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Kindle Fire bluetooth driver?

Found this via Google tonight, anyone have any insights?
Did someone get bluetooth working?
pastebin.com/YgRKdpej

intel352 said:
Found this via Google tonight, anyone have any insights?
Did someone get bluetooth working?
pastebin.com/YgRKdpej
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Loading the drivers doesn't mean anything, show me working hciattach and I'll believe it.
If someone wants to donate a broken KF I can find if it's connected in a useable way and if so make it work. Really broken is ok, as in mauled by wild dogs and drowned in the ocean broken. All I need is the mainboard to be physically intact even if it doesn't work.

pokey9000 said:
Loading the drivers doesn't mean anything, show me working hciattach and I'll believe it.
If someone wants to donate a broken KF I can find if it's connected in a useable way and if so make it work. Really broken is ok, as in mauled by wild dogs and drowned in the ocean broken. All I need is the mainboard to be physically intact even if it doesn't work.
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I hate that my device is not broken but at the same time I'm glad it's working
Glad to see that some people gladly help with the development for the Kindle Fire though.

A pastebin by the same user shows dmesg output showing bluetooth loaded (just fyi):
http://pastebin.com/a4m6jc7T

intel352 said:
A pastebin by the same user shows dmesg output showing bluetooth loaded (just fyi):
http://pastebin.com/a4m6jc7T
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That looks like output from the diagnostic boot mode (bootmode 8000, DON'T DO THIS WITHOUT FFF INSTALLED). Not sure if BT is in the kernel out of laziness or if there's something else to be found...

pokey9000 said:
That looks like output from the diagnostic boot mode (bootmode 8000, DON'T DO THIS WITHOUT FFF INSTALLED). Not sure if BT is in the kernel out of laziness or if there's something else to be found...
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Considering bt hardware is on board and in kernel, would be nice if it could be easily enabled/used

Would running a Linux distro on the device pick up Bluetooth hardware and allow you to do something with it? I have Debian running via debootstrap loop file (installed with app called Linux installer on market) but i don't use any ui and don't know how to check for it in a terminal

I'm trying to get up to speed to look at bluetooth too - from what I understand of what I've found so far, it seems like it kinda has to be there and be usable unless they went out of the way to disable it. I suspect making hardware changes to disable something they could just not build into the OS to disable would have been unnecessarily expensive.
I am thinking this because:
1) Wikipedia shows the Kindle Fire is based on the OMAP4430 PandaBoard
2) Pages 36 of the PandaBoard System Reference Manual:
The PandaBoard provides a module (LS Research Inc. P/N LS240-WI-01-A20) that provides a Bluetooth interface, a 2.4 GHz 802.11b/g/n interface, and an FM interface. This module may be found on sheet 14 of the schematics (reference designator U4). It uses Texas Instruments’ WiLink TM 6.0 solution.
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3) According to the Mouser page for part #LS240-WI-01-A20, they share the same antenna:
Both WLAN and Bluetooth share the same antenna port.
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So the functionality is there - it's all on the same chip and uses the same antenna as the wifi...
What I'd like to do is get to where I can build CM7 and poke around the code - I've got an OS dev (Windows) background but I've never done anything on Linux so it's taking some time to get the build setup. I've got ICS (not for the Fire) setup to build, just because the directions I was following were for that. Now working on CM7 for the Fire.
If I can get where I can build and flash my own CM7, I'm willing to spend some time doing some trial and brick/fix and trial again...

sweet @LanceDiamond looks like you did some homework
so you have a linux distro up and running with stock asop synced?
cyanogenmod has a wiki on how to compile from their source http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Building_from_source its pretty massive and as far as i know, you need the whole frigging thing. as far as I can tell, the info for each device is pretty much the same until it comes to specifying which device your building for. you will probably need to git clone extra stuff into the source and probably edit... something in order to build specifically for the kindle fire... its been a while sense I messed with the source and I never manage to make it to these forums until im tired, so sorry if im kinda all over the place

if someone can develop an app that actually turns bluetooth on in kindle fire, I will be the first one to commit buying the app. since we are in this topic, does kindle fire has microphone that can be enabled as well?

jendol said:
if someone can develop an app that actually turns bluetooth on in kindle fire, I will be the first one to commit buying the app. since we are in this topic, does kindle fire has microphone that can be enabled as well?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1363215

jendol said:
if someone can develop an app that actually turns bluetooth on in kindle fire, I will be the first one to commit buying the app. since we are in this topic, does kindle fire has microphone that can be enabled as well?
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No built in microphone but http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1363215
Doesn't seem to work with Skype etc. though.

