yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android General] simplyrafa8:
When I saw this, I was instantly mad at myself. I could've bought a new smartphone, and had a desktop eventually running from it. Instead I bought a new laptop :-\ I should've been patient because this is amazing!!
[Android General] xacid480:
I have a feeling this will be the future of how computing will be done. A lot more people are going computerless and just putting a secondary OS into a phone like device is pretty awesome. Just hook a displayport or HDMI cable to a display and bam a useable desktop.

Its technology evolution.
[Android General] spunker88:
So will it be possible to install this on your own phone or is this something that has to be included by the OEM or with a custom ROM.
[Android General] roel0:
It would be nice to have ubuntu on my transformer prime!
[Android General] hennymugge:
They found the missing link between mobile devices and PC's!!!

Way to go Ubuntu. This might be the best call you've ever made!
[Android General] darkmansd:
[YOUTUBE]gUXUjjg9qQ0[/YOUTUBE]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUXUjjg9qQ0

here's a video of it

btw: looks so awesome! i want it NOW :D
[Android General] iammodo:
source isn't on archive.Ubuntu.com yet.

Really hope they release it so everyone can enjoy it.

Sent from my Xoom
[Android General] contagous:
would be awesome to have this instead of the moto web top app, cant wait to hopefully see it in roms :)
[Android General] spunker88:
The demoed it on an Atrix 2 with Motoblur. That tells us that it doesn't need a custom kernel since Motorola locks their bootloaders. Also doesn't need a custom ROM since its still Motoblur'd. So in theory it should then be possible to port this to existing devices.
[Android General] rashid.fairus:
its doesn't care what rom you're using,cause it running using VNC..

from the ARC
[Android General] Mistar Muffin:
Although it's true that previous Ubuntu versions on a myriad of devices run chrooted and you connect via VNC, that does not appear to be the approach here. Watch the video and it is clear that it is running natively over the HDMI out without VNC. Very impressive IMO.
[Android General] tallnerd1985:
This is the same setup that Ubuntu provided Motorola for their Atrix/Bionic/RAZR phones where a stripped down version of Ubuntu with a custom DE instead of Gnome or Unity. Its easy for Ubuntu to mod the Atrix 2 with the full Ubuntu distro since they created the base for Webtop. Just because the kernel and boot loader is locked doesn't mean you can't modify the system after achieving root.
[Android General] bladio:
ubuntu is a bad idea for mobile phones. i also had a bad expeience with it on my pc
[Android General] iammodo:
With wp8 getting dual core support if Microsoft could do this with windows 8 that would be amazing.

Sent from my Xoom
[Android General] spunker88:
I don't see why not. They've ported NT to ARM and we have even seen the regular explorer based window system running on ARM. It seems Microsoft's strategy early on with Windows 8 was to try to unite mobile and desktop.
[Android General] ySchaub:
because it's windows...

But seriously, I think this would be huge! This would be the chance for windows(mobile) to make everything right. Especially for business people this would be impressive!
[Android General] SimonHtcDesire:
I belive the rom is important since Ubuntu comunicates with the apps....

Correct me if I`m wrong.
[Android General] tallnerd1985:
You are correct. There are multiple parts to get this system to work besides creating a chroot environment and VNC into it.

1) The Ubuntu distro is cross-compiled with Android so that way they share some libs to prevent duplicates and reduce overall size of data.

2) A portal app is loaded in Android to relay information such as RIL data, txt messages, call logs and other information to the Ubuntu environment.

3) In Ubuntu, a special custom status bar in the Desktop Environment to relay info gathered from the Portal app in Android to display signal strength and other stuff.

4) For the display, I believe they have ported a X Server protocol to switch from the Android environment to Ubuntu either via the phone's display or HDMI out. Then that system also takes care of showing what you see in Android but on a Window inside of Ubuntu.

5) Lastly, for audio, they probably will use PulseAudio since its compatible with Android's audio resources as well as Ubuntu's own.

