Does anyone know where i can find a android 2.1 build with the sense ui in it. I really would like it cause it actually runs pretty fast on the aria and the phones processor specs are pretty close with the rhodium
hello, fellow n00b! it's here: http://sites.google.com/site/androidport/downloads/archive
Now if wifi doesn't run you'll need to use F22's wifi fix:
Install this terminal emulator (or any terminal emulator apk) to your AndroidApps folder:
http://handheld.softpedia.com/progDownload/Better-Terminal-Emulator-Magic-Download-84558.html
when you get it you download this file to the root of your sd http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=440184&d=1289637097
and replace the X's in the file with your real MAC address, and boot android to run the emulator, and type this in:
su <enter>
cp /sdcard/wifi-nvram-generic.txt /data/wifi-nvram.txt <enter>
REMEMBER THE SPACES! and you'll be good to go!
Hi all,
I have just received my Defy and I'd like to flash Cyanogenmod 7, I've flashed numerous roms to numerous phones in the past but I was always using Windows. I now use Linux (latest ubuntu derivative).
Is there a guide anywhere for flashing from a linux machine? My google-fu is pretty much pulling up a blank on the subject!
Thanks very much
Follow steps from FAQ for CM7, and just use this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1076138 for flashing SBF and rooting,
It's my second post for the same question today
There's just two things to know:
1) You don't use RSD Lite to flash sbf files, you use this instead: http://blog.opticaldelusion.org/2011/02/sbfflash-updates.html
2) To root the phone you don't use SuperOneClick. Instead, get this DefyRoot pack: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1076138. Extract the pack, run the script using sudo.
And that's that. With the above differences in mind, you can follow the usual instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1065798
Edit: Damn, bikerabhinav was faster
Thank you guys for the quick replies! time to give it a go
Sorry but you don't happen to know the link for installing adb on linux do you? presumably I need it hehe
I got the SDK and extracted to a directory of my choice, how on earth do I use it though, executing android in a terminal does not work, the rest is simple, can't believe I'm stuck on this part lol
I sorted that, I ran android and downloaded the development tools, I now have adb. I need to research more now, ran adb via terminal, then tried to run the rootdefy.sh but it told me adb wasn't started! see this is going to be a learning curve in Linux
You don't need the SDK, the RootDefy pack has everything necessary. I never installed the SDK.
ADB starts automatically if it isn't running yet. Did you run the script as sudo, like I told you? If not, there can be various problems. It's not necessary to run it with sudo if there's an udev rule for the phone. The script attempts to write one, but I'm not sure if it still works with the latest udev versions.
So let's do it manually:
- unplug the phone
- create a /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules file containing this:
Code:
ATTRS{idVendor}=="22b8", MODE="0666"
- now reload udev:
Code:
sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
- just to be sure, kill all previous adb instances:
Code:
sudo pkill adb
- now plug the phone in and run the script again; with or without sudo, it shouldn't make a difference anymore
Thanks very much, all done and dusted now
[New Question.] So let's start with the first things I'll need to know.....
how do I build root into a stock rom?
How do I create a flashable .Zip from scratch for my rom to go in?
How do I edit the text from cwm when I flash this rom?
And yes this thread is going to become a guide once I learn all I need to know about Building roms for the epic =]
[ANSWERED]So I'm thinking about kicking windows out the, erm, window lol..... I want to start learning about developing and want to start a few projects to pay back the community..... I'm guessing I can't develop on windows so I was wondering what would be the best version of Linux to use?..... and would it be possible to port a driver from windows to Linux?[ANSWERED]
A little how to for this guide..... Thank you mkasick =]
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Download Superuser su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip. Unzip, and copy "su" to "/system/xbin/su" on your phone, and run:
Code:
chown root.shell /system/xbin/su
chmod 4755 /system/xbin/su
from an adb root shell or terminal emulator. Then optionally copy Superuser.apk to /system/app. The part is optional because you can also install it to /data like a normal .apk, or install it from the Market, there's nothing special about it.
Grab tws_fix_ringer_vib_silent-EC05-deodex.zip (from this thread). Unzip and delete "META-INF/MANIFEST.MF", "META-INF/CERT.SF", "META-INF/CERT.RSA", and "system/framework".
Now, place whatever you want in the appropriate subdirectory of "system", creating them as necessary. Edit "META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script" to match the description of whatever you want to flash. And zip everything back up, e.g.,:
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zip -9r update-unsigned.zip META-INF system
Note the zip should contain "META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary" and "META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script", in addition to anything you've placed in "system".
At this point the update.zip is flashable in ClockworkMod, but it's nice to sign it so that it can also be flashed in a test-keys stock recovery. To do so, download the attached "signapk.tar.gz". Extract it, then run:
Code:
java -jar signapk/signapk.jar -w signapk/testkey.x509.pem signapk/testkey.pk8 update-unsigned.zip update.zip
The resulting update.zip of which you can now distribute.
