Does anyone know if anyone is working on porting PsFreedom to the D2?
Code:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=772795
- longest thread on the subject i can find
Code:
psfreedom.com/wiki/index.php?title=Device_compatibility_list
lists the droid as in progress, but makes no mention of the Droid2 at all.
In general, if it's not on the Droid or Droid X.... well, it won't be on the Droid 2 - we're port whores here.
We have quite a few obstacles in front of us, we have to crack the encrypted bootloader first, so we can install custom kernels and kernel modules, then we can put a custom kernel on so we can install the psfreedom usb driver
so we have a ways to go, but if the DX gets it, we'll have it too, we have mostly the same hardware as them, and from what i've seen (comparing build.prop and .config) we have the same kernel (for FroYo) and USB drivers
thats what i was afraid of.
DAMN YOU MOTO!!!
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Hey all,
Today I bought an Acer Aspire One D255E netbook which has dual boot Android.
The thing is though that I'm pretty sure its running 1.5 or 1.6 from the looks of the UI (I don't quite know seeing as my HTC phone has HTC Sense) and there is also no Android Market. Is it possible to install a custom ROM based on Honeycomb?
If so would you please be able to give me a step by step walkthrough as I am completely new to rooting/ custom ROMs etc
Thanks
I'm not 100% but I can't imagine it being 1.5 or 1.6, its probably just vanilla android (no proprietary ui). You don't get to see android all by itself very often. As for a custom rom,i don't see why not. You would just need to find a developer with interest in it. Most net books aren't far above this generation of phones, and also would think the file system would be similar if not identical.
I might even go as far as to say start poking around the file system if you can, being a computer it may have root access already (sort of like a dev phone). Hey if you're feeling brave you could try one of the one click root apps like z4 root, see if it works.
i'd also like to say that I'm not telling you to do this, there are risks involved in doing anything unknown and try this only if you are prepared for those possibilities. Do it at your own risk, I'm not responsible if you mess something up while experimenting.
Just some thoughts ;-)
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I got myself a Motorola Droid and I've been playing with the kernel quite a bit - it didn't take long to get Debian to boot from the SD card!
Necessary kernel modifications:
CONFIG_CMDLINE_FORCE=y
Motorola must have stealthily removed this from the kernel To re-enable it, add an #ifdef in arch/arm/kernel/setup.c as per http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-kernel/2010/1/28/4533180.
CONFIG_CMDLINE="[email protected] mtdparts=omap2-nand.0:[email protected](mbm),[email protected](cdt),[email protected](lbl),[email protected](misc),3584k(boot),4608k(recovery),143744k(system),94848k(cache),268032k(userdata),2m(kpanic) root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 omapfb.rotate=1 noinitrd quiet".
That's about it! Just compile it, use Koush's AnyKernel update.zip generator, and flash away! I tried Ubuntu, but Thumb-2 support is broken in the kernel - it can't execute /sbin/init, so it panics. In theory, Gentoo, Slackware, Arch, Angstrom, MeeGo, and many other Linux distros for ARM should work with little modification. The sky's the limit! (JK, Windows 8000 won't work )
That's awesome! You gotta love Linux!
Screenshots, video, anything?
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Screenshots, video, anything?
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I don't see the point - unless you want a screenshot of Debian's console login prompt, which you can find almost anywhere. I'm running X with E17 (Illume) now, but without proper touchscreen calibration it's not very useful... I might do a video or something once I have it calibrated.
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I got myself a Motorola Droid and I've been playing with the kernel quite a bit - it didn't take long to get Debian to boot from the SD card!
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I'm trying to get this set up on my droid. Would you be willing to provide a little more details for a novice like me? Were you modifying the stock kernel or 3rd party? Does wifi work in native debian?
EDIT: I found this other thread which has more details, so I'll start there. Thanks! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1318330
The end of the beginning
I've been tempting fate a lot lately. Despite my attempts to keep this platform alive, my Droid bit the dust yesterday.
Its digital contents live on, but the hardware wasn't so lucky.
It always had a way of inconveniencing me, so I'm somewhat relieved about it.
Unfortunately, finding a replacement is going to be a pain.
Mostly due to a lack of money (WiFi+Google Voice+plentiful open source software = less spending/work incentive)
and the length of my uncompromising list of requirements,
I am beginning to realize that my dream phone might never exist.
Somewhat refreshingly, I'm around "weird" people a lot, and they remind me (without using words!) that there are better things in life than shopping for a smartphone.
This isn't exactly goodbye, but I may be away from the XDA scene for a while.
Apologies to any users of my coding experiments... Hopefully, if nothing else, they inspire something more useful.
