Install Android SDK 1.0 on HTC Touch / Vogue

    It is high time for the lucky owners of a number of HTC phones (in particular, on MSM7500 processors, for example Touch) to start enjoying the delights of Android not in emulators, but literally in their hands - on the screens of their own phones. How? Absolutely not complicated!

    The main work on porting the android to the platform is currently being done by this comrade . On his page you can download the archive with the latest build of Android (and installation instructions, read a little below).
    Another option is to download the installation .cab file from this page. Everything is simple here - we launched the file and you're done. Next, the android is launched from Start-> Programs-> harret. The disadvantages of this option - the cab file is collected from what is laid out on the previous link - which is often fresher and more stable.

    Both installation methods are absolutely safe for your Windows Mobile 6.1 and current data on your phone, so you can safely experiment. The main requirement is 256 MB of free space on the card after copying files.

    Manual installation:
    • Download http://it029000.massey.ac.nz/vogue/android-new.zip unzip.
    • Unzip all three .gz files manually (initrd.gz, system.gz and data.gz). Delete the remaining * .gz files.
    • As a result, we get initrd, system.img, data.img
    • In the default.txt file, change “initrd.gz” to “initrd”
    • Somehow, copy all the resulting files from the computer to the root directory of the SD card (for example, via Bluetooth)
    • Launch android - SDCard / harret.exe, and click Run.


    Phones working with this assembly:
    Several HTC models running on the MSM7500 processor:
    HTC Libra 100: HTC S720, HTC 5800, Verizon SMT5800 / XV5800,
    HTC Titan 100: Verizon XV6800, HTC / PPC 6800, HTC P4000
    HTC Vogue 100: HTC Touch P3050
    HTC Vogue: Verizon Touch XV6900
    HTC Iris 100: HTC S640
    HTC Touch Diamond

    (information from www.pdadb.net )
    There is no guarantee that this Android assembly will start on these phones - it is designed specifically for Vogue, but it’s definitely worth a try.
    For less successful owners of HTC Elf (aka European Touch with an OMAP850 processor) with basic knowledge of ARM Linux - go ahead , read, try :)

    What you can get in the end:
    It’s quite a working system, very similar to what was shown to us in the video about G1. Maps - full google maps. Pretty polished - I didn't find any flaws. Unless mine didn't have a street view. Otherwise, it works great. To use, personally to me, is more pleasant than on the iPhone’s browser - there is no need to change the zoom with two fingers :) And My Location mode also shows a point in Polo Alto, it was driving along the road at that time. Interesting - someone's life! Browser - very nice to use. Nimble, with a cool and functional zoom, interesting finds in the interface. Really nice effects. Support for a large number of tabs (implementation is similar to mobile safari).







    In principle, there are no complaints. Pages such as the main Leprosy (a large and heavy page with a bunch of large pictures) do not slow down, smoothly scroll by finger movement, zoom, and so on. Using the Internet is nice and interesting!

    It sends sms, they reach - cheers!

    There is something wrong with the notifications in my build. For example, SMS comes in - the vibration turns on and you can’t turn it off anymore except by rebooting. Same thing with incoming calls. Everything outgoing - works fine. Sounds too, so the problem is precisely in the vibration not directly caused by the user.

    I also installed the following applications there: camera (as in the emulator, it also doesn’t work), calculator, ssh client (hurray!), Development information and settings, a globe with a crawling shadow, an alarm clock (very cool, with different “skins” »), Audio player, picture viewer. Since for some reason the sd card doesn’t work (strange!) - there’s nothing to test the music and the image viewer with. Of the glitches, the touch-keyboard doesn’t look very (but it’s quite possible to use it) and vibrates when you click on the buttons, which is rather strange and sure it will be fixed very soon. Fonts do not always fit on buttons. Well, in addition to what I described above, I have not noticed any special bugs in the system yet. They also say that you can install applications on this assembly without any problems - and there are literally hundreds and hundreds of them on the network.








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