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Dualboot- Android/Ubuntu

Hey,
I've been waiting long enough with installing Ubuntu on my device.. With the bootloader unlocked it's quite possible now, right?
Could someone maybe provide som links with info on the subject?
Cheers.

Worth bumping?
Is it even possible yet? Does it differ that much from installing it on TF201?

I also can't wait to (dual) boot this fine piece of machinery with Ubuntu.
There's a guy that has been quite successful with the Prime -- Google: androiroot mobi ubuntu
His latest Ubuntu-related post was on June 16. I'm not sure if he's done any work on it since.

i'm also VERY interested in this. googled for a while but couldn't find a tutorial suited for a noob like me.
seems like the bootloader has to be modified? and nvflash to create the needed partitions for multiboot?

Has anyone had any luck getting this to work? and if so how did you do it?
Thanks,

I really want to get my tf700 setup in a dual boot set up, but I am a noob when it comes to rooting and modifying android: so I would need a though tutorial.

About Asus TF700
Hello everybody!
Anybody have a progress in dual boot Ubuntu and Android?
Or maybe someone can install Ubuntu or other Linux OS to greatest device ever created by Asus - TF700???
I heard that TF201 already has an Ubuntu ported to it. I think that Ubuntu will provide some functions, that can't provide Android, I really need "Terminal" on my device and Python language, "Synaptic" and many other...
Please do someting that many users all over the world have an opportunity to install Ubuntu on Asus TF700!!!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1988170

Dualbooting & Roms

Hi guys,
I have a TF300T on 4.1.1, I was looking into dual booting with ubuntu & found out I needed an NVFlashable rom, then I found here I needed pre-JB. I had flashed roms before except I flashed back to stock (latest on asus website around 12/14/12) to use my cable providers TV application.
Which gave me the idea of flashing back to pre-jb...(would that even work...?) **I know that JB would update something other then the kernel (though I wouldnt know what since its not a phone and doesnt have basebands for each OS ver, unless it does....)
Either way, if any of you are using a TF300T dualbooted like the TF101 any information would help! Guide links, etc...anything that can be done via PC or MAC.
It would be great to do this as soon as possible as its a laptop replacement for class,
Thanks!
-Lilli

nxneko said:
Hi guys,
I have a TF300T on 4.1.1, I was looking into dual booting with ubuntu & found out I needed an NVFlashable rom, then I found here I needed pre-JB. I had flashed roms before except I flashed back to stock (latest on asus website around 12/14/12) to use my cable providers TV application.
Which gave me the idea of flashing back to pre-jb...(would that even work...?) **I know that JB would update something other then the kernel (though I wouldnt know what since its not a phone and doesnt have basebands for each OS ver, unless it does....)
Either way, if any of you are using a TF300T dualbooted like the TF101 any information would help! Guide links, etc...anything that can be done via PC or MAC.
It would be great to do this as soon as possible as its a laptop replacement for class,
Thanks!
-Lilli
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At this time you can't go backward from JB unless you had installed Nvflash and made the proper backups while still on ICS. It has been tried many times and many ways.
There is an arch linux in the developer section (dual boot). http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1918849
You have to unlock your tablet to use it. When you unlock you give up your warranty and support from Asus.
I have not tried Arch for sometime. When I tried in the past I was not pleased, my normal operating system (on my pc) is Ubuntu 11.10.
Good Luck!

tobdaryl said:
At this time you can't go backward from JB unless you had installed Nvflash and made the proper backups while still on ICS. It has been tried many times and many ways.
There is an arch linux in the developer section (dual boot). http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1918849
You have to unlock your tablet to use it. When you unlock you give up your warranty and support from Asus.
I have not tried Arch for sometime. When I tried in the past I was not pleased, my normal operating system (on my pc) is Ubuntu 11.10.
Good Luck!
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Its unfortunate, as long as arch is not bloated and clean...I suppose it might be fine. I couldn't stick to ICS even if I wanted to as my pad came with JB installed (White model; September).

nxneko said:
Its unfortunate, as long as arch is not bloated and clean...I suppose it might be fine. I couldn't stick to ICS even if I wanted to as my pad came with JB installed (White model; September).
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I suggest you read carefully the arch linux thread. I still don't find it a daily answer.
What do you wish to accomplish with your tablet that stock dosen't allow?

tobdaryl said:
I suggest you read carefully the arch linux thread. I still don't find it a daily answer.
What do you wish to accomplish with your tablet that stock dosen't allow?
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Simple things such as accessing steam & keeping up with my server nodes *Viewing information, Status, Etc (which I haven't found an app for that is not complete garbage) Theres stuff like connectbot for ssh & telnet but not what I need. Might just have to end up selling tablet for a cheap laptop or something.

