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DEV Q - Could we port Conap's multiboot?

Hi devs,
today morning it was news on the xda portal, that it is possible to have 4 ROMs installed on the Droid Incredible, and to choose which one you want to boot up.
Here is the thread
I hope somebody will be interested, and we get at least a dualboot. Would be nice especially, that there is the Ubuntu project now.
The only problem is, that we don't have 8GB internal storage, but we have sdcard (where the Ubuntu runs from to)
I will delete this thread as soon as a dev makes an other one for making the development happen.
lj

Is it possible to dual boot with ubuntu? :S

liljom said:
Hi devs,
today morning it was news on the xda portal, that it is possible to have 4 ROMs installed on the Droid Incredible, and to choose which one you want to boot up.
Here is the thread
I hope somebody will be interested, and we get at least a dualboot. Would be nice especially, that there is the Ubuntu project now.
The only problem is, that we don't have 8GB internal storage, but we have sdcard (where the Ubuntu runs from to)
I will delete this thread as soon as a dev makes an other one for making the development happen.
lj
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but i assume, the rom is installed on internal memory..... correct me if im wrong
good luck!

erichung_13 said:
Is it possible to dual boot with ubuntu? :S
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yes, it's possible, but it's a bit tricky.
but this way we could have a Sense, a CM and Ubuntu on our DHD at the same time Wouldn't it be nice?

tigrisimo said:
but i assume, the rom is installed on internal memory..... correct me if im wrong
good luck!
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you are right, it is the case with Incredible, but you can run Ubuntu natively on your DHD and it uses your sdcard, so it would be possible to install the ROMs there

I want win 7 also.. Lol
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LorD ClockaN said:
I want win 7 also.. Lol
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I'm with you.
But wait a second! You can run it in a virtual machine in Ubuntu.
You see?! I solved it for you. LOL

I was kidding about w7, but multi boot would be great! Dhd has more than enough internal memory
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LorD ClockaN said:
I was kidding about w7, but multi boot would be great! Dhd has more than enough internal memory
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IF we did get this ported to the dhd, would it be good to go for an inspire user like me? or would it take some more dev time to also port it for the inspire. I'm still not technically aware of what dhd and inspire's differences are..
EDIT: also, are the inspire and dhd's internal memory the same?

That's great idea!!

The desire HD have enough internal memory to have cm7 and sense at the same time.
Cmon devs!
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liljom said:
Hi devs,
today morning it was news on the xda portal, that it is possible to have 4 ROMs installed on the Droid Incredible, and to choose which one you want to boot up.
Here is the thread
I hope somebody will be interested, and we get at least a dualboot. Would be nice especially, that there is the Ubuntu project now.
The only problem is, that we don't have 8GB internal storage, but we have sdcard (where the Ubuntu runs from to)
I will delete this thread as soon as a dev makes an other one for making the development happen.
lj
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i will try some things with it this evening. report then here

zFr3eak said:
i will try some things with it this evening. report then here
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woohoo
we have a dev on it
thank you!

liljom said:
woohoo
we have a dev on it
thank you!
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i will not spend a lot of time with it. but i think it could work without much tricking.

zFr3eak said:
i will not spend a lot of time with it. but i think it could work without much tricking.
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ok it could be tricky ^^
i tried it and gave the zip's a new update-binary for our phone. but when i want to flash them i only went back to the recovery.

This would be great! Will keep an eye on this hoping something develops..

SupremeBeaver said:
This would be great! Will keep an eye on this hoping something develops..
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ill be checking on this thread all day keeping 2 roms at once on the DHD will be greaat for me CM7 for Daily Use and then Sense for the camera

zFr3eak said:
ok it could be tricky ^^
i tried it and gave the zip's a new update-binary for our phone. but when i want to flash them i only went back to the recovery.
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did you use CWM recovery v3.0.8?
and maybe we need to edit the apk to

Yeah, this would be awsome.. Hope someone can make it work on DHD.. Maybe check with the Droid dev and see if he has any pointer´s...

Conap wrote, that the apk need to be changed :/

Dual BOot ??

Is is possible to dual boot Xperia Arc devices ??
I know that Arc has very less internal memory which could be a problem(?), but still can this be possible ?

