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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] donnyevo4g:
IM using a stock ROM and the lethal used to root the phone and there is know was to erase and start over post up a screen shot when you run the command that fails so I can see what's going on and help you out from there :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] donnyevo4g:
I meant kernal not lethal LOL
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ahl395:
Getting an error when running

rm -rf /tmp/.X*

It says:

rm failed for -rf, Read-only file system

And yes, this is done using root/su.

Any ideas?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ioos:
I reinstalled a stock rom and kernel. I tried running the commands from ubuntu.sh manually, here's as far as I get:

[ioos@whiskey ~]$ adb shell
~ # su
# cd /sdcard/external_sd/ubuntu
# ls
bootlinux fsrw mountonly ubuntu.img ubuntu.sh unionfs
# mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
# modprobe ext2
modprobe: chdir(/system/lib/modules): No such file or directory
#
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] donnyevo4g:
r u using capitol X or just x cause its case sensitive and are you trying to run this command in command prompt or terminal cause in terminal i had same error but i was able to get around it?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ahl395:
In terminal on the phone. Tried capital X and lowercase x. No go
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] donnyevo4g:
had the same problem try this and make sure every single letter is in lower case except the x so try this and make sure your using android terminal not any other

go in and type

su

bootlinux

rm -rf /tmp/.X*

export USER=root

vncserver -geometry 1280x800

and by the way there is no space after /tmp/.X*

hope this works!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ioos:
I'm still trying to get this to work, but I'm stuck at the beginning. Can someone please try the running the command below and let me know the results?

ls /system/lib/modules
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] donnyevo4g:
This is what i get when i run that command...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ioos:
Thanks for posting that, but it looks like you put a space between "/system/" and "lib/modules". What I'm trying to find is the contents of "/system/lib/modules".
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] donnyevo4g:
would you like me to run command for you again?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ioos:
Yes please, but without the space.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] donnyevo4g:
when i type that command i get no such file or directory
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ioos:
Cool, thanks for trying it. That's the same error I get too, but it causes ubuntu.sh to fail for me. I'm at loss trying to figure out what's wrong with my phone for this setup.

However, I was finally able to get Debian Wheezy installed using Linux Installer from the market. It walks you through all of the setup. I've been able to connect to the desktop from a VNC client on the phone. The next step is getting the resolution correct and increasing the text/menu sizes to make it usable. Eventually I'd to figure out how to get Arch Linux working, as that's my favorite distro and it's so minimal that it would be a great starting point for a phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] venumx:
it would be nice to know which kernels people have this working on, because modprobe doesnt seem to be working for me either. same error as before for others. there is no library that i can find that is ext2.ko... seems like a kernel issue.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ioos:
I thought it seemed like a kernel issue as well. Although my understanding is that kernel modules are in /lib/modules and this is looking in /system/lib/modules. I tried it with four different kernels and three different ROMs. None of them could locate it. I'm not sure how to install it either. (Doesn't seem like you could just push it to the file system.) It might be a Busy Box issue, but I tried several installs of that too.

On the other hand, the Linux Installer app from the market has it's own embedded ext2 module. I'd highly recommend going that route. FWIW, I got a couple of different errors when I tried to use it to install Ubuntu, but Debian is working now.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] donnyevo4g:
Hey guys i see alot of you are having problems please post screen shots of your errors and i was having trouble to up until last night try downloading and running Viper ROM it comes already to go and has a built in kernal that allows device loop support i think thats why you guys are having issues but give that a try and follow the steps and start over you dont have to download busybox Viper ROM comes built in with it! all you got to do is download android vnc server and android terminal and you should be good to go this worked for me and my buddy and we were bolth stuck like you guys so give it a try what do you have to loose but make sure you do a nandroid backup first.... k get back to me and let me know how it goes!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] venumx:
i might download it just to pull it and decompile it to see what its doing

