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I have Tasker set up to periodically record certain data to log files on my phone. Moving these log files to a PC/FTP Server/Etc is done easily enough manually, but I'm looking for an automated solution that works on a schedule without any manual intervention.
Any suggestions? I would prefer a solution that can use the regular data network rather than requiring a cord or wifi.
Thanks
Have you looked at the SL4A plugin for tasker? You might be able to write a Ruby, Perl, etc script to do this and execute it on a schedule using tasker.
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Hi sl0wd0wn,
I have both the SL4A and Locale Execute plugins, but I am not an experienced coder. I wouldn't know where to start to write a script that uploaded a file somewhere.
My script writing knowledge is limited to little kid stuff: variable manipulation, if/then, etc. If someone can give me a relevant script, there's a good chance I could figure out how to adapt it to my needs, but I don't have the knowledge to start from scratch.
Thanks though
I'm trying the following. It doesn't give me any errors, but it's not actually uploading the file either.
Any thoughts? Or any suggestions on an alternate script?
Code:
#!/bin/sh
# FTP variables
FTP_HOST=ftp.*****.com
FTP_USER=*****
FTP_PASS=*****
FTP_REMOTE_DIR=/
ftp -inv $FTP_HOST <<EOF
user $FTP_USER $FTP_PASS
binary
put *****.log
quit
EOF
exit 0
What you provided is an example of a linux shell script. You can still run it from s4la, but it's different from a perl/ruby script. It will work, but you have to be rooted. If you're rooted, take a look at the ftpput command in your system\xbin directory. Here's some documentation on the command. .
http://www.busybox.net/downloads/BusyBox.html
It looks fairly straightforward. The most difficult part will probably be dealing with file names
Awesome! Thanks so much for the help - perfect.
Of course I seem to have run into another speedbump... I have a working .sh script: it runs perfectly from within the SL4A GUI. But if I use the SL4A plug-in from Tasker to execute it, I get a Force Close from SL4A
Guess I'll have to keep experimenting.
OK - instead of using the SL4A plugin in Tasker, I used the Execute plugin to run the sh file. Same thing, sure, but the latter solution doesn't cause Force Close (for whatever reason)
niiiiice
I don't know if the forum is acting up or my computer is acting up, but I got email notification of a reply that doesn't actually seem to be in this thread. Still, let me give an answer in case anyone else finds it useful...
So you're good to go?
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Yes, indeed.
Your prediction that file names would be the biggest issue was correct. For some reason (which is probably common knowledge to others, but wasn't to me), commands behaved differently from the adb shell than from the SL4A shell.
From adb, I was able to simply type:
Code:
ftpput -v -u username -p password 11.22.33.44 ./remotedir /sdcard/localdir/file.log
and it worked properly. Running this same exact command from the SL4A shell (and/or script) resulted in complaints of the file/directory not being found. Changing to this format for the sh script worked, however:
Code:
cd sdcard
cd localdir
ftpput -v -u username -p password 11.22.33.44 file.log
Then, running this script worked from SL4A GUI, but caused Force Close issues when I tried to execute through Tasker's SL4A plug-in. Using the Locale Execute, plug-in, however, I was able to execute the sh file by using:
Code:
@! sh /sdcard/sl4a/scripts/MyScriptBlaBla.sh
Now Tasker just executes this on a regular schedule.
Awesome. Glad to hear you were able to figure it out.
Wow thats great! This is exactly what i am looking for a long _Time.
I am a noob in Tasker and programming
Can you please explain how I can set this up?
Thank you very much!
gronph said:
Can you please explain how I can set this up?
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Sure, gladly. My described method may not be the most efficient, but it has worked perfectly for me.
You will need:
Tasker
SL4A and
Locale Execute
Go into SL4A and click Menu > Add > Shell
This will open a new .sh script for you to edit.
In the top window, type the name of the script (let's call it Synch.sh)
In the bottom part of the window, use the following code:
Code:
cd sdcard
cd localdir
ftpput -v -u username -p password 11.22.33.44 file.log
In case it's not apparent, replace "localdir" with the directory that contains the file, "username" should be the FTP username, "password" should be the FTP password, "11.22.33.44" should be the IP address of your FTP server, and "file.log" is the item you want to upload. Adjust the script as needed.
Now click Menu > Save & Run
Wait a minute or two, then check that your FTP server did indeed get the file. Assuming you typed everything correctly, your script should have worked.
Delete the file from your FTP server (so we can run another test later)
Now go into Tasker and create a new Task
Within the new Task, the action you want to add is under "Plugin" and should say "Execute"
When the Execute action comes up for configuration, hit the Edit button on it.
You will get a free text box in which you will want to type the following:
Code:
@ sh /sdcard/sl4a/scripts/Synch.sh
Now just click the back key to exit the text input box. Click "Done" on the Execute window, returning you to the Task itself. Now click "Test." Wait a minute or two and check your FTP server. The file should be there again.
Assuming everything worked out properly, you can now just choose how Tasker executes the Task. You could make it time based (every x hours, for example), or context based, etc.
It's worth noting that this method will overwrite the file if it already exists on the FTP server... so keep that in mind.
(There is also a SL4A plugin for Tasker that should theoretically be easier as you would just select which script you want it to run. I've encountered bugs and crashes with that plugin, however, which is why I choose to use the described Execute method above)
Thank you!!!
But it is not working here...
When I click "Save and Run" nothing is transfered. Can I activate logging so that I can see what is going wrong? I saw a logfile in the sl4a Folder but it is empty
EDIT: I am still trying... seems to be my Webspace
I'm not sure about logging.
Should have asked before, but are you rooted? And does your device have busybox installed?
Try this:
From SL4A, when you are just looking at the list of scripts that you have, drag your finger from the right side of the screen to the left. This should take you to a screen that says "Interpreters" up top. Click on "shell" which will open a terminal window. Now try typing the commands directly into the terminal (the same commands you put into that script). This should allow you visibility of what is happening. For example, below I've just opened the terminal window and typed "ftpput" without any parameters:
Thank you again! Now it works perfect!
ftpput doesn't want to work for me for some reason, I do exactly as you do and I don't get any errors but the file doesn't upload to the ftp server.
Just to add to the list of possible solutions, the app sync4android (android.kowalczuk.eu/rsync4android)(*) allows you to use the unix rsync command to copy/sync files and/or directories over networks. This doesn't require root, and the developer has provided locale/Tasker support, so it's easy to automate.
Rsync is a very cool protocol for managing backups, since it will compare the source and destination files/directories and only send the differences. I use the above app with Tasker to automatically upload any photos I take with my phone to my home server.
* just a note that I've included the pertinent parts of the URL to the app in those parenthesis since I can't post links here 'till my post count gets higher than some arbitrary number.
Thanks for the heads up on that program, wildland. I'll have to check it out.
