Re: Questions about installing Android to an external SD card
vendion wrote: I want to test out Android on my freerunner but I don't want to blow away my working SHR install. I have a 2 gig microSD card that is free and can be used my question is grabbing the .tar.gz from koolu [1] according the to directions on the openmoko wiki [2] all I need to do? [1] http://www.koolu.org/releases/cupcake-1.5-alpha1/ [2] http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Android_on_Freerunner#Preparing_the_SD_Card -- We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than only freedom can make security more secure. Karl Popper ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community I just wanted to bring up this post again and ask if anyone has successfully installed and run android from a single partition on SD. I've tried the panicking images which boot for me from the first partition, but I get a kernel panic because kernel can't find /sbin/init. Maybe the kernel is looking for init in a different partition? Hope someone can shed some light here. Russell Dwiggins -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Questions-about-installing-Android-to-an-external-SD-card-tp3291144p3532292.html Sent from the Openmoko Community mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Questions about installing Android to an external SD card
xChris wrote: Hi, This version 'auto installs' the Android on the device (flash). I just killed my working SHR , in order to test it.. This version has some improvements but its still slow (in my opinion: non usable) (my SIM card is ok but I can't make /receive calls) Chris Thanks for trying it out, does anyone know if this is possible with a version that didn't 'auto install' if there was a release like that then I can update that to the latest version? vendion wrote: I want to test out Android on my freerunner but I don't want to blow away my working SHR install. I have a 2 gig microSD card that is free and can be used my question is grabbing the .tar.gz from koolu [1] according the to directions on the openmoko wiki [2] all I need to do? [1] http://www.koolu.org/releases/cupcake-1.5-alpha1/ [2] http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Android_on_Freerunner#Preparing_the_SD_Card -- We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than only freedom can make security more secure. Karl Popper ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Questions about installing Android to an external SD card
I want to test out Android on my freerunner but I don't want to blow away my working SHR install. I have a 2 gig microSD card that is free and can be used my question is grabbing the .tar.gz from koolu [1] according the to directions on the openmoko wiki [2] all I need to do? [1] http://www.koolu.org/releases/cupcake-1.5-alpha1/ [2] http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Android_on_Freerunner#Preparing_the_SD_Card -- We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than only freedom can make security more secure. Karl Popper signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Questions about installing Android to an external SD card
Hi, This version 'auto installs' the Android on the device (flash). I just killed my working SHR , in order to test it.. This version has some improvements but its still slow (in my opinion: non usable) (my SIM card is ok but I can't make /receive calls) Chris vendion wrote: I want to test out Android on my freerunner but I don't want to blow away my working SHR install. I have a 2 gig microSD card that is free and can be used my question is grabbing the .tar.gz from koolu [1] according the to directions on the openmoko wiki [2] all I need to do? [1] http://www.koolu.org/releases/cupcake-1.5-alpha1/ [2] http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Android_on_Freerunner#Preparing_the_SD_Card -- We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than only freedom can make security more secure. Karl Popper ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Questions-about-installing-Android-to-an-external-SD-card-tp3291144p3291525.html Sent from the Openmoko Community mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Questions about installing Android to an external SD card
I've been using it for a few days now, and at first, it was quite slow. Then I hacked around, uninstalled a few things, and found a little app that activates a user defined swap. So far it's worked like a charm. I can make calls, but haven't tested receiving them (all my friends are getting sick of me asking for them to call me). I'd say it's as fast if not faster GUI wise than SHR or Hackable. Wifi and SMS both also work, but you still can't import contacts from SIM. Big downside to the release is the lack of a marketplace app, so finding things to install is a challenge. slideme.org has a few free apps. On Jul 20, 2009, at 4:40 PM, xChris wrote: Hi, This version 'auto installs' the Android on the device (flash). I just killed my working SHR , in order to test it.. This version has some improvements but its still slow (in my opinion: non usable) (my SIM card is ok but I can't make /receive calls) Chris ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Questions about installing Android to an external SD card
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 15:14, Damian Spriggsdamianspri...@mac.com wrote: Then I hacked around, uninstalled a few things, and found a little app that activates a user defined swap. Can you provide more details? Big downside to the release is the lack of a marketplace app, so finding things to install is a challenge. I beleive in the Android Marketplace there was a Marketplace browser :-P and there's a website you can use to browse the Marketplace, too. But yes, the official Marketplace browser is not included in the free source that Google opened up. Marcelo ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
[android] Re: Questions about installing Android to an external SD card
On Jul 20, 2009, at 5:56 PM, Marcelo wrote: Then I hacked around, uninstalled a few things, and found a little app that activates a user defined swap. Can you provide more details? Installed this: http://code.google.com/p/a-swapper/ and threw 128M at it. I doubt the stuff I uninstalled had much effect on system performance. Everything is pretty snappy, except for entering a URL in the browser (it looks like it's doing a live google search as you type. Why anyone would want this feature is beyond me). I also turned off all the animations/orientation, turned off USB debugging in the developer settings, and disabled selection sounds. I beleive in the Android Marketplace there was a Marketplace browser :-P and there's a website you can use to browse the Marketplace, too. But yes, the official Marketplace browser is not included in the free source that Google opened up. I've been able to browse http://www.android.com/market/ but not install anything from there, and most apps I find online have download links to the marketplace app. I remember seeing the marketplace app on one of the earlier Koolu betas. Will that work on cupcake? ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
