Im thinking of installing UBUNTU on my PC i just need to know how it works will it get rid of my vista ? I only ask cuase my wife will kill me if it does.
Please help I want to learn how to do more with my phone and it seems that UBUNTU is the way to go i cant get anything to work right on vista .
Thanks for any help sorry Im such a noob.
You can dual boot a computer with the OS you currently have and Ubuntu. I did it for years before I purchased my MacBook in '09. I really enjoyed Ubuntu but it has been a while since I last used it.
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Yeah, you can add it as a dual boot, which is how most people do it.
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Yeah, you can add it as a dual boot, which is how most people do it.
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Sorry for being such a noob but how do I do that?
Do I just download it from there site and install it I just don't want to mess up my wifes computer . Thanks for the help I will hit the button when I get to my PC they should add that option in this app.
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When you run the CD, you *should* be prompted to choose to dual boot or not, if I remember correctly.
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When you run the CD, you *should* be prompted to choose to dual boot or not, if I remember correctly.
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Correct. Make sure to hit the "install with" and not to reformat the hard drive. If you reformat the hard drive it will erase windows. I ran dual boot for a couple months then finally decided to get rid if windows all together and stick with Linux/Ubuntu. (Great decision by the way)
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A dual boot system isn't hard to do if you are installing both os's onto a harddrive that has been pre-partitioned to accomodate both.
If you set up a dual boot using the existing free space on your harddrive, you have to partition that free space for the other os and if it's not enough you can run out of space fast.
The easiest way for you since you stated you are new to this is to use a virtual machine such as vmware, virtual box, or cygwin and load ubuntu in that. In vmachines the image for the other os can be set to grow in size if it needs it.
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A dual boot system isn't hard to do if you are installing both os's onto a harddrive that has been pre-partitioned to accomodate both.
If you set up a dual boot using the existing free space on your harddrive, you have to partition that free space for the other os and if it's not enough you can run out of space fast.
The easiest way for you since you stated you are new to this is to use a virtual machine such as vmware, virtual box, or cygwin and load ubuntu in that. In vmachines the image for the other os can be set to grow in size if it needs it.
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How would I go about partitioning my harddrive I really want to use this and I've tried to install cygwin with no luck I must have done something wrong ?
Now I'm on the ubuntu site and there are different ways to do this it says download and install and there is another option to run it with windows. Now I can't use these without partitioning my harddrive I have like 100gb free memory left on there is that not allot and thanks for the help btw.
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How would I go about partitioning my harddrive I really want to use this and I've tried to install cygwin with no luck I must have done something wrong ?
Now I'm on the ubuntu site and there are different ways to do this it says download and install and there is another option to run it with windows. Now I can't use these without partitioning my harddrive I have like 100gb free memory left on there is that not allot and thanks for the help btw.
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Vista has a disk management option that allows you to partition your disks.
Virtualbox is an easier setup for novices IMO but you still need to download the ubuntu iso to install into virtualbox.
Your 100GB free space can be used to make an 80GB partition for ubuntu which will be plenty. But I still suggest you use a virtual machine first before going the dual boot route.
Check dsixdas kitchen thread here in xda to get a tutorial on setting up ubuntu in virtualbox.
If you want to go dual boot, the best thing to do is read over the install instructions before you do anything so you're familiar with the steps. Google installing Ubuntu Dual Boot, too and you'll find a lot if info on how much space to set up for the Linux Partition, which, during install,m you have the choice to set yourself, or you can let the installer use a default size for the partition.
I remember I tried to do this on an old computer once.
Ended up overwriting windows and ****ed everything up. Especially since I couldn't even get Ubuntu to boot.
Might try it again and actually read some instructions first this time.
I just read this thread last night, and it inspired me to try dual booting Ubuntu. I had always wanted to try it, but never got around to reading up on it. Everything went smooth, and I'm now learning Ubuntu. Seems pretty nice so far, and installing it was a breeze for me. Nothing got jacked up, which is always good!
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I just read this thread last night, and it inspired me to try dual booting Ubuntu. I had always wanted to try it, but never got around to reading up on it. Everything went smooth, and I'm now learning Ubuntu. Seems pretty nice so far, and installing it was a breeze for me. Nothing got jacked up, which is always good!
