Second Android 2.3.4 release now available

[Kalle Vahlman]

The second Android release from Igloo Community is now available for download at

  http://igloocommunity.org/download/android/images/20111012/

The image is compressed to save download time. Note that there are now
two different versions of the image, one for V3 and one for V5 and
later boards. You can determine which board you have with the guidance
of:

  http://www.igloocommunity.org/support/Board_versions_and_markings

Please see the Flashing howto for installation instructions:

  http://www.igloocommunity.org/support/Flashing_howto

The base Android version is 2.3.4.

Sources for the release are split in two parts. First part is a tarball bundle
of modules that are released under the limited license agreement, downloadable
from:

  http://igloocommunity.org/download/android/source/20111012/

The second part are the open modules which are released at the git area:

  http://www.igloocommunity.org/gitweb/

Build instructions can be found at:

  http://www.igloocommunity.org/support/Android_Getting_started#Building_from_source


Hilights when compared to previous release:
 * WiFi instabilities fixed and enabled in the UI
 * GPS support enabled
 * The browser home page crash is gone

Main supported features

 * Based on Android 2.3.4
 * HDMI/DVI-D display support
 * Graphics acceleration with the Mali 400 GPU
 * Bluetooth support
 * Multimedia acceleration
 * Ethernet and Wireless connectivity
 * GPS support
 * microSD card support
 * Sensors support
 * ADB over network (by default) and over USB OTG port

Known issues

 * Audio recording does not work
 * Potrait mode does not work (rotating the device corrupts screen
until rotated back)
 * The phone app crashes (no modem support)

Please report any further issues with this image at the Igloo
Community bugzilla:

  http://www.igloocommunity.org/support/Bugzilla

-- 
Kalle Vahlman, Movial Creative Technologies Inc.
Porkkalankatu 20, FI-00180 Helsinki
Tel +358 9 8567 6400
Fax +358 9 8567 6401
www.movial.com