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[old guide] moderators please unsticky and replace with the new guide

THIS GUIDE HAS BEEN REDONE. PLEASE VISIT THIS THREAD:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=761819

Just reading through the document now, seems the first link, http://www.soft‐go.com/get/Samsung‐Kies_79632.html isn't working. Not sure if the site is just down right now or if there's a mistake.

Rad_Fishy said:
Just reading through the document now, seems the first link, http://www.soft‐go.com/get/Samsung‐Kies_79632.html isn't working. Not sure if the site is just down right now or if there's a mistake.
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Thank you I didn't actually add that link it was from systoxity, but i will fix it.

nbs11 said:
Thank you I didn't actually add that link it was from systoxity, but i will fix it.
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I Fixed it

A few small things:
Intel should be intel.
Under CPU Optimization:
"Samsung’s CPU is set by default the run at 1gHz."
The should be to.
Sideloading:
"(don’t forget that after you install it from the market you still have to go to your app drawer and run busybox once so it installs)."
Should this be after you download it from the market?
ClockworkMod Recovery:
"ClockworkMod written for us by a developer that goes by the name of Koush"
Missing is.
"This gent puts a ton of work into helping us captivate owners out"
Replace puts with put and Capitalize Captivate.
Changing Your Messaging Ringtone:
"well the ones that matter anyway.."
Extra period.
Other than that, excellent guide. I'll definitely be using it when my Captivate arrives.

Rad_Fishy said:
A few small things:
Intel should be intel.
Under CPU Optimization:
"Samsung’s CPU is set by default the run at 1gHz."
The should be to.
Sideloading:
"(don’t forget that after you install it from the market you still have to go to your app drawer and run busybox once so it installs)."
Should this be after you download it from the market?
ClockworkMod Recovery:
"ClockworkMod written for us by a developer that goes by the name of Koush"
Missing is.
"This gent puts a ton of work into helping us captivate owners out"
Replace puts with put and Capitalize Captivate.
Changing Your Messaging Ringtone:
"well the ones that matter anyway.."
Extra period.
Other than that, excellent guide. I'll definitely be using it when my Captivate arrives.
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Thanks! I fixed all those errors but I'm not gonna upload the new version just yet because I will keep finding more errors so it just seems wasteful. I did not actually write most of the guide myself I just formatted it so there may be some mistakes I didn't pick up on.

i used this guide today and it delivered.

orlandoxpolice said:
i used this guide today and it delivered.
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If there was anything you found difficult or anything you would like to change just tell me and I will add it to tonight's update.

Hi,
Thanks for publishing this. It looks very useful, similar to Energy ROM.. But I am very new to Android phones (trying this on Samsung Captivate from AT&T, bought yesterday). I am running windows 7 ultimate 64bit and I exactly followed this guide. But somehow I am still not able to see the sd card. I tried placing the update.zip at Computer\SGH-I897\Phone and shut down the phone and tried restarting the phone by holding the up/down keys as well as power button. But after selecting reinstall packages it said could not find /sdcard/update.zip.. Pls held. Again very sorry if I did some mistake..

ask_j said:
Hi,
Thanks for publishing this. It looks very useful, similar to Energy ROM.. But I am very new to Android phones (trying this on Samsung Captivate from AT&T, bought yesterday). I am running windows 7 ultimate 64bit and I exactly followed this guide. But somehow I am still not able to see the sd card. I tried placing the update.zip at Computer\SGH-I897\Phone and shut down the phone and tried restarting the phone by holding the up/down keys as well as power button. But after selecting reinstall packages it said could not find /sdcard/update.zip.. Pls held. Again very sorry if I did some mistake..
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The SD card is simply the root directory of your phone. You do not need to open a folder, it is the highest folder you can place it in. Hope that helps

Somehow it was not able to find the sdcard root. Then I realized that you mentioned something called as Droid Explorer, I searched for it and installed it on my PC. But when I opened Droid Explorer, my device was not recognized, then I clicked on link on the explorer window, upon watching that video I enabled the USB Debugging, then I was able to see my device, then I selected connect to my device. After that I saw an explorer but it had empty root and I was not able to copy anything. There was a menu button at the top row named "Transfer to device or Copy to device" I selected that and selected update.zip file and tried to transfer. Something happened but still explorer was empty. Then from my phone Top slide down menu I selected mount USB storage and I started seeing windows explorer on my PC. Then apart from other folders I could see a folder sd in the root. Then I again put update.zip in the root.
Then followed the restart sequence, this time it found the file but exited after Signal 7. It was trying to asert something but could not find the correct model number I guess. My cell phone's model number is Samsung i897.
Please help