Well....yes and no lol.
I have an Ubuntu VM using VirtualBox with somewhere around 30GB of stuff. I think I actually built some form of stock (non KF non cm7) Android. Then I started reading up on CM7 and Jackpot/Whistlestop work. Git cloned CM7KF tree from Whistlestops Git page. Followed directions to link in directories in spite of being a Linux idiot.
I now have a build that builds a bunch of stuff but eventually stops with a multi paragraph message about how my code is including something not normally included or something like that. Not home again till Monday so can't get the exact error... I may rebuild the VM from scratch when I do get back to it just to eliminate any weirdness from my not knowing what I was doing first time.
Also got a little sidetracked playing with cm7 once I flashed it
One slightly strange thing - in whistlestops cm7 directions for linking in the CM7KF tree, if I follow those steps to the letter I wind up with a dir like this:
/vendor/amazon/amazon/blaze
I assumed that was wrong and I want the tree to look like the others there, ie:
/vendor/amazon/blaze
So I didn't mkdir amazon first and that seems to give me the desired structure....
Sent from my GT-P1000 using Tapatalk (and apparently Taps thinks my kindle is a GT-1000 now with cm7/new build.prop)

Really ?? I dont know KF has bluetooth. Why Amazon put Bluetooth there without software to use ???

I've got my build working and I've spent a lot of time digging...
It looks like, as someone said up above in this thread, the kernel needs to be built with bluetooth enabled. And you need the driver and the firmware files put in the right place in your android build tree. Then you'd need to do something to cause the driver and firmware to actually wind up in an image when you build.
I have the files and I have a working CM7 build. I *think* the CM7 kernel has bluetooth enabled so I am thinking it might be possible to hack this around to work without having to actually build the linux ARM7 kernel.
I'm at least encouraged...
FYI, I found the driver here - not sure if it'll work, but easy enough to try - the hard part is going to be figuring out the editing to get it in an image...

awesome work, thank you

Bluetooth would be awesome!
Hopefully the driver is compatible with wiimote and similar programs.

Lance you are teasing me! i like what i am hearing... if theres anything i can do please let me know got a research junction you want to pass off let me know im good with rooting people on...
well you should definitely toouch base with Whistlestop the dev running the cm7 build if you didnt know. im going to google my eyeballs out on your details. This thing has bluetooth i can just smell it.
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So let me get this straight? Bluetooth is possible, but not supported by the kernel?? This is simular to the iPhone 2G/iPod Touch 2G having bluetooth radios. But no supported by the kernel.
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Kindle Fire Bluetooth
someone asked why Amazon would put bluetooth in the Fire but not have it active? i think the answer is simple. "introducing the KF2. one of the new features is bluetooth". i'm sure Amazon has other features built in but not turned on. would make bringing in the next version cheaper for them, imo.

[26 MAY] USB Host mode for HD2

Update: We finally have usb host mode working on leo.
The interrupt problem i was having was fixed by liiochen, right here (his blog). He has also tested a few devices like keyboard, mouse, storage etc..
Attached is the kernel and modules in a cwm zip. usb mass storage, usb charging, usb tether and usb adb will NOT work. adb over wifi should be fine. If you were going to ask, it's based on the latest tytung kernel.
Requirements:
ICS rom
Self powered hub OR a Y USB cable
How to:
1) Reboot to recovery
2) flash file
3) reboot to android
It supports both clk/magldr.
Credits:
liiochen, cotulla, markinus, sven killig, tytung

good luck .

