I've read in a few threads which required the use of terminal/fast boot.
What exactly is this? Can anybody point me to a guide/tutorial on how to use it?
Thanks in advance!
P.S. - I am a newbie in playing around with the Android system.
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Terminal basically allows you to run certain commands directly on your device rather than having to be coupled to your pc.
Android Terminal Emulator
Description
This application lets you access your Android's built-in Linux command line shell. It emulates a Digital Equipment Corporation VT-100 terminal. You can use this application to run utility programs on your device.
What is this app good for?
This application lets you run Linux command line utilities on your Android phone. It is mostly useful for computer programmers. It might also be useful for people who want to explore the Linux internals of their Android phone.
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Some Android basics - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=619153
How to use ADB - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=502010
Terminal commands - http://www.busybox.net/downloads/BusyBox.html
I searched xda-developers a lot about IPv6 (Android related) but only questions, no one seamed to get it to work. Now I got IPv6 working on my Android phone and I want to share it.
Of course I can not held any responsibility for anything. I am no developer, just a user, who used Google a lot and who put a lot of single things together. Rather I am not sure why it works, but it does work.
Quick guide:
1. find out if Linux (Debian) is available for your Android phone and learn how to use it
2. find out if a tun module or a kernel with tun support exists for your phone
3. learn how to use IPv6 on Windows (if you are a Windows user) (I was happy with gogo Client at http://gogonet.gogo6.com/page/download-1) and on normal Linux (normal in meaning of running on PC) (I used miredo first)
4. learn what aiccu is and how to use it on PC
5. install Linux (Debian) on your phone
6. load the tun module (or use a kernel with tun support)
8. register aiccu
9. request tunnel at aiccu
10. install aiccu on your rooted Android phone (with tun) inside Debian chroot
11. done, test "ping6 ipv6.google.com" inside console, should work, and test in Android stock browers, it should also work!
Comprehensive guide:
First of all, before you start fiddling with Android and IPv6, which is quite tricky, I highly recommend to learn how to use IPv6 on Windows (only if you are a Windows user) and on some Linux distribution (Debian or Ubuntu recommend, as Debian is imho the most easy to get Linux for our Android phones).
On Ubuntu, which was running in VMware, I installed a package called miredo.(used this guide https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IPv6 look for miredo) It is a great piece of software. I just installed it and afterwards an apache2 webserver and the server was reachable from outside the virtual machine. Furthermore I did run another virtual machine with XP, both virtual machines, XP and Ubuntu where behind NAT (standard network configuration in VMware, setting up port forwardings is quite complicated) and also my router has a NAT and Windows firewall on host computer was also activated. Still... From the XP virtual machine I could access the apache2 running on Ubuntu. Great. You do not need VMware to learn how to use IPv6, of course, you can also use real hardware, but for me, VMware is very convenient.
Also learn what aiccu is and how to use it (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IPv6#Get_connected_with_SixXS).
After you just learnt how to use IPv6 on normal Linux (normal refers to the normal end user version, no hacked stuff for Android) you have to learn how to use Linux (Debian) on your Android phone.
I used this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1254283 but you will need another guide for your phone, because this is phone specific. Google the name of your phone in conjunction with chroot, Android, Linux, Debian or search xda. It may not be possible to install Linux on all Android phones. I do not know that and I can not help you with that because I am a Linux noob. Of course, maybe you don't have to use Debian on your phone, I just like Debian because imho you'll find most informations in conjunction with Android about it and because it's more newbie friendly in general compared to other Linux distros. So maybe you prefer some other distro.
Then you need to get a tun module for your phone/kernel or a kernel with tun support for your kernel. Load the module.
You need to register for aiccu and also request a tunnel.
Afterwards, last step, install aiccu. I think I edited aiccu.conf and entered username and password.
ping6 inside Debian chroot is working for me and also in Android stock browser I can access IPv6 websites.
There are quite a lot requirements and things to learn before, I am sorry, because I can not ease this process.
Right now I also can not tell you nothing about how stable this works, how reliable it is or what the benefits are.
