The Absent-Minded Professor and I just installed adb on Ubuntu; here is how to set up adb on Ubuntu Linux, Gutsy through Maverick.
Our port of the BX theme to CM6 stable is forthcoming.
first command after installing and updating sdk and extracting the tgz file to your home directory is== sudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/70-android.rules
NOTE: In the above file replace ## with the number 50 if you are running Gusty/Hardy/Dapper (50-android.rules) or with the number 70 if you are running Karmic Koala/Lucid Lynx(70-android.rules
after the window pops write this in the file==SUBSYSTEM==”usb”, SYSFS{idVendor}==”0bb4″, MODE=”0666″ then save and close
the follwing commands is== sudo chmod a+rx /etc/udev/rules.d/70-android.rules
Then reboot.
Open a terminal and type== sudo gedit .bashrc
The file contents should be as follows== export PATH=${PATH}:~/home/user/android-sdk-linux_86/tools
Save and close.
Run the command== adb devices
If you see a serial number like this:
List of devices attached
HT99PHF02521 device
then you are done.
If you get error messages such as "no such command," cd to /home/user/android-sdk-linux_x86/tools and use the adb commands in this way:
./adb devices
./adb shell
etc.
If you get an error message here referencing insufficient device permissions, do the following:
./adb kill-server
sudo ./adb start-server
Now ./adb devices should work.
Courtesy of laie1472 and The Absent Minded Professor
Thanks to Esau Silva (http://esausilva.com/2010/05/13/setting-up-adbusb-drivers-for-android-devices-in-linux-ubuntu/) and Tobias Eisentrager (http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg14211.html).
Hello,
Just got my Ubuntu laptop going and I am learning the ropes in hopes of cooking up some roms. My question is are there any advantages to using adb in Ubuntu over Windows? I am not clear if this is just a way to get adb running if you only have Ubuntu or if it has some functional bennifits over doing it in Windows. I have my kitchen set up and running but I just stare at it thinking it is going to do something on it's own...
Nice to see my instructions here.
I'll be posting instructions on how to use adb in a Mac, either this week of the next one
Lol yea I think its a advantage since android is based of a some kind of Linux platform I think give me a couple of days to do some more research and post a more detailed answer for u I have adb on windows vista ultimate and 7 ultimate and by far it just seems easiest on Ubuntu but it could b just me I'm settings up my work space with c++ and Solaris to start a little Dev myself so ill definitely keep posting and let u know if I notice any major difference till then a cook away
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Nice to see my instructions here.
I'll be posting instructions on how to use adb in a Mac, either this week of the next one
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I don't know what instructions ur referring to and Im pretty sure theese are not ur instructions that's y we posted them if you wanted ur instructions on here then u should have posted ur instructions I gave credit to the people who deserved it if you feel theese are yours send me a link to were you posted theese exact instructions and ill give credit and the professor and I are starting a little project with Mac so I look forward to ur adb on Mac post or if we get it before u post we'll post it I just wanna make sure its on here in case anyone ever needs it thanks again
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I don't know what instructions ur referring to and Im pretty sure theese are not ur instructions lol but a if you put some knowledge on one of the links I used then I thank u I appreciate it and the professor and I are starting a little project with Mac so I look forward to ur adb on Mac post or if we get it before u post we'll post it I just wanna make sure its on here in case anyone ever needs it thanks again
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You're right, I shouldn't have said "mine" since I got them from many sites. I just put them together, by the time I was done with my research I didn't remember from which sites I got them, but anyways, setting up Adb in Macs is a lot easier than Windows and Ubuntu
laie1472 said:
Lol yea I think its a advantage since android is based of a some kind of Linux platform I think give me a couple of days to do some more research and post a more detailed answer for u
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Sounds good to me, BTW I guess it did come off as kind of a funny question. I do know that Android is Linux, hence the Ubuntu laptop for cooking. I mostly have been using adb for simple entries or to push something but frankly it is easier to open Terminal Emulator on my phone for those. I have never had any issues using it in Windows, I just am curious if there is a true advantage to doing it in Ubuntu since it is kind of the same scenerio... You are still using a program within an operating system to do anything. Ubuntu is Linux but it is the "Windows" version of Linux. Try using Slax to do anything and you will know what I mean. I too am new to cooking as well as Android but not to modding electronics, it kind of my hobbie as well as my job. I have been tweaking things for almost 20 years now, Android is just my new flavor. I would love to share info back and forth with you since it seems we are both messing with the same stuff at the same time. I spun up my first rom a couple of days ago and for some reason it get stuck in a boot loop...I am bummed. I got it signed and it flashed my first try so it is just something stupid I am missing. I am learning the ropes in Ubuntu and amazed at how good it runs on my old laptop. Man they got some crazy comands, it blows me away at some of the $hit you have to type. Anyway I highjacked your post enough, if you would like to share info down the road just pm me.
Yes yes and yes I love knowledge dude lol the more the better and I'm not done setting up my work space yet so I'm not cooking just yet were tweaking a server now to host u know putting it all together but by the end of next week u might smell something in the kitchen and man ur right Ubuntu makes my HP faster than windows 7 every did and the cube is awesome the commands take a little time to get used to imo- but a I started windows back in the early 90s so its time for a change and android is byfar the best mobile platform imo- the possibilities are just endless the first thing im going to do wen were all setup is port over this theme called bx for cm6 stable then imma start the cooking ill most def b on this thread every day checking on what's going on and ill definitely pm you thanks and if you guys need anything if can help let me know
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Right on, it is kind of exciting. I really don't have a clue except for what others have done and compiled. The good part is all of the information does seem to be here, there are a lot of good devs still working on the Hero out of pride for it. I just was over on the rom side and nfinite and decad3nce ported a 2.2 sense rom from the wildfire. It is a different screen size than our Hero's but I can't think of anything better than messing with a 2.2 sense rom. I realize I won't get anywhere but it should be challenging and I might learn a thing or two. Those guys rock, they will get something out in a week or so. That means that everyone on this forum with be doing the same thing for once, it should prove to be an interesting weekend. It sounds like you will be hitting it pretty hard once you get dialed in, I will deffinately keep an eye on this thread. One thing that would be a cool idea if you had to time would be to use the thread as an on-going cooking forum. People could post random things they have figured out and all could add. It would grow fast and keep everybody busy. Goto roll, I want to flash that 2.2 sense yet tonight and I am getting old...
laie1472 said:
the possibilities are just endless the first thing im going to do wen were all setup is port over this theme called bx for cm6 stable then imma start the cooking ill most def b on this thread every day checking on what's going on and ill definitely pm you thanks and if you guys need anything if can help let me know
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Totally spaced off and forgot to say BX looks cool. I remember seeing something on this some time ago and thought the orange was cool and different.
jschill31 said:
Right on, it is kind of exciting. I really don't have a clue except for what others have done and compiled. The good part is all of the information does seem to be here, there are a lot of good devs still working on the Hero out of pride for it. I just was over on the rom side and nfinite and decad3nce ported a 2.2 sense rom from the wildfire. It is a different screen size than our Hero's but I can't think of anything better than messing with a 2.2 sense rom. I realize I won't get anywhere but it should be challenging and I might learn a thing or two. Those guys rock, they will get something out in a week or so. That means that everyone on this forum with be doing the same thing for once, it should prove to be an interesting weekend. It sounds like you will be hitting it pretty hard once you get dialed in, I will deffinately keep an eye on this thread. One thing that would be a cool idea if you had to time would be to use the thread as an on-going cooking forum. People could post random things they have figured out and all could add. It would grow fast and keep everybody busy. Goto roll, I want to flash that 2.2 sense yet tonight and I am getting old...
