@JR6P7@vic get a UART / serial cable and upload the output when you power on. "The image is bad" had me thinking the zip file was corrupted. That is obviously not the case.
The Android image loaded. Created on linux with etcher. Connected through ethernet. Added F-droid and downloaded some apps .. vlc, icecat (aka firefox). The apps ran successfully but during internet access some apps would block the system , would not quit so did a reboot. Not a problem since the Potato reboots in seconds.
how do you access a terminal, or is that something that you have to download ? also, this board doesnt come with wifi, what wifi dongle would you recommend and how easy is it to setup ?
You should, in theory, be able to use opengapps.com to download the play store and other apps and flash them onto the android image. I say "in theory" because the only way I know how to install the g apps files is to boot into recovery mode, and I don't know how to do that without hardware buttons like a phone or tablet would have. If anyone can tell me how to start le potato in android recovery mode. I will make a tutorial on how to install g apps after I do.
I can't try that by myself, but it should be possible to enable ADB and reboot into recovery.
Could the U-Boot button be used as a "power button", known from android phones?
@loverpi Can we please have driver support for the screen linked below for android, as currently when it is plugged in, the resolution is just out of wack, the potato is not able to figure out the resolution of the display plugged in.
Love your board, using it with the android 7.1 image. Board gets quite hot when having firefox rendering some tabs...
Some feature request for a le potato android: please add a wifi simulating driver (mac80211_hwsim?) - there are enough apps and situations to explore that demand for wifi.
Until then, android use cases demanding wifi will not migrate from raspberry pi to your much faster board. Such a pity.
Thanks for the board and the android image! Hoping for another with (sim-) wifi soon...
lipi
Hi Guys, the preview Android Images (aml-s905x-cc-android-7-1-preview-1.img.zip) don't contain Wireless dongles driver. Did you know when the new Android 8.0 Oreo is ready to use?
I can't get the image to work. I used the etcher and flashed to SD card and it boots and I get no monitor output. I got all the other images to work. There was a comment here that image may be corrupted and will load a new one..but seems it never happened. Any word on timing.
Hi, On Le Potato, I have brought out Developer options, and enabled USB debugging, but on my PC , "adb devices" still cannot see this device. Can anyone help? Thanks.
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@JR6P7 @vic get a UART / serial cable and upload the output when you power on. "The image is bad" had me thinking the zip file was corrupted. That is obviously not the case.
@loverpi , its a 32inch polaroid and i tried my 24 inch aoc.
@loverpi, so can a new image be upload sometime this week?
The Android image loaded. Created on linux with etcher. Connected through ethernet. Added F-droid and downloaded some apps .. vlc, icecat (aka firefox). The apps ran successfully but during internet access some apps would block the system , would not quit so did a reboot. Not a problem since the Potato reboots in seconds.
@loverpi , when will a new image file be uploaded?
how do you access a terminal, or is that something that you have to download ? also, this board doesnt come with wifi, what wifi dongle would you recommend and how easy is it to setup ?
I can't try that by myself, but it should be possible to enable ADB and reboot into recovery.
Could the U-Boot button be used as a "power button", known from android phones?
@loverpi Can we please have driver support for the screen linked below for android, as currently when it is plugged in, the resolution is just out of wack, the potato is not able to figure out the resolution of the display plugged in.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B017SQ3J38/ref=sxbs_sr_ss_b_2?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_p=1481071587&pd_rd_wg=jSFus&pf_rd_r=7DAC49CDGHABB3Y25JY5&pf_rd_s=desktop-sx-bottom-slot&pf_rd_t=301&pd_rd_i=B017SQ3J38&pd_rd_w=fXPjZ&pf_rd_i=raspberry+pi+screen&pd_rd_r=8543a2d9-e433-4f42-a990-03076f0169da&ie=UTF8&qid=1512486002&sr=2
Love your board, using it with the android 7.1 image. Board gets quite hot when having firefox rendering some tabs...
Some feature request for a le potato android: please add a wifi simulating driver (mac80211_hwsim?) - there are enough apps and situations to explore that demand for wifi.
Until then, android use cases demanding wifi will not migrate from raspberry pi to your much faster board. Such a pity.
Thanks for the board and the android image! Hoping for another with (sim-) wifi soon...
lipi
Works for me straight out of the box. Plugged in a USB HDD and was able to load up some apks which all work fine.
Primary use is as a Media Centre. Watching Vader Streams without issue.
Looking forward to a new, hopefully more sophisticated UI, current one looks like it was designed for my 7 year old (maybe it was).
Cheers for all the hard work!
Hi Guys, the preview Android Images (aml-s905x-cc-android-7-1-preview-1.img.zip) don't contain Wireless dongles driver. Did you know when the new Android 8.0 Oreo is ready to use?
I can't get the image to work. I used the etcher and flashed to SD card and it boots and I get no monitor output. I got all the other images to work. There was a comment here that image may be corrupted and will load a new one..but seems it never happened. Any word on timing.
I burn the Android 8.0 Oreo Images to a micro sd card with burn to Images, but the updating view load only 20% and freezed. Any idea what is wrong?
I try also the Firmware Resources from http://docs.khadas.com/basics/FirmwareResources/ the same issues. Updating in progress and after 20% abort the update.
On Le Potato, I have brought out Developer options, and enabled USB debugging, but on my PC , "adb devices" still cannot see this device. Can anyone help? Thanks.