Android beta...

[Miika Turkia]

On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 6:28 PM, Dirk Hohndel <dirk at hohndel.org> wrote:
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>> On Jul 8, 2017, at 11:16 PM, Miika Turkia <miika.turkia at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> I'll try with my Nexus at some point (if I can figure out how to
>>>> enable the FTDI DCs). Hopefully it does not include the paranoid
>>>> SELinux settings..
>>>
>>> I spent quite a bit of time to get my apk compile env working again. So no coding at all today. My Nexus is using selinux settings that prevent dl from working. But I was able to test DL from Suunto D4 using OTG and one plus one (cyanogenmod). works just fine, so when these DCs are enabled from mobile ui, downloading is working!
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>> After some more testing, I think I have good news :D
>>
>> When I connect an official Suunto cable to Nexus 7, I am presented a
>> question what app I want to use to access it. When I select
>> Subsurface-mobile, the download works. So at least with these devices,
>> it appears that the SELinux rules are updated on-the-fly allowing
>> download.
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> Which Nexus 7 do you have? Gen 1 or Gen 2? Mine is a Gen 1 and
> doesn't appear to support OTG.

I believe mine to be Gen 2, but how can I tell?

> I think the SELinux changes that prevent libusb access came as part
> of Android 7 - but they weren't adopted by some of the non-Google
> Android makers. Cyanogen works. Samsung and Google phones
> running Android 7 don't appear to work. But that's all anecdotal at
> this point.

That might be it, I have 6.0.1 on my Nexus.

miika