yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus S General] irishrally:
You're welcome.

If you stick with a stock ROM then recovery will reflash every time you reboot. To prevent this you can go to system>etc, and change the file install-recovery.init to something else like install-recovery.init.bak.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] fillyo:
Does anyone have random freakouts where windows open, notification menu goes nuts, only way to get to respond is to hit the lock button. It is brand new, bought today, for 99 from Best Buy, so I am nervous about returning. I am thinking of doing a factory reset.
[HTC EVO 3D] weezymagic:
So I bought a bluray/dvd/digital download. First i've ever bought a movie like this. The digital download can be used through the application pocket blu. Only problem is that when I try, the app says device detected as rooted. For security reasons blah blah blah. Is there any way around this or trick the app into thinking I'm unrooted?
[HTC EVO 3D] LancerEVA06:
Don't grant the app superuser access.
[HTC EVO 3D] weezymagic:
I never allowed it su access. In superuser, it has no log of gaining access and it is not listed in the apps section
[HTC EVO 3D] KB112:
Follow the posted directions in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1289635

Or, do it the easy way and install this app: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.zachspong.google.videos.root&feature=search_result

One click to shut root down, then click to activate root again once you are done.
[Kindle Fire General] askpcguy:
Who is going to wait for the rumored Windows 8 OS on a Tablet?
[Kindle Fire General] sgood1971:
Wish I could wait, but I must have the Fire. Maybe someone will get W8 running on the Fire, but with only 8GB to play with, it would be pretty crippled.
[Kindle Fire General] askpcguy:
I am inclined to wait for Win8 but this Metro theme has me a little worried.
[Kindle Fire General] hixsonkevin:
Windows 8 isn't open source so it wont be on the Kindle.

I think it will be a while before win 8 is finalized and ready to be shipped, (at least 6 months imo) I want win 8, but there's no way I can wait that long. Plus there is no way anything will compete with the Kindles price tag
[Kindle Fire General] skeeterpro:
Having a rooted NC eliminates any desire or need for the AF. Am curiously watching the development of Win8 though.

Agree with the above that it's extremely unlikely the AF can or will run Win8.
[Kindle Fire General] atoy74:
I highly doubt we'll see a Windows 8 tablet at $199.
[Kindle Fire General] askpcguy:
Very true, unless the Win8 tablet were wi-fi only. Also, waiting on Win8 tablets will allow time for development on the Kindle Fire to ramp up.
[Kindle Fire General] shadow65781:
Anyone see the lenovo? 250 for16gb gingerbread, and Google access.

I apologize for posting in the wrong thread. Scrolled down and found one dedicated to the a1.
[Kindle Fire General] askpcguy:
Looked up the lenovo A1 and from the specs I'd go with the Kindle Fire.
[Kindle Fire General] skeeterpro:
Let's all keep in mind that as of right now, the AF cannot really be considered an "android tablet" but more a "dedicated e-reader running android". That is if/until it is rooted by some of the marvelous devs on XDA.

Semantics I know but it's the way I see it. :)
[Kindle Fire General] rushless:
Seems they are polar opposite for premise, so not an apple to apple comparison.

Windows 8 will be a multi-faceted and scalable platform for tablets on up to desktops, where as Kindle is an iTunes clone with heavy emphasis on their cloud storage.

Perhaps the Kindle 2 or even 2.5 would be the better point for discussion, since about a year away from Windows 8 tablets.
[Kindle Fire General] Infinimint:
Lol technically Windows 8 won't have to be opensource to run on tablets, with this rendition Microsoft is allowing it to run on ARM processors. Although, since the Fire supposedly has a TI OMAP chip, it may be unlikely.
[Kindle Fire General] askpcguy:
It will make an interesting holiday season 2011. Apps on android are nice but full applications as used on Laptops or Desktops on a Windows 8 tablet would be refreshing. Now, if it'll only have a GSM radio for wireless web.
[Kindle Fire General] s0m3f00l:
Well if the AF gets rooted.... It's a simple matter of adding Android APP store and the necessary SYNC-ing... I don't know how hard it will be as they have already said that they aren't actively stopping anyone. As far as space you could do like I did on my droid1 and delete the official ROM than install the new one from CR... Though I know a lot of people dislike this, its the way we used to do it. And if you have both the amazon cloud and the google cloud. And your android phone (if you have one). 200 ain't too bad a deal. Either way for the purpose of Ereading on the subway? And looking at the newspaper? I think this is suitable even at stock. For the rest I have a netbook a desktop a laptop a phone and and IPOD touch.
[Kindle Fire General] KriopeG:
I think question isn't correct, cause win8 wasn't release. There will be the new Kindle when win8 will be ready.

Sorry for my bad english...
[Kindle Fire General] askpcguy:
I was asking if anyone thinks waiting for Windows 8 devices is a good idea or not wait and get the Kindle fire now.
[Kindle Fire General] bradsinram:
Or just install Windows 8 on a 7 tablet
[Kindle Fire General] CCpotter:
Highly developed Android is good enough for Kindle fire and i don't except too much, maybe after i'm tired of Android, i will think about Windows
[Kindle Fire General] geolemon:
Oh god, does this thread actually exist? Are you new to planet Earth?

Welcome...

Microsoft is known for many things... Simplicity and stability are not two of them. "Ease of use" goes only as deep as the UI layer, which is thin.

Microsoft is also notorious for getting first releases wrong, then the next version would be tolerable, but still not great, and never perfect- win 95/win 98, Vista/win 7 would be just two examples. And this is by far microsoft's most ambitious leap.

Not to mention, the concept of "windows on a tablet" has failed for over 10 years... And those years having the advantage of the perception by most that Windows was the only OS on the planet, for most people.

For consumers who want a tablet for casual use, they want it to just work... They don't want to need an MCSE or a friend to burden with support...

Note Apple wasn't silly enough to put a halloween costume on Mac OS and use that on their tablets...

IPads are successful because they are an escape from the groans and headaches of Windows, not just because they are tablets. The only thing different between them and ten prior years of "windows on a tablet" failures is that there's no Windows headaches on board.

People have already voted with their wallets, they want a simple OS that is stable, and runs cheap/free apps. It is microsoft themselves who paved the path for ipad success by making Windows too ambitious, therefore too complicated.

Putting ANOTHER layer on top of already-complex, already-heavy Windows is like a halloween costume... It tries to hide what's underneath, makes for a few oohs and aahs if done well, but that's fantasy... What's reality is what is under the costume.

Plus, MS is wasting the opportunity they could have had with WP7...

the world has not only embraced simple mobile touch OS's, but the paradigm has shifted so people expect them.

...yet MS won't commit development to WP7 as their "we need to compete seriously with Android and iOS" operating system.

Instead, they are going to try to spread already "use-it-if-i-must" OS of the desktops of yesteryear in an impossibly ambitious direction.

...and, not only won't it be out for another year, but history shows us the first release won't be good... It'll be at least two years for a stable one that at least partially addresses criticisms, all the while the new mobile OS paradigm is shaping public expectation in a way that isn't Windows... No matter what halloween costume you put on the presentation layer.

Plus, haven't you seen the preview vids? It's a schizophrenic OS... MS apparently doesn't even have full confidence in the new UI: You must switch into legacy-windows-UI mode for certain things. Ugh.

I can't see anyone in 2014 doing anything but largely rejecting this, continuing Microsoft's legacy of "windows on a tablet" failures.
[Kindle Fire General] Muzungu12:
I think it all depends on your money and if you can wait. ASUS said that in mid to late 2012 they will launch Win. 8 tablets. I don't see any decent ones coming before that. Win. 8 will be good, I'm excited (I don't care what you unbelievers say) but it'll be a while for a tablet to come out. The Fire is only $200. That means that after a year you will get your money's worth out of it and you would be able to get a beefier tablet once Win. 8 becomes available, since it's only available to developers and not the general public as of now. I'm getting the Fire and hold off for a better Win. 8 tablet in about 1 year and I would suggest that to others.

If you don't have the money to get both and you can wait, then wait for a Win. 8 tablet because they will be awesome. NVIDIA is launching the Tegra 3 later this year which is amazing. They will most likely launch another CPU for the Win. 8 tablets.

