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Guest AntonioPT
I think to remember the firmware was stored in ihex format? How to convert it to this format I can't say. But if you don't find a converter for it I may just write one :D

Yap, downgrade to 1.5, replace file, ts firmware upgrade and - tada ... :P

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BB

Well, to convert a binary file into hex encoding, if you're using a Linux distro you can run (it should be preinstalled on most distros) "hexdump binaryfile.bin > hex.txt". The hex.txt file should look something like this:

0000c40 7275 7365 2820 6f79 2075 6f64 276e 2074

0000c50 656e 6465 7420 206f 6e65 6261 656c 230a

0000c60 7420 6968 2c73 6920 2066 7469 7327 6120

0000c70 726c 6165 7964 6520 616e 6c62 6465 6920
If you want to get rid of the first column: "cat hex.txt | cut -d ' ' -f 2- > hex2.txt"
7275 7365 2820 6f79 2075 6f64 276e 2074

656e 6465 7420 206f 6e65 6261 656c 230a

7420 6968 2c73 6920 2066 7469 7327 6120

726c 6165 7964 6520 616e 6c62 6465 6920

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Guest BigBearMDC

Guys calm down. We've got nothing working yet, its just another approach. Toti found out where the original touchscreen firmware is stored in the kernel source and he has got a dump of the Hero's ts firmware. So we might compile the Pulse's kernel and just replace the ts firmware file and try flashin it through the veneer information menu. This might eventually work, but there's absolutely no guarantee. Sorry.

Edit: Sorry for my late answer :D

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BB

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i knew we are gonna have it one day :-)

Maybe you should read what BigBear said.

"This might eventually work, but there's absolutely no guarantee. Sorry."

However, I really hope it does, everything that makes this phone less sucky is an improvement! :D

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Guest Richard_Arkless
Big Bear...

Can you do it???

Please say something...

Best regards :D

well if people would like be quiet and stop asking him then he will give you the answer sooner :P

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Well its just that I've got something like a private live also where I - believe it or not - don't spend my time with hacking kernels :P I can only give you the dev's favourite answer: its done when its done :D

A short update though: nothing interesting yet.

Best regards,

BB

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Well its just that I've got something like a private live also where I - believe it or not - don't spend my time with hacking kernels :P I can only give you the dev's favourite answer: its done when its done :D

A short update though: nothing interesting yet.

Best regards,

BB

what? a real life? Shame on you, and get back to coding. No furry porn for u today sir.

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Well its just that I've got something like a private live also where I - believe it or not - don't spend my time with hacking kernels B) I can only give you the dev's favourite answer: its done when its done :D

A short update though: nothing interesting yet.

Best regards,

BB

Sorry Big Bear...

I'm just a littel impacient :P

Continue with the good job...

regards. :P

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Don't worry, I'm sure BigBear will post here if he makes any progress.

That said, I really want you, BigBear, to know: I admire and appreciate the enormous amount of work you have already put in this project. I really wish you'll come to success, really not only because I want MT on my device but you deserve the joyful feeling of completing this great challenge!

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Guest Sami Beck
Don't worry, I'm sure BigBear will post here if he makes any progress.

That said, I really want you, BigBear, to know: I admire and appreciate the enormous amount of work you have already put in this project. I really wish you'll come to success, really not only because I want MT on my device but you deserve the joyful feeling of completing this great challenge!

+100000000

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Guest eckengucker1

obviously it didn't work and will never do...

Go and buy a gayphone, blade or some of this HTC crap if you're really interested in multitouch.

Stop asking the same stupid question over and over again. We have that godawful question now over more than 970 posts.

Gosh darn it ;)

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obviously it didn't work and will never do...
Obviously it has not been proved impossible. Toti's Hero firmware might be the key, we won't know until BigBear comes back and tells everyone. We already saw that both the hardware and software is capable of multitouch, it's just that some of the coordinate data gets lost halfway.

Go and buy a gayphone, blade or some of this HTC crap if you're really interested in multitouch.
Go and give me money for that, PM me for paypal.

Besides, do you realize it's really not just about having multitouch? I for one would be so happy if BB could get it working, because I read through the topic and I admire all the effort that went down in order to make it happen.

Stop asking the same stupid question over and over again. We have that godawful question now over more than 970 posts.
Human curiousity is wonderful, and the will and ability to solve problems like this is our very nature. And of course it's a joy to be a witness of such achievements, that's why someone always asks if there's any update on the topic.

Gosh darn it ;)
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Guest BigBearMDC

I know its much to read, but if you read the whole thread you would already have noticed that I even contacted Luke Hutchinson directly (the guy that ported MT to the G1). That was the first thing I tried. I didn't work, obviously :)

Thanks for the hint though :D

To the rest of you: I'm really sorry, I haven't got any time recently to look further into MT :) But really big thanks to all of you that are supporting me :D Believe me, without you guys encouraging me I would already have given up a while ago.

Best regards,

BB

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