nxneko said:
Simple things such as accessing steam & keeping up with my server nodes *Viewing information, Status, Etc (which I haven't found an app for that is not complete garbage) Theres stuff like connectbot for ssh & telnet but not what I need. Might just have to end up selling tablet for a cheap laptop or something.
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You have found an area that is certainly lacking.
Macbook Air 13 inch, maybe?
I'm sorry I couldn't help.
Good Luck!

tobdaryl said:
You have found an area that is certainly lacking.
Macbook Air 13 inch, maybe?
I'm sorry I couldn't help.
Good Luck!
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I could... part of it is via python but rest is for linux

nxneko said:
I could... part of it is via python but rest is for linux
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As luck would have it I am running a 13 inch Macbook Air.
I run Ubuntu 11.10 on the internal sdd and have OSX 10.6 and OSX 10.7 on external usb drives.
To get the fans to operate properly download the mac 64bit version and you should be good.
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/11.10/release/
Battery life is not as quite good as on OSX but respectable.
Maybe this will help.

[Q] [bada][linux]Flashing/upgrading on linux

Hi!
I'm surprised, nobody asked this already, at least I haven't found it:
Is there a way of flashing/upgrading my GT-S8500 phone a custom firmware/newer stock firmware using linux?
I know, s1 have to use multiloader for flashing, and it's windows only, but maybe some expert can tell me, if there's some alternative, even if it's harder/longer, way of reproducing what multiloader is doing, in linux. Thx in advance!

konrad.lorenz said:
Hi!
I'm surprised, nobody asked this already, at least I haven't found it:
Is there a way of flashing/upgrading my GT-S8500 phone a custom firmware/newer stock firmware using linux?
I know, s1 have to use multiloader for flashing, and it's windows only, but maybe some expert can tell me, if there's some alternative, even if it's harder/longer, way of reproducing what multiloader is doing, in linux. Thx in advance!
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What exactly are you trying to do. I'm not familiar with the s1 and it's 'multiloader'. Are you referring to dual booting? Sorry if i'm missing your question completely. Some of us at ArcDatum do embedded systems research with ARM boards and have various multibooting devices booting anything from basic stock android stuff to gentoo/arch linux distros both separately and in dual booting environments. We use dev boards like the BeagleBoard and Pandaboards.
If you're trying to flash something weird onto ur phone though, chances are you can't or shouldn't. The only reason why it's safe for us to do it with the dev boards is because the System on a Chip is configured (by pulling specific pins high or low) to boot from the SD card and read the bootloader from there. In the case of most phones, you have locked bootloaders and no way to change that without risking destroying your boot process.

I'm trying to upgrade the factory system of my phone to a newer factory one, or to turkocfw (at first try, i'd be happy with the factory one).
Basically this is done through Kies -but thats windows only- or Multiloader -which is also windows only-, but my laptop has linux on it. I want to know, if there is a way, if I can manually do on linux, what kies and multiloader does on windows.
ArcDatum said:
What exactly are you trying to do. I'm not familiar with the s1 and it's 'multiloader'. Are you referring to dual booting? Sorry if i'm missing your question completely. Some of us at ArcDatum do embedded systems research with ARM boards and have various multibooting devices booting anything from basic stock android stuff to gentoo/arch linux distros both separately and in dual booting environments. We use dev boards like the BeagleBoard and Pandaboards.
If you're trying to flash something weird onto ur phone though, chances are you can't or shouldn't. The only reason why it's safe for us to do it with the dev boards is because the System on a Chip is configured (by pulling specific pins high or low) to boot from the SD card and read the bootloader from there. In the case of most phones, you have locked bootloaders and no way to change that without risking destroying your boot process.
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Anyone?

That sounds a bit odd..I still dont quite understand how linux comes into play here. All the phones I've had deliver official Samsung updates over the air. Have you tried upgrading directly from ur phone?
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It should work under Wine or in a Virtual Machine. If you don't know what these are, you can easily Google them up. A basic concept
Also, for S8500 I would like to recommend http://darkforestgroup.com/forum/ a decent forum for all those older Samsung handsets.

Thats a good point. I havent used wine In a while. Although Id be careful of that, u kno, with the magic wine stuff that they pull off. Might cause some issues and risk ur phone
Edit: vm on the other hand id be more comfortable with
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ArcDatum said:
I still dont quite understand how linux comes into play here.
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That's the operating system of my notebook. I want to use that computer for upgrading/flashing my phone.
ArcDatum said:
All the phones I've had deliver official Samsung updates over the air. Have you tried upgrading directly from ur phone?
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Yes, but the function is 'defect by design', it is FUBAR, that function doesn't work (not only for me, it doesn't work for anyone using the same system on their phone (bada1.2)). I don't know, if it is working on bada 2.0, because I can't upgrade it.
Eddie^^ said:
It should work under Wine or in a Virtual Machine.
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It should, but looks like it doesn't. Wherever I've looked (looks like I cannot post outside links to prove my point, sorry :S), I've found the same advice: "Don't use Kies in a VM!"
Eddie^^ said:
Also, for S8500 I would like to recommend darkforestgroup.com/forum/
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Thanx, I had a look at there, but didn't see anything related
So, the question remains the same, if anyone knows, how (exactly) multiloader works, and that working can be reproduced on linux (without multiloader)...
Or can this be achieved using Heimdall?

