image/p3rgtpqkp/
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Installing Ubuntu 14.10 to a microSD card on the Toshiba Encore:
Note: There are many problems right now with Ubuntu on the Encore. Touchscreen driver is broken as of kernel version 3.16. It's some kind of regression bug in the atmel-maxtouch driver(here is a program to debug our touchscreen: https://github.com/atmel-maxtouch/obp-utils).
You will need to prepare with:
A USB stick to do the install
Ubuntu 14.10 64 bit ISO(Daily build) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/
A microUSB OTG cable(if you use the StarTech cable mentioned below then you don't need this)
A high speed microSD card(Partitioned: 200MB FAT32 EFI partition, a large EXT4 partition, and a swap partition). I used this(was $21 on sale) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IVPU894/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
A Linux box to compile the latest versions of a few programs used to boot into Grub2 and Ubuntu. I will post the compiled versions but you should compile them yourself for security reasons.
Read this to get an idea what's needed to get rEFInd installed: http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/installing.html#windows (there are extra steps not listed there)
The install will go from the usb stick booted from rEFIind to the microSD card. The Samsung PRO I am using only does ~20MBps so I'm guessing that is a hardware limit. I did the install without a swap partition and Ubuntu was unusable after opening up 4 or more programs so I added a swap partition to the end of my microSD card.
Getting rEFInd booting:
Turn off Secure Boot in the Encore bios. It should be possible to boot Ubuntu from a USB stick without turning off Secure Boot but I doubt it will ever be possible to do from a microSD card because the Toshiba Encore has no option to boot from a microSD card in the bios boot options.
Get rEFInd here: http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/getting.html
Run these commands in an elevated permissions Windows command shell:
powercfg /h off
manage-bde -status c: (checks bitlocker status)
powershell
PS C:\> Disable-BitLocker -MountPoint "C:"
manage-bde -status c: (after above command finishes, makes sure your disk is really decrypted.)
Then follow this: http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/installing.html#windows
All the commands are explained on rodsbooks website except disabling Bitlocker. This is optional but if something goes wrong along the way, you might find Windows 8 encrypted and unbootable.
Note: The command: "bcdedit /set {bootmgr} path \EFI\refind\refind_x64.efi" to get rEFInd set as the default EFI boot program did not take the first time I did it. You might have to run that commend a few times rebooting each time until your tablet boots into rEFInd. Once it does, you will see a graphic to boot Windows 8. I suggest changing rEFInd to text mode so that you can use the VOL UP, VOL DOWN, and Windows button(as enter) to scroll through the boot options. Use "textonly" option in the rEFInd config file to set this: http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/configfile.html#adjusting
Installing Ubuntu(bleeding edge) 14.10:
Touchscreen does not work yet so I will update this section when I get it working.
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If you want to have power to your tablet and USB OTG access at the same time, here is what you need(both Amazon prime eligible):
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0047AALS0/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KQES55M/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (Any usb gender bender like this will do...there are cheaper ones)
Attach the USB gender changer to the black end of the StarTech cable and the attach a USB hub to the other end of the gender changer. Plug the red end into a 2.1 amp USB power source and the microUSB end into the Encore. Now the tablet will say "plugged in, not charging". You can now attach any USB device to the hub and Windows or Linux with see them. The tablet will have power but the battery will not charge.

bads3ctor said:
I have managed to boot to rEFInd on my Toshiba Encore in preparation for booting Ubuntu from a microSD card natively. I have not written up a guide yet from my notes because I don't think there will be much demand for this here on XDA. If enough people want to do this, I will turn this post into a guide. This boots directly from the UEFI partition with no USB stick needed.
Toshiba Encore booting to rEFInd: http://postimg.org/image/4lx3mnxzr/
Toshiba Encore booting to Grub2: http://postimg.org/image/p3rgtpqkp/
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Hi
I wanna boot ubuntu on my encore Can You write the instructions how to, step by step?

Nice, not sure how many others own this tablet, the Venue 8 Pro seems more popular. But I bought an Encore for the microHDMI so I would love to see a guide.

