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[ErnstJanF]

Android for B7610 collection thread

This thread will be ready by the end of the day :-)

Contents:
- Step by Step: Install android on SD-card (Windows)
- Step by Step: Install android on My Storage (Ubuntu)
- Step by Step: Setting up VMware Player running Ubuntu (Windows)
- Known Issues and Fixes

Edited by ErnstJanF, 26 April 2011 - 07:37 PM.

[ErnstJanF]

Step-by-step: Install android on SD-card

1. Requirements
You will need the files below before you proceed:

Android installation
2D/3D drivers
B7610 support files

2. Unpacking files
You will need the 3 downloaded files, so I recommend to unpack them to a location that isn't that hard to find.
 1.png   107.45K   1212 downloads

You can unzip it like this:
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3. Putting the files on 'My storage'
Put the phone into 'Mass storage' and select 'My Storage'.
You will see it on Windows (computer):
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Copy the contents from 'Froyo_beta1_1024' to 'My Storage' likt this:
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4. Install Android
First, unplug your phone from the computer.
NOTE: You will need more than 1GB of free space on your SD-card before proceeding!

On your phone, open your file manager and go to 'My storage'.
Next, open the folder 'o2beta'. You will see 4 files:
haret.exe, sd.cpio.gz, startup.txt, zImage.

Launch haret.exe and click 'Run'.

If the installation fails, look at the error message and check the 'known issues below this post'.

Your phone will now reboot back into Windows Mobile.

5. Installing updates
Plug your phone back in, so you get the 'My Storage' on your computer.
Copy the file I selected in the screenshot below to 'My Storage':
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You will now have the following in 'My Storage':
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Unplug the phone again
Go back into the filemanager on your phone, and launch the haret.exe on your 'My Storage'. NOT the one you used in step 4, but the one next to the log.txt.

You will now see Android boot (It can take about 5 minutes the first time..).
Once you can use Android, DO NOT do anything. Instead, hold the END_CALL (Hangup) button and press 'Reboot' or 'Shutdown'.
You are now back in Windows Mobile.

6. Install support files for B7610
Hook up the phone to your computer (yes, again! I promise this is the last time).

Go into your downloaded files folder, and select these files:
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Copy those to 'My storage'. You will get a warning that 'zImage' already exists, overwrite it.
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Check if you have the same as me:
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Unplug your phone, and launch haret.exe like you did in step 5. (From my storage, not from o2beta folder!)

Enjoy :-)

Edited by ErnstJanF, 22 April 2011 - 08:37 AM.

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Known issues and fixes

Screen goes off while in-call, and phone call ends
Install 'call light' from the market

My SD-card doesn't get mounted
Use FAT32 or FAT for your data partition (the one your files are on)

I get the 'request_sleep_wake_suspended' error on boot
You didn't install the correct 2D/3D drivers, you can find them in my tutorial above.

Wifi/Bluetooth does not work?
That's right, it's not finished yet.


I'm sure there are more errors, but these are the most common ones and I will add more later

Edited by ErnstJanF, 26 April 2011 - 07:35 PM.

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Please don't reply on this topic yet, there's no need to do so..

[ErnstJanF]

Maybe another reserved post

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[PankajM]

ErnstJanF, on Apr 22 2011, 11:52, said:

Android for B7610 collection thread

This thread will be ready by the end of the day :-)

Contents:
- Step by Step: Install android on SD-card (Windows)
- Step by Step: Install android on My Storage (Ubuntu)
- Step by Step: Setting up VMware Player running Ubuntu (Windows)
- Known Issues and Fixes

First of all, my apologies for replying before the thread is ready.

In my opinion, there is no need to handle the hassle for installing VMWare and Ubuntu which is very heavy. I use Tiny Core linux installed on my pendrive and boot from it. So far i have not faced any issue and it works perfectly ok. Tiny core is around 10 MB distro and boots perfectly and has all the tool needed for installation on mystorage. I'll try to make a tutorial (about how i did it) and hope that some people will benefit from it.

EDIT: I sincerely thank ErnstJanF for your efforts and in no way mean to hurt you by writing this.

Edited by PankajM, 22 April 2011 - 04:50 PM.

[carlsberg]

Hello , nice guide .
But Wifi doesnt work ?

Thanks .

[erikcas]

carlsberg, on Apr 24 2011, 07:41, said:

Hello , nice guide .
But Wifi doesnt work ?

Thanks .

Correct! Not working yet. B7610 uses another chip for wifi then I8000. The devs give priority to stable I8000 android version first.
Might be solved in the future
If you know how to code, feel free to try to make it work. You can start reading somewhere here.

grtz Erik

[erikcas]

ErnstJanF, on Apr 22 2011, 06:22, said:

Android for B7610 collection thread

This thread will be ready by the end of the day :-)

Contents:
- Step by Step: Install android on SD-card (Windows)
- Step by Step: Install android on My Storage (Ubuntu)
- Step by Step: Setting up VMware Player running Ubuntu (Windows)
- Known Issues and Fixes

I wrote you a nice guide for install on My storage earlier

[ErnstJanF]

erikcas, on Apr 24 2011, 12:29, said:

I wrote you a nice guide for install on My storage earlier

Yeah I will use that one, rewrite it a little and add screenshots to it :-)

[erikcas]

ErnstJanF, on Apr 24 2011, 13:07, said:

Yeah I will use that one, rewrite it a little and add screenshots to it :-)

Super!

[silvestero]

ErnstJanF, on Apr 22 2011, 08:22, said:

Step-by-step: Install android on SD-card



If the installation fails, look at the error message and check the 'known issues below this post'.

can't find could you say me please where it stands, thanks.

[ErnstJanF]

silvestero, on Apr 25 2011, 19:00, said:

can't find could you say me please where it stands, thanks.

It's not finished yet  

[Da Phoenix]

When I install using Ubuntu I get this error.

[   7.249684] VFS: Mounted root (ext4 filesystem) on device
  179.2.
[   7.265357] Freeing init memory: 144K
[   7.273286] BFS CPU scheduler v0.310 by Con Kolivas.
[   7.282213] Warning: unable to open an initial console.
[   7.290416] Failed to execute /init.  Attempting defaults
...
[   7.305995] Kernel panic - not syncing: no init found. T
ry passing init=option to kernel.

[ErnstJanF]

Da Phoenix, on Apr 26 2011, 22:38, said:

When I install using Ubuntu I get this error.

[   7.249684] VFS: Mounted root (ext4 filesystem) on device
  179.2.
[   7.265357] Freeing init memory: 144K
[   7.273286] BFS CPU scheduler v0.310 by Con Kolivas.
[   7.282213] Warning: unable to open an initial console.
[   7.290416] Failed to execute /init.  Attempting defaults
...
[   7.305995] Kernel panic - not syncing: no init found. T
ry passing init=option to kernel.

Reinstall, be sure to use sudo for tar.. and change the partition number in default/startup.txt!

[Da Phoenix]

ErnstJanF, on Apr 27 2011, 08:20, said:

Reinstall, be sure to use sudo for tar.. and change the partition number in default/startup.txt!

I've tried in but I still get the same error.
Here are some screenshots of my Ubuntu shizzle.


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