[Project] ANDROMNiA - Android on Omnia

[Guest missing2]

I have tried every step by step instructions i could find and i cant get this to work.

1. Put haret on My Device.

2. Use Ubuntu to format sd card to ext2. Tried ext2 and ext3.

3. Move files from andromnia_rootfs to the memory card. Tried doing it in Ubuntu and using Ext2 Volume Manger. And i unmount first when using both.

4. Open haret and push Run.

But every time it just freezes on the black screen and i noticed the phone gets really hot. Any ideas? Anything i could be doing wrong?

Edited August 8, 2009 by missing2

[Guest eTronic Gaming]

@missing2: You moved the rest of the files onto the device itself though, right?

Also, android doesn't work for the cdma version (i910) yet. At least the cdma radio doesn't. I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it.

[Guest missing2]

@missing2: You moved the rest of the files onto the device itself though, right?

Also, android doesn't work for the cdma version (i910) yet. At least the cdma radio doesn't. I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it.

which files are you talking about? from the rootfs folder?

[Guest eTronic Gaming]

I mean is the kernel image on the device and just the rootfs contents on the sd card?

[Guest missing2]

I mean is the kernel image on the device and just the rootfs contents on the sd card?

yes on my device i have the kernel image and haret. on sd card i only have rootfs contents.

[Guest eTronic Gaming]

yes on my device i have the kernel image and haret. on sd card i only have rootfs contents.

It might just be that you're using a CDMA phone with andromnia, which currently only supports the GSM omnias. I have a feeling since it's using the drivers for GSM, it's having incompatibility issues.

[Guest missing2]

It might just be that you're using a CDMA phone with andromnia, which currently only supports the GSM omnias. I have a feeling since it's using the drivers for GSM, it's having incompatibility issues.

yea i read that the sms isnt working on the cdma version but i noticed other i910 users got it running.

[Guest eTronic Gaming]

yea i read that the sms isnt working on the cdma version but i noticed other i910 users got it running.

Were any of the i910 users that got it running using any of the revisions after the one that allowed basic GSM support though?

[Guest missing2]

Were any of the i910 users that got it running using any of the revisions after the one that allowed basic GSM support though?

i dont know. should i be trying an old one?

[Guest eTronic Gaming]

i dont know. should i be trying an old one?

I'd try that and see if it works first. If so, then at least we know the gsm part was the problem most likely.

View the changelog to find out which rev that'd be...

I'd try rev154 and work my way down.

Let me know which one works for you.

[Guest missing2]

I'd try that and see if it works first. If so, then at least we know the gsm part was the problem most likely.

View the changelog to find out which rev that'd be...

I'd try rev154 and work my way down.

Let me know which one works for you.

finally got it to work with rev 163. thats the latest one i think. not sure what i did different but it works now. thanks for the help.

[Guest eTronic Gaming]

finally got it to work with rev 163. thats the latest one i think. not sure what i did different but it works now. thanks for the help.

No problem.

[Guest snaai8]

hmmm.... my android is acting strange i updated to the last revision 163v

but when i start it up it gets to the word "Android" and you see the light shining all over the word but then it got stuck and restart the shine on the word android...

what did i do wrong?

Btw the battery charge says it is less than 15% O_O but my omnia is fully charged....

how is this possible

woops when i pasted the files onto the sd card i forgot to unmount while it was open >.<

Well nice progress! but is it jus my omnia or is it a bit slow...?

Edited August 8, 2009 by snaai8

[Guest smilegod]

With all builds i get the same error :)

I think i did everything right

Moved Haret folder with latest zImage and Haret build

Formatted my card to ext 2 on Ubuntu

Copied all files using this command

cd Desktop

cd andromnia_rootfs (name of the folder wheere rootfs files are)

mv * /media/disk

All files copied succesfully , then i clicked on the sd icon on the desktop and choose unmount, inserted it into Omnia

Started Haret Pressed Run

And this what i get after some lines of text

P.S. After Format my Omnia doesnt reconise my Memory Card (should this be this way?)

Please help , I really whant to test Android on my Omnia

[Guest hushcake]

Hey Guys, i decided to make a

HOW TO : format card in EXT 2 and copy files correctly under linux

It is a PDF with lots of Pictures !

So, you can read and SEE how I get my Android working.

Here's the link : www.chobostyle.de/hosting/harry/HowTo.pdf

Hope it helps you :)

[Guest Kavern]

With all builds i get the same error :)

I think i did everything right

Moved Haret folder with latest zImage and Haret build

Formatted my card to ext 2 on Ubuntu

Copied all files using this command

cd Desktop

 cd andromnia_rootfs (name of the folder wheere rootfs files are)

 mv * /media/disk

All files copied succesfully , then i clicked on the sd icon on the desktop and choose unmount, inserted it into Omnia

Started Haret Pressed Run

And this what i get after some lines of text

P.S. After Format my Omnia doesnt reconise my Memory Card (should this be this way?)

Please help , I really whant to test Android on my Omnia

check sd root and files permissions (777)

[Guest smilegod]

check sd root and files permissions (777)

What? :) (How)

[Guest eTronic Gaming]

What? :) (How)

run this command:

chmod -r 777 /media/disk

[Guest cooleydan5]

check sd root and files permissions (777)

same thing happend to me. it said it was unmounted then i put it in my omnia and the card was not recognized. the only way i could get it to recognize. was to put it in my card reader under windows and format it to a fat 32. but i lost everything on the card.

[Guest nate.mcbride]

just installed myself, the touch response is much improved over the last version i used (the first version where the touch screen was working) had no problems using the interwebs and installing a few apps. i910 so couldn't test the sms feature.

[Guest missing2]

just installed myself, the touch response is much improved over the last version i used (the first version where the touch screen was working) had no problems using the interwebs and installing a few apps. i910 so couldn't test the sms feature.

I cant get my wifi to work. Anything special you have to do? It says unable to scan for networks. And when i try to add a wifi network it says unable to save.

[Guest Gibeon]

All working for me, but cant unlock the sim-card the first time. I first have to switch to airplane mode and then back, but it is working!

It cant read any contacts from the sim card for me, but I assume that part isn't ready yet.

So, you guys rock!

[Guest eTronic Gaming]

same thing happend to me. it said it was unmounted then i put it in my omnia and the card was not recognized. the only way i could get it to recognize. was to put it in my card reader under windows and format it to a fat 32. but i lost everything on the card.

You could have tried to sudo mount /dev/sdX /media/disk replacing x with the correct number and see if that worked manually.

[Guest svtcolossus]

I have gotten it to work however whenever I try to download apps I get a "not enough space" error even though I have dedicated 1+gigs to my ext2 partition. Any suggestions?

[Guest Adyz]

Hey guys, wonderful work you've done so far! Few observations, if you don't mind (i900, rev 159):

- sometimes when I boot Android, the system responds nice and fast, but sometimes it's quite slow (no idea if it is or can be influenced from my side)

- unlocking the SIM works, but I can't send any SMS and when the phone is expected to receive one, it doesn't - well, it doesn't display the incoming message, but when I reboot to windows, I get no delayed SMS (so they seem delivered... somewhere :) )

- after a while of playing with android system the phone begins to display "memory low" warning, is that normal? I installed no apps except of the phone restart app

Sorry for my english and looking forward to new releases!