Thank You, I would love to see a guide also, I own a Toshiba encore 32gb

Touch working? Wifi?
Thanks for posting the guide though!

Touchscreen driver works but needs calibration
SebMKd said:
Touch working? Wifi?
Thanks for posting the guide though!
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Touchscreen bug:
Code:
i2c_hid i2c-ATML1000:00: failed to retrieve report from device.
Supposed to be fixed in kernel version 3.16 but so far in Ubuntu 14.10(kernel 3.16.0-23) TS is still broken. Internal WIFI works with a few tweaks. I am using a USB Atheros WIFI device for now.
I am running Windoze 8 and every few weeks I update Ubuntu 14.10 to see if the touchscreen works. I used to hack away at bleeding kernels to fix bugs like this but I am just going to wait for the Linux kernel devs to fix the touchscreen driver.
Edit: Booted into Ubuntu 14.10 after updating to the newest kernel and:
dmesg | grep i2c-ATML
[ 8.053603] input: ATML1000:00 03EB:8C12 as /devices/platform/80860F41:05/i2c-5/i2c-ATML1000:00/0018:03EB:8C12.0005/input/input6
Touchscreen works but is badly calibrated and the Unity side bar refuses to appear when the mouse is pushed to the left side of the screen. Not a very good trade-off! On the bright side, the former useless USB keyboard windows key now brings up the Unity sidebar.
Code:
[email protected]:~$ xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ MOSART Semi. 2.4G Wireless Mouse id=9 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ ATML1000:00 03EB:8C12 id=10 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Video Bus id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Logitech USB Keyboard id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Logitech USB Keyboard id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ gpio-keys id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ gpio-keys id=12 [slave keyboard (3)]
[email protected]:~$ xinput list-props 10
Device 'ATML1000:00 03EB:8C12':
Device Enabled (130): 1
Coordinate Transformation Matrix (132): 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000
Device Accel Profile (253): 0
Device Accel Constant Deceleration (254): 1.000000
Device Accel Adaptive Deceleration (255): 1.000000
Device Accel Velocity Scaling (256): 10.000000
Device Product ID (248): 1003, 35858
Device Node (249): "/dev/input/event5"
Evdev Axis Inversion (257): 0, 0
Evdev Axis Calibration (258): 1271, 1282, 3196, 3115
Evdev Axes Swap (259): 1
Axis Labels (260): "Abs MT Position X" (280), "Abs MT Position Y" (281), "None" (0), "None" (0)
Button Labels (267): "Button Unknown" (262), "Button Unknown" (262), "Button Unknown" (262), "Button Wheel Up" (136), "Button Wheel Down" (137)
Evdev Scrolling Distance (261): 0, 0, 0
Evdev Middle Button Emulation (268): 0
Evdev Middle Button Timeout (269): 50
Evdev Third Button Emulation (270): 0
Evdev Third Button Emulation Timeout (271): 1000
Evdev Third Button Emulation Button (272): 3
Evdev Third Button Emulation Threshold (273): 20
Evdev Wheel Emulation (274): 0
Evdev Wheel Emulation Axes (275): 0, 0, 4, 5
Evdev Wheel Emulation Inertia (276): 10
Evdev Wheel Emulation Timeout (277): 200
Evdev Wheel Emulation Button (278): 4
Evdev Drag Lock Buttons (279): 0
Edit2: Here is the problem....the coordinates for calibration are off because the tablet is attached to an external monitor:
Code:
[email protected]:~$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 3200 x 1080, maximum 32767 x 32767
HDMI1 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 983mm x 576mm
1920x1080 60.0*+ 50.0 59.9 30.0 25.0 24.0 30.0 24.0
1920x1080i 60.1 50.0 60.0
1600x900 60.0
1280x1024 60.0
1360x768 60.0
1280x720 60.0 50.0 59.9
1440x576i 50.1
1024x768 60.0
1440x480i 60.1 60.1
800x600 60.3
720x576 50.0
720x480 60.0 59.9
640x480 60.0 59.9
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DSI1 connected 1280x800+1920+0 right (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
800x1280 60.0*+
VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

very interesting. It's what I need :good:

Any more news on this?

