Has anyone heard when or if HTC is going to shoot us CDMA users the eclair update? Is Sprint causing them to delay? Hope it's soon.
Probably around the same time as Verizon, first quarter of 2010, I talked with a Sprint REP today and thats what he said
HTC will drop the update December 11th according to the interwebs. Then its up to Sprint to push the update. Assuming they can...rumors say they won't be able to push something so large.
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HTC will drop the update December 11th according to the interwebs. Then its up to Sprint to push the update. Assuming they can...rumors say they won't be able to push something so large.
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In that case there should be a way to download it once its out! Even if they can't push it ota
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HTC will drop the update December 11th according to the interwebs. Then its up to Sprint to push the update. Assuming they can...rumors say they won't be able to push something so large.
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Google will be dropping the 2.1 update on December 11th.
Anyways lets start twittering our thoughts about the situation to @sprint and @htc
Ok. Let's clear this up once and for all. Google may be dropping their update for Android 2.1 on the 11th. That would be great and all. But the problem we are having is the kernel. Until we get the kernel from HTC we will have nothing. Google already released 1.6 and 2.0 and we can't get a fully functional system because we dont have the necessary kernel and drivers that we need from HTC. So unless the devs here can do some miracles (possible btw) then we will have to wait till Jan. like everyone else.
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Ok. Let's clear this up once and for all. Google may be dropping their update for Android 2.1 on the 11th. That would be great and all. But the problem we are having is the kernel. Until we get the kernel from HTC we will have nothing. Google already released 1.6 and 2.0 and we can't get a fully functional system because we dont have the necessary kernel and drivers that we need from HTC. So unless the devs here can do some miracles (possible btw) then we will have to wait till Jan. like everyone else.
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Just to kind of explain the whole kernel thing... imagine if Microsoft released a new version of windows that required a special BIOS to be able to boot on your computer. And Toshiba made that BIOS for their users but HP didn't. Could you make the BIOS yourself? If so.... help us out.
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Just to kind of explain the whole kernel thing... imagine if Microsoft released a new version of windows that required a special BIOS to be able to boot on your computer. And Toshiba made that BIOS for their users but HP didn't. Could you make the BIOS yourself? If so.... help us out.
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Made my Tuesday morning! haha!
Hey all, I talked to koush and he said he was ok with me porting his Droid2/X/Pro bootstrap to the motorola bravo.
Basically it will work the same way as on those devices, you load the bootstrap app on the phone, and reboot into recovery. the phone reboots and clockwork mod then loads and you can install .zip's (like the gb keyboard, etc) do nandroids, install rom's etc.
you cant install custom kernels because of the locked bootloaders on these devices, this is the only drawback.
I am going to need some testers and even better if someone could get me the SBF file for this phone that would be so awesome. Its gotta be easy to find, its been out for a while and its an old software 2.1-update1 that i think is the same since release. Please let me know!
if you want to follow my work or help my github is :
https ://git hub.com/bandroidx - put the space back between git and hub i cant post links either
This should work with 2.2 so even if it drops soon, that is a ok. That wont make this project any less important, we need a way to get a custom recovery booted no matter what.
Update 2/19/11 - I hope to have a testable version done by the end of my long weekend (have off monday) will need testers very soon so keep in touch if your serious about testing. Anything I release will be a confirmed working on atleast 1 device (my gf's) build hopefully.
4-20-11: In final development, release imminent.
Ok i am almost ready for testers. You will need android sdk tools w/ adb and your phone must be rooted.
I need to finalize a few things, a sbf would really help, doesnt someone work for at&t and can get this?
Sent you a PM, but I can't tell if it actually was delivered. Please let me know if you got it. I am interested in testing my Bravo, but naturally, have some reservations. Thanks.
i am so limited by this 10 post thing, hopefully i get out of it fast.
i am trying to test it on a bravo emulation i got going in the simulator too, its being problematic but my gf has a real bravo for me to test on
an sbf would be nice, anyone?
i am asking some people for a sbf, maybe i can see about making a system only sbf like they did for the dx, that might work too.
MODERATOR please approve me so i can post in dev forums! argh!
I have talked to some people about an SBF and havent found anything yet. Someone must work for at&t or moto and can get this, all their stores have it probably to reflash phones.
But until then I need someone who is willing to risk bricking their phone because they are sending it back for warranty work. Yes it could void your warranty but I have never heard of this, we bricked a **** ton of droid x's before we had an sbf and had no problems.
Even better would be someone who is sending it to insurance to rpelace it because of a broken screen or something, that would be a great test unit.
So ask around, find someone for me, I should have a working test very soon.
