Saturday, March 24, 2012

VegaICS Beta 1 Touch Screen Patch

Tabletroms member, scanno has posted about a day ago about CWM update for VegaICS Beta1. This update will address the touchscreen issue and powerbutton fix. As said in the post, this update contain new boot image with touchscreen driver compiled to the new kernel. The new kernel were build by some folk from modaco, brucele666.
We have watch the forum for a positif response to this patch. I can not test this patch yet, because my tablet is not with me right now, but some positif feedback from the forum, and the talk at modaco, i think this patch worth a try. If you have problem, you can always ask in the forum, that way you'll help to in the development process.

Here is a link to the post.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

VegaICS, Almost 3 Weeks in Beta -- No Update Yet

This is the third week, since VegaICS -- A community build ROM for Advent Vega, POV Mobii, Viewpad 10S and other shuttle device family similar to it -- upgrade its status to Beta1. Of course we have been following this information closely on its original thread. Some of us really looking forward for 3G fix and the long waited internal GPS patch from all this VegaICS enthusiast.
Some new feature you can expect to be there when it updated will be the ability to connect to an adhoc network.
I personally hope for some speed improvement. Although its more stable now, being beta1, there is still some need for speed :). Some 720p movie still not play as I expected.
I hope it will be released soon enough so we can have something new to play with again.

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Android 4.0 Update for Samsung Galaxy S II

Samsung Galaxy SII can now updated to Android ICS 4.0 officially from Samsung. Although it now, only available for europe and south korean region, other region will soon follow after this update mechanism approved by carrier (cellular operator).
Other Galaxy devices will also get this update soon enough.
If you are unpatient for this updated, there is a way to update your Samsung Galaxy S II in an unofficial way (the update file is official). This update were provided by a guy from modaco. You can update your phone using Kies and Odin. Remember to make backup of your original ROM in case you want to restored it later. Do this AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Below is the step-by-step walkthrough:

  1. Download the latest Samsung Kies and the driver from samsung.
  2. Download Odin here.
  3. On your Galaxy S II, activate USB debugging via settings->Applications->Development
  4. Download the official Firmware 4.0 update here. The update size is about 300 MB, save it and extract it on your computer.
  5. Install your latest KIES.
  6. Having every ingredient at hand, open Odin and klik the button labeled PDA. Navigate to the folder where the extracted Firmware 4.0 located, scan for a file with md5 extension.
  7. Prepare USB cable of your Galaxy S II. Turn it off, then push power button+volume down+home all together (simultaneously), you'll have warning on your screen, to continue or aborting. If you want to go on, push volume up to enter download mode.
  8. Connect your Galaxy S II using USB cable and wait until your computer detect or recognize your phone. If this step fail, maybe you should review step 5.
  9. On Odin's control panel, push the start button and let the download process finish.
If everything goes ok, now your samsung Galaxy S II will have android 4.0 on it. Enjoy :)