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I still didn't get to try it out but what method did you use it sound like what I'm looking to do ?
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It is really nice to have access to both. I had to use my Ubuntu install to Root my EVO. It wouldn't work in Windows, so having a choice was great.
There's a lot to learn with Linux, in general, the command lines, etc, just Google as much as you can, and you'll find all the answers you need.
Also #Ubuntu on IRC is a great place to ask questions.
You people are nubs
Use the install inside windows option.... it will allow you to install ubuntu from within windows and DO ALL THE WORK for you...it adds ubuntu as a second boot option sindie of windows's bootloader... it will boot primarily into windows and at the boot screen after turning your comp on just press down and select the second option which would be ubuntu.
If you need any help just pm me. I have this set up running and ubuntu on my ext hard drive as well.
surprising that nobody's said this is a phone forum yet. this is a good thing. and i've asked more off topic...
either way, i've been trying for a while and haven't been able to install it on my late 09 imac. i mean i've tried forrever and still can't get it. anybody kno?
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You people are nubs
Use the install inside windows option.... it will allow you to install ubuntu from within windows and DO ALL THE WORK for you...it adds ubuntu as a second boot option sindie of windows's bootloader... it will boot primarily into windows and at the boot screen after turning your comp on just press down and select the second option which would be ubuntu.
If you need any help just pm me. I have this set up running and ubuntu on my ext hard drive as well.
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Maybe you should read the entire thread.....
Related
It is not quite self-explaining how to install Android on our Windows Mobile devices. Therefore I took some time and wrote down all the steps for people who are new to "Android".
More testers -> more experience -> more knowledge -> faster/better development.
I hope this way the forum is kept clean(er) from all kinds of questioned that have already been answered many times.
ReadMe Includes:
- Partitioning
- Device preparations
- Boot loader
- Install steps
- Fixes
- Links
- more...
If you are a developer (you create your own package) feel free to use my ReadMe for your packages (update regularly though).
to download the ReadMe click the [Android Repository] button in my signature.
It goes to a rapidshare page with 3 files, and when I click on the filename Android_README.TXT
or start download, I get the error
The file could not be found. Please check the download link.
ok thanks. i fixed it (rs bug when renaming files ^^)
How would i partition a 1GB SD Card? ie what sizes etc are the last 3 same but the unallocated is just whats left over?
I want to use a spare card rather then the one that came with my HD.
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How would i partition a 1GB SD Card? ie what sizes etc are the last 3 same but the unallocated is just whats left over?
I want to use a spare card rather then the one that came with my HD.
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normally just calculate how i wrote in the readme:
whole space -768 (3* 256) and then the other 3 x 256
but in ur case i would make the swap smaller (i think its not even used at all) and the fat32 bigger; for instance:
fat32 - 384 MB
ext2 - 256 MB
ext2 - 256 MB
swap - 128 MB (rest)
To be honest the bit I find most confusing is all the different versions!
i didnt create any partitions on my card, and android works as good as it does on any, mind you i have not updated the files fo0r a month so alot might have changed
ReadMe updated!
updated a bit...
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To be honest the bit I find most confusing is all the different versions!
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i agree...
i've been looking these posts here for a couple of days now and i still don't know how to do it....
especially the DualBoot thing...
is it possible to make a little bigger how-to manual?
or at least explain the versioning and the needed thing a little more?
the readme is about 50 times longer than anything else u will find about installing android anywhere else
the different versions are just like in windows mobile, theres not much to explain, its rather up to ur personal preference. doesnt take as long as flashing a wm rom, so its easy to try out more versions, especially with more sd cards.
dual boot is easy:
1. install the cab
2. open the dual boot program and make all your settings, for example: auto boot android (click on the checkbox/ratio under android logo), check auto boot checkbox and check fast boot (means 3 instead of 10 secs).