I think no.
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electrash said:
I think no.
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Never say never!
This is XDA!
Cheers
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I think no simply because what you said in your post...
Minimal internal memory so I think it would be pointless if possible

Well...I once had a HTC HD (a Windows 6.5 device - great hardware, shockingly bad OS) and installed dual boot on that - Windows 6.5 and Android - there was a splash screen upon boot up where you chose what you wanted to do plus the Android OS was booted from the SD card (and so internal memory wasn't an issue).
It worked flawlessly - I won't take any credit for it as I simply followed instructions on the HTC HD part of the XDA website.
So I would say that yes it is possible but I would argue that there isn't a demand for it - after all what would it achieve?

J_B204 said:
Well...I once had a HTC HD (a Windows 6.5 device - great hardware, shockingly bad OS) and installed dual boot on that - Windows 6.5 and Android - there was a splash screen upon boot up where you chose what you wanted to do plus the Android OS was booted from the SD card (and so internal memory wasn't an issue).
It worked flawlessly - I won't take any credit for it as I simply followed instructions on the HTC HD part of the XDA website.
So I would say that yes it is possible but I would argue that there isn't a demand for it - after all what would it achieve?
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well you say why ...i say why not ?
it would be fun running two ROMS via dual boot.

Official Clockworkmod Now Available in ROM Manager

You can now flash an official version of CWM in ROM Manager. Works like a charm. On to CM9...

Trying it now

hrnzir said:
having an error with flashing kernal panics rom with CWM ... error with processing rom manager script ... sd card marker not found ...
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Try booting into recovery from clockworkmod and flash it the old fashioned way. Some ROMs don't play nicely with the built-in install function. But the working recovery is the key we've needed.

installed through ROM manager, looks like it's working nicely!

It should be noted that this is ClockworkMod Touch, no less. It looks like it's working great!
Sent from my LG-P930 using Tapatalk

Yeah it's working great.
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Malnilion said:
It should be noted that this is ClockworkMod Touch, no less. It looks like it's working great!
Sent from my LG-P930 using Tapatalk
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Touch said unavailable for me?
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Freakin shweet
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yes also its working good in my su640

This is incredible, I am sooooo happy. Hopefully this might stimulate development a bit? (A boy can dream can't he?) I hope this helps reduce the number of bootloops people experience.

dnorthington said:
Touch said unavailable for me?
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If you click install recovery it will install the touch version, you don't have to click the lower button (install touch recovery) on the menu.

gte460z said:
If you click install recovery it will install the touch version, you don't have to click the lower button (install touch recovery) on the menu.
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You are right. Guess I should have tried touching the screen. Just so used to using buttons.
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A huge leap forward, again! We technically now have real support from devs out there. Not only r we gonna get CM9, we also received proper CWM with TOUCH! That is just great.
I just wanna say this real quick to KernelPan!c. If you are reading this Kernel, I know you know that your ROM's days are ticking down as CM9 moves closer to reality, but I just wanna say Thank you for all the hard work you have put in into your wonderful ROM! It has given many users here the hope (if its even the slightest bit) that this phone will not be left undeveloped. You kept supporting your ROM when everyone else has dropped out and I greatly appreciate your dedication. I'm sure many others here will agree with me on this.

aquariuz23 said:
A huge leap forward, again! We technically now have real support from devs out there. Not only r we gonna get CM9, we also received proper CWM with TOUCH! That is just great.
I just wanna say this real quick to KernelPan!c. If you are reading this Kernel, I know you know that your ROM's days are ticking down as CM9 moves closer to reality, but I just wanna say Thank you for all the hard work you have put in into your wonderful ROM! It has given many users here the hope (if its even the slightest bit) that this phone will not be left undeveloped. You kept supporting your ROM when everyone else has dropped out and I greatly appreciate your dedication. I'm sure many others here will agree with me on this.
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Absolutely Thank you so much Kernal, and Bytecode for the original port of CWM it's so awesome...

Not working on LU6200, tried it with ROM manager and also via USB and Adb-method. On reboot I got stuck on LG-Logo and no way to enter Recovery. ROM manager found the CWM without any problem and also installed it. However, after reboot and open ROM manager again it states that there is no compatible CWM version available for my phone. Any ideas ?
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It has been said numerous times that the 6200 is not compatible with the 930...