---------- Post added at 02:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:40 PM ----------

so when i try to run the ubuntu.sh command through adb it fails giving me an error about ext2 ko file not working... when i ran the commands through terminal emulator instead it works fine and i am able to load into ubuntu fine... so try that. im on the latest experimental LoSt kernel.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ioos:
That's strange. I definitely tried running it through adb and directly on the phone. As I said, I have it working now, so I don't plan to retry using this method. The app provides more flexibility anyway.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] trizyman:
Im on starburst v1.6 and whatever kernel comes with his rom..everything went fine til the vnc part. It gives an error saying vnc connection failed! localhost::1:5901 - connection refused.. ive tried different ports 5902, 5903 etc to no avail.. Can someone with more knowledge please help thx..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ioos:
Did you start the vnc server in the Ubuntu shell?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] trizyman:
How do you do that??

Edit: if you mean going into adb shell an entering those three lines then yes..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] donnyevo4g:
go into terminal emulator on the phone and type the following commands in order then try vnc again...

su

bootlinux

rm -rf /tmp/.X*

export USER=root

vncserver -geometry 1280x800

and keep port at 5901
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] spitefulrain:
After getting the ""vnc connection failed! localhost::1:5901 - connection refused"" error, i tried doing this, but as soon as i entered bootlinux again, it says ""mount: device or resource busy""

running Starburst 1.7 with LOSt stable kernel.

Also, using ADB, I still get the modprobe error, but did not get the error running the commands from the on phone terminal.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] venumx:
it seems like your linux is already booted of it says busy... try just

rm -rf /tmp/.X*

export USER=root

vncserver -geometry 1280x800

should work, if not.. post what error you get on that
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] spitefulrain:
I was wrong, I am still getting the modprobe error using the terminal emulator, it just flashed by and I didn't notice.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] venumx:
interesting, i dont even know if we need modprobe ext2 here... if i reset my phone, and take out the modprobe line it works just fine...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] donnyevo4g:
im telling anyone who is having trouble try viper ROM it has a kernal built in to support loop devices in other words ubuntu will work
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] venumx:
i just didnt wanna switch my kernel, so i was gonna see if there is another way. i like LoSt kernel more than any other kernel. i got it working without switching kernels...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ioos:
Viper rom uses the LoSt kernel, which doesn't have ext2. I think all the available kerenels (including stock) support loop.

I'll give this method another shot. If I can get it working I'm going to try changing the scripts to use another distro.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] donnyevo4g:
Understood hey if you want to change the scripts just go to the original thread were i put the link and the updated scripts are there!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ioos:
When running a linux distro through adb shell in Windows the output doesn't always display properly. For example, anything that creates a menu or even using "nano". I figure it's probably an encoding issue...? Does anyone know of a way to fix it? Even with a third party console would be fine.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] donnyevo4g:
im getting a bootlinux not found error now i dont no why but i guess il have to get to bottom of it
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ioos:
I finally got this working. Somebody asked earlier which version of Ubuntu this is. To my disappointment, it's Karmic Koala, which is over two years old.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] donnyevo4g:
im in the process of getting a updated version of ubuntu to work on the phone still working some kinks out will post when done :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] donnyevo4g:
Hey guys im happy to say im about 90% done with Ubuntu 11.10 still some bugs witch is why i have not posted yet but it will be done soon you will have to complete the steps in this thread though in order to update to 11.10 should be up in the forum within the next week or so maybe if i get lucky ill pull a all nighter and finish tonight lol jk not gonna rush it i want everyone to have a fully functional Ubuntu thanks everyone for your thanks and for your support.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] scottsark:
Good to hear! Will wifi be native in Ubuntu for auditing?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] moparfreak426:
this is definantly cool but i think im going to wait til ubuntu phone os comes out
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] :
This is basically the same method to run BackTrack on almost every Android device. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1079898
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] asd87:
You had me thinking that this was Ubuntu PhoneOS!

This is one oooooold that!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] moparfreak426:
Sorry man

Sent from an Apple killing JellyBean
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Exit_Only:
Congrats. You revived a TWO YEAR OLD thread.

