x86 Honeycomb 3.2RC2 on Dell Inspiron Duo
br...@pobox.com
I recently picked up a Dell Inspiron Duo to do touchscreen testing
under Win8 DP and Ubuntu, and figured what the heck -- let's check it
on Android. :)
The tegav2 ISO image (copied to USB key via Pendrivelinux.com
Universal USB Installer) boots as LiveCD and can install successfully
as well. (I tried the other images as well, and this got the most
things working on this machine.)
Working:
* display
* wifi
* touchpad (drives mouse cursor)
* external USB keyboard ok -- this helps a lot doing terminal tweaks!
Working with tweaks:
* touchscreen (drives a circle cursor until you do the .idc hack) --
multitouch remains flaky (two-finger zoom in Browser tends to jump in
and out mysteriously)
* USB key can register as SD card for storage (need to hack
vold.fstab)
Not working:
* sound
* orientation sensors
* internal hardware keyboard doesn't function normally; arrow keys
control screen orientation
* camera (light glows when opening Camera app, but no picture visible
-- webcam is inside so must open screen lid)
touchscreen .icd tweak:
follow directions at <http://www.androidtablets.net/forum/
viewpad-10/26429-viewsonic-viewpad-10pro-circle-cursor-problem-3-2-
fixed.html>
sdcard tweak:
* open terminal, 'su' to root
* edit /etc/vold.fstab
* remove first line about sdcard
* change second line to: dev_mount usb /mnt/sdcard auto
* reboot
The GRUB bootloader installation appears to have unconditionally gone
into the MBR; it sees my Windows 8 DP installation, but not my Ubuntu.
(Hope to fix this with EasyBCD.)
Amazon App Store installs from the direct .apk download (need USB key
attached to store downloads though). Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja
install but don't run. ;) Evernote and Pandora install and runs.
(Pandora is not much fun without sound, though!)
Thanks to everybody who's helped get things working on x86 builds!
Really looking forward to speedy VM debugging as well as real-hardware
where available...
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com / brion @ wikimedia.org)
Joop
cannot get WIFI to work.
The instructions you provided for the touchscreen and sub drive work
good!
Anny suggestions on the WIFI?
Касаткин Илья
> Working with tweaks:
> * touchscreen (drives a circle cursor until you do the .idc hack) --
> multitouch remains flaky (two-finger zoom in Browser tends to jump in
> and out mysteriously)
> * USB key can register as SD card for storage (need to hack
> vold.fstab)
Hi! Sorry to my english. Can you explain how you made the screen does
not work as a touchpad (to make the cursor circle)?
Brion Vibber
I've installed the same version on my Inspiron DUO. Unfortunatly I
cannot get WIFI to work.
The instructions you provided for the touchscreen and sub drive work
good!
Anny suggestions on the WIFI?
Wifi "just worked" for me with the tegav2 disk image and I was able to turn on and connect from the usual Settings app; I don't think it worked with any of the other disk images I tried.
-- brion
Brion Vibber
The directions at <http://www.androidtablets.net/forum/viewpad-10/26429-viewsonic-viewpad-10pro-circle-cursor-problem-3-2-fixed.html> explain this. Shortcut version:
* open Terminal Emulator and type:
su
cd /system/usr/idc
* reboot
What vendor files are available already depends on the configuration you're booting from. The destination one (Vendor_0eef_Product_725e.idc) depends on the hardware on your system -- that's the numbers for the Inspiron Duo's touchscreen. If on another device you can find the vendor & product ID numbers in /proc/bus/input/devices.
You _may_ have to install to HDD and make sure /system is mounted as read-write first, I forget whether I was able to make this work booting directly from the USB version of the live CD image.
This goes a lot easier if you hook up a USB keyboard to type with! :)
-- brion