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Root Access on the TMobile G1 and why it works

I wrote up instructions on my blog, and someone responded explaining why it works.
To translate: anything the user types on the keyboard is actually being fed into a console shell and potentially executed. So the easiest way to get root on your phone is to simply reboot it, and when it finishes rebooting, type "telnetd" and press enter. Your phone will start doing a contact lookup in your UI, but at the same time it is typing into a root shell.
This is basically a huge oops on Google's part! Looks like some debug related settings that they never took out.
So really, pTerminal was not necessary in this hack, but it it accidentally exposed it!
Edit: should have read the other post about this! Kudos to Jim!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442857

Like the...
Yup, telnetd in essence was the carrot on the stick that led me on.... Further cementing the fact that someone was bound to find this one way or another... Much sooner rather than later.
Obviously this will need to be fixed, I only hope the platform can some how remain open (and be taken even further) even after said fix.

Wow, I will not be taking any updates until I have everything worked out just the way I want it....

forced updating rc30
you may not have a choice short of turning your g1 of and leaving it that way, it has been rumored that this update has a date at which it turn mandatory.
bhang

linuxlike boot-log

hi,
i was thinking if there is some way to turn off all boot logo's and make visible kernel log and system log during booting like on regular linux system is...
what do you think?
zet

adb logcat > logcat.txt

I thing the question was to see bootlog instead splash boot screen.

yes, i know that. but i was writing "during booting"... not to show animation but logs when system is starting...
(heh, posting at the same time, thanks QDT anyway

Like when starting jf's recovery image?

I think that is what he is looking for... I would not mind seeing this either

This is actually hard to do. JF's recovery would just run "dmesg" before starting recovery. If you want a real console, you have to use a serial cable or something like mtdoops AFAIK.

I would prefer that as well. I like the linux look of boot.

I second.
Since day one, the splash screen during boot has annoyed the hell out of me. I have to turn it on and walk away for a few minutes just to keep my blood pressure level at normal. Any device that takes more than 5-10 seconds to boot just has to have a verbose option in my book.

You can count me among the people who'd love to see this.
I wonder if we can figure out a way to make this happen?
It doesn't look hopeful if cyanogen says it's difficult, lol.

as far as it may seems a useless feature, I will welcome it very much too.
I like to see what's going on, at boot time.
It's something I hate on Win and Mac.
So here it is another vote for it!

i would love this. plz cyanogen make it happen in your next ROM!

cuss said:
as far as it may seems a useless feature, I will welcome it very much too.
I like to see what's going on, at boot time.
It's something I hate on Win and Mac.
So here it is another vote for it!
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OS X supports verbose mode startup
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1492

circa85 said:
OS X supports verbose mode startup
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1492
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I just found out... so does windows... http://www.pchijack.com/os/windows-xp/enable-verbose-show-detailed-information-while-windows-start/

I would like it as well. For me doing an "adb -d logcat" or "adb -d logcat |tee log.txt" in a shell on bootup is fine though. Usually I only care right after flashing or if my phone is having problems. When the phone is having problems pushing it to a file on my computer is better than seeing it on the screen anyway.

Its useful only on first boot after reflashing, but it looks sooo sexy

Got another vote from me, I would love to see the linux like boot up also

iVote
i vote for it. just curious what's going on when it takes that long to boot...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=443431
check this out

blingblingslyna said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=443431
check this out
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The thread that you posted as a response to the questions posted in this thread have nothing to do with what the people in this thread are looking for so I am not sure what you read in here or thought you read.

[Q] Wake Device Over USB, On Run And Otherwise.

I have been trying to figure this out on my own through searching, and when that failed experimentation, but to no avail.
What I would like is that every time I run an application from eclipse, my android device will wake (screen on and all that). Additionally I want, though this is not as important, to be able to wake my device from the command line.
The reason I want this is simple. I don't like leaving my device on as I sometimes read code and tutorials or get some food, and I end up not touching the device for a half hour at a time. I don't want to leave it on when plugged in (which is most of the day), and I end up turning it on with the power button about thirty times each day, which seems excessive.
Sorry if this is something obvious, but I can't find anyone talking about it anywhere.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

Nobody else has ever wanted to do this? Noone has looked into this? Surely soneone has an interest in this if not knowledge of how to go about making it work.

moved to QnA, not dev related.
(probably why no one answered your question)

Solved!
Well, I've solved the issue on my own. I created an application called Wakey Droid that does what I want. Then all you need to do is set the command adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n bdjnk.android.wakeydroid/.Wakey to some convenient shortcut, and life is good.