I managed to install Refind. Also, I managed to install ubuntu on sdcard. But in Refind not appears Ubuntu. How I can edit Refind to search the OS on sdcard?
Thanks!!

PainToad said:
Any more news on this?
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Sorry for not getting back earlier on this but I wanted to exhaust all options before giving up on running Ubuntu on this tablet. The deal killer turns out to be the MicroSD card bandwidth. From what I can tell from the tests I have done while running Ubuntu from the MicroSD card, the BIOS is set to run the SD bus in DDR25 mode with no option to set it to DDR50 mode. DDR25 mode maxes out at about 18 MB/Sec and this is causing Ubuntu to lockup when disk I/O gets saturated.
With no option in the BIOS to set the SD bus to DDR50 mode, it is effectively a hardware limitation preventing Ubuntu from running properly.

bads3ctor said:
If you want to have power to your tablet and USB OTG access at the same time, here is what you need(both Amazon prime eligible):
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0047AALS0/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KQES55M/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (Any usb gender bender like this will do...there are cheaper ones)
Attach the USB gender changer to the black end of the StarTech cable and the attach a USB hub to the other end of the gender changer. Plug the red end into a 2.1 amp USB power source and the microUSB end into the Encore. Now the tablet will say "plugged in, not charging". You can now attach any USB device to the hub and Windows or Linux with see them. The tablet will have power but the battery will not charge.
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I have a question. This method won't be charging my tablet, so my battery won't be destroyed?
BTW another question. Why card reader in this tablet is that slow? I have sandisk extreme micro sd (64MB/s write - ~ 60MB/s in my PC card reader) but reader in toshiba can only read/write ~26MB/s. I thought that this card will be great for my tablet, but now I fell like I wasted my money. I could better buy standard class 10 micro sd card...

rascal0pl said:
I have a question. This method won't be charging my tablet, so my battery won't be destroyed?
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The tablet will receive a charge but the battery will not be charged. If your battery is at 100% then it will stay at 100%.
rascal0pl said:
BTW another question. Why card reader in this tablet is that slow? I have sandisk extreme micro sd (64MB/s write - ~ 60MB/s in my PC card reader) but reader in toshiba can only read/write ~26MB/s. I thought that this card will be great for my tablet, but now I fell like I wasted my money. I could better buy standard class 10 micro sd card...
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It is an internal firmware limitation. There is supposed to be a BIOS setting to set the SD slot to a higher bandwidth level but this tablet does not have that option in the BIOS.

Card Reader of Bay Trail tablets is broken
The Card Reader of Bay Trail tablets is slow because is broken, no linux boot and is a read-only device with stock linuxes. You can patch the kernel and install some boot stuff in new partitions of Windows disk, but you can't boot from microSD. I also installed Android x86 and run fast, Android 4 and 6 stable versions, but I couldn't activate sound nor battery status. At least for my research, until today, if you have the 32 GB disk is very difficult you can play with dual boot, Windows is slow and wastes the hard disk, tablet mode of windows has no attractive (while Android is near perfection) and desktop mode is not friendly for touch-screen use, but for now it is stable and all the other tablet's devices works (touchscreen, GPS, Bluetooth, cameras, sensors, miracast), the battery management in this Atom environment has issues with linux and under Windows this x86 system doesn't seem so far away from ARM efficiency. I installed many GPL portable Windows applications in a minimal disk space, so for now linux and Android are worse for this tablet that seemed created for a Microsoft's skinhead.