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Lol that's an excellent idea I don't use sense but Im definitely gonna c what I can do to help to get it up and running for those who do I don't mind a good challenge and yes this thread will and can b used for posting all about cooking roms and what everyone has figured out to do lol and what not to do I think if enough people post trial and error it would make cooking a little easier so all are welcome sense or aosp it's all just amazing to me so much you can do still trips me out wen I think about it and yes the professor and I will b at it pretty good once were setup so lll b on here daily thanks for the idea its a good one
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Totally spaced off and forgot to say BX looks cool. I remember seeing something on this some time ago and thought the orange was cool and different.
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That bx theme is the most complete rom theme I've used so far I mean if you flash it- take mind I've only gotten it to work on RC1 and the 08/22/nightly - you will c what I mean dude did a good job wen he made that and the colors are just my kind that's y I want it if you wanna copy of the theme let me know ill post u a link and I still have cm6 rc1 and the 08-22 build as well and feel free to post any knowledge u want to on anything on or about the hero or cooking roms or moding that's what I want this thread to b about everything hero/android. Thanks in advance
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Excellent, it is always good to work together. I played with the 2.2 sense last night for about an hour till I was missing ASOP. I will totally give the BX theme a test drive, another one that looks interesting is the Green theme. The dev seems really cool if you read his posts, I think he is kinda new to the game as well. I keep going back to the Blue themed CM6 2.2 rom, it just works for me. The thing that bugged me last time I ran a RC1 version was it struggled remembering icons? I think the one I was running also would forget the programs that were installed on the card after a re-boot. I know the dev plans on putting out RC2 soon, I was going to play with it again after that. Well I better get to working for now, peace!
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Excellent, it is always good to work together. I played with the 2.2 sense last night for about an hour till I was missing ASOP. I will totally give the BX theme a test drive, another one that looks interesting is the Green theme. The dev seems really cool if you read his posts, I think he is kinda new to the game as well. I keep going back to the Blue themed CM6 2.2 rom, it just works for me. The thing that bugged me last time I ran a RC1 version was it struggled remembering icons? I think the one I was running also would forget the programs that were installed on the card after a re-boot. I know the dev plans on putting out RC2 soon, I was going to play with it again after that. Well I better get to working for now, peace!
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Darchstar released CM6 Stable and I've had it since the release date and I've had not one single problem data speeds are excellent mobile signal stays strong battery life is outstanding finds all of my networks the apps I use run fine without any hitch I'm using Dead3nce kernels instead of the ones that come with it because I love to overclock and I have no lag also ive never had any problems with the stables or the bfs he has a couple so u might wanna check out the thread the Dev goes out of his way to give u a detailed description of what the kernels are all about and you might catch him on the thread from time to time u can find CM6 Stable under the android development section if your ever interested both of the threads are highly popular and you can find some good knowledge on both I prefer aosp and that's gonna b my main focus wen I'm up and running so if I can help in anyway let me know the green theme is definitely a keeper I have a nand of that one in the collection and yea the Dev seems really cool haven't posted anything over there because it worked for me no probs at all now that I think about I didn't give dude his must deserved thanks hold let me put this on hold b right back
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Back now I was suggesting that u might wanna give that stable release a try and c if you run into those same problems well its back to the reading still got a long way to go lol but its gonna b so worth it
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laie1472 said:
Back now I was suggesting that u might wanna give that stable release a try and c if you run into those same problems well its back to the reading still got a long way to go lol but its gonna b so worth it
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+1 It truly is all about the reading!
Update my brain hurts lol but were making progress were almost done with the setup and Ive just installed eclipse on Ubuntu way more than what I expected but so sweet I decided to break for a min and tried to flash that new rom Ninfinity
released but for some reason couldn't get it to boot Which is strange because his other one I use often to update my prl which I did today couldn't figure it out but I figure ill head over to the thread later to c what's the word on it wanted to change the name of the thread to reflect what I want this thread to be ill post another update wen more progress is made for now lol back to reading
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Feel free to post any general knowledge tips or tricks even short cuts to operate the hero from hardware or a software aspect my goal is to fill this thread with just that/// like a corner shop with a variety of toppings for your frozen yogurt if your rom doesn't make sense or like a corner cafe with a handful of xda developers having a discussion on the latest roms that makes sense
Have a good one oh and feel free to post
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Umm.. on the adb instructions...
I have been using adb for a while now on ubuntu and really no instructions are needed.
simply download the android linux specific sdk, extract to the desktop, plug in the phone, and in terminal go into the directory
Example....
When you open the terminal you will be at your home folder for your user. If you extracted to the desktop:
cd Desktop\android-sdk-linux\tools
./adb (whatever you want to put, ie. shell, remount, etc)
the only difference between using the two, is that you are using the run parameters of linux (./) in front of what you want to run (like adb) instead of just typing it like in windows/command prompt.
./adb shell <-Sometimes you have to type 'sudo' for it to work because of the way linux handles permissions (i.e. sudo ./adb remount)
./adb remount
SUDO! - sudo (super user do) is a command where you dont have to be root to use a root permissioned program, just that you need the password. This way you don't have to log out/in as root and then swap back to do something.
Examples:
sudo ps -A
sudo nautilus
sudo chmod 777
sudo ./adb remount
etc. etc. etc
if you have issues and need to shut down adb do this:
sudo killall adb
or if you want to do it without sudo,
type ps -a (gives you all the programs running and their pid numbers, find adb and it's pid)
and then type:
kill (pid number)
some other things of note:
mkdir (makes a directory)
rmdir (removes a directory)
cp (copy. Also used for renaming a file: example: cp com.android.test.apk com.android.crap.apk copys a file to that name effectively renaming it)
rm (removes a file)
chmod (this can do many things including but not limited to at all... setting permissions)
Code:
The way linux (and Android btw) handles permissions is by rank in numbers, starting from the lowest rank in number to the highest (1000)
here are a few numbers of note:
1000 - root
777 - administrative user/regular user
666 - readable/writable, but not executable
Examples of using chmod:
chmod 777 menu (if anyone has used the kitchen you know this) - sets permissions of menu (or whatever file) to the user level
chmod +x menu (+x makes menu executable, which you have to do before executing which is: ./menu)
Numbered permissions really do mean something for each of the three numbers.
7 7 7
Owner Group Other
More on the numbered permissions can be found here: http://www.elated.com/articles/understanding-permissions/ this is a GREAT resource.
Hope this helps!
thanks for the knowledge man but those are instructions you posted and I appreciate the time took to do it as well but the ones we posted are for people who might b looking for a different kind of way/break down on how to install it once again thanks for posting
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Hey guy's this is extremist2sk from MOD EDIT LINK REMOVED
After Days and Days of Hard work and much support from many of you I have finally gotten a fully working new build, lets call it extremists build. This build is the newest and greatest h build. It has all the bugs on haykuros and dudes build fixed and has new added widgets which are now on the actual htc magic. This build is a NEWER and IMPROVED version of haykuros and the dudes build combined with bug fixes. This has been tested by over 400 youtube members and positive feedback has been returned so im posting it for you guys to try!
INSRUCTIONS: Install
put on phone turn off phone,home power alt s alt+ L when thats done go ahead and now install all the files herenow open up the HOW TO text document and follow the steps on there. If you would like to contribute to this build post a comment with your info. REMEMBER update 5.0.5hr6 first then put the secondupdate and update your phone again. then put all the files on your phone and install through apps apk and then run the terminal emulator commands. BUG FIXES listed in howto text document
ONCE AGAIN:
MAIN UPDATE WHICH INCLUDES BUG FIXES: [
EXTRA REMAINING BUG FIXES AND EXTRAS: [
Notes: do not update browser.apk.zip just install through your 3rd party app installing method.
