[Commotion-dev] Device compatibility for Mesh Tether (and Serval?)

[Ben West]

Hi All,

I've been surfing the listserv archive, and pestering poor Hans, in search
of a handset known to be compatible with the Mesh Tether app, and similarly
with Serval.  I would like to get such handset myself.

However, since Mesh Tether is known NOT to work with AndroidOS 4.x, I have
to locate older, used handsets, adding to the challenge.

Many devices have been reported on this listserv as possibly working.
However, I believe Hans clarified that only these devices are known to work
fully.

   - HTC Desire running android 2.3
   - HTC Wildfire running CyanogenMod 6.1.0
   - In general, HTC devices running 2.x (especially the Incredible)
   - Google Nexus One (stock 2.3.3), and *NOT* any newer Nexi

In contrast, these devices have been reported to work somewhat, but are
expected to be flakey:

   - HTC myTouch 3G (kind of works)
   - Samsung Tabs running Android 3.2
   - Samsung Galaxy S2
   - Samsung Galaxy Player 5.0 running stock 2.3.3 (works only sometimes)
   - Motorola Droid/Milestone running CyanogenMod 7 (mostly works)

Hans mentioned that although Samsung handsets appear work, and have been
tested to a small extent, they are expected to be quite flakey/unreliable.
Likewise, the Samsungs require custom kernels and/or custom kernel options
specified at boot, correct?

Please respond to this thread if you have successfully tested a handset,
and tested it for reasonable duration of time to ensure no flakiness.  Or,
please respond if any of the handset mentioned above is incorrectly listed
as working.

Ideally, the responses to this thread can be used to better populate this
list on the wiki:

https://code.commotionwireless.net/projects/commotion/wiki/Commotion_Android_Supported_Hardware

-- 
Ben West
http://gowasabi.net
ben at gowasabi.net
314-246-9434
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