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ftpput doesn't want to work for me for some reason, I do exactly as you do and I don't get any errors but the file doesn't upload to the ftp server.
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What is returned when you run the command in the shell interpreter as described above?
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Try this:
From SL4A, when you are just looking at the list of scripts that you have, drag your finger from the right side of the screen to the left. This should take you to a screen that says "Interpreters" up top. Click on "shell" which will open a terminal window. Now try typing the commands directly into the terminal (the same commands you put into that script). This should allow you visibility of what is happening.
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Sure, gladly. My described method may not be the most efficient, but it has worked perfectly for me....
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byrong, Just wanted to say thanks a lot for all the info you provided here. Thanks to your posts, I learned about SL4A, finally understood the point of installing BusyBox (had it installed before with Titanium Backup, but didn't really know what it did), learned about the ftpput command and how to configure its parameters to meet my needs, etc.!
My Tasker script is set up so that if the phone receives a txt containing a certain keyword, it takes a photo and uploads it to my website, grabs the date, time, battery level, cell-based (and gps-based, if possible) position and location accuracy and txts all that back to the txt sender. Now I just need to find a good way to use that info to quickly track the coordinates, but that's another matter...
Taking a photo is admittedly not that useful (unless whoever stole my phone happens to be looking at the back of it at that moment), but I have an EVO (which has a front-facing camera), so I mostly just wanted the photo part in place so I can add the front-facing camera stuff if Pent ever adds support for it.
Anyway, thanks again!
anyway to automatically upload camera shots to dropbox?
I do it manually now, but if it could be automated that would be so much easier
illflux said:
Anyway, thanks again!
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No problem! Glad it helped.
For what it's worth, I have similar "gotcha" type tasks for the same reasons you mention: in case someone gets a hold of my phone. Like you, I have location-reply text functions built.
I also have one that will immediately reboot the phone. I use a pattern lock, but have it set to a 10 minute delay. On the off chance that someone got a hold of my phone while it was unlocked, I could send the reboot command to it, which would at least activate the pattern lock screen.
spangenberg said:
anyway to automatically upload camera shots to dropbox?
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I don't really use Dropbox, so I'm not sure what kinds of functionality exists. If they offer users an FTP interface of some sort, you can use my described methods. If not, you'd have to research an alternate solution. Perhaps Dropbox has action intents that can be fired by Tasker? I'm not sure.
Hi,
I thought I'd add this here because I've recently starting using OSX after building my own hackintosh out of PC parts. I got very fed up with Windows and the need for drivers all over the shop so I'm moved over now.
I've also just got into flashing my HTC Desire and it was made very easy by lots of the guys here. One thing that will always be useful when rooting and flashing your phone is ADB. There are lots of guides out there for ADB on Windows but I wanted to run in natively in OSX.
After a lot of research and a few failed attempts .... I've now worked out how to run ADB in OSX.
What you will need:
A Mac
USB cable
Android SDK for OSX- http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
At the time of writing this the version was "android-sdk_r08-mac_86" so please have a look at the above link and let me know if you can't find that same version.
So download the zip file and I would extract it to a folder where you are happy to keep it such as within your user home folder i.e. Macintosh HD/Users/{Your User Name} and for my mac it is Users/siedkins which is how I have my OSX set up.
Then open then still in Finder, open "android-sdk-mac_86" then "tools".
Now launch Terminal - ⌘ + space then type Terminal or Applications>Utilities>Terminal
Now drag and drop the file called "android" in the "tools" folder into your terminal window and you should see something like:
/Users/siedkins/android-sdk-mac_86/tools/android
Then hit enter - this should load Android SDK
Next go to Available Packages on the left and Android Repository > Android SDK Platform-tools, revision 1 -tick the box and hit "Install Selected"
It should download and install the Platform Tools which includes ADB !!!!
Now quit Android SDK after it has downloaded and go back into Finder. Now you should see a new folder "platform-tools" in the "android-sdk-mac_86" folder. Open that and you can now see a file called adb.
Now .... I am going to show you how to make your life a lot easier in Terminal to run ADB without having to navigate to the folder every time you want to launch it.
Go back to your Terminal window and type (or copy & paste):
Code:
cd ~
The screen should then look like
NAME_OF_YOUR_MACHINE:~ USERNAME$
For me I have:
Mac-Pro:~ siedkins$
Next, type
Code:
touch .bash_profile
to create your new bash / path file
Next, type
Code:
open -e .bash_profile
to open it in TextEdit.
Now into Text Edit please copy:
Code:
export PATH=${PATH}:
Then go into Finder and navigate your your "android-sdk-mac_86" folder. Then click on the "platform-tools" folder and drag and drop this into TextEdit at the end of the code above that you copied. Mine looks like:
export PATH=${PATH}:/Users/siedkins/android-sdk-mac_86/platform-tools/
Yours should look like:
export PATH=${PATH}:insert your path to the "platform-tools" folder in your Android SDK here
All you need is that one line. Then Save and exit TextEdit and then very importantly QUIT TERMINAL.
***** If you have issues being able to save the file at all then please jump to the bottom of the post*****
Now ........ to turn on USB Debugging in your handset Settings > Applications > Development > USB Debugging - ticked and also go to Settings > Connect to PC > Default connection type > Charge Only and also UNTICK "Ask me ..." there also. You can always go back here and change these settings back.
Now plug in your phone to a USB port. I noticed that if I plugged my phone into one of the standard USB ports on the front of my machine I couldn't see the phone further down the line and if I plugged it into a powered USB port on the front (I have an "akasa AK-ICR-08" which has a powered connector behind the 5 USB ports. But you guys will probably be using a MacBook or MacPro and there shouldn't be any issues with the power to your USB ports.
Now to launch ADB - re-open terminal (remember that you had quit it - very important!) then type in:
Code:
adb devices
And you should see:
List of devices attached
HXXXXXXXXXX device
where XXXXXXXX is your unique phone ID.
Now you can run all of your favourite ADB commands straight by typing:
adb shell
etc straight into Terminal. I won't go into that here as there are plenty of guides about what to do with ADB once it's installed!
Now you have ADB setup on your Mac and can run it without the need for installing HTC Sync - un-installing it - loading some modified drivers over the top !!!!
It all just works !!!!!!
Please drop me a line if you have any queries about this !
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If you are have user account issues such as Terminal or TextEdit says that you can't do anything then try adding "sudo" to the front of your terminal command as this will allow you to execute the account as a superuser or root user for OSX! ROOT!!! Note that you will have to enter your password to enable the superuser access rights and you won't see anything as you type in your password.
i.e. try:
Code:
sudo touch .bash_profile
then
Code:
sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit .bash_profile
(slight change in the coding here to ensure that TextEdit opens
Or you could do:
Code:
sudo pico .bash_profile
This will open up the Pico text editor instead of TextEdit. Here you will have to type out all of the text then you press "ctrl+x" to exit and then you can save on the next screen. To check that has worked you can then open the file in terminal again and check it with the normal command:
Code:
open -e .bash_profile
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Please see post #37 for How To Use ADB Over WIRELESS !!!!