*IMPORTANT READ*: PLEASE HELP OUT BY GOING TO [ AND LOGGING IN OR CREATING A ACCOUNT AND HITTING
THE YELLOW SUBSCRIBE BUTTON. THAT IS ALL I DO NOT TAKE DONATIONS.
I will update this build EVERY DAY every hour it will be updated alot and made much better as long as people are helping out and subscribing.
-Have fun with your new best H build and leave a comment for help.
Sincerely,
Extremist2sk
Did anyone try this?
You gonna have to provide some credentials or something before people start taking you seriously and start using your build. You didn't even post the MD5 hashes of your downloads to varify....
Screen shots of your build?
To me it sounds like you're trying to get hits to your youtube account because what you posted has 0 and I mean ZERO relevance to your YOUTube account....
could it be spam??
ill get screenshots going right now i got alot of good feedback from youtube so im 100% sure you guys will love it i just need to get settled down just got home from work so yea, screenshots soon!
Seems kinda fishy to me.
VERY fishy.... How would u expect for someone to download your "build" with 2 posts and linking to your youtube page??? Meh... I'll stick with Haykuros for now.
I will update this build EVERY DAY every hour it will be updated alot and made much better as long as people are helping out and subscribing.
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Ohhh man this cracks me up... LMAO
Here's his 'tutorial'. I opened up some of his .apk files and updates and all I can say is 'Wow'. There's no reason to have separate update files, for instance he has one update that just has Contacts.apk in it, why not just include that in the original update file?? Although I appreciate you trying it's obvious you've still got quite a bit to learn.
ETA: Why have any .apk files separate from the update.zip? Just include them in the update and you're done!
How to Get Newest and Fastest H
Build with all bug fixes and extra
features TUTORIAL. Please help out
by logging in/making a youtube account
and subscribing to www.youtube.com/
extremist2sk
1.Rename 4.0.4hr6-signedupdatefirst
to update.zip and drag onto g1 sdcard
2.copypaste/drag everything else
EXCEPT fix11UPDATE second AND BROWSER.Apk
I REPEAT DO NOT! or it wont work and may damage phone.
3.Safely Disconnect G1 from usb and power off.
4.Hold Power and Home button till phone turns
on and your taken to recovery mode aka boot
type ALT+L then ALT+S
5.Install AppsInstaller from market or use
any method you use to install appsfromSD
and install everything you see[Appsinstaller]
reccomended
6.Rename fix11UPDATESECOND to update
7.Repeat steps 3-4
8.Drag Browser.apk onto phone
9.install through your method on step 6
FINAL STEPS: *OPEN UP TERMINAL EMULATOR*
Type in all of these commands pushing enter
after every line.
adb remount
adb shell cp system/app/Mms.apk sdcard/
adb push your_Mms.apk_direction system/app/
adb remount
adb push your_Browser_direction system/app/
adb remount
adb shell cp system/app/HTCLauncher.apk sdcard/
adb shell rm -r system/app/HTCLaucher.apk
adb install your_downloaded_Launcher.apk_director
Finishing Touch: Choose setting / locale&text,
select Touch Input.
- Open messaging, long press to text box,
choose Input Method then choose Touch Input
ABOUT: This Build is a mixture of The Dudes,Haykuros
and Extremist2sks build with some of funbacons extras
with all the bugs from haykuro fixed and patched.
This build is the best you can get right now.
I do not accept donations please just click the
yellow subscribe button at
youtube.com/extremist2sk
TROUBLESHOOTING*
I followed all the steps and it didnt work!?
-this isnt required but trying wiping at the boot
screen with ALT+W before you run steps.
The build is AWESOME but really slow?
-reboot 3-4 times and type in su r267 in Terminal
Emulator.
ABOUT-BUG FIXES:
Nba Game Time App could not Open
Wired Headphones only Work On Some Adapters
No Support for MyBackup
Rotation Animations
No LED notifications for stock apps
5.0.2H Apps-to-SD logs keypresses
Interal Speaker, Speakerphone, Sounds are as loud as the original RC33
Phone vibrates when called person answers
PDF Viewer from HTC build, ported to Google build.
Volume-in-call is quite low
Port in IM Client (not just Gtalk) to H build
HTC mail app doesn't load mails automaticly
GPS Stus forces close on 5.2H also
NO Service,Loss of signal
Alarm causes infinate boot screen
APN settings for AT&T
A2DP Audio Very low on 5H, works much better on 5G
Speaker Phone Problem
Google Maps force-close
In-call volume doesn't appear to work
Contacts
Enter on Hard Keyboard will add a line instead of sending the text.
Exchange Sync removes invitees from events
tv.studer.smssync errror message
Animation settings for Orientation
charge\sync\audio adapter
Can't log in to Sync Google
View certain contacts force closes
New SPL 64 bit USB drivers
Multi touch in Photos
FOR MORE HELP LEAVE A COMMENT WITH PROBLEM AND INFO.
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Hey guy's this is extremist2sk from www.youtube.com/extremist2sk
After Days and Days of Hard work and much support from many of you I have finally gotten a fully working new build, lets call it extremists build. This build is the newest and greatest h build. It has all the bugs on haykuros and dudes build fixed and has new added widgets which are now on the actual htc magic. This build is a NEWER and IMPROVED version of haykuros and the dudes build combined with bug fixes. This has been tested by over 400 youtube members and positive feedback has been returned so im posting it for you guys to try!
INSRUCTIONS: Install http://www.zshare.net/download/59246842d4d5fef9/
put on phone turn off phone,home power alt s alt+ L when thats done go ahead and now install all the files here: //www.4shared.com/dir/14896891/d46d51bb/sharing.html now open up the HOW TO text document and follow the steps on there. If you would like to contribute to this build post a comment with your info. REMEMBER update 5.0.5hr6 first then put the secondupdate and update your phone again. then put all the files on your phone and install through apps apk and then run the terminal emulator commands. BUG FIXES listed in howto text document
ONCE AGAIN:
MAIN UPDATE WHICH INCLUDES BUG FIXES: http://www.zshare.net/download/59246842d4d5fef9/
EXTRA REMAINING BUG FIXES AND EXTRAS: //www.4shared.com/dir/14896891/d46d51bb/sharing.html
Notes: do not update browser.apk.zip just install through your 3rd party app installing method.
*IMPORTANT READ*: PLEASE HELP OUT BY GOING TO http://www.youtube.com/extremist2sk AND LOGGING IN OR CREATING A ACCOUNT AND HITTING
THE YELLOW SUBSCRIBE BUTTON. THAT IS ALL I DO NOT TAKE DONATIONS.
I will update this build EVERY DAY every hour it will be updated alot and made much better as long as people are helping out and subscribing.
-Have fun with your new best H build and leave a comment for help.
Sincerely,
Extremist2sk
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well nobody knows you here, just your friends from youtube? mmmm I dont think so..
you come from nowhere and use haykuros rom and hard work? also the dudes mods and you say you provide the BEST AND MORE STABLE ROM???????
you say you have support from many of us when you just joined xda yesterday?