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459304

Good luck

awesome

pirlano said:
awesome
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Cant wait for this to be functional on our HD2's

great effort out there man !!
good luck with your work !

Hello! Any news about this great project?

Salvestro said:
Hello! Any news about this great project?
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+1
Sent from my HTC HD2 using xda premium

any news
great that some1 is working on this as its something that i want for my hd2 especially if u can.get tv out working wish ud post news on how ur getting on and more.developers would help u out i think u should do.a poll on how many people want this as id say a large percentage of hd2 owners on here would say they do. when i finally retire my hd2 would be great to turn it into a media centre by connecting it to tv and a hard drive for files. i hope u keep.at it until u get it working and if u want a beta tester count me in!!

Maybe Rick gave up on this thread, considering none of the posts in it (including this one) apart from his have been development related (we are in the development forum...)
Also, don't you think if he had news he'd post it?

mikeysteele said:
Maybe Rick gave up on this thread, considering none of the posts in it (including this one) apart from his have been development related (we are in the development forum...)
Also, don't you think if he had news he'd post it?
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I haven't given up on this but yeah, such people really do nothing but spam the thread for no reason. I will require 2.6.33 kernel at a minimum to continue because usb stack interface was changed between .32 and .33 linux. So instead of starting from scratch, i have asked tweakos who already has a .33 kernel running perfectly for the source code for me to continue, He mentioned he had some data loss but has a backup and it would take him around 4~5 days to recover and upload that somewhere.
As for the news, whatever news i would have about the host controller wouldn't be understood properly as most of it would be regarding low level stuff or unless the news is about release..
As for the possible uses of usb host would be:
1) USB joysticks, (any controller that works with linux) so you can play psx emulator with real controls, and other supporting games
2) USB TV in, Watch TV on your HD2 using a USB powered TV tuner card.
3) USB TV out, Use larger displays for your HD2 using usb monitors or some kind of usb video adapters certified for use with linux
4) USB sound cards for those who want real quality audio with an external usb sound card, but i think android does not support this. will require GNU/Linux distro.
Infact anything that works properly with USB 2.0 in linux will work in kernel space and can be used by apps which have ability for such hardware.

Wow, that's great. I love USB TV out function.

I want it, good luck

Good luck with this one. It would be great to have on our beloved hd2's

Rick_1995 said:
I haven't given up on this but yeah, such people really do nothing but spam the thread for no reason. I will require 2.6.33 kernel at a minimum to continue because usb stack interface was changed between .32 and .33 linux. So instead of starting from scratch, i have asked tweakos who already has a .33 kernel running perfectly for the source code for me to continue, He mentioned he had some data loss but has a backup and it would take him around 4~5 days to recover and upload that somewhere.
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How about using my kernel 2.6.35.14 forked from ACA which is forked from Marc? I have done a lot of work making it very stable and fast...

Rick_1995 said:
. There are posts which confirm that OTG worked in froyo sense, so i will be testing the support in froyo roms and gnu/linux builds like ubuntu for further research.
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Which froyo roms have OTG support?
It would be useful to use one for Ubuntu http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1025499 (and possibly Debian http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1029390) via VNC
Thanks

Robbie P said:
Which froyo roms have OTG support?
It would be useful to use one for Ubuntu http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1025499 (and possibly Debian http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1029390) via VNC
Thanks
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Dunno if they would work, btw with my kernel i have usb root showing up but cannot yet test anything because my usb hub seems to be broken and i don't have any usb female port lying around.

OP updated.

Hi sry slightly of topic....is there a new version of magldr in the works? What is the expected time of release?
Many thanks
Sent from my HD2 using Tapatalk

Letting this die. New dev and user threads created.

