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Monday 18 October 2010

How To Test Android And What Works

I have it installed on a spare hard drive which I installed just for testing,
And now with a 4GB SD card,

As this is only a test build,
There are a few problems,
Sleep doesn't work,
I did try a S3 patch but this causes the screen to jump out of resolution on wakeup,
The 3dsp wifi, Bluetooth isn't working,
The railink card is a hit and miss,

What is working,
Camera works,
Mouse works,
Touch with 2 fingers working,
VESA mode works with right resolution,
Stand Video Drivers But Hopefully Next Update Will include the GMA-4500 kernel,
Apps all working,
Music and video playback working,
Video playback only supports mp4 SD only cause of basic Video Kernel stack,
Games depend on build,
The ones I tried did work,
PSU/Battery working fine no draining issue,
The toggle / wheel up/down works and can be used on start up to select VESA mode,
Power button, brightness and esc button all working,
The WIFI/Bluetooth button does register so is working but the wifi card itself isn't working...

For anyone wishing to try it out,
Make a boot-able image and place on a 1GB card or SD card,
No need for a Keyboard,
on the start-up menu use the toggle/wheel and click on "run in VESA mode",
Its better to run in a live mode rather then install the image due to some limitations,
if you do have a compatible Wifi card which works with android then installing will be a good option for you,
If using a Large SD card then its a good idea to partition the SD card before setting it up,
the 4GB SD card i am currently using is partition with 2.96GB Space for Android and the remaining 1GB labeled SD which i used for media...

1 comment:

  1. Can I ask you how you got the VESA driver to display 1026x600 on the GMA 3150? I have a working froyo build that is stuck in 640x480.

    Please contact me at android@sopht.ca

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