Extremist2sk said:
Hey guy's this is extremist2sk from www.youtube.com/extremist2sk
After Days and Days of Hard work and much support from many of you I have finally gotten a fully working new build, lets call it extremists build. This build is the newest and greatest h build. It has all the bugs on haykuros and dudes build fixed and has new added widgets which are now on the actual htc magic. This build is a NEWER and IMPROVED version of haykuros and the dudes build combined with bug fixes. This has been tested by over 400 youtube members and positive feedback has been returned so im posting it for you guys to try!
INSRUCTIONS: Install http://www.zshare.net/download/59246842d4d5fef9/
put on phone turn off phone,home power alt s alt+ L when thats done go ahead and now install all the files here: //www.4shared.com/dir/14896891/d46d51bb/sharing.html now open up the HOW TO text document and follow the steps on there. If you would like to contribute to this build post a comment with your info. REMEMBER update 5.0.5hr6 first then put the secondupdate and update your phone again. then put all the files on your phone and install through apps apk and then run the terminal emulator commands. BUG FIXES listed in howto text document
ONCE AGAIN:
MAIN UPDATE WHICH INCLUDES BUG FIXES: http://www.zshare.net/download/59246842d4d5fef9/
EXTRA REMAINING BUG FIXES AND EXTRAS: //www.4shared.com/dir/14896891/d46d51bb/sharing.html
Notes: do not update browser.apk.zip just install through your 3rd party app installing method.
*IMPORTANT READ*: PLEASE HELP OUT BY GOING TO http://www.youtube.com/extremist2sk AND LOGGING IN OR CREATING A ACCOUNT AND HITTING
THE YELLOW SUBSCRIBE BUTTON. THAT IS ALL I DO NOT TAKE DONATIONS.
I will update this build EVERY DAY every hour it will be updated alot and made much better as long as people are helping out and subscribing.
-Have fun with your new best H build and leave a comment for help.
Sincerely,
Extremist2sk
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With two posts.... i dont trust this.
This is super sketchy... especially considering you're just pulling version numbers out of your ass... you figure 5.0.4Hr6 is more than 5.0.2Hr5, so it must be better, right?
FAIL.
Lol y'all are super crazy.
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Ohhh man this cracks me up... LMAO
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ohh man how did you read that ?
I couldn't beleive he said that. It was too funny to beleive
I will update this build EVERY DAY every hour it will be updated alot and made much better as long as people are helping out and subscribing.
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It's been almost 11 hours since release, and I don't see any updates. What give man? I thought you were 1337? Roffle.
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It's been almost 11 hours since release, and I don't see any updates. What give man? I thought you were 1337? Roffle.
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Guess not.
i installed hiss build, seems like the normal h build 2 me
Yea he just wants hits on his youtube page, i was waititng for the NEW BEST H BUILD screenshots but I guess we scared him off lol.
Firstly, these great responses on his YouBoob page don't exist. There is nothing even referencing Android at all on there. It is just a bunch of video game bull****. It sounds like some kid who thinks he is a gamer trying to get respect because other gamers don't give it to him. Whatever it takes, i guess..
As far as his updates, you can get the same fixes and info by simply visiting:
http://haykuro.theiphoneproject.org/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=507244&page=40
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=507151
This is what desperation looks like when people can't just get rickrolled by a link, but have to actively subscribe to spam. Nice try extremist, but I guess the only glitching you'll be doing here is watching your credibility just keep resetting to 0. Try spamming the anonymous boards like everyone else.
Idiot.
He should be IP banned IMO. That's just going to piss a lot of people off.
EDIT:
Magister2k7 said:
Please update first post of a thread, as Mer should run X with a latest kernel from git.
You just need to disable FB_MSM_DOUBLE_BUFFER ("Enable MSM Framebuffer double buffering") and enable framebuffer refresh thread.
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Yeah, I kinda doomed myself from the start with how I structured this post. I'll restructure it later to be more able to show you good information.
Old start:
Mer is a more community-led version of the Maemo phone and internet tablet operating system. See http://wiki.maemo.org/Mer/ .
I was in contact with a member of that project (Stskeeps on freenode#mer), who gave me some information about porting this to phones such as the kaiser. He and I thought it would be a great way to benefit both communities (we get a good, not google-owned linux-based os for our phones, they get developers helping them make mer better). We also agreed that it would take a bit of effort.
First of all, Mer is completely designed for landscape-only, 800x480 phones at this point. It has been run well at 640x480, but that's still 4 times our native resolution, and 2 times what we can fake without crashes. The resolution problem is easily fixed by skilled theme-makers. The landscape/portrait problem should be fixed soon, given that the upcoming n900 will be a portrait/landscape phone. He said wait for the maemo conference for more on that.
The other problems we might hit basically are just the standard problems of molding the userspace around the kernel (get a phone app working, get the modem to work, etc.).
If you are serious about helping, please come to #mer and/or #htc-linux on freenode. At this point, the mer folks are probably more help to what we need to do.
INSTRUCTIONS:
At this point, quite literally nothing works, but it all almost works. Here's what I did to get that far:
1. Partition your sd card into two partitions, and make the second one ext2.
2. Unpack (with the -p option of tar) the rootfs (http://wiki.maemo.org/Mer/Releases/0.16testing , pick the q5 rootfs) to the ext2 partition. Make sure that it's not in any subfolders, but as the root of the drive.
3. Grab a zImage (or build your own) using the instructions we had in place from android. Put it on the fat side.
4. Set up HaRET on the fat side - Use a default.txt from android, get rid of the initrd, get rid of your ppp stuff (for now), and add "root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootwait" to the kernel cmdline.
5. mknod /dev/fb0 c 29 0 (this was my number, check using the terminal in android, cat /proc/devices for the major, and /proc/fb for the minor). Also make sure that it's within the root, not on your disk .
That should boot, giving you a ton of messages about an "incorrect resolution png" or something - that's the splash screen unable to load. Simply rename /lib/init/splash-* (two files) to something else. Once you get a terminal later, there's an actual package to remove, but this lets it go a bit further.
You also need to keep X from starting at this point - all it does is hang. I have not yet done this myself, but it should be an initscript that you just un-link.
EDIT: It wasn't X that caused the issues. It was the combination of failed splashes and consolefont. Comment out the lines with "splash" in them in /etc/init.d/check{fs,root}.sh, and re-run.
I do not know if X actually fails - doing that test now.
EDIT: hitting framebuffer issues... no X yet.
So, if you're adventurous, and preferably a dev at this point (this is completely useless to users), please try this out and make it better!
Okay, just a note: the password is "rootme".
First reply!
this is relevant to my interests. I'll take a look. I remember seeing that Maemo was made on top of Gnome. Do you know if there's a chance to get Debian apps on here? That's the big thing for me to get me working on it-- some type of desktop compatibility. Having an X-server is perfect. Looks like you're saying the resolution issue is purely theme based? How open are the devs for it for suggestions and feedback?
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This does sound cool
already made some read about this in the new nokia n900..
its cool.. it free.. but i dont like the ui :\
lets see where this goes.. but.. for now.. for me... android (L)
Ok, just saw it's Jaunty based which is what I've been looking for in a phone.
Is there a list of features/bugs/issues and what's been developed so far? Seems like if the kernel brought to us in part by dzo will work maybe it won't be so hard to get wifi and other features working. A list is good.
I'll admit I haven't put much effort into it, but at this point X won't work, for one thing - probably have to change the resolution in a config somewhere.
Indeed, most of the hardware should be fine - I imagine, for example, once we are able to load the firmware, wifi should be good. Some code will have to change (a few things are built android-specific in the kernel), and some of the RIL stuff especially (phone, data, etc.) will have to be ported by someone who has that code and some time.