UEFI boot
I forgot I have a 10 inches version of this tablet, 32 GB, Windows 10 32 bits upgrade (first upgrade) and BIOS 2.0
UEFI multi-boot is not so difficult with: rEFInd, easyUEFI Windows application (because Windows changes boot order), linux's Unetbootin for USB boot, bootia32.efi archive for some linux's installations (Ubuntu-gnome 16.04.1 64 bits requires at least 7-10 GB and swap, may be 32 bits is a bit better because it's less RAM hunger), ... before tests, you have to disable Windows's Bitlocker encryption (AES-128 Windows disk software encryption for this model of the Atom processor, I think without hardware assistance, that it's seamless for the user because UEFI includes shared key, if disk key is deleted Microsoft online user account stores a large password), secure boot, fast boot, windows session identification (Microsoft online authentication sometimes locks session start, probably cause some autocheck of a efi boot manipulation... may be was "default_selection" option of rEFInd for booting last selected OS), backup efi boot partition (copy the files after mount partition)... then I gparted the Windows disk form USB (with no data loss).
And if someone can the microSD boot, Raspberry Pi community recommends Samsung EVO+ 32 GB, for about 10 $/€ (be warned about scam versions), with the best by far random IO, far less from 20 MB/s, but may be important for linux, although I don't know if max random IO of the card reader had been reduced too (most probably yes... and a lot).
Another chance is wubi EFI, a Ubuntu Windows installer that now supports UEFI 32 bits (the non approved by free-software community secure boot only with UEFI 64 bits), this install linux in a big file (resizable) of a NTFS Windows disk (again microSD doesn't boot, it requires a rEFInd's Card Reader firmware and is not available) and linux runs in loop mode inside this file. I installed Ubuntu-gnome 64 bits and 32 bits (in this case the installer requires a command-line option). UEFI32 too requires EasyUEFI and secure boot and bitlocker disabled, I utilized a USB wifi stick (TL-WN722N) until internal wifi was configured... I found lots of issues, including slow internal-wifi, soundcard, battery status, processor stepping and hangs, and other users's solutions for different tablets have not always worked... then no usability research here. Anyway, wubi is not the best way to install linux, although it works and it's easy, and Windows complain less.
A last possibility for linux could be VirtualBox 32 bits, this supports microSD use and Atom processor includes hardware assistance supporting even linux 64 bits. Virtualize linux on this tablet is very slow and touchscreen is a pain.
After some time I returned the tablet to its original state with no data loss*, USB boot still there or the install in a fast (if well chosen) microUSB 3.0 stick or microSD-adapter... but no charger without the use of a less portable, and manipulation disconnections, cable adapter. I utilized a cheap "octopussy" cable from China (3 USB 2.0+ microUSB for charge... 3-4 $/€ or less), but this tablet is incompatible for simultaneous operation (USB OTG+charge), it don't charge while USB use and only I can do slow charge with a tricky: connect with charge mode, change to OTG mode and connect USB devices (warning: some Amazon's users report issues or damages in other tablets).
*bitlocker key changed with a new online password stored for recovery, and Toshiba recovery (Bios option) was broken, may be caused by gparted or some UEFI boot application or some of the installed OS, who knows... normal fixes solutions don't work, although windows own recovery partition worked. Toshiba utilizes a particular EFI directory and Windows doesn't repair it, I copied Toshiba BCD backed up file or, in case it doesn't work, BCD file from Windows recovery boot directory (may be a normal fixboot is required first).

Bug issues under Windows 10 update
After some time of use this tablet suffers issues, cause of its Bay Trail buggy platform, under Windows 8.1 and 10 (worse): Wifi disconnections and poor speed, laggy applications and touchscreen sometimes is unresponsive, miracast disconnections and choppy sound, although the whole system doesn´t hang. I did try linux last updates from http://linuxiumcomau.blogspot.com.es/ and now most work better (July 2017), probably in a short time I will uninstall Windows 10.