LAST UPDATED: 4/2/2012
WHERE ARE WE NOW? IS IT BOOTING? CAN I GET A NEW ROM W/ AN ICS KERNEL?
Is it booting? Yes.
Is there a new ROM for the kernel? Yes. It's still a work in progress and likely to continue changing as the kernel gets more developed.
Can I test the new ROM? Right now, there's no reason to run this ROM unless you're working on the kernel and/or bug testing. It is booting into the OS now and as soon as I fix up the Wifi and SD MMC mount, I'll probably put up a test link for testers -- lots to bugfix, this isn't "usable" yet. Especially since we don't have the Ducati loading for hw codecs.
How long will it take to fix? There is no way to know. I work on the kernel about 4-5 nights a week, and when I fix something, there's always something behind it which needs fixing as well. I am making good progress (in my opinion), but that may still mean weeks of development.
I'm going to keep a page updated on my blog so that at any point in time if you're curious what the output of the boot up looks like you can go take a look (this will be mostly technical output and don't worry if it much of it doesn't make sense):
http://blog.hash-of-codes.com/kindle-fire-ics/
[NOTE: I've now highlighted items in green which are good and some red items still to be fixed.]
2nd post has the current status in more detail

UPDATED 4/7
WORKING -- WILL NEED TESTING:
EXT4 MMC Filesystem Access
USB Android Gadget with modes like ADB and MTP (Do we want mass storage also?)
Battery / Charger Driver
Display driver / SGX / ION now plays nice w/ 512M memory (originally the 3.0 kernel was hard coded for 1G of memory)
Touchscreen is working
Sensors are working to detect tilt / movement
Power button working (no colored leds yet)
New Audio driver from TI is working (thanks nook_lover!)
Headset output / recording
Internal media partition mount
Ducati binary is being loading by the system now and the OMX server is starting -- NEEDS TESTING -- probably still won't work -- but its progress towards hardware codecs
PARTIALLY WORKING:
New Backlight Driver is now partially working. Won't adjust brightness yet, but it's coming.
:| Wireless device and driver is being recognized. Still troubleshooting.
STILL BROKEN:
:/ Color Changing Power Button Leds - Old Driver needs to be updated
FUTURE CHANGES IF NECESSARY:
- Touchscreen Driver has a newer straight Linux driver available which would need minor Android customization (current driver seems ok for now)
- Charger Driver has a newer straight Linux driver available which could be customized for Android (will probably do this one eventually. The current charger driver is very messy)
- Battery Gauge has a generic 3.0 android driver available. It would need minor customization (may or may not rewrite this one eventually)

Glad to hear it's coming along well. Keep up the good work!

Great news. Waiting for the kernel
Sent from my Kindle Fire using xda premium

STOKED!
Thanks Mr. Hash!

I have absolutely know idea what your talking about.
Thank You for being so smart.

kdkinc said:
I have absolutely know idea what your talking about.
Thank You for being so smart.
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It'll make Netflix work on the Kindle. And stuff... like that. And some games too.

Hashcode said:
It'll make Netflix work on the Kindle. And stuff... like that. And some games too.
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Love the layman's speak.

kdkinc said:
I have absolutely know idea what your talking about.
Thank You for being so smart.
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In other words, all your porn will work....
kidding...
THANKS for the update Hash.....GOOD LUCK!!

You are doing the Lord's work here, man. I may not post very much, but I'm monitoring and your hard work is appreciated and my guess is you will get many accolades and hopefully a good shot of donations for this

Oh my god i love u !

Posrting just to show my support, if there is anything that a noob can make to help, i am more than glad to help

I volunteer as a crash test dummy...errr, Tester. Just say the word.
CM7 Infuse - XDA Premium
CM7 Infuse - XDA Premium

This is really good news. I have been waiting for it. Thank you for massive contribution for the community
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Hardware acceleration! Yay Thanks Hashcode

HW Acceleration is a good news Thank you

I also volunteer to test this

Count me in too for testing! Would sure love to give this a flash when the time comes!
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Im also Available for testing.

you are awesome, thanks for your work

[Q] Linux Dualboot from Asus TF700 to Ouya possible?

Hi all.
I just created this thread to see discuss along with others the possibility of getting Ubuntu running in the Ouya based on the fact that there is already a port to do so for the Asus TF700 Infinity which has the virtually the same hardware.
More information about what has been done for the Asus TF700:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2014759
Would it be possible to use the work already done to get this port ready?.
I am not a gamer so I am looking forward to use an Ouya as a low power / low consumption multipourpose server.
Opinions???.
Pros./cons.???
Work ahead???
Best regards.
juisjuis.

