Author Topic: [EXPERIMENTAL] Android 7.1 for GPD XD (Read 47739 times)

phh · « **Reply #60 on:** October 10, 2017, 05:04:43 pm »

Slowly, but yes

phh · « **Reply #61 on:** October 12, 2017, 11:12:08 pm »

New version, with audio output, power button, battery gauge and at least suspend doesn't kill the device (though it doesn't really suspend)
https://we.tl/pGtSwK5c77

BelaGuez · « **Reply #62 on:** October 13, 2017, 06:40:40 am »

Registered on this board after a few days of lurking just to say keep it up phh!!!

ruffnutts · « **Reply #63 on:** October 13, 2017, 03:06:36 pm »

Quote from: phh on October 12, 2017, 11:12:08 pm

New version, with audio output, power button, battery gauge and at least suspend doesn't kill the device (though it doesn't really suspend)
https://we.tl/pGtSwK5c77

Might be wise to post new versions in the original post at the start, phh thanks for your hard work

phh · « **Reply #64 on:** October 13, 2017, 04:54:52 pm »

Unless I failed, I did this time

PsyOps · « **Reply #65 on:** October 13, 2017, 07:16:10 pm »

Quote from: phh on October 12, 2017, 11:12:08 pm

New version, with audio output, power button, battery gauge and at least suspend doesn't kill the device (though it doesn't really suspend)
https://we.tl/pGtSwK5c77

This one is not working using flash tool. Do I install it differently?

phh · « **Reply #66 on:** October 13, 2017, 07:50:47 pm »

Hum, the file looks too small, I guess I failed the upload

PsyOps · « **Reply #67 on:** October 13, 2017, 08:10:44 pm »

You may also want to leave the links to the old files up and just keep the main link updated. let me know if you need somewhere to upload them too. I can give you ftp to my site if you need a host. It's not the fastest, but if you need it let me know.

PsyOps · « **Reply #68 on:** October 13, 2017, 08:14:33 pm »

The more you can make this compatible with batchtool on a single flash, the more people you will get to try it out and help out with trooubleshooting and bugs. There is a facebook group with interest in this project too.

This last push I made to get people to use custom recovery may help too. Having a backup helps in going back and forth between testing and just going back to playing the gpd.

Either way, your work is appreciated.

** If there is anything I can do to help out let me know. i am a linux nub but will install whatever version of linux and help you make things more compatible for release if you help me set it up, only if it will speed up the process. I don't want you slowing down trying to help me out.

phh · « **Reply #69 on:** October 13, 2017, 11:52:34 pm »

Ok for keeping old versions.
Could you mirror them and give me the URL?

The error was a PEBKAC, I upload a really old file

I've refreshed the op with the correct firmware
All firmwares I'll send will be compatible with the old flash tool.

Since my changes for the PMIC (= power button + battery gauge), I'm experiencing a lot of screen init issue
Because of this, I recommend not to use the current version

Thanks for your comments, that's helpful.
Perhaps if I get the motivation, I'll ask you to validate before sending updates

illuminerdi · « **Reply #70 on:** October 14, 2017, 01:38:28 am »

You are a hero for doing this, thank you so much. I'm still waiting for it to be a bit more stable but I'm definitely onboard with what you're doing, thanks so much for all your hard work in bringing Android 7 to the XD!!

PsyOps · « **Reply #71 on:** October 14, 2017, 01:59:57 am »

Cool. ok so far...

v03:
- Power button doesnt work, it ends up rebooting. Doesn't seem like its just a restart but somehow maybe its trying to shut down but doesn't.
- The screen does seem a little funky. Trying to assign a background gets a little weird, doesn't set right.
- Notification bar was offscreen for a bit but it reset just fine.
- The card doesn't read right. Says corrupt or something. Reads fine with legacy/stock rom. I used a 2GB card and it was reading it ok, so i don't know if that helps.

If there are specific things you need testing let me know. I will update this post with more stuff as I find it.