This is all speculations from my stand point, I am just taking what I know from working on the Motorola Bionic with a similar setup to this. I all I know for certain is that this will take sometime to break into the states here because this concept competes with a lot of other products that the carriers and even Google have to offer. I hope Canical open-sources this project to some degree so that some excellent devs can kang this into CM or something else.
[Windows Phone 7 General] BlinkMedia:
Hi all,

my name is Jordan and I work in the post production department at a video production company in Vancouver called Blink. You can find out more about us here:

http://www.blinkmediaworks.com/

We produce a lot of instructional videos for TELUS, including how-to videos for their phones. To do this we need screenshots from the devices, which in the past with other phones has not been a problem. With the Nokia Lumia 800 we just received from them, however, we have not been able to grab the stills we need because this isn't easily done with the Windows Phone 7 OS. We've tried unlocking the phone with ChevronWP7 (now "sold out") and through AppHub (which will not accept our credit card payment for some reason) in order to side load a screen capture app, but with no success so far.

So we've now decided to reach out to the developer community here to see if anyone would be interested in doing some freelance work for us by obtaining the needed screen shots. If you are interested in this job please send me an e-mail at jordan@goblink.com with a rough quote/rate for your time on this project. Check out the videos in the below link to see the videos we did for a previous phone:

http://www.telusmobility.com/en/BC/HTC-Amaze/how-to.shtml

Thanks,

Jordan
[Windows Phone 7 General] sensboston:
Hi. Are you sure you need developers to take a screenshots?? Hmm, perhaps we have a different understanding of the word "developer" :)

I guessing, any student with dev. unlocked phone and free time can do it for extra cash.
[Windows Phone 7 General] BlinkMedia:
Yes that's true! Sorry, just wasn't sure what wording to use there.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] litetaker:
Hi guys!

I recently purchased a Galaxy Tab 8.9. Now, I have a few beginner's questions to ask before I go ahead.

I would like to root my Galaxy Tab 8.9. How easy is it? And how easy is it to screw it up? Will I cause a permanent damage to the device if I screw it up? Is screwing up or permanent damage such as hard brick even possible?

I would also like to install ICS/CM9 on it. But, I also intend to use this device for Video calls over VOIP (using Skype). I believe that that this device does NOT have official ICS yet. But is it going to get one (i.e. Samsung planning to upgrade this and if so, is there a timeline?). And I also note that ICS/CM9 ROMs don't have camera working. Is there a way to work around this so that I may run CM9 and still have camera? Else, what is the best ROM you guys suggest for a person who needs a usable camera?

I want to be careful with this device, as I just bought it and I don't want to screw it up and end up with a $400 paper weight. So, please let me know if it is safe to root and install ROMs on it.

Thank you!
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] bdfull3r:
Root is very easy and almost impossible to ****. Samsung devices are usually very hackable.

The 8.9 has unofficial ICS ROMs of both the AOSP and the CM9 flavor.

Neither has camera support but it is coming eventually. If nothing else, Samsung has already promised a ICS for the 8.9 so its a matter of when not if.

I hope you enjoy the cmmnity and our new tablet
[Motorola Droid Bionic] num1zero:
I updated my phone to 902 and it turned the phone into garbage. Could not hold data to save my life. I rooted my phone and loaded Eclipse 2.1 and it seems to have fixed my data loss issues. I really dislike the themes that are loaded on the custom roms. I used to use the blurr3d roms so I could use the stock theme with quick contacts. Is there a rom for 902 that has the benefits of the customizations and has the stock theme or allows a switch to the stock theme?