Update:
Working - 3g connection on phone (everything only IPv6 of course)
- apache2 webserver
- SSH server - access with Putty
- SFTP - access with FireFTP or WinSCP
Native aiccu for Android
Some time ago, I hacked together a native aiccu port for Android. I only tested it with AYIYA tunnels. It worked greatly both on Android 2.1 in a Xperia X10 mini pro and on Android 2.3 in a Galaxy Tab.
To use, copy the aiccu-android-bin.7z contents to your phone and put your config at /data/aiccu/aiccu.conf.
Please note that you HAVE to use the provided "ip" executable. The one provided with busybox is incomplete for usage with aiccu, and won't work.
The aiccu-android-src.7z contains the source code if someone is interested in hacking deeper. In particular, testing heartbeat tunnels and seeing if any changes are needed to the source would be nice. Also, cleaning up and trying to push upstream would be great.
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thotypous said:
Some time ago, I hacked together a native aiccu port for Android. I only tested it with AYIYA tunnels. It worked greatly both on Android 2.1 in a Xperia X10 mini pro and on Android 2.3 in a Galaxy Tab.
To use, copy the aiccu-android-bin.7z contents to your phone and put your config at /data/aiccu/aiccu.conf.
Please note that you HAVE to use the provided "ip" executable. The one provided with busybox is incomplete for usage with aiccu, and won't work.
The aiccu-android-src.7z contains the source code if someone is interested in hacking deeper. In particular, testing heartbeat tunnels and seeing if any changes are needed to the source would be nice. Also, cleaning up and trying to push upstream would be great.
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Very nice. This simplifys the process a lot.
Unfortunately this does not work on my x8. Maybe because busybox is preinstalled with my ROM?
When I do acciu test, it complains about the ip executable. But I already copied both.
Can I get ride of the old buybox ip? Should it work on x8 as well?
T-Mobile USA has an beta native IPv6 service for ICS Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus UMTS phones. You can google the details. It is natively supported on the stock ICS software now using the UMTS network.
New solution:
https://code.google.com/p/gogodroid/wiki/GogoDroid
drawback:
needs ROM (kernel) with TUN (but any app could null that dependency)
First of all thanks for your work of putting all these information together!
I am using a Galaxy Nexus which allready has tun built in to the stock rom (ICS 4.0.4).
Unfortunately I cant get gogoDroid working. It seems it doesnt recognize the built in tun functionality.
So I tried it with the tun.ko module - no luck there neither, since there is no compiled version for the IMM76I Build :-(
Any suggestions on how to get it working anyways?
Edit: I also found another app which supports 6to4 tunneling called IPv6Config - you can find it on the Play market. Unfortunately 6to4 doesnt get thru NATted mobile networks...
Hello all !
Sorry to dig out this old thread again but here some infos about running IPv6 tunnels on a rooted Android phone.
I wrote a little app to simplify the installation, configuration and running the binaries posted by thotypous:
The app is called Androiccu and you can find it in the google market. Sorry, I'm not old enough to be allowed to post a link to it.
It's still in an early development stage but it does basically work for me and I would enjoy some feedback about success or failure.
This application downloads and installs the binaries, creates a config file with your login infos and can start and stop aiccu. All from a GUI, no need to play on a terminal.
Cheers and have fun testing.
why tunnel when you can have native ipv6 https://sites.google.com/site/tmoipv6/lg-mytouch
elgato99 said:
why tunnel when you can have native ipv6
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Because most mobile network operators don't provide native IPv6 yet. You're among a few lucky ones that has such an operator. I'm not. When i'm at home i don't need this app as my router provides natively an IPv6 address to my phone over the wifi network. But on my router itself i have to run a tunnel as well as my provider is also not able to provide IPv6.
The biggest aim of this application is to become quickly obsolete when finally all mobile network operators will be able to provide IPv6 natively.
Best regards,
Martin
ty for info. my phone now running sixxs and route it on hostpot.
core7x said:
ty for info. my phone now running sixxs and route it on hostpot.
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I have a sixxs tunnel. But how can I route this to wifi tethering? My ipad is connected to the wifi hotspot from the android, but the ipad can not resolve ipv6.google.com, but the android can do this.