[Q] Notification light

Guys,
My girlfriend just got the XT720. I don't see ANY lights on this thing - power (when charging) or when a text comes in, nothing "flashes". You have to turn on the screen to see if any messages came through.
I've hunted for information and don't see anything telling me that there is actual visual notification on the phone. I carry a Nexus One and the trackball light flashes to tell you that you've missed something. There are 3 dots on the upper left corner of the XT720 just above the screen, and those "may" be lights, but I have no diagrams or information to tell me. If they are lights, they don't work.
Can anyone give me a quick piece of advice on this?
Cheers,
Mark.

No notification lights on this piece. Lol jus vibrate. Lol

easye420 said:
No notification lights on this piece. Lol jus vibrate. Lol
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I was a little disappointed to find out that there were no notifications lights. Coming from a Blackberry I'm used to the red blinky light for notifications. In fact, I had everything on silent except incoming calls - the light was enough to tell me (even from across the room) if there was any notifications. I know you can set the 4 touch sensitive buttons at the bottom to blink...but it's infrequent and they tend to stay off if a notification comes in.
Would it be possible to write a script to make use of the 3 media LEDs on the side for notifications (emails, SMS, missed calls, Facebooks, etc)? I have little to no programming knowledge so I certainly can't - nor do I know if it's even possible.

Hey easye420, thanks for the reply...althought it's not what I was hoping for! LOL I find it difficult to believe there's no blinking light of sorts on this thing.
Riley600, she too is coming from a blackberry and that's her gripe about it. I've been trying to get her onto an android for a while and this was the best device her wireless company offered. I like your idea about a script to do this and think many people would love to have it....especially ex-blackberry users! I'm not a programmer though so can't help in the design I'm afraid.
Thanks also for the note on the back buttons flashing. I'll see if there's a good app to make those blink....just some visual notification that you've missed something. I'd think that would be a standard feature of any of today's phones.
Cheers,
Mark.

mslatter said:
Hey easye420, thanks for the reply...althought it's not what I was hoping for! LOL I find it difficult to believe there's no blinking light of sorts on this thing.
Riley600, she too is coming from a blackberry and that's her gripe about it. I've been trying to get her onto an android for a while and this was the best device her wireless company offered. I like your idea about a script to do this and think many people would love to have it....especially ex-blackberry users! I'm not a programmer though so can't help in the design I'm afraid.
Thanks also for the note on the back buttons flashing. I'll see if there's a good app to make those blink....just some visual notification that you've missed something. I'd think that would be a standard feature of any of today's phones.
Cheers,
Mark.
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No app needed.
Settings --> Sound & Display Settings --> check Visual Notification (and Periodic Notification if you want to get reoccurring notifications).

I forgot bout that. When i had it enabled if i turned to screen on when it was blinkin they would either stay off or stay on and it would piss me off.

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easye420 said:
I forgot bout that. When i had it enabled if i turned to screen on when it was blinkin they would either stay off or stay on and it would piss me off.
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that's a known Motobug. We've reported Moto regarding this issue long ago but till now, no fix is applied.

Thanks for the feedback from everyone. Now I know where this issues stands and what my options are.
Cheers.

I am still curious though, does anyone know if making a script to use the media LED lights for notifications is possible?

Riley600 said:
I am still curious though, does anyone know if making a script to use the media LED lights for notifications is possible?
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Hey Riley600, sorry mate I don't know the answer to that. I would assume it's possible, but not sure how difficult it would be.... maybe someone else knows?

Yes it is possible.
as you know, the xt720 doesn't have multicolor led (other phones has one, which can basically light in 3 different colors).
Anyway, i was playing some times ago and discovered, that the multimedia leds, corresponds to red, green and blue colors
just find the notes i have made:
Code:
/sys# echo 1 > ./bus/platform/devices/notification-led/leds/blue/brightness
camcorder
/sys# echo 1 > ./bus/platform/devices/notification-led/leds/green/brightness
camera
/sys# echo 1 > ./bus/platform/devices/notification-led/leds/red/brightness
gallery
sys/./devices/platform/button-backlight/leds/button-backlight/brightness
four buttons
/sys# echo 0 >./devices/platform/af-led/leds/af-led/brightness
af led
so instead of possible, it seems to be easy (rooted phone assumed)
i have seen several apps, which can deal with notifications (market)
this can be used for the code to deal when to trigger notification
and i use adjbrightness, which works in similar way.
this can be used for the code to trigger the leds
here is an information link to adj brightness.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731032
edit: actually it can be even easier, but it depends on the /sys entries of a phone with dedicated led. but the idea is the same