3. restart your device, DONT LAUNCH HARET because that will destroy all the dualboot settings. if you restart/shutdown the device normally, the settings will be stored and android will automatically booted at next startup (or whatever you set before)
if you have android autoboot and u want to boot wm, just QUICKLY press the wm LOGO when the dual boot screen appears.
i might include this in the readme soon, just dont have the time right now unfortunally
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the readme is about 50 times longer than anything else u will find about installing android anywhere else
the different versions are just like in windows mobile, theres not much to explain, its rather up to ur personal preference. doesnt take as long as flashing a wm rom, so its easy to try out more versions, especially with more sd cards.
dual boot is easy:
1. install the cab
2. open the dual boot program and make all your settings, for example: auto boot android (click on the checkbox/ratio under android logo), check auto boot checkbox and check fast boot (means 3 instead of 10 secs).
3. restart your device, DONT LAUNCH HARET because that will destroy all the dualboot settings. if you restart/shutdown the device normally, the settings will be stored and android will automatically booted at next startup (or whatever you set before)
if you have android autoboot and u want to boot wm, just QUICKLY press the wm LOGO when the dual boot screen appears.
i might include this in the readme soon, just dont have the time right now unfortunally
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Thanks for the dualboot help... i'll try that...
the first problem I have encountered yesterday when trying to put Android was SD card formating...
i downloaded the program you said and followed the instructions oh how-to and was not able to do it under Windows 7 with my 16GB SD card... does it even work for Windows 7??? is there another program I can try to do it with???
I have also dualboot on my PC with the Kubuntu being the second OS, but I'm not using it as much as Windows 7... I can try with it if you think it will work.. but first I have to download the 15GB of data from my SD card to my PC, again
I would like to put the Espresso build cause I saw that it has everything working beside the GPRS and camera...
can you tell me what should I download for my Blackstone so it works properly???
thanks alot...
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Thanks for the dualboot help... i'll try that...
the first problem I have encountered yesterday when trying to put Android was SD card formating...
i downloaded the program you said and followed the instructions oh how-to and was not able to do it under Windows 7 with my 16GB SD card... does it even work for Windows 7??? is there another program I can try to do it with???
I have also dualboot on my PC with the Kubuntu being the second OS, but I'm not using it as much as Windows 7... I can try with it if you think it will work.. but first I have to download the 15GB of data from my SD card to my PC, again
I would like to put the Espresso build cause I saw that it has everything working beside the GPRS and camera...
can you tell me what should I download for my Blackstone so it works properly???
thanks alot...
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like the readme says: partitioning is only needed for partitined builds, which means that android uses several partitions to store different kinds of data, for - hopefully - more speed. only glossy uses partitions, espresso doesnt.
for glossy, u can also use ubuntu (download parted magic or something similar) to create partitions.
for espresso, u just need to copy the stuff onto ur sdcard.
but thats all in the readme... i dont have time to explain in detail coz i need to study a whole ****in lot at the moment +.+
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like the readme says: partitioning is only needed for partitined builds, which means that android uses several partitions to store different kinds of data, for - hopefully - more speed. only glossy uses partitions, espresso doesnt.
for glossy, u can also use ubuntu (download parted magic or something similar) to create partitions.
for espresso, u just need to copy the stuff onto ur sdcard.
but thats all in the readme... i dont have time to explain in detail coz i need to study a whole ****in lot at the moment +.+
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ok... thanks for the help... you helped me a lot just with the claryfication of the versions that need partitioning and the ones that don't...
i didn't know that...
good luck with studying!!!!
one more question...
I get the following message '' Failed to load file\Storage Card\zImage''
Can you help me with that????
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one more question...
I get the following message '' Failed to load file\Storage Card\zImage''
Can you help me with that????
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meaning u dont have a zImage at all (ur probably using espresso?). so download one from here, copy files onto sd card and rename "zImage.xxxxxx" to "zImage" and ur ready to go.
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meaning u dont have a zImage at all (ur probably using espresso?). so download one from here, copy files onto sd card and rename "zImage.xxxxxx" to "zImage" and ur ready to go.
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yep, I downloaded it but I didn't know that i have to rename it...
It did the trick... booting up Android
thanks for all of your help...
updated the readme, not includes DualBoot howto and some other changes...
I managed to get the WiFi working but no matter which zImage I'm using I can't get the 3G to work...
I'm I doing something wrong or did I maybe forgot to do something????