Hi there
After a tragic accident the touchscreen of my Nexus S lost its touch- prefix. I'm thinking into turning it into a linux machine to use as a small home server (I have many uses for those, I'm using serveral Raspberry Pi for this purpose), and I'm looking for the best solution.
I'm open to any Linux distribution (even if I am quite more familiar with debian derivatives). If possible, I would like to get rid of the Android stack itself because it is quite useless without touch input. I won't use a SIM card in it so I only need Wireless LAN.
Here are the options I have found so far :
- Using Ubuntu Touch and hoping it can be accessed with SSH and used like a "normal" distro (I had no luck installing it yet, but I will find out eventually)
- Installing Debian in a chroot over Android, but I don't know if it is possible to do with only adb access. This would not get rid of the Android stack but at least I would be sure to have a functional wireless stack.
Does anyone have pointers to how to achieve this ? Or other solutions ?
Thanks !
What phones can boot into and run a desktop ARM Linux distro (such as Arch, Slackware, Ubuntu or Debian) natively, with call and messaging support?
Ubuntu Edge.
linuxphone said:
What phones can boot into and run a desktop ARM Linux distro (such as Arch, Slackware, Ubuntu or Debian)
natively, with call and messaging support?
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The closet you can get is with Ubuntu Edge but it is still under development and will not be available for a some time.
I am sorry I can not post the links yet in the post but you can google for the "Ubuntu Edge" and you will get enough reading material about the project.
There are also some solutions with VNC and a VM in which you run a desktop Linux. Might not be what you want, but you would have a Linux running on your phone.
The main problem is going to be drivers, which is why a ARM Linux can't just be booted. Someone would need to be merging device specific drivers into the linux, test it, debug it and so on, which doesn't make sense if there are so few people really wanting it. And as you can see with Ubuntus try on that: It is a lot of development needed.
It's possible to dual boot Maemo (to use it for phone features) and Ubuntu (desktop) on Nokia N900.
It's also possible to dual boot Windows Mobile (for phone features) and Ubuntu (desktop) on HTC HD2.
On the other hand, these Indian tablets boot and run Linux:
w w w .youtube.com/watch?v=n1tC8uSR0og
And have phone features:
w w w .techulator.com/resources/9492-Datawind-UbiSlate-7C-Edge-tablet-Full-specifications-features-online.aspx
If anyone tested Linux with phone calls on those devices, please tell.
A long time ago I installed Gentoo Linux on an ARM based hx4700 iPaq; it worked but ran so slowly it wasn't much use. The specialised Linux distros Familiar and Angstrom ran much better, as they were specifically designed for handheld devices. Granted phone specs are way improved now, but is there any real advantage running a full-blown Linux on a phone.... surely Android is basically a Linux distro optimised for phone specs (and chargeable apps, etc...). Would it be less work to port apps you need to run on Android instead - if that's your aim? Although it may be worth doing just for the sake of it....
Full-blown Linux offers the advantage of being in control of the operating system. You choose the tools you need. Android is less secure (backdoors, apps reading your data) and mobile apps generally feel like crippled desktop apps. For example, apt-get is much more comfortable to use, you just type the packages you need and it downloads them, no need for searching inside categories of app market (and all of them are free with full functionality with no ads). You can use the same scripts you wrote for your PC. It can be tweaked to run really fast (low resource usage apps written in C vs Android's Java), and you choose your desktop environment (e. g. a tiling window manager with the right apps literally flies on an old machine, RAM used on system start with Xorg running equals 20 MBs). Also, there's full filesystem encryption.
Mobile hardware is more or less the equivalent of a Pentium 2 / 3 / 4 desktop PC, which is enough for full desktop app experience.
Im glad i found this topic.
Thats not new to me...
I think the questions to add are:
- How to fully remove Android to Install Linux
- Can i install all the Drivers needed?
So that i can use: Modem(phone); WiFi & GPS under Linux.
-Is it possible to revert to Android?
- Minimum Requirements to Run Linux and What Distro?
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