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I have talked to some people about an SBF and havent found anything yet. Someone must work for at&t or moto and can get this, all their stores have it probably to reflash phones.
But until then I need someone who is willing to risk bricking their phone because they are sending it back for warranty work. Yes it could void your warranty but I have never heard of this, we bricked a **** ton of droid x's before we had an sbf and had no problems.
Even better would be someone who is sending it to insurance to rpelace it because of a broken screen or something, that would be a great test unit.
So ask around, find someone for me, I should have a working test very soon.
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P3Droid seems to be really good at getting his hands on leaked Motorola files. I've asked if he could get a Bravo SBF but was ignored. Since you are actually doing something productive, maybe he would be more apt to respond to you.
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Ok i am almost ready for testers. You will need android sdk tools w/ adb and your phone must be rooted.
I need to finalize a few things, a sbf would really help, doesnt someone work for at&t and can get this?
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Ok, I am willing and able to aid you in any way I can with my bravo. it is rooted and ready to go. I do work for AT&T but only in sales and customer service, so I don't have hands on access to the .sbf for the phone. But if you know of any means for me to get it or request it, i.e. the rout or channel I should attempt to get it, that would be great. Thanks so much for your effort in this and let me know if there is anything I can do.
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P3Droid seems to be really good at getting his hands on leaked Motorola files. I've asked if he could get a Bravo SBF but was ignored. Since you are actually doing something productive, maybe he would be more apt to respond to you.
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Thanks its a good idea, as I already tried it
He cant get it, he only gets vzw.
his reply "@bandroidx I doubt it, no connects outside of VZW/Moto"
if you want to follow me on twitter i am @bandroidx
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Ok, I am willing and able to aid you in any way I can with my bravo. it is rooted and ready to go. I do work for AT&T but only in sales and customer service, so I don't have hands on access to the .sbf for the phone. But if you know of any means for me to get it or request it, i.e. the rout or channel I should attempt to get it, that would be great. Thanks so much for your effort in this and let me know if there is anything I can do.
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Thanks, I am not sure how At&t is but with verizon they have tech support in the stores so someone can bring a bricked phone in and get it fixed (or replaced) while they wait, etc. Does AT&T work the same way? In that case, you could contact someone at the store and get it with a good story to the tech guys. they usually are underpaid and younger kids at vzw and will easily obey any request from corporate imo. I am fairly sure this how most sbf's get out, unless its from like an inside engineering dept or from the manfucaturer themselves but those are problably more rare.
Thanks a million if you can get this that would be great. Otherwise i think we need to hope for someone with a broken screen ,etc that is getting a replacement. I would not want to brick someones perfectly good phone with no way to recover. It happens, even with the best testing and coding.
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Thanks, I am not sure how At&t is but with verizon they have tech support in the stores so someone can bring a bricked phone in and get it fixed (or replaced) while they wait, etc. Does AT&T work the same way? In that case, you could contact someone at the store and get it with a good story to the tech guys. they usually are underpaid and younger kids at vzw and will easily obey any request from corporate imo. I am fairly sure this how most sbf's get out, unless its from like an inside engineering dept or from the manfucaturer themselves but those problably more rare.
Thanks a million if you can get this that would be great. Otherwise i think we need to hope for someone with a broken screen ,etc that is getting a replacement. I would not want to brick someones perfectly good phone with no way to recover. It happens, even with the best testing and coding.
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I think I know a way to get it. Now att does warranty exchanges is they send you a new or refurbished device and you send the broken one back to them when you get it. However, there is one store in my state that doubles as a warranty device exchange center. Basically if you don't want to wait on your device in the mail you can get it replaced there. I think that would be the only store that would have the files. I just need to think of a good excuse for them to put it on a flash drive for me or to email it to me. I think they would be more about to do it if they new I worked for att and I had a good enough excuse. I'll let ya know what I can find out.
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I think I know a way to get it. Now att does warranty exchanges is they send you a new or refurbished device and you send the broken one back to them when you get it. However, there is one store in my state that doubles as a warranty device exchange center. Basically if you don't want to wait on your device in the mail you can get it replaced there. I think that would be the only store that would have the files. I just need to think of a good excuse for them to put it on a flash drive for me or to email it to me. I think they would be more about to do it if they new I worked for att and I had a good enough excuse. I'll let ya know what I can find out.
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Awesome let me know, that is def. a good idea. On a phone that has been out for so long and the SBF is for released software so even though they dont let them go out in the wild openly, they are quite available. [mbm] was surprised that its not out yet for a phone released that long.