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I managed to get the WiFi working but no matter which zImage I'm using I can't get the 3G to work...
I'm I doing something wrong or did I maybe forgot to do something????
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well, some details about what version you are using would be helpful. however, this is not the right channel to ask this question. i think this question has already been asked several times in other threads. try search function or read the thread for ur version, its probably a version-issue or only for your country/provider
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well, some details about what version you are using would be helpful. however, this is not the right channel to ask this question. i think this question has already been asked several times in other threads. try search function or read the thread for ur version, its probably a version-issue or only for your country/provider
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sorry about that...I realized it later that I should ask in another thread that question...
I managed to figure it out... I just needed to manually configure my APN settings...
I've searched and read guide after guide and I'm getting absolutely nowhere. I have tried to partition using ADB, I have tried to partition using a new Recovery image but I can't even change it.
Am I the only person who is having this trouble?
Can anyone see where I am going wrong....
Phone was modified using unrevoked3 and has Clockworkmod 2.5.0.1 on it.
I have downloaded the SDK for windows package and extracted it to C:\Android I then run CMD in administrator mode, go to the directory and type 'adb shell'... works fine so I then disconnect and then type 'adb shell reboot recovery' and I get 'reboot: no such tool'. I have also tried rebooting the phone into recovery mode myself but when I try to connect to it via 'adb shell' it tells me there is no device (It shows in the device manager just the same as it did before). Screeched to a halt there.
Next I thought I would change the recovery image to "RA-desire-v1.7.0.1-R5". According to the comments in the thread I can use unrevoked to install this image. I run the program select the image, plug the phone in and away it goes. After 10 mins of it saying "waiting on root, you can safely reboot" or something like that I gave up and took the battery out as nothing was happening.
Where am I going wrong here? I am only trying to get an EXT3 partition onto the phone so that I can put the apps on there and having it run faster.
This is a VERY brief runthrough of what I have done. I have been searching for about 10 hours in total, reading guide after guide and trying to follow them. I don't even get past the first couple of steps and there is an awful lot of wrong and old information out there.
Oh, as a side note. Is there any way to have the OS boot up in 10 seconds like Sense on the desire z?
Thanks for any help, I'm at my wits end.
if you r rooted download Rom manager from market and select partition SD card
secondly u can get fast boot if you flash the hd Rom in Android development section
'adb shell reboot recovery' written in only one line leads you to nowhere, you should open the shell with 'adb shell' and then issue the command 'reboot recovery' (never used that last one so I don't know if it works).
Appart from that you should do what is said in the above post, just download ROM Manager and partition your SD from there (you will need to go back to clockworkmod, but I think you don't need to do unrevoked again since you are already root)
Thanks a lot guys. Will give this a go tomorrow.
Sounds so simple too, can't believe the way I was going about it.
if you have a cd rw on your pc, just download the gparted live cd ....... its awsome
i'm also struggling with this...also followed the methods OP has posted and getting no where..dont want to use ROM manager because i want to have around 1/2GB space for partition...ROM manager only allows a maximum of 512mb
Worked flawlessly, I can't believe how much searching I done and the answer was so simple.
Off to see what I can do with it now
killa_byte said:
i'm also struggling with this...also followed the methods OP has posted and getting no where..dont want to use ROM manager because i want to have around 1/2GB space for partition...ROM manager only allows a maximum of 512mb
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If using windows download
Acronis*Disk*Director*Home (it is paid)
or
Linux (free) -- through USB
http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download
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secondly u can get fast boot if you flash the hd Rom in Android development section
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Just gave this a go and it takes even longer to load lol. Once it hits the Matrix screen it's quick enough. The white screen with HTC is where it takes forever. It takes literally AGES.
The setup looked good too but I think I'll be back to froyo.
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Just gave this a go and it takes even longer to load lol. Once it hits the Matrix screen it's quick enough. The white screen with HTC is where it takes forever. It takes literally AGES.
The setup looked good too but I think I'll be back to froyo.
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have you ticked fasboot in the option menu i think it was in applications menu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUdal1o9e38
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have you ticked fasboot in the option menu i think it was in applications menu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUdal1o9e38
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Ah haaa
No I didn't. Will give that a go. Is there a link to information on the fastboot? Does it use the battery or just store the current memory to the SD card (Like hibernation)?
