yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile LG G2x] benyben123:
Indeed the amount of time, effort and money that I have put into this is just irrational. I do it because I am a nerd to some extent, i guess. Needless to say my iPhone friends are going to have a party with this (: They just don't get it that this has nothing to do with Android, and all to do with hardware (:

I want through so much, because I also must admit, I am a curious person. I just had to know if my specific phone was the culprit. I wished it had been.

Now I am in search of a phone. I will not keep the SII because I can't afford it (i put 450 into it knowing I am going to sale it - and hopefully get my money back. But I am not the type of person that can walk around with a $450 phone in his pocket).
[T-Mobile LG G2x] benyben123:
YET ANOTHER BIG UPDATE

Just spent an hour with a TMobile rep.

It took a while till he came out with it, but here is what he said (mind you - I am in central LA - mid city, prime location)

"sir, I can see here that unfortunately we do not have a tower in your location. Therefore, your signal is borrowed from a different company". .....

He then tried to tell me how to find out which company I am "borrowing" signal from (he said it's either from ATT or Verizon), but he wasn't able to do that (my G2x won't show that info?).

I am amazed!

This whole time my issue was not phone-specific???

(although, this is odd. I do work from home, and spend most of my time in the house, but I have a feeling that this did happen to me outside. But now this guy made me question my own memory. Weird. Weird stuff. )

He said that I'm eligible to a cancellation of service since T-Mobile have no tower (good reception therefore) in my home.

Wow this is some serious new.

On the other hand, this makes me wonder - during two days of using the SII - why didn't I drop any calls?

Confusing!

I think it was lothorius (sorry if I am spelling his screen name badly) (he's a Developer here, a genius) that the G2x is bad at moving from signals! So maybe this is the answer? Maybe unlike the SII, the G2x is bad at transferring from one signal to another, and perhaps the issue is that my house sits on a weird location where there is SOME TMobile reception, but not MUCH, and therefor my G2x needs to move from one tower to another (GSM to CDMA??? It's in the settings, i don't know what it means though)???

This is like an investigation
[T-Mobile LG G2x] benyben123:
Perhaps changing settings to WCDMA only (under mobile networks settings), will improve the phone's ability to "stick" to a signal.

Trying it...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Core Memory:
That is what I did and that worked for my phone.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] benyben123:
Thanks! Did you already mentioned that? Because the first question that comes to mind is: "why didn't you say so"?!

(:

But i have been sleep-deprived so bad these days I may have missed it
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Spitfire:
There is a thread about some cel-fi signal boost device that attaches to your home window and pulls in better signal, not sure if that is an option for you.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Redline32:
I've been having the same issue with my G2x as of late. It's frustrating. Right in the middle of sending an SMS message, signal will drop completely and won't pick it back up until the message sending fails. Signal strength seems to change every time the wind blows outside. I know for a fact there is a T-Mo tower not a half mile from me (It stands tall in the median of the highway, and I can hear the trucks going by from my front lawn) and I have never had an issue before I got this phone. I'll be checking tomorrow to see if I have any better luck with a RAZR V8 that I got on ebay for $50. I am on-call for my job at night, and if my phone doesn't work I may lose my job.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] lotherius:
Try the new baseband with the 2.3.4 update.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] bluenote73:
If you needed help you should have posted a proper troubleshooting thread. Rather than starting out with a stupid rant filled with inaccuracies and assumptions.

You are at fault far more than any other factor for your crappy critical thinking.

It's the phone! Confirmed! It's the sim! Confirmed!! It's t-mobile!! etcetera ad nauseam.

Your life will no doubt be filled with these types of problems. Good luck with them.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Redline32:
I recently updated to that, and the problem persists. I have been using the RAZR V8 (slick looking, but I may as well have bought a bag phone for the amount of features this thing has) and it seems to hover somewhere right around 4-5 bars of signal regardless of how I hold it or whether I'm in the basement or on the second floor.