Hi all.
Someone has already been able to run Debian in an Ouya.
The instructions allows you to create an USB stick that will be Debian functional after Fastboot-ing it.
The installation is buggy, but is works quite well.
I guess is the first step to have Debian in the Ouya.
I tested the procedure and works. :laugh:
I cannot paste external links yet because I'm too new in xda-devs site, so if some moderator/administrator wants to fix it, please do so. I guess it a quite important notice.
https(colon)(slash)(slash)github(dot)com(slash)kulve(slash)tegra-debian
Enjoy.

Ubuntu for Nexus 7 is a good palce to start
juisjuis said:
Hi all.
Someone has already been able to run Debian in an Ouya.
Enjoy.
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I think you can run native Ubuntu on the Ouya as the hardware is pretty close to the Nexus 7 8GB. I have started to look at this a little myself figuring i would try to load the Nexus 7 build onto the Ouya to see what happened.
I personally would like to see an Openelec release for the Ouya..
Instructions for Ubuntu are in the Nexus 7 XDA forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33367694

HT123 said:
I think you can run native Ubuntu on the Ouya as the hardware is pretty close to the Nexus 7 8GB. I have started to look at this a little myself figuring i would try to load the Nexus 7 build onto the Ouya to see what happened.
I personally would like to see an Openelec release for the Ouya..
Instructions for Ubuntu are in the Nexus 7 XDA forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33367694
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Hi, thanks for the tip.
I would like to see that too...
There is another intermediate point that would be to have some light Ubuntu (xubuntu/lubuntu) and install the xbmc/vdpau support and that would do the trick. In fact would be more flaxible from my point of view than having Openelec.
I do run Xubuntu+XBMC for AMD Fusion and works pretty well and is not that close than Openelec.
What do you think?.
Best regards.
juisjuis.

custom rom or timur? in car.

Delete. Found my answer.

butwhydoitalk2u said:
Delete. Found my answer.
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What was your solution?
I am also looking for a car based rom but don't want to pay to get timur's

I bought into the timurs but when I tried to go back to stock - I cleared the rom and wiped the tablet to go to stock- I wiped everything and bricked the tablet. My computer didnt recognize the tablet in bootloader or twrp mode...Oh well. I am waiting for my other tablet to arrive to see if I can finally do it. As far as the question"...to timur or not to timur?" I couldn't tell you but the biggest complaint that I see while using the experimentalx is the recognition of the dac Which in my application makes the world of difference since everything is going to go through the dac - as far as audio. Another cool feature is its ability to recognize the reverse input through my camera. It switches to your backup camera app once the kernel detects power on the camera. Again, I have yet to test ANY of it out. Sorry I couldnt help anymore. it really all depends on what features you are looking for. Just as a comparision, I am gonna run the following: dac, 2 hubs, fm, back up cam, extra usb extension, flash drive for music, flash drive for video, and mic. Still trying to see if I can find a usb fan that is controllable via an app If it plugged into one of the hubs. Good luck...let me know what works for you.

Let's hope someone could share the Timur Kernel.
He said with his words that it is completely legit to share his source and kernel. He was just not willing to do it.
As the nexus is getting old. People who would like to donate has already done.
BTW, can you please share if you can get OTG & Charge to work together under elementalX without having to re-plug the mini-usb everytime?
Thanks.

There is a torrent for the 2012 version:
https://thepiratebay.se/torrent/11774515/Timur_acute_s_USBROM_and_Kernels_for_Nexus_7_2012

Hoka-Hey said:
There is a torrent for the 2012 version:
https://thepiratebay.se/torrent/11774515/Timur_acute_s_USBROM_and_Kernels_for_Nexus_7_2012
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Wait that's for 2012 nexus though thought it was 2013 flo edition... Close call

@ butwhydoitalk2u: can you please share the Timur USB rom and kernel with us so we can experiment too?