Thanks
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Ah haaa
No I didn't. Will give that a go. Is there a link to information on the fastboot? Does it use the battery or just store the current memory to the SD card (Like hibernation)?
Thanks
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jus search there, u'll know everything u need to know.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=789830
dexteral said:
If using windows download
Acronis*Disk*Director*Home (it is paid)
or
Linux (free) -- through USB
http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download
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installed ubuntu on my USB how do i partition the sd card?
Woowww 157 pages lol. My head SERIOUSLY hurts.
I managed to get the fast boot thing to work by selecting "Hibernate" rather than "Power Off". Going by the desire Z demo, it can shutdown and restart in approx 10 seconds without going into hibernation (Can't remove battery/power).
Still, I'm going to have a play around with the HD firmware you liked to. It seems to be getting very good reports
Fingers crossed on the camera getting sorted out soon.
Thanks again for your help.
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Woowww 157 pages lol. My head SERIOUSLY hurts.
I managed to get the fast boot thing to work by selecting "Hibernate" rather than "Power Off". Going by the desire Z demo, it can shutdown and restart in approx 10 seconds without going into hibernation (Can't remove battery/power).
Still, I'm going to have a play around with the HD firmware you liked to. It seems to be getting very good reports
Fingers crossed on the camera getting sorted out soon.
Thanks again for your help.
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scott can u provide any guidance to a first time rooter?
i'm really stuck...all i want to do is partition my sd card with 1/2gb for apps and the rest for my files etc.
killa_byte said:
scott can u provide any guidance to a first time rooter?
i'm really stuck...all i want to do is partition my sd card with 1/2gb for apps and the rest for my files etc.
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Rom manager did it all for me bud. Is your phone already rooted? With a custom firmware? If so just download "Rom Manager" from the market and run it
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scott can u provide any guidance to a first time rooter?
i'm really stuck...all i want to do is partition my sd card with 1/2gb for apps and the rest for my files etc.
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ubuntu 9.10 netbook remix
what i did
intalled on d drive
ran ubuntu
on device boot to recovery > mount usb, should be detected,
on ubuntu unmount by rick clicking on the file sytem on left side. now go to the disks and right click on the sd card and create a partition.
or search youtube to format sd card
what other s did
http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=772325
hope m clear
dexteral said:
ubuntu 9.10 netbook remix
what i did
intalled on d drive
ran ubuntu
on device boot to recovery > mount usb, should be detected,
on ubuntu unmount by rick clicking on the file sytem on left side. now go to the disks and right click on the sd card and create a partition.
or search youtube to format sd card
what other s did
http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=772325
hope m clear
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it sounds clear enough but ubuntu takes 5 hours to install on a usb drive...is this normal?
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it sounds clear enough but ubuntu takes 5 hours to install on a usb drive...is this normal?
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takes half hour tops if run from hard disk. 600 mb file ... not sure abt usb though
Hey everyone, i am creating a new rom called Mytouch Sensation (BETA Version) and i just need to know what people consider vital apps and what others consider bloatware! I know things like calender, contacts, phone, market, etc., are vital apps but give me some recommendations on what to an what not to add!!
Thanks
ognimnella said:
Hey everyone, i am creating a new rom called Mytouch Sensation (BETA Version) and i just need to know what people consider vital apps and what others consider bloatware! I know things like calender, contacts, phone, market, etc., are vital apps but give me some recommendations on what to an what not to add!!
Thanks
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I would say keep all Google Apps excluding YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, etc. Things that can be downloaded from the market (but keep gmail in)
Maybe keep the popular HTC Widgets and apps and make a seperate add-on for all the others.
and since your are rooted you can add an overclocking app like the one you metioned in you other post
i will go with : gmail,rom manager, a file manager , and if you can add the market enabler app that could be good
Yeah, a file manager would be nice (but put it in /data/apps so people can uninstall it if they want. I prefer Linda since it is light weight) and ROM Manager, Titanium Backup.
my request:
rom manager
youtube
spare parts
take off google books
that is all.
Okay no probs @ all! Hey I hav done 2 posts on this but does ANYONE know how to unbrick a F***ing memory card cuz I installed data2ext and it just stopped mounting on my phone (and other phones too) and I can't build and test my roms with no freaking memory card, and I have like three 2gb mem cards but I wud much rather like to use the 8gb someone please help me!
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Okay no probs @ all! Hey I hav done 2 posts on this but does ANYONE know how to unbrick a F***ing memory card cuz I installed data2ext and it just stopped mounting on my phone (and other phones too) and I can't build and test my roms with no freaking memory card, and I have like three 2gb mem cards but I wud much rather like to use the 8gb someone please help me!
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try to format with a digital camera or another phone !!!!!!
I tried that, and I tried with an adaptor and everything, and I tried pluggin my phone into my pc and it won't recognize!
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mmm try in clockwork recovery
It won't eem let me boot into recovery (update.zip is on sd card!)
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you can try to boot recovery from rom manager i dont have the update in my sd so i use rom manager
When I try to but into recovery I get this error saying "can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0 p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0)" and it happens like 10 times! Then it says its aborted!
_and this happens after i try to apply update.zip! i can get to the menu w/ fastboot, recovery, etc. but after i open recovery and hit update.zip, that is when it does what i stated below!
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i think your card is way to dead
eljoelo said:
i think your card is way to dead
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NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! I have pictures and other things on there!! please Jesus if there is anyone who knows how to fix this i could REAAALLLLYYYY use it!!!!!
ognimnella said:
NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! I have pictures and other things on there!! please Jesus if there is anyone who knows how to fix this i could REAAALLLLYYYY use it!!!!!
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btw what sistem you use ?? xp vista seven ?
eljoelo said:
btw what sistem you use ?? xp vista seven ?
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Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit
ognimnella said:
Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit
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try in win xp if you have one or close by mabe it will see it
You need to delete all the partitions on the card and reformat it.
best way to do it on a windows machine is with something like partition magic (off a hirens boot cd)
if you have a linux box, do it through that with cfdisk. Delete EVERY PARTITION and start over
If windows isn't seeing the card, your best bet will be to boot off a unbutu live cd and try and recover your stuff from there.
Oh, wait, did you partition your sdcard WITH stuff on it, without backing it up? If you did that you erased all your stuff. Partitioning it for sd-ext wipes the card and repartitions it.
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You need to delete all the partitions on the card and reformat it.
best way to do it on a windows machine is with something like partition magic (off a hirens boot cd)
if you have a linux box, do it through that with cfdisk. Delete EVERY PARTITION and start over
If windows isn't seeing the card, your best bet will be to boot off a unbutu live cd and try and recover your stuff from there.
Oh, wait, did you partition your sdcard WITH stuff on it, without backing it up? If you did that you erased all your stuff. Partitioning it for sd-ext wipes the card and repartitions it.
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I second the booting into ubuntu idea. I've used redo backup software, as it's pretty small and fast. From there you can save the files from your sd card onto your harddrive or flash drive if you have other usb slots available. You can then reformat your sd card. Best of luck!
any news ?
I have recently gotten ubuntu working on my G2. I have ran into 3 problems though...
1) after rebooting my phone and going into terminal (to start ubuntu up) i type
"cd /sdcard/ubuntu"
then
"bootubuntu"
Which goes off without a hitch, but when i start up the VNC so i can use the GUI, i get a problem. all the commands go through but it makes a new localhost.. which gives me problems because A) i dont wanna setup a new VNC everytime i wanna use ubuntu and B) When the new localhost:2 or localhost:3 (depending on how many times i run "bootubuntu") i dont know the port its calling for or whatever information its needs for to connect to it with VNC. (to see what i mean by this look at the screenshot i took!
AND SECONDLY...
2) WHEN i can get into ubuntu (the only way ive gotten it to work is when i use it the first time) (ie. whenever i wanna use it i delete the ubuntu SD card contents and recopy them over and re-run "sh install.sh" this doesnt take long to run but it does take long to copy over 2 GB of stuff to the SD card) Which definately isnt the way its supposed to be used everytime i wanna use ubuntu. BUT BUT BUT, when i do this and it works, the keyboard inputs in ubuntu or completely screwed up! Ive yet to find the answer online so if anyone can help me this would be much appreciated, but not useful if i cant fix my first problem...
