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I'm not sure but I think it needs special tools... at least a lot of other PPCs do.
So it is possible??
I want to upgrade my 6700 to the 6800 but the lack of RAM has going for the Touch, I don't want to give up the keyboard and wifi but it seems worth the sacrifice. But if it is possible to upgrade the RAM on the 6800 well that changes everything.
Could someone with experience pls give some feedback on the matter.
Thanks
Yes it is posible everything is posible I'm not an expert means I'm not an ingenier but I'm IPC 610 Certified I Know A+ and Network + and more..I have work directly with ingeniers developing and designing all kinds of mother boards I kow the tools needed and I also know that may be we will need to buy a hi amount of chips to the fabric I am intereste in kowing if any one can tell me before boyding my waranty what it is the exact chip and who is the vendor so I can start working with some of my friends soldering and unpgrading the RAM...
you need to be able to reliably solder mBGA components and be able to modify the bootloader/kernel to use that amount of ram
I know How to soler SMT componets... that is not a problem I worked as QC inspector of SMT components....
how did you manage to transpose your accent in your post?
I think the possible destruction of your Device is not worth the hassle... but you're welcome to try.
Do tell if you manage to pull it off successfully
Yeah, it is possible. Since you seem to already know about SMT rework and have access to proper tools, there's a fair chance you actually succeed. To get the proper chip you would probably need to open up your device and see the part number of your current RAM chip and search for its datasheet. Based on that, you'll need to choose exactly the same kind (same memory type, same timings, same pinout, preferably the same manufacturer) of memory, but of bigger capacity.
There are even some companies offering PocketPC upgrade service (just run a google search for PocketPC RAM upgrade).
And as far as i know, WinMo will use the bigger ram chip without any bootloader/kernel modifications, just like your PC (at least a winCE 4 Simpad did) - but you'll need to do some more research here since i never tried it personally and can't guarantee anything.
Unfortunately, BGA chip type limits you to 128MB ram (as far as i know, it's the biggest capacity you'll get in a single chip). In case of SOT/TQFN memory it was possible to solder a second chip on top of the old one (however i don't remember the exact details), therefore doubling the RAM size. Obviously, it's not possible with BGA, and even if it was, there's simply no room for that inside a modern device
Hello everyone,
I am interested in a port of Android for the HP iPAQ 310 Series Travel Companion. It seems like a fairly capable piece of hardware, but HP dropped the product and hampered by some buggy software issues. It normally runs Windows CE 5.0 with a custom shell. I am trying to find out if it is feasible, any interest, and if there are any previous Linux ports that might make a Android port feasible. This is what I have found out so far:
Here are the product features from HP:
Processor Titan 600 MHz ARM11 Dual-Core Processor
Display 4.3" WVGA 800x480 TFT with touch screen, antiglare, landscape oriented, 16bit RGB depth
Memory Up to 2.0 GB flash ROM for persistent storage, depending on model 128 MB SDRAM for running applications
External Power AC Input: 100~240 Vac, 50/60 Hz, AC Input current: 0.2 A ac max Output Voltage: 5Vdc (typical)
SD Slot Supports SD memory
Antenna Internal Bluetooth antenna
Audio Integrated microphone, speaker, and one 3.5–mm stereo headset jack, 5–band equalizer and 3D sound adjustment
Battery 1,700 mAh Li-ion removable/rechargeable battery
Bluetooth Bluetooth 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate, typical 10 meter range (approximately 33 feet)–High-speed, low-power, shortrange wireless communication with other Bluetooth devices
GPS Receiver SiRF embedded GPS receiver with InstantFix(TM) time to first fix acceleration
GPS Antenna Internal patch antenna
Physical specifications
Width US: 4.3 in
Metric: 110.2 mm
Height US: 3.4 in
Metric: 86.8 mm
Depth US: 0.7 in
Metric: 18.2 mm
Weight US: 6.6 oz
Metric: 187 g
The screen is beautiful on the thing, the hardware seems to have potential, although it does lack Wifi and WWAN. An SD Wifi card can always be added or it could be tethered via Bluetooth for network access. But never the less, I think it would be a wonderful Android device, especially if there were some way of caching Google Map data on SD or in the 2GB of built-in SLC memory.
I tried to dig up what I can on the internals. I have not been able to find a Linux port specifically to the Centrality Titan processor. Centrality was purchased by Sirf. Since it is ARM11 based, I imagine it shouldn't be too difficult to get Linux up and running.
The GPS receiver is the SE4110L.
I/O is handled by the Wolfson Microelectronics WM9712:
Voice processing is handled by the Fortemedia FM1182.
Bluetooth is handled by the Cambridge Silicon Radio BlueCore 4.