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EDIT - 27th JAN 2010
FastBoot
I've now found you all a precompiled version of Fast Boot:
http://developer.htc.com/adp.html
Please download and unzip the precompiled version for OSX to your "SDK/platform-tools" folder.
Rename the unzipped file from "fastboot-mac" just to "fastboot". You need to fix the permissions of the fastboot file using CHMOD in Terminal.
In Terminal navigate to your "SDK/platform-tools" folder and then type:
Code:
ls
You should see all of the files in your "platform-tools" folder such as adb, aapt, fastboot, etc.
Then type:
Code:
chmod 777 fastboot
PLEASE NOTE THAT I AM ASSUMING THAT YOU HAVE CHANGED THE FILE NAME ABOVE !
Now with the permissions fixed you should be able to run fastboot.
Connect your phone via USB and set to "charging only". Then turn off your phone and leave the USB in. Then hold the back key and then turn your phone on again. You will have a white screen with 3 skateboarding androids on.
Now in Terminal type:
Code:
fastboot devices
And you should see your unqiue phone ID! (Note that you have to be at that white screen with the skateboarders for the "fastboot devices" code to run!
Now you have a fully working fastboot !!!
Sorry this explanation is a bit short - I did write out a longer one but my browser crashed and I lost it all. However if you cannot follow the above then I think it's maybe best that you don't use fastboot as you could seriously brick your phone.
NOTE - I HAVE NEVER USED FASTBOOT TO FLASH A RADIO OR PHONE SO I PROBABLY WON'T BE ABLE TO HELP IF YOU GET ERRORS IN USING FASTBOOT OR FLASHING YOUR DEVICE ! The above information is how to shortcut the navigation to the folder. Please don't blame me if you break the recovery image of your phone!
Thanks for such a thorough step by step guide. But Im having a problem I followed the directions and at the last step I get "permission denied". Any tips for me would be truly appreciated. Thanks
dhoshman said:
Thanks for such a thorough step by step guide. But Im having a problem I followed the directions and at the last step I get "permission denied". Any tips for me would be truly appreciated. Thanks
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which last step ?
dhoshman said:
Thanks for such a thorough step by step guide. But Im having a problem I followed the directions and at the last step I get "permission denied". Any tips for me would be truly appreciated. Thanks
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What version of MacOS? Also are you sure your device is properly rooted? I'm assuming you are getting the error when typing "adb devices"?
EDIT: That's what I get for being distracted while typing this.. ;-)
The easiest way to get the sdk is by using homebrew, which is an amazingly useful tool. https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew
Code:
brew install android-sdk
It doesn't add adb to your path however, you have to do that manually by adding /usr/local/Cellar/android-sdk/r8/platform-tools to your path.
Hope that makes it a little bit easier.
I found that on my mac using terminal I have to always start the adb commands with a ./ otherwise it wouldn't work right. This might be common knowledge for some, but I'm a terminal newbie
So, for example:
./adb devices
Thanks for the walk through
This work great. I put the the SDK folder on the root of Macintosh HD and renamed it to AndroidSDK. Then in the .bash_profile my path was /AndroidSDK/platform-tools/ . I then made a backup of my SD card with adb pull from /mnt/sdcard to my local machine.
mun-key said:
I found that on my mac using terminal I have to always start the adb commands with a ./ otherwise it wouldn't work right. This might be common knowledge for some, but I'm a terminal newbie
So, for example:
./adb devices
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Kind of weird. To me that would mean that you're path variable isn't setup correctly. Usually the ./ before a command means to run the command from the current directory and ignore the path variable.
It doesn't even have to be this complicated. Download the sdk, whatever files you want to push to your phone put it in the same folder. Then do the commands (./adb push). Simple.
Great and easy tutorial! Got it working in 5min ^_^
madj42 said:
Kind of weird. To me that would mean that you're path variable isn't setup correctly. Usually the ./ before a command means to run the command from the current directory and ignore the path variable.
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Ok - that makes sense now. And reading Krisrk's reply, that's exactly how I did it.
On my device I only needed to push a single file. Don't really need adb anymore. Your post was like 12-hours too late for me though. I spent 3 hours trying to figure out why it wouldn't work, then saw the ./ in a youtube video. After that I was rooted with a new rom in minutes
thanks for all the great info guys
Just wanted to thank you! I already had ADB working on my Mac OSX but didn't have the "environment variables" in the .bash_profile. So now I can just use adb commands directly without going into the finder and find the adb!
Also, kudos for the very detailed guide with your own examples, that reads very well!
Thanks for the comments guys.
I know that you can navigate to the SDK folder and just run it from there but I thought that people might like the above guide to do the shortcut once and then never have to jump around folders again in terminal which is a bit of a pain. Plus my method removes the need for the "./" prefix.
anyways I'm easy I'm sure that everyone will have their own preferred method if you already use adb on OSX
i cannot get beyond the command:
touch .bash_profile
the terminal returns permission denied. what do i need to add or what am i doing wrong?
What type of user account do you have set up in OSX?
System Prefs > Accounts
Also what about trying the following in Terminal
Code:
sudo touch .bash_profile
And then enter the password for your user profile?
Any better?
Thanks for this!!!!!
Nobody ever shows macs love.
Sent From My HTC Evo 4G Using Tapa Talk Pro!
siedkins said:
What type of user account do you have set up in OSX?
System Prefs > Accounts
Also what about trying the following in Terminal
Code:
sudo touch .bash_profile
And then enter the password for your user profile?
Any better?
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it popped up and asked my password, then it said i entered the wrong one and i never was asked this again. this is incredibly frustrating as i cannot even get it to work in windows
edit: ok got to the part where i bring up text edit, but it will not let me save. states i do not have permission to save. is there a way i can turn off this password crap for the time being? all i want to do is push files to my phone, i can't even get this far
Ok...
I'm trying not to look stupid, but for gods sake, im stuck at the first command. I copy paste cd~ and nothing happens. press enter nothing. I've been reading up on terminal and i still feel quite stupid considering how im stuck on step one
edit: got it! I got lost going back into the same terminal and not closing the android sdk window. there fore I was still in the sdk and not telling the computer anything. a dur. Opening a new terminal and doing all of the steps did the trick. Thanks for this btw!
thanks for the detailed guide. i've been looking all over the web for a guide to setup adb for MAC. followed the steps here and now, i'm able to use ADB on my macbook. YAY!!
monstereo said:
thanks for the detailed guide. i've been looking all over the web for a guide to setup adb for MAC. followed the steps here and now, i'm able to use ADB on my macbook. YAY!!