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In my opinion you are wrong! Win. 8 interface is based off of WP. 7 as far as I can tell. And you claim that they aren't developing for WP 7? What do you mean? Have you heard of the Mango update? It's a beast of an update! They are using WP. 7 as a base and optimizing it for a tablet. They aren't doing the normal windows things with the desktop and start menu. They see that WP. 7's metro is working and using that on Win. 8. And all of the videos say that they are excited for the release and if they weren't dedicated to make it awesome, why would they make it? Yes, they've screwed up in the past, but that they have learned from their mistakes and no OS is going to be bug proof, especially if you consider the amount of users that use Windows! The only reason that WP 7 hasn't taken off like Android and iPhone has is because there aren't a lot of phones available for it. Android took a couple of years to explode and it didn't hit big until the Droid phase, which isn't the first Android phone. Win. 8 will be good, just give it time.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jazzyjames:
So I constantly read people say when you go back to stock use the pit file to repartition, I myself have never done it, but for those who have, what have you seen it fix?
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidstyle:
repartitioning the internal memory is similar to reformatting and installing windows on a pc. Its a fresh start and everything is wiped clean. Its a must when coming from a mtd rom back to touch wiz because the file systems are different between the roms. I even do it when switching to any rom. I dont like flashing over the top of something existing, it usually leaves error behind...which causes wierd issues like the touchscreen freezing etc...
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laureanop:
Just to clarify, it' s the internal memory that is re partitioned when you're using the pit file. Like Droidstyle said is like re partitioning your hard drive before making a fresh windows install

PWGB,TKSGB10-05, adren shot xv, honeycomb2.02, ec09 radio.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jazzyjames:
Sorry, I know what re-partitioning is, I just havn't really seen many issues, I might just need to do it on my phone tonight just to see if it will run better for me.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidstyle:
That's correct...atlas 2.2 pit file is used to "map" the files into the correct location and having repartition checked leaves a blank partition for the files to be written on. Edited post, thanks!

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It fixes issues like freezing touch screen and random force closes etc... only if its not known issue with the rom/kernal that your currently running. if your not experiencing any abnormal behavior like this, than there is no reason to do it.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chopper the dog:
The pit file does not repartition the memory having the option checked does. The pit has the instructions of where files go on a blank partition.

good day.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidstyle:
Thats correct although anytime I have ever used the pit in odin, repartition normally auto checks. Thanks for carifying this!
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laureanop:
So the process of odin wipes while the pit instructs the files where to go?

PWGB,TKSGB10-05, adren shot xv, honeycomb2.02, ec09 radio.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidstyle:
Yep... if you watch the log in odin it's referred to as "mapping".
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamOutler:
If you "repartition" make sure you also install bootloaders. The bootloader mapping is different on different ROMs. If the partition tables say something other then the location of the actual bootloaders, then you may end up with a dead brick.

It's best to be safe and think of the PIT as another bootloader. If everything works, then don't mess with it. Otherwise, flash the PIT, IBL+PBL, SBL, and PARAMS as a group.
[HTC Inspire 4G] dincdoes.me:
I just switched back to miui.us from rommanager and downloaded a popular push 2 talk app n. It says that my number is missing so i went to settings about phone and it was right no number and my number..

Anyone know what 2 do..
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ibrahima:
How can u change the music in applications to ur own
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nipqer:
Modify the apk's and rewrite the code?

Maybe try mute the game while music is playing in the background?

-Nipqer
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ibrahima:
How
[HTC Sensation] moshe22:
Can someone that recently bought, Sensation, say a month, post your serial number please?

You can find it in the about of the phone or behind the battery.

Thanks
[HTC Sensation] dr.m0x:
Isn't that a silly thing to do?

Sent from my Sensation using Cyanogenmod
[HTC Sensation] moshe22:
I'm not sure, just wanted to compare mine to others because I had to return my Sensation and just got another one today and it's got a serial number completely different.

Maybe someone can post the first 3 digits?
[HTC Sensation] joshndroid:
It is odd... Steer clear

Sent from my mind control device
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] simple_punk:
anyone got a link for the latest version of japan life 1.1.0?

it's a free game but it doesn't show up in the android market for the 10.1 because it states that it is not compatible with the 10.1, but when i've tried to install an older version it works perfectly -_-
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] christkw:
- install japan life on a 2.x android device

- use application backup feature of astro file manager to extract the app as apk file

- copy it to your tab, then install it

- after installation completed, go to market and you'll see updates available

i've tried and succeed on my tab 10.1, and just got the halloweed update from official market

cheers
[Acer Iconia A500] sanixk:
Need chroot ubuntu or native linux first.

apt-get install build-essential libxml2-dev libmcrypt-dev libssl-dev libldap2-dev libmhash-dev

Compile php5.3.8 with "--enable-fpm" option.

Download php-5.3.8.tar.gz

tar zxvf php-5.3.8.tar.gz

cd php-5.3.8

./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-fastcgi --enable-fpm --with-config-file-scan-dir=/etc/php.d

make -j2

make install

cp sapi/fpm/php-fpm.conf /usr/etc/

install nginx on a100/a500 or use ur current nginx web server.

1. install pcre。

f tp://f tp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/

bzip2 -d pcre-8.11.tar.bz2

tar xvf pcre-8.11.tar

cd pcre-8.11

./configure --prefix=/usr

make -j2 install

2. install nginx

ht tp://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.0.8.tar.gz

tar zxvf nginx-1.0.8.tar.gz

cd nginx-1.0.8

./configure --prefix=/opt/nginx --with-http_gzip_static_module --with-mail

make -j2 install

add config to /opt/nginx/conf/nginx.conf

location ~ \.php$ {

root html;

fastcgi_pass 192.168.10.13:9000;//change to ur a500 ip

fastcgi_index index.php;

fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /opt/nginx/html/$fastcgi_script_name;

include fastcgi_params;

}

build /opt/nginx/html/index.php

<?php
$act=$_REQUEST['act'];
switch($act){
case "wakeup":
system("cat /sys/devices/platform/gpio-keys.0/powerkey");
break;
case "home":
case "menu":
case "left":
case "right":
case "vup":
case "vdown":
case "up":
case "down":
case "enter":
case "back":
case "mute":
case "playpause":
case "previous":
case "back":
case "next":
system("echo ".$act." >/sys/dock/dock");
break;
case "":
break;
default:
echo "unknown cmd:".$act;
die();
break;
}

?>
<a href="?act=wakeup">wakeup</a>
<a href="?act=menu">menu</a>
<a href="?act=home">home</a>
<a href="?act=mute">mute</a>
<a href="?act=vup">vup</a>
<a href="?act=vdown">vdown</a>
<br />
<a href="?act=up">up</a>
<a href="?act=down">down</a>
<a href="?act=left">left</a>
<a href="?act=right">right</a>

<a href="?act=enter">enter</a>
<br />
<a href="?act=playpause">playpause</a>
<a href="?act=previous">previous</a>
<a href="?act=next">next</a>
<a href="?act=back">back</a>

<br />

chmod 777 /sys/dock/dock

open ht tp://192.168.10.13/index.php(change to ur a500/a100 ip

enjoy!

demo video: ht tp://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzEwMjI3MTcy.html
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] hillbeast:
So you've no doubt seen all the people who've managed to put Debian/Ubuntu on their Galaxy S or their HTC Desire or something expensive that we poor people can't afford? Well this is the same deal but for our Galaxy 3!

I was bored and decided to try it for myself and well it seems to be working. I'm still configuring it but I'm not just gonna end it at "we've got VNC into it so it's done", I want to hopefully get it to be a full ROM that can be booted on it's own. It's ambitious, I know, but isn't it fun trying?

This is not a shoop.

This is really me connected to my phone in adb, and I have apt-get (a major feature of Debian) is working, and you can see the kernel is our own G3MOD.

How does this work?

It's not a virtual machine or an emulator or anything like that, this is NATIVE ARM code. Real Linux. How it works is not by heavily modifying my system or anything, that is completely fine. In fact I can still ring people, SMS, use the 3G connection, all that fun stuff is still there. It's still an Android, but at the same time there is a process for bash sitting in the background on the phone which uses a totally different root directory (chroot) and this bash has surrounding it all of Debians files and such for the armel build: it is a full Debian install sitting there, but because there is alreayd a Linux kernel there (G3MOD) it doesn't need to run another one so it runs technically at full speed on top of the kernel, just in it's own little area off to the side, kind of like the kiddies pool.

Currently I am working on making Debian work on it's own so there will be no Android beside it.

Can it run X-Windows?

Yup. As you can see in the screenshot, X11 is outputting directly to the screen. It's using the framebuffer right now, and I want to see if I can make it hardware accelerated. You can't control it yet as I need the touchscreen to work right. I can access it, but it is outputting data in a format that X11 doesn't like.

Amazingly Awesome Video

[YOUTUBE]ng01YjNXXSo[/YOUTUBE]

What is working?

Base Debian (working both alongside Android and on it's own)

X11

VNC and SSH

Framebuffer

Buttons and touchpanel detected but not mapped

What needs to be done?

FIMG support (I need to see if it's possible to use the Android drivers or if X11 is not gonna work with that)

Support for controlling the WiFi (not needing Android)

Controlling the modem

Sound

Button mappings

Bluetooth

FM Radio

When will it be done?

Don't ask. I don't know. This project is a side-project for me and I only put in effort when I'm bored and need something to do, so I don't have a clue. When will it go alpha? Again, I don't know. I don't want to release it all broken and stuff, so we have to wait.

Again, this is not an emulator, it's not something whipped up in Java, this is REAL Debian Linux running inside my phone.

Any questions?
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] harkan89:
You just gotta keep pushing yourself to the absolute limits dont you?? Awesome work man.. Looking forward to it! Good luck!!:D:D:D
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] hillbeast:
Actually this is me relaxing. To me relaxing is just poking around with files and seeing what I can come up with. There was barely any coding required. The hard part is waiting for apt-get.

It won't be until I get into the nitty gritty of getting X11 to directly use the hardware rather than working in a box where I get into the hard part.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] harkan89:
Hey... Just kinda curious.. But if I look into the system utilities of my mac.. I can see an X11 there.. Is it the same thing?? The X11 terminal??
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] hillbeast:
X11 on Mac is a utility for Macs so you can run X11 applications inside Mac OS X (I'm not sure what the technical name for the window server is in Mac OS, Cocoa or Carbon or something like that). Basically think of it as an emulator but without emulation. It's there so Linux users can move onto Mac and keep their programs, or so you can run Linux utilities such as Wine. But X11 isn't necessarily a Linux thing, it's more a UNIX-based thing as I believe it works on UNIX and BSD and such.

I think Mac OS X is BSD based.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] deadwood01:
as a non techie i really dont know wat it means or wats the use, but all i know is u have done something cool for the phone...cheers
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] harkan89:
Yeah.. Mac is BSD based.. And I guess the window server is Carbon.. :D :D
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] hillbeast:
Basically, the Galaxy 3 can now run pretty much anything you can run on your desktop computer, provided you can be patient with it. It's kind of slow.

Also I have X11 working now. Gonna see what I can do.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] JeroenGijselaar:
AMAZING!

Very good job hillbeast, very good!
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] Shree_Jamdar:
Great!

When i saw Ubuntu installation on an android phone on youtube, i thought this could be bigger than Android (U know wht i mean)

Then i saw the desktop UI on a small phone and the VNC deal, then thought eeh i dont think this is practical, I wish there was a versin of Ubuntu specially for fones, (any phone) like a universal Mobile OS, (That way we wont have to deal with (i hope) problems like porting, driver compatibily issues etc anymore!

This is great man, All the best Best!
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] Benjamin_L:
While I think that the screen of our phone is to small to actually do something useful with a full featured Debian, I really like that you are trying it :)
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] hillbeast:
Yeah the interface is not... perfect. However for various tasks here and there that you wouldn't normally get from Android, I think it could be handy to someone.

Well there is a zoom capability, but yes I aagree that our screen is a little too small. But you /can/ VNC into it from a computer if you want a big screen and if I get this fast enough we could technically use our phones as a portable workstation. Not sure what's wrong with a laptop, but what's the point of the XDA if not to push the boundaries of what's possible?
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] hillbeast:
Added video to first post.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
When this is fully working and such, maybe it's an idea to try and create a simple mobile UI made for our screen size.

I would surely be interested to try and create something like that!

Keep up the good work Hillbeast ;D

Dympy.

Ps. So this is your definition of resting? xD
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] hillbeast:
Yes I think a nice UI would be handy. And this actually is me resting. Me resting is me just playing around to see what comes up. No deadlines, no requests, just me making stuff happen.