As for the "from scratch", update-binary and signapk.jar are both build from Froyo AOSP sources, specifically the android-cts-2.2_r2 branch. If you get an AOSP build environment setup as described, update-binary is made with:
Code:
make out/target/product/generic/system/bin/updater
cp -a out/target/product/generic/system/bin/updater update-binary
and signapk.tar.gz with:
Code:
make out/host/linux-x86/framework/signapk.jar
mkdir signapk
echo "java -jar signapk.jar -w testkey.x509.pem testkey.pk8 update-unsigned.zip update.zip" > signapk/README
cp -a out/host/linux-x86/framework/signapk.jar build/target/product/security/testkey.* signapk
tar cf signapk.tar signapk
gzip -9 signapk.tar
See above, but basically just modify the "ui_print" strings in "META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script".
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If you've never used Linux before I would recommend using something like Mint just to get your feet wet.
Oh I've used mint, opensuse,Ubuntu, fedora, and debian before..... but I don't know which one is best for developing roms and compiling kernels and all that jazz..... and I don't think my wifi USB has a native driver for Linux so that's what's really keeping me from overwriting windows.....
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Oh I've used mint, opensuse,Ubuntu, fedora, and debian before..... but I don't know which one is best for developing roms and compiling kernels and all that jazz..... and I don't think my wifi USB has a native driver for Linux so that's what's really keeping me from overwriting windows.....
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I use Ubuntu, I know a lot of people use gentoo but it's definitely not like debian based distros lol
Like you said with the driver, it all comes down to what is available and compatible with your system. I recommend Ubuntu just because of the (duh) massive support base compared to other distributions in terms of drivers and such.
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I use Ubuntu, I know a lot of people use gentoo but it's definitely not like debian based distros lol
Like you said with the driver, it all comes down to what is available and compatible with your system. I recommend Ubuntu just because of the (duh) massive support base compared to other distributions in terms of drivers and such.
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Thank you for the advice =]
EDIT: I don't know much about command lines..... what do people mean when they say "cd" like "cd to the folder in the terminal"?
Change Directory
So something like cd /sys/app nvigates you in the "app" directory within the system *folder* you will then be installing / modify / editing or whatever to the files in that specified directory.
Okay well I just installed Ubuntu 11.04 on top of vista and I can already tell I'm going to be spending most of my time on Linux instead of windows if I can get this driver installed without causing wwIV
EDIT: Okay so everytime I type "sudo" to gain root the terminal asks for my password but it won't let me type it???? What do I dooo!!!!
For application and kernel development it doesn't really matter which distribution you're running as the commonly used packages (e.g., Android SDK/NDK, Java, Sourcery G++ Lite) are fairly agnostic.
If you wanted to compile the AOSP source tree, Ubuntu might be the best route, only because the documentation uses Ubuntu configurations and package names as examples.
And yes, it worth going through command line tutorials. I don't recommend that one specifically, it was just the first hit on Google.
As for your sudo issue, just type the password. It doesn't show you the password as you type it for privacy purposes.
mkasick said:
As for your sudo issue, just type the password. It doesn't show you the password as you type it for privacy purposes.
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Yeah I went ahead and typed it but no go..... ill boot back into Ubuntu and try it again but if its still not working what's my next move? Sorry for being such a Linux noob in xda lol
theduce102 said:
Yeah I went ahead and typed it but no go..... ill boot back into Ubuntu and try it again but if its still not working what's my next move? Sorry for being such a Linux noob in xda lol
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Did you install or are you running live?
Got this from http://ubuntuforums.org/
You can't login as root. Ubuntu does not use the root account. You can use sudo if you need to do anything as root, see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo
As far as I know, the password on the live CD is empty. Just press Enter when it asks for a password after entering "sudo <command>".
Well I did the dual boot option so when I boot my system I choose between Ubuntu and vista..... I had to choose a password and it worked when I typed it this time..... but now I have another problem lmao.....
I can enter "sudo make" and it does its thing, then I enter "sudo make install" and all goes well, but then I enter "sudo modprobe rt3572sta" and it returns "Invalid module format".....
I copied the entire terminal convo if it would help I can post it?
Any ideas?
EDIT: yeah I made an account over their at the forums but it seems pretty slow especially when I need help with one specific device?
One way to avoid the nightmare of patching together a working wifi driver in linux, install it in a VM (Virtualbox or Vmware) on the vista side. Then you can use the wifi adapter through the windows driver.. And then you don't have to do a full reboot to get to windows or ubuntu/mint.. (love Mint btw.. it lives in my VM, laptop, seedbox and soon to be server)
pvtjoker42 said:
One way to avoid the nightmare of patching together a working wifi driver in linux, install it in a VM (Virtualbox or Vmware) on the vista side. Then you can use the wifi adapter through the windows driver.. And then you don't have to do a full reboot to get to windows or ubuntu/mint.. (love Mint btw.. it lives in my VM, laptop, seedbox and soon to be server)
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Lol I once compiled a driver to use my blackjack 2 as a modem on a 300mhz thin client rdp computer that I got puppy linux to run on in 2007
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pvtjoker42 said:
One way to avoid the nightmare of patching together a working wifi driver in linux, install it in a VM (Virtualbox or Vmware) on the vista side. Then you can use the wifi adapter through the windows driver.. And then you don't have to do a full reboot to get to windows or ubuntu/mint.. (love Mint btw.. it lives in my VM, laptop, seedbox and soon to be server)
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Good suggestion, makes things a lot easier. The only thing is performance, you will be running on (usually) half the power of the computer which will slow compile times to a crawl for example.