Indeed, Mer is Ubuntu-based, and so, according to their site, 95% of ubuntu apps should work perfectly. This is really nice for getting software on (aren't just limited to any applications in an app store or market.).
At this point, all we need to do is everything .
I'm going to try now to disable X and see if I can't get a few more things working.
EDIT: in response to your question about how open the mer-folk are to suggestions? The idea that I got from talking to them was that they are more than happy to get this extra help, and since they are trying to bring this to more devices, they are willing to put up with our requirements, to make this more readily available in general.
Alright, as I edited, I got some more success.
By removing the splash calls and the X starting, I can get a terminal. I edited the /etc/shadow file to have a password that I knew for root. Now, I can log in as root on the console (/dev/tty1).
I tried to start X, and I'm getting some strange framebuffer errors.
I'll keep you posted.
Wow, if we could get this working, it'd be sick! Thanks for posting, formatting now.
with all the hard work already done for the Android port, seeing devs being interested in Mer is REALLY PROMISING! Waiting for Google to open up Android even more, is frustrating...
Porting Mer and thus having a REAL linux (kernel+software stack) is what we need to leverage the dev capacity of the great XDA community. At least, this is what I feel like .
Owning both a Kaiser and 2 N800s, I'll probably try out the stuff posted here... I was keeping an eye on Mer for my N800s anyway, but using it on the Kaiser is more triggering
so devs, have courage and good luck!
Frame Buffer and X server
Unfortunately I've been quite busy lately and haven't been following the Android development as closely as I would like. (I don't think I've updated my git repo for months)
If I remember correctly, the frame buffer code in the kernel wasn't finished. That would prevent X from running. Can anyone say whether that was completed? I just wanted to mention this in order to avoid people wasting their time if it is in fact the problem.
It would be great to *eventually* see X running with hardware acceleration, can anyone point me to info about how DZO got that working? Was it reverse engineered, or did he figure out how to make some binary blob happy?
It will be nice to have some choice of Linux based distros the Kaiser and Vogue. Keep up the good work everybody, I appreciate it!
-Mysteryvortex
I've been looking at the n900 for quite some time just waiting for its release to the US next month. I know nothing about developing but I am very excited about this one, and I hope that there is a quick start to the apps that are put out for it. I was curious myself as well at how this would port to the kaiser so I could get a good hands on before I went and bought one. I would be more than happy to be a tester. I bought an iphone cause cause the little green guy is really starting to piss me off and my tilt's about to give up the ghost. I quickly gave it to my wife as the signal strength and battery life just sucks so I hope this maemo can give me what I want
mysteryvortex, Android does not use an X server at all. This was my disappointment when issues arose trying to run Ubuntu in a chroot. This is different though. We should be looking at troubleshooting the X server as top priority I think. The rest should flow. Bear in mind the kernel for Android, like I said, has nothing to do with X compatibility since Android uses its own display so the kernel should need some serious work.
poly, is the build you linked to hardware specific? Looks like a generic one. If so, then the only outstanding difference should be the kernel and if that's the case we should be able to use this on any phone we happen to have a kernel for right?
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mysteryvortex, Android does not use an X server at all. This was my disappointment when issues arose trying to run Ubuntu in a chroot. This is different though. We should be looking at troubleshooting the X server as top priority I think. The rest should flow. Bear in mind the kernel for Android, like I said, has nothing to do with X compatibility since Android uses its own display so the kernel should need some serious work.
poly, is the build you linked to hardware specific? Looks like a generic one. If so, then the only outstanding difference should be the kernel and if that's the case we should be able to use this on any phone we happen to have a kernel for right?
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The build has a kernel and stuff, but don't use it. Use the regular stuff from android (or build yourself from htc-vogue).
mdrobnak from irc got mer up on his raph - thanks to the vga screen, with a quick kernel patch and some xorg.conf modification, he got X working great.
Within the next few days, I'll do some tests of the data connection and such.
enatefox said:
mysteryvortex, Android does not use an X server at all. This was my disappointment when issues arose trying to run Ubuntu in a chroot. This is different though. We should be looking at troubleshooting the X server as top priority I think. The rest should flow. Bear in mind the kernel for Android, like I said, has nothing to do with X compatibility since Android uses its own display so the kernel should need some serious work.
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Yes, that's correct. Android doesn't use X. Many, many months ago, it was mentioned that the framebuffer in the Vouge/Kaiser kernel (which X will use) was broken. Nobody was planning to fix it since Android doesn't need it. I was just trying to point people who have time to work on supporting our phones in the right direction.
poly_poly-man: Looks like the Raphael kernel is being developed on another branch, but it sounds like the FB patch helps us?
-Mysteryvortex
poly_poly-man,
I have setup my second partition of sdcard to 512MB and extracted there Mer preserving permissions.
What I did also is to modify the x config and change resolution and also resize the Mer-logo.jpg so it fits.
After I tried to boot I went successfully through all steps (at least I think so) and a blank screen appeared to me.
Can you tell me what was the parameter to output the Haret boot sequence to a file, so I can check what passes and what fails?
Another question: The following "mknod /dev/fb0 c 29" have to be performed on root of second permission, right? If so I think the command should be ""mknod ./dev/fb0 c 29", am I correct?
Regards,
Borkata
Borkata81 said:
Another question: The following "mknod /dev/fb0 c 29" have to be performed on root of second permission, right? If so I think the command should be ""mknod ./dev/fb0 c 29", am I correct?
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'./dev/fb0 c 29' does only work if you are in "/" (root of the filesystem) otherwise (and in all other cases) 'mknod /dev/fb0 c 29' is correct.
bye...
Borkata81 said:
poly_poly-man,
I have setup my second partition of sdcard to 512MB and extracted there Mer preserving permissions.
What I did also is to modify the x config and change resolution and also resize the Mer-logo.jpg so it fits.
After I tried to boot I went successfully through all steps (at least I think so) and a blank screen appeared to me.
Can you tell me what was the parameter to output the Haret boot sequence to a file, so I can check what passes and what fails?
Another question: The following "mknod /dev/fb0 c 29" have to be performed on root of second permission, right? If so I think the command should be ""mknod ./dev/fb0 c 29", am I correct?
Regards,
Borkata
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It seems that even set to the right resolution, our fb does not work with X. Needs more patching than just the patches I got from the other branch. We may need to move up to the other branch, I'm not sure.
the /dev/fb0 should be replaced with /path/to/sdcard/root/dev/fb0, of course. And it's better to just get rid of all the splash references - that way, you don't get the blank screen issue.
toasty_ said:
'./dev/fb0 c 29' does only work if you are in "/" (root of the filesystem) otherwise (and in all other cases) 'mknod /dev/fb0 c 29' is correct.
bye...
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Yes, but poly has written that user have to be in root so that was what I have asked
Question: our fb driver is msm_fb?
poly can you share which patches you tried from raph branch?
Borkata81 said:
Yes, but poly has written that user have to be in root so that was what I have asked
Question: our fb driver is msm_fb?
poly can you share which patches you tried from raph branch?
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Oh yes, you're right. I should first read the full post before answering questions that havn't been asked
Borkata81 said:
Yes, but poly has written that user have to be in root so that was what I have asked
Question: our fb driver is msm_fb?
poly can you share which patches you tried from raph branch?
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http://people.openezx.org/tmzt/
the msmts and vres patch. Didn't work, because there are more problems in our older kernel.
I'm interested in finding out why we aren't on 2.6.27 already...
Anyone root their ViewSonic yet. I have been googling about looking for Android 2.2 root methods and just wondering if I risk totally bricking this device. It seems that getting root and installing busy-box *should* work.
