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[Omnia II General] l3ong91:
Hey man look, this is my solution which is working for me, and you can follow your own method if you choose not to follow mine. So here are the main points regarding to your question.

1. The link to the Ubuntu website is to let the users know what they are supposed to download and what content there are downloading, but not just merely give them a download link without reading the instructions.

2. Am I supposed to cover in this tutorial how to turn on and off Ubuntu as well? The reason why I requires you guys to do all the download stuff first in Windows is to saves all the trouble of re-create a new connection in Ubuntu, you doesn't really need a connection though while on Ubuntu. For me, I'm running on Wi-fi, therefore my Internet connection on Ubuntu works as well.

3. I thought a screenshot was provided on the instructions on Unmounting the storage. By the way, to mount and unmount the drive, once you plugged in the storage, it will appears in the top toolbar, and right click and Unmount/Mount the drive.

4. You don't really have a SD card inserted, that's why the camera ain't working. Some apps requires to have a SD card on your phone anyway to function.

5. No, I don't think it can be install through .cab or .apk.

6. Is it really that troublesome for you to go to Market and download that app yourself? Another suggestion for you is to backup all your apps before you go for fresh installation next time.
[Omnia II General] taram:
I have a problem. When I connect my phone to my computer, the folder "My Memory" (my store) and disappears when I disconnect it, it reappears.

I formatted my memory to 2GB with EASEUS Partition in primary partition and FAT 32. Am I doing something wrong? I can not transfer the file bundle Froyo since I do not see the folder "My memory (my store). Can you help me? Thanks in advance.
[Omnia II General] taram:
it's good, I reconnected my phone through the file and activ'synch My memory is returned. I'll be able to continue installing Froyo.
[Omnia II General] Bogeyman13:
I followed your tutorial and Android starts ok, but I can't access My Storage partition and SD card. I now have two partitions labeled My Storage and Android. SD card is shown as not mounted (My Storage and SD card are ok, I can see them from WM). What can I do?

Thank you.

Edit: I reinstalled and now My Storage partition is available under storage folder. But I still can't see my sd card. As I understand it should be found in sdcard folder. It's empty. Probably that's because (as I already said) I see sd card notification that it is damaged and can't be mounted (if I install iso installation it is working ok).

How can I bring sd card to life?
[Omnia II General] l3ong91:
May I know which package did you downloaded from Froyo bundle? For me, both SD card and My Storage are readable and able to be detected after installing Froyo bundle V1 and V2 updates.

And did you format your SD card using SD Formatter? Check the option below:

Format Type: Full (Erase)

Format Size Adjustment: ON

No need to reinstall the whole thing again, just take out your SD card and format it using SD Formatter. My Storage seems working fine in your case, it's just the SD card problem I guess, should be working after format it.
[Omnia II General] Bogeyman13:
I reformatted the card and now it works. Thanks.

Strange is that I tried both v1 and v2 bundles and after I installed v2 again My Storage mounted correctly. God knows what happened. :)

And if there was really a card error, why sd card worked in iso installation?

Anyway, important is that now everything works. ;)
[Omnia II General] dabizstan:
Thank you very much for this guide, it really worked for me and it really improves the performance over the SD instalations.

I only have problems with the ubuntu thing because it didn't recognize my wifi card and the cable network didn't work neither... Also I think the Gpart is not the complete name of the software and makes difficult to find it on the repositories (I can't install it through the apt-get command because it didn't find such application.
[Omnia II General] zbzzn:
I can't see My Storage in Ubuntu

Hi,

I followed the steps of the installation but when I connect my phone to the USB port in Ubuntu I don't see "My Storage" in Places as you describe. Instead something strange happens and I see a new network device ETH1 called Omnia I8000.

One thing I am not doing exactly as in the instructions is the Ubuntu installation. I don't want to install another OS on my machine. Instead I tried Virtual Machine with Ubuntu and a live CD Ubuntu and had the same effect in both.

I an a n00b in Linux so any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Buzzy
[Omnia II General] l3ong91:
As far as I'm concern, the video tutorial by jerrytech2468.blogspot.com also uses vmware to run virtual Ubuntu, try follow his video installation.
[Omnia II General] zbzzn:
Thanks for helping

Hi l3ong91,

Thanks for giving me that link to the video tutorial.

From the video I realized you are missing a step in the tutorial.

Please add (before connecting to Ubuntu):

In the phone go to Settings->General Settings->USB Connection and set to Mass Storage + My Storage

Thanks Again,

Buzzy
[Omnia II General] l3ong91:
Wasn't that already stated on the first post?
[Omnia II General] Shakkha:
Hi I3ong91 and thanks for your work.

I didn't understand a thing:

In your Howto, in the end, Froyo will be installed on the internal storage "My Storage" or in the external SD card?

We need to create a partition in ext4 on internal SD? or on external SD? the both?

On the screenshots you show, we can see "sda" and "sdb".

sdb (1.9Gb) seems to be the internal SD and sda (more than 9Gb) seems to be external SD...

So I think the work has to be made on internal SD.

But when we launch haret.exe for the 1st time, will the external SD be erased?

Then you're talking about leaving around 1-2gb for free space following. But on the internal SD only has 1.9Gb ...

Sorry if I doesn't undertand anything at all but I like to know exactly what i'm doing.

Can you quickly explain what memory in used and when please?

Thanks a lot!
[Omnia II General] l3ong91:
First of all pardon me if the guide and screenshot does mislead and confused you.

1. This installation can be installed on either SD or My Storage, but in my tutorial it was My Storage installation, split My storage partition into 2, and everything in Android beta will be installed on My Storage. (No need to partition both SD card and My Storage, only create partition on the drive which you want to install Android)

2. The partition really depends on where you want to install the beta, for me, I highly suggest My Storage as it runs better and less problem.

3. According to that screenshot, (It wasn't screenshots from Omnia II 8GB, it was Omnia II 2GB, that's why it shows only 1.9GB in the partition size)

dev/sda was actually the Windows partition on your computer; dev/sdb was the Omnia 2 original partition, 1.9GB.

4. For this manual installation method, there's only ONE time needed to run haret.exe for first boot (Unlike normal installation, where TWO times are required). The content on SD and My Storage will not be affected.

5. It's best to leave 1-2GB partition for Android partition. That screenshot was taken from Jerrytech2468.blogspot.com, his Omnia 2 only has 2GB internal memory.

By the way, may I know how much memory you have on your My Storage? 2GB? 8GB? 16GB?

If you are running on 8GB or 16GB, it doesnn't really affect you, just follow the guide will do, and those screenshot was purely for reference on how to create and access the partition.
[Omnia II General] Shakkha:
Thank you very very much.

All is clear to me now!

My Omnia only has 2Gb on "my storage" but I think I'll split internal SD into 2 partition (1st: 500Mb FAT32 for Windows Mobile and th other one 1.5Gb EXT4 for Android)...

And as we say in France (I'm French):

1000 merci !!
[Omnia II General] l3ong91:
Glad that you understood it finally, wish you success in porting Android to your 2GB Omnia 2.
[Omnia II General] ilovecicilia:
need help!!

i've installed android before with sd card method and then i want to try your method..

i've clear all partition on my phone with minitool (just like your advise before) and then i've made new partition in my storage with minitool (primary FAT32 and i also try logical FAT32) but i got a problem in gparted,my storage can't be unmounted, :confused::confused::confused:there some warning "unable to find mount point" like this picture below :

help me pliss!!

this is my first time i use ubuntu..:confused::confused:

:(:(:(
[Omnia II General] l3ong91:
1. It should be PRIMARY, FAT 32 partition under Windows.

2. From the screenshot you posted, it seems that the Storage was not detectable by the system and after I Googled for it, it was actually the problems with gparted version, some version has reported to have this problem.

3. Run Terminal and copy command below:

sudo apt-get install gparted dosfstools

After that unmount My Storage, and key in again command below:

sudo su
echo -n BOOTDISK | dd bs=1 count=8 seek=64 of=/dev/sdb1

Report back if it doesn't work, will try to help you resolve the problem.

Report back if it doesn't work, will try to help you resolve the problem.
[Omnia II General] ilovecicilia:
If tried step 3 (Try and clear every partition on Windows, left only one PRIMARY, FAT32 partition and transfer only the froyo beta files inside) but it still not working..

How to re-format My Storage under Phone Setting??

Is it Setting>Memory Setting>My Storage and then reset???

i'll try it now..
[Omnia II General] ilovecicilia:
I've tried to re-format My Storage (Setting>Memory Setting>My Storage and then reset) and then i've tried to clear every partition on Windows, left only one PRIMARY, FAT32 partition and transfer only the froyo beta files inside again too but it is still not working..

On minitool partition windows just detect one partition MY STORAGE FAT32 Primary 7.65GB like this pict :

but on gparted ubuntu detected 2 partition : My Storage and unallocated like this pict :

and it is still can't be unmounted..

what should i do again??
[Omnia II General] ilovecicilia:
Ok i'll try it.. should i run it online or i can do it offline???

I've tried it but still not working..
[Omnia II General] l3ong91:
I guess you'll have to do it online, because it may requires connection to download the stuff. Btw, are you running on virtual VMWare or in Ubuntu OS mode? It was a online tutorial so it might or not works. No guarantee though.

Again, I've said that. It's not problem with the partition and My Storage, you have done all the steps correctly, the problem lies on the gParted. The gParted cannot detect My Storage thats why you couldn't see the free and used space.

It's fine if you have some hidden partition for example the one you have ard 3 MB,and it will not affect the Android installation. Format under phone will automatically create another hidden partition for the system, just ignore it and proceed with the installation.
[Omnia II General] ilovecicilia:
i can't online using ubuntu coz i use modem to online and i don't know how setting my modem on ubuntu..

virtual VMWare or in Ubuntu OS mode? --> i don't know what u mean,,what is the different??

i think so.. the error on my gparted..

FYI,, I use ubuntu 11.04 and gparted_0.7.0-1ubuntu1_i386,, I install it manually..

now,,i'll try to use the different version of gparted (gparted 0.8.1),,hopefully it works..
[Omnia II General] l3ong91:
There are 2 versions of Ubuntu available.

1. First version is the virtual OS. Run through VMWare or something like that, a virtual imaging software. So that you run Ubuntu inside your Windows screen, no need to reboot your computer.

2. Second version is the OS mode. You will have to restart your PC to get in Ubuntu at the OS choice screen. A new partition on your PC hard disk will be created for this Ubuntu partition.

Probably there are some error with the gParted software (outdated?beta? I don't know...) , go and look for a stable and latest version.
[Omnia II General] 7827505059:
Froyo Problems....

I'm using Froyo bundle by Ritchietos on my GT-B7610:

1. Camera is working temporarily..........Is there any solution for that........ :(

2. SD card and my storage both are not appearing in Froyo..... :(

3. And how should i apply updates in it because putting in my storage is not working....... :(
[Omnia II General] l3ong91:
This guide was meant for i8000, I don't know whether this guide suits b7610 or not.

1. Camera is working fine on i8000.

2. SD card and both My Storage is working fine in this tutorial after using updated V2 froyo bundle.

3. Updates are done through Ubuntu (extract the o2b3update.tar.gz contents and enter commands to copy the files to ext4) or place o2b3update.tar.gz in root of My Storage(Relaunch haret.exe).
[Omnia II General] lipe123:
Thanks for the guide but I'm a little stuck

I'm trying to run android from the internal 16Gb storage (I have the 16gb Omnia2)

Initialy my 16gb partition was extended with 2 fat32 sub partitions, I wiped the entire thing clean and made 2 primary partitions fat32 12gb and a 4gb ext4. I named the ext4 "android" and extracted the big tar file into it (I used the froyo 2.2 beta 3 one).

Then I copied haret and the startup.txt into the root of the "my storage" folder, modified the startup.txt and ran it.

I get the black screen with the text indicating its loading the kernel i think and then a splash screen that sais "Android loading on omnia II.." and nothing.. It just sits there doing nothing, I left it for 10minutes for good measure and then pulled the battery.

Please what am I doing wrong here? Should the etx4 be the first partition before the fat32 one?
[Omnia II General] l3ong91:
I have not tested with beta 3 yet. Will post the update for beta 3 on the weekend.
[Omnia II General] lipe123:
Ok so I made a little progress but not a lot.

I downloaded the beta2 package again and used the manual installer to put it on a EXT2 partition thats at the end of the "my storage" internal storage.

I run haret from my storage and get stuck at the pink screen EVERY single time!

I tried mmcblk1p5, mmcblk1p6, mmcblk0p5, mmcblk0p6 and still all I get is the pink screen with nothing happening.

I have the Samsung omnia 2 I8000 and I removed the Micro SD card completely to make sure its not trying to run from that or something.

Is there no way to get some kind of diagnostic on why its not able get past the pink screen?

I tried the beta2 and beta3 tarballs and its the same for both.

I also tried mmcblk0p2 mmcblk1p2 since some ppl said that if you dont use extended partitions and only primary ones this should be the case.

Then I reverted back to the Beta 2 bundle, got the pink screen, and then the words "ANDROID" with a light running thru the letters. I left it like that for about 30minutes and nothing else happened. I'm REALLY annoyed that so many ppl got it working and yet no one can help others.

I don't see why you would even want to install it to the SD card in the first place, why is there so few installers for the "my storage" internal memory?
[Omnia II General] rachad85:
Help

Dear ,

Thank you very much for the tutorial, I've followed u step by step but when I came across shrinking the storage an error message appear every time below the details...

Thank you in advanced

GParted 0.8.1 --enable-libparted-dmraid

Libparted 2.3

Check and repair file system (fat32) on /dev/sdb5 00:00:09 ( ERROR )

calibrate /dev/sdb5 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )

path: /dev/sdb5

start: 2

end: 16056319

size: 16056318 (7.66 GiB)

check file system on /dev/sdb5 for errors and (if possible) fix them 00:00:02 ( SUCCESS )

dosfsck -a -w -v /dev/sdb5

dosfsck 3.0.9 (31 Jan 2010)

dosfsck 3.0.9, 31 Jan 2010, FAT32, LFN

Checking we can access the last sector of the filesystem

Boot sector contents:

System ID "MSWIN4.1"

Media byte 0xf8 (hard disk)

512 bytes per logical sector

4096 bytes per cluster

36 reserved sectors

First FAT starts at byte 18432 (sector 36)

2 FATs, 32 bit entries

6487040 bytes per FAT (= 12670 sectors)

Root directory start at cluster 2 (arbitrary size)

Data area starts at byte 12992512 (sector 25376)

1620123 data clusters (6636023808 bytes)

63 sectors/track, 255 heads

2 hidden sectors

12986366 sectors total

Reclaiming unconnected clusters.

Checking free cluster summary.

/dev/sdb5: 1 files, 4/1620123 clusters

grow file system to fill the partition 00:00:07 ( ERROR )

using libparted

libparted messages ( INFO )

Error informing the kernel about modifications to partition /dev/sdb5 -- Device or resource busy. This means Linux won't know about any changes you made to /dev/sdb5 until you reboot -- so you shouldn't mount it or use it in any way before rebooting.

Failed to add partition 5 (Device or resource busy)

========================================

Shrink /dev/sdb5 from 7.66 GiB to 6.19 GiB

========================================

Create Logical Partition #1 (ext4, 1.46 GiB) on /dev/sdb

========================================
[Omnia II General] gevike:
quick question (sorry if this has been answered before):

my omnia2 has only 2gb internal memory. Is that enough to install android? Or shall i stick with the sd card installation?
[Omnia II General] Enea307:
CREATE EXT4 PARTITION THROUGH GPARTED

1. Go to Applications> Accesories> Terminal

. . . . . WERE CAN I FIND Applications >Accesories>Terminal..... Im new in Ubuntu . Im using Ubuntu 11.10 Plz Plz help me :):)
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom General] mondie:
I had to open my atom life because the touchscreen wasn't responding.. And then I accidentally dropped the phone while I was trying to put the phone back together.

Everything still worked okay, apart from the network signal, which does not give anything, not even a single bar. Could someone help me pinpoint where the antenna is? I fear that it might have disconnected somehow when I dropped it, but I sincerely do not know where it is. :(

I really don't know what the problem is, and if you could suggest on what could be done, I'll gladly try it.

Thank you so much, and I hope you guys could help me with my problem. :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] oroo708:
hey all XDA...

just wanna know,is there any kind of way to install android on our kaiser without pressing the center D-Pad button on booting??

I'm asking bcoz my phone was broken(I think its the flex cable),almost all on the front button are not working,but keyboard & side button are still working..

It would be helpfull if any of you know any options here..

:(
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Krazy-Killa:
Open the qwerty keyboard, and hold the enter button when that message appears, and you should get into the boot menu that way as well.
[HTC Sensation] o0o Wiggy o0o:
Hi guys,

I'm having a problem when downloading the location map for the UK.....it starts downloading then keeps stopping and a icon in the corner shows a downward arrow with a padlock? I'm connected to WiFi with full signal so don't understand....any help appreciated.
[HTC Sensation] familyhousing:
Hi,

I had that problem yesterday. Today it seems to have fixed itself. Perhaps the map servers are struggling at peak times.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fanfanfanfanfan:
Hi all,

I would like to know if skype is finally operatable for samsung galaxy s I9000. even just without video.

If it is, the last i have tried it wouldnt log in and crash. is there a way to make it work?

thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SkinBobUk:
I've been using it for months, video doesn't work but chat and voice calls worked fine.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rat2000:
program works fine. it just that it drains the battery of my phone to fast...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drreality:
I am using it for the past 3 months. I guess that u had problems with ur older rom.

No issues with 2.2 ,2.2.1, 2.3 :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] defenderko:
I am using it since november with no major problems...(status bar won't slide down sometimes).. There is no option for video call, but I am pleased just with voice call.. If you need video call , search market for "tango video calls"
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Naeem786:
is there any skype for android with video call ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kunjar:
Try https://market.android.com/details?id=com.qik.android

Although the camera display seems to be rotated...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jake921660:
EDIT: sorry wrong thread
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killer_pinguin:
Skype works perfectly for me^^
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haferflocke:
Do you still have to kill it in the task manager or is there an option for closing the app now?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhoenixFx:
My info (tab) > Status > Sign out. Then exist the client by pressing back button. This option has been there for quite a while now.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kar200:
I was just wondering if gmail is working on the Galaxy now?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaRkMyk:
when did it stop working? I've been using the gmail app ever since I bought my SGS.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kar200:
Was just being an idiot. It is just that the OP said "last time I tried" where the app has been working for months.

K.
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] Chxrlyglez:
Hi al!!

Somebody know how can i enable Ad Hoc Networks in Joestone Rom?? :confused:

I know WPA_SUPPLICANT need to be replaced for one modified, but i tried a diferent options and can´t do this

Someone can help me??

Thanks in advance
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] JackG256:
Please do not post questions in the development section. They go in the general section. Also this thread is not a how-to, so please don't label it as one.

Jack
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] Chxrlyglez:
Sorry my bad!!!

This thread can be removed
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] imranaryan:
HOW TO START IN SAFE MODE ON SAMSUNG GALAXY ACE

When you first have your device you may have installed a lot of the apps to test them out and see which one you like and which one you don't. On occassion you may face a bad app that has bug in it and it can cause your phone's operating system to misbehave it self. If you phone is not working properly you could go into safe mode and remove those offending app. Here's how:

1. Switch off the phone by pressing on the Power button.

2. Then turn the phone back on, while it is turning on press and hold the Menu button.

3. Now continue to hold the Menu button until you see the Home screen. On the home screen you see it say Safe Mode on the left hand corner.

4. Now that you are in Safe Mode you can go and remove any buggy apps that you don't want to keep.

When you are done in Safe Mode, you can get out of it by pulling out the battery, wait for one minute and the put it back in. Boot your phone up normally and you will be in the standard usable mode.

HOW TO EXIT SAFE MODE ON SAMSUNG GALAXY ACE

When your mobile device is having trouble sometimes it can force itself into safe mode so that you could continue to run your phone and fix the problem app that the cause the phone to crash. But when you are done how do you get out of Safe Mode? Here's how:

1. Turn off the phone by pressing the Power button.

2. Then pull out the battery. Wait for 30 seconds.

3. Now put the battery back in.

4. Start up the device and see if the Safe Mode on the left hand corner has disappear. If it's not there then you have successfully started your phone in the standard mode.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] InverseSandwich:
A mod should set this as a sticky post.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] mor_1228:
these don't work if we follow this we go to recovery screen not safe mod.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] CallMeVentus:
Menu button , not Home button

Herpderp Galaxy Ace.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Android Development] CallMeVentus:
This screws up Smart Keyboard Pro for an unknown reason .

After the phone restarts , your keyboard reverts to Samsung keyboard (I'm on Gingercruzt) and doesn't allow change