As far as the root password goes, use the passwd command to change it:
Code:
sudo passwd root whateverpassword
pvtjoker42 said:
One way to avoid the nightmare of patching together a working wifi driver in linux, install it in a VM (Virtualbox or Vmware) on the vista side. Then you can use the wifi adapter through the windows driver.. And then you don't have to do a full reboot to get to windows or ubuntu/mint.. (love Mint btw.. it lives in my VM, laptop, seedbox and soon to be server)
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Thanks that's what I was thinking about doing but like thomasskull said it likely gonna take a dump on performance but may be the only choice I have....
thomasskull666 said:
Good suggestion, makes things a lot easier. The only thing is performance, you will be running on (usually) half the power of the computer which will slow compile times to a crawl for example.
As far as the root password goes, use the passwd command to change it:
Code:
sudo passwd root whateverpassword
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Well I don't really care much about changing password anymore cause I was finally able to enter the password but as always there's another problem..... ill probably post the terminal readings later on tonight when I get back to my computer.... and as for using a virtual machine, is there another way to go without dumping performance and without dealing with installing drivers through the terminal.....
Thank you all so much.... you guys have no idea how much I appreciate your help =]
So I downloaded VMware Player, where do I go from there to get the drivers installed so that I can reboot into Ubuntu and use the wifi card?
Well, under vmware workstation you should be able to just install a vm with just the iso file or the cd of the ubuntu build you want to install, its prescripted, and easy t use. With vmware workstation you can define hoow many proscessors you want to use, threads, ram, w/e... then vmware also installs a network service under windows that uses windows to transfer the network data into your vm. No need to configgure your wifi under linux anymore
Also, I think you're missing the point of a Virtual Machine. A VM runs alongside your current OS install. Software like VMWare Workstation acts as if its a virgin computer and makes an image file on your hard drive that acts as a hard drive for the VM. You can be running windows and linux simutaneously with a VM. For instance, whenever I develop or need linux, I open my vm nd use it on my seccond monitor. One monitor windows, the other linux, and you can even drag and drop **** to each other os. Its amazing. Just make sure you allocate uenough threads and ram to your vm and you should be fine.
Can I use all the ram and threads because I only have 1GB ram and a 3GHhz dual core processor..... or is that enough to run it
with only 1gb of ram, you probably wouldn't want to run a VM since you'd really not want to use more than 512mb of your total 1gb.. With that little ram, your best choice is the dual boot setup.
Hi, I don't have this really clear.
BusyBox is needed for terminal emulator. Now... I guess that in that terminal you enter commands, but, what commands? Do you guys have a list or at list some examples to know if it is like a pc: regedit, or cmd>ipconfig ...
And what is the use of Busybox besides a base to the terminal emulator?
Thanks
Arturofm2 said:
Hi, I don't have this really clear.
BusyBox is needed for terminal emulator. Now... I guess that in that terminal you enter commands, but, what commands? Do you guys have a list or at list some examples to know if it is like a pc: regedit, or cmd>ipconfig ...
And what is the use of Busybox besides a base to the terminal emulator?
Thanks
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Ok so I may be off on these... but this is my current understanding anyway (and please correct me folks if I'm wrong) -
- Busybox is a binary that contains within it a number of functions more commonly seen in linux environments (the "toolbox" android stock roms come with is rather limited in this sense)
- This "busybox" binary, when installed, makes it so you can do a number of the common-to-linux-terminal-environment commands you would have available to you if you were running some flavor of a linux distro - things like cp, mkdir, chmod, etc.
The commands are then accessible via something like terminal emulator (by its own name it's basically emulating a linux terminal environment) and are essentially the same as what you would have on any basic linux distribution, though sometimes they won't have all the extended functionality (via flags and what not) that you would normally see.
Hope that helps
dwitherell said:
Ok so I may be off on these... but this is my current understanding anyway (and please correct me folks if I'm wrong) -
- Busybox is a binary that contains within it a number of functions more commonly seen in linux environments (the "toolbox" android stock roms come with is rather limited in this sense)
- This "busybox" binary, when installed, makes it so you can do a number of the common-to-linux-terminal-environment commands you would have available to you if you were running some flavor of a linux distro - things like cp, mkdir, chmod, etc.
The commands are then accessible via something like terminal emulator (by its own name it's basically emulating a linux terminal environment) and are essentially the same as what you would have on any basic linux distribution, though sometimes they won't have all the extended functionality (via flags and what not) that you would normally see.
Hope that helps
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Thanks dwitherell, I also found this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31500912, I thought it was something else, but I think I won't need it because most apps do this with a graphical environment.
If you want to know the list of commands/applets simply browse to
/system/xbin from the terminal emulator and run ls command to list all installed applets.
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ciphercodes said:
If you want to know the list of commands/applets simply browse to
/system/xbin from the terminal emulator and run ls command to list all installed applets.
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Just typing busybox will list them all out as well
Please help correct these errors