Android on Omnia II - i8000 (18.04.2011)

[Guest slmz]

Well, a little summary of bugs until now and provisory solution:

The phone lost calls at 30 seg.....solve it installing call ligth apk.

The phone sometimes freezes or reboot alone ..........solve it installing setcpu apk and set 133MHZ min freq. (choose conservative for low drain battery) set on boot.

The phone dont sleep......solve it setting 2G only on mobile internet config . This is lost on reboot. You must configure it again in every start.

The phone change time when restart.......solve it setting time location London 0 GMT in WinMO

Something more?

Edited February 16, 2011 by slmz

[Guest Sinistersky]

ok...so...i have like... My storage x 6... My Storage, My Storage1, My Storage2, My Storage3, My Storage4, My Storage5, My Storage6 ... How do i reset?

EDIT: They do not show up on the partition manager... I formated the whole partition of 7,15 mb's to FAT 32 and now it's like that..but still ahve 6 of them :D

Edited February 15, 2011 by Sinistersky

[Guest drwakey]

ok...so...i have like... My storage x 6... My Storage, My Storage1, My Storage2, My Storage3, My Storage4, My Storage5, My Storage6 ... How do i reset?

EDIT: They do not show up on the partition manager... I formated the whole partition of 7,15 mb's to FAT 32 and now it's like that..but still ahve 6 of them :D

I guess only a reformat may help here...

[Guest slmz]

ok...so...i have like... My storage x 6... My Storage, My Storage1, My Storage2, My Storage3, My Storage4, My Storage5, My Storage6 ... How do i reset?

I had this bug until My storage 4, and solved creating just only 2 partitions (+ hide partition obviously)

first 2GB primary FAT 32 ---> DISK0

secc 2GB primary ext3 ----->disk

[Guest Martin1990]

I can't turn on 2g Only in my network settings, is there a free app you guys know I can use for it?

[Guest igorbr]

The same for me with last Rootexplorer version, but not with an older one. Try an older version.

thx..now rootexplorer works...i install an older version and now rootexplorer works very well...

thx again

[Guest stu_2k1]

Tryed this on T*Omnia II koreean version. No chance to work. Got Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. after first boot. Mounting SDCARD in Linux and starting Gparted got me to the point that second partition with all android files is gone and formated to FAT32 ( by the phone i think on card insertion) so at the and i have 1st primary partition size 2047 FAT32 with haret.exe, default.txt and zImage and 2 nd primary partition size 2047 FAT32 with a system folder on it created again, i supose by phone. Get me mad. Only working version it wos omlaxy 0.2 with works with a rootfs.img filesystem like on HTC HD2. Any ideeas on how het this particular type of Omnia II to work with Android?

I was having the same issue.

Had to reflash my phone with the latest rom again and start fresh. All seems ok now,

[Guest elbee72]

Tryed this on T*Omnia II koreean version. No chance to work. Got Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. after first boot. Mounting SDCARD in Linux and starting Gparted got me to the point that second partition with all android files is gone and formated to FAT32 ( by the phone i think on card insertion) so at the and i have 1st primary partition size 2047 FAT32 with haret.exe, default.txt and zImage and 2 nd primary partition size 2047 FAT32 with a system folder on it created again, i supose by phone. Get me mad. Only working version it wos omlaxy 0.2 with works with a rootfs.img filesystem like on HTC HD2. Any ideeas on how het this particular type of Omnia II to work with Android?

maybe you can do the same with your sch-m710 or sch-m715, as they did with i920.

just create a new thread in Modaco Omnia II forum to make the i8000 port run on your device.

For i920 there is some haret info collecting to see how the devices differ, so save testing is possible. Maybe if i920 is jumpstarted, m710 can follow.

Active users who own a device and want to contribute with some skills can speed up a possible adaptation of the i8000 port.

[Guest kyda]

I have created a quick and dirty install and uninstall script, o2binstall.sh

I sometimes install an update to test then remove it when it causes some problems.

If you install the updates manually then this script is for you, just make sure you are on the mounted partition when you run it.

As always use it at your own risk.

# Install and uninstall o2b updates

# Use it at your own risk

#

# cd to the mounted partition then execute

# /path/o2binstall.sh i|u /path/updatetarfile ["description"]

# Where i=install u=uninstall (uninstall option only uninstalls the last update)

# "description"=keep a description of the action in the o2binstall.log file

#

# Limitation:

# Uninstall option only uninstalls the last update

# Uninstall does not remove empty directories.

#

Examples:

$ pwd

/media/disk

$ ~/bin/o2binstall.sh i ~/Download/o2bupdateGMAIL.tar.gz "gmail app"

$ ~/bin/o2binstall.sh u ~/Download/o2bupdateGMAIL.tar.gz "gmail app"

$ cat o2binstall.log

Wed Feb 16 11:41:49 EST 2011 i /home/me/Download/o2bupdateGMAIL.tar.gz gmail app

Wed Feb 16 11:41:58 EST 2011 u /home/me/Download/o2bupdateGMAIL.tar.gz gmail app

o2binstall.zip

Edited February 17, 2011 by kyda

[Guest cp8]

kernel panic . not syncing: no init found. try passing init

does anybody know what is the problem here? This is the fifth time this week that I am getting this kernel message. What files are corrupt...or missing?

I had to reinstall everything...and this is happening like every 3...4 days.

I got the same problem. and it seems like always happening after i copied my backup files to my storage card.

