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I have a Kyros 7015 4Gb , got it real cheap. Although Android is cool and all, I really am a Ubuntu/Debian guy at heart. I have installed Debian in PC's as low as 300mhz/64Mb running OK with Ice. I'm really curious about installing a more or less Debian or ubuntu with any light GUI in the Kyros. As far as I know, Debian 5 and 6 have ARM support in the kernel.
There is a blog from a known linux tinkerer which shows how to install linux inside a smartphone. it has a Debian and a Ubuntu compressed image :
nerd65536.blogspot.com/2011/01/how-to-instal-debian-or-ubuntu-in
I have tested this on a Motorola Cliq with a Ext3/SD-EXT/Swap partitioned 8gb microsd card and damn it works. I was able to have a full running Debian distro inside the phone. Even has a Gui through a VPN session.
But the same method wasnt possible in the Kyros. The install scripts expects at least 2 available partitions to install. As we know the Kyros only has 1 partition available.
SmartQ 5 and 7 sport a triple boot firmware that has Ubuntu 9.04 selectable. That would be a nice alternative, because SmartQ's have the same telechips cpu as the Kyros, and the Kyros has 2 more internal gb's.
However, SmartQ's dont have a Clockwork recovery based firmware, firmware has to be loaded through a USB cable and Windows (ughhh).
Kyros wifi seems to be based a Atheros 6000 variant. Might as well work for Aircrack,lol
So, what could be done? Can the blog based linux install.sh be modified? Or can a SmartQ recovery image be ported to the Kyros to use their firmware?
Thanks in advance..
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I've seen some RK3066 tablets mentioned, but I think it's time to publish some software and assist those who can and are curious to develop.
First of all, this is the same old Teclast P85 with an Allwinner A10 chip, but this time it hosts a more powerful RK3066 dual core chip, with "quad core" Mali 400 (from what I understand it uses two physical cores and two threaded ones). Alongside it there is 1 GB of RAM, internal SD card of 16 GB, 1024x768, 8 inches...
What I bring here to the table is both a ROM from Teclast, the last working one to my knowledge (1.17) and a /system pull, in the hope that someone wants to pick them up.
If someone picks this and wants to poke about, I'll be glad to test and report.
Teclast image (with installation instructions): https://docs.google.com/open?id=0By7z2PcQscDhSEp0UlFEWmRzdFE
System pull: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0By7z2PcQscDhQTVHOHc4bV9RWTg
Logseman said:
I've seen some RK3066 tablets mentioned, but I think it's time to publish some software and assist those who can and are curious to develop.
First of all, this is the same old Teclast P85 with an Allwinner A10 chip, but this time it hosts a more powerful RK3066 dual core chip, with "quad core" Mali 400 (from what I understand it uses two physical cores and two threaded ones). Alongside it there is 1 GB of RAM, internal SD card of 16 GB, 1024x768, 8 inches...
What I bring here to the table is both a ROM from Teclast, the last working one to my knowledge (1.17) and a /system pull, in the hope that someone wants to pick them up.
If someone picks this and wants to poke about, I'll be glad to test and report.
Teclast image (with installation instructions): https://docs.google.com/open?id=0By7z2PcQscDhSEp0UlFEWmRzdFE
System pull: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0By7z2PcQscDhQTVHOHc4bV9RWTg
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Hi Logseman, are there any way to root this tablet ?
Yes, you can use ZhuoDaShi with these instructions:
http://tabletrepublic.com/forum/teclast-a10-dual-core/how-root-teclast-a10-dual-core-2491.html
Christian Troy has been able to bring CWM to RK3066 devices. I'm laying a How-To here, but I don't guarantee that CWM will work flawlessly or as intended. I just used these steps to install it on my tablet, and they worked,
You need the update.img with the ROM you're using in your tablet, Wendal's tools to unpack RK images, and Christian Troy's CWM build.
1) Unzip the file which contains Wendal's tools.
2) Rename your update.img to wendal.img and move it to the folder where Wendal's tools are.
3) Run Runme.bat
4) Go to the Temp folder and copy the parameter file you have obtained.
5) Unzip the file which contains CWM.
6) Enter the folder which says "rom" and paste the parameter file from your tablet, replacing the one that is there.
7) Run the RKAndroidTool app in the CWM folder.
8) Connect your tablet in Flashmode: switch it off, and connect it while you hold the VOL+ button. If Windows doesn't find the drivers, they're packaged in the "Drivers" folder of the CWM file.
9) Now the RKAndroidTool should recognize your tablet. Click on "Flash ROM".
10) The tablet will restart in CWM after the flashing. Just poke around for a bit, and if everything's all right, restart the tablet,
Thanks go, of course, to Christian Troy and Wendal. If you can, donate to those guys, they're amazing!
Hello!
I have created a custom Ubuntu distro called Danuntu. It can be installed on any device (not only sticks but also tablets) that have a recovery kernel and a Ubuntu kernel ported for their CPU. Here are danuntu's main features in a nicely formatted text column:
Easy to install.
Danuntu is extremely easy to install. All you need is a windows or linux system (you can even use a SE208BW or a raspberry pi!), your android stick,an internet connection and ten minutes.
Easy to use.
Danuntu is made to be easy to configure and use.Wireless configuration is simplified by wpa gui, and then you can have fun browsing the internet and playing games!
Lots of flavours.
Lxde, xfce, gnome, unity and kde desktop versions are aviable. Also a base version without desktops is provided. I am working on the enlightenment e19 flavour.
Pure Ubuntu experience.
Only a few additional programs are installed and everything is up to date.
Can be installed everywhere.
Danuntu can be installed not only on rk3066 sticks but also on any other arm(hf) stick, phone or tablet. I am providing danuntu versions without a kernel so that you can install your own.
To install danuntu simply follow the instructions on my danuntu website: danuntu.magix.net
Daniil Gentili
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Specs:
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4GB Ram
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Any help would be appreciated!
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Hello Community!
I am asking myself it is possibe to direkt boot a debian ARM Port or ARCH Linux ARM Port (maybe from SD Card) on my Smartphone? I saw lots of videos booting a Linux on Top of Android but i would like to "natively" run a OS. Where a Custom ROM typically has drivers for a special type of device i am thinking if a very generel distribution could detect most of the devices hardware...
Any Ideas if this would be possible?
AFAIK it's not possible.
Can you give me a (detailled) hint why you think this would not work?
When reading the informations: https://archlinuxarm.org/about/downloads
The released downloads are designed for the specific systems above; however, our package repositories work with any ARM device compatible with ARMv5, ARMv6, ARMv7-a, or ARMv8-a AArch64 instructions.
In TWRP i can select Storage - maybe starting from TWRP command line a image start from SD Card would be possible?
You initially said your goal is to completely replace Android by Linux ( ARCH Linux - what is for tablets only ) on a smartphone, IIRC.
Now you say you want to run Linux ( ARCH Linux ) on top of Android. Confused ...
hello! i meant that my smartphone can start the TWRP bootloader and from there the boot process could be (maybe) handed over to an image at the SD card....
thats the idea... ;-)
TWRP is a Custom Recovery means a restricted Android OS ( like Windows RE for Windows machines), not a bootloader ( what is comparable to UEFI / BIOS on Windows machines ).
The Android bootloader starts the recovery mode and the kernel, which then starts the operating system of your smartphone.