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Hey just a random note, nice prof pic stig ftw
Hi there,
so this is a guide how to install the Sugar Learning Platform ( http://www.sugarlabs.org/ ), which might be known from the OLPC project ( http://one.laptop.org/ ) on a low cost tablet using Android. In this example I used the Zync Z930 ( http://www.zync.in/index.php/our-products/tablet-phablets/zync-z930-detail ), but generally spoken it should be possible on every tablet / device running Android.
Software requirements
Complete Linux Installer ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/...linuxonandroid&feature=search_result&hl=en_GB )
android-vnc-viewer ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=android.androidVNC&feature=search_result&hl=en_GB )
Android Terminal Emulator ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm&feature=search_result&hl=en_GB )
All the software above should be free of cost (at least at the time this is written). Technically we will have running a special Fedora-ARM-Image in a chroot environment on the top of Android. But you will need root rights for this, so be aware of warranty conditions and other things as it might harm your device and make it unusable.
To root your device, you must find a method that works for your device. Many devices can be rooted according to that method , for my device I used simply adb commands as described by arunal_123 in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2093663
I did not use the files he offered as I had my own, but I think this should not change a thing. However, be aware what rooting means and if you do not know it, DO NOT DO IT.
OK, so I expect you to have downloaded the 3 applications I suggested, now that we have a rooted device, let us start the real work!
First, download the Fedora-Image file from here As you can read, this is an ALPHA version, and in fact there are some bugs, however, it should work for us, so do not worry.
Now I expect that you have the image file at /user/home/fedora.img
First you might want to enlarge the image file to allow us to install all the applications we want. You can do that like this. I used method 1. If you face some trouble that the mount-point does not exist, feel free to create it by yourself manually like that as root on terminal (I expect you to run a GNU/Linux on your computer, if you do not have one, just load down an image of for example Ubuntu and put it on your USB drive ( http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/try-ubuntu-before-you-install )):
mkdir /media/fedoranew
OK, now that you have enlarged your image file (maybe to 2GB), let´s proceed.
Open the terminal app and type su. Now there should be a # instead of a $. If this does not work, you have not successfully rooted your device, go back to step one, if you face trouble, make a specific thread for your device, but search on the forum before. Now you can already start up fedora using the following command:
Code:
sh /data/data/com.zpwebsites.linuxonandroid/files/bootscript.sh /mnt/sdcard/fedora/fedora.img
(your image file would be on your sd-card in the folder fedora named fedora.img, on some devices the real extern sdcard might be available under ext_sd instead of sdcard).
Now some errors will popup, let us ignore them right now. So we are in fedora right now, but without graphical view. First, we can update all the stuff by using yum. Just type yum update (that might take some time, take a cup of coffee or realize that you should repaint your wall again)
Alright, so now let us install the programs we need, that is the tightvnc-server and the sugar-desktop, therefore type
Code:
yum install tightvnc-server
yum groupinstall sugar-desktop
yum install sugar-emulator
OK, now we must change the xstartup file of our vnc-server to use our own version. I actually prefer the nano-editor (you can install it with yum install nano, but vi is pre-installed, to use it, type: vi /home/fedora/.vnc/xstartup In the case it does not exist, just recreate the user fedora by deleting it by userdel fedora, also erase all files by rm -r /home/fedora and create it again by adduser fedora, just ignore any warnings. Now you should change the file like that:
Code:
#!/bin/sh
[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
vncconfig -iconic &
x-terminal-emulator -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
dbus-launch --session sugar &
Right now if you would try to start it, you would find various errors in the logfile in /home/fedora/.vnc, that is due to some strange rights for some folders and some missing devices. So here is how to fix this issue:
Code:
chmod 666 /dev/null
chmod 777 /tmp
yum install MAKEDEV
cd /dev
MAKEDEV tty
MAKEDEV pts
So now you should have all devices and sufficient permissions, but you might not have a vnc-user-password for fedora, so change to the user and make a dummy start of the vnc-server
Code:
su - fedora
vncserver
...and choose your favorite password.
Alright, go back to root via exit and shut the hole thing down via exit again.
So start Fedora again by pressing the Vol-Up button and w on the terminal, press enter.
OK, now we should have a more or less graphical interface, so start android-vnc-viewer, use the following settings:
Code:
Port-Number: 5900
Username: fedora
Password: <your_choice>
24bit colours
And connect....
Now you should see some terminal, type
Code:
sugar-emulator
Wait a second and sugar should power up. Now you should be able to start activities and also install new ones.
Enjoy Sugar on your tablet and tell me about your experiences and problems.
I just wrote this hole post out of my memory, so probability is high I forgot something, just tell me about your issues and I will update the guide.
Happy hacking!
Sugar Learning Platform on Inexpensive Chinese Tablet
I was very happy to find a post on this topic. I have a couple of Yeahpad Pillbox7 inexpensive Chinese tablets, which I purchased specifically because they are the only thing I can afford and my 4 year old twin boy and girl need a real learning computer.
I believe this topic is of the highest importance as successful implementation means making the original goal of the $100 Sugar computer a reality to the individual user who doesn't necessarily need the specifications of the XO machine.
I have been as detailed as I can be - perhaps painfully so - because I don't know what I am missing that could make the difference in turning this from a lengthy set of failed directions and notes into a functional demonstration project that proves that it is possible to reach this goal, which has been more than a decade in the making, albeit by taking some shortcuts with the lofty hardware goals and in this case running in a virtual environment which hampers performance and functionality.
If you want to start reading where following your directions starts to go haywire then skip to the dotted line of astrixs "* * * * * * * * *" and the heading in capital letters that says, "YUM UPDATE, INSTALLING TIGHTVNC-SERVER, SUGAR-DESKTOP, & SUGAR EMULATOR - RESULTING UNFOUND FILE DEPENDENCIES NOT AT ANY MIRROR"
The specifications of the Yeahpad Pillbox7 are about identical to the machine you used.
SPECIFICATIONS ON THE YEAHPAD PILLBOX7
Android Ice Cream Sandwich
Allwinner A13 CPU and Mali-400 GPU - which is ARM Cortex-A8 architecture
512 Mb RAM
4 GB internal memory
7" capacitive touch screen
some kind of wifi - supposedly 802.11n
I have a 16GB miniSDHC card I am using with a microSD adapter
I have a USB hub and have connected a mouse and keyboard to make the work easier.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE RELEVANT TO THIS ENDEAVOUR
I have been using the Linux On Android / Complete Linux Installer app with Terminal Emulator app and Android VNC Viewer app all from the Play store.I have successfully chroot virtualized a very basic Debian with XFCE, and also Ubuntu 12 with LXDE with these tools.
I also have been spending some time on the Linux on Android IRC channel and have Zac the creator of the app on my FaceBook page. Zac has been helpful and is very curious as to how this project goes.
My device the Yeahpad Pillbox7 is pre-rooted and only requires a "su" at terminal to get the "#" prompt.
