Ubuntu Maverick - Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi! Did anyone tried booting Ubuntu 10.10 in your Nexus S this way??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=962023
I tried booting it but I can't, it says it will boot but it doesn't respond, is it compatible? Anyone got success with this? Thanks!!

NOTE: YOU NEED SPEEDMOD KERNEL FOR THE GALAXY S FOR THIS TO BOOT
i think thats the problem...

Do you think so? But this kernel is not used only to increment the speed of the phone so that it can handle this version of Ubuntu?? I think the Nexus S is quite fast to handle this! As I'm not a developer I don't know it... I'll keep investigating, thanks!!

i have tried this like 2 months ago its not so hard to do and works pretty good on Nexus S but you will need an on screen keyboard because the one i installed had some keyboard issue with VNC..also as far as i now CM7 rom doesnt support this you can use stock rom though..

you can use the guide (and the iso) @ nexusonehacks.
i currently use this script to launch pastebin.com / F1ULPVYw
and
Code:
if [ ! -f /.lockterm ];
then
export USER=root
cd /
rm -r -f tmp
mkdir tmp
cd /
vncserver -geometry 800x480
touch /.lockterm
fi
just to avoid a 2nd launch of vncserver.
You should have to change loop5 to loopN (N=7,8,9,...) if the script fails.

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Can't get Ubuntu on Captivate

Hey guys,
So I'm using the info from the Vibrant (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=754258) but I can't seem to get Ubuntu booted on my cappy.
Here is all of the text from my command window.
Code:
C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop\adb>adb shell
* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *
# cd /sdcard/ubuntu
cd /sdcard/ubuntu
# su
su
# sh ./ubuntu/ubuntu.sh
sh ./ubuntu/ubuntu.sh
sh: Can't open ./ubuntu/ubuntu.sh
# ls
ls
fsrw
mountonly
ubuntu.img
unionfs
bootubuntu
ubuntu.sh
# sh ./ubuntu.sh
sh ./ubuntu.sh
modprobe: chdir(2.6.32.9): No such file or directory
←[H←[Jrm failed for -f, No such file or directory
rm failed for -f, No such file or directory
rm failed for -f, No such file or directory
rm failed for -f, No such file or directory
rm failed for -f, No such file or directory
mkdir: can't create directory '/data/local/mnt': File exists
←[H←[Jrm failed for -/system/bin/mountonly, No such file or directory
Unable to chmod bootubuntu: Operation not permitted
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Ubuntu Chroot Bootloader v0.1
Ubuntu Bootloader is now installed!
This process does NOT damage Android OS!
Original Installer by Charan Singh
Modified for Ubuntu Chroot by Max Lee at NexusOneHacks.net
To enter the Debian Linux console just type 'bootubuntu'
# bootubuntu
bootubuntu
mknod: /dev/loop5: File exists
losetup: /dev/block/loop5
mount: Device or resource busy
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
Setting /etc/resolv.conf to Google Open DNS 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
Setting localhost on /etc/hosts
READY TO ROCK AND ROLL BABY!
Brought to you by NexusOneHacks.net and the open source community!
chroot: can't execute '/bin/sh': No such file or directory
Shutting down Ubuntu
failed.
losetup: /dev/loop5: Device or resource busy
I am running Windows 7 64bit. I have busybox on the device and I'm running Axura 2.5.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
No help? =(
I noticed that for some reason it couldn't make directories so I looked at the scripts and made the folders it was utilizing but still getting the screen shown above.
Why would you want to put Ubuntu on your Captivate? Just to see if you can get it to work? Good luck, btw.
cavsoldier19d said:
Why would you want to put Ubuntu on your Captivate? Just to see if you can get it to work? Good luck, btw.
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lol, hope you just didn't open up a flame war... Why or why not..
I am a slacker myself, but personally think it would be counter productive to put a full os on a captivate.
Lol. Kinda like installing android os on a pc...you can get it to work, but wasn't exactly designed for it and would not be practical at this point.
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Well, yes...mainly for the awesomeness of just being able to. But it would be cool to be able to access it from another computer via SSH and VNC...following the links in the mentioned thread above, people are able to on the Evo and Vibrant....
So back to the topic...I tried the various 'bootubuntu' scripts and compared the differences...I think either I'm missing some app maybe that allows the various commands (but I do have busybox...so dunno) or something with 'modprobe' for the ext2 partition?
Hey nothing wrong with wanting to try. I'm currently booting 3 different OS's on my comp, Win7 x64, Ubuntu 10.10 x64, and Fedora 14 x64, just because I wanted to try. and I'm about to add Sabayon 5.4 Gnome x64, and about 3-4 other random ones just to try because I can. But yeah let me know if this ends up working for you, be sure to post some screen caps. Otherwise, I haven't tried and I don't think I will, I got my phone how I like it
*edit* BTW I'm clueless about that on how to help lol sorry
I would try another ROM first. Or boot into clockwork recovery and apply root from that. From what i can tell busybox isnt working right.
I re-installed buysbox and still nothing.
I've done so many tweaks to this ROM, I would hate to try another an lose all the random stuff I've done. Then again, I've never tried the "backup system data" with Titanium....but all the rom threads say not to do that.
Anyhoo...any other alternatives?

[HOWTO] Running debian via chroot on OO

This tutorial is based on this one for G1: http://www.saurik.com/id/10
Hi,
I'll show you how to run debian in chroot on our optimus one. It wont affect android in any way, and they can run simultaneously, side by side. You are only running bash from debian, not its kernel or any other low-level part. But you can use debian's programs.
Requirements
* Linux on your pc or in virtual machine
You need debootstrap to make debian image, so you need debian distro (maybe in *buntu it is too, but I am not sure). You dont need GUI, bash is all you need.
* Busybox(-> rooted phone)
Most custom roms comes with busybox, I am not sure how about store ROM.
* Terminal emulator on phone and/or ADB
I suggest you to make sure you have adb, because you dont wanna write it all on small touch keyboard.
Some knowledge about linux systems
If you are following this tutorial only because you want to /flex on your friends and you dont know anything about linux, then you really _should_ stop reading this tutorial.
I also recommend you to have a2sd, so we can put debian image on its partition, when it is on sdcard main partition, it _may_ cause some problems with usb mass storage.
So, lets start.
1. Getting debian image
Boot into debian and get bootstrap tool:
Code:
apt-get install debootstrap
Now, create an empty disk image, I'd say minimum size is about 150mb, but I recommend you use more:
Code:
dd if=/dev/zero of=debian.img seek=*size_in_bytes* bs=1 count=1
You need to create ext filesystem in image with this tool(you can try it with "sudo" if you have problems):
Code:
mke2fs -F debian.img
Image is ready now, now lets mount it so we can install debian into it:
Code:
mkdir debian
mount -o loop debian.img debian
Debootstrap tool will do all the work for us. You can try to use squeeze instead of lenny or download it from your country's mirror. "--variant=minbase" argument will install just base system with apt-get and only few other packages. (This also may need sudo)
Code:
debootstrap --verbose --arch armel --foreign lenny debian http://ftp.cz.debian.org/debian
umount debian
2. Mount the image
Now, we will use ADB shell to mount the image and finish debian installation. Do not forget to write "su" before you start, we need root for this.
You need to decide where to put debian.img. I suggest you to put it on a2sd partition, which is system/sd, so :
Code:
cp /sdcard/debian.img /system/sd
export kit=/system/sd
Our mount point will be /data/local/mnt, so lets make some variable to make it easier:
Code:
export mnt=/data/local/mnt
busybox mkdir -p $mnt
We also need to set these enviroment variables, and we can also make alias for busybox so we dont have to write busybox all the time.
Code:
export PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:$PATH
export TERM=linux
export HOME=/root
alias _=busybox
Now we need to create loop device for image:
Code:
_ mknod /dev/loop0 b 7 0
And if nothing went wrong, you should be able to mount image now ("mount: no /etc/mtab" is normal) :
Code:
_ mount -o loop,noatime $kit/debian.img $mnt
3. Finalizing installation of debian
With mounted image, we can proceed to second stage of debian bootstrap:
Code:
_ chroot $mnt /debootstrap/debootstrap --second-stage
If you want install some packages with apt-get, you also need to add repo to sources.list. Of course, if you downloaded squeeze instead of lenny, you need to change "lenny" to "squeeze"
Code:
echo 'deb http://ftp.cz.debian.org/debian lenny main' >$mnt/etc/apt/sources.list
Set correct DNS servers - debian can't take them from Android.
Code:
echo 'nameserver 4.2.2.2' >$mnt/etc/resolv.conf
Done, installation over.
4. Running debian bash
To get to debian bash, use this command. You can try "cat /etc/issue.net" or "uname -a" so you can see its really debian.
Code:
_ chroot $mnt /bin/bash
But its not all yet, you need to mount some things for debian:
Code:
mount -t devpts devpts /dev/pts
mount -t proc proc /proc
mount -t sysfs sysfs /sys
Now link mtab to /proc/mounts. You need to do this only once.
Code:
rm -f /etc/mtab
ln -s /proc/mounts /etc/mtab
And if you want to use ssh server to log in into debian, you also should set root pass:
Code:
passwd root
5. Installing packages
First, you need to update packages list:
Code:
apt-get update
and now you can install whatever you want with "apt-get install"!
6. Finishing
I suggest you to write some .sh script so you can mount it all with one command, for example something like this: http://pastebin.com/VT6272d5
What packages have you tested?
sshd - works great, you can connect to phone via putty or ssh
mc - works, but phone screen is to small
gcc-avr - if you are programming for avr microcontrollers, you can compile it on your phone
netcat - telnet connection
git-core - works great
htop - you can see this on screnshot below
apache2 - works like a charm
xfce4, Xorg server and tightvncserver - working but slow, see screenshots
gnash - working but slow, see screenshots. This is the only option how to run flash content on optimus one xD
Iceweasel - if you are using vnc server, you can browse web pages
gcc, g++, autoreconf, cmake and whatever else is needed to build mangos - working
mysql-server - you have to set "user = root" in /etc/mysql/my.conf, but works
MaNGOS - http://getmangos.com/ takes long to build, but works! See this post and also this one.
..and maybe some more which I dont remember.
Hope this tutorial helped you
I'll try bootstrapping debian when I figure out what the hell is wrong with my system. I can't download files from ftp (but I can with wget and other progs. just not with pacman, debootstrap, and the like).
debian on optimus v
searched around to avoid multiple posts, and found this.
I've been running chroot debian on my V as well, squeeze then sid now going back to squeeze.
the main problem I've encountered was in the "debootstrap --second-stage", which generally froze at "I: configuring sysvinit". I thought that was from overloading the CPU, but turns out android init doesn't create /dev/initctl like debian does, so debootstrap hangs waiting for a response reading/writing /dev/initctl
I didn't have that issue using SL4A's shell instead of android terminal.
being a bit of a 'noid, I have used "mknod /dev/initctl p" in the chroot before running "debootstrap --second-stage" since reading of that solution. not sure if it's making much difference, because that didn't fix the issue before I found SL4A and was still using android terminal for shell functions.
I like xfce4 as a window manager in the VNC, it's small but still functional.
I did a bit of things different than saurik, but used his guide extensively, along with much googling for other deb->droid ports.
my chroot runs in the android root directory with bind-mounts since the custom kernel I like doesn't include unionfs. I also directly use an ext4 2nd partition on the SD rather than a loop-mounted filesystem image. (yes, ext4 journals will eventually frag my SD but the cost of another is worth the crash-resistance to me.)
my short-term goal is to mix inits between the two os's and run X through an android app frontend to avoid the framebuffer copy lag from the VNC. my 3 main reasons for debian on the phone are program development (works currently,) flash (actually gnash, and needs a working full-speed access to framebuffer, not working yet,) and emulators for J2ME and MAME (same boat as flash.)
so far trying to run X directly blanks my screen and forces a battery pull to get it back, so kinda giving up that route for the moment.
so installing Archlinux on O1 must be possible? how?
pymebrahimi said:
so installing Archlinux on O1 must be possible? how?
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All must work, as long as they support running on ARM. AFAIK Arch doesn't have an (official) ARM port. You can try Arch Mobile though
This command fails me
Code:
_ mount -o loop,noatime $kit/debian.img $mnt
The error I get is no device or file exists.
Tried creating more number of loop devises too. Still it didn't work. I am using cyanogemmod 2.3.3 ROM.
onehomelist said:
This command fails me
Code:
_ mount -o loop,noatime $kit/debian.img $mnt
The error I get is no device or file exists.
Tried creating more number of loop devises too. Still it didn't work. I am using cyanogemmod 2.3.3 ROM.
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What is the exact wording of the error?
The exact error that I get:
Code:
# busybox mknod /dev/loop0 b 7 0
# busybox mount -o loop,noatime $kit/debian.img $mnt
mount: can't setup loop device: No such file or directory
Instead of using $kit/debian.img, try manually pointing to the debian image.
For example, if you have it on the sdcard's debian folder:
Code:
/sdcard/debian/debian.img
That too didn't work.
make sure that debian image is where it should be. Also try to "ls /dev/" and look for loop0 - i had some problems with loop devices on mik's 2.3, but I did not really solved it, because I went back to froyo after while.
The loop0 device exists is /dev. As you have experienced same issue on the same ROM, I am convinced that its a ROM issue.
I just tried to install xorg, xfce4 & tightvncserver - everything work just fine, although its kinda slow
ext partition instead of loop filesystem
Tasssadar said:
I just tried to install xorg, xfce4 & tightvncserver - everything work just fine, although its kinda slow
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I think it runs faster from a sdcard partition than a loop filesystem, if I remember right. I tested a loop-mounted preconstructed debian img from some tutorial for another device before debootstrapping my own.
partition your card with a second partition, ext2 if you're worried about journalling wearing out your sd, or ext4 if you're more worried about corrupting your precious debian filesystem in a crash or unclean umount. gparted in ubuntu seemed to work well for me.
resize your ntfs partition instead of deleting it or android may complain.
with your debian img mounted as a loop filesystem on a linux box at the same time as your new partition, you can copy everything from the img to the ext partition by:
Code:
cp -av /path/to/loopmountedimg/* /path/to/extpartition
if you replace the loop-mounting code in your boot script with a vold mount of your ext partition, android is supposed to umount the partition cleanly on powerdown or reboot.
on my optimus v, the mount looks like the following in my boot script (I'm posting the comments too for info)
# mount 2nd sdcard partition from vold, should prevent dirty unmount at reboot
# if your linux is on a different partition than 2, substitute that number for the 2 in .../vold/179:2 below
# first unmount it; if not already mounted, system will echo 'umount: can't forcibly umount /dev/block/vold/179:2: Invalid argument' but this isn't an error to worry about
Code:
umount -l /dev/block/vold/179:2
mount -o noatime,exec,suid /dev/block/vold/179:2 /$mnt
maybe someone here can use this info.
also, for anyone who wants to save some hours and bandwidth, I have a basic squeeze debootstrap uploaded to 4shared.
it shouldn't be missing any of the readme's or licensing docs, so it should be GPL ok AFAIK.
resolv.conf and sources.list are already configured for 3g access and the main Debian repository, so it's pretty much plug-n-play.
no extra packages. you'll need to apt-get tightvncserver and a window manager unless you just want the bash shell.
the first time you chroot in, you should use passwd to set a root password, and adduser to get a non-root account on there.
the only glitch is that I accidentally tar'd it into a compressed folder; so you can't just untar it into the ext partition, it needs unpacked with an archive manager. sorry!
here is the filesystem image
uncompressed, 9645 items, totalling 264.3 MB
compressed, 116.3 MB (121929580 Bytes)
Tried to put it on ext2 partition without image, its a bit faster but still very slow.
But i took some screenshots this time. You can see flash (well, gnash) player on optimus one working on last screenshot
And I have one question: is debian using its own libc or android's bionic?
Tasssadar said:
Tried to put it on ext2 partition without image, its a bit faster but still very slow.
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guess I'm biased, first linux I used was on a 100MHz pentium 1, so this handheld flies by comparison.
But i took some screenshots this time. You can see flash (well, gnash) player on optimus one working on last screenshot
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I could only get gnash to play ads. boo. froze up iceweasel every time I tried to open a flash video. what browser are you using? oh, man, it's iceweasel, isn't it?? also, chromium just refused to start on my optimus.
And I have one question: is debian using its own libc or android's bionic?
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pretty sure it's standard debian libc. you could integrate the android toolchain if you were so motivated, probably.
bigsupersquid said:
I could only get gnash to play ads. boo. froze up iceweasel every time I tried to open a flash video. what browser are you using? oh, man, it's iceweasel, isn't it?? also, chromium just refused to start on my optimus.
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Chromium does not work for me, too.
Well, it froze for me too, but after while it at least got to show what you see on the screenshot
bigsupersquid said:
pretty sure it's standard debian libc. you could integrate the android toolchain if you were so motivated, probably.
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I was just thinking if this is possible, then normal android aplication could have libc included, if its needed.
Do you know MaNGOS? It is open-source server for World of Warcraft (for more info go to http://getmangos.com/). I just compiled it and I run it on my optimus one. And guess what - without world db, its really fast! I am extracting UDB to database right now, I will post some screenshots and results with full-featured db soon.
And thats why I love linux and android
I got no words to describe my eyes when reading that at the moment.
So, what you might wanna know if you wanna try it too:
All packages needed for mangos to compile are working good, except for mysql server: you need to set "user = root" in my.cnf - it is located in /etc/mysql/ - because you cant put any root rights to any other user than root, so mysql user cant create tcp socket.
You will most likely need swap file - optimus has plenty of RAM, but yet not enough. All you need is to compile kernel with CONFIG_SWAP=y and follow this tutorial: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-add-a-swap-file-howto/. 512mb swap is enough. Just for the record, swap is working on optimus one, I think nobody tried it here yet.
Now as for the compilation of mangos, it is mostly working as it is, only problems are intel tbb library and g3dlite library.
TBB is not available for arm yet, so you need to compile without it. Use -DUSE_STD_MALLOC=0 in cmake line.
As for the g3dlite, things are little bit more tricky - you need it, and there are some asm() instructions in it, which are different for arm. I only commented them, because I dont know assembler: https://github.com/Tasssadar/mangos-arm/commit/67c442fa0c10e82b282b83a8fe485588f8786e12
I have no idea how it can even work without all that code in g3dlite, but it just does.
You can use scriptdev2 from its git, theres no problem in it.
Thats all, after that just "make" and get something good to read, because it will take really long. At least 5 hours for compilation and nearly hour and a half for linking of scriptdev2 and mangosd binary.
Creating of databases is just like on normal pc, so I just skip it...same goes for dbc files, maps and vmaps.
Loading of mangos takes around 4 minutes with full-featured db. mangos then takes around 180mb of ram and cpu usage is...surprisingly low, considering the fact that our cpu does not have hw float operations. I tried to clear Azjol Nerub instance (well, solo with gm character) and maximal cpu usage was 60%, when fighting a boss with lots of spawns. I could imagine some 5-man dungeon run would be just fine
Also, you will get slight lag when moving into new location, when phone loads map files from sdcard.
Thats all, see screenshots

Working aircrack-ng with monitor mode and packet injection !

Hi,
so after few days of playing with drivers patches kernel sources i finally got aircrack-ng working on g1 ! ( If you dont know whats aircrack-ng http://www.aircrack-ng.org/) I tested airodump for 1h, had it dumping packets to the sdcard to a cap file with channel switching and aireplay with deauth attack. I monitored this from my laptop to see if the packets are being sent ok and the client was disconnected from the network as expected.
I used patches for the n900 form the "download here" link at the bottom of this page http://david.gnedt.eu/blog/wl1251/. I also followed this tutorial http://bobcopeland.com/android_wifi.html and used his excellent kernel patch to get the msm_wifi.ko module. I then used the kernel and the zip file herehttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14768272&postcount=2427
You will want to make a backup of your system before you do anything. With that kernel you won't be able to use wifi in the Android UI.
Requirements to use attached files:
2.2 Rom
Debian installed in chroot on g1 with aircrack-ng installed ( you can use this img http://www.mediafire.com/?0ab95ia8xbale0i , just extract in on /sdcard/ so debian.img path is /sdcard/debian/debian.img )
How to make it work ?
steps 1-5 are one time only
First boot your android ROM and type
adb shell
$ su
# mount -o remount,rw /
# cd /system/etc/firmware
# ln -s ../wifi/Fw1251r1c.bin wl1251-fw.bin
# cat /proc/calibration > wl1251-nvs.bin
# mount -o remount,ro /
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Extract attached files ( g1_wl1251.zip ) to sdcard
Apply ez_1.5.1_wl1251.signed.zip from recovery ( it got 2708 and ebi0 kernel for now will add ebi1 later)
Boot the phone
adb shell
su
cd /sdcard/wl1251_modules
sh ../insmod.sh
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Now chroot into you debian installation ( if you used mine debian.tar.bz2 there is script startdeb just write: sh /sdcard/debian/startdeb and you should be chrooted correctly )
screen ( dont know why airodump doesnt give any output without screen on adb shell ?! )
bash
airmon-ng start wlan0
airodump-ng -i mon0
and DONE
How com compile it
First you need to get sources:
kernel sources i used https://github.com/ezterry/kernel-biff-testing tag ezgb-2636-v1.5.1-20110820
prepatched compat-wireless-2010-12-22 ( attached in sources.zip. I did some small build fixes and applied every patch from wl1251-maemo/patches/wireless-testing/ EXCEPT 0003-wl1251-fix-scan-behaviour-while-not-associated.patch as i got build errors with it )
rest of the files in patches.zip
Kernel:
You can just apply all patches in the kernel dir
If you want to make your config by yourself you have to compile as module cfg80211 and mac80211, compile in CONFIG_RFKILL_PM, CONFIG_CRC7 and UNSET CONFIG_TIWLAN1251. Its important as there as some ifdefs for CONFIG_TIWLAN1251 in drivers/mmc/core/core.c which is compiled in and with CONFIG_TIWLAN1251 WL1251 drivers doesnt work !
Compat wireless:
there is make.sh script edit it and change the patchs for your crosscompile toolchain and kernel location
./make.sh
and copy all *.ko modules
I hope everything is clear and more ppl can use it in custom roms If something is unclear plz write about it
too bad i sold my g1!
Thank you for the great tutorial! I think many people are using Gingerbread right now with several different incompatible ROMs. I think it would be useful if you list your ROM version as well as SPL & Radio info. Also if you could PLEASE make an image of your G1 with the debian install, it would help a lot. If you don't want your personal data in the image then I can remove it for you and will host the image. At the very least people need to know how exactly you installed debian before attempting this.
Please PM me if you can supply the image, thanks again!
Debian location can by anywhere, nothing depends on it and i got it on sdcard so g1 dump wont do anything. But i can send u ready debian.img to mount it with wireless tools installed just want to add new kismet and as i cant find ready deb for debian i would need to compile it probably. As for the radio u can use that new 2708 radio and old one for kernel i provided. I used cm6 for it but i think you can use any 2.2 rom as its froyo kernel. I need to clean up everything and redo it to write good tutorial how to compile it for any kernel and how to patch drivers.
zewelor said:
Debian location can by anywhere, nothing depends on it and i got it on sdcard so g1 dump wont do anything. But i can send u ready debian.img to mount it with wireless tools installed just want to add new kismet and as i cant find ready deb for debian i would need to compile it probably. As for the radio u can use that new 2708 radio and old one for kernel i provided. I used cm6 for it but i think you can use any 2.2 rom as its froyo kernel. I need to clean up everything and redo it to write good tutorial how to compile it for any kernel and how to patch drivers.
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Thanks for the response. I just upgraded my hboot to a version that CM6 doesn't support, but I can use a different Froyo ROM that is still working.
On Gingerbread I am having a very hard time getting ext2.ko loaded. I already have an EXT(4) partition mounted, but since I am not on Froyo none of the kernel modules can be loaded correctly. I also think that ext2 support is already there but I don't know how to make use of it. There are filesystem modules under /system/lib/modules/2.6.36.4-s3-cos/.
My goal is to create a clockwork image of a Froyo/Debian install (with working injection driver) and use it as needed while keeping a 2.3.4/2.3.5 Android image for testing newer Apps that don't work on 2.2.
For anyone that just needs the Debian image, you can download it from the original G1 Debian tut site here: http://www.saurik.com/id/10
Please PM me if you are willing to upload a copy of your .img container file & I will host it for everyone to use. Thanks!
If u want u can still flash cm6 and after flashing it, flash kernel.zip from attached zip in 1st post ( it got also kernel for newer radio, but i havent tested it as i got older radio). As i saw in ezterry's kernel config ext2 partitions are mounted using ext4 so u dont have to load ext2 ( it works at least in froyo version of ezterry's kernel ). I can send now debian.img without working kismet but i think its better to get also kismet running so ppl wont have to redownload it. My debian.img its normal debian only with aircrack-ng installed nothing special in it. Only magic is kernel config and modules with patches compiled for that kernel thats it nothing more.
zewelor said:
If u want u can still flash cm6 and after flashing it, flash kernel.zip from attached zip in 1st post ( it got also kernel for newer radio, but i havent tested it as i got older radio). As i saw in ezterry's kernel config ext2 partitions are mounted using ext4 so u dont have to load ext2 ( it works at least in froyo version of ezterry's kernel ). I can send now debian.img without working kismet but i think its better to get also kismet running so ppl wont have to redownload it. My debian.img its normal debian only with aircrack-ng installed nothing special in it. Only magic is kernel config and modules with patches compiled for that kernel thats it nothing more.
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Yes, let's wait until Kismet is working and then you can upload the image. I will try your suggestion and use EXT4. If I still have trouble I will create a flashable ZIP that has Froyo optimized for Debian with your Kernel patch included and a startup app to launch Debian via UI. Thanks again for your great contribution!
But when you mount debian img just write mount -o loop -t ext2 not ext4 it should work
Updated first post with some instructions how to compile drivers and kernel
Constantly getting "mount: can't setup loop device: No such file or directory"
I tried "mknod /dev/loop0 b 7 0" but neither "mount -o loop,noatime /mnt/sdcard/debian.img /data/local/mnt" nor other variations using ext2 work. I did mount / as rw and created the /data/local/mnt directory. I also tried 2 versions of busybox and so far no luck; I guess you are using the version that comes with CM6? Thanks
Yes i used busybox from cyanogenmod
Copy debian.img to /sdcard/debian/debian.img ( or change location in startdeb script )
First do mkdir -p /data/local/debian/mnt
then sh /sdcard/debian/startdeb ( or where u got it )
startdeb script i used:
#!/system/bin/sh
if [ ! -e /dev/block/loop99 ]
then
mknod -m 660 /dev/block/loop99 b 7 99
fi
if [ ! -e /dev/loop1 ]
then
ln /dev/block/loop99 /dev/loop0
fi
mount -o loop -t ext2 /sdcard/debian/debian.img /data/local/debian/mnt
busybox mount -o bind /sdcard /data/local/debian/mnt/sdcard
export PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:$PATH
export TERM=linux
export HOME=/root
export USER=root
busybox mount -t proc none /data/local/debian/mnt/proc
busybox mount -t sysfs sysfs /data/local/debian/mnt/sys
busybox mount -t devpts devpts /data/local/debian/mnt/dev/pts
busybox chroot /data/local/debian/mnt/ /bin/bash
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can u do it for lg optimus black ?
That depends on wifi chipset there, if its wl1251 it should be doable.
nice work, a year ago I did the same work (I think I posted it in the modaco android forum), however there was no injection patch at that time, so only packet capturing worked. The HTC Hero has the same TI wifi chip (wl1251). By the way you don't need an entire linux environment it is sufficient to compile static binaries (aircrack, kismet..). If i remember correctly compiling aircrack was very straight forward, however for kismet I had to make a dirty hack because it complained for a missing environment variable, but int he end Kismet worked fine too, even the gps . Unfortunately I lost my dev environment due to a harddisk failure, otherwise I would share the patches and binaries.
[EDIT]
HA! I found the aircrack binaries on an old backup disc
If you want to copy the files on your sdcard remember to remount it with (mount -o,exec,remount /mnt/scard), because by default the noexec flat is set or you copy the files to internal memory.
Thx for that aircrack I have chosen debian to avoid recompiling everything i will like to use and to have normal command line enviroment. Except aircrack and kismet u can also like to have iw / wireless tools / ping / nmap /tcpdump etc so you will have to search for it or recompiling staticly everything. I just prefer to find .deb file and install it, as using apt-get on g1 takes forever Also htc magic got wl1251 as afaik its the same as g1 (?).
yeah thats true, I decided to compile everything statically because I had very poor performance using debian (apt-get, compiling stuff etc), another advantage is you can start the programs very easily from the homescreen using gscript, sl4a..., in the end its just a question of preference
Sorry for asking in wrong topic, but:
Is there any airdump app that works well on HD2 ? (Broadcom chip: bmc 4329).
Or maybe the right question is : If it is even possible to create such app for hd2/nexus ?
misieq666 said:
Sorry for asking in wrong topic, but:
Is there any airdump app that works well on HD2 ? (Broadcom chip: bmc 4329).
Or maybe the right question is : If it is even possible to create such app for hd2/nexus ?
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The problem is not the app, the problem is having wireless driver that support packet injection/Promiscuous-mode for the specific wireless chip, which in this case are afaik not available.
And even not a driver but firmware for specific chipset that allow to do that. As i read the main problem in bmc4329 is the firmware as driver can only do what firmware will allow. Well u can rewrite driver to workaround some limitations in firmware etc. Anyway here is a page u can follow http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/brcm80211 they even got monitor mode in todo so maybe it can be done
Hi guy, final step, I got this:
airmon-ng start wlan0
Interface Chipset Driver
wlan0 wl1251_sdio - [phy0]SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory
(monitor mode enabled on mon0)
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and this:
airodump-ng mon0
ioctl(SIOCSIFFLAGS) failed: No such file or directory
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how should i fix this? plz.
Thank you.

Debian on droid 2 / droid 2 global

First off, This is probably in the wrong space, simply because I haven't reached my proper post count. (Too much of a lurker, sorry) but I think I've found something that will make fellow D2 / D2G smile, and I couldn't help but share this.
Here is where I got the idea from:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=962974
Unfortunately, the debian-img.zip link is no longer functional (at least it was the last time I checked). No big deal, you can get it from here: Debian-img.zip.
Download that, and make sure you have your Android sdk tools installed. You will need root and busybox. Connect phone to computer, memory card mode, create folder called debian, and unpack the debian-img.zip file into the debian folder on the sdcard. When complete, switch it to charge only mode and now for the fun to begin.
Open the command prompt, navigate to sdk\tools folder, and type adb devices. If you don't see your phone listed as a device (will be a bunch of letters and numbers) switch it to pc mode, run adb devices again.
Once it shows up, type the following:
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
export bin=/system/bin
export img=/sdcard/debian/debian.img
export mnt=/data/local/debian
mkdir /data/local/debian
export PATH=$bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:$PATH
export TERM=linux
export HOME=/root
busybox mount -t ext3 -o loop,noatime,nodiratime $img $mnt
busybox mount -t devpts devpts $mnt/dev/pts
busybox mount -t proc proc $mnt/proc
busybox mount -t sysfs sysfs $mnt/sys
busybox sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" > $mnt/etc/resolv.conf
echo "nameserver 8.8.4.4" >> $mnt/etc/resolv.conf
echo "127.0.0.1 localhost" > $mnt/etc/hosts
busybox mount --bind /sdcard $mnt/sdcard
busybox chroot $mnt /bin/bash
if ps -Al | grep vnc > /dev/null
then
echo "vnc detected"
else
export USER=root
rm -r /tmp
mkdir /tmp
vncserver -geometry 854x480
fi
exit
mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
You can't just copy/paste that whole block of code due to the busybox commands. Copy and paste one at a time. I also found that you can't make a script with that code either (please prove me wrong!) and have it work on the droid2 or d2g without errors.
Once you put in the last command, hit ctrl+c, and then open AndroidVNC, using the following data (similar to the debondroid thread):
nickname: debian
Password: password
Address: localhost
Port: 5901
Then connect!
Issues:
I have found that not only can't I use a script, I also cannot use a terminal emulator or even connectbot to put in the commands line by line. I am unsure why, but this only seems to work when I use the adb shell through a computer/usb connection.
You may have issues using USB SDCARD mode after you have run this code. This is fixed by rebooting the phone (as this causes debian to stop being run, and the img is being run off the sdcard, which is mounted with busybox into the system). Otherwise, all other phone functions work perfectly.
A neat little bonus: I found that I am able to access the internet through a browser in debian using nothing more than my 3g data connection.
Feel free to comment! Especially if someone out there can get these commands to work as a script. Enjoy!
im dieing to get this running, i have D2G running miui ics, first i cant download debian-img.zip, it wont complete download. after searching and downloading debian arm iso and renaming img i try your instructions and get hung up at
busybox mount -t ext3 -o loop,noatime,nodiratime $img $mnt
any help would be apperciated thank you
It's possible the latest ICS leak could be the problem (I had only tried this on an old Fission build, stock (both) and CM7). However, sometimes when I would reset the phone and run the commands again, it would throw me an error in the same spot you're having. It was wierd (as it JUST worked). I flashed to a different ROM to see what was up and it was happy again--but only through one power cycle. There might be a spot in this code I'm missing, but the error it throws acts as if I were trying to mount the img in the wrong loop block. This could be to the loop block already having the residual data (from the forced shutdown of the phone not allowing a tru closure of Debian), and if that's the case It would make sense if we could wipe that loop block (del and recreate it) through ADB. I haven't had time, but I'll look into it tonight.
As for the img, I'll also look into that tonight (on my phone currently).
I really apperciate the speedy reply, I'm not showing ext2 or ext3 on miui ics, do you know of a working GB rom that debian works with. I really apperciate your work in getting this going, I'm surprised its not developed by more people as the idea of having a desktop computer in your pocket is appealing. Thanks again
That's the beauty of this workaround: D2/D2G doesn't have ext3 support. That's why I had to use this method and frankly could be one of the reasons that there are those out of the blue errors that don't make sense. I need time so I can get screenshots up (to prove I'm not lying), but this will work with the img file linked.
For a good GB build, you can try the latest CM7 build at rootzwiki, or the stock GB update.
I tried again and almost everything went smoothly until i punched in "fi" and it gave me an "Unknown hz value! <80> Assume 100." i finished the instructions and tried to fire up androidvnc and tried to connect and i get " VNC connection failed! localhost" so im going to try and attach a bmp of my cmd window. i am looking into the unkown hz value but so far am stumped. "change ext of file to bmp or png"
also im assuming the debian img which i was able to successfully download is a arm distro?
omg it worked!!!! i redid the steps like i had done i was still getting vnc connection error, then i changed the address in vnc from "localhost" to "127.0.0.1" and it works!!! thanks man
jlhaehl said:
I tried again and almost everything went smoothly until i punched in "fi" and it gave me an "Unknown hz value! <80> Assume 100." i finished the instructions and tried to fire up androidvnc and tried to connect and i get " VNC connection failed! localhost" so im going to try and attach a bmp of my cmd window. i am looking into the unkown hz value but so far am stumped. "change ext of file to bmp or png"
also im assuming the debian img which i was able to successfully download is a arm distro?
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Debian img is indeed for ARM. And I haven't seen that error at all before, so I don't know what to tell you. Was working on school projects all night and just ran out of time, so didn't get to fire it up for screenshots, but it looks like you got it to work.
The next thing I'm gonna try is to put it in script form, and I think the solution is to put the busybox parts into a seperate script (android seems to like parsing the scripts all at once, so this borks the busybox commands).
I noticed that its busybox killing the script as well, good luck on compiling one that is compatable i will do wht i can on my end though i dont expect it to be much, thank you for putting this up, one more notch android has over the big apple

[DEV][ROM]Unofficial CyanogenMod 9 for many Boxchip/Allwinner A13 tablets

I created cyanogenmod 9 rom for Manta mid08, but it should work with other tablets with Allwinner/Boxchip A13 SoC.
Rom status: six alpha
Cybrix.pl
Basic functions and hardware:
Sound Works
Headphones Works
Screen Works
Touch Works
HW/3D Works
ADB Works
SDcard Works
Sensors Works
WiFi Works
Additional hardware:
3G Not tested yet
Bluetooth Not tested, after updates
GPS Not tested yet
Keyboard Works
RIL Not tested yet
USB/WIFI Tethering Not tested yet
TODO:
Move to kernel from amery source(temporary solution)
Rewrite whole sunxi implementation in kernel (current source is one big mess, work in Amery tree is only patching not fix issue)
Help rewrite cedarx drivers
Add support for more devices
Fifth alpha should be last alpha release. I will fix hw accelartion, camera, wifi and touchscreen support.
First beta will have new kernel 3.0.39+ and more devices support.
Supported tables:
Manta MID08
MID Epad by LélikTec(In progress)
Apollo 726(In progress)
If your tablet is not on my list, please send me dumps of this files:
Dumps you make with terminal emulator or adb shell:
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/nandc of=/sdcard/nandc.img
dd if=/dev/block/nandg of=/sdcard/nandg.img
For mount /dev/block/nanda
mkdir -p /sdcard/nanda
mkdir -p /sdcard/dump/bxf/
mkdir -p /sdcard/dump/libs/
mkdir -p /sdcard/dump/usr
mkdir -p /sdcard/dump/etc
mkdir -p /sdcard/dump/vendor
mount -t vfat /dev/block/nanda /sdcard/nanda
cp -r /sdcard/nanda /sdcard/dump/bxf
cp -r /system/lib/* /sdcard/dump/libs/
cp -r /system/usr/icu /sdcard/dump/usr/
cp -r /system/usr/idc /sdcard/dump/usr/
cp -r /system/usr/keylayout /sdcard/dump/usr/
cp -r /system/etc/ /sdcard/dump/etc/
cp -r /vendor/ /sdcard/dump/vendor/
Downloads:
Spideroak
Source:
https://github.com/CybrixSystems/android_device_manta_mid08
https://github.com/CybrixSystems/linux
https://github.com/CybrixSystems/android_device_allwinner_a13_common
Credits:
My work is based on work:
Nicholas Semendyaev
Alan Marchesan
Alejandro Mery
http://linux-sunxi.org
tom3q (helping with rewritting kernel)
sorry i posted in the wrong thread.
ive just ordered one of these http://www.amazon.co.uk/Capacitive-Allwinner-Processor-Sandwich-MID/dp/B008E4WGKQ will your cm build work on it?
It should work, but you need send me first dumps of /dev/block/nandc /dev/block/nandg and all files from /dev/block/nanda and /system/libs/
Dumps you make with terminal emulator or adb shell:
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/nandc of=/sdcard/nandc.img
dd if=/dev/block/nandc of=/sdcard/nandc.img
For mount /dev/block/nanda
mkdir -p /sdcard/nanda
mkdir -p /sdcard/dump/bxf/
mkdir -p /sdcard/dump/libs/
mount -t vfat /dev/block/nanda /sdcard/nanda
cp -r /sdcard/nanda /sdcard/dump/bxf
cp -r /system/lib/* /sdcard/dump/libs/
Hi! I've tried this rom and it's amazing!
I've the same tablet linked from amazon (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Capacitive-Allwinner-Processor-Sandwich-MID/dp/B008E4WGKQ), or at least look like the same!
I can get CWM work like a charm, and boot without problems...but! The only things that don't work are touchscreen and wifi!
3D acceleration and sounds seems fine! (The camera works neither, but it's not a problem for me)
I don't have the original rom anymore, but i can tell you that it woks without problems with these roms:
http://www.androidtablets.net/forum...eneric-7-a13-android-4-0-4-hyper-edition.html
(And a one i'm uploading now to my dropbox account)
Can you do something for it? If you can get it work it would be awesome!
I know it's not designed for this tablet.. but if you can support it, it would be great!
I've used a mouse and keyboard to test it out! No problems with it!
Cheers, and good work!
(i will upload the dumps of a working rom shortly!)
WillingMagic said:
It should work, but you need send me first dumps of /dev/block/nandc /dev/block/nandg and all files from /dev/block/nanda and /system/libs/
Dumps you make with terminal emulator or adb shell:
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/nandc of=/sdcard/nandc.img
dd if=/dev/block/nandc of=/sdcard/nandc.img
For mount /dev/block/nanda
mkdir -p /sdcard/nanda
mkdir -p /sdcard/dump/bxf/
mkdir -p /sdcard/dump/libs/
mount -t vfat /dev/block/nanda /sdcard/nanda
cp -r /sdcard/nanda /sdcard/dump/bxf
cp -r /system/lib/* /sdcard/dump/libs/
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heres the dump files https://dl.dropbox.com/u/74717476/nanddump.rar
alot of roms ive tried either have offset screen or no touch (or both) the only one i found that works is offset a few mm
Thanks, I will prepare rom for your tablet, but you can copy this folders:
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/nandg of=/sdcard/nandg.img
mkdir -p /sdcard/dump/usr
mkdir -p /sdcard/dump/etc
cp -r /system/usr/icu /sdcard/dump/usr/
cp -r /system/usr/idc /sdcard/dump/usr/
cp -r /system/usr/keylayout /sdcard/dump/usr/
cp -r /system/etc/ /sdcard/dump/etc/
Hello WillingMagic, glad to see someone working on the A13. I have got one el cheapo tablet. It is exactly same as shown here (sorry can't post links)
h t t p : / / w w w . uptcn . com / productshow/?951-2-Tablet,PC,MID.html
The tablet works fine with its factory ICS 4.0.3 per se but I was looking into putting cyanogenmod in it.
I tried your recovery and ROM. The recovery works very well. The ROM boots ok, the screen and touch are fine, but no wifi and no auto-rotation.
Secondly, you say 'Bluetooth: Not tested yet'. Does that mean it should work with USB BT dongles? I tried three different dongles but none worked.
Can you please guide me how can I get your rom working on my tablet with all hardware functional and if possible USB BT.
Thanks
WillingMagic said:
Thanks, I will prepare rom for your tablet, but you can copy this folders:
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/nandg of=/sdcard/nandg.img
mkdir -p /sdcard/dump/usr
mkdir -p /sdcard/dump/etc
cp -r /system/usr/icu /sdcard/dump/usr/
cp -r /system/usr/idc /sdcard/dump/usr/
cp -r /system/usr/keylayout /sdcard/dump/usr/
cp -r /system/etc/ /sdcard/dump/etc/
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sorry here you go https://dl.dropbox.com/u/74717476/dump.rar thank you
And that's mine, if can be of any help!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5y2lefenqx4x1lk/dump.zip
Slyon92 said:
Hi! I've tried this rom and it's amazing!
I've the same tablet linked from amazon (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Capacitive-Allwinner-Processor-Sandwich-MID/dp/B008E4WGKQ), or at least look like the same!
I can get CWM work like a charm, and boot without problems...but! The only things that don't work are touchscreen and wifi!
3D acceleration and sounds seems fine! (The camera works neither, but it's not a problem for me)
I don't have the original rom anymore, but i can tell you that it woks without problems with these roms:
http://www.androidtablets.net/forum...eneric-7-a13-android-4-0-4-hyper-edition.html
(And a one i'm uploading now to my dropbox account)
Can you do something for it? If you can get it work it would be awesome!
I know it's not designed for this tablet.. but if you can support it, it would be great!
I've used a mouse and keyboard to test it out! No problems with it!
Cheers, and good work!
(i will upload the dumps of a working rom shortly!)
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i've got the same problem...but i can't revert back to may firmware bcos of bad backup..
i've tried the firmware on ur link..but it didn't work..
can u give me the link ur uploaded one on dropbox..
topex91 said:
i've got the same problem...but i can't revert back to may firmware bcos of bad backup..
i've tried the firmware on ur link..but it didn't work..
can u give me the link ur uploaded one on dropbox..
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what do you mean by bad back up ??
http://www.pandawillforum.com/soft/Yeahpad A13 ROM.rar try this one its stock ics 4.0.4 not brilliant but works on mine
Don't forget needs to be installed with livesuit and format first
Sent from my HTC One X
How to fix wifi:
1.Download hotfix to /sdcard/ (link in first post)
2.Type in terminal or adb shell:
Code:
su
cat /sdcard/hotfix2-alpha4.img > /dev/block/nandc;sync;reboot
Fifth alpha should be last alpha release. I will fix hw accelartion, camera, wifi and touchscreen support.
First beta will have new kernel 3.0.39+ and more devices support.
heres my modules pm doesnt seem to be working https://dl.dropbox.com/u/74717476/modules.rar
icoolguy1995 said:
what do you mean by bad back up ??
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the backup only contain boot and recovery img...i didn't noticed it got some error during backup..
oh..and i'm backup through cwm recovery...
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steveharris87 said:
http://www.pandawillforum.com/soft/Yeahpad A13 ROM.rar try this one its stock ics 4.0.4 not brilliant but works on mine
Don't forget needs to be installed with livesuit and format first
Sent from my HTC One X
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i'm gonna try this...thanx dude..hope will fix my problem...
update:
i've tried...seems all working..except for touchscreen...(T~T)
dude u r recovery is not working properly i mean that the back it take is not restoring what to do???
my device is based on cortex a8 and 512 mb ram ics 4.0.4
icoolguy1995 said:
dude u r recovery is not working properly i mean that the back it take is not restoring what to do???
my device is based on cortex a8 and 512 mb ram ics 4.0.4
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Not quite sure what you mean but i think with that recovery i didnt have a "go back" option (could of been a different one i flashed a few) so i got this one made for my tablet https://dl.dropbox.com/u/74717476/recovery.img see if this works
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Just re-read what you said if the backup is corrupted or damaged I don't think there is much you can do sorry
Sent from my HTC One X
For recovery I recommend sdcard 4GB(empty) or bigger. If you use smaller sdcard, recovery might not work correctly.
i've tried many firmware that i search through internet..and don't even one compatible for my tablet...
some of them working..but the touchscreen problem..argh..is there any other way??...
how do I check my tablet hardware??...

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