Thanks for any info.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] iNsAnEmOd:
The closest Rom to Stock is KIN3TX. Not much customization tho. This Rom is Compatible with .902 and .901

Themes For KIN3TX
[Motorola Droid Bionic] num1zero:
That should work! Woot. Thanks!
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] tito12:
Win Xp Boot Animation​

Here's a little bit of nostalgia, got friends to believe I ported Win Xp to my device :p​

​

First thing, I'm quite new to Android but thanks to my new

Flyer

and even more thanks to the nice people and devs here I'm slowly learning, so here's my little contribution. I started with a WM program from team.fluxion here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=765498 then found they already have a version for Android phone (800x480) so decided to adapt it for the

Flyer

or should I say to completely rewrite it, yet all the credit goes to them. Please feel free to comment and or suggest ;)

Installation:

Unzip the attached file, move the bootanimation.zip to your device in Data/Local, replacing your existing bootanimation.zip (you can copy it somewhere in case you want to reuse it in the future).

I read in another thread that for

View

users the bootanimation.zip need to be renamed as Sprint_bootanimation.zip but I didn't try it.

The other file Andybliss.png should be moved anywhere on your sdcard, open it and save it as wallpaper.

Reboot your device and enjoy!:D
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] Maine_Coon:
LOL, nice, thanks for sharing.
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] VegasJoker:
A new launcher I was reading about in the xda news it sounds pretty interesting..so I thought I'd post something in our section about it :) just in case people don't read the news section

Sent from...wait gotta remember
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] ivaren:
some screenshots of the launcher would be nice.

---------- Post added at 09:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:17 PM ----------

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1473451
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] VegasJoker:
Ohhh oops I didn't know that was the same launcher x) cause he doesn't have name

Sent from...wait gotta remember
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Budge:
I love my Skyrocket, but I've been thinking of switching to the Note for the larger screen. The only problem I have with my Skyrocket is the bluetooth does not always reconnect to my devices. I have to manually reconnect them or reboot the phone. Can anyone report on the differences they've noticed between the two and whether or not bluetooth is improved?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Mortem Tuam:
there is a thread for this already

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1509412
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Budge:
Thanks. I missed it.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] shreeyashattal:
I updated rom via kies to la5, the keyboard has become worse.. Smaller buttons and it lags! Typing feels slow!!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] freemo716:
hi,guys,

i am looking for swype with turkish keyboard,

i cant find swype anywhere to download....
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Repeal:
Allah kolaylık versin hacı, betasında türkçe karakterler olacaktı tuş olarak.

Allah helps you dude, in beta there should be turkish unique letters' keys.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] kadiraybar:
huaweiideosx5.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/app-swype-3-23-eu-tr/

al hocam.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Thundermand:
dgebio malis

Just register to Swype Beta and follow the instructions to get Swype installed. It supports quite a few languages.

http://beta.swype.com/
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] egul:
i hope it works
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] thundermax:
is it support turkish ?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] foboi1122:
http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/android

Pretty stoked for this.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] DeKubus:
Must. Get. Hands. On. This. !.

Thank you for the link, intesting to know. And it also makes my feet tingle with excitement.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] foboi1122:
right there with u sir
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
Here is a video of Ubuntu for Android in Action. Officially supported. No hacks or dual boot needed.

[YOUTUBE]gUXUjjg9qQ0[/YOUTUBE]

---------- Post added at 07:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:26 PM ----------

Updated post with video
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Belgorm:
Very excited to try this.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] d1ez3:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/21/ubuntus-full-desktop-os-coming-to-multi-core-android-devices/

engadget article
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] daymz:
That would be so amazing !

Only problem I see is that Ubuntu for Android only seems to be available for vendors (Asus, Motorola, HTC, Samsung, ...) and mobile carriers (AT&T, Bell, ...)

Hope that the Cyanogenmod team can get their hands on this. CM9 + Ubuntu for Android would be so AWESOME !!!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] foboi1122:
Could this mean that we can get linux usb support instead of having to hack together drivers to support hardware?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
I would think so since USB is one of the requirements to run it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] huytrang90:
wonder if anyone get a first hand on this. I would not mind to be beta tester. :)

The Prime is more than capable to handle it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
Yep! Also like the Ubuntu people said, the more cores, the better. Now this will be something to take advantage of powerful multi-threading capabilities of prime. Quad core tegra3 would push this easily n very fast n smooth also.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] NastroGlide:
This will only work if they can keep the heat down on the processor. That's gonna be the biggest road block that I can see. 4G + charging = hot, so 4G + charging + hdmi mirroring + mucho computing = sizzler. Not sure how hot LTE gets a phone.

This is still a very cool development.

I may be looking at this wrong though, b/c the provided info is mainly about using a phone as a desktop, but the prime could be the desktop. In which, yes, it would definitely have the power to run ubuntu but what is the point? There are already guides to running ubuntu on the prime. Is ubuntu w unity more polished than what is already available?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
Yes, plus you won't have to jump through hoops to get it to work. It'll be officially supported by Android n Ubuntu. No need to hack or dual boot or whatever. It'll launch like an app. Once in desktop mode, Ubuntu, then everything integrated. So you can even launch your android apps from within Ubuntu. Plus access to all the thousands of free full fledged Ubuntu PC apps. So this will be a more complete version than anything we've seen so far on prime. Plus it'll be alot more powerful. Linux/Ubuntu(Backtrack5) on prime doesn't have complete access to prime power, CPU/GPU, and resources. Everything with this new method will be seamlessly integrated into the android experience.

This might just be what android needed to get it over the hump. I can only see things getting better very fast from here on out. Apple has nothing to match or even come close to this experience we about to have.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xGary:
My apologies but im not familiar with Ubuntu. What kind of advantages are we going to see. Will this be better than Android in terms of games, apps, productivity, etc? Better office? Better Browsing?

Also, whats with the whole docking situation? And anyone have more information on when this is gonna come out?

Thanks
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
more of a real desktop experience. Official PC apps, more in depth productivity and not dumbed down versions for android. Real Office. Docking station is just for phones. We should be able to run it on the tablet itself. No data of release.

For more detailed info just check out the link in the op that takes you to Ubuntu website where they discuss the Ubuntu/Android experience. This will be a big deal.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] NastroGlide:
Well it sounds like it can be, but you're really going out on a limb here dude...might want to pull it in some until this comes to fruition. Just sayin.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] huytrang90:
It will be the new convergenceof tech. All that power packing on phone and tablet. Now you can unlease it.

Imagine you have a tablet, then dock with kb to have a netbook, then when you are at office, plug in for the full desktop experience.

This is where tablet can transform the pc.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kidio007:
This would be amazing if we could run it on the tablet itself, almost sounds too good to be true. Wouldnt care for it as much if it needed to be docked to a computer monitor though. Hope he just did it because the screen size of the phone would make it impractical to run a desktop OS.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mdalacu:
:-) i can settle for this until Asus will integrate it!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] e.mote:
Seems I'm fated to always play the role of the wet rag..

First, this will go nowhere. It's a proof-of-concept. See the dock? That means it must be a vendor (carrier) implemented solution, as each phone's form factor is different, and there can be no universal dock. This page is a pitch for carriers, not users.

When you get the carriers into the mix, then the question is, why the heck would they want an open-source OS on their product? That would create all sorts of havoc, and would reduce their control on the product. No carrier in its right mind would allow something like this to access their network, let alone officially support it.

Second, the value of the phone is its mobility, go-anywhere access. If dock+big screen are needed just to use Ubuntu, then its utility is marginalized. Ubuntu needs to be accessible and useful on the phone itself, which segues into the last point...