Thanks y'all for the fun time and for reading this long post
Don't stop inventing!
gTan64 said:
I got myself a Motorola Droid and I've been playing with the kernel quite a bit - it didn't take long to get Debian to boot from the SD card!
Necessary kernel modifications:
CONFIG_CMDLINE_FORCE=y
Motorola must have stealthily removed this from the kernel To re-enable it, add an #ifdef in arch/arm/kernel/setup.c as per http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-kernel/2010/1/28/4533180.
CONFIG_CMDLINE="[email protected] mtdparts=omap2-nand.0:[email protected](mbm),[email protected](cdt),[email protected](lbl),[email protected](misc),3584k(boot),4608k(recovery),143744k(system),94848k(cache),268032k(userdata),2m(kpanic) root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 omapfb.rotate=1 noinitrd quiet".
That's about it! Just compile it, use Koush's AnyKernel update.zip generator, and flash away! I tried Ubuntu, but Thumb-2 support is broken in the kernel - it can't execute /sbin/init, so it panics. In theory, Gentoo, Slackware, Arch, Angstrom, MeeGo, and many other Linux distros for ARM should work with little modification. The sky's the limit! (JK, Windows 8000 won't work )
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Hmmm.... how would I go about checking into this for the transformer prime?
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Hmmm.... how would I go about checking into this for the transformer prime?
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1.) Figure out how to run an unsigned kernel image. Kexec, fastboot, USB kernel flasher, etc...
2.) Replace the Android initramfs and/or tell the kernel where to boot from (depending on which method you pick above, you may need to compile a custom kernel);
3.) Install a root filesystem image on an SD card (internal storage may work, but it's less risky to dual boot) and point the kernel to it.
I got Ubuntu running even better on my "new" Epic 4G! Other devices should work with this method, but I'm not too enthusiastic about porting for devices I don't own
I know this is a very old thread, but the OP has disabled his PM messaging system, so I have no other choice.
I'm interested in repeating what this guy did here, as I too have a moto droid (a855) and i'd like to get at least a little use out of it.
I have some questions.
Where did you get the kernel sources? (i see you're saying to modify something in arch/arm/kernel/setup.c)
How did you get debian to boot from the SD Card? You mention kernel modification but you never mentioned anything about the setup process.
Will the process here https://wiki.debian.org/HowtoDebianInAndroid work for this? Everything mentioned there except the kernel seems to not be device specific.
Hello,
I post here because there appear to be no other Q&A boards for this phone and the xt720 is the most similar to the xt701.
I could also have asked in the P500 general board, but since they have a whole board to themselves, I figure it is easier to look for the information there than it is about the xt701 here primarily because there don't seem to be that many xt701 posts or users here to start and the deadline for choosing the phone is tomorrow so I hope at least one xt701 user will notice this post and reply to help me make the choice a bit easier, if not faster.
At this time I'm looking to buy a phone and after a long search and after reviewing many phones, review sites , specs sites, and prices I've come to narow my list to two phones: the LG P500, and the Motorola XT701.
My questions here are about the XT701. After reading a few of the threads here I'm led to believe the xt701 is bootloader locked, is this true?
Also, It seems it can only go up to android 2.2 and in the CM7 thread, while there appears to be some progress to getting 2.3 on it but many features don't seem to work and while there was a link to a chinese post that apparently got it to work, I can't be sure since comments don't seem clear enough on what is working or not. At least not for me.
Any comments about quirks, problems, or annoyances with the phone are welcome too.
One last thing, I don't know if it's because the p500 was cheaper or easier to get than the xt720/701, but the p500 appears to be more developed in what's android and mods than the xt even though the xt has better specs, except for the RAM. I was wondering if someone had any idea as to the reasons behind that or if it's just the lack of users.
Thank you for your time.
From what I understand, XT701 is locked, but it doesn't verify boot.img at boot. This means you can use nandroid to install custom boot.img. There's been a lot of effort to port the XT701 bootloader to other Motorola phones (but no luck so far).
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This means you can use nandroid to install custom boot.img.
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Does that mean it can run 2.2 or does boot.img handle something else?
And can it be made to run superuser?
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Does that mean it can run 2.2 or does boot.img handle something else?
And can it be made to run superuser?
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Like I said, I don't have an XT701. I believe XT701 has CM7 (gingerbread)... see this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1064090
Since XT701 is also officially stuck at 2.1, I imagine rooting works the same as on XT720. Most of the XT701 development happens on Chinese forums from what I can tell.
I see.
Once again thank you for your time.
get a p500. they have gingerbread.
I believe that we can all benefit from working on a ICS build for our platform
What I have assessed is that we need to port the drivers for the hardware of the Atrix 2 into a CM9 build.