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konrad.lorenz said:
Bump?
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I would like to know if it is possible as well. Otherwise I might test it, but I'm afraid to break my phone

working on Virtualbox
autra said:
I would like to know if it is possible as well. Otherwise I might test it, but I'm afraid to break my phone
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Ok, I can confirm it works using VirtualBox and Win7... No particular things to know, just follow the step as you would do on Windows !

[Q] Bare device install

Is it possible to do a bare device install of the android OS? Something similar to doing bare hard drive install of an OS to a computer?
Thanks.

caffewmilk said:
Is it possible to do a bare device install of the android OS? Something similar to doing bare hard drive install of an OS to a computer?
Thanks.
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What are you trying to do? flash Android on a blank emmc?
arm devices don't have BIOS or UEFI. Most of the bootloaders on production runs of phones are very locked down. Samsung phones need either download mode or a recovery to flash a os. If you don't have either you would need to use the JTAG to flash everything on the emmc but that's a lot of work and there's not really any publicly accessible tools for the full processes.

caffewmilk said:
Is it possible to do a bare device install of the android OS? Something similar to doing bare hard drive install of an OS to a computer?
Thanks.
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What are you trying to do? flash Android on a blank emmc?
arm devices don't have BIOS or UEFI. Most of the bootloaders on production runs of phones are very locked down. Samsung phones need either download mode or a recovery to flash a os. If you don't have either you would need to use the JTAG to flash everything on the emmc but that's a lot of work and there's not really any publicly accessible tools for the full processes.
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I think he wants a stripped down os, no extra apps/bloatware and just enough to boot the phone, idk, a few users asked if I could make a real lite version just for playing music but never got around to it

:good:
I was just curious about it. I was thinking maybe there was something out there for android phones like Linux From Scratch.
I've already tried vincom's SuperLite and other ROMs, though. :good:
Thanks guys.

QS5509A (Axia from AT&T) Boot Help

Hello, I just got a new phone. It's probably my first actual phone in many years, as I'm mostly a PC kind of guy. I have been having trouble getting it booted for a while now. Someone informed me that it might be an Axia phone from AT&T, but I don't know the validity of that. It says Q-Innovations every time I use it on Google stuff. Does anyone here know of the phone or know how to boot one?
Thanks a lot in advance!

CamShirayuki said:
Hello, I just got a new phone. It's probably my first actual phone in many years, as I'm mostly a PC kind of guy. I have been having trouble getting it booted for a while now. Someone informed me that it might be an Axia phone from AT&T, but I don't know the validity of that. It says Q-Innovations every time I use it on Google stuff. Does anyone here know of the phone or know how to boot one?
Thanks a lot in advance!
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The model number seems to be the AT&T version of that phone.
When you say that you can't get it booted, what do you mean exactly? What is the device doing when you try to boot it?
Have you tried holding volume up+power(let go when you see the splash screen) to boot into recovery, then factory reset and wipe cache partition?
Some devices have to hold volume down+power, then at the bootloader menu, choose the recovery option.
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What do you mean? I didn't think it was that easy to boot a phone? I wanted to put Linux on my phone instead of the current android version or even put them both on there.

CamShirayuki said:
What do you mean? I didn't think it was that easy to boot a phone? I wanted to put Linux on my phone instead of the current android version or even put them both on there.
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I think you need to do some research to get familiar with how android devices actually work. Android devices are not like PC, you can't just install whatever OS you want, android devices are not "generic" like that. Operating systems for android devices have to be built specifically based on the hardware in the device, down to the kernel level, the kernel has to be specific to the device. You need to do some reading about how android stock recovery and custom recovery actually work , you also need to research how android stock firmware and custom operating systems are flashed on android devices.
It is "possible" to remove android and install Linux on an android device, but only certain devices can do it, depending on the security built-in to the bootloader that is installed on the device. There isn't a universal way to install Linux on android.
It is also possible to install Linux on top of android in a sort of emulator/VM then use a VNC to .
There are some apps to install linux on top of android, such as:
1) Linux Deploy
2) Complete Linux installer
3) UserLAnd
I installed and tested UserLAnd last night. Try this and see what you think.
https://github.com/CypherpunkArmory/UserLAnd
View the README.md for instuctions to set it up.
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