Epic FAIL.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] prguzman1978:
You deceived us whyyyyyyyy!!!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] machhho:
hi every one, before buying this phone , I have a question please .

does the camera flash lights automatically in the dark when you take a pic , or you have to do it manually as in xperia x10

thanks
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] zarnilee:
you can choose either auto or manual, it's up to you.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] watt9493:
Does anyone know how the nexus s has the BLN mod? Could this be done fir our phone? Because the littke green light is impossible to see at odd angles (working on a car or laying down) or in direct light.

-My life is a shooting range, people never change-
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] watt9493:
Anyone?

-My life is a shooting range, people never change-
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmlusco:
I believe it would require moding \system\lib\hw\lights.****.so and then compiling it into a kernel. Thats over my head though, I would ask your kernel maker about it mabey its something they would like to add to their kernel.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] watt9493:
That would be chad. Hes swamped with school right now (as am i) maybe ill ask tiny. Hell knoe. :)

-My life is a shooting range, people never change-
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiny4579:
That's ROM files not part of the kernel.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demarcmj:
This app in the market https://market.android.com/details?id=neldar.bln.control.free&hl=en seems to imply that changes to the kernel are in fact needed
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SynisterWolf:
i think its only a samsung thing. i cant find it on any other device.
[HD Mini Themes and Apps] keko68:
I want to present and share with you my collection of PBannerBar for our HD Mini lockscreen. A real choice for any theme, decide.;)

You know without a cab install?

All you need is file editors Resco ....
[HTC Desire S] djsubtronic:
After a 12 hour day with heavy GPS/navigation use, heavy music playback, moderate network use, and low phonecall/texting use, mix between 2G/3G, data on, it seems Android System is significantly higher than anything else in the Battery Usage section. Is this normal?
[HTC Desire S] ben_pyett:
No that doesn't sounds right, I'd have expected Display to be at the top.

Can you provide a screen shot and some info into what NAV software/ROM version/HBOOT/Radio/kernel etc you are using
[HTC Desire S] djsubtronic:
Unfortunately I didn't take any screenshots and the phone has been long since recharged. The NAV software was just google maps. HBoot is the basic Revolutionary one the 0000 version, kernel is stock CM7 stable one, and radio is 20.48.30.0822U_3822.09.08.20_M, which is the latest one at the moment I think.

Note that during nav i turned the screen off for some periods but it was generally on quite a bit for at least 5 of the 12 hours, guestimate of those 5 about 2 hours was on max brightness, 1 hour on medium, and 2 hours on minimum.

Android System was highest, then Maps, then Camera360 (i used the camera to take some photos through the day as well.) I think display was after Camera - however I don't trust the Camera360 in the battery usage as it always seems to be really high, like I'll use it for 5 minutes and suddenly it jumps to the top.
[HTC Desire S] :
I've always suspected that the way the usage is compiled is mis-represented. I wouldn't worry too much about it. It seems to cause more confusion than anything else.

If you are getting through a 12 hour day of which at least 5 hours of that using Google Navigation, then I'd be very pleased with that! When I first got my Desire S and it was on stock, 2 hours on Google Navigation would take the battery from 100% to flat.
[HTC Desire S] djsubtronic:
Cool thanks for that. I always did suspect it was sketchy, I guess I should just ignore it. By the way it wasn't 5 hours of GPS it was more like 2.5, in addition to everything else though.

By the way, I have seen posts about the default revolutionary hboot not being "good". A bit vague, but any ideas what is the recommended hboot and why?
[HTC Desire S] kennyhkw:
Tbh if you are getting 12 hours of use whilst totally beasting the phone then you are doing quite well!

GPS/navigation totally eats the battery.
[HTC Desire S] :
I used XTC Clip to s-off so I've not really got involved with the revolutionary HBOOT I'm afraid.

I did change my HBOOT from stock (0.98.000) to 0.98.200 once simply because of the different partition table sizes. I was having trouble getting a particular ROM to boot. Everyone else was fine. It was because the /system of the ROM was too large for the system partition on 0.98.000. Changing it to 0.98.200 allowed me to flash and boot into this ROM.

I've also heard rumour that the Revolutionary HBOOT is very hard to change once it's on, but that's all I know.
[HTC Desire S] djsubtronic:
Thanks for the replies guys!
[HTC Desire S] zeekiz:
Its not too hard, it just requires that you use your recovery to flash it, as opposed to doing it the simple way of PG88IMG.zip ;-).

I have to agree about the android system battery monitor, for myself sometimes its out of sync by about an hour -_-"
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] hyelton:
So there was a new marker version I downloaded today. It automatically updated I'm having problems. Even with updating stock Apps saying its not compatible with my phone. In which I know it is. I can't even download go keyboard. Without it saying its not compatible. I have to keeppl downgrading my market
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] edkills:
Hi I keep getting failed signature errors when I boot up cwm
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jivy26:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1288112

**AT&T SGS2 Frequently Asked Questions(FAQS)**

Please read the top :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] black6218:
Hello I am wondering how and where to find the latest bootloader updates for my HTC EVO 4G. I have googled and searched the forum as best I can and was UN able to find the necessary information.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Look for the radios thread in the dev section, though don't really understand why you'd want the latest bootloader.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] black6218:
I'm new to the FORUMS and the information is so wide and vast its hard to keep up to date. I'm really just trying to keep updated. If it is not necessary then thank you. Can you suggest some areas and links that are need to know I can read or should.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] picard666:
hello guys,

i want to "de-touchwiz" the music player so i can use it on miui. i managed to merge the twframework styles and colors with the musicplayers' ones and looked for drawables in twframework that are referenced by these and put inside musicplayer. i looked through all the xmls and where i found some "touchwiz:color" or similar i changed it so it points now to the local color/style file not the twframework one

but i got stuck at some points: i have some layout files that refer to frame layout with com.sec.android.touchwiz.widget and inside these touchwiz properties, like for android:id or things like that but touchwiz:twIndexViewHandlePosition and xmlns:touchwiz="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/touchwiz". what should i do with them?

and do i have to change the smali code, too? i guess so but i don't exactly know where to start with it.

thanks very much for your help

-picard
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] picard666:
anyone?

-10char
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Fr4gg0r:
instead of removing those tw attributes, you could try to merge the tw framework into the apk.

Just decompile the frameworks and copy their source folders into the music's app source folder.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] picard666:
that's what i try to do, i copied all referenced images and tw color attributes to the apk, but for these i don't know how to change (i guess i need to make it an android attribute, can i make it by simply merging those from the framework?)

but what is "com.sec.android.touchwiz.widget" referring to? what do i have to merge to my app?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Fr4gg0r:
I did not meant resources but code.^^

"com.sec.android.touchwiz.widget" is a class somewhere in one of the tw frameworks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] picard666:
okay, my bad

trying it :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] kage00:
How did you go with this apk? I'm working on the same thing at the moment, I'm interested to know what happened.

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] j3tz3:
interested:)) hope you can get something done:)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] picard666:
actually i dropped the project due to lack of time and skills
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] kage00:
I know what you mean, this app is a nightmare - samsung really made sure this apk was bloody difficult to port, I dont know what else to try, I keep having errors and the apk wont start, I think it has something to do with the boot sequence not being the same on AOSP as on a samsung rom, it checks for a certain sequence and if it doesn't see it, the app won't start...
[HD7 General] farhan-naveed:
I was Searching the xda forums, and all over the internet, but i couldnt find any way to jailbreak My Tmobile HD7, The device is already Carrier Unlocked but not Jail Broken, the details are:

Model: HTC HD7

software: windows phone 7

OS version: 7.0.7392.0

firmware revision number: 2550.21.30102.531

Hardware revision number: 0002

Radio Software version: 5.65.09.25a_22.45.50.21U

Radio Hardware version: A.12.0.D4

Bootloader version:3.1.2550.0(119314)

Chip SOC version:2.2.5.0

MAC:90-21-55-DF-AB-DB

Ive Wasted around a month trying to get it jailbroken but no Luck.