As much as it bugs me, the G2x will have to go. I really liked the phone, but I can't keep something that is barely usable.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] lowrider262:
same here, I recently traded my g2x for a mytouch 4g slide. its much more stable than the g2x was, but kinda ugly and not as much fun to play around with (flashing roms). also its slower:(
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mansa_noob:
I am just curious and would like to know if you are willing to try this cleanup batch tool to see if the dropped calls problem is resolved?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1590523

If you have already tried please post your findings.
[Android Apps and Games] amskhan1:
is this like a flash or a new launcher?

i would like to test it

lg optimus s

kravens iho

looks like its pretty solid would u conisder porting this to the hp touch pad?
[Android Apps and Games] devwithzachary:
This is a guide to running a full ubuntu image within android, the guide includes links to everything you need etc, I have been working on the ubuntu image and guide for some time in the forums of devices I have so now want to expand to all android devices that can support it.

Does the HP touch pad have android/a android port? If so its quite possible this would work
[Android Apps and Games] XxGioxX:
Will test out. Ill report back to let you kno how it goes.

My Device: T-Mobile G2x (LG-P999)

ROM: CM7 2.3.7 (CM7-7.2.0-RC0-G2X-KANG)

Kernel: 2.6.32.49-Cyanogenmod
[Android Apps and Games] devwithzachary:
Thank you very much guys! the more devices I can get tested the more I can fix, and give everyone a better Ubuntu in android.

Also will be updating the app in the future to make it even easier to install and run
[Android Apps and Games] D_one:
I've tried so many times on my atrix with cyanogen and it hasn't worked. You just might be my Savior, I'll let you know in a day or two:)

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] falconrulz:
You should post the image in the Android Development :)

I have a chrooted Ubuntu 10.2, I think, on my Nexus S, works okay, because its running side by side with Android OS...

Sent from Behind You.
[Android Apps and Games] falconrulz:
It wont work with kernels which dont have loop capabilities

Sent from Behind You.
[Android Apps and Games] sineld:
great! I will try it now.
[Android Apps and Games] devwithzachary:
Hi, I decided to create the app instead of posting the guide again, so it is more accessible to people outside of XDA. But you can get the download link from my desire S guide here

Indeed there are really only to requirements, root and loop devices support, most custom kernels should include loop device support. If they don't you need to have a word with your devices kernel devs ;) :P

I forgot to say there is also a donation version of the app for those that want to support me as i trug through Uni. The donation version will give you all updates before the free app and in the future extra features from the free version as i develop it further, this can be bought here

Anyway look forward to hearing all your feedback!
[Android Apps and Games] devwithzachary:
A little update for you all, I am in the process of uploading new images (will take a while on my connection) which include all updates up to today, I have noticed installing all the updates has increased the performance and feel some what which is nice. The desplay image included in the free app will also be changed to 800x480 to fit most phones, in the paid app images with 854x480, 1024x600 and 1280x800 will be included.

But because I do enjoy giving something a little extra back to XDA I will be adding to the first post download links for ALL ubuntu images so you can download them to your computer then put them on the phone/tablet if you wish
[Android Apps and Games] kijp15:
Can you upload a YouTube video on how it runs? Pls. If you can that would be cool. Thanks! I wanna try this out but I'm a Ubuntu noob. So bare with me pls, but I do learn quick. Thanks again! & can't wait to try it out.
[Android Apps and Games] devwithzachary:
Sure I will do a video and put it up on youtube a little later, just got to finish some code for the new version of the app :)
[Android Apps and Games] kijp15:
Solid! Alright thanks dude. I can't wait to take a shot at it, it sound cool. God bless you & your work. :D
[Android Apps and Games] cwhitney24:
I am very interested in this. I've downloaded the app and hope to try it tonight. Will let you know!

I got your 10 char right here
[Android Apps and Games] narehk:
Long time reader.. first time poster.. XDA is king

umm.. I think I got it working.. but it looks like hell (funny coloring, shatty res). In the OP it says your uploading new resolutions could you clarify that? also VNC FC'd when i was using firefox..

Good work... Thanks bro

Moto Xoom 4G

Andriod 3.2.4

2.6.36.4- Tiamat_Xoom-v2.2.1 (LTE version)

[ROM] Team Tiamat Xoom Rom 2.3.0 - US Verizon LTE Edition [12/11/11]
[Android Apps and Games] devwithzachary:
Sorry It took so long here is the video http://youtu.be/3WNeY9b5DIg

You need to adjust VNC's settings to show true colour. Open VNC and scroll through the settings for the ubuntu connect, near the bottom you will find 'color format' change this to 24-bit color (4bpp), and you will want the new image that is the same rez as your tablet (1280x800)