peshovec said:
Yes it is possible.
as you know, the xt720 doesn't have multicolor led (other phones has one, which can basically light in 3 different colors).
Anyway, i was playing some times ago and discovered, that the multimedia leds, corresponds to red, green and blue colors
so instead of possible, it seems to be easy (rooted phone assumed)
i have seen several apps, which can deal with notifications (market)
this can be used for the code to deal when to trigger notification
and i use adjbrightness, which works in similar way.
this can be used for the code to trigger the leds
here is an information link to adj brightness.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731032
edit: actually it can be even easier, but it depends on the /sys entries of a phone with dedicated led. but the idea is the same
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That's great to know that it should be easy. But I'm going to be honest in saying that I'm not an Android expert.
If you would be so kind to give me a set of easy to follow steps (my phone is rooted, I know how to use adb, etc) on how to set something up to blink the media LEDs for notification, your coffees next week will be on me. I don't know how to (or have the ability to) unpack APKs, edit them and repack them. If you can provide a easy to implement solution (some basic editing of an existing program or an APK for me to use), you will not only be my hero - you will also have some more money in your pocket. It sounds like you might be a couple other people's hero in this thread as well.
Thanks!

it is not about money
it is not about coffee (there is just a new espresso machine in the office
it is about time...
so i will go deeper in the very possible and very easy way (i have edited my post above).
i saw some applications on the market , which can do the job (e.g. deal with the led for some events aka notifications ).
the easiest way is to find a phone, when they worked as expected.
then on this phone, to find the corresponding entries in the /sys folder, which deals with the leds, and just try some symbolic links to our leds
in the easiest way it will be as simple as:
ln -s /sys/bus/platform/devices/notification-led/leds/green/brightness /sys/what_ever_path_is_needed
of course there will be some drawback (e.g. not fully customizable), but it will work.
this method will not require nothing else...
anyway more appropriate way (more time consuming) will be to modify some almost do the job application, to do it for our phones. (actually, to submit patches to the developers regarding support of our phones).
this is the right way (in my opinion). the prerequisites:
1. application which do the job for some phone
2. open source
then:
3. spent some time in code
4. test the patch
5. send it to mainstream
i will be glad to do it for fun, will appreciate help regarding step 1 and 2

peshovec said:
it is not about money
it is not about coffee (there is just a new espresso machine in the office
it is about time...
so i will go deeper in the very possible and very easy way (i have edited my post above).
i saw some applications on the market , which can do the job (e.g. deal with the led for some events aka notifications ).
the easiest way is to find a phone, when they worked as expected.
then on this phone, to find the corresponding entries in the /sys folder, which deals with the leds, and just try some symbolic links to our leds
in the easiest way it will be as simple as:
ln -s /sys/bus/platform/devices/notification-led/leds/green/brightness /sys/what_ever_path_is_needed
of course there will be some drawback (e.g. not fully customizable), but it will work.
this method will not require nothing else...
anyway more appropriate way (more time consuming) will be to modify some almost do the job application, to do it for our phones. (actually, to submit patches to the developers regarding support of our phones).
this is the right way (in my opinion). the prerequisites:
1. application which do the job for some phone
2. open source
then:
3. spent some time in code
4. test the patch
5. send it to mainstream
i will be glad to do it for fun, will appreciate help regarding step 1 and 2
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I'll be happy to help out where I can - but as I said earlier, my knowledge is limited.
in the easiest way it will be as simple as:
ln -s /sys/bus/platform/devices/notification-led/leds/green/brightness /sys/what_ever_path_is_needed
of course there will be some drawback (e.g. not fully customizable), but it will work.
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I have a basic idea of what you're saying here. I used Root Explorer to navigate to /sys/bus/platform/devices/notification-led. It appears as a empty file, though. I'm not sure if the ln -s is a command or what. Would you be able to elaborate a little?
And this method would obviously not allow for the setting of a custom blinking interval, etc. Being able to set something like that would be awesome - but right now I'll take whatever I can get.

Or would it be possible to change the settings for the key backlight blink to one of the media LEDs? Perhaps by moving or changing one of the system files?

I use "Missed Reminder" for calls, emails and sms. Works fine.

ralfbonne said:
I use "Missed Reminder" for calls, emails and sms. Works fine.
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This doesn't work for the LEDs, though - does it?

