3D Interface - Working!

[Guest OwenRW]

I tried pushing launcher2.0.apk from the system.tar.gz in this thread http://android.modaco.com/content-page/325...nation/page/20/ to see what it would do, and it adds a new launcher called 3D Launcher however it fails to launch and pops up a 'Force Close' message from com.brogent.launcher.

I tried pushing a couple of other things such as BrogentMediaService.apk, ShuttleVideoPlayer.apk and Video.apk, but none of them seemed to do anything...

So... I thought I'd start this thread to see if anyone can add to making it work... I'm sure I'm missing a library or two, but given that I have to be up for work tomorrow, I don't have time to fiddle tonight.

Edited December 14, 2010 by OwenRW

[Guest OwenRW]

Got it working!

Edit 2: It seems like it's off the bottom of the screen slightly if you look at the screenshots (or do it yourself)

You need to push the following files (as far as I can tell...)

/system/app

BgtDock.apk

BgtWeatherService.apk

BrogentMediaService.apk

HomeBG.apk

launcher2.0.apk

music.apk

programs.apk

Video.apk

ShuttleVideoPlayer.apk

/system/lib

libbgt_media_jni.so

libmini_bgl2.so

I'll post a screen shot if I can get ddms working

Edit: Screenshot...

Edited December 14, 2010 by OwenRW

[Guest MarkoUK]

Got it working!

You need to push the following files (as far as I can tell...)

/system/app

BgtDock.apk

BgtWeatherService.apk

BrogentMediaService.apk

HomeBG.apk

launcher2.0.apk

/system/lib

libbgt_media_jni.so

libmini_bgl2.so

I'll post a screen shot if I can get ddms working

Oh! Very nice work.

Now, can you find the USB host stuff in there?

We really really need that.

[Guest OwenRW]

Oh! Very nice work.

Now, can you find the USB host stuff in there?

We really really need that.

I'll have a look, but I imagine that it's compliled into the kernel, so we will need the source (or the kernel from a working device)

In order to complete the 3D Launcher you also need to push...

/system/app

music.apk

programs.apk

Video.apk

ShuttleVideoPlayer.apk

Edited December 13, 2010 by OwenRW

[Guest MarkoUK]

I'll have a look, but I imagine that it's compliled into the kernel, so we will need the source (or the kernel from a working device)

In order to complete the 3D Launcher you also need to push...

/system/app

music.apk

programs.apk

Video.apk

ShuttleVideoPlayer.apk

That's pretty cool. Might give it a blast for fun. Does it run okay or is it a bit janky?

I wish someone would sort the bloody USB host thing out. I'm losing sleep over it!

[Guest OwenRW]

That's pretty cool. Might give it a blast for fun. Does it run okay or is it a bit janky?

I wish someone would sort the bloody USB host thing out. I'm losing sleep over it!

It's pretty good, some of the transition animations are pretty good and nice and smooth, I assume it is accelerated by the tegra chipset.

The 'Programs' section is a bit strange, however I like the 'Video' and 'Music' interfaces much better... they have the controls in the middle of the screen.

However, you might note, as I have now edited my second post to add, everything is slightly off the bottom of the screen... Hmmmmmmm

[Guest MarkoUK]

It's pretty good, some of the transition animations are pretty good and nice and smooth, I assume it is accelerated by the tegra chipset.

The 'Programs' section is a bit strange, however I like the 'Video' and 'Music' interfaces much better... they have the controls in the middle of the screen.

However, you might note, as I have now edited my second post to add, everything is slightly off the bottom of the screen... Hmmmmmmm

Doesn't look like it's been implemented very well. Okay for a play around I suppose.

[Guest rvdgeer]

I'll have a look, but I imagine that it's compliled into the kernel, so we will need the source (or the kernel from a working device)

You could have asked me :)

I tried dumping boot to an img, but it freezes inmediately when I try to.

[Guest removed-14]

You could have asked me :)

I tried dumping boot to an img, but it freezes inmediately when I try to.

Have you tried some of the suggestions from this thread:

http://android.modaco.com/content/advent-v...ega-korean-ver/

[Guest rvdgeer]

Have you tried some of the suggestions from this thread:

http://android.modaco.com/content/advent-v...ega-korean-ver/

Yep!

I tried Paul's method, but it hangs on dumping the boot image.

Is used the second option to dump the system to a tar file, but couldn't find a way to dump the boot image...

Read what I said about this here.

(It's in the forum you referred to :))

EDIT: corrected the link to my post in the ux100 thread.