Third, looking at this, I'm disappointed, because it means that the Ubuntu UI still hasn't been adapted to a touch-based, small-screen form-factor. Everybody loves to hate Windows, but at least Microsoft is innovating for once with its Metro UI. Canonical needs to step up and do the same. Whatever it comes up with, Ubuntu needs to be a user-implementable solution, not a vendor (carrier)-based solution, else it will never see the light of day.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] olivetwist:
i flashed cm 7.1.0 on android 2.3.7 on my Captivate i897 and now i have no 3g, it shows H and flashes 3g every now and then...... any suggestions?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmtheiss:
What you're seeing is the phone connecting to the HSUPA/HSDPA networks - a faster-than-3g-but-not-quite-4g connection. You still have data, it's just data that's faster (in theory) than 3g.

Oh, and you should probably post Questions in the Questions & Answers forum.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikel.canovas:
commence flaming
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaker2k:
aww so cute! I remember when I had that exact same question. :confused:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mbc663:
Hopefully you didn't put it in the development forum :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sa1yan:
FREAKING WOW DUDE WRONG FORUM. WOW YOU ARE SUCH A NOOB.

loljk its k, H is faster than 3G :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
Thread closed

Ok, guys, fun's over, thread is moved and closed ;)
[Off-topic] Cuppeerr:
I got my first speeding ticket today, it was 62 mph in a 40 mph. Not to bad in my opinion haha. What's some of y'alls worst speeding tickets?

Edit: Also fastest I've gone is 115 mph

Edit: I'm16 btw

Swyped from mah 3vo!
[Off-topic] xaccers:
94.25mph on a motorway (speed limit is 70 for cars), turned out my car had much better brakes than the Police Volvo and they nearly went up the back of me when I pulled over.

Got a £60 fine and 3 points which expired some years ago.

86mph on a motorway. I received a letter stating I hadn't responded to the Notice of Intended Prosecution (the letter stating your car was spotted speeding and asking who was driving so they can prosecute them).

I replied stating I hadn't received my NIP, so they sent me one, to which I replied it's past the 14 day period so I didn't have to fill it out.

They basically said "We don't care, we're the Police, we're above the law" So I quoted them the relevant sections of the Road Traffic Offences act, namely that they have 14 days to send the NIP, it doesn't have to arrive, the registered/recorded post used to send it is proof that the NIP has been served.

I requested the tracking number to prove when it was posted. They couldn't provide this because they don't use registered/recorded post, it costs too much, so they just use 1st class (or it may have been 2nd class) post.

I however did pay for recorded delivery with my letters to them, so when they passed the case onto court claiming I hadn't responded, I filled out the paperwork showing that I had responded and they had received it, also they had no proof the NIP had been sent in time.

The case was thrown out of court and both the CPS (Crown Prosecution Service) and justices’ clerk both apologised for wasting my time.

I'd had to travel half way up the country to be at court so stayed in a motel the night before, and I could have claimed expenses including for the fuel used.
[Off-topic] dexter93:
speeding tickets? 0

nobody can give me one while im on foot :rolleyes:
[Off-topic] rockstarar:
lol it's hard to speed on a bike. I've done it in parking lots. (badass, I know)

trololol

--sent from my glacier.
[Off-topic] Cuppeerr:
Yeah that's how I WAS not anymore though):

Haha how old are you?

Swyped from mah 3vo!
[Off-topic] dexter93:
old enough to get a driving licence, but without any time to get it :eek:
[Off-topic] BeerChameleon:
Hmm let me count......

65 in a 35

60 in a 50

50 in 40

4o in a 30

LOL

so i guess the top one and now i dont speed unless i am out of it and am not paying attention to my speed..
[Off-topic] trell959:
When I had my motorcycle, I got caught doing 140mph... and it wasn't a routine stop. They had guns pointed at me and everything
[Off-topic] Cuppeerr:
I knew the feeling....

Danggg yeah I'm not gonna speed for a while....

Swyped from mah 3vo!
[Off-topic] BeerChameleon:
howd the catch you?

last time i saw a motorcycle speeding in the main road. he zoomed by and then a good 5 seconds later i hear what sounded like an electric motor but was in fact a motorcycle cop LOL

The crotch rocket got away quick!! LOL