The android for B7610 collection thread

[Guest 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 April 26, 2011 by ErnstJanF

[Guest 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.

You can unzip it like this:

3. Putting the files on 'My storage'

Put the phone into 'Mass storage' and select 'My Storage'.

You will see it on Windows (computer):

Copy the contents from 'Froyo_beta1_1024' to 'My Storage' likt this:

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':

You will now have the following in 'My Storage':

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:

Copy those to 'My storage'. You will get a warning that 'zImage' already exists, overwrite it.

Check if you have the same as me:

Unplug your phone, and launch haret.exe like you did in step 5. (From my storage, not from o2beta folder!)

Enjoy :-)

Edited April 22, 2011 by ErnstJanF

[Guest ErnstJanF]

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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 April 26, 2011 by ErnstJanF

[Guest ErnstJanF]

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

[Guest ErnstJanF]

Maybe another reserved post

[Guest ErnstJanF]

Last one :)

[Guest PankajM]

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 April 22, 2011 by PankajM

[Guest carlsberg]

Hello , nice guide .

But Wifi doesnt work ?

Thanks .

[Guest erikcas]

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

[Guest erikcas]

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 :)

[Guest ErnstJanF]

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 :-)

[Guest erikcas]

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

Super!

[Guest silvestero]

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.

[Guest ErnstJanF]

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

It's not finished yet :)

[Guest 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.

[Guest ErnstJanF]

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!

[Guest Da Phoenix]

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.

[Guest ErnstJanF]

I've tried in but I still get the same error.

Here are some screenshots of my Ubuntu shizzle.

Make them logical partitions (extended) so that you get partition 5 and 6 :mellow:

[Guest Da Phoenix]

I still got the same error

Edited April 27, 2011 by Da Phoenix

[Guest Jamievanm]

Thanks already! Please post all working features as in the Omnia II thread. :mellow:

Greetings.

[Guest Da Phoenix]

Thanks already! Please post all working features as in the Omnia II thread. :mellow:

Greetings.

Can you get it fixed.

Because I can't

[Guest ErnstJanF]

Can you get it fixed.

Because I can't

Try the update again.. You need to do the update for B7610 automatically and NOT through ubuntu :mellow: