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Changing rom using Ubuntu, is it possible?

As the title says, can I change rom with ubuntu or do I have to use Windows???

wiki will do the trick:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Diamond_FlashfIS
regards

I think that wine will not work, maybe you can try Virtualbox + installation of Windows like a host operating system inside.
In Virtualbox you will allow USB for Win and you can install new ROM like a charm...

or you might use this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=399762
worked with my diamond without problems.

Is not a problem, you try with like up and copy rom.nbh to internal storage with usb drive disk !

need help with .tar file

hello all i need to know is how you make the .zip rom into a .tar are used a program but converting it doesnt work, if u could pls just help me i want to put together my own rom, thank you..

johndoeshmoe said:
hello all i need to know is how you make the .zip rom into a .tar are used a program but converting it doesnt work, if u could pls just help me i want to put together my own rom, thank you..
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http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gtar.htm
However you may want to consider doing a Linux install. I think most Android hacking is done i Linux. I recommend doing a Wubi install of Ubuntu(google it) if you want to try out Linux without messing with your partitions. Another option is to run Linux from within Virtualbox.

An easy way is to install 7zip. With it you can store files in tar.

The best way of learning how to put together a custom Android build is to start by studying the way that the .tar files are structured, I started by using 7-zip to study and change some of the files, ( you can really mess up your android doing this ).
However you will need to have access to a PC running Linux for some of the more advanced tasks. There are ways of running Linux without disturbing your PC's partitioning, but honestly, a dual-boot is the best way to go, you only need about 10-50GB of hard disc space for a decently set up Linux install, (10GB is enough for a well set up slackware based install like zenwalk).
Good luck on your journey into Android

zenity said:
There are ways of running Linux without disturbing your PC's partitioning, but honestly, a dual-boot is the best way to go, you only need about 10-50GB of hard disc space for a decently set up Linux install...
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Actually a Wubi install of Ubuntu is a dual boot solution that does not touch your partitioning. There is a small performance penalty for keeping the file system within a large file on your NTFS file system but I doubt most people will notice. Installation is as easy as next-next-finish and uninstallation is easily handled from within Windows.
http://wubi-installer.org/
In fact, it's very similar to doing FAT32 SD-card install of Android except that the performance penalty is much, much less noticable and it's really dual boot so you do not need to boot Windows in order to boot Linux.

A wubi install is pretty good if you like the Ubuntu way of doing things, I don't, just personal taste, I like my Slackware distros too much
But yes, since everyone seems to be on ubuntu/debian based these days, wubi is indeed a good solution to having to partition your HDD.

thank you guys u have been very helpful and also iv had ubuntu before so i know how to install, u guys have been very helpful thank you..

[KITCHEN] Android Compiler VM

Android Compiler VM 2.0
This is the second reincarnation of the Kernel Compiler VM, now with complete support for building Android binaries too.
The installation is simple.
1. Download the file (around 700MB!)
2. Extract using 7-zip
3. IMPORT the VM into VirtualBox (you have to import it, or else the HDD will be read only!)
4. Enjoy
I made some modifications to the default config, that will now allow one to use putty to connect to the VM without too much hassle. This was done by using two virtual LAN cards, from which one can connect to the internet, and the host computer can connect to the VM using the other one. Usually the IP changes, but it seems if you only have one VM it is: 192.168.56.101. USername/password is still kernel/kernel
The other change was to split the home and sys directories, so one can simple switch the home HDD if it gets full (a complete AOSP build can take a lot of space). To make this easier all compiler applications are now put inside the system partition (codesourcery was inside home in the earlier release).
As ususal the VM supports compiler scripts, using a shared folder you have to put somewhere. I don't know whether anyone made a compiler script for the previous VM besides me (and some patches of course), but the possibility is still there. There are of course compiler scripts for the whole Steam kernel/recovery suite, which can be obtained here

DL link: (large file!) http://android.sztupy.hu/dl/AndroidCompilerVM-2.0.7z

Hi there.
I worked a lot with your first kitchen, and banged my head against wall a couple of time.
I also managed to add a secondary network interface (host mode only) but only to be able to connect over samba on the windows host machine.
The initial box grow so much that at some time I run out of space. At that point I considered switching to an auto-resizeable vdi (no longer vmdk) file.
Also, I've deleted the internal swap partition and created a new vdi file just for swap on /dev/sdb1.
Anyway, the big result result...
Running Eclipse on Windows, I can map files over samba in Virtualbox. Not very sure if I'm clear in my idea, but the source code of the kernel inside the VirtualBox is shared over the host Windows so I can work with the linux kernel inside Eclipse.
The compiling is still done on the inside virtualbox, didn't bothered much, but I guess with some nicely crafted commands over ssh, it is possible to compile the whole kernel/modules/single files right from the Eclipse IDE interface.
Screenshot attached, maybe I'll make a quick and dirty tutorial.

Arise said:
Hi there.
I worked a lot with your first kitchen, and banged my head against wall a couple of time.
I also managed to add a secondary network interface (host mode only) but only to be able to connect over samba on the windows host machine.
The initial box grow so much that at some time I run out of space. At that point I considered switching to an auto-resizeable vdi (no longer vmdk) file.
Also, I've deleted the internal swap partition and created a new vdi file just for swap on /dev/sdb1.
Anyway, the big result result...
Running Eclipse on Windows, I can map files over samba in Virtualbox. Not very sure if I'm clear in my idea, but the source code of the kernel inside the VirtualBox is shared over the host Windows so I can work with the linux kernel inside Eclipse.
The compiling is still done on the inside virtualbox, didn't bothered much, but I guess with some nicely crafted commands over ssh, it is possible to compile the whole kernel/modules/single files right from the Eclipse IDE interface.
Screenshot attached, maybe I'll make a quick and dirty tutorial.
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I never got around to code in java using this VM, and for C code putty+vim+screen is all I need. Although a tutorial would be great.

This is a VM on windows or linux?

sztupy said:
I never got around to code in java using this VM, and for C code putty+vim+screen is all I need. Although a tutorial would be great.
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Ok, just done it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=882010
ragin said:
This is a VM on windows or linux?
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It doesn't matter, the virtualbox VM can run on either host, be it windows or linux.

Awesome work.

V3.0 released here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1022407

[Q] Mount WP7 in Linux

Hi
There's a couple of threads about the registry hack to mount your WP7 as a mass storage device in Windows. But since I'm running Linux at home I'm interested to find out how to do the same in Linux.
Anyone tried to gain access to the phone file system in Linux?
I'll give it a try when I get back home from work.
Thanks
//Lazze

Wish there were a way to follow a thread without replying, I'm interested in seeing how this works out.

Lazze2k5 said:
There's a couple of threads about the registry hack to mount your WP7 as a mass storage device in Windows.
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Where u saw it? As I've mentioned here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9244306#post9244306 (actually, this is the first mention of this hack based on my experiments at August 2010) WP7 can be "visible" as "Zune device" in Windows explorer (not a mass storage device!).
I don't think MS Zune can run on Linux or zune device drivers exists too...

Has anyone been able to figure anything out with this issue? I run Kubuntu linux on my desktop and I run Windows 7 virtually and Id like to be able to update/sync on this PC. I have installed zune but it doesnt recognize that my HTC arrive is connected. After some digging it looks like there would need to be some kind of linux driver for the arrive for this to work. Is there any other work around that would be possible?

hope that one day this can be possible! Or at least by using some software to syncronize files from local network (SAMBA) or somthing like this.

Linux (Ubuntu) on Android help

I found this albeit old video of it running without needing a unlocked bootloader or custom ROM ,but the img file is larger than 3.5GB.
It can even access Wi-Fi properly and use FireFox!
Can it run the upcoming Linux port of Goat Simulator? (I doubt it,but it might on more modern Androids)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d_diU7i7Z0
I want to put the img file on my 32GB mass media storage and use it from there.
Mayber there is a newer version of Linux (ubuntu) that runs way faster in comparison with that old 2011 version.
Can someone please help me with this?

Please respond.
I just found out that there is a later version that can be used.
The 13.10 version of Ubuntu Linux.
Page for installing.
www.opensourcegangster.com/run-ubuntu-13-10-on-android/
I always hate it when they tell you to do stuff that is only accessible normally through official stock android!
It is probably easy to do using SQLite on settings provider for Fire TV.
I still need to know if I can use the .img file on my 32GB USB Mass Storage stick via stickmount instead of deleting everything to make room for the file on my internal storage.
I would assume that it works if I simply change the img directory to the stickmount provided USB directory.

While nobody replied to my thread,I have got ubuntu to run on my Fire TV!
The big issue is that I can't get the more important applications like "Web Browser" to open.
I can open the image viewer and access my images and various other applications work as well,just not the web browser.
I also need to know how to properly install apps so I can get other things running.
I can also confirm the large 4GB ubuntu running with the image in usbStorage/sda1/ubuntu.img via stickmount on my 32GB storage.

Small could be good too
If you could do the same with smaller linux distros - like DamnSmallLinux - could that be useful to fix some bricked devices?

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If you could do the same with smaller linux distros - like DamnSmallLinux - could that be useful to fix some bricked devices?
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From reading the guide it seems like all it is is Ubuntu in a chroot. So the fire TV needs to be booting properly.

I'm not owning a fire tv at the moment, but i'm looking into buying one.
My goal is to replace my old Rpi which is running a little bit slow for me as I run on it a couple of software:
- XBMC/Kodi
- samba
-Nginx as web server
- VPN server
- FTP, SMB, NFS
- Deluge, Sickrage, couchpotato... and more can not remember all of them right now.
in few words I use it as media center, file server and torrent server..
So I understood that is possible to install Kodi on the fire TV by doing a side loading of the apk file and install it.
That will solve the media center part, but what about the rest?
chroot could be a solution to run the other linux services that I need, basically I don't need GUI in chroot, is enough if I can connect via SSH and run my services there.
And in addition I would need to have a USB HDD plugged in to store the media content which get's downloaded automatically.
Could this setup run on a fire tv in conjunction with chroot ? Any ideas why wouldn't ?