Errata

Errata for Embedded Android

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The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".

The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.

Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update

Version	Location	Description	Submitted By	Date submitted
PDF	Page 10 Last line	'contibue' should be 'continue'	Andrew LeCain	Sep 05, 2012
PDF	Page 15 6th Paragraph	'asside' should be 'aside'.	Steven Jackson	Feb 15, 2012
PDF	Page 18 -	"build on" should be "built on"	Ola Olsson	Sep 17, 2012
PDF	Page 21 Last line	'common linguo' should be 'common lingo'	Anonymous	Sep 05, 2012
PDF	Page 24 -	p24. corrollary -> corollary p.28 implicitely -> implicitly p.29 documentationthere -> documentation there p.29. kenels -> kernels p59. UserDictionnaryProvider? -> remove one "n"	Ola Olsson	Sep 17, 2012
PDF	Page 29 Linux Kernel, Paragraph 1	Last part of para 1 in the Linux Kernel section, "meed their needs" should be "meet their needs" ?	Richard Willis	May 10, 2012
PDF	Page 41 Italy	Not properly an errata, this is probably only an (interesting) update. Since April 2011, both Audio and Camera system services seem to be part of the Android's HAL. Thus, these two services should be better listed under the previous "dlopen()-loading through HAL". Note from the Author or Editor: The way things are done in Android have changed over time. The book will be updated to reflect differences.	Patrick Bellasi	Jan 05, 2012
PDF	Page 43 Table 2-1, 'Storage' row	According to Table 2-1, vold uses system calls to deal with storage. While it is absolutely true, vold also relies heavily on sysfs (i.e., /sys entries). For instance, it is the mechanism used to switch a device to USB Mass Storage mode in Gingerbread. I suggest to change 'System calls' to 'System calls and /sys entries' in this row. Note from the Author or Editor: True, /sys should be mentioned.	Valentine Sinitsyn	Jan 23, 2012
PDF	Page 43 5 lines uo from the bottom of the 2nd to last paragraph, left side.	"to to be" should be "to be"	Anonymous	Sep 11, 2012
PDF	Page 46 Table 2-3 under Core^a	"linsensorservice.so" should be "libsensorservice.so"	Anonymous	Sep 11, 2012
PDF	Page 49 mediaserver daemon line	"We'lll discuss" should be "We'll discuss"	Anonymous	Sep 12, 2012
PDF	Page 63 Italy	The official GIT repository has been moved on Google servers. Especially the official "repo" tool is now available at: https://dl-ssl.google.com/dl/googlesource/git-repo/repo	Patrick Bellasi	Jan 05, 2012
PDF	Page 63 United Kingdom	The instructions for getting the AOSP are out of date, the locations for some of the components have changed. In particular Repo is no longer at https://android.git.kernel.org/repo It is instead at https://dl-ssl.google.com/dl/googlesource/git-repo/repo. also the Android source is moved to https://android.googlesource.com/platform/manifest In addition a mention that the repo tool is dependant on git, which is not installed by default on Ubuntu might be helpful.	Anonymous	May 09, 2012
PDF	Page 67 Italy	Table 3-3, liblog description, typo: "logting" should be "logging"	Patrick Bellasi	Jan 05, 2012
PDF	Page 109 -	incatation -> incantation	Ola Olsson	Sep 26, 2012
PDF	Page 126 1st paragraph, 2nd sentence	..."Linux's mutli-core capabilities," should be "Linux's multi-core capabilities"	Richard Willis	Aug 03, 2012
PDF	Page 152	"Similarly to -e" -> "Similarly to -d"	Ola Olsson	Sep 27, 2012
PDF	Page 177 top	"Whipping the Device" -> "Wiping the Device"	Anonymous	Jan 11, 2013
PDF	Page 204 United States	Page 204, Chapter 6, under header Board-Specific .rc Files: Should be "What it does specifically is up to you." instead of "What is does specifically is up to you."	ejluttmann	Jun 22, 2012