Some other good news just incase, i talekd to p3droid again and explained what i was doing in better detail and he is going to try to find this for us. He said he will shake the tree and see what falls out or something to that effect. But its at&t and not vzw, so def. still try to get it if you can without getting fired!
Just never admit you want it to release it or that you released it. I will help you release it to cover you and insulate you further if you want. I will load it up on my french seed box
Ok good news people, I have made great progress on this and hope to have a testable copy ready as soon as this weekend! If i can spend enough time to work out a few things then I could have it ready to test sunday or monday. I am working out ways to test it as safely as possible.
Tenfar who ported CWM to the Defy is helping me on the project, we have found the phones are more alike on the inside than anything else, so his help has been invaluable and thanks to him this is really looking to be something that will work out.
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Ok good news people, I have made great progress on this and hope to have a testable copy ready as soon as this weekend! If i can spend enough time to work out a few things then I could have it ready to test sunday or monday. I am working out ways to test it as safely as possible.
Tenfar who ported CWM to the Defy is helping me on the project, we have found the phones are more alike on the inside than anything else, so his help has been invaluable and thanks to him this is really looking to be something that will work out.
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If you have a system SBF to test at some point, please let me know. I'll be happy to test it for you.
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Ok good news people, I have made great progress on this and hope to have a testable copy ready as soon as this weekend! If i can spend enough time to work out a few things then I could have it ready to test sunday or monday. I am working out ways to test it as safely as possible.
Tenfar who ported CWM to the Defy is helping me on the project, we have found the phones are more alike on the inside than anything else, so his help has been invaluable and thanks to him this is really looking to be something that will work out.
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bandroidx, was just checking in to see if you got my PM. I actually sent two because after I sent each one it said I had 0 sent messages. If not I'll shoot ya an email. Thanks.
Yes i got your pm and just replied.
I have a testable apk but it hasnt been tested yet. I am unable test it on the emulator but am working on other ways to test it.
the good news is i built the whole thing with help from the guy who ported CWM to the defy which is very similar and he thinks it looks good.
basically waiting on a sbf or someone with a device going back for replacement that can boot into the os and run an app (broken scren probably would be good)
OK i have the recovery ready to testi it will be first come first serve for testers. I will be back online around 10pm EST monday night to find some testers. send me your gtalk around then if your interedted.
bandroidx
CWM port to Moto Bravo
I too work at At&t and have an able and willing Bravo to put on the line for the sake of testing, if you still need help, I did use the CW for my Aria, so I have a little experience with it. Good luck, and I hope you guys get this thing going. I'm ready to throw Cyanogenmod on this baby!
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I too work at At&t and have an able and willing Bravo to put on the line for the sake of testing, if you still need help, I did use the CW for my Aria, so I have a little experience with it. Good luck, and I hope you guys get this thing going. I'm ready to throw Cyanogenmod on this baby!
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I have a testable copy that is using code confirmed working on the defy so should be good.
If you want to try it, there is some risk of bricking or needing sbf (which we dont have) but it should be recoverable in most scenarios because of the way the hijack works, all you need is a rooted phone.
if someone goes wrong it should go back to normal on next reboot.
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I have a testable copy that is using code confirmed working on the defy so should be good.
If you want to try it, there is some risk of bricking or needing sbf (which we dont have) but it should be recoverable in most scenarios because of the way the hijack works, all you need is a rooted phone.
if someone goes wrong it should go back to normal on next reboot.
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Hi , I have a bricked Moto Bravo, that is boot looping
So...
I'll be happy to test the sbf and report back
got a link for DL ?
I have the new 2.6.35 kernel that gnarlyc was working on working on my eris, I am going to post the link to download after I test it on a few of the other roms. I will release the new kernel in a couple days just wanted to let you all know
Thanks gnarlyc http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=992323
for starting this greate WORK!
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I have the new 2.6.35 kernel that gnarlyc was working on working on my eris, I am going to post the link to download after I test it on a few of the other roms. I will release the new kernel in a couple days just wanted to let you all know
Thanks gnarlyc http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=992323
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Well, no real need to thank me. I just start projects and hopefully someone else comes along and finishes them! Great job. Thank you. I look forward to flashing this on my kid's Eris.
Oh sure, now you tell me
What are the differences between the old kernel and this one. Also will this be okay to flash on GSB?
Sent from my ERIS using XDA App
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I have the new 2.6.35 kernel that gnarlyc was working on working on my eris, I am going to post the link to download after I test it on a few of the other roms. I will release the new kernel in a couple days just wanted to let you all know
Thanks gnarlyc http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=992323
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Congrats!