Rockchip 3288 Root Method

Subject:3288 Root method
Item:Rockchipb 3288 Android Tv Box, VariousRK3288 quad core
Cortex A17 Up to 1.8GHz
Operating system: Android 4.4
2GB RAM, 8/16GB ROM2/5MP Camera
Wi-Fi: BCM AP6210 2.4G (external antenna) and
BCM AP6330 (2.4G or 5.8GB dual mode)
Main Frequency Quad-core ARM Cortex-A17 Up to 1.8GHz)
GPU 3D/2D Graphics Engine OpenGL ES1.1/2.0/3.0(ARM Mali-T764 GPU core),OpenCL1.1；Directx11
RAM 2GB DDR3 (DDR3/DDR3L /LPDDR2/LPDDR3)high-performance dual channel external memory
Memory Flash 8G /16GB
Bluetooth Built in bluetooth 4.0 version
HDMI Single Physical Layer PHY support for HDMI 1.4 and 2.0 operation
Up to 1080p at 120 Hz and 4k x 2k at 60 Hz HDTV display graphic display resolutions( 3840*2160P ,1920*1080P) 3D video formats Up to 10-bit Deep Color modes
Up to 18 Gbps aggregate bandwidth
Support HDCP 1.4
Expand Micro SD T-Flash 2G,4G,8G,16G,32G(Maximum support 32GB)
Ports HDMI;TF SD card ;2 USB2.0 host,USB2.0 OTG , RJ45, Optical SPDIF ,3.5mm AV out , DC port ,LED. Reset button
Accessory Gift Box ,HDMI cable,USB cable ,User Manual, Power Adapter, IR RC
Root: http://www.shuame.com/en/root Root Genious, componant of Shuame , standalone
Method:In settings menu, tick debugging and mock locations, under developers options. Under USB make suere to tick connect to pc.
Install drivers on Windows , (tested wuith Win7) using rk driver istall
http://vondroid.com/resources/rockchip-rk3288-driverassist.502/#.U_4V12PD_Uw
once installed, insert object into reset button at the same time as uinserting usb otg cord from mini pc to windowes, wait for drivers to recognize devioce. open Root Genious, run, notice if device is connected * may say device already rooted, root again - this will instal superuser files, in chinese . takes 5 minutes, and ta da!, device is properly rooted. has worked for every chinese made device i have except mtk devices.
ALL AT YOUR OWN RISK OF COURSE. provided by Paul Taraneh for aldxproject
August 27, 2014
Sent from my rk3288 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Hey, the title should change to RK3288, not RK3822.

Changed
lg v500 g pad/cubot c9+/moto g/firefox os
sincrely, paul z taraneh 2014 for aldxproject

All links are dead =(

[Q] Hipstreet WIN 8.1 Tablet PC No reconize phones via OTG

I Have this tablet Hipstreet W7 HS-7DTB34-16GB 16 GB
Reconize me well pendrives,mouse, printer, scaner via OTG
But i trie with various phones an the phones only charge
The specs are:
CPU Intel Atom Z3735G
Code:
Learn more about the Hipstreet HS-7DTB34-16GB
Model
Brand
Hipstreet
Model
HS-7DTB34-16GB
Operating Systems
Operating System
Windows 8.1
CPU
CPU Speed
1.83GHz
Display
Screen Size
7.0"
Resolution
1024 x 600
Storage
HDD
16GB
System Memory
Memory
1GB
Communications
WLAN
802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN
Ports
USB
High speed USB 2.0 interface
Supplemental Drive
Webcam
Front (0.3MP) / Rear (2MP) cameras
Features
Other Features
7” TFT LCD High Resolution screen
Built for entertainment, the W7’s High Resolution display is perfect for staying entertained on the go.Microsoft Office 365
Redefine “mobile workstation” with the Microsoft Office 365 suite which comes with your Windows 8 tablet. Access all of your favourites like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, at anytime and anywhere.
Microsoft Office 365 pre-loaded (1 year Subscription)16GB of built in storage and Micro SD support
Store your music, movies, and apps on your device with the option for more storage utilizing a Micro SD card (not included).Quad Core Processor with 1GB RAM
A Quad-Core processor means smooth video playback and unmatched gaming performance. It’s the only way to fly when on the go.
Built-in speaker (2 x 0.8W)
HDMI output port (1080p)