Despite any details that indicate otherwise, I am a complete Android noob and my experience in linux is just as a distro-hopping enthusiast with no professional experience and almost no understanding. Nonetheless I try to enjoy what I do with these consumer devices and my emphasis has always been on the lower end economically, saving old machines often when there is not any funds for a new one, and for about 5 years now also getting ahold of consumer devices from China at the lowest price that can be had new and trying to modify the stock "computer" into something useful. This is my third attempt to do so in that category.
This type of chroot linux virtualization has shown the most promise as of late in the absence of driver availabilty for installing linux natively on a category of device where the manufacturers, the components they use, and the architecture has been in constant flux - but at this point in the market they are all aiming for Android v4 and up with Play store access. Since these devices are small, they seem to lend themselves to the application of young children, and also since the largest percentage of very poor users without access are young children, the application of a learning environment that emphasizes classical computer literacy with such allegories as turtle graphics to teach programming at a young age is a worthwhile lofty goal for the community to apply to the flood of inexpensive tablet computers coming our way now.
ALPHA VS BETA VERSION OF FEDORA CORE IMAGE FOR LINUX ON ANDROID
Perhaps this is where I went wrong I am using the BETA version of the Linux on Android Fedora Core image. It wasn't available when you wrote this post. Perhaps I was mistaken in thinking that the BETA would be the better image to start with. I will go back and do it with the ALPHA version next, which is per your instructions, and I will post my results again. Anyhow I took the Fedora Core image for Linux on Android and I unzipped it using 7zip, I verified the md5sum using fileverifier++ and I put on the miniSDHC card under a folder called /fedora/ and the file I named fedora.img. So I put it at /fedora/fedora.img on the miniSDHC card.
CONFIGURING MY PC TO BE ABLE TO DO IMAGE PREPARATION
I downloaded a the alternate version of xubuntu 12.04.b for 64 bit. Did an md5sum check and burned it to a CD-ROM. Then after updating the VirtualBox install on the PC I have access to is an Acer Aspire 5733-6838 which runs Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 on an Intel Core i5 with 4GB of DDR3 RAM - I installed the Xubuntu as a Guest OS on VirtualBox successfully and applied all the latest updates. Then I also installed Guest Additions and made the Drag'n;Drop and Clipboard functions bi-directional because I like being able to copy and paste in and out of my host OS while I do my work. I was able to mount the 16GB miniSDHC card onto the Guest Xubuntu OS using the USB Devices options on the VirtualBox control bar.
I did all that (installing Xubuntu) because the Linux I've been virtualizing and enjoying lately, Mageia2, did not execute the "cp -r fedoraold/* fedoranew" command which I derived from the 'expand the image directions' you referenced without generating a plethora of "cp: cannot create symbolic link" errors!
EXPANDING THE FEDORA IMAGE TO 2GB
Having switched to Xubuntu 12.04b 64bit alternate - I was able to execute the directions derived from
the directions from the linuxonandroid resource you referenced (I am not allowed to post outside links because I am a new xda forum member)
and enlarge the fedora image file to 2GB. I used these commands from terminal:
dd if=/dev/zero of=fedoranew.img bs=1M count=0 seek=2048
mke2fs -F fedoranew.img
so then I created two folders on the miniSDHC card at /fedora/ one called "fedoraold" and one called "fedorabang"
and then mounted the folders from the terminal using these commands
sudo mount -o loop fedora.img fedoraold
sudo mount -o loop fedoranew.img fedorabang
then I did the copy to the larger 2GB image file using this command from the terminal:
sudo cp -r fedoraold/* fedorabang
and finally I unmounted the folders using these terminal commands
sudo umount fedoraold
sudo umount fedorabang[/B]
I then shut down xubuntu and used the remove usb device icon from the Windows 7 taskbar to get a safe to remove the SDCard message.
I removed the miniSDHC card from the microSD adapter and inserted it into the Yeahpad Pillbox7 while powered off.
TRYING TO MODIFY THE FEDORA IMAGE ON THE TABLET TO RUN SUGAR LEARNING PLATFORM USING LINUX ON ANDROID AND ANDROID VNC VIEWER
I already have Linux on Android / Terminal Emulator / and Android VNC Viewer Apps installed on the Android Tablet.
Using File Manager I see that the newly made image is at: mnt/extsd/fedora/fedoranew.img
So after confirming that the bootscript.sh file is where it is supposed to be I use this command from the terminal to launch Linux on Android with the 2GB FedoraCore image
sh /data/data/com.zpwebsites.linuxonandroid/files/bootscript.sh /mnt/extsd/fedroa/fedoranew.img
I take the advice to ignore the errors, I've seen them before on LinuxOnAndroid during successful launches of other images.
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YUM UPDATE, INSTALLING TIGHTVNC-SERVER, SUGAR-DESKTOP, & SUGAR EMULATOR - RESULTING UNFOUND FILE DEPENDENCIES NOT AT ANY MIRROR
So I continue by trying to get all the current updates for fedora using the terminal command:
yum update
At the Transaction summary - I also respond with: "y" and [ENTER].
This is where I ran into my first set of snags - summarizing the errors Yum couldn't find these files:
bind-license-9.9.2-5.P1.fc17.noarch.rpm
dosfstools-3.0.14-1.fc17.armv5tel.rpm
selinux-policy-3.10.0-167.fc17.noarch.rpm
bind-libs-9.9.2-5.P1.fc17.armv5tel.rpm
dnsmasq-2.65-4.fc17.armv5tel.rpm
coreutils-8.15-9.fc17.armv5tel.rpm
libsss_sudo-1.8.6-1.fc17.armv5tel.rpm
iproute-3.3.0-5.fc17.armv5tel.rpm
bind-utils-9.9.2-5.P1.fc17.arm5tel.rpm
bash-4.2.39-2.fc17.arm5tel.rpm
bind-libs-lite-9.9.2-5.P1.fc17.armv5tel.rpm
selinux-policy-targeted-3.10.0-167.fc17.noarch.rpm
at any of these mirror sites:
apparently I can't post these here because I am a new xda forum member
I tried "yum update" more than once and ran into the identical set up errors, so I continued on hoping that substitute files were found, or that none of those files were essential.
So I conintued to try and install the programs your post says that I need, starting with tightvnc-server, so I use the terminal command:
yum install tightvnc-server
At the Transaction summary - I also respond with: "y" and [ENTER].
This is a summary of the files that Yum couldn't find from the errors:
perl-PathTools-3.33-221.fc17.armv5tel.rpm
perl-Pod-simple-3.16-221.fc17.noarch.rpm
perl-macros-5.14.3-221.fc17.armv5tel.rpm
perl-libs-5.14.3-221.fc17.armv5tel.rpm
perl-Pod-Escapes-1.04-221.fc17.noarch.rpm
perl-Module-Pluggable-3.90-221.fc17.noarch.rpm
perl-5.14.3-221.fc17.armv5tel.rpm
gnutls-2.12.20-4.fc17.armv5tel.rpm
I believe that Yum had tried all the mirror sites listed earlier.