What do you guys think? Would this be feasible to pull off? Are there any other Android based devices that have similar hardware that make make this possible?
Still no updates?
I am going to try Andromnia Port for Samsung Omnia on this device. Just for start.
Try something with a WVGA resolution. Only other 4.3 inch screen device is the hd2.... Never heard of this, is it old?
froggylover1345 said:
Try something with a WVGA resolution. Only other 4.3 inch screen device is the hd2.... Never heard of this, is it old?
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It is about 2 years old, great device but so stupidly abandoned by HP (along with entire iPaq brand)...
Great 800x480 screen, 600Mhz CPU with both GPU and GPS. Perfect ground for Android!
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I own 2 of these lol. I also abandoned it when i started buying android phones. I am interested in this as well.
Hello everyone,
I am glad to see there is some interest in an Android port to this device. I wasn't sure I would receive any replies at first. Now that I see a few of us would like a port lets see what we need to do to accomplish this. I will investigate a few venues for us this afternoon. It is damn shame to let a capable hardware device like this fall by the wayside. It really seemed to have great potential.
I would imagine their are two routes to take. One would be to natively boot Android on the device. This would require the most work and I do not know if all of the hardware would be supported.
The other option would be to go the route of booting Android from a Windows CE based boot loader, similar to other Windows Mobile to Android ports. I think this would probably be the easier route to take.
Does anyone know of any other Windows Mobile or native Android devices with similar components?
Michael.Rose said:
The other option would be to go the route of booting Android from a Windows CE based boot loader, similar to other Windows Mobile to Android ports. I think this would probably be the easier route to take.
Does anyone know of any other Windows Mobile or native Android devices with similar components?
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As far as I know, Centrality (SIRF) Titan is used in only one type of device - out poor Travel Companion.
Though, I could be compatible with some other CPUs. I'll try to find out.
Hi guys, I've got one of these devices, for some time now,
I've mannaged to hack it, by changing registry settings in
HKLM\INIT and put explorer as an extra launch.
I did find something here:
http://www.smartqmid.com/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=12
There is simmilar device running linux
and they trying android to boot from SD card:
http://www.jiongtang.com/blog/html/smartq5/boot-the-smartq-5-from-sd-card.html
You have to partition SD card, like here:
http://www.jiongtang.com/blog/html/...-install-software-on-sd-card-for-smartq5.html
There is more info there.
So any luck with running Android on iPAQ?
Vadimus_ca said:
So any luck with running Android on iPAQ?
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I think, you have to install Linux first and then load Android.
Go here and start reading:
handhelds.org/handhelds-faq/handhelds-faq.html
just add www at the front, someone stuffed something up and
I cannot post url's
I have already started, very interesting article, scroll down and get
PDF file.
Hey guys,
has anybody, by any chance, got the data sheets for this Titan processor,
some owners managed to brick the devices beyond repairs, I think it was due to very low temperature last winter, and the NAND, and boot loader were erased.
Someone is trying to develop some dumper, which would allow to dump the bootloader from working unit and then load it back by JTAG, and then all the rest by normal way from SD card, but he needs these Data Sheets.
HP is not interested in helping, they want money.
One of the rom cooking Gurus has developed simple tool to convert DiskRW's
image dump to the working boot files, which are TINYNK.bin, CHAIN.bin and NK.bin, I have managed to add some .dll files from MioPocket to NK.bin, I think
something about 20 files including all WiFi dlls.
There is big potential here.
hey nice people,
I have managed to install and run DOS on my 312 model,
there is only small problem, the very small keyboard, which pops up
as a part of the DOS screen. We can use PC's keyboard or maybe some
USB one.
There is no far to install Linux and Android, just have to find one.
Sorry, didn't put any links and names:
I've installed PcketDOS_1123 from here:
http://www.pocketdos.com/download.htm
The OEM version is not free, the other one is.
Look at this:
http://dev.openaos.org/browser/trun...-4.1.2_glibc-2.5_linux-2.6.18.ptxconfig?rev=6
interesting thread. Anyone still tinkering with their 310's?
yeah another bump
I'm an interested 310 owner
Dear Hackers,
(i'm looking for a way to upload the images of the board...)
I am new to hardware hacking, but I really enjoy the thoughts.
There are a few questions I have:
1: I would like to know if there is potential for serial communication based on observation.
2: Is there a possibility to solder onto the board to read/write to the emmc chip (without desoldering)?
The board is an (android 10) radio for a car.
If there is an more easy route to root, please let me know
Cheers,
Hey All,
5+ years experience 3D printing.
Some rooting / ROM android experience.
Okay so first of all I am going to explain the situation then ask the question.