Not the LEDs for camera etc. But for the LEDs of the Home-key ...

Solution: LED me know
mslatter said:
Guys,
My girlfriend just got the XT720. I don't see ANY lights on this thing - power (when charging) or when a text comes in, nothing "flashes". You have to turn on the screen to see if any messages came through.
I've hunted for information and don't see anything telling me that there is actual visual notification on the phone. I carry a Nexus One and the trackball light flashes to tell you that you've missed something. There are 3 dots on the upper left corner of the XT720 just above the screen, and those "may" be lights, but I have no diagrams or information to tell me. If they are lights, they don't work.
Can anyone give me a quick piece of advice on this?
Cheers,
Mark.
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Solution found!
An app called 'LED me know' by p0w4p0ty (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=837057) is able to use the 3 media lights to signal notifications. So far I've found it works for Gmail, SMS and missed calls - but I believe it supports other notifications as well. At this moment, it doesn't seem to work for Gtalk notifications. It's highly customizable (you can set each one of the 3 media lights to blink [corresponding to red, green and blue] or you can set them to blink in combinations [2 lights for cyan and 3 lights for white]). I should mention that the phone needs to be rooted in order for this to work with the XT720.
I'm very pleased with it so far and it's free (in fact I'm looking across the room right now and see that I have a SMS).

Htc Touch Pro (Raphael 500) Running Android , How to overclock?

Alright so Yesterday I installed the android os on my touch pro (raph 500)
i orginally have windows mobile 6.5 which is preety fast
but android is really slow!
i turned off all the settings which i would think it used alot of memory but still no help, so i started seeing videos on overclcking?
can someone explain to me on how to do this,
with links to the download
i really need to speed this up ,it would be amazing if it worked.
also if you give me a response that helps me , ill donate 10.00+ to you .

I do not require funds as I enjoy helping out!
From THIS thread and THIS post:
Overclocking
acpuclock.oc_freq_khz=XXXXXX ( suggested 600000-640000 )
but it is very unstable if you try to get higher than 650000-700000
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Basically, you add that to the startup.txt file somewhere between the parentheses with an added space between the next command. Keeping in mind, with added OC, you may and may not notice a difference in stability. I honestly never use OC and I am using FroYo from THIS thread. Additionally you can try out Gingerbread Alpha from THIS thread. Please leave feedback in their respective threads, thanks!
n-Joie! (Enjoy)

thanks but this is my startup text :
set ramsize 0x10000000
set ramaddr 0x10000000
set mtype 2182
set KERNEL zImage
set initrd initrd.gz
set cmdline "lcd.density=210 msmvkeyb_toggle=off physkeyboard=raph board-htcraphael-navi.wake=0 gsensor_axis=2,-1,3 acpuclock.force_turbo=1"
boot
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so which am i supposed to edit, sorry im a noob lol
& u said that was the one you used,
is it fast?

Actually, I can't use that one because I have an at&t Fuze. If you have a RAPH500, you might want to use the following:
set ramsize 0x10000000
set ramaddr 0x10000000
set mtype 2182
set KERNEL zImage
set initrd initrd.gz
set cmdline "lcd.density=210 msmvkeyb_toggle=off physkeyboard=raph board-htcraphael-navi.wake=0 gsensor_axis=2,-1,3 pm.sleep_mode=1 acpuclock.oc_freq_khz=XXXXXX"
boot
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Where XXXXXX is equal to a value between 600000-640000
Additional note: make sure you type something like 600000 or any value up to 640000

lol thanks im trying to see if theres a difference in speed.
but you used froyo?
is that running fast?

It's running fine with sync and a few other apps running in the background. I would be mindful of livewallpaper and HQ video at the moment as this project is currently still under development, at best. At least that is what I have noticed as far as performance is considered. I have also run a stripped Gingerbread alpha build (the one I linked you to earlier) and it is running faster/smoother than FroYo. To be expected without all the bells and whistles...
NOTE: Speed is relative to performance at the moment. Hence why I say it's still under development...

intresting ill test that out in about 15 mins
but does yours take a long time to come out of sleep mode?

