Looking for testers: port for Lenovo Tab M8 HD (TB-8505F)

k.nacke

@MrT10001 Waydroid starts. I opened all pre-installed apps, took a selfie, install F-Droid via the browser, installed Fossify Gallery from there, and viewed the photo. At this level, it works.
I did not try any serious Android app. There was a notable delay between pressing the button in the camera app and the photo being taken. I did not run other UT apps parallel. It does not feel like a lot of fun (like Android on this device), but it runs.

itsjusthim

@k.nacke im buys these days but anyways im biack into this thing if you need anything for me to test i can do it

k.nacke

Happy New Year!

I hit the 1GB upload limit in GitLab, therefore there were no build for some time. The images in the artifacts.zip file are now bzip2 compressed, which brings me under the upload limit again. (I did not yet update the install instructions.)

I made the following changes:

I disabled a bunch of options which collects performance data and/or collect debug data
The kernel is now built as optimized for performance, and tuned for Cortex A53
I turned the met driver ("MediaTek Embedded Technology") into an option, and turned it of. The met driver collects data which requires mostly proprietary tools to read
I fixed all warnings from the device tree compiler

I also spent a lot of time trying to get a 4.19 kernel to run. So far with no result - it boots but then crashes. The motivation here is that systemd requires at least a 4.15 kernel to support all features.

Have fun,
Kai

CaptainTalonAlt

@k.nacke I was still actively testing UT, until I realized the errors on your gitlab (about the 1 gig upload). I will reflash UT tonight and keep testing.
Thanks a lot,
Most Importantly, Did you consider moving to github? or somewhere less limited?

feuersee

@k.nacke

Thank you for your work. I am a new tester. Confirm missing characters. Sometimes character input in terminal repeats endless - till reboot.

CaptainTalonAlt

@k.nacke Re: Looking for testers: port for Lenovo Tab M8 HD (TB-8505F)

So I flashed it, surprisingly, a lot has improved thanks to your efforts.
Waydroid is flawless and working. And the system is pretty stable.
The keyboard characters seems to fix for English (UK), it’s the US keyboard that seems the problem.

I spot one major problem, the back camera is cloudy and blurry. It works, but seems like moisture. Contrary to this, the front camera is actually much better than even Android.
I think fixing the back camera is the last missing piece we might need, though I had only tested this for 3 hours. Will report back with more bugs if necessary

k.nacke

@CaptainTalonAlt said in Looking for testers: port for Lenovo Tab M8 HD (TB-8505F):

Most Importantly, Did you consider moving to github? or somewhere less limited?

I think it is fine now. After compressing the files there seems to be enough room left for the future.

k.nacke

@CaptainTalonAlt Thanks for testing! Sounds all good. The missing characters are strange. I suspect some kind of memory or alignment issue. As soon as I change something in the kernel, the missing characters change.
I have ideas about the camera issue, but this will need some time to fix.

k.nacke

@feuersee Thanks for testing! This character repetition in the terminal is something new. I'll try to reproduce it.

CaptainTalonAlt

@k.nacke Thanks a lot for your efforts and time. Looking for an update.
What's ironic is that, the fron camera in UT is far more better than even the stock rom. Its only the back cam that is cloudy.
Really appreciate it, enjoying its so far.

abdalnablse10

@k.nacke Hey, thank you for your hardwork, I tested the latest artifact and here's my experience with what I tested:

wifi works, usb works.

Libertine works, I installed vlc but failed to go any further because "I'll have difficultly explaining this" you can't click all that you see but you can click some of it, it's like the input layer is misaligned with what's actually visible.

Waydroid works well, not much to point out about it.

Just like how others pointed out, the back camera is foggy but the front one works perfectly.

Missing characters, sometimes black vertical lines.

Offline charging doesn't work, the device gets stuck at the battery booting screen.