ask_j said:
Somehow it was not able to find the sdcard root. Then I realized that you mentioned something called as Droid Explorer, I searched for it and installed it on my PC. But when I opened Droid Explorer, my device was not recognized, then I clicked on link on the explorer window, upon watching that video I enabled the USB Debugging, then I was able to see my device, then I selected connect to my device. After that I saw an explorer but it had empty root and I was not able to copy anything. There was a menu button at the top row named "Transfer to device or Copy to device" I selected that and selected update.zip file and tried to transfer. Something happened but still explorer was empty. Then from my phone Top slide down menu I selected mount USB storage and I started seeing windows explorer on my PC. Then apart from other folders I could see a folder sd in the root. Then I again put update.zip in the root.
Then followed the restart sequence, this time it found the file but exited after Signal 7. It was trying to asert something but could not find the correct model number I guess. My cell phone's model number is Samsung i897.
Please help
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I did not write the PC instructions, so I can not help you (I only have a Mac). But the person who did can probably help you his username is systoxity.

Because not enough errors were found to make it worthwhile to update the PDF i will wait till tomorrow to fix the minor errors.

Good source of information
Thank you for putting this together. I am going to sticky this for the time being.

For installing the latest version of busy box, you should include that before the instructions for running titanium backup...the latest version of busybox installed from the market will work with titanium backup so theres no need to have to click the "problems" button...this way you wont have to do the busybox download step twice...should also save a few megs since titanium backup wont have its own copy of busybox installed BTW nice guide

You can also just mount the phone memory using windows explorer and move the file over. I was never able to get droid explorer to transfer the file. It always said it went but then was never there.
Anyway all I did was connected just as I was going to connect to kies but then when windows asked me what I wanted to do I clicked on open file view and dropped updated.zip on my phone.
Only issue that I had with rooting was I accidentally opened the file in windows(winrar). After I moved the file over it found it and attempted to install it but then exited with an error(do not remember exact error), but had to do with mounting. Anyway I re-downloaded file and saw file size was different. After I moved the file over again everything went great. I still haven't removed bloat-ware and such but thats next on the agenda.
Also I was on windows 7 64 bit, saw some other users in other threads saying they had issues connecting the phone. Everything so far has worked great for me
Thank you very much for this handy pdf file!

Somelinks aren't working
First of all I have to say very good guide for noobs!
1. when I downloaded the update.zip folder I didn't work I guess because the name of Samsung captivate is not in the folder or something. So I just downloaded the other file from the forums.
2. Link to CPU optimization doesn't work.
3. I downloaded the droid explorer. It connected to my phone but I was unable to transfer anything. So I just tapped on the USB connected in the notification bar and mounted the phone. This allowed me to use windows explorer to transfer files. I believe one can transfer files by selecting the option of Samsung Kies under USB settings.

I got all your feedback. It will all be corrected by tomorrow night.

Cool guide however the rumor is the GPS only gets turned on when pulling up an App that uses it, so that step in the "battery saving" section might not be necessary.
Also you may want to replace Market Enabler with Market Access. It's a rehash of Market Enabler but also has a Set on Boot option that keeps it persistent versus being reset each time.

You also Might want to add a Tips/Tricks Section..
Here You can put some cool tips like the one i found out about backlight control.
(found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=735394 )

[Q] Cisco AnyConnect for Rooted Devices

Has anyone got the Cisco Any Connect for Rooted Devices App to work on the TF??? I keep getting the "This device does not meet minimum requirements to run this software (TunTap driver could not be located)" error. Anyone find a workaround?

I'd root my TF in a sec if it will work. I've been trying to get this to work on my D2G but it also doesn't have a TunTap driver. I found tun.ko in one of the forums but have to had the chance to see how one might install it. I know some custom ROMs have it included.

works fine rooted prime + clemsyn 16

It seems that it is not able to load the tun.ko if it is present as a module. I had to use insmod /system/lib/modules/tun.ko to make it work. I have a stock kernel with just added tun.ko module.

Woah, didn't know this came out...thanks. Will give it a shot.
Edit: Appears to work fine, but I need get get my ASA license.

Awesome! Finally!