I am currently interested in redirecting focus from modifying the current releases of motorola's stock ROM which is let's face it glitchy and weak as [email protected]&K. Sd card issues ect. Mine keeps randomly wiping my music files and pictures for no apparent reason. Even game data Like SHADOWGUN goes missing anytime I reboot.
ICS is where the android platform is headed anyway, so why waste anymore of our time on the gingerbread OS they have given us.
I was previously the owner of a Cliq xt which never got the releases that it deserved from motorola. After toying around with Masterminds ROM builds I finally stumbled on a working CM7 platform that was needles to say far superior and launched my user experience far ahead of where it would have been had I waited for something that was never going to happen.
I would personally be happy to sit down a code my ass off all day to help build this ROM. I know there is an Alpha build and CyanogenMod has announced on their blog that they are launching CM9 built on ICS soon enough. I figure if I can get a lil direction from my fellow Users that I would be able to do this on my own.
What I need to know is what Linux (I run UBUNTU) compatible software may I use to examine a CM9 ROM against the current 2.3.6 ROM that exist for the Atrix 2. I will then extract the drivers for the hardware components and transfer them into the CM9 build then use the atrix 2 bootstrapper to jump into recovery and flash it onto my Atrix 2 for testing. If anyone is on board with helping thats fine however all I really need to know is what programs may I use to accomplish this task. I have the SDK and resources for everything already on my system.
The search button is you friend here.
Look in the developer's fourm and you will see that someone has already headed this direction, we just need a working radio to piece it all together from what I understand.
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Both lfaber06 and I are really swamped right now with work and all the other projects we are working on in here, if you would like to help with dev work PM lfaber06 and jimbridgman. He and I have split up most of the dev work in here since there are only 2 of us doing the dev work.
I am working on CM7 right now, and several other hacks that I am not willing to reveal just yet, and lfaber06 has 2 ROMs and is working on the CM9 that is in the dev section.
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Both lfaber06 and I are really swamped right now with work and all the other projects we are working on in here, if you would like to help with dev work PM lfaber06 and jimbridgman. He and I have split up most of the dev work in here since there are only 2 of us doing the dev work.
I am working on CM7 right now, and several other hacks that I am not willing to reveal just yet, and lfaber06 has 2 ROMs and is working on the CM9 that is in the dev section.
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Will do I appreciate it, positiveness goes a long way rather than sarcasm. Keep me updated on the CM7 progress as well. I am also aware that there is work being done on the CM9 alpha and the GSM CMDA issue that's why I brought it up. Moreso to focus others on the task at hand.
Noctisgrimmjow said:
What I need to know is what Linux (I run UBUNTU) compatible software may I use to examine a CM9 ROM against the current 2.3.6 ROM that exist for the Atrix 2. I will then extract the drivers for the hardware components and transfer them into the CM9 build then use the atrix 2 bootstrapper to jump into recovery and flash it onto my Atrix 2 for testing. If anyone is on board with helping thats fine however all I really need to know is what programs may I use to accomplish this task. I have the SDK and resources for everything already on my system.
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Just transferring the driver files won't work as they have to be built specifically for ICS (correct me if I am wrong). Also I use dsixda's Android Kitchen to decompile, edit, and recompile Roms. Look here.
Yeah gb drivers don't work in ICS. So unless your planning on rewriting drivers for our hardware, you'll have better luck with CM7.
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who can make a chinese language rom for us ，we have no rom for ATT，thanks！
Hello, New to the TF300 Forums not to Android, prior Transformer Prime and Droid Charge Areas. But, I have a new Galaxy Nexus and this ToolKit has been wonderful. (see link) Is it at all possible for the TF300t? Or development?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1400871
Thanks in advance for any advice or suggestions.
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From looking at the list of features, It looks like most of it would be compatible. Features that struck me at first that might not be compatible are "Dump Selected Phone Partitions" cause that will be specific to the Galaxy Nexus. Lock/Unlock Bootloader as this is device specific or maybe manufacturer specific. Google Stock Images, I would need to look into. And Radio Trimmer will be device specific as most tablets are WiFi only and have a different radio design. Im sure there are a few I missed. But features that are obvious Android wide like pulling /system and /data and the fastboot commands should all work.
Edit: Id wait for someone to pick that apart and make a TF300T toolkit. As a matter of fact, I'm digging into old posts for apk manager to make a custom stock Rom and also digging out my old kernel editing packages to build from the TF300T kernel source then work from there. Don't expect a beta from me for a couple of weeks tho. I work 40hrs a week on a totally unrelated job. "slinging parts" and anyone who has worked in an Auto Parts store knows that term.
Is slinging parts code for sex or drugs? Either way I'm headed to auto zone tonight
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