Is this based on the recent HeroC/DesireC sources, or the older s0be based sources?
Are the updates on github or some other repository site?
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Congrats!
Is this based on the recent HeroC/DesireC sources, or the older s0be based sources?
Are the updates on github or some other repository site?
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Yeah, me too I had been working on the breber github source and finally got a bootable ERIS that I could adb into and captured a dmesg as well. Only thing lacking (small issue), is that none of the buttons worked I had an idea on a fix but lost my dev box and am waiting on a replacement MB to continue.
Question is, how different is the source tree for this kernel from the breber github source? When I used the breber source, I did change many kernel options to build many items as modules (ipv6 etc...) I've used the stock CM7 as the base w/ many mods for our older phones, and was able to reduce the size of the kernel image fairly significantly. Bootup was a bit quicker, but main idea was to remove some options that are rarely used, but still make them available as modules.
I've not tested this kernel yet, but I had to make a lot of mods to the defconfig etc... to get breber to work. 2.6.35 gives us some nice features, such as auto memory compaction / defragmentation etc... In the short time I was able to use it, it appeared to run better than the .29 we've all been using.
has it been a few days yet?
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has it been a few days yet?
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Yes, finally I just got it up and running end of last week and have been playing catch-up. I use this box as a mailserver for my domain, so it spent the first 10 hours processing over 49000 messages.
Funny timing though, just compiled .35 and was getting ready to flash it. At this point, I have no idea where I left off Maybe I'll smoke the Eris next....
as long as we get a download link soon
I was hoping we might hear some updates for the people working on this...
It would be a big help if those who have gotten it to boot would post their source so others can help get this to a stable point without having to repeat work. I'd like to see Eris development stay alive even as many, including myself, have moved on to more powerful phones.
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I was hoping we might hear some updates for the people working on this...
It would be a big help if those who have gotten it to boot would post their source so others can help get this to a stable point without having to repeat work. I'd like to see Eris development stay alive even as many, including myself, have moved on to more powerful phones.
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sounds good to me. I do have my box up and running, just haven't had much time to mess with it. somewhere along the the line, I screwed up my Conf, but I'll get it. It boots, but I've messed up the mtd enumeration, so no init gets started.
Just as an fyi, I'm using breber's github source with the arm 4.4.3 eabi.
Well, the good news is, I'm running 2.6.35 now. But.... the bad news is that it's on a new Moto Razr. However, I'll still be tinkering with the Eris in my spare time.
I've rooted the Razr, but I'll tell you. Getting recovery on it's a booger. Also, the battery is sealed in (I'm sure the 2 small screws at the top allow a lift out and disconnect). But, kinda got nervous for a sec when I tried to boot into recovery and got nowhere with no easy way to pull the batt. Overall, liking the phone a lot.
Now.... If only I can dig up my working config. I have a cloud based backup system that versions stuff. Need to go through and see if I've got something there.
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Well, the good news is, I'm running 2.6.35 now. But.... the bad news is that it's on a new Moto Razr. However, I'll still be tinkering with the Eris in my spare time.
I've rooted the Razr, but I'll tell you. Getting recovery on it's a booger. Also, the battery is sealed in (I'm sure the 2 small screws at the top allow a lift out and disconnect). But, kinda got nervous for a sec when I tried to boot into recovery and got nowhere with no easy way to pull the batt. Overall, liking the phone a lot.
Now.... If only I can dig up my working config. I have a cloud based backup system that versions stuff. Need to go through and see if I've got something there.
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Having a current generation phone is quite a change. I am enjoying my gnex a lot and since it doesn't need much modification, I still get to spend a good bit of my dev time with the eris .
Maybe we can talk workshed into messing with this .35 kernel again when you find that config...or he might be burnt out for awhile on the frustrations that are the kernel porting and the tbolt as a whole.
In August update google nuked all Verizon files from code.Ive been told by many that exploit in works to root Verizon taimen.Sean
Fingers crossed! I'm still on the Sep '19 build so I'll finally get to experience the last year of updates.
Oh boy. Can't wait
Wait what?
Is there a source for this info? As much as I want this to happen, I'm very doubtful.
please share the source
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please share the source
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There is no source. OP is jerking your collective chains, or else has misread the unlock method for the OG Pixel as applying to the P2XL.
OP, if you have documented verifiable proof you need to show it.
I call BS. Carry on.
lol wish this was true
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In August update google nuked all Verizon files from code.Ive been told by many that exploit in works to root Verizon taimen.Sean
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I hate these posts but have to come here and beg for devs to try again for the bootloader unlock, I really really want to hold out for the 5, so lineage would be a nice help right about now.