THIRDLY...
3) When i try to use USB storage after running ubuntu in VNC it simply wont connect, I have tryed and tryed again. The only way to fix this is to reboot my phone, which is when i found my problem with restarting and not being able successfully restart ubuntu without recopying the files over..
ANY HELP IS APPRECIATED!!!
Actually, this exact problem is why I stopped using Ubuntu on the Vision. I could never get the keyboard straightened out and it would only load once. It's a great way to show off Android's capability to an iOS user, but it sucks that it's a one-time only deal.
You've been a member of this site for a year and you still don't know where to post a question?
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I didn't realize I posted it back in the Q&A, sorry!
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i have solved this problem and slow vnc speeds by installed xrdp and using a RDP viewer from the market. works ALOT faster with desktop and keyboard mouse works perfectly.
Hey guys I have a question, hopefully someone can help me out here. My overall goal is to set up Ubuntu to compile a pure aosp ROM for the toro nexus. Below are my laptop specs.
I have a HP Pavilion dv7 notebook PC. Intel core i5-2410m CPU @ 2.30ghz. 64bit operating system windows 7 home premium. It says I have 8.00gb installed memory (ram). The local disk [c:] has 587gb free out of 683gb.
Okay so I asked what version of Ubuntu to use before and someone told me if I want to build I should get 12.10 so that's what I downloaded and installed. I used the Windows installer from ubuntu.com to install it. I did 32x installation because that was "recommended". Also during setup I allowed only the default 18gb. I have the option to go to 30gb. When I ran 18gb ubuntu was pretty laggy. Would using a bigger installation size help or do i need more ram? Is it possible to build on this laptop or not? Sorry, total noob here, just trying to get started is all.
FYI I am only trying to run Ubuntu along side windows for now so there's that, too.
Thanks in advance for any help
Here's a pic of the installer I'm talking about
As far as your laptop is concerned it should be capable of building. I have seen folks report successful builds with lesser specs than what you have.
For ICS and above you need 64bit OS. So your 32bit Ubuntu won't do the trick. I apologize for not being able to link properly, I am lame and don't post here often. source.android.com/source/initializing.html <-- It is mentioned there.
As far as how much disk space you should partition? According to that link above 30GB is the minimum recommended for a single build. More for multiple. I personally would probably recommend more if you can spare it, especially if you plan on doing other things with your Ubuntu setup.
Just follow the guide in General, there's even a video on what to do!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1386615
Thanks guys, almost done setting up my build environment. Used the 64x setup with 30gb install. So far so good.
RoyJ said:
Thanks guys, almost done setting up my build environment. Used the 64x setup with 30gb install. So far so good.
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What are planning to do? If your building android 4.x from source you need at least 25GB for one build. As you have a lot of free hard drive I strongly recommend partitioning your hard drive and installing Ubuntu on a second partition so you can give it well over 100GB space
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What are planning to do? If your building android 4.x from source you need at least 25GB for one build. As you have a lot of free hard drive I strongly recommend partitioning your hard drive and installing Ubuntu on a second partition so you can give it well over 100GB space
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Well just for a start I want to build a 100% pure aosp 4.1.2 ROM from source just to do it. Then idk, I'll worry about it once I get a running build I guess.
How exactly would I go about doing that? I have 30gb free, but I suppose 100+ would be great. Is there a way to do this without wiping windows? This is a shared computer so I can't just put only Ubuntu on it. :/
Sorry for the beginner questions, I've never used Linux before. This is all new to me, but I'm getting the hang of it. I'm not completely overwhelmed, yet.
Boot to Ubuntu CD or USB and when installing it asks you to resize and partition. Its automatic.
The windows installer sucks. Don't use that.
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I think these questions (people who don't know Linux) belong in that distro's forums. Help would be far more comprehensive, not to mention Ubuntu itself has a wiki.
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when installing ubuntu from gui there will ask u to install on whole disk or install alongside of existin system .. just click that...if u want to u can also partition disk with partition manager or any program in windows ...then just install it in ubuntu installer ...plus ..check youtube ..
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