My 1.5 ROM is out!

[petrus]

just FYI, the transparent status bar is no problem for me
On the contrary it enables to see more of my screen

By the way, for those who want to get rid of it, I'm still trying to make a "widget button'" to switch it off, but clickable widgets are a bit tricky in fact. I'm still experimenting now, but it should come soon or later

[rommer]

Why no openvpn?

I am attempting to get this working, would be nice if it was in the kernel.

[rommer]

OpenVPN

After 2 days of trying to get openvpn working I am of the opinion it will never work with this rom. And I'm not exactly a newb.

I flashed arn10g2-23-20 and had it working in 10 minutes, there seems to be some useful stuff stripped out of this rom. The browser through app injector seems to be lacking also and will throw force closes when routing is changed.

OpenVpn is a must in these custom rooted roms, it's the reason most people root a droid device in the first place.

[Finless]

After 2 days of trying to get openvpn working I am of the opinion it will never work with this rom. And I'm not exactly a newb.

I flashed arn10g2-23-20 and had it working in 10 minutes, there seems to be some useful stuff stripped out of this rom. The browser through app injector seems to be lacking also and will throw force closes when routing is changed.

OpenVpn is a must in these custom rooted roms, it's the reason most people root a droid device in the first place.

OK so I did not strip anything that should make this not work. Everything I stripped out can be put back with app injector. I only stripped out APKs and they are all listed in APP Injector so you know what they are.

However, unlike the Kasty ROM arn10g2-23-20, and my 1.4 ROM, for 1.5 I used the Arnova Philly ROM's kernel which is newer and fixed some issues like SDcard ejection, etc that the older non-philly ROM kernel had. The Philly ROM kernel also works with Flash 11.

SO.... It is very possible this newer Philly kernel has a bug for openVPN!!!!

Can you please try my older 1.4 ROM which has the same kernel as the Kasty ROM and see if OpenVPN works? If so I will make a 1.5 ROM with the older non-philly kernel for you. Just let me know if 1.4 works first in case it is something else.

Bob

[Finless]

Oh or you can try this to test!

Download my 1.4 ROM. Extract it and take kernel.img from that ROM. Now replace kernel.img from my 1.5 ROM with the one from 1.4 ROM and reflash.

If that works then it is a bug in Arnova's Philly kernel.

Bob

[rommer]

Really can't

Sorry, I spent so much time getting this tab to work that I can't rip it apart now.

It would appear that some of the advanced networking tools are missing, or not up to date. I can give some hard learned lessons from messing with both your rom and the the other which I was able to get working.

The ifconfig command didn't seem to work with your rom, it works with the other rom. Even though I got output from it, it was blank....it needed arguments to be supplied for output where the other rom did not. In other words, ifconfig (by itself) in your rom returns nothing, in the other rom it lists all devices, wlan0, tap0 by default without args. I messed around alot with symbolic links from bin to xbin and couldn't resolve that, maybe a kernel issue altogether, I don't know.

My thought is openvpn is looking for the output from ifconfig (without args) and is getting nothing back and can't set routes based on no output.

When installing busy box for the openvpn installer to /system/xbin, make sure you backup the busybox file in /system/bin (BEFORE) and put it back in /system/bin after installing busy box or else the OS is trashed, it hangs at the shutdown screen and many other problems.

Use the tun.ko supplied with the 7 G2 fenice57-v3.1 rom which is compiled into the kernel as a module, it works with the rooted roms for 10 G2 if you insmod it.

For some reason on your rom, when you change routing the browser does a force close and never regains functionality no matter what you do, it breaks for good. Rebooting does nothing to fix it, it never works again.

Hope this gives some insight, openvpn is extremely important for road warriors like myself that need access to their servers.

Thanks for your hard work, wish I could have gotten it working for my needs.

[MrWeelson]

Hi Bob,

Just seen this - the problem I had with your 1.5 kernel was that my 3G stick no longer worked. Are the 3G drivers in the kernel or one of the other parts of the ROM? This was the only thing stopping me from using 1.5

Cheers

Oh or you can try this to test!

Download my 1.4 ROM. Extract it and take kernel.img from that ROM. Now replace kernel.img from my 1.5 ROM with the one from 1.4 ROM and reflash.

If that works then it is a bug in Arnova's Philly kernel.

Bob

[Finless]

Hi Bob,

Just seen this - the problem I had with your 1.5 kernel was that my 3G stick no longer worked. Are the 3G drivers in the kernel or one of the other parts of the ROM? This was the only thing stopping me from using 1.5

Cheers

OK so let me ask on the 3G thing.
On my 1.4 ROM I injected some more 3G drivers. Some people it worked for and some previous sticks that worked stopped working. So I made a 1.1 version with the 3G mods made to it.

Did that work for you?