New 800x480 and 854x480 images are uploaded the other two will be done today, sorry its taking so long my upload speeds are shocking, however the old image has had 250 downloads over the last two days, so im doing something right :P, once again please consider buying the paid version which will be getting many more features in the short future that he free one will not!
[Android Apps and Games] devwithzachary:
I have a question, is the paid version of the app showing up as compatible with you device? As someone has said its saying its incompatible even through the free one is compatiable

EDIT

I have now fixed the problem
[Android Apps and Games] devwithzachary:
All images are now done for the tablets etc, the paid app will be updated hopefully today to include them all, and the free app will include the 800x480 image
[Android Apps and Games] kijp15:
@zac,

Thanks for the YouTube video & it looks amazing. I can't to test it out when I get home. Cause I see that it recommends wifi for download. Cool. Thanks zac! :)
[Android Apps and Games] endeavors22:
Works on HTC Thunderbolt, Rooted and using the rom Liquid Gingerbread v 3.2 , thanks good stuff.
[Android Apps and Games] Niko0olas:
which bootscript should i prefer? :confused::confused:
[Android Apps and Games] karthiknr:
Using the zte blade running GSF-B27. Root and busybox installed. Getting the following error.

sh-4.1$ export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH

sh-4.1$ su

sh-4.1# cd /sdcard/ubuntu

sh-4.1# sh ubuntu.sh

mount: mounting /sdcard/external_sd on /data/local/mnt/external_sd failed: No such file or directory

net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1

Ubuntu is configured with SSH and VNC servers that can be accessed from the IP:

eth0: No such device

ubuntu.sh: line 37: 10977 Segmentation fault busybox chroot $mnt /root/init.sh

Shutting down Ubuntu ARM

failed.

losetup: /dev/loop7: Device or resource busy

sh-4.1#
[Android Apps and Games] MemoryController:
@bclark

Try speedmod kernel or default hyperdroid hdk 1.1 kernel, that fixed it for me.
[Android Apps and Games] devwithzachary:
V5 seems stable now so I would use that

Give the V5 boot script a try this error should been fixed in this script
[Android Apps and Games] karthiknr:
Cool. Will try and reply.
[Android Apps and Games] nishanty13:
Downloading………
[Android Apps and Games] nrabett:
Has anyone attempted to use Ubuntu with an X-11 server?

I am still waiting for my Galaxy Nexus, but the ability to get Ubuntu on the phone really amazes me. Many times, however, I would want to use single programs (Firefox, in particular) without needing access to the Ubuntu desktop. This should be possible with an X-11 server - I found at least one promising candidate in the Android Market: Nito Martinez' Xvnc (unable to post link). Has anyone tried to get this working with Ubuntu?

Another question: How were the different screen resolutions of the Ubuntu images offered in this thread configured (xorg.conf or somewhere else)?.
[Android Apps and Games] karthiknr:
I'm still getting the same error as before even with v5.:(
[Android Apps and Games] MemoryController:
How much RAM do you have?
[Android Apps and Games] devwithzachary:
The screen sizes are set in a script called root/init.sh which runs on boot to start up vnc etc

looking over your output

"ubuntu.sh: line 37: 10977 Segmentation fault busybox chroot $mnt /root/init.sh" suggest something is wrong with your busybox/chroot
[Android Apps and Games] MemoryController:
It could be memory segmentation fault due to oom.
[Android Apps and Games] MemoryController:
Try enabling swap
[Android Apps and Games] karthiknr:
512MB RAM.

---------- Post added at 09:18 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:18 AM ----------

Will check busybox.

---------- Post added at 09:29 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:18 AM ----------

I removed and installed busybox. Tried and got this.

$ export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH

$ su

# cd /sdcard/ubuntu

# ls

ubuntu.img

ubuntu.sh

# sh ubuntu.sh

mkdir failed for /data/local/mnt, File exists

Loop device exists

mount: mounting /sdcard/external_sd on /data/local/mnt/external_sd failed: No such file or directory

net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1

Ubuntu is configured with SSH and VNC servers that can be accessed from the IP:

eth0: No such device

[1] Segmentation fault busybox chroot $...

Shutting down Ubuntu ARM

failed.

#
[Android Apps and Games] MemoryController:
Monitor ram usage during script
[Android Apps and Games] K69:
I first tried the 1280x800 full image.

Now i downloaded the 1024x600 light, but vnc viewer still shows 1280x800. :confused:
[Android Apps and Games] devwithzachary:
Did you down load it through the app? As it was pointed out the link is wrong
[Android Apps and Games] K69:
I downloaded it from the link in the first post.
[Android Apps and Games] EchoVelocity:
What ROM/kernel are people running this on a Galaxy Nexus using? I'm using a modded ASOP 4.0.3 with franco.kernel nightly #9.2 and I'm getting errors.

EDIT: Here is a log of the errors.
[Android Apps and Games] K69:
Im running MCR Ir8 with the Modaco r7 kernel (standard, without OC/UV).
[Android Apps and Games] bclark:
I can verify this is correct. Both work. Haven't tried stock cm7 kernel yet
[Android Apps and Games] lennysh:
Attached is a screenshot of error's I'm getting on the ReZound... anybody have any ideas?
[Android Apps and Games] EchoVelocity:
Same errors I'm getting on the GN. I'm going to try an image from this thread tonight instead of the one downloaded through the app and see if that helps.
[Android Apps and Games] karthiknr:
I'm getting similar errors regarding chroot.
[Android Apps and Games] idinaxui:
Samsung Vibrant ICS 4.0.3 running great! will try full version image as it downloads.
[Android Apps and Games] devwithzachary:
which version of the script are you using?
[Android Apps and Games] lennysh:
That screenshot was using the script from the app, but I tried v5 from here (Assuming v4 was same as app) and got a little bit different output, but same result.
[Android Apps and Games] lennysh:
Here's the screenshot from script v5...
[Android Apps and Games] luka02:
it works on MyTouch 4G (HTC Glacier) with the stable CM7 ROM and ubuntu.sh (v5)

with the latest nightly doesn't work, neither v4 boot script.
[Android Apps and Games] devwithzachary:
Ok new paid app has been uploaded the change log is:

*PAID app file downloads now use new fast FTP server and support direct downloading (click the button to download a image and it starts to download right away)

*New boot script which has fixed problems with it not booting on alot of devices, and fixed problem which some people getting a grey screen when loading UI

*Boot script now downloaded in zip file to fix problems with downloading script

*Both apps fixed to support low resolutions

*Both apps cleaned up

Because the FTP server costs me money to run these fast download links will only be available in the paid app, as I will only be uploading the 800x480 images to multiupload in the future the images in the first post will stay at V4 (apart from the 800x480) thus if you have a device that has a different screen rez and what to keep up to date with image updates now is a good time to invest in the paid app :).

The paid app will also be getting alot more work in the close future to make the install process even easier (to hopefully the point of just downloading and pressing a button to boot) some of which will likely not make it to the free version, I am doing this to try and give the paid version more 'buying appeal'...I am after all a poor student and need money to eat and drink :P :D

Ramble over, but the future is bright..the future is linux on android :)
[Android Apps and Games] Draciel882:
Works on HTC Flyer WiFi 16gb running LeeDroid honeycomb. Using V5 script and light weight image 1024x600. :)
[Android Apps and Games] suprtrukr425:
First of all, let me say thank you for all your hard work on this. Works perfectly on my Inspire 4G, running CM7.1 with stock CM kernel.

I do get a few errors in the terminal when running the script, both to start Ubuntu, and exit. They reguard file directories either not existing or being in use. Everything seems to work fine, and it does seem to exit Ubuntu upon the exit command, despite the error message.

What I was wondering though, is where are the Ubuntu files stored on the phone/sd card? I am able to see all of the phone, and sd card files through the Ubuntu file manager, but am unable to find anything reguarding Ubuntu in my file system through Root Explorer.

Thanks again.

*edit* - I used the V5 script, and downloaded the 800x480 small image from the first post.
[Android Apps and Games] The Archangel:
Tried it on my HTC glacier, running the absolution(rom),tdj darkside 12 cm (kernel), everything ran perfectly.

Btw:I used the light version of 10.1

If I helped, give thanks, if you please.

........Death before dishonor........
[Android Apps and Games] devwithzachary:
Thank you very much

when the image is mounted the ubuntu files can be viewed at /data/local/mnt
[Android Apps and Games] yashwantsingh:
Hey guy's i want to try this out. If once it installed on device how to remove it from the system or it will replace my current rom.
[Android Apps and Games] -Grift-:
is it possible for a mdpi version??:)
[Android Apps and Games] devwithzachary:
Ubuntu runs on top of android, and so dosn't replace your rom to exit ubuntu you can just press the home button and to shut it down you type exit in terminal
[Android Apps and Games] devwithzachary:
The app will run on mdpi screens and the images will run, but you will have to scroll about ie the image will be bigger than the screen. Mdpi is to small for a image on its own as nothing would fit on the screen.

Also most mdpi phones have not much ram and slower processors so this may well be very Laguna to use, but by all means give it a try
[Android Apps and Games] lennysh:
Bought the paid version, redownloaded both the script and a large image. Results in attachment. Any ideas?
[Android Apps and Games] devwithzachary:
Did you have it working with another version?
[Android Apps and Games] lennysh:
Nope, bought the paid version hoping for better results.

Getting a "mount: Invalid argument" result for the command:

mount -t ext2 /dev/block/loop255 $mnt

Any ideas as to why that one isn't working on my ReZound? I fixed a lot of the other issues by making more directories first.
[Android Apps and Games] lennysh:
Here's my most recent screenshot after I cleaned up some errors by making more directories first.
[Android Apps and Games] devwithzachary:
just noticed, your script and image is in 'sdcard2'? did you change the script to work with this? the script is designed to run having ubuntu in the directory sdcard/ubuntu
[Android Apps and Games] suprtrukr425:
Thanks, I found them there. So, although the script does seem to stop running upon the "exit" command, the files are still present untill a restart. Also I noticed that these are the files I'm able to see in the Ubuntu file manager, not the phone's internal storage as I thought before. I am still able to access the sd card through Ubuntu though. Again, great work, and thank you.
[Android Apps and Games] lennysh:
Yes, tried both ways. Only one line in script needed to be changed right?
[Android Apps and Games] devwithzachary:
indeed you should just have to change the kit variable
[Android Apps and Games] jesus1o1:
Interestingly, it also worth to install Backtrack 5
[Android Apps and Games] lennysh:
Yep, that's the one. Tried it both ways. Any ideas on why that mount command is erroring?

And whats your input about the ifconfig eth0 result as well?

---------- Post added at 12:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:40 PM ----------

and I also forgot to ask about the chroot command as well, any ideas?

---------- Post added at 12:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:44 PM ----------

Got these commands from another thread

#################################################################
# mount linux system on our chroot environment and chroot to it #
#################################################################
busybox mount -t proc proc /data/local/mnt/proc > /dev/null 2>&1
busybox mount -t devpts devpts /data/local/mnt/dev/pts > /dev/null 2>&1
busybox mount -t sysfs sysfs /data/local/mnt/sys > /dev/null 2>&1
busybox chroot /data/local/mnt /root/init.sh > /dev/null 2>&1
#################################################################

That chroot command runs without error, any ideas?
[Android Apps and Games] Epic_VS:
Do bluetooth mice work?

Edit: sorry for the idiotic question. I just realized that the vnc client needs to support bluetooth mice.
[Android Apps and Games] devwithzachary:
They are supported as long as your rom can handle them. There is then a input mode in vnc to allow using it (top one I think)
[Android Apps and Games] kevinnol:
Works on the Samsung Captivate running CM7 - CM7 Kernel
[Android Apps and Games] Draciel882:
If OTG USB is supported by the rom, can you use USB mice and keyboards?

Sent from my Desire running Ice Cream Sandwich using the xda premium app
[Android Apps and Games] devwithzachary:
Indeed, I have tested both on my archos, as android handles these all that happens is the instruction is passed to vnc that then passes it to ubuntu, so ubuntu doesn't know the difference between a usb keyboard and the onscreen keyboard, and the same with the mouse
[Android Apps and Games] Draciel882:
Awesome. Now I just need to find a rom for my Flyer that supports it.

Sent from my Desire running Ice Cream Sandwich using the xda premium app
[Android Apps and Games] mjharis:
hi,

i wanted to test it on my HD2, are there any dangerousness to my hardware if i'm going to test it?

I also want to recomned to a friend of mine he is using a Toschiba Tablet, i think it is the A100 with a Tegra2. Is it theoretical possible to run buntu on those devices?

But the main question as asked are there any risks to my Hardware? :D

Nice work by the way a tblet with ubuntu, a dream :D