I dont know what Rom to use how to Burn or whatever, If there is someone out there with a few spare minutes then Kindly help me out..

I Just want to Side Load Apps on this thing..
[HD7 General] sh4d0w86:
well, the easiest way...

would be to just install a Custom ROM.

if you want to take that path...

tutorial is stickied in this forum.

direct link here.

sh4d0w86.
[HD7 General] farhan-naveed:
Thanks Dude, i Can use any rom? i mean no specifications? Just download any of them and burn them on my device?
[HD7 General] sh4d0w86:
as long as you have RSPL or HSPL installed...

you can flash any HD7 ROM.

just remember, flashing a Shipped ROM will rid you of XSPL.

sh4d0w86.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] GAPY427:
I wanted to flash and try another ROM, but when I go into Recovery and try to insert a file from the SD card, the file is not there. Is there any way to fix this? Is there also a difference if the Recovery menu is red or green? Thanks.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] xIC-MACIx:
Red CWM is preferred, but no. Put the zip file on your Internal SD, that way as soon as you select choose zip from sd card it will be right there (usually near the bottom for me)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Bandit_Kaine:
Like above post, red is preffered but you can also use green. And make you're putting the rom.zip on the phone memory and not the removable SD card.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] EXPERIMENT:
Yeah usually it doesn't read your sd card that way the things that are saved there are safe. You can leave a copy there, but flash from the one on the phones memory. Also maybe try "ROM manager" it's free in the market place. Although I've never flashed a ROM from sd it has the option available. Give it a try an see if that works for ya.

Don't be afraid

eXpeR¡MeNt
[Samsung Infuse 4G] GAPY427:
Thanks everyone for the guidance. I transfered the files to the phone's internal memory and it worked. ;)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] pdx 528e:
Alternatively, you can go into the mount settings menu and mount "emmc". Then, you should have an option under zip flashing for selecting a zip from "internal sdcard" at the bottom of the menu. From this point you can select zips on the external sdcard. This is the case for

Blue CWM but I assume in other versions.

Yes, it seems counterintuitive that:

"sdcard"= internal storage, and:

"internal sdcard"= external sdcard (emmc)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] diawollo87:
Hello, x10mp user.

Just do a quick vote for ROM which you think is most stable and bugless and maybe smoothest. I think that will help new upgraders to choose leading ROM. Thanks.

P.S. If some ROM missing in list, let me know.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] danlivesey:
This is the dev thread, we need to stop spamming with junk.

Check this topic its what your asking.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1301684
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] evilbarcode:
+1
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] rosshalz:
AND in the wrong section!! Post questions in QnA section!!
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] diawollo87:
Looks like MiniCM7 Pro wining :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] androitri:
Flame.E - GingerDX is best for me...
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] jimbobcox:
Minicm7 pro by far the best :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] youthisbaka:
GinTonic is the BEST!

less bug, + very stable and faster speed for 2D/3D
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] diawollo87:
Tight fight :) MiniCM7 Pro and GinTonic.SE are two titans :D But I think MiniCM7 Pro is better.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] rodrigocp:
for me its the gintonic the best.

used minicm7 before and it was good but when changed to gintonic i tought it worked better for my use.

but they are both pretty good
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] thotypous:
I have tested only MiniCM7 Pro (with stock kernel) and GinTonic.SE (with ZombiePanic kernel). My feeling is that MiniCM7 Pro was smoother and more responsive to user input than GinTonic.SE and than stock 2.1. I don't play games in the phone, so I can't speak about 2D/3D performance. Also, I had less forced closes and less battery drain with MiniCM7 Pro than with GinTonic.SE.