For 1.5 I DID NOT add the 3G modules due to this problem.

So like I posted above to see if you can fix this, use the kernel.img from my 1.4 ROM in the 1.5 kit. That should solve it.

Bob

[MrWeelson]

1.4 with the extra drivers didn't work so I used the version without the added 3G drivers.
There's a kernel.img file with that so I'll try replacing the 1.5 file with this...the 1.5 stock version didn't work at all with 3G which is why I stuck with 1.4

Here's hoping!

Cheers!

[Finless]

1.4 with the extra drivers didn't work so I used the version without the added 3G drivers.
There's a kernel.img file with that so I'll try replacing the 1.5 file with this...the 1.5 stock version didn't work at all with 3G which is why I stuck with 1.4

Here's hoping!

Cheers!

Thanks! Let me know. If it does work I will just make a 1.5B with the older 10 G2 kernel. Seems like Arnova needs to get thier crap together. They come out with a new kernel and it fixes some issues and breaks others

I am pretty certain the OPenVPN issues are the kernel. The kasty ROM is no different than my 1.3 ROM with his suedo ext4. My 1.4 adds real ext4 support but both use the same kernel. So in my mind, this is the issue.

Bob

[MrWeelson]

Thanks! Let me know. If it does work I will just make a 1.5B with the older 10 G2 kernel. Seems like Arnova needs to get thier crap together. They come out with a new kernel and it fixes some issues and breaks others

I am pretty certain the OPenVPN issues are the kernel. The kasty ROM is no different than my 1.3 ROM with his suedo ext4. My 1.4 adds real ext4 support but both use the same kernel. So in my mind, this is the issue.

Bob

I've tried the 1.4 kernel.img with your 1.5c rom and no luck.
Erased IDB and installed, all went fine. When it re-booted I got the first boot screen (non-animated) but then a black screen and no further progress.
I reverted to 1.5c kernel.img and re-flashed, that booted without a problem.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

[Finless]

I've tried the 1.4 kernel.img with your 1.5c rom and no luck.
Erased IDB and installed, all went fine. When it re-booted I got the first boot screen (non-animated) but then a black screen and no further progress.
I reverted to 1.5c kernel.img and re-flashed, that booted without a problem.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Hmmm so that shows there are major differences in the Arnova kernels. The framework files and LIB files must be very different.

OK give me a little time. I am working on another ROM right now. I will make a 1.5 ROM from the non-philly 10G2 ROM which will work. Soon as I can do it. Maybe this weekend.

Bob

[rommer]

Bottom line, arnova has some talented people and alot of r and d into their products, they spent many months banging their heads on issues and resolving them. Not to say that they are bug and problem free but they are putting out a production kernel for their product, being sold with thousands of their devices.

Stick with their kernels, they should be the foundation for your builds, they have learned the hard way.

[Finless]

Bottom line, arnova has some talented people and alot of r and d into their products, they spent many months banging their heads on issues and resolving them. Not to say that they are bug and problem free but they are putting out a production kernel for their product, being sold with thousands of their devices.

Stick with their kernels, they should be the foundation for your builds, they have learned the hard way.

What? Your kidding right?

You are not understanding. Every Kernel I used IS by Arnova!!!! ALL MY ROMS ARE MADE USING ARNOVA'S STOCK ROMS!!!! Please understand this before you point fingers. All I do is root them, make themn faster with EXT4 file systems. 1.5 is then debloated of bloat apps. Thats it!

Arnova has 2 ROMs on their web site for the 10 G2. One is the 10 G2 and the other is the 10 G2 "Philidelphia Inquirer". If you have been reading what I have been saying. For my 1.5 ROM I used the ARNOVA Philly ROM as the basis for my 1.5 ROM ... This is because that version has been updated over the non-philly 10G2. AND.... Listen carefully, the kernel on the philly ROM is newer.

So "ARNOVA's" ROM has the bug for OpenVPN and 3G stick problems. Nothing I did caused that.
Also the 10G2 and the 10G2 Philly are the same tablet! Philly just asked Arnova to customize it for them. Well in the process they fixed some issues and broke others.

I am not into compiling kernels or trying to use kernels that did not come from the manufacturer. Where you got that from is beyond me........

So please.... Understand this issue IS CAUSED by Arnova's kernels. I am slightly offended you are pointing at me doing something that caused this and then telling me to stick with Arnova's kernels because they do great work. bullshit..... If they did great work, we wouldnt be trying to load better firmware on our tablets!

Sheesh man... get a clue please before finger pointing.

Bob

[rommer]

I never said they are great kernels, nor did I point any fingers. I have no problem with you.

All I know is that the stock rooted kernel runs openvpn and takes 10 minutes to get working. Your rom does not, plus the browser breaks for good when routing is changed in your rom.

I'm not knocking you or your work.