Edited December 14, 2010 by rvdgeer

[Guest montage]

Push in termsof what / how? Just run files on vega?

[Guest OwenRW]

Push in termsof what / how? Just run files on vega?

I used adb, which comes as part of the Android SDK (or it is in Paul's ROM)

To do it, you do the following...

Ensure that you have debugging enabled on the Vega, then you can use the following commands.

adb remount

adb push <path/package.apk> /system/app/<package.apk>

The first command remounts the file system as read / write.

Repeating the last command for each file you want to push onto the device. You can probably use a wildcard, but I pushed it one file at a time to see what I needed to make it work.

N.B. Although the interface has some cool transitions when opening videos, and a pretty nice (simple) interface when you're watching one, looking at it in the cold light of day when I'm not tired and haven't had several cups of coffee to keep me awake, it isn't quite as awesome as it first appears. Worth a blast though!

Edited December 14, 2010 by OwenRW

[Guest sgruffalo]

However, you might note, as I have now edited my second post to add, everything is slightly off the bottom of the screen... Hmmmmmmm

Looking at your screenshots it doesn't look as though you have reduced the size of the notification bar. Would doing this stop it disappearing off the bottom of the screen?

Gruff

[Guest Paul]

You could have asked me :)

I tried dumping boot to an img, but it freezes inmediately when I try to.

You could try cat instead of dd?

P

[Guest montage]

I used adb, which comes as part of the Android SDK (or it is in Paul's ROM)

To do it, you do the following...

Ensure that you have debugging enabled on the Vega, then you can use the following commands.

adb remount

adb push <path/package.apk> /system/app/<package.apk>

The first command remounts the file system as read / write.

Repeating the last command for each file you want to push onto the device. You can probably use a wildcard, but I pushed it one file at a time to see what I needed to make it work.

N.B. Although the interface has some cool transitions when opening videos, and a pretty nice (simple) interface when you're watching one, looking at it in the cold light of day when I'm not tired and haven't had several cups of coffee to keep me awake, it isn't quite as awesome as it first appears. Worth a blast though!

.. sounds like i need a test device, :-) thanks for the post, gonna give it a go...

[Guest rvdgeer]

You could try cat instead of dd?

P

Actually I promised my wife I would gift wrap it and put it under the tree today...

Maybe I can convince her to have a little more playtime this evening... :)

Anyway...

If I get the extra playtime I need very clear instructions (like the original instructions on the ux100 thread).

And is the boot image the only thing (besides the system tar) you need form the Mobii (for USB Host comparison)?

EDIT:

Did a little googling...

Should I execute the folowing in Connectbot -> local:

su

cat /dev/mtd/mtd2 > /sdcard/boot.img

Or doesn't it work that way? EDIT2: I did a little more reading... Would this maybe work too?

su

busybox dd if=/dev/mtd/mtd2 of=/sdcard/boot.img

(adding 'busybox' before 'dd')

Edited December 14, 2010 by rvdgeer

[Guest rvdgeer]

Don't ask how, but I managed to dump the boot image on my Mobii...

It's here:

[EDIT]

Removed the link and created a new topic for this here.

[/EDIT]

Have fun with it :)

Edited December 15, 2010 by rvdgeer

[Guest debs626]

Don't ask how, but I managed to dump the boot image on my Mobii...

It's here: boot.img

Have fun with it :)

Nice one :) Thanks for all your efforts rvdgeer, greatly appreciated :(

I dont have a clue what to do with it lol, just gonna sit back and let the God's do their MagiC :lol:

Edited December 14, 2010 by debs626

[Guest OwenRW]

Awesome. Excellent work!

[Guest T4ylor]

Nice one :) Thanks for all your efforts rvdgeer, greatly appreciated :)

I dont have a clue what to do with it lol, just gonna sit back and let the God's do their MagiC :(

That makes 2 of us. lol

[Guest rvdgeer]

No sweat...

:)

[Guest rferrett]

+1 For me in terms of the not knowing how the heck fire this stuff works but well do mate for dumping to ROM and lets hope some super awesome stuff comes out of it...

Trebles all round!

[Guest Genieuk]

Would be great if someone did a video of the 3D interface in action :)

[Guest OwenRW]

Would be great if someone did a video of the 3D interface in action :)

I'll leave that to someone else, I've flashed my Vega with 1.06.05 with Flash added and Paul's R4 and performance pack :)

[Guest warriorscot]

I wouldn't mind the home page dock in a widget personally but I can't see wanting to give up launcher pro plus for this as the only thing it really seems to have going for it is good looks.