Thanks for clarify this.. Funny that i use a P930 Bell ROM without problems. And what are the exact differences between them than?
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download the touchscreen-base CWM for lu6200 here.http://115.com/file/be7ba2ba .it's made by Mailart from gfan.com
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button-based one here http://115.com/file/ang2dy4s. the touchscreen-based CWM works perfectly with the engineer version ICS but not with GB.the reverse is true for the button-based one

Many thanks mate! I already checked the gfan-forum but didn't find it. The chinese dev's definitly moving on quickly, i like that.
They already have ICS working, just a prob with SMS now.
Will give it a try right now. Thanks again.
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Alright just tried the two versions. The touchscreen-version had the same problem, stuck on first LG-Logo. But the second version without touch is working fine! Thanks again and greets to Mailart for the good work.
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[DEV][REQ]Dualbooting Galaxy S - aka "porting" LolBoot/Siyah

Ok, you may know this Thread over in the S2 forums http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1205288 or this one http://www.gokhanmoral.com/gm/2012/04/10/siyahkernel-v3-1beta1/
My idea is too look into HellcatDroid´s special Kernel which allows one system to sit behind an other - primary - system and to be booted with a button combo, and try to "transfer" the preperations needed for this to work.
So we (this is not my project - it should be a big community project) need the help of a Kernel developer. - Everyone´s welcome
gokhanmoral implemented his own Version in his Siyah Kernel - so there is another point to look into.
I will attach HellcatDroid´s Kernel...​

I've read a bit in the thread, and I'd say that the second system uses the same partitions as the first, they are splitted for the two systems(i.e. if /data is 512Mbs, 100 are for system2, 412, for system1). Am I right with that?

dark_knight35 said:
I've read a bit in the thread, and I'd say that the second system uses the same partitions as the first, they are splitted for the two systems(i.e. if /data is 512Mbs, 100 are for system2, 412, for system1). Am I right with that?
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Yep I think its right - but what do you mean with "512MB in /data - 100 for system2..."
They aren't installed in /data... or what do you mean?
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It will be a Great Idea,But I read in Thread That It's not compatible yet With ICS ROMs,So Double GB isn't that Well great, But Good for People who want Sammy Firmware/AOSP Dual GB Buut

Gammelgustav said:
Yep I think its right - but what do you mean with "512MB in /data - 100 for system2..."
They aren't installed in /data... or what do you mean?
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I mean that /data is splitted, so that the second ROM can use 100Mbs of it, the rest is reserved for the primary ROM.

dark_knight35 said:
I mean that /data is splitted, so that the second ROM can use 100Mbs of it, the rest is reserved for the primary ROM.
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But you mean using it for data or do you mean for installing both systems in /data?
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question: who need it?

raXoN91 said:
question: who need it?
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->Flash-addicted XDA-member ^^
->People who want to run for example MIUI and a "Samsung" ROM
->Kernel devs - to be the first dev who brought Dualboot to a SGS (for their ego)
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It would be so sick if someone releases dualboot for galaxy s
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Gammelgustav said:
But you mean using it for data or do you mean for installing both systems in /data?
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Well, both ROMs use /data like it's used in one ROM, but they have to share the storage. The amount of Mbs the single ROMs can use is predefined.

raXoN91 said:
question: who need it?
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Someone who want a stable ROM for daily use and be able to test other ROMs without deleting the first one .
I admit that without ICS compatibility, not a lot of people would be interested in. So for now, it's a great project which I hope will evelve to a fully ICS / GB compatible dual-boot.

dark_knight35 said:
Well, both ROMs use /data like it's used in one ROM, but they have to share the storage. The amount of Mbs the single ROMs can use is predefined.
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Yep ok - thought you mean installing both ROMs in /data Partition

raXoN91 said:
question: who need it?
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Me! Sammy + Aosp.

burakgon said:
Me! Sammy + Aosp.
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+1
Sent from my I9000 running CM9

Ok contacted HellcatDroid and mialwe...
Waiting for some answers
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burakgon said:
Me! Sammy + Aosp.
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As the kernel has to fit both ROMs, you never will be able to have this. Only two different cm9 or cm7 or Sammy ROMs
edit: if mialwe has enough time, I don't think it would be too hard to do this. As /system for second os one should use /datadata I suppose.
But compared to the s2 we have not much space. Maybe the system partition has to be shrinked to 210 MB, to make datadata equal in size.
Sent from my I9000 running Android 4.03

