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[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeiranFTW:
You're best off setting up the net first :)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MilkyJoePD:
Just spent the last hour getting nowhere.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MilkyJoePD:
This is just annoying. I don't mind the odd command line but Ubuntu is ridiculous. User-friendly my arse.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MilkyJoePD:
I've managed to get Flashtool, JDK and SDK installed. I've hit a brick wall trying to get fastboot drivers installed though. Tutorials mention installing the Google drivers using the SDK manager, but it says they're not compatible with Linux.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeiranFTW:
Fast boot binary is all you need, and setup udev rules for semc :) Google is your friend.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MilkyJoePD:
Thanks, back on Google I go. I remember something about udev rules but forgