Hey everyone I was wondering if there are any tools for android that can do things like a check disk in windows, or something to remove old app data. Thanks for the input!
Chkdsk equivalent on linux (and in this case android) is fsck.
fsck says that out can't find etc/stab, and i can't cd to that directory either...
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I have finally started making the switch to linux mint instead of windows. I love it so far but i have a question for the more linux savvy people here.
In windows i was using droid explorer to browse around in the phone file system.
Is there something like this for linux? maybe i dont need a so called program but maybe just some commands in terminal i dunno.
Plugging in the phone gives me a a HTC android phone in computer but i cannot click on it to browse.
I am new to linux so if this is something obvious please be gentle to me i am learning
zippy-man said:
I have finally started making the switch to linux mint instead of windows. I love it so far but i have a question for the more linux savvy people here.
In windows i was using droid explorer to browse around in the phone file system.
Is there something like this for linux? maybe i dont need a so called program but maybe just some commands in terminal i dunno.
Plugging in the phone gives me a a HTC android phone in computer but i cannot click on it to browse.
I am new to linux so if this is something obvious please be gentle to me i am learning
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Did you ever have any problems with Droid Explorer?
zippy-man said:
I have finally started making the switch to linux mint instead of windows. I love it so far but i have a question for the more linux savvy people here.
In windows i was using droid explorer to browse around in the phone file system.
Is there something like this for linux? maybe i dont need a so called program but maybe just some commands in terminal i dunno.
Plugging in the phone gives me a a HTC android phone in computer but i cannot click on it to browse.
I am new to linux so if this is something obvious please be gentle to me i am learning
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Use the cli to browse the file system
build MC with the Android toolchain and static link binaries and you can run MC inside the shell.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Commander
any try to use wine and run droid explorer ?
Hey, get out to something like the Linux system DruidExplorer!? Or is the only chance Wine!?
Also I need to connect my HTC under Linux ... thanks
I want to be able to use adb to pull/ push apps to my phone.
I recently converted my PC to Ubuntu 10.10 from windows and I am finding it impossible to find any sort of noob friendly guide as to how I can actually get it installed and working.
Can anyone help? Or point me towards a guide. All the stuff I find seems to assume you either already have it installed or know how to do it already!
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Well thanks for your help folks
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here ya go http://tinyurl.com/44zscrd
Follow the first guide, if you still have problems post back and I'll try to help you with what you need
Ok I tried this, I realise you were taking the piss but the guide was good except I could not get Ubuntu to recognise my device. Followed the instructions to the letter. I know Linux is not meant to be easy but why is it SO hard?
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Ok I tried this, I realise you were taking the piss but the guide was good except I could not get Ubuntu to recognise my device. Followed the instructions to the letter. I know Linux is not meant to be easy but why is it SO hard?
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ubuntu recognizes it by default unless you modified your settings or messed with the kernel.
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Download the Linux tools. Extract it then open your terminal and go to the extracted folder, inside here is a folder called tools, with the terminal cd into tools and type ./android.....app should open, go to available packages, android repository, check the first one and should be android sdk tools.
Click install selected at the bottom right. Once it's done you will have adb installed.
On your phone, go to settings, applications, development, check usb debugging. Also check unknown sources.
Inside the folder you are in, there should be a file/ script called adb. This means you can run the adb commands from here.
In terminal, assuming you are in the folder where the adb file is located, type:
Sudo ./adb start-server
This should recognize your phone.
I know you can use different virtual applications that will allow a person to run Android on a Windows device. For example:
http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-install-and-run-android-4.0-on-mac-windows-pc-or-linux-tutorial/
What I'm wondering is . . . is it possible to remove the Windows OS on a netbook and run Android 4.0 instead? If so, does someone have a link they can point me to?
*BUMP* Anyone?
Yes, it's possible. Just burn an ISO with Android-x86 (ICS RC1), delete all the partitions you have on your netbook and then create two - one ext3 for Android (4-8GB should be ok) and one fat32 for your data. Then boot Android installer and install on ext3 partition. And yes, it can boot as a normal system.
Teoretically it should work. Don't know if there are any more things to do.
Thanks for the info, so you're saying it's possible to dual boot, windows or Android, just as long as I have the partitions set up correctly? Has anyone else done this? If so, do you have a link to a tutorial or thread? I appreciate the help!
I might try to do this when my I disconnect service to my netbook. Is the android version that is installed rootable?
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disconnecktie said:
I might try to do this when my I disconnect service to my netbook. Is the android version that is installed rootable?
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For what I see, Android x86 comes with the SU command, so it's already rooted.
Hell yea. Since there isnt a boot loader there is no need for unlockig either.
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You probably want your data partition something other than FAT32, because it has problems with larger files...
Android-x86.org
There i got 4.0 fully ru.ning on pc
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mkm1126 said:
Thanks for the info, so you're saying it's possible to dual boot, windows or Android, just as long as I have the partitions set up correctly? Has anyone else done this? If so, do you have a link to a tutorial or thread? I appreciate the help!
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It is indeed possible, I have done it. If you have the partitions setup right the installation is pretty straight forward, it asks if you have Windows so it's dualboot capable, it will install GRUB and add the Android and Windows items to it for you.
Format your hard drive to ext, then install the Android-x86 project.
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Format your hard drive to ext, then install the Android-x86 project.
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You really don't even have to do this, you can install it to a FAT32 partition (I think even an NTFS. But by doing so you can't have root.
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not sure the point of this , I **** canned WIN7 on my netbook and put Kubuntu on it and it flies now , Windows slowed it down, but Android I dont think would do anything for me, its like running Windows 8 on a desktop (which I am doing right now because I dont have an ARM available)
Vintage144 said:
not sure the point of this , I **** canned WIN7 on my netbook and put Kubuntu on it and it flies now , Windows slowed it down, but Android I dont think would do anything for me, its like running Windows 8 on a desktop (which I am doing right now because I dont have an ARM available)
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Windows 8 consumer preview is not that bad on a desktop but Android is indeed not that useful on a desktop at all. Although on a laptop of any kind, it's pretty nice as an instant on.
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Well if thats the case just download the app Bluestacks, then you can keep Windows and run all your android apps in a second! Personally speaking , on the netbook ,windows uses too many resources for it to be useful , Kubuntu only uses what you want and therefore is far superior (on this platform)
I have a Verizon Galaxy S3 and I am trying to use Adams linux tool to unlock it. I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop and got ADB to recognize my phone. I downloaded the tool extracted it, opened it nothing ran so I found the file Root GS3 with DebugFSRoot in Scripts I opened that and then clicked on adb.exe and got this error.
Archive: /home/eric/.cache/.fr-97pmjP/adb.exe
Zip file size: 191488 bytes, number of entries: 33758
[/home/eric/.cache/.fr-97pmjP/adb.exe]:
Zipfile is disk 58485 of a multi-disk archive, and this is not the disk on
which the central zipfile directory begins (disk 30091).
I am completely lost on how to fix it. I am still learning Ubuntu and am familiarizing myself with the system. For some reason when excuting adb commanding I have to put ./ in front of every command or it will not recognize the command. I tried following a guide which would update a source file so I would not need ./ Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
No one used Adams tool? Or even offer a link to something to help me out?
joebob296 said:
No one used Adams tool? Or even offer a link to something to help me out?
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Just download the app its in the play store it will unlock your boot loader. Its simple! If you are trying to root your phone also the you will have to use Adams tool if you chose. You will also need java JDK 6.XX. If you look in development you will see other ways to root also and a link to the app for boot loader
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egore93 said:
Just download the app its in the play store it will unlock your boot loader. Its simple! If you are trying to root your phone also the you will have to use Adams tool if you chose. You will also need java JDK 6.XX. If you look in development you will see other ways to root also and a link to the app for boot loader
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Yea I have java installed my laptop also recognizes my phone over adb so I know java is working and installed in the right place I also set my path variable. I know there is an app and there is a windows version, but I'm trying to get used to using linux.
joebob296 said:
Yea I have java installed my laptop also recognizes my phone over adb so I know java is working and installed in the right place I also set my path variable. I know there is an app and there is a windows version, but I'm trying to get used to using linux.
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Gotcha, I don't use linux. How is it? I might try it out.
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egore93 said:
Gotcha, I don't use linux. How is it? I might try it out.
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I did download it. I decided to try windows when I used Adams.
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joebob296 said:
I have a Verizon Galaxy S3 and I am trying to use Adams linux tool to unlock it. I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop and got ADB to recognize my phone. I downloaded the tool extracted it, opened it nothing ran so I found the file Root GS3 with DebugFSRoot in Scripts I opened that and then clicked on adb.exe and got this error.
Archive: /home/eric/.cache/.fr-97pmjP/adb.exe
Zip file size: 191488 bytes, number of entries: 33758
[/home/eric/.cache/.fr-97pmjP/adb.exe]:
Zipfile is disk 58485 of a multi-disk archive, and this is not the disk on
which the central zipfile directory begins (disk 30091).
I am completely lost on how to fix it. I am still learning Ubuntu and am familiarizing myself with the system. For some reason when excuting adb commanding I have to put ./ in front of every command or it will not recognize the command. I tried following a guide which would update a source file so I would not need ./ Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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I used to use Ubuntu a great deal until I needed Word to write my dissertation. I tried to use Adam's tool in Ubuntu as well and eventually gave up and went back to Windows. For some reason, the tool always said I had a good connection to my phone event when I unplugged my phone from the cable. My computer obviously was not recognizing the phone properly. Since I have been back on Windows for a few years, I just decided to follow the idiots guides out there and just get it done.
Here are a few stupid errors I made:
1. I did not have java runtime environment installed. I simply went to the software store that comes with Ubuntu, searched for java, and installed it.
2. I did not make the .jar file executable. I just clicked on the file, went into properties, and chose the make it executable option.
This at least got the program to run rather than exploring the file .jar file for what it included in it.
As I am sure you know, the Ubuntu forums are a wealth of information. I could have searched there for answers, but I decided to take an easier path. Of course, Adam's program didn't work for me under windows either so I just used a different method. Good luck and I hope you get it working for you in Ubuntu.
joebob296 said:
No one used Adams tool? Or even offer a link to something to help me out?
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Download this app from the app store.
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OK not being a **** to anyone who says "just download the app, or use windows" if you read my post you would know that I'm trying to use Linux. Read the post before submitting a useless response. I thank the people who read my post and submitted and gave me a place to start.
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Got it to work I sent Adam a pm had to run it from java
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Hi, i have a question.
I wanted to try the Linux on Android app (Ubuntu or Kali Linux) but it seems like i am getting some sort of problems & idk what it causes (however i read that some security thing in cyanogenmod could be it).
First error is when i want to start up linux image from Linux on Android, in terminal it only shows something like this "4;60R".
Second one is when i manually start up one of those linux distributions with terminal, everything seems ok but in androidVNC it shows only grey screen with cross i as mouse in middle, i can move with it but it has no GUI...
It would be awesome if somebody will help me, thanks.
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