[WIP] Thunderstorm - ICS for Coby Kyros MIDx024

[steev]

I am releasing this ROM to the Coby community in hopes that it will attract more developers and testers.

This was tested on a Coby MID7024 and should also work on the MID8024 and MID1024.

STANDARD DISCLAIMER:
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. By running this firmware, you agree that there is the possibility that you may brick your device. You agree that only you are responsible and no one else is responsible for supporting you if that occurs. (although the community is great at providing help to you!)

EARLY ALPHA:
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. This is an early Alpha it is not intended to yet be a daily driver. Many things are broken and do not appear right on your tablet. This is intended to be a community project.

Acknowledgments
We owe our thanks to Ron and Symbean

Installation

1. Preparation for a good installation:
- Back up important data to PC.
- Use a freshly formatted FAT32 SDcard
- Safely "Eject" the SDcard before removing it from PC to ensure that the data is completely written
- Battery is fully charged.

2. Installation:
- Download the zip/rar then extract the zip/rar to a folder on PC.
- Copy the entire content of the extracted folder to the root of the SDcard.
- With the tablet is off, insert the SDcard in the TF card slot.
- Press the "home" button and "power" button together until the boot screen and a small line of text appear then release the buttons. Leave the tablet undisturbed. It will turn OFF automatically after the flashing completed.
- Now turn tablet on and enjoy the new firmware.

The following people are participating in bringing Thunderstorm ICS to the C8 Community

Dave.S
namko
ron1975
rowwor
steev
Symbean
tlbardelljr
Troll05
lfom

If you're interested in helping let us know.

Downloads:
Thunderstorm Alpha 4 for MIDx024
md5: 8015174057c280c17faea54ca6730ca1

ChangeLog:
Alpha 4:
- Initial release for Coby Kyros

Known issues:
- MID7024 touchscreen does not work. (Not sure about MID8024 and MID1024)

Other links:
Thunderstorm for Herotab C8

 

[steev]

Reserved...

 

[Pickupman66]

Steev. I may not be much on code but I'm game for testing and such. Ill get this booted today.

Sent from my rooted, baked, Gingerbread rocking Kyros MID1024

 

[renancslp]

The Honeycomb UTmodules of the ICS also work or have to be different? Well I heard that thedrives are different!

 

[renancslp]

Steev ThunderStorm trying to run here in my 1024 after installing the message "unfortunately UI system has stopped" What can this be? How to Solve? Thank you

 

[scitzoid]

Steev, I liked the loader, keeps the user informed of what is going on. Unfortunately, I have the same issue "renancslp" has with this load.

 

[cornell]

what ya think of this?

 

[BDS250]

Loaded this on my 1024 and could not get past the lock screen. It came up with the UI error.

But it still is in alpha so there is hope.

Thanks for all the work.

Don

Sent from my Coby Kyros 1024 using Tapatalk.

 

[brunnomaceno]

okay, booting it up! i am gonna test some apps and post it here

EDIT:

Touch still don't work, the boot was fast, i really liked it.
With MID 7024

 

[Vernox701]

TheHoneycombUTmodulesofthe ICSalso workor have to bedifferent?WellI heardthat thedrives aredifferent!

I don't think the modules are the problem...the os is loading too slow or looking for more ram

 

[Vernox701]

Loaded this on my 1024 and could not get past the lock screen. It came up with the UI error.

But it still is in alpha so there is hope.

Thanks for all the work.

Don

Sent from my Coby Kyros 1024 using Tapatalk.

You can deletes systemui.apk from the utv210_root.tgz archive before installing the rom .It will allow you to get past that error. The touch screen is off. There is a blue circle tracer in the left hand corner if you drag that to the lockscreen it will allow you to unlock the lockscreen but thats as far as I've gotten. Deleting The SystemUI causes problems but atleast you can get an idea of what the rom looks like

 

[Spook_Man]

Got the following after installing ROM:

"unfortunately, google partner setup has stopped. [OK]"

Then of course, the touch screen isn't working.

 

[cellexpert]

Tested in 1024 with MID card 1025_v4
Amazingly it seems that the touchscreen worked for the System is displaying an error "Unfortunately, System UI has stopped" and I can play OK on this error!

The side buttons also work, but I can not see the system because of this persistent error above.

error log in ddms:

01-02 02:27:13.246: DEBUG/libEGL(769): loaded /system/lib/egl/libGLES_android.so
01-02 02:27:13.289: DEBUG/AndroidRuntime(769): Shutting down VM
01-02 02:27:13.289: WARN/dalvikvm(769): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x409971f8)
01-02 02:27:13.312: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(769): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
01-02 02:27:13.312: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(769): java.lang.RuntimeException: eglConfig not initialized
01-02 02:27:13.312: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(769): at com.android.systemui.ImageWallpaper$DrawableEngine.initGL(ImageWallpaper.java:571)
01-02 02:27:13.312: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(769): at com.android.systemui.ImageWallpaper$DrawableEngine.drawWallpaperWithOpenGL(ImageWallpaper.java:382)
01-02 02:27:13.312: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(769): at com.android.systemui.ImageWallpaper$DrawableEngine.drawFrameLocked(ImageWallpaper.java:312)
01-02 02:27:13.312: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(769): at com.android.systemui.ImageWallpaper$DrawableEngine.onSurfaceChanged(ImageWallpaper.java:258)
01-02 02:27:13.312: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(769): at android.service.wallpaper.WallpaperService$Engine.updateSurface(WallpaperService.java:646)
01-02 02:27:13.312: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(769): at android.service.wallpaper.WallpaperService$Engine.attach(WallpaperService.java:733)
01-02 02:27:13.312: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(769): at android.service.wallpaper.WallpaperService$IWallpaperEngineWrapper.executeMessage(WallpaperService.java:973)
01-02 02:27:13.312: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(769): at com.android.internal.os.HandlerCaller$MyHandler.handleMessage(HandlerCaller.java:61)
01-02 02:27:13.312: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(769): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
01-02 02:27:13.312: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(769): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
01-02 02:27:13.312: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(769): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4340)
01-02 02:27:13.312: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(769): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
01-02 02:27:13.312: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(769): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
01-02 02:27:13.312: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(769): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:784)
01-02 02:27:13.312: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(769): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:551)
01-02 02:27:13.312: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(769): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
01-02 02:27:13.343: WARN/ActivityManager(119): Process com.android.systemui has crashed too many times: killing!

 

[MikeViller]

Happy to read that the C8 guys at slatedroid incorporated the tablet version of ICS 4.0 in their beta 5. hope to see this on our coby soon.

 

[cellexpert]

It would be possible to compile the goodix module in this firmware to a gingerbread? For Gingerbread 703 ...
That's because this was the only firmware that my coby ran the touchscreen, I have a Coby 1024 with motherboard 1025_v4 (dualtouch) that has the problem with touch module. The source code is accessible for new construction.

I put myself available for any test