As before, I have nothing else to go on, so I hope that either substitute files were found, or that none of those files were essential.
So I continue to try and install the progams your post says that I need, the next one being the sugar-desktop, so I use the terminal command:
yum groupinstall sugar-desktop
At the Transaction summary - I also respond with: "y" and [ENTER].
This is a summary of the files that Yum couldn't find from the errors:
libarchive-3.0.4-2.fc17.armv5tel.rpm
libproxy-0.4.10-1.fc17.armv5tel.rpm
gnutls-2.12.20-4.fc17.armv5tel.rpm (see above - already not found before)
I believe that Yum had tried all the mirror sites listed earlier.
As before, I have nothing else to go on, so I hope that either substitute files were found, or that none of those files were essential.
So I continue to try and install the programs your post says that I need, the next one being the sugar-emulator, so I use the terminal command:
yum install sugar-emulator
At the Transaction summary - I also respond with: "y" and [ENTER].
This is a summary of the files that Yum couldn't find from the errors:
libproxy-0.4.10-1.fc17.armv5tel.rpm (see above - already not found before)
gnutls-2.12.20-4.fc17.armv5tel.rpm (see above - already not found before)
I believe that Yum had tried all the mirror sites listed earlier.
As before, I have nothing else to go on, so I hope that either substitute files were found, or that none of those files were essential.
All in all from I read that there were 22 .rpm files missing that were not found at any of the relevant mirrors between the general yum update (12 missing files) and dependencies from tightvnc-server, sugar-desktop, and sugar-emulator (10 more missing files)
CUSTOMIZING THE XSTARTUP FILE AT /home/fedora/.vnc/xstartup FOR OUR PURPOSES
So I continud on with the instruction in your post, next on the agenda is an xstartup file for vnc-server.
You describe it as changing the xstartup file - I could used the "ls -a" command on the directory /home/fedora/ and could not find a directory called .vnc and could not find an existing file at /home/fedora/.vnc/xstartup
I too don't seem to have the talent for the vi editor so I take your suggestion and install nano using this terminal command:
yum install nano
At the Transaction summary - I also respond with: "y" and [ENTER].
There were some other files starting with "." that I found in the /home/fedora/ directory - I looked at them with the text editor and I didn't see any information that I could figure was specific to this use instance - but I am no expert. So I did the following strictly on your instructions advice.
It said if I could not find the xstartup file in existance to do the following from the terminal command line, ignoring any warnings.
userdel fedora
rm -r /home/fedora
adduser fedora
I tried the least destructive choices it gave me upon the "rm -r /home/fedora command" but it did not result in a .vnc directory or xtartup file that I could detect when completing the instructions to the "adduser fedora" command - so I repeated the commands but answered the resulting question with removal of even the /home/fedora directory. nonetheless all of that failed in creating a .vnc directory that I could detect (using the 'ls -a' command) or of an xstartup file.
So I went ahead and ad libbed the following from the terminal because otherwise anything I were to write in nano for /home/fedora/.vnc/xstartup would not save for lack of a directory for it to go in.
mkdir /home/fedora/.vnc
For some reason even after I execute the make directory command, "ls -a" from the /home/fedora/ directory still doesn't show it, but I can cd into, /home/fedora/.vnc/
From there I simply followed the directions and from the terminal:
nano /home/fedora/.vnc/xstartup
And from there entered the script given and saved it with ctrl-o and/or ctrl-x nano commands:
#!/bin/sh
[ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
xsetroot -solid grey
vncconfig -iconic &
x-terminal-emulator -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
dbus-launch --session sugar &
ADDITIONAL PERMISSIONS AND MISSING DEVICES
So refering to your instructions once again: it says that I need to execute the following to give certain rights and take care of missing devices. So from the terminal:
chmod 666 /dev/null
chmod 777 /tmp
yum install MAKEDEV
At the Transaction summary - I also respond with: "y" and [ENTER].
Terminal responds "Complete!"
cd /dev
MAKEDEV tty
Then I enter according to your instructions
MAKEDEV pts
And the terminal responds:
don't know how to make device "pts"
So I do some research into the "Makedev" command - I can't post this url here because I am a new xda forum member.
Granted the page I find is not from the same flavor of linux but I don't see a "pts" option and it seems perhaps this is a typo.
So I need to guess what you were trying to accomplish. I decide on the following terminal command:
MAKEDEV pty
And at least there are no errors - but was it what you intended - I have no clue? also was there any reason for the Makedev command to be capitalized either when asking yum to install it or in its usage. Again I am a noob so I have no clue.
VNC-USER-PASSWORD AND DUMMY START OF VNC-SERVER AND OTHER FINISHING TOUCHES (unresolved)
From the terminal the next command in your directions gives no problems:
su - fedora
The result is the changed the prompt from [[email protected] dev]# to [[email protected] ~]$
but the next command:
vncserver
is unrecognized or any variants I try "vnc-server" "tightvnc-server" and I look for anything promising in the /bin/ and /sbin/ directories but fail to find anything.
So the part about 'choosing my favorite password' which I know I will need to use the Android VNC Viewer app to see the graphical install of the sugar learning platform, is sadly not a reality. This is confusing to me as I know the command must be available somehow as everytime one tries to launch the Linux On Android app it is a question on the user dialog, something like "start the vnc-server (y/n)" or some words along those lines, so I know there is a command to do this available.
So to shut everything down requires from the terminal:
exit
and then also again from the terminal:
exit
I am equally perplexed by the whole set of directions instructing to press "Vol-Up" button and w on the terminal.
I try it. and the Vol-Up button does register some symbol in the terminal, and I follow it with the letter "w" on the terminal and enter.
and also I try to do the two actions in conjunction, but nothing I do with those directions seems to restart Fedora that I can tell.
Can you explain that part of the directions in more detail?
I try various combinations of things I know to try but I Android VNC Viewer is failing to connect even if there is something to connect with for lack of a password
that I have not been able to set or already know. Also even after getting Linux on Android to launch the fedoranew.img that has been modified it the terminal is not
responsive on the command line to:
sugar-emulator (does nothing)
AN INVITATION TO ALL THOSE WHO KNOW BETTER AS TO WHAT I CAN OR SHOULD TRY TO DO TO MAKE THE SUGAR LEARNING PLATFORM WORK WITH LINUX ON ANDROID AND ANDROID VNC VIEWER.
I have not been able to enjoy Sugar on the Yeahpad Pillbox7 tablet,
and I am taking you up on your offer to tell you about my experiences and problems.
I know you said you wrote the post out of memory but if you could do it again taking notes while you do it so that others can try to get the same result, please comment on what you think I am doing right or wrong, or if you can remember more that might be helpful - then the world will owe you a debt as there in is in my humble opinion many many people who don't even know that they need this information yet.