The app installs fine but when you try to connect is when you get that error. @ljs_cz, does the stock 3.1 come with the tun.ko module? If not where can I find one? I found a post with a module but its for 3.0.

Totally wasn't aware this existed. Works flawlessly on my TF running prime and clemsyn. This combined with RemoteRDP means I don't need to carry round my laptop when I'm on call!
Thank you OP, life-changer.

For those who are on stock 3.1 root, copy tun.ko to /system/lib/modules and
install it from a terminal, command "insmod tun.ko".
Check with command lsmod, you should see tun.ko loaded.
Install cisco anyconnect for rooted device and you are set.
Note, you will need to load tun.ko again after a reboot.
tun.ko, http://db.tt/ad4m1qB
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk

Thanks ill give that a try!!!

Ok its works great but when i restart the device the module isn't installed anymore and i have to insmod again. Any way to keep is installed after device boots???

help
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For those who are on stock 3.1 root, copy tun.ko to /system/lib/modules and
install it from a terminal, command "insmod tun.ko".
Check with command lsmod, you should see tun.ko loaded.
Install cisco anyconnect for rooted device and you are set.
Note, you will need to load tun.ko again after a reboot.
tun.ko,
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk
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i tried copying the tun.ko to /system/lib/modules but i got Permission Denied.
Is there another way to make this work?
I am rooted with build model 8.4.4.11

You need to mount the /system as RW before you can copy it. I am not sure of the ADB command, but you can do it through total commander (file manager) which is how I did it.

is it possible that you could give me a step by step guide as to how to accomplish this? i am trying but seem to be failing.

Bump, I could also use some help with ssretz's problem.

hmm..on ICS, tried your solution anyway. copied the file over to the location you specified, but when i run the command in the terminal it says no such file or directory.
Edit...i ran su -c insmod /system/xxx/xxx/tun.ko
i ran su earlier, but not on the same line.
that seems to register it. will test later.

still failing to copy files
Hi,
im running the TF PRIME 2 with ICS 4
im trying all of the suggested aboe and still failing to copy a file to the system/library/modules folder
any help?
i think it's a permission issue, my device IS rooted and i CAN copy files to the other SD folders

zipper9 said:
Hi,
im running the TF PRIME 2 with ICS 4
im trying all of the suggested aboe and still failing to copy a file to the system/library/modules folder
any help?
i think it's a permission issue, my device IS rooted and i CAN copy files to the other SD folders
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I've done it via command line (you must mount the system directory in RW mode) using multiple iteration of the proper switches until it finally worked, but if you're struggling, just spend a couple bucks to buy Root Explorer. The aggravation you'll save will be well worth it.
Root Explorer has a button that will eliminate the command line instructions necessary to mount the system directory in RW mode and return it to R only, along with allowing you a simple copy/paste interface to move the files.

connects but does not route over tunnel with CM9/Megatron 1.0.1
Current system with issue: Megatron 1.0.1 with stock kernel.
Details:
I am able to connect using Rooted anyconnect, and I see my route table getting updated but when I try to access a resource on the vpn network it can not reach. I am not able to ping, ssh, rdc to any resource thru the tunnel. Local lan resources such as my own computer work fine or internet resources
I see the following interfaces get created after I connect:
-csctun0
-droptun0
My route table displays updated routes after vpn connects showing to use the iface of the cscotun0 for the resources that need to be routed thru. (192.*, 10.*, etc)
Funny thing is that I am able to use the stock 4.0 ICS and/or older honeycomb releases and it works fine. It's just with Megatron 1.0.1 or any CM9 rom. I tried using update-cm-9-20120329-NIGHTLY-tf101-signed.zip, still a nogo. Leads me to believe could be related to the CM9 trunk.
The logs between stock and CM9 flavored roms look the same on anyconnect. Nothing glaring.
lsmod doesn't show the tun module in as I believe now tun is compiled directly in the kernel (can someone confirm this?) (Running lsmod with stock doesn't show tun, nor in CM9/Megatron).
I love me some cyanogen and really like ricardopvz work especially the quick apps, but I need my vpn working for production support as its nice to work off the tablet when I am not near a computer.
Any help or direction will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Confirmed that my problem only exists with CM9/Megatron roms
AOKP and stock based roms work fine. Any one else have this issue?
Sent from my Incredible 2 using XDA

[Q] CIFS Support

I'm using danalo1979's all in one EP4D posted here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1365376
Currently using the debloated version, but have also used bloated. Either way, it uses the 4.0.0 version of IMoseyON's kernel.
Is it possible to add a CIFS module or something so that I can use CIFSManager and mount a share from my home server? I realize it'd only really work when at home on the local network, but it would still be quite useful.
Thanks.

Yes. If you can get VPN working, which currently is nearly completey worthless on the Charge (it won't pass VPN traffic even on EP4D) then CIFS would be completely sick as hell no matter where you werre.
Anyways, here is how I do it it. There are other ways to do this. This particular way is cool because it allows a simple way to restore CIFS's settings when you change ROMs or wipe, etc.
This is assuming you are using IMO 4.0 kernel and that you have root.
Have fun! Let me know if you have success or need help.
1. Go to Terminal Emulator and type "su", then "cifs enable"
2. Install Busybox 1.18.2
3. Copy cifs.ko and slow-work.ko modules into a folder called "cifs" on the SD card (these can be put anywhere, I just prefer the SD card because its fast and easy)
4. Install CIFS Manager
5. In CIFS Manager settings, check "Loads cifs module" and "Load via Insmod" checkboxes
6. In CIFS Manager settings, type "/sdcard/cifs/slow-work.ko:/sdcard/cifs/cifs.ko" into the the "Path to cifs.ko[:<modpath>]*" field.
7. In CIFS Manager, create a new share and enter the fields- example with computer IP address of 192.168.1.100 with network share called "share" and computer username and password "user" and "password" respectively.:
Share Path:
192.168.1.100/share
Mount Point:
/mnt/sdcard/convert
Username:
user
Password:
password
8. Save Share and restart phone
9. In CIFS Manager, click on a share to mount it
10. Profit!
Note that there is a module in /system/modules called bcm4329.ko that Imoseyon added to the kernel. I don't actually recall where I got my cifs.ko and slow-work.ko modules, but they were advertised for Froyo, possibly for the Galaxy S phone. I would be happy to provide the files if anyone is interested.
Note that the slow-work.ko module likely must be typed into the field first in Step 6.

Major cool. Thanks.
I'm searching for the cifs.ko and slow-work.ko modules now. When I find versions that work I'll go ahead and post them here. However, since you already have working versions it'd be great if you went ahead and posted them in case I can't find ones that work.

Actually, I just turned used the "CIFS enable" command as SU in terminal emulator and I'm now able to use CIFS Manager to mount stuff. I'm now trying to get Mount Manager to work as it appears to be able to automatically mount and unmount when you connect to a wireless network.
As you say, a working VPN solution would tie all this up in a nice bow....
Thanks again.

Interesting, I'm curious how you got it to mount without the modules. I recall getting "No Such Device" when mounting indicating the the kernel doesn't support it unless I point to the slow-work.ko and cifs.ko modules.
Can you describe what you did you get it working without using the modules?
Thanks
The ones I use:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IFOUQS9T
The GB ones that I haven't really used:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=456718D0
By the way, PPTP works fine on ICS. I tested it on the Galaxy Nexus. I don't know about CIFS support on the Galaxy Nexus though.

Absolutely nothing.
I'm using danalo1979's easy all in one odin. I simply opened a terminal emulator, typed SU and then typed "CIFS enable". Upon a reboot I was able to access the share using CIFSManger. Still haven't messed with Mount Manager to automate the remounts.

[Q] Inevitable Newbie questions

Bought a rooted Captivate on ATT with ICS 4.0.4 and cyanogen 9. Tried to unlock it but could not get nv_data.bin to copy to my sdcard. Ended up just calling ATT and they gave me the code.
Forgive me if these answers are here. I looked, I couldn't find them.
Why doesn't cat /efs/nv_data.bin >> /sdcard/nv_data.bin result in the file being copied to the sdcard next to the sim card? Does that sdcard have a different name? I put an apk file on there via my computer (LOST.DIR was there from the phone, btw) but the phone said nothing was on the sdcard, which means I'm looking at the wrong sdcard somehow?
Why does my SGH-i897 have an i9000UGKG3 baseband and does that make the phone a GT-i9000 or is it still an i897?
Why does Google Play not allow registering a second device so that the app store can be accessed? I got the apk for the store downloaded and installed, but it just launches and then immediately closes.
I found KIESAIR-1.apk, downloaded it but that halts with a message "Application not installed." No idea why. Tried two versions of Kies Air. Both installations halted. I did check allow unknown sources. I want Kies Air because I cannot get USB to work with the phone on three different Windows laptops and that's a whole other kettle of fish.
Much appreciate any info you can share.
-Bob

To answer your first question, i think the command would be going to /mnt/sdcard instead of just /sdcard.