Any and all help greatly appreciated.
UH...
don't mean to sound rude, but this is like walking into starbucks and asking if they have coffee!
Check the development forum one level back, and you'll see several pinned posts with instructions to replace the software with something much better!
Life in LA said:
don't mean to sound rude, but this is like walking into starbucks and asking if they have coffee!
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Ok, that's funny as hell! Though I have walked into Starbucks and they were out of coffee, and I live in Starbucks central (Seattle)
@the original poster - This is the thread that I used to put CyanogenMod on mine:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=851657
There's also a "Super Simple One step root" out there.
nink said:
Anyone root their ViewSonic yet. I have been googling about looking for Android 2.2 root methods and just wondering if I risk totally bricking this device. It seems that getting root and installing busy-box *should* work.
Any and all help greatly appreciated.
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Follow the G Tablet Super Thread. It gives you everything you want for a new start-up: market Fix, Rooting,etc...
nink said:
Anyone root their ViewSonic yet. I have been googling about looking for Android 2.2 root methods and just wondering if I risk totally bricking this device. It seems that getting root and installing busy-box *should* work.
Any and all help greatly appreciated.
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Wow! I guess I could ask if anyone has taught you to read yet.... Try it, it really works.
Thanks folks. Being my first rooting efforting in android, I hope I succeed.
nink said:
Thanks folks. Being my first rooting efforting in android, I hope I succeed.
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You should be ok. Just read up and follow the directions. This tablet is pretty forgiving. And it is really nice once all the stock stuff is gone.
Have fun
Not Starbucks, but same idea
Life in LA said:
don't mean to sound rude, but this is like walking into starbucks and asking if they have coffee!
Check the development forum one level back, and you'll see several pinned posts with instructions to replace the software with something much better!
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Our local Burger King ran out of burgers once. Only had chicken and fries. Kinda false advertising. ;P Bad management issue, I had heard.
Funny story, I spent this past summer in Beijing, China, and the one time my friends and I decided to try to go get some fried chicken at a Kenny Rogers Roasters. All they had was half a chicken left lol Well, I never got that fried chicken in China
But, yeah, the forum is easy to READ and find instructions how to root/install custom roms
I don't think I even used the stock build on this tablet - first boot everything fc'd on me. Rebooted and installed TnT lite in pretty much one go.
Sent from my GTablet-TnT-Lite using Tapatalk
billmarquette said:
I don't think I even used the stock build on this tablet - first boot everything fc'd on me.
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Proud to say I have never seen the default ui on this device! The first time I booted it was to mod it, lol
Life in LA said:
don't mean to sound rude, but this is like walking into starbucks and asking if they have coffee!
Check the development forum one level back, and you'll see several pinned posts with instructions to replace the software with something much better!
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ROFLMAO
@OP
Missed the dev forum didya?
(I had problems with the News app/widget thing in the 1.0 version of TnT, then I had problems with the weather app/widget after the 1.01 OTA update for TnT, at which point I dumped TnT for TnT lite 2.0.2 ... if the sw had worked well, I wouldn't have minded the shipped "launcher" too much... but TnT apparently needs ALOT more dev time as it seemed to be beta quality at best, if not alpha...)
Well I rooted successfully. Remounted certain system folders as rw. BEFORE I installed the TNT 2.20 I used the stock recovery tool , I made a backup to sdcard and copied that to my Linux box.
So far so good. At first I was a bit miffed to find the /system or /etc mounted ro, but got around that with busybox sudo..
Now my task is to tinker a bit around with the user-space services.
I am finding, that unlike a system-V (/etc/rc?.d with init.d), user-space tweaking in the sense of auto starting apps or whatever is not as simple as: write shell script, place in proper location, re-boot.... seems I need to write an actual app that listens for "ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETE". I sure wish it was simpler.
Oh, is the titanium backup worth it? Or is the system backup I created using the "power-on+volume-up" method just as good. Seems the method provided by ViewSonic is fine enough. However, I did not see any mention of it in the forum (my system seems to have been created on 11/22/2010, based on the system directories date before I TNTed my tablet).
Again, many thanks to those who pointed me in the proper direction. I really appreciate your input.
nink said:
Well I rooted successfully. Remounted certain system folders as rw. BEFORE I installed the TNT 2.20 I used the stock recovery tool , I made a backup to sdcard and copied that to my Linux box.
So far so good. At first I was a bit miffed to find the /system or /etc mounted ro, but got around that with busybox sudo..
Now my task is to tinker a bit around with the user-space services.
I am finding, that unlike a system-V (/etc/rc?.d with init.d), user-space tweaking in the sense of auto starting apps or whatever is not as simple as: write shell script, place in proper location, re-boot.... seems I need to write an actual app that listens for "ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETE". I sure wish it was simpler.
Oh, is the titanium backup worth it? Or is the system backup I created using the "power-on+volume-up" method just as good. Seems the method provided by ViewSonic is fine enough. However, I did not see any mention of it in the forum (my system seems to have been created on 11/22/2010, based on the system directories date before I TNTed my tablet).
Again, many thanks to those who pointed me in the proper direction. I really appreciate your input.
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Don't know about all the other stuff but Viewsonic did not have a recovery option. Had to be something you installed while rooting, or whatever. The system backup in Clockwork is great for times when your tablet won't work because of something, or a program that went wrong. Titanium is great for when you have a zillion apps installed and want to install a new rom, or reload a clean version. Titanium will then let you put all your apps back without having to download them from the market, or sideload them all again. It is also useful when you have an app you can't find but it may be on your phone. You can backup the app on your phone and then move it to your tablet to install.
Sprdtyf350 said:
[...]recovery option[...]Had to be something you installed while rooting, or whatever. The system backup in Clockwork
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Yes, I think you are right. My first effort in the rooting process was to install the clockwork, but I thought it failed. However, it must not have as when I run the backup (and pay attention) I saw the "ClockWork...... msgs". Definitely a nifty tool.
FYI troops:
I was quite successful, with much thanks to all of you and your wonderful efforts.
- got market place working (however have not needed it yet at all)
- installed groomdroid (a php aware webserver)
- installed php-cgi so that groom processes ".php" web pages.
- installed php-cli program for command line php capabilities.
- installed TitaniumBackup (need to use it, probably soon)
- installed adobe flash, and it works just fine
Now to:.
- browser that is truly html5 capable (this may be dreaming as most have various parts of html5 disabled, such as the "<video>" element. However, there is a new Opera browser available that is *supp5osed* to be <video> capable. FYI: some webkit browsers, such as the QT-webkit have the html5 video element capability disabled on purpose.
- autostart apps of my choosing (I have a feeling I will be writing droid apps to accomplish this)
Again, many thanks folks.
When I get my device set up as I need it, I will post how I did it. I am trying to document the process as best I can.
I thought this was a hilarious thread, and I was going to make a joke at the OP just for fun, but I am REALLY happy that despite the doofus thread opening that nink has figured it out and has joined the ranks.
Hope you have happy flashing and have fun (and don't worry all of us were pretty lost when we began)
I soon will be getting a T301 (About 1pm or so today) and word on the street is that its been out while and no one has made any custom roms for it, Therefore im going to take a crack at it and see what i can do. This is my first tablet so be prepared for trial and error but I sure won't do a half-ass job on my work. Now heres a couple of things to come:
De-Odex
Custom Boot Animation
Custom Theme
New Keyboard With Demon Speed Tweaks
Plenty Of Under The Hood Tweaks
There will definitely be alot more (Hopefully), While at this time im not actually positive what this tablet is actually capable of but i will definitely have an update of whats to come by 3:00 after i test it and such.
