yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] d3sm0nd:
Tried it and the LXDE image is working... very fast. :D

I can open the file manager and everything expect the Browser... also installed firefox but couldn't run it! I get the error:

Xlib: extension “RANDR” missing on display “:1.0″.

I think this has something to do with VNC... will try to reinstall tightvnc and see if it helps.

I'm surprised that nobody is interested in this... :D
[Galaxy S II General] pulser_g2:
I'd look at it at some point, other than the fact O2 cannot organise themselves to send out my SGS2.

I think a lot of people are still waiting on phones to arrive...
[Galaxy S II General] d3sm0nd:
pulser_g2, I think it's time to get that chroot working! I've tried again with another build with no luck. I think we need a special kernel... back when I had my desire I remember that it worked only with very few custom kernels.. because they had some parameter enabled but I can't remember which!

Under this link you can see people did the same on the Galaxy Tab 10.1:

http://galaxytabhacks.com/galaxy-ta...tall-ubuntu-linux-on-galaxy-tab-10-1-tabuntu/

On our SGS2 it would be epic... when we get it working we can just connect via VNC from our desktops to our SGS2 and use it as a PC!! Or via the viewer on the SGS2 itself... screen is big enough. :)

I hope someone can move this thread to the DEV forum so we can start working on it.
[Galaxy S II General] alx5962:
I started to work on running Ubuntu 11.04 on the SGSII yesterday, from scratch as I didn't find an existing way to do it. As I may need some kernel modules, I'm creating a virtualbox environment to cross-compile them.

I managed to run Ubuntu some time ago on my Xperia X10 so I already have some background on the subject so it might not take months to have it working.
[Galaxy S II General] fosco_boffin:
I got debian running in chroot and managed to get xfce going. Not real useful at the moment but at least it works.

I just had to root the phone and followed the guide at saurik.com
[Galaxy S II General] alx5962:
Just got Ubuntu 10 running on my S2, loop device and ext4 is supported by the default kernel !
[Galaxy S II General] d3sm0nd:
Hmm, strange... do you have root? I'm on VillainROM 1.4 with latest CF-ROOT and it doesn't work exactly because of loop devices!
[Galaxy S II General] alx5962:
I'm using an insecure kernel with default firmware.

For loop device, you need to 'losetup /dev/block/loop0 /path_to_image' and not using /dev/loop0 (returned by default by losetup but this is wrong)

and after that 'mount -t ext4 /dev/block/loop0 /my_mount_dir'

ext4 is supporting ext2/ext3 too
[Galaxy S II General] d3sm0nd:
Still won't work. :( Here the script i'm using:
[Galaxy S II General] athurh:
My self Debian image is working fine, this is the script I'm using

#!/system/bin/sh

mnt=/mnt/sdcard/debian/mountpoint
img=/mnt/sdcard/debian/debian.img

export PATH="$PATH":/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin
export TERM=linux
export HOME=/root
export USER=root
export LC_ALL=C

[ -e "$mnt"/bin/bash ] || busybox mount $img "$mnt"
busybox mount -t proc proc "$mnt"/proc
busybox mount -t sysfs sysfs "$mnt"/sys
busybox mount -t devpts devpts "$mnt"/dev/pts
busybox mount -o bind /data "$mnt"/data
busybox mount -o bind /sdcard "$mnt"/sdcard
echo ""
echo " Debian GNU/Linux"
echo ""
busybox chroot "$mnt" /bin/bash
echo ""
echo "Dismounting..."
echo ""
busybox umount "$mnt"/sdcard
busybox umount "$mnt"/data
busybox umount "$mnt"/dev/pts
busybox umount "$mnt"/proc
busybox umount "$mnt"/sys
echo -e "Dismount debian.img [y/N]? \\c"
read fi;
[ "$fi" = "y" ] && busybox umount "$mnt"

h t t p://img13.imageshack.us/img13/2932/sgs2debian.png
[Galaxy S II General] alx5962:
I'm running as root ("su") so I can access /dev without trouble.

mknod is useless in your script, as loop device is already created.

The script I'm using (ugly as hell bot no time to optimize it) :

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
export kit=/sdcard/ubuntu
export bin=/system/bin
export mnt=/data/local/mnt
export PATH=$bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:$PATH
export TERM=linux
export HOME=/root
mkdir $mnt
losetup /dev/block/loop0 /sdcard/ubuntu/ubuntu.img
mount -t ext4 /dev/block/loop0 /data/local/mnt
mount -t devpts devpts $mnt/dev/pts
mount -t proc proc $mnt/proc
mount -t sysfs sysfs $mnt/sys
sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
echo "Setting /etc/resolv.conf to Google Open DNS 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4"
echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" > $mnt/etc/resolv.conf
echo "nameserver 8.8.4.4" >> $mnt/etc/resolv.conf
echo "Setting localhost on /etc/hosts "
echo "127.0.0.1 localhost" > $mnt/etc/hosts
echo "READY TO ROCK AND ROLL BABY! "
echo " "
chroot $mnt /bin/bash
[Galaxy S II General] d3sm0nd:
Still won't work, mate :(

I also type su and I have root...

Which ROM are you using? And do you have CF-ROOT kernel?
[Galaxy S II General] hakkinenvthh:
Can you upload or give me a link of your image? Thanks very much
[Galaxy S II General] d3sm0nd:
I'm using the image from here:

http://galaxytabhacks.com/galaxy-ta...tall-ubuntu-linux-on-galaxy-tab-10-1-tabuntu/

Maybe it's because of the image..
[Galaxy S II General] alx5962:
type :

losetup /dev/block/loop0 /sdcard/ubuntu/ubuntu.img

mount -t ext4 /dev/block/loop0 /data/local/mnt

(replace ubuntu.img and /data/local/mnt with your current image/dir)

if '/data/local/mnt' is empty then your image is broken.

Also type 'dmesg' to check why it's broken.
[Galaxy S II General] athurh:
extract zip to sdcard

run 'sh /sdcard/debian/install.sh' to copy the script to /system/xbin

'debianboot' to enter chroot

the prompt will change to debian if everything goes well

type 'alias' to see some shortcuts

'startvnc' starts vncserver

host: localhost

password: debian

port: 5901

http://www.multiupload.com/9R1AKKTR6D

debian-SGS2.zip

md5 c63c7953dab56c375f6748baecc2915c
[Galaxy S II General] alx5962:
Using the HD2 port as basis, I got Ubuntu 11.04 running on our Galaxy SII :

Some applications don't run in the menus but most of them are ok (Firefox 5 at first!).

As Unity requires hardware acceleration, I was unable to enable it for now.

As usual VNC is needed, so it's not very smooth to use, but it seems to me that 11.04 is smoother than 10.10 on my device.
[Galaxy S II General] d3sm0nd:
Could you please upload the image somewhere?
[Galaxy S II General] DooMLoRD:
hey guys me and anantshri got BT5 running on SGS2!!!

check it out here:

[DEV] BACKTRACK 5 on SGS2 {chroot}
[General Questions and Answers] azaria:
Hi,

I'm on a Topaz with WinMo 6.5 Hebrew enabled but English interface.

Lately the number keys in the phone application are shifted one row down. I mean' when I press a number, the phone thinks I pressed the number one row below that. (i.e. If I press the place showing 5, an 8 will be dialed)

Oddly the "TALK" button and the "backspace" arrow button next to it do function normally, as does the whole screen in any other application.

My verbal explanation is not so clear, so please see the attachment. A screenshot with explanatory text.

Any idea what could have caused this? or how to fix it?

I was thinking about removing and re-installing the phone application, but don;t know how to do that, so any help in that direction would also be welcome.

Thanks!

~Azaria.
[General Questions and Answers] azaria:
What is the right forum for this question?

It really bothers me, so really want to solve it.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rumnyc:
is there any way to tweak the photo quality? i think there is too much compression by default. i take photos using 6mp widescreen mode.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whocancatchme:
Yeah it's a known problem, i made a test i took the same picture with 6M on, and another with 2M, the quality is almost the same. Hope they will fix the problem with the update soon
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rumnyc:
if i don't root, are there any marketplace cameras (free or paid) that will let me take pictures and I can set the jpeg compression level?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xeon11:
Even if it's rooted, I haven't come across a method/app where you could change the compression ratio. I hope I was wrong.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nruri:
Also looking for a way to take better advantage of the camera on this phone. the quality is terrible due to compress :(
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lynx2k50:
Any Update to this?

Really annoying bug.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] landis90:
I don't sure that the real problem is jpeg compression, it's too high but in macro shots the image are very detailed and beautiful at 100% crop. In the photos taken with infinite focus (landascape for example) they are very orrible at 100% crop. Is possible that the problem is the too long esposure time?

I compared the exposure time of the arc's and a digital camera's photos. Taken the same object with the same conditions etc, the exposure time of the camera's photos are much lower than arc's photos.

What do you think about?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daveybaby:
In any phone camera you have a much smaller lens aperture and a smaller sensor size than in even the cheapest and nastiest of dedicated digital cameras.

Thus to get the same image brightness in the same conditions you will either have to amplify the signal (which will increase noise) or have a longer exposure time. Ye cannae break the laws of physics, captain.

Having said that, i couldn't say whether the long exposure time is the cause of the issue or not.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Private-Cowboy:
As far as I read, Camera Advance (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mnapps.cameraadvance&feature=search_result) is able to control compression. JPGs on the Neo are now more than twice as big and don't suffer as badly from compression.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BluechipJ:
Haven't checked the compression, but I do have raw picture and video samples from the latest 4.0.A.2.368 build.

[YOUTUBE]_ekQUnrigfQ&hd=1[/YOUTUBE]
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] klbjr:
I was wondering is there any way to link the apps that I purchase in either the AM or AAS to each other. The apps that I purchase or download in one doesn't show in the other & I've also noticed that apps purchased in the AAS take longer to receive updates. Sometimes up to a week.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] randyhoop:
Yeah, I was wondering the same thing? Anyone know how to associate apps from Amazon with the Android Market?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] evilkorn:
You can't.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] orlox:
I wonder how can we control startup applications? Is there a file where starting applications are stored?

For example windows have start menu and registry curent version run. What's the file in android?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VaKo:
What steps do I need to take to make my UK wifi Xoom into a US wifi Xoom? I want to do this to put me into the US update queue rather than the worldwide queue, which seems to be far slower. And if I do this, what problems will I have? Is there any risk?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devilpera64:
hi all! I've found a topic where all people was talking about the wifi tethering with ad-hoc connection using Motorola Xoom..with the help of some XDA's guys, they were able to connect a phone to xoom using ad-hoc spot. So this method can be applied also to the Transformer? i think that - if the OS is the same for each android tablet - is possible to mod the same file to the same mode, or not? :)

this is the topic:

http://www.xoomforums.com/forum/mot.../4016-how-enable-ad-hoc-wi-fi-connection.html
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Budadank:
The same method certainly worked on Acer Iconia A500 tabs. I did it to mine before swapping it out for a Transformer. AFAIK it was the same wpa_supplicant file from the Xoom forums here on XDA that I pushed to my Iconia and it worked well. Might give it a bash in a bit.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devilpera64:
So if this is possibile all ppl that are still using Wm6.5 will be able to tethter them 3G connection without any problems on the TF? do you remember if you encountered some trouble on iconia after this mod? I don't believe that Android doesn't still have the possibility to connect with other devices without the use of infrastucture mode. (big handicap :eek: )
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Budadank:
No, it didn't cause any problems. Just make sure you follow the instructions. Set the permissions on wpa_supplicant properly otherwise you will break your wifi. Ofc, you will need to have root. Good luck.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidxRage:
We did this same trick to allow ad-hoc on the elocity a7... worked like a charm. Not rooted yet to try this though myself.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] havoc479:
Well idk if this is helpful, but ive been tethering my Droid X to my TF via bluetooth and works flawlessly, must admit it makes my DX slow and crappy but while im tethering im not really gonna be using my phone. I like to think it saves battery too, correct me if im wrong on the wifi vs bluetooth battery consumption.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rafal2006:
Wifi tether 3.0 experimental works on epic 4g with transformer
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bisto321:
Confirmed working with my Hero that only generates ad hoc:D

Will reboot to make sure it persists, but looks good.

Was going to look for a modded wpa_supplicant. Thanks for the post.

UPDATE: works after reboot. Posting via tether now
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devilpera64:
Anyone with WM6.5? (ex HTC HD2) it finally seems going well for all devices.!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Budadank:
Yeah, I've tethered my Transformer to my HTC HD Mini while my Desire is off for repair for the 4th time.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brunes:
Mine connects to my GalaxyS with no special tricks.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meb0:
thank you to the OP I've been trying so hard to get tethering from my verizon Galaxy S (&^#$ verizon) I didn't want to have to shell out $20 more bucks for data when I go on a road trip later.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philsuf:
somehow it wont connect to the hotspot created by my nokia e71 & e72, old phone i know... does it have to be an android phone?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devilpera64:
Maybe you have to apply this mod to the Transformer for enjoy the new tether feature :-) have you tried it? :o
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] npompei:
Does anyone know if this will work with an Iphone 3? WITHOUT jailbraking!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devilpera64:
npompei are you italian? Btw, i don't think so. Here we are talking about Android O.S (in particulare 3.0/3.1). Iphone use the apple software :)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Excalius:
Does it work with today's FOTA update? thanks a lot!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philsuf:
ah yes, i havent understand about the ad hoc problems earlier... now that i've read all the others ad hoc network related, i get it

so yea, the questions i have now are the same as anybody else's... will there be any updates that fixes this instead of having to self-patch? too bad if it doesnt, cuz i love my nokia e71
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bisto321:
The android ad hoc wifi issue is quite well documented on the net - google code

Don't think google have mentioned anything about putting in support for it, but the wpa_supplicant hacks are used for lots of older devices that 'can't see' ad hoc and seem to cover it pretty well for root users.

Most newer phones, especially android devices, now generate tether points in infrastructure mode - hence why some of the posters above with newer phones do not need to use the wpa mod.

Looks like you will have to root and mod your transformer or get a phone that generates 'infrastructure' and say bye bye to your e71:(
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philsuf:
nooooooo.......:eek:

oh well

i guess it'll be helpful if we could list all of the phone who support infrastructure networking
[General Questions and Answers] condorateanu.sorin:
Hi!

First of all , i apologise if there is any other topic who asks same question , but i didnt find it. 2nd : bad engrish :P

So , I bought my HTC diamond. It was working great, but after i flashed it few times with different ROMs , the memory ( his `normal` memory + 4 gb internal storage ) got serious problems :

- cant listem music , when i try to play music , it loads in like 10 sec / song + i can hear like 2 songs from my phone combined in same .. this happens with all data , even pictures.

-cant turn off the phone , if i turn it off , his 100 mb storage gets partially deleted , when i turn it on again i dont have that theme / ringtone set / even in some roms i cant turn him on at all , saying that i gotta hard reset. If i hard reset it, the phone comes to normal.

The battery runs out very fast and the phone is very slow ( tested a rom wich i got first time and its much slower then that time ).

Anyone can help me ? Anyone got this problem also ?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gadgetguy2005:
Hello all,

I would like to access the Samsung market via wifi. The tab does not allow me to , as it expects a 3G connection. I do not want to use a Sim card just for that.

Is there any way to access this via Wifi?

Thank you all
[Xoom General] Dollyllama:
I decided to pull the trigger on a Xoom last night. By pulling the trigger, I mean I happily purchased a Xoom, not that I got angry at it and shot it.

I've been eagerly anticipating purchasing an Android tablet for the primary purpose of developing apps. I've been following several devices over the past few months and narrowed my choices down to the Xoom, the Acer Iconia a500, Asus Eeepad Transformer, and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.

With all things being relatively equal, I whittled my choices down to the Samsung and the Xoom...Although I like Acer and have had good experience with their products (yes, even support...I am a teacher/IT specialist for a school district and always had fast turn around with repairs/replacements from Acer), I just didn't like the feel of the Acer a whole lot, combined with a small dev community in addition to (currently) locked bootloader eliminated it from the running....the Asus looks too gimmicky and plasticy/toyish to me.

The Samsung looks very nice, but I'm concerned about the potential lack of ports, backlight bleeding, slightly less responsive touch screen than the xoom.

The Xoom was the clear winner for me primarily because of 1.) a large, thriving development community, 2.) Build quality 3.) Tried and true: I have owned a motorola Droid, Droid X and am extremely happy with those products. 4.) Xoom has been out a few months and has had the chance to be thoroughly reviewed/tested/go through growing pains.

As I said earlier, I'm also a teacher, so I have my summers off...I plan on devoting my summer to Android development and I'm excited to be joining the Xoom community! I look forward to learning a lot and also contributing wherever possible. :)
[Xoom General] wang1404:
Welcome aboard. :)

To my opinion tho the Acer iconia is the best looking one out of all 4. Nonetheless, the xoom might looks boring at first but its the build quality that wins everything. Its just so solid. Did you get the free portfolio case from Motorola btw? Idk if that deal is still on or not. But I have the case, its originally worth 40 dollars but its well spent money. The case adds protection and a very professional looking to the xoom.

PS: I never knew the Acer was locked down.
[Xoom General] ElCamino:
I just picked up the motorola Xoom yesterday sunday at the best buy exchanging the acer iconia A500. The reason was because the gps problem also the rocker switch for the volume control not working and also the voice recognition mic was not working all the time. So far so good with the motorola. By the way congratulations on the Xoom. :)

I'm testing the Xoom on the way to work.
[Xoom General] Dollyllama:
Thank you for the heads up on the case...I got a zagg for the screen, (some people don't like them, but I seem to have good luck with getting them on with no bubbles etc), but I was looking for a cover...I'll definitely check it out.

As far as the Acer, I agree it looked solid but the dev community was really small over there (been following a few weeks)...and still having trouble with getting clockwork running etc...

thanks! :) Oh...by the way, testing on the way to work only if you're a passenger. :p
[Xoom General] blackte4:
Welcome to team xoom. I hope you had a chance to update to 3.1. It brings new life to the xoom. Check it out. Next will be the sdcard fix. Then we will have the best tablet on the market.
[Xoom General] jiwengang:
Quite opposite... I think ACER ICONIA looks so ugly... but that is pure personal opinion and I do respect your view on Acer =)

Xoom to me looks "Bold and solid", boring maybe another word to describe it but the full metal jacket is definitely something I like, again personal opinions =)

Welcome on board to OP!
[Xoom General] Vdubtx:
I also picked up a Xoom this weekend. Got the Zagg screen for free with the promo Best Buy had on the website. Haven't had a chance to put it on. Screen definitely needs something on it with the print magnet that it is. The Motorola case intrigues me, anyone have a link to the case for free as mentioned above by wang1404?
[Xoom General] Dollyllama:
What day did you buy yours? I didn't see the promo and paid full price for my screen protector...BB is very good with honoring things so do you have a link or something where I could check that promo out...I'd like to get my $30 credit.
[Xoom General] brijahn:
You have to buy it through bestbuy.com to get the free screen protector.. I'm sure they would refund the price of the screen protector as a price match if you asked.
[Xoom General] ElCamino:
:) Yeah only in traffic jams... Use google maps to check traffic conditions worked great.
[Xoom General] ElCamino:
I unboxed the motorola Xoom in the parking lot, and install the 3.1 update worked great.
[Xoom General] ElCamino:
I unboxed the motorola Xoom in the parking lot and installed 3.1 update works great.
[Xoom General] jjank11:
Welcome to the club!!!!! You will not be disappointed. Especially when you get 3.1 update. You just have to be a bit patient with support with regards to apps/games. My xoom has almost completely replaced my laptop which I did not think was possible and has also literally reduced my phone use to mostly wifi hotspot and txt. As for cases, I have the zoogue and think it is simply awesome. I would also suggest getting thumbkeyboard app. Happy xooming to you!!!!!
[Xoom General] Dollyllama:
Awesome! Thanks for the tips! I was actually wondering about keying...i used swype on my phone and nook color and thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread until FlexT9 was the app of the day on Amazon app store Saturday... it's hands down better than swype and although it's great on my phone and i use my nook color primarily in portrait mode when reading/replying to forums/ emails, it just isn't going to cut it on a landscape tablet... even on nook color I might give it a try... certainly looks worth the small investment.
[Xoom General] dustin4863:
I was about to buy the wifi model also checked craigslist and found a 3g for 500 I had to take it even if it was used
[Xoom General] erzhik:
Congrats and welcome. you are now officially a Xoomer. ;)

I recommend Thumb Keyboard beta (its on a forum here in Apps). Best keyboard I ever used.