Does Android support composite video??

[redhawk]

I download an Android gingerbread port "Gingerbread+EthernetManager.img" a while ago I assume it's from http://androidpi.wikia.com/wiki/Android_Pi_Wiki it has the same filename this image.

Anyway I booted the image, I got a load of text flying by and then the screen goes blank.
5 minutes later nothing happens the screen still remains blank.
Then I switched back to console mode (Ctrl+Alt+F1) and performed "ps" from what I can see all the processes required for Android are up and running but when I go back to the graphics screen Ctrl+Alt+F7 is still blank.

Is this because the Android port only works with HDMI??

If that's the case would the official Broadcom ICS release also be restricted to HDMI as well??

Richard S.

[CrysisLTU]

I remember that there were problems with composite, not sure if there was a fix though... You can try reading some posts around here in the Android section, you may find the solution.

[aaa801]

Ye not sure on the reason it doesnt work, havnt checked it myself,

[stef180]

Hello

Have you find the solution for this problem?
(I've the same problem^^)

[3laz3r]

I have booted CyanogenMOD 7.2 (with Ethernet Menu) using the composite video out on pi. The boot process hangs on other errors I'm working on. To reproduce do:

1. Download the image.
http://rosefire.us/%7Erazdroid/aaa801/G ... Manager.7z
2. Build CM7 as per instructions:
http://androidpi.wikia.com/wiki/CM7_Com ... leComments
3. Your build will be in out/target/product/rpi/root. The 'system' folder needs to be copied into 'root'. The files that are in the root folder should be copied to the root of your SD filesystem partition.

[aaa801]

I have booted CyanogenMOD 7.2 (with Ethernet Menu) using the composite video out on pi. The boot process hangs on other errors I'm working on. To reproduce do:

1. Download the image.
http://rosefire.us/%7Erazdroid/aaa801/G ... Manager.7z
2. Build CM7 as per instructions:
http://androidpi.wikia.com/wiki/CM7_Com ... leComments
3. Your build will be in out/target/product/rpi/root. The 'system' folder needs to be copied into 'root'. The files that are in the root folder should be copied to the root of your SD filesystem partition.

Whats the errors? can you logcat it

[3laz3r]

I fixed the write error by modifying the mount options to rw for / in the init.rc file. I'm not sure how to go about using logcat on pi. Can you advise? I have it connected to my laptop but it is not recognised like a mobile.

[3laz3r]

OK I followed the instructions below but I cannot connect to the adb service on the pi

Append /init.rc
service startEth0 /system/bin/startEth0.sh
chmod +x /system/bin/startEth0.sh
Create the file /system/bin/startEth0.sh.

#!/system/bin/sh
export ADBHOST=192.168.1.2
setprop service.adb.tcp.port 5555
ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0.0
setprop net.dns1 8.8.8.8
adb kill-server
adb start-server

Then from my laptop with address 192.168.1.1

adb connect 192.168.1.2:5555

No joy...

[aaa801]

adb should be auto started on boot, with the next dhcp ip, run a portscan on your subnet for 5555 and you should find the pi

[3laz3r]

Thanks for the info. I was hoping to configure it with a static ip address as I don't have a dhcp server running on the network. Can you provide me any info about this? I got my hands on an hmdi monitor and I can see android has booted successfully but no joy with the composite out.

[aaa801]

Thanks for the info. I was hoping to configure it with a static ip address as I don't have a dhcp server running on the network. Can you provide me any info about this? I got my hands on an hmdi monitor and I can see android has booted successfully but no joy with the composite out.

I might try and debug it later, i have my suspecions that its people just not configuring it properly