Having any luck?
Hey well I hope there is someone that can make a custom rom for this tablet...here is some information ive been able to find out... From Rooting and Installing market:
TO Root Tablet..
After Installing "jdk-6u25-windows-i586" and "android-sdk_r11-windows" and "ADB_usb_driver"
Connect your device via USB.
Now, hold the Windows Key and press R. Type cmd in the box and press Enter.
In the Command window, type
cd/
and hit enter. Now type
cd android-sdk-windows
then type
cd platform-tools
and hit enter. Now here is where you will begin rooting the device. Type the following
adb devices "I did this to make sure the device was listed"
adb shell
and hit enter. you should now have a # sign.
Now Type
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
hit enter, then type
cat /system/bin/sh > /system/bin/su
hit enter, then type
chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
hit enter, now type
sync
hit enter then finally type
reboot
and hit enter. Your device will reboot. When it comes back on it will be rooted!
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To Install Market
Okay,
The following list includes the exact google apps package I used, and the order in which the extracted apk's were installed...
google apps package : PM me if you want the link...xda says after 8 posts I can posts links
Only use hdpi package for CyanogenMod 6, otherwise the apk version will be wrong
and with this apps package, I extracted all of the apk's inside, and used "all" of them.
They were installed in the following order :
app 1=genie widget apk
app 2=google backup transport apk
app 3=google contacts sync adapter apk
app 4=google feedback apk
app 5=google partner setup apk
app 6=google services framework apk
app 7=google voice apk
app 8=kickback apk
app 9=market updater apk
app10=media uploader apk
app11=network location apk
app12=setup wizard apk......
note: setup wizard apk is needed for the log in scripts to google market, and google talk respectively..
app13=soundback apk
app14=google talk apk
note: I believe google talk is the engine used for the market portal access....so you must install..
app15=vending apk
note: vending apk is installed last just prior to reboot of the cruz tablet...
this is the exact order of install from the above apps package I used....and I have 2 working cruz tablets with market access, google talk, and gmail.
Note: gmail apk is not included in the above apps package, and is downloaded from the market once it's working.
Note: dont be worried about space for the apk's. After the flash card partitions made in the 2.2 firmware update, you should have nearly 425 megabytes of application space remaining for apps later on. And the total size for the apps package is only 18 meg.
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To Reset Market:
Thing is, I've found that a number of apps that don't appear in the Market still install just fine. For example, I can't locate Maps in the market, but it works, as does the similarly invisible Dolphin HD. There are hacks for the Market that are used to allow QVGA phones to see items that aren't specifically tagged as QVGA-compatible, so there may well be similar hacks to allow us to see more. (It may or may not install, but at least we'd have the chance to try.)
Tv
Edit: found a note on the Web re: the Market. An Archos user found that if you follow these steps:
Go to Settings - Applications - Manage Applications - All tab;
Go to the "Market" app: "Clear Cache" then "Force Stop" — DO NOT Clear data;
Go to the "Google Services Framework" app: "Clear data" then "Force Stop";
Reboot your machine;
Restart the Market application. It may force close for the first run, ignore it and restart it again.
I would absolutely LOVE a custom rom OR even just a workaround that disables the notification bar from appearing on touch events in a full screen app.
Anybody want to tackle that one?
Cruz T301 Mods
I found some good information on Slatedroid.com The forum link is listed below.
http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/21572-guide-cruz-t10x-t301-rooting-dalvik-turbo-removing-bloatware-gapps-market-more/
I used this method on two T301's and it worked great.
would love to see a custom rom for Cruz T-Series
would definitely donate as well. i think lots of people would especially with christmas coming and these things so cheap! also some other MIPS based devices with ICS are coming out so it would be a good learner for some people maybe.
i would love an AP included and i hear that this is what may be slowing up some other people right now other than just recently receiving source from Ingenic.
Its a great machine regardless, at least for the price.
anyway, this place is great and you all have helped me quite a bit. PLease let me know if there is anything i can do for you..
please stop
lets keep the market and the retardation out of this thread please. stop using incorrect terms to your post saying rooting your device. the CRUZ T301 IS ROOTED ALREADY. the commands you used gave you read write access. so please STOP WITH THE DUMB POST AND CALLING THIS ROOT. okay. now that we have that covered lets stop posting stuff that is covered in other forums. goochbuntu.com has better steps to make the market work. and even fixing the already rooted device fixing the su. so we can install and use rooted apps. okay now thats said..
okay lets focus on custom roms here or cynogenmod or something useful.
if you want to post useless info go back to slatedroid site
Technically correct and equal in value...
--Sent from my Huawei Ideos U8150 via Tapatalk--
Hi I'm new to the Android world and I got to say I love it. My question is, has their been a successful root using the method above. I did steps above but I think I missed something. Can someone pls give me hand on rooting this device successfully. Thanks
AndroidLover813 said:
Hi I'm new to the Android world and I got to say I love it. My question is, has their been a successful root using the method above. I did steps above but I think I missed something. Can someone pls give me hand on rooting this device successfully. Thanks
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im looking for sum help as well. also where would be the best place to get the gapps? any help would be much apreciated
Okay update on root and by the way I have a Velocity Micro Cruz Reader just in case anyway I've successfully rooted my device using the method above but some reason I can't get my Market to work. I've been able to install apps like, Titanium Backup, SetCPU, Advanced Task Killer Pro and some other rooted apps but it still seems a little sluggish. I know its just a reader but I know it can put more. Ive been reading around but still haven't found a decent Rom or a recovery. It'll be greatly appreciated for a little guidance. Not to get off topic but My experience with android:
First Huawei Ascend, this phone introduced me to the Android OS and fell in love ever since. I flashed many roms to it starting with Cyanogen. Right now I have a HTC Evo 4G with SOS v 1.9. If someone needs help with something not saying I can do it but I'm willing to give it a try just shoot me a line and be glad to give my input. And LETS KEEP THIS THREAD ALIVE we need more support for this device. The possibilities are endless besides the 256 ram lol. Thanks
I've been lucky enough to find some gapps from the XDA threads. Just grabbing when I can because I haven't found a complete file folder but I believe if you keep looking you'll find them. Have you tried Slatedroid, they also have support for the Velocity MICRO, you might find those apps their. I love my Cruz can't wait to flash a rom like cyanogen and clockwork recovery. But any suggestions would be great thanks.
CWM for T301 is here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1394308
-- VM Cruz T105/PT701 XDA Premium --
If you head over to the Velocity Cruz section on Slate Droid you will see there is a new rom that was released 1/10/2012
how did you get setcpu installed. I followed a slatedroid thread and my buddies 310 seems to be rooted and such correctly but i can not get setcpu to install and can not seem to overclock it.
tried using cpu master pro but it just wont overclock past the 528
cant see setcpu in store and when i put the apk on the sd it just says app not installed.
so im guessing this rom is not happening right?
Thanks for the info. A couple of weeks ago Dad bought one of these T301 on Ebay for $20.00. It took a day or two but they called up and want to root, and get market on it. I was just looing at 4z, z4? Forgot but I bookmarked it as a get back to item. I looked at it and got the impression, "Gee thats nice, not worth messing with but nice."
rom not happening
JustSayTech said:
so im guessing this rom is not happening right?
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I guess this is not happening +1
I also have a T301, and I know the filesystem comes with root access, but I have installed all that there is to install, from these forums, and the slatedroid forums.
