As I understand, this is impossible as of now, but what if there was a way to setup the recovery to allow u to select to boot from microSD or from USB? Then u could have the ability to boot into another OS such as backtrack or debian or ubuntu ARM or possibly Win8. This could also be used for anti-bricking purposes.
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As I understand, this is impossible as of now, but what if there was a way to setup the recovery to allow u to select to boot from microSD or from USB? Then u could have the ability to boot into another OS such as backtrack or debian or ubuntu ARM or possibly Win8. This could also be used for anti-bricking purposes.
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That is a way that people have put ubuntu on the tf201. It is possible, but hasn't happened for our tablet yet.
Good to know. I really need to boot off a BackTrack USB drive from time to time. Too many things Android has the power to do, but no app for it. I need to start learning how to Dev some of this stuff. I'm no linux n00b, but I'm not an experience programmer either and that seems to be where it counts.
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Has anyone had any success with getting a functional USB host mode rocking with this phone? I know there is ways on other phones (ie shorting the Motorola Droid usb port on boot) but I hadn't heard of anything for the SGS4G.
And for bonus points... any type of chrooted linux either? I've seen posts where there are attempts, but no successes.
Because let's face it, we know stock wifi chipset won't hit promiscuous mode, but an external usb wifi and a linux flavor that could access it would give me an uber-chubby.
I've successfully installed debian using linux installer from market on an ext2 partition.
tried ubuntu and gave up, will try again soon.
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Somairotevoli said:
I've successfully installed debian using linux installer from market on an ext2 partition.
tried ubuntu and gave up, will try again soon.
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Any chance you could share how you accomplished that? I tried myself with Ubuntu as well with no luck. Someone else tried Fedora 12 but couldn't reproduce it.
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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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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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)
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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)
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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)
Sorry for the vague title but I wouldn't know where to look or what it's even called. Ok. We had something at my old jobs computer that was like a launcher. We could boot windows 7, or Linux Ubuntu. I can't remember what the "launcher?" was called but I want to say it started with an "A". Does anyone have any idea what I'm talking about? It would be greatly appreciated. I'm planning on porting a very popular ROM over for the infuse and would need this. Thanks for any help
What do you mean by launcher? Like boot off USB? Or what
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Not really an Infuse question, but VMware does what you need. Other option is to dual boot, and you can also use Cygwin for some Linux activities on Windows.
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What do you mean by launcher? Like boot off USB? Or what
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Installed on HDD. Idk it was called like A_______ something launcher. And you would use the arrows and enter key to select what you wanted to boot. Like Linux or windows 7
VMware Player - virtual machine on top of running OS:
http://www.vmware.com/products/player
Or what I use, the LILO bootloader; comes with most Linux distributions, and allows the option to choose from multiple operating systems at boot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LILO_(boot_loader)
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Hell isn't that grub menu? Anytime time you install Ubuntu along side windows it gives you the grub menu which lets ya dual boot
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Hell isn't that grub menu? Anytime time you install Ubuntu along side windows it gives you the grub menu which lets ya dual boot
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Yep, or GRUB. LILO is just old school GRUB.
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Well the one we had at work was cool. As soon as you booted the computer up you would get a menu. And the options were linux, windows 7, and something else. Then if you booted linux for example everything was linux and it was nice. Then if I wanted to boot Windows 7 I would just restart it and boot 7.
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As soon as you booted the computer up you would get a menu. And the options were linux, windows 7, and something else. Then if you booted linux for example everything was linux and it was nice. Then if I wanted to boot Windows 7 I would just restart it and boot 7.
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Yes, as do all of the bootloaders mentioned above. Install Ubuntu, or any other Linux distribution, and you can choose the option to select between multiple operating systems at boot.
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Well the one we had at work was cool. As soon as you booted the computer up you would get a menu. And the options were linux, windows 7, and something else. Then if you booted linux for example everything was linux and it was nice. Then if I wanted to boot Windows 7 I would just restart it and boot 7.
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Its called a dual boot, a dual boot is a machine with two OSes on one hdd and it will pop up asking which os you want to boot into.... basic.. and also a virtual machine is also a good option, google both to learn more
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So I'm really really new to the whole android world, and I was wondering if anyone could give me a walkthrough on how to root my Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket (SGH-I727) running on ICS 4.0.4, kernal version 3.0.8 using a mac computer? Thanks.
Always look to the stickies section for step by step directions.
One issue I did run into is having Kies installed and trying on OSX Lion was having issues. I have a Mac with Snow Leopard and a Windows Partition. Used the windows side to get it done. Easy as pie that way....
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read this to flash tar files on a mac http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1277000
i never used it so read carefully
vincom said:
read this to flash tar files on a mac http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1277000
i never used it so read carefully
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this is for a completely different phone though, will it work with the skyrocket?
I am telling you, the Mac route is rough for the Skyrocket... I tried every way possible to do it.
I know it CAN be done, but there are known issues....
Just Google it if you can't find the forum, it will pull up an XDA forum in Google...
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forget it...
I was able to root my 'old' galaxy s2 from Sprint using my mac but not before spending about 7 hours or so trying to figure it out. It was a pain in the ass. I can root 2.3.5 in about five minutes now.
I gave up using Mac for all this rooting and modification crap and thought about a couple different solutions to this problem.
You can simply buy a cheap windows laptop, which I almost did. Or you can run Bootcamp, partition your hard drive on the Mac and then install a copy of Windows 7 or whatever version you choose on your Mac. This is very easy to do even for a beginner.
Last week I finally decided to just put Windows on my Mac and rooted my skyrocket 4.0.4 stock ICS in about half an hour after several hours of reading first. In reality it only takes about 5-10 minutes once you have done it a few times.
I bought a legitimate copy of Windows 7 premium FULL edition so that was about $165. I also ended up replacing the pretty full 250 gb hard drive with a Seagate Momentus XT 750 GB hard drive for about another $165. I partitioned about 130gb for Windows.
I love my Mac but the majority of all the programs for the phones are written on Windows platforms.
That's what I am trying to tell him....
It can be done, but its easier to just run windows on the Mac and do it that way....
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That's what I am trying to tell him....
It can be done, but its easier to just run windows on the Mac and do it that way....
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alright so i decided im gonna do the whole bootcamp thing, where would i go from there?
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alright so i decided im gonna do the whole bootcamp thing, where would i go from there?
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goto a mac forum
It's better if you use a virtual machine like parallels or VMware Fusion, that way there's no need to restart your mac or waste space on a predefined windows partition.
Also you could always just use a friend's PC for the rooting process, Later on unless you want to go full stock or you softbrick your device there's not a real need for a computer.
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It's better if you use a virtual machine like parallels or VMware Fusion, that way there's no need to restart your mac or waste space on a predefined windows partition.
Also you could always just use a friend's PC for the rooting process, Later on unless you want to go full stock or you softbrick your device there's not a real need for a computer.
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When I used programs like that, It really made one OS. Run weird. Mac would crash or windows would do something funky. If your rooting I reccimend staying away from thus and just do boot camp.
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I have a mac book pro, and I want to use Odin, install CWM, and root using that computer, is that possible? Must it be on Windows?
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I have a mac too, I've hard conflicting reports, but I'm not sure you can (at least not easily). I'd suggest just using a friend's pc to do it. It'll take you 5 minutes and you'll never need to use the computer again.
If you what your doing you can pull the recovery image out of an odin flashable and use Heimdall to flash it. If you don't know what those are best to borrow a windows machine.
It might be possible if you have windows boot camp for Mac
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I used VMWare/Windows 7 from my Mac to root my device.
There is a native way using the Android SDK
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1685493
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OgYscP-bho