OK, so what I think is that this image is somehow messed up as these unresolved dependencies indicate - in my opinion - some mis-configured setup.
Maybe the fastest solution might be to try the alpha-Image I used - if you still face trouble, please feel free to describe it as precisely and well as you did this time.
Good luck
I am about to repeat the process with the ALPHA image but..
I am about to repeat the process with the ALPHA image. But...it would help if you made comment on more than the dependency problems...
These three areas in your instructions and my comments are areas I am particularly curious about and think your input would be valuable in.
1)
For instance it would be helpful to know about what you think about what you think about my comments with the strange behavior around the /home/fedora/.vnc/xstartup file and the del and add of the fedora user.
Wouldn't it be better just to add the .vnc folder and xtartup file and doesn't the lack of a .vnc folder at all seem to indicate a step that wasn't documented?
2)
Please examine what I wrote about the MAKEDEV command. Was I correct about the typo?
3)
Please enlighten me further about your instructions regarding "Vol-up" and "w" - I can't find any information anywhere that gives me a clue about what you were trying to do there. I wasn't able to reproduce the result you got - maybe if I understood more I will be able to replicate what you were trying to do there and or find another way to do it.
Thanks so much in advance... I appreciate your interest in this topic!
For instance it would be helpful to know about what you think about what you think about my comments with the strange behavior around the /home/fedora/.vnc/xstartup file and the del and add of the fedora user.
Wouldn't it be better just to add the .vnc folder and xtartup file and doesn't the lack of a .vnc folder at all seem to indicate a step that wasn't documented?
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As I understood you, yum install tightvnc-server fails due to unresolved dependencies. Therefore, no such folder will be created as the program is not installed. That is also why you will not get such a folder after recreating the user.
Please examine what I wrote about the MAKEDEV command. Was I correct about the typo?
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It might be the case that it was in fact pty, not pts, I am not sure about that anymore. You can check for the success by changing into the /dev directory ( cd /dev ) and then list all entries of pty ( ls pty* ) to see whether the device was created successfully.
Please enlighten me further about your instructions regarding "Vol-up" and "w" - I can't find any information anywhere that gives me a clue about what you were trying to do there. I wasn't able to reproduce the result you got - maybe if I understood more I will be able to replicate what you were trying to do there and or find another way to do it.
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This is only for convenience so that you do not have to write the hole command again. So when you are in the terminal emulator, by default, you should be able to go up in your bash history by pressing "Vol-up" and "w", similar to the "arrow-up" on your PC.
I hope I could help you, good luck.
Thank you.
Thank you, those are some very useful replies!
I will be sure to post the results of my next binge of effort on this project.
Do ever know some app which could see data on watches? I find only "File Manager For Android Wear" but it could see only file on sw on watches but how to copy/paste/delete files form/to watches to/from PC or android?
Adb would work.
ADB commands
Thank you for answer but I don´t know right commands or functions for ADB please could you help me with this?
Thank you very much.
Certainly,
So, first you have to enable adb on the watch. To do so, go to settings then about then tap the build number a bunch of times. Then, go to developer settings and enable adb debugging.
Then you need to set up adb on your computer. It is a little involved, but there are directions online. I can help with this, but is a topic for another post. Let me know if you need it.
Okay, you have adb and you have enabled it on the watch.
Now, just plug the watch into the computer. If you are on Windows and did not add adb to your path, open the platform-tools folder in Windows explorer. Type cmd in the explorer bar and it should open a terminal window.
Okay, now the commands are easy. I have not done this on the watch yet, but this should work.
First, to ensure that adb is working, type...
Code:
adb devices
You should see a string which represents your watch.
It may say unauthorized. If so, look at your watch, and authorize adb.
Code:
adb ls /
This will list the contents of your root directory.
Unless you are rooted, you cannot write to this folder, but you can now read the contents of the watch. I am assuming you want to put music or some such on your watch, so navigate to your sdcard...
Code:
adb ls /sdcard/
And you should see the contents of your sdcard (even though your watch does not have an sdcard, it should have a partition on the internal memory called sdcard). This is where you can put your files.
If you are new to terminal, you can easily get back to the last commands by pressing the up arrow at the prompt.
Now, once you find a place to put your digital goodies, you can run this command.
Code:
Adb push (local file, files, or folders) (folder on the watch where you want them to live)/
replace the words in parenthesis as well as the parenthesis, with the full paths. There are shortcuts here too.
Use the up arrow to get the path on the watch, and then...
You can drag a file from Windows explorer to the terminal window to get the local path. Drop it before the path on the watch.
Let me know if this does not work or you have questions...
Good luck.
Leko
Edit: I tried it and modified my instructions based on the specifics of our watch. This does work.
Thanks
This is exactly what I want to know Great work. Thanks a lot.
Total Commander plugin
It works great I am Total Commander user and plugin is alredy exist
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2105707
Wonderful! I am glad it helped. Total commander is an excellent idea. Now we have a gui way to do this.
I'm running on the 10.5.10.IN11BA build.
Just get a command shell to your OnePlus 8 Pro through adb, no need for the device to be rooted or anything.
Once you get there, just type:
Code:
am start -n com.oneplus.factorymode/.camera.manualtest.CameraManualTest
It will launch the FactoryMode app and get you directly to the manual camera test view.
Just press the bottom right icon until you get to the color filter.
I have no doubt there is easier and quicker ways to get the same result, maybe through an apk.
Edit:
As far as I know, this workaround could work on any OnePlus 8 Pro model.
Also, as pointed out by ster88, you also can take videos with the filter, which was not possible with the camera app.
I tried not working. I used th terminal app from google playstore.
Can u specifically provide which app and where.
And anything to enable on developer mode.
sajjadhussaini said:
I tried not working. I used th terminal app from google playstore.
Can u specifically provide which app and where.
And anything to enable on developer mode.
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Sure !
To enable developper mode, go to "Settings > About phone" and tap the "Build number" until they tell you have developper mode enabled.
Then go to "Settings > System > Developper options" and under "Debugging" enable "USB Debugging" and "Wireless ADB Debugging".
Once that is done, on your computer, download the platform-tools, containing adb here :
Code:
https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools
Once it is downloaded, go inside it with your command line.
If you are doing this wirelessly, get your phone IP address and type:
Code:
adb connect <your-phone-ip-address>
Then if it worked, to know what the transport id of our device is, type :
Code:
adb devices -l
Once you have the transport id, type this to get a shell to your phone:
Code:
adb -t <transport-id> shell
You can get more details on how adb works here:
Code:
https://developer.android.com/studio/command-line/adb
Then when you have access to the shell, just type:
Code:
am start -n com.oneplus.factorymode/.camera.manualtest.CameraManualTest
If everything went fine, you should get access to the camera !