I have froyo installed, but have never been able to install the VitalSource Bookshelf apk. I would like to use it to view my school textbooks, which is why I bought the tablet in the first place.
Today, I got this bug, up my behind (figuratively), and decided to see if their is anything that I can do about it. I have all the mips git repositories installed, along with an uncompressed stock update image.
What android version should I try to port? --> not that I know how to do that yet, but if there is a way, I will find it scouring the xda forums.
The Rasberry pi people seem to be making headway on porting ICS, so that may be a viable solution. Other than mips arch, this tablet has very similar specifications to a Rasberry pi.
The CDD for ICS says it needs like 379MB ram, and this tablet has only 256MB, but hey, so does the original RPI
What do you think?
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Sorry, I just wanted to follow this thread also.
I am sure it is doable, I just have to find some free time. This time of year there is not a lot of time for me to sit down and figure this out. Hopefully I can get something going by Jan/Feb after the holiday season is over
....assuming the world does not end
t301 custom rom
ok,
So, this is what I have so far......
I'm sure that we can agree that the T301 uses an Ingenic JZ4760 processor. The JZ4760 processor uses mips32-r1 code. It is FP compatible. The JZ4770 on the other hand is a mips32-r2 code device.
There are also some other differences in the CPU's. I think video could also be a problem. The JZ4770 has a much nicer video module.
I think that we will need a custom build.
Is there a place that we can find the drivers to build or do we need to write our own?
ICS seems to be built on a newer kernel version, and mips technologies has released the 3.0.8 kernel, so I think that will be ok to build the ASOP, but I am sure the drivers will be the problem
I tore the tablet open, took some pictures, and made a list of the parts the I will most likely need to make drivers for.
I will attach the list, but it is a work in progress
Support over on SlateDroid
I am currently working with the T100 series, I don't think we should push any higher than GB for these tablets, seeing as how they run a max of 600MHZ. My friend developer was able to get the Ainol Novo 4.0 running on it, but he said it was far beyond usable. I am trying to get him to pass me the information that he had compiled into it so I can continue support of the device. I think I have a work around for Flash, and other specs... but I am waiting for my device to be returned to me since I had to RMA it due to bricking. I will post a thread over on SlateDroid and you can follow progress there. Once I get a functional rom that boots I will then post here at XDA. I am aiming to Odex since that will add speed, and debloat along with Market support. 2.2 will be the first release and once I can get that compiled 2.3 will happen. I will continue to play around with the idea of ICS, but once again due to low power I don't think it would be truly worth it...
Hi everyone, For the last two weeks I have been trying to develop my own custom Gingerbread + custom view sonic kernel.
Today I finally have them packaged into a update.zip file but it wont install due to status 6. Sadly I really have no clue if thats the last part I need to over come before I can install, or perhaps there is more than just that issue since the only tutorial I could find were dated / incorrect / incomplete / or written by someone who ate pain chips as a child.
So Really all I want is Gingerbread with com.android.future.usb.Accessory / Manager
AND (this is important also)
I also need the Viewsonic kernel to support the Prolific driver 2303 (this is in the menuconfig so it should be easy to add).
In addition, if anyone could please point me to resources when I can accurately learn how to build the OS / Kernel / update.zip file that would be wonderful. My head hurts so badly from reading all these broken english posts where the scrip examples are riddled with typos.
Oh also two weeks ago was the first time I ever saw Ubuntu (thats what im currently working on as well).
Thank you and sorry for the aggravated post but I seriously need help, my job is in the balance. Thanks Again
Anyone know of a rom that has these features already in them? Or perhaps a good couple of tutorials that will allow me to create my own? I dont want anything fancy just plain vanilla.
DKS1282 said:
Hi everyone, For the last two weeks I have been trying to develop my own custom Gingerbread + custom view sonic kernel.
Today I finally have them packaged into a update.zip file but it wont install due to status 6. Sadly I really have no clue if thats the last part I need to over come before I can install, or perhaps there is more than just that issue since the only tutorial I could find were dated / incorrect / incomplete / or written by someone who ate pain chips as a child.
So Really all I want is Gingerbread with com.android.future.usb.Accessory / Manager
AND (this is important also)
I also need the Viewsonic kernel to support the Prolific driver 2303 (this is in the menuconfig so it should be easy to add).
In addition, if anyone could please point me to resources when I can accurately learn how to build the OS / Kernel / update.zip file that would be wonderful. My head hurts so badly from reading all these broken english posts where the scrip examples are riddled with typos.
Oh also two weeks ago was the first time I ever saw Ubuntu (thats what im currently working on as well).
Thank you and sorry for the aggravated post but I seriously need help, my job is in the balance. Thanks Again
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this is the thread i used to get me started compiling a module for pershoots kernel
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=916198
obviously run your own menuconfig somewhere in there (i think its in one of the steps) and turn on whatever you want. Also save the modules that you create as the default pershoot ones wont insert into your custom module at that point
[edit] there is a thread in the gtablet devel section for pershoots latest (i think 2.6.32.42) that may have this already: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=903505 [/edit]
Thanks for the links. I was able to pull the config file from Ginger 2.3.4 and it seems to have the required driver for the prolific usb to serial converter, although when I write a usb detection program and attempt to load it onto the tablet, well I get a missing shared library com.android.future.usb.
So now thats kind of odd because its 2.3.4 and Google specifically says it supports the library I need. So I guess what Im asking is there any Ginger or even honeycomb OS for the Gtablet that supports this?
Once again Thanks for a point in the correct direction.
Is there anyone I can communicate with directly in creating this? Ill be more than willing to donate my work so that it could be built upon. I just can not believe that this has not been added in yet.
Ive pushed android.hardware.usb.accessory.xml to /etc/permissions
and ive pushed the com.android.future.usb.accessory.jar to /system.framework
This seems to do absolutely nothing. Does anyone have a version with the USB accessory working for the G tablet? Or could anyone Communicate with me directly perhaps by IM? Thank you very much again.
So after some tweeking I can now get my program that requires com.android.future.usb.accessory although thats all it does. It wont detect the USB or use any USB features. Im sure im programing it wrong, although It detects USB drives and keyboards and such it will not detect my USB to serial Prolific cable.
Im trying to compile the kernel and install it but really, nothing works... Im typing commands I dont know what they mean, and i get responses like "Permission denied" so I use sudo on the command and get "not a valid command". So I didnt have permission at first, then once I did it wasnt a valid command? No wonder why ****ty old windows stomped ubuntu into the ground... I feel windows phone will destroy google if its this hard to develop a single app that I have on the IPHONE / WINDOWS PHONE / WINDOWS 7 but cant get it on android... WTF
Im just wondering how you successfully compile Gingerbread 2.3.4 and Leave out part of the MAJOR update. Why not just use 2.3.3?
Anyway Ive personally fixed that, although when i pull the kernel it shows the prolific driver is installed but there is no detection when I plug the cable in.. Nothing nadda. just like the replies to this post. Im guessing people dont have any problems at all with all the really bad tutorials out there and the lack of support even on this, a developer site, I cant even ask questions to the developers because I dont even have 10 posts yet. Also it just seems like the only thing people on this site is Over Clocking. It done matter if its a peice of ****, as long as its over clocked, Or some of the roms I installed and they are SO bad, but man they are over clocked... Or the roms that say they are 2.3.4 and happen to be 2.3.3. Or the ones that just wont install. How has android made it this far, its actually pretty bad, but then again im sure Im the only human with these problems, because I really cant find anything on the Internet after a good long while. I tough myself enough law to win a law suit against a company with high priced lawyers in less time than this is taking... And im no good at law at all.