Hmmm, that might be the notorious sleep of death SOD. I usually do something that most don't like but I sort of turn off the screen time out by first making the screen time out greater than 10 or 30 minutes. After that it should make things easier as far as disabling the auto back light/screen timeout feature. Keep in mind this is only a work around, I believe there is mention of actually fixing this issue. You'll need to download a free app called batterybooster (use the link if you want to read up on it a little). Once installed, run it and look for the far right icon and tap it. Set the timeout to Never and you'll notice a decent performance enhancement in the screen off and screen on.
NOTE: You will need to manually turn it off from here-on. You can try to play around with the setting but I find it somewhat problematic. Meaning that if you enable the timeout, it might and it might not work.

alright well i tried the gingerbread and that didnt work it lagged .
i tried froyo , it was amazing then i found out wifi didnt work
so now im back to the regular android one i had before ill be trying to see if theres a difference now that i "overclocked" it .
but thanks for all the help.
ill post back if i need something!

Odd, wifi(wap not wep) works for me... Must be a random occurrence? Have you attempted to update any files and are you using OC? Probably best to stick to a stock-like startup till you get a good feel of most of the basic functions, which may or may not include wifi, gps, 3d and camera; these should be on the "to be worked on" list of things for the devs to complete.

R^7Z said:
Odd, wifi(wap not wep) works for me... Must be a random occurrence? Have you attempted to update any files and are you using OC? Probably best to stick to a stock-like startup till you get a good feel of most of the basic functions, which may or may not include wifi, gps, 3d and camera; these should be on the "to be worked on" list of things for the devs to complete.
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it works for you?
wth!
and i havenet updated any files on the deive.
no im not using overclock on this onr,
but on another android version which is on my sd card i am
& is there a way i can lock my screen so it doesn't touch any buttons in my pocket &kepp it from going into SOD .

ndnmaster096 said:
it works for you?
wth!
and i havenet updated any files on the deive.
no im not using overclock on this onr,
but on another android version which is on my sd card i am
& is there a way i can lock my screen so it doesn't touch any buttons in my pocket &kepp it from going into SOD .
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NVM I got the wifi to work now .

Glad to hear about the wifi success story I don't know if I could walk you through that as it seems that wifi can be temperamental ( or just mental )
The only way I could get out of the SOD issue was to try for that work around (setting it to never timeout with the app mentioned) and to set a pattern unlock

R^7Z said:
Glad to hear about the wifi success story I don't know if I could walk you through that as it seems that wifi can be temperamental ( or just mental )
The only way I could get out of the SOD issue was to try for that work around (setting it to never timeout with the app mentioned) and to set a pattern unlock
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well i set it to never timeout and i have a lock pattern
but since it never times out it wont lock .

also now im starting to notice froyo is rebooting for some weird reason automatically .

Calm down, that is kind of "usual behavior" . There are quire a few things going on and the OS is attempting to "handle it". Sometimes it can't and just quits instead of freezing up ( which would be the lesser of two evils ). To get it to lock, you will have to turn it off manually (power button). Unfortunately, I think if the keyboad slides out, it self unlocks (kind of a self defeating purpose, more or less). If you turn the screen off and wait like 10 seconds then turn the screen on (power key), you should see the lock. I can't say for sure but it does work for me. I don't really have much time for troubleshooting today, as I am at work currently but do look over the threads I linked you to earlier if at all possible.

okay so i turned it off using the power button and it booted to windows mobile (odd)
then i tried running haret.exe & got this message:
"The file HARET cannot be opened. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, or one of its components cannot be found. IF the problem persists, try reinstalling or restoring the file."
im not sure what to do.
i tryed reformatting the card and installing fresh files, which didnt work so now im left questioned?

When you say you turned it off, did you hold the button or just press it once? If you pressed it once, then, that is definitly not "usual" behavior. I recall having that issue once upon a time but for the life of me, I don't recall what I did to recover from it. However, it sounds like you are attempting to run from a shortcut that references the program(haret) that is no longer there. To resolve this, I need you to confirm that you are running from the microSD and not a shortcut. Also, you aren't formatting under windows, right? If you are formatting from windows, that would be a "no-no"
Find something like the HP tool (can be googled) that everyone else talks of or even something like the free version of partition wizard should work.

i held the button and it gave me options
1) airplane mode
2)shutoff
3)vibrate
i did try to make a shortcut but i deleted it and now when i checked i was running it from the actual application.
lastly, i did format from windows but i downloaded hp format tool
and formated my device in quick format.
reinstalled the programs and it still gave me the same error message,
please help, i really miss android =(

Try deleting data.img and letting it recreate the file. To clarify about the screen off issue, when you press the power button once (not hold), what does it do? Also, which kernel package are you using and have you attempted to download a newer kernel package yet?
Also, try THIS kernel package; I got it from THIS site. It looks like that kernel package is specific to our devices.