Android 2.x on Galaxy

Xenon said:

So, in the above code excerpt, what happens if you put a printf()
below case INPUT_TYPE_DUAL?

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kam187 said:

Ok so we've had a talk with must on irc, and we're all working together. Just in time as we were drowning in source fixing the ril. I'll explain later the exact issue.

There never was any 'i refuse to work with u' etc, its the first time we've actually been able to talk to him.

So Lets drop all the arguments - i dont really care who's right

We're now waiting for his sources.. so lets give him the benefit of the doubt for now!

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screaminbug said:

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What I would really like, though, is to actually see this article.

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Jazzerather said:

Finally I found it but I must apologize as the article was NOT about the Galaxy, but the G1 (and Android in general).

Anyhow it may help to see whats going on in the Galaxy also when trying to get MT to work.

http://tinyurl.com/y97blcf

BR

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Pieter said:

Nothing gets printed. The only events happening are input_type_single and palm. There are two possibilities still to get it working:

1. Read from a different register and hope that will magically make multitouch working (chance of success: very low, but easy to do)
2. Update the touchscreen firmware. There is code to flash it and an actual firmware in the beholden 2 kernel. No source or anything - binary only. You could try an ARM disassembler, i read somewhere that there's an ARM cpu in some Melfas touchscreens. This is rather tricky, but i'm sure there are people around who can do it.

See Samsung Galaxy recognize more as one finger | receptorBlog for more details on the results.

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screaminbug said:

Pieter, do you know did Steffen tried to play around with this some more? I am willing to give it a shot. I don't have ARM assembly knowledge though, so I would try that guess-a-register approach.

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screaminbug said:

Pieter, do you know did Steffen tried to play around with this some more? I am willing to give it a shot. I don't have ARM assembly knowledge though, so I would try that guess-a-register approach.

I would have probably tried it already, but the thing is that I'm not sure how to make a boot image. I've read this:
HOWTO: Unpack, Edit, and Re-Pack Boot Images - Android Wiki

From this, it's clear that boot image goes to /dev/mtd/mtd2 and that it contains the kernel. But what about ramdisk?

Or could I forget all this and just flash the newly compiled kernel zImage with fastboot?

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Andronix said:

I suggest you to contact Drakaz. He's the most knowladgable around regarding building and transfering kernel to galaxy.

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Jazzerather said:

spottyelephant said:

Pretty much the only reason I want 2.0 is for multitouch support...

No no no and no! Multitouch is the last thing I would upgrade the phone for. MT option is mostly useless, it does a trick or two and that's it. I can't imagine how MT does improve functionality in general (because it doesn't) and I can imagine dosen things new Android 2.x can really improve. Anyhow it depends of Samsung (drivers & hardware - Galaxys HW limitations might be a problem I believe) and apps to support multitouch, not the Android 2.x to do it.

(Pozdrav svim HR Galaxyovcima)

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I disagree. I find it quite annoying using the web browser without MT support. Also, various photo editors you can find on the market use it intuitively enough for fast manipulation with photos and wallpapers. However, I agree it's a matter of hardware support. It'll be a while until it's sorted out.

(Pozdravi i tebi. Cini mi se da nas ima nekoliko

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kam187 said:

Ok so we've had a talk with must on irc... We're now waiting for his sources.. so lets give him the benefit of the doubt for now!

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Hawklord said:

Seen this dudes?

Samsung to upgrade Galaxy to Android 2.0 | News | TechRadar UK

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Rastaman-FB said:

i know that certain operators are looking at this mod closely though and it my be a trigger for samsung to pull their head out of their arses

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martino said:

Source?

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This article is 'assuming' that the Galaxy will be getting 2.x, as Samsung has reported that the 'Spicia' (Galaxy Lite) will have 2.x (due for release in the UK in the spring).
This was confirmed by Samsung a few months back, and given as the reason why the Galaxy would NOT be getting the upgrade, as they would be concentrating their development efforts on their 'new' 2010 models.

Nothing has changed since then. The only good to be taken from this, is that the Spicia uses fairly similar hardware to the Galaxy, so it should make if fairly easy for the community to port 2.x to our devices, voiding all our warranties, and breaking our contract with O2 at the same time.

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