I loathe kies air. You can use "Air Droid", it should be on the market. There are other similar applications where you can transfer files via Wi-Fi. Hopefully someone else here will help you with accessing the market.
The baseband is the modem(or radio, not sure what term exactly) your phone is running, which is what the phone uses to get a signal and access the data network People report higher data speeds, better signal, and better GPS reception with different modems. It's still a Samsung Captivate. I'm using an I9000 modem as well.
That's all I can answer for you, I'm sort of a newbie too. Lots of reading and googling helps.

the micro sd card is mounted as
/sdcard/external_sd
the path /sdcard is the internal user storage.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using xda app-developers app

Thank you very much. So that I can have better luck with Google searches in the future, can you tell me how you came to know this? All I came up with in my searches was /mnt/sdcard but that turned out to be the system card and I'm lucky I didn't screw up anything.
Found the various wikis on XDA for Captivate and now reading through them.
laughingT said:
the micro sd card is mounted as
/sdcard/external_sd
the path /sdcard is the internal user storage.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using xda app-developers app
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I had tried that, but forgot to mention it. As somebody else pointed out, that turned out to be the system card.

bobcov said:
Why does Google Play not allow registering a second device so that the app store can be accessed? I got the apk for the store downloaded and installed, but it just launches and then immediately closes.
-Bob
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Are you sure gapps was ever flashed once CM9 was installed? You might flash it again anyway and see if that helps. I've never known Play to limit registrations.

It has to be part of the firmware? Is that what you mean by it has to be flashed? Where can I read about that? BTW, I now have access to the phone via Android Sync Manager over wifi. Trying to find a way to put contacts into it without using Gmail. Seems I can't see the entire file system. The contacts are supposed to be in a file in this path data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts.db, but that path doesn't show up. How come? I'll be looking back at this post someday chuckling, but for now, I'm mystified.

bobcov said:
It has to be part of the firmware? Is that what you mean by it has to be flashed? Where can I read about that? BTW, I now have access to the phone via Android Sync Manager over wifi. Trying to find a way to put contacts into it without using Gmail. Seems I can't see the entire file system. The contacts are supposed to be in a file in this path data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts.db, but that path doesn't show up. How come? I'll be looking back at this post someday chuckling, but for now, I'm mystified.
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When you install cyanogenmod Google apps (gapps) aren't included. If the previous owner didn't add them then none of your Google apps nor your sign in will be present. Even if it is already installed a reinstall may help.
Download this: http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip
Reboot to recovery and install zip from sdcard. You'll have to find and choose the file you just downloaded. Reboot and see if things aren't square.
You can also do a nandroid backup from the recovery so you can get back to where you are now if things go awry. Side note, if you want to install the latest cm9 nightly the method is the same.
You can find clearer instructions via the cyanogenmod site should you feel uneasy about proceeding. I'm away from the PC and typing from my phone or I'd try to be more thorough. Good luck!
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bobcov said:
It has to be part of the firmware? Is that what you mean by it has to be flashed? Where can I read about that? BTW, I now have access to the phone via Android Sync Manager over wifi. Trying to find a way to put contacts into it without using Gmail. Seems I can't see the entire file system. The contacts are supposed to be in a file in this path data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts.db, but that path doesn't show up. How come? I'll be looking back at this post someday chuckling, but for now, I'm mystified.
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I just checked and found my contacts where you mentioned. You probably just need to copy the file using a file manager and move it to an accessible location you can see from the PC. I like root explorer. ES file manager is good, too, and free.
Since you may not have gapps I'd try that first and it may create the contacts db.

Hi,before I can try what you suggested, I need to straighten out what's up with my file system. I still cannot see my external sd card in file operations, even though the phone shows it is present, lets me mount and unmount it. If I copy something to it from the laptop using a card reader, nothing shows up when it is mounted in the phone. The other mystery is that with ES file explorer, I still do not see the contacts.db file path, so I'm doing something wrong. Once I can see that path and see the external sd, I'll follow your instructions.
-B