DerTeufel1980 said:
As the kernel has to fit both ROMs, you never will be able to have this. Only two different cm9 or cm7 or Sammy ROMs
Sent from my I9000 running Android 4.03
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@DerTeufel: You just stole the words from my mouth. As you rightly said, it won't be possible to boot 2 ROM with 2 different file systems in the same partition - rfs vs yaffs...So it's either got to be 2 CM7s, 2 Sammys or 2 ICS based roms..

so cm & miui would be possible, right? i think that would be a great combo...
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I think my friend with his Moto Defy can boot both CM7 and 9... But I could be wrong.
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Trojan38 said:
I think my friend with his Moto Defy can boot both CM7 and 9... But I could be wrong.
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Not impossible because both are running on MTD, stock ROMs run on BML.

about my new htc one v???

Hi all. Since 6 years am Nokia user. Now I took HTC one v.I am new Android user.am using HTC one v from last week,I felt device is slow compared my old Nokia c-7. Of course its having 1mhz processor but feeling slow. So guys Wats ur opinion??

1ghz*
And try not to install many apps on your device as it will slow it down
And try getting some task killer from store to kill running apps
And wait for the devs to provide root for ur device
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you can kill some tasks from htc stock app called Task Manager. It should be already in your phone. Im a new user also

DON'T USE TASK KILLERS!!! try factory reset or try replacing it from seller because i think you got a faulty one.
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^
I use task manager from HTC to clear apps proccess and everything works fine.
Sent from my HTC One V using XDA

Aarush said:
1ghz*
And wait for the devs to provide root for ur device
Sent from Ice Cream Sony
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There is already root for One V, just that there is no custom recovery yet.

Really ?! How ?! But theres still no cwm and roms ?
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handisetyadi said:
Really ?! How ?! But theres still no cwm and roms ?
Sent from my HTC One V using XDA
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Here at MoDaCo
The modded boot.img you can get it from the link I provided there.
Once you are rooted, more or less you are like having a custom ROM as you can start your own customization. The problem is there is no CWM yet so no nandroid can be made or custom ROM to be flashable. But there is a workaround on that, maybe a dev of custom rom can put the custom ROM as a signed update.zip, so in recovery it will flash the custom ROM.
But to do this, a user must have an official RUU for this phone in hand in case something goes wrong.

Thankss anyway.
Oh ya, why cant i get any skins on customize htc one v. I cant get more skins, i only have 3 which are too ordinary
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As stated above, do not use a task killer application. The android OS installed on the device should be able to manage applications correctly already. Using a task killer will just eat up more resources.

But if I don't use then device ll get slow
Sent from my HTC One V

Then you should use a custom ROM for your cellular provider'.
Wait a couple of weeks and you should be able to use a good custom ROM that someone here has created. It will allow you to do much more than that which was offered stock (for example: improved battery life, faster response, etc... )
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Then you should use a custom ROM made for your specific cellular device.
Wait a couple of weeks and you should be able to use a good custom ROM that someone here has created. It will al]low you to do much more than that which was offered stock (for example: improved battery life, faster response time, better performance, etc... )

ECEXCURSION said:
Then you should use a custom ROM for your cellular provider'.
Wait a couple of weeks and you should be able to use a good custom ROM that someone here has created. It will allow you to do much more than that which was offered stock (for example: improved battery life, faster response, etc... )
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Then you should use a custom ROM made for your specific cellular device.
Wait a couple of weeks and you should be able to use a good custom ROM that someone here has created. It will al]low you to do much more than that which was offered stock (for example: improved battery life, faster response time, better performance, etc... )
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I wouldn't mind starting a custom rom but I haven't started as of now as i am in south africa and haven't rooted my phone....Also there is no custom recovery currently..I would make a signed update.zip also but I wouldn't test it and one of you guys would have to test because I wouldn't risk my device until I have a custom recovery(safe way) ....
Let's wait instead...as yorzua couldn't offer me help with cwm I have asked madmaxx82 to try porting 4ext recovery as we have many willing testers including me...
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