Maybe i had to try it for serval days without my backup files.

[Guest turnado1979]

hi

i have beta 2 installed on my SD every thing is ok until the phone goes to sleep is never wake up, i tried to use setcpu but it is read only telling the phone is not rooting, also i tried su update automatically but not working for me

i did not understand how to use Rabid ADB

so please any idea

[Guest greatwiseone]

I've been testing the 2G only method for reducing battery use, and here are some observations:

1) It seems Android doesn't like to change to 2G only if it was already running 3G. In order to reduce the "time without a signal" using 2G only, I have to turn on 2G only, then use airplane mode to turn off all connections, and then disable airplane mode to turn the radio back on. At this point, I was able to get the "time without a signal" down to 0%. Battery life is slightly improved, although cell standby is still taking up lots of battery life.

2) When I had the radio off, I had sleep of death problems discussed in this thread (which I don't normally have). I wonder if people who have sleep of death problems have better battery life (or vice versa). I wonder if the radio is contributing to the O2 not sleeping properly and hence using up much more battery life.

[Guest bobhero]

I had a strange experience, I booted up beta2 and before it finished vertical green lines took over the screen and my phone started buzzing as if the electronics were going to fry. I pulled out the battery and thankfully no damage, and I was able to boot into beta2 again without issue. Strange!

[Guest yoboz]

kernel panic . not syncing: no init found. try passing init

does anybody know what is the problem here? This is the fifth time this week that I am getting this kernel message. What files are corrupt...or missing?

I had to reinstall everything...and this is happening like every 3...4 days.

i got the same error. Does anyone can solve that error (i dont need to reformat partition & reinstall on ext2 ).

Thank in advance.

Edited February 16, 2011 by yoboz

[Guest mosci]

kernel panic . not syncing: no init found. try passing init

just what it says

no init found - this means the 'init' was not found

this means the settings in the default.txt are wrong or the filesystem has been currupted.

in the android-rootfs is a file called 'init'

in the default.txt stands something like:

Set CMDLINE "rootdelay=2 root=/dev/mmcblk1p2 init=/init"

so this line means:

wait two seconds before going to the rooft-fs

the rootfs is on mmc-blockdevice 1 partition 2

and then use the file 'init' for further instructions

and now the circle closes ... on mmc-blockdevice 1 (usualy the storagecard)

on partition 2 was no file called 'init' found.

thus wrong partition .... or broken filesystem - (most of the time the problem isn't the filesystem)

you simply have to set the right partiton on the right blockdevice,

Edited February 16, 2011 by mosci

[Guest alexovy]

I can't turn on 2g Only in my network settings, is there a free app you guys know I can use for it?

you need to turn off 3G data first (turn APN OFF) and then turn "use only 2G" ON.

Now...to turn APN OFF you can install extended controls from market, and there you have one button that says "APN OFF".

Good luck!

Edited February 16, 2011 by alexovy

[Guest Martin1990]

you need to turn off 3G data first (turn APN OFF) and then turn "use only 2G" ON.

Now...to turn APN OFF you can install extended controls from market, and there you have one button that says "APN OFF".

Good luck!

Thanks, just downloaded 'APN on/off widget', turned off APN and turned on 2G Only, turned APN on and it is still marked

Thanks again!

[Guest Rufik]

no init found - this means the 'init' was not found

this means the settings in the default.txt are wrong or the filesystem has been currupted.

I had a lot of problems with filesystem corruption using ext2. I use ext3 and all the problems gone.

[Guest roth79]

I had a strange experience, I booted up beta2 and before it finished vertical green lines took over the screen and my phone started buzzing as if the electronics were going to fry. I pulled out the battery and thankfully no damage, and I was able to boot into beta2 again without issue. Strange!

Not strange. It happens when You boot android with overclock processor in WM

[Guest vidavi]

How do i unistall Launcher pro? Anybody knows?

[Guest emptyara]

How do i unistall Launcher pro? Anybody knows?

u must delete the .apk in ext2.tar.gz before u install android..

open ext2.tar.gz > ext2.tar > system > app > launcher pro

i also did remove home switcher coz I can install it manually if i want to.

[Guest emptyara]

i got the same error. Does anyone can solve that error (i dont need to reformat partition & reinstall on ext2 ).

Thank in advance.

ok.. so, no solution for ya.. for sure..

edited:

i recommend u to use ext3 partition.. android always get force close if i use ext2.. trial n error is needed here..

Edited February 16, 2011 by emptyara

[Guest vidavi]

u must delete the .apk in ext2.tar.gz before u install android..

open ext2.tar.gz > ext2.tar > system > app > launcher pro

i also did remove home switcher coz I can install it manually if i want to.

After install how can i delete it? Dont want to set up everything again, its almost perfect for a beta. I also installed igo today for navigation and gps locked very fast...

Edited February 16, 2011 by vidavi

[Guest emptyara]

After install how can i delete it? Dont want to set up everything again, its almost perfect for a beta. I also installed igo today for navigation and gps locked very fast...

i dont think u can uninstall it after it already booted.. same like in WM, u cant uninstall application that came along with the ROM u use..

[Guest jimmad]

i dont think u can uninstall it after it already booted.. same like in WM, u cant uninstall application that came along with the ROM u use..

i think that he will be able to delete it using xterm

just use another launcher as fail safe (in case LauncherPro is running)

then download xterm

type

su to check if you have root access if you have proceed

cd /system/app

rm -rf LauncherPro.apk

reboot and check