Make sure you have root function enabled in es file explorer. It's in settings.
With the external sd , on cm9 you'll find it at /emmc. (or /mt/emmc)
But read up on flashing.... You won't regret it.
Sent from phone with app

i believe the external sd card is called emmc on the ics roms

try opening a terminal emulator, then type:
df
the ouput from df will give you total space and free space for mounted paths, including your sdcard, if it is mounted.
if you want to see rootsystem files, run su before df.
there is a free terminal emulator on google play, aka market, if you need it.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using xda app-developers app

bobcov said:
Hi,before I can try what you suggested, I need to straighten out what's up with my file system. I still cannot see my external sd card in file operations, even though the phone shows it is present, lets me mount and unmount it. If I copy something to it from the laptop using a card reader, nothing shows up when it is mounted in the phone. The other mystery is that with ES file explorer, I still do not see the contacts.db file path, so I'm doing something wrong. Once I can see that path and see the external sd, I'll follow your instructions.
-B
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At this point, how do you feel about starting over? Some people aren't comfortable with a full factory reset and/or starting over with stock gingerbread, but I'd be leaning toward that at this point. I'm not completely sure it's necessary but I've wiped clean for less.

Well, after many days, I am now finally importing 750 contacts without exposing any of them to a 3rd party server such as Google, etc.
1. There's a link here somewhere for version 1.3.450.0 "Samsung USB Driver for Mobile Phones. The filename was SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_x86.exe
2. Forget about Kies. Somebody said it won't work unless it sees Touch Wiz. I don't know if it would work under any circumstances.
3. For my 750 contacts in blackberry, I made an .ipd backup of the blackberry using the RIM software, then used ABC Amber Blackberry Converter which can extract data from IPD backups and exported my contacts as CSV.
4. I used Windows Address Book to read the CSV file created by Amber and saved the file with .WAB as a Windows Address Book file.
5. I used the inexplicably free and astoundingly well-executed Wondershare MobileGo for Android program to link to my phone. On one computer it immediately identified the model and showed all contents. On another computer, it could not see the phone, and went to the web without prompting, downloaded a driver, installed it and loaded the phone into the program. Amazing. All I did was click on contacts on the left and then the small down arrow under the word "Import" on the Import icon. It took me about an hour to realize this was how to get the program to import different formats other than vcard. It somehow immediately found the .WAB file, and imported the 750 contacts where are now on the phone.
6. For the purposes of entertainment for those who know better and education for those who don't, here were some of my downfalls: All the apps may respond to that little funny symbol on the left, below the keyboard adjacent to "Samsung." I didn't know for the longest time that was a critical menu key. Also mirthful, I didn't know that you can just draw downward from the top of the screen and get a kind of status page where you will see "USB connected" which you must press if you want to copy stuff to the phone. I will now read the phone's manual.
It seems that the external card under Cyanogenmod 9 is /mnt/emmc/ instead of where programs expected it to be. I got a program called Directory Bind and tried to make it so that /mnt/emmc/ would automatically be seen as /mnt/sdcard/external_sd but it said that that wasn't a valid target. Any ideas there? Meantime I have done it from terminal but I don't think that will stick beyond a reboot.

Damn you learn quick. When I first discovered the menu key it was like discovering a while new world.

[Q] Mount command

Hi all, on my Linux box I can mount shares by their IP addresses as shown below
mount //192.168.1.3/music /mnt/music
but when I try it in Android terminal I get "invalid argument" error, what am I doing wrong ?

pkfox said:
Hi all, on my Linux box I can mount shares by their IP addresses as shown below
mount //192.168.1.3/music /mnt/music
but when I try it in Android terminal I get "invalid argument" error, what am I doing wrong ?
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As far as I know you can't mount NFS natively in android. However if you try something like ES File Explorer it should work, I use it for my home SAN all the time. You can't "mount" it but you can browse it and play movies, music, copy stuff, etc.

Lethe6 said:
As far as I know you can't mount NFS natively in android. However if you try something like ES File Explorer it should work, I use it for my home SAN all the time. You can't "mount" it but you can browse it and play movies, music, copy stuff, etc.
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These are CIFS shares

pkfox said:
These are CIFS shares
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Same thing really. There's no kernel support for it. I think I remember someone released a cifs.ko module for the TF101 a long time ago but don't take my word for it. But there's a few different CIFS managers free on the play store. I'm sure you'll fine one you like.

Lethe6 said:
Same thing really. There's no kernel support for it. I think I remember someone released a cifs.ko module for the TF101 a long time ago but don't take my word for it. But there's a few different CIFS managers free on the play store. I'm sure you'll fine one you like.
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OK thanks for your time.