I could not use a terminal app to run the command, usually because the terminal app doesn't want to let the camera application to take over the view, or something like that, not sure.
The ideal would be to have a dedicated apk to run the command, at least for the time being.
Tried to launch using an app called Activity launcher and it didn't work.
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.szalkowski.activitylauncher
imgur.com/a/BS9Wqzc
I'm not rooted, are you sure this works for non rooted devices? I'll try later with adb to see what happens.
Here is the error from Termux. Hope it can be loaded via apk, not sure if it suffers same restrictions:
$ am start -n com.oneplus.factorymode/.camera.manualtest.CameraManualTest
Starting: Intent { cmp=com.oneplus.factorymode/.camera.manualtest.CameraManualTest }
Warning: Activity not started because the current activity is being kept for the user.
From what I understood, you need to run the command from an adb shell. You cannot run it from within the phone as far as I know.
You can still run it from adb and "lock" the application so it stays in the background.
And I tried with multiple Terminal apps, the command works with none of them (Termux, Terminal Emulator, Material Terminal, etc...)
Apparently, you have some rights on the adb command shell that you don't get as a simple user on the phone.
You man are genius. I found easy way also to keep it running if needed. After getting the camera test to run, you can lock the app so phone will not close it and always return to it. Thanks, finally I can enjoy my camera
Launched it without a computer by using ADB from temux
--no root required
https://github.com/MasterDevX/Termux-ADB
*Enable wireless debugging (wireless doesn't actually need to be on)
Note wireless debugging --takes some time to take effect, sometimes up to 3-5 minutes for me.
*Run the installer above in termux,
*Type adb devices
*Type adb connect 127.0.0.1
*Accept the trusted key
*type adb shell
Troubleshooting:
*If you get an error about multiple devices type adb kill-server
*type adb devices
*type adb shell
*Accept the trusted key
*then paste in: am start -n com.oneplus.factorymode/.camera.manualtest.CameraManualTest
lllsondowlll said:
Here is the error from Termux. Hope it can be loaded via apk, not sure if it suffers same restrictions:
$ am start -n com.oneplus.factorymode/.camera.manualtest.CameraManualTest
Starting: Intent { cmp=com.oneplus.factorymode/.camera.manualtest.CameraManualTest }
Warning: Activity not started because the current activity is being kept for the user.
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Did you get any solution for this ?
aishkumar said:
Did you get any solution for this ?
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lllsondowlll said:
Launched it without a computer by using ADB from temux
--no root required
https://github.com/MasterDevX/Termux-ADB
*Enable wireless debugging (wireless doesn't actually need to be on)
Note wireless debugging --takes some time to take effect, sometimes up to 3-5 minutes for me.
*Run the installer above in termux,
*Type adb devices
*Type adb connect 127.0.0.1
*Accept the trusted key
*type adb shell
Troubleshooting:
*If you get an error about multiple devices type adb kill-server
*type adb devices
*type adb shell
*Accept the trusted key
*then paste in: am start -n com.oneplus.factorymode/.camera.manualtest.CameraManualTest
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I've made a script that allows you to launch the Camera from your phone by just typing ./camera in Termux. No root needed. It can be found here: https://github.com/lllsondowlll/OP8_Camera/blob/master/README.md
can u make a video on this how u used termux and what to do whole process screen recording will be helpful coz i am new to this and i dnt wanna mess up with my phone if i lost some files or smthing please make a video i really want to play with IR camera
It works but not really required
It's working, but have few questions to myself.
1. Does it really needed?
Ans: No, you won't keep clicking pics of plastic material to see inside.
2. Is it handy?
Ans: yes, once opened you can pin/lock it in recent app and open whenever required.
It is just a IR camera and nothing wrong in it, I believe OP will enable it in future, because it really doesn't show through the clothes and even if you want to see for some black thin clothes, you need to go near.
So if you are thinking to click the nude people and go closure you will be slapped.
Few images I have taken.
babsvsphudi said:
can u make a video on this how u used termux and what to do whole process screen recording will be helpful coz i am new to this and i dnt wanna mess up with my phone if i lost some files or smthing please make a video i really want to play with IR camera
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https://youtu.be/iVQYu-CeN24
You can't hurt anything. Just follow the instructions.
lllsondowlll said:
You can't hurt anything. Just follow the instructions.
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thanks man you are awesome love n respect for u brother
Starting: Intent { cmp=com.oneplus.factorymode/.camera.manualtest.CameraManualTest }
Error type 3
Error: Activity class {com.oneplus.factorymode/com.oneplus.factorymode.camera.manualtest.CameraManualTest} does not exist.
connected to localhost:5555
error: more than one device/emulator
I ran it as the video shows. But I got an error like above.
Is there any way to solve this problem or is it not possible with IN2020? Please forgive me for using a translator.
pcningen said:
Starting: Intent { cmp=com.oneplus.factorymode/.camera.manualtest.CameraManualTest }
Error type 3
Error: Activity class {com.oneplus.factorymode/com.oneplus.factorymode.camera.manualtest.CameraManualTest} does not exist.
connected to localhost:5555
error: more than one device/emulator
I ran it as the video shows. But I got an error like above.
Is there any way to solve this problem or is it not possible with IN2020? Please forgive me for using a translator.
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I was able to resolve this issue by reinstalling factory mode. I apologize to you for a fuss over. Many thanks to the developers of this method.
Since I can't get termux to work for now, another idea if you want to have it accessible all the time(*), is to run this (beautiful) command with an adb shell from a computer and then lock the app so you can't accidentally close it.
After that you can always go back to it whenever you want it!
*App won't remain locked after reboot, obviously.
lllsondowlll said:
Launched it without a computer by using ADB from temux
--no root required
https://github.com/MasterDevX/Termux-ADB
*Enable wireless debugging (wireless doesn't actually need to be on)
Note wireless debugging --takes some time to take effect, sometimes up to 3-5 minutes for me.
*Run the installer above in termux,
*Type adb devices
*Type adb connect 127.0.0.1
*Accept the trusted key
*type adb shell
Troubleshooting:
*If you get an error about multiple devices type adb kill-server
*type adb devices
*type adb shell
*Accept the trusted key
*then paste in: am start -n com.oneplus.factorymode/.camera.manualtest.CameraManualTest
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I wanna piggyback on this some, since this is similar to the process I just did.
So while this works for nonroot users (I didn't actually test the nonroot version myself), if you are rooted, AND using magisk, I personally install ADB and fastboot binaries from the repo from zackptg5(?) And then just told termux to run an elevated shell (su) and then pasted in the command linked in OP:
Code:
am start -n com.oneplus.factorymode/.camera.manualtest.CameraManualTest
It then loaded the testmode camera app, and (xXx caused it to crash, I had to disable it but I don't know if it's a setting with my config) voila. It worked! Thank you.
Edit: I wanna say just running termux in root would solve the issue either way still, but, my point still is there.