** I edited post #3 to add the mirrors in

tiagao_extremo · « **Reply #72 on:** October 14, 2017, 12:48:50 pm »

That's amazing and i hope you will keep working on it, phh. You probably noticed that the XD development is gone, and since GPD had the terrible idea of releasing a new XD with a new soc this will probably be the only chance for the original XD users for having a new Android version. Also thanks PsyOps for the help you're giving to him.

chent7 · « **Reply #73 on:** October 14, 2017, 01:34:09 pm »

So...I tired installing SuperSU. Kept getting bootloops. If anyone edit the batch file and look at the section I have commented out, that's where the problem is.

logcat: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_PWaYbCn_Ped2dueXFWMDVxVzA

I did get it to work eventually, and both flashfire and xposed works.
However, in some cases you may lose root access and you have to run the script with adb debugging.
A FACTORY RESET IS NOT NEEDED
DO NOT UPDATE THE BINARY IT WILL CAUSE BOOTLOOPS

The link is here (windows only): https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_PWaYbCn_PebEZ2VkxVUFpGX0U

Google Play Store can be flashed after this with flashfire for someone without a linux machine

If someone can figure out something I didn't notice to implement SuperSU fully please let me know

skelton · « **Reply #74 on:** October 14, 2017, 03:05:00 pm »

Quote from: tiagao_extremo on October 14, 2017, 12:48:50 pm

That's amazing and i hope you will keep working on it, phh. You probably noticed that the XD development is gone, and since GPD had the terrible idea of releasing a new XD with a new soc this will probably be the only chance for the original XD users for having a new Android version. Also thanks PsyOps for the help you're giving to him.

Well, it's not that GPD had that idea. they are forced to do it, because RK3288 will be out of stock. So current XD was going to end manufacturing anyway. New model will be called XDS and will use an hexa core MTK, the same that comes with xiaomi mi pad 3. They have a proto ready to test.
I am not defending GPD though, I understand your point they could release a new android version for RK3288, although they had issues to get a perfect stable firmware as far as they told me, so I suppose they resigned for that reason. They never gave me a recent SDK yo try to port it by myself, so I am late to the party.
No idea what mali libs use this 7.1 release, I hope they are different from the ones used in LP or android M, because Saturn emulation works bad with them. But maybe the SDK phh has in his possesion has new ones provided by RK.
I am not confident with new XD model anyway, unless is too cheap the GPD WIN is a much better device in all means, and even if it's more expensive, it costs every penny,

tiagao_extremo · « **Reply #75 on:** October 14, 2017, 04:04:31 pm »

Hi Skelton, thanks for sharing these informations. Sorry phh about going offtopic, but my criticism about what GPD is doing is that this device should have a completely different name (kind of have it by using XDS), and also a different design as well. I'm saying this because here in Brazil most of the people had just began to know the XD by the beginning of the year. Funny thing is that the biggest complain is regarding Android 4.4 which many people are calling heavily outdated. Since most of the chinese stores which are advertising still have the original in stock i guess many uninformed will end up flashing the XDS firmware into the XD. That's why i call it a bad move.

skelton · « **Reply #76 on:** October 14, 2017, 04:16:33 pm »

Don't worry, MTK firmware files cannot be flashed in RK ones, so I don't think people brick them. The XD is almost two years old, and the RK3288 is even older, so I suppose that if rockchip stps producing them, GPD is forced to change it. I suppose the name change would help to avoid the confussion I guess.

c4ffeineaddict · « **Reply #77 on:** October 14, 2017, 11:21:19 pm »

Quote from: skelton on October 14, 2017, 03:05:00 pm

Well, it's not that GPD had that idea. they are forced to do it, because RK3288 will be out of stock. So current XD was going to end manufacturing anyway. New model will be called XDS and will use an hexa core MTK, the same that comes with xiaomi mi pad 3. They have a proto ready to test.

Where did you read this? I've tried looking for info on XDS/XD 2 and haven't been able to find anything

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skelton · « **Reply #78 on:** October 15, 2017, 08:31:34 am »

Quote from: c4ffeineaddict on October 14, 2017, 11:21:19 pm

Quote from: skelton on October 14, 2017, 03:05:00 pm
Well, it's not that GPD had that idea. they are forced to do it, because RK3288 will be out of stock. So current XD was going to end manufacturing anyway. New model will be called XDS and will use an hexa core MTK, the same that comes with xiaomi mi pad 3. They have a proto ready to test.

Where did you read this? I've tried looking for info on XDS/XD 2 and haven't been able to find anything

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A GPD developer told me about it.

typingsux · « **Reply #79 on:** October 16, 2017, 02:23:19 pm »

This is cool

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