Raspberry Pi and other SBCs are hard to come by or very expensive as of currently posting.
I have serveral RPi that I use, one being an 8gb RPi4 that runs Fluidd/Klipper for three of my printers.
Due to this RPi shortage I have looked into alternatives that are low powered ARM systems. I have considered cheap android TVs that I could run armbian on.
I have a friend that wants to run klipper on his printer but he doesn't have a RPi.
He has a spare android phone he is willing to use it as the host controller.
To investigate, I installed Octo4a on a spare phone (ZTE ZMax Pro MetroPCS). I installed klipper with a script through bash and installed the octoklipper plugin.
-Could not connect it to a printer / unsure if the klipper version on the MCU was the same as the one on the android.
-Getting tons of printer.cfg errors.
According to Octo4a you cannot flash the klipper firmware to the MCU via the android phone, thus another host must flash that firmware to the board.
I understand for long term use one would need a y-splitter OTG cable.
Even more long term to have a 3.7V source to replace the battery...
After doing some more research I found a korean guy on youtube running klipper on android via a rooted phone and a custom ROM and kernel.
After even more thought I was considering running a docker container on the android. Fluidd has an official docker container for fluidd/moonraker/klipper.
TL;DR
I am trying to run klipper on android so I can help my friend run klipper on android for his 3d printer.
Can anyone with experience help me?
Should I root the phone and try using termux and run alpine linux?
Should I learn docker and try to go that route?
Should I suggest a low cost android tv box and run armbian on it?
Is this a little too much to ask / complicated request ?
Can anyone point me in the right direction ?
I really feel like this is doable but I can't quite figure it out due to lack of experience with android development and docker.
Thank you to anyone who helps.
Mr. Pewpy But-Whole said:
Hey All,
5+ years experience 3D printing.
Some rooting / ROM android experience.
Okay so first of all I am going to explain the situation then ask the question.
Raspberry Pi and other SBCs are hard to come by or very expensive as of currently posting.
I have serveral RPi that I use, one being an 8gb RPi4 that runs Fluidd/Klipper for three of my printers.
Due to this RPi shortage I have looked into alternatives that are low powered ARM systems. I have considered cheap android TVs that I could run armbian on.
I have a friend that wants to run klipper on his printer but he doesn't have a RPi.
He has a spare android phone he is willing to use it as the host controller.
To investigate, I installed Octo4a on a spare phone (ZTE ZMax Pro MetroPCS). I installed klipper with a script through bash and installed the octoklipper plugin.
-Could not connect it to a printer / unsure if the klipper version on the MCU was the same as the one on the android.
-Getting tons of printer.cfg errors.
According to Octo4a you cannot flash the klipper firmware to the MCU via the android phone, thus another host must flash that firmware to the board.
I understand for long term use one would need a y-splitter OTG cable.
Even more long term to have a 3.7V source to replace the battery...
After doing some more research I found a korean guy on youtube running klipper on android via a rooted phone and a custom ROM and kernel.
After even more thought I was considering running a docker container on the android. Fluidd has an official docker container for fluidd/moonraker/klipper.
TL;DR
I am trying to run klipper on android so I can help my friend run klipper on android for his 3d printer.
Can anyone with experience help me?
Should I root the phone and try using termux and run alpine linux?
Should I learn docker and try to go that route?
Should I suggest a low cost android tv box and run armbian on it?
Is this a little too much to ask / complicated request ?
Can anyone point me in the right direction ?
I really feel like this is doable but I can't quite figure it out due to lack of experience with android development and docker.
Thank you to anyone who helps.
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From my experience using octo4a on Android: you need good hardware, not any old phone, otherwise it's slow. And also without root running scripts can be cumbersome of if you don't have access to the system like on RPi...
take her home Mimi
thank you all man I'm going to leave okay I got I got everything
Hello!
I have an embedded device with an Infineon Aurix CPU, and it has what looks like "normal" 24xx/25xx (SPI?) flash memory. My flash reading clip fits on them perfectly (-: However, the numbers on it indicate that it's some unknown (to me) 27xx version of memory. Since this thing has an infineon chip, I'm kind of assuming the flash memory is some proprietary "pflash" (it was referred to as pflash at one point as well). I've tried looking at what infineon sells and while there's 24xx/25xx/29xx chips, I don't see anything with 27xx.
My question is has anyone seen flash memory chips like this? I think that they are protected against reading/writing/erasing/reflashing but would like to make sure there's not some 'simple' wiring tricks I can use to enable them to act like normal eeprom/flash chips.
Alternatively, anyone seen something that looks like flash/eeprom but is something else with a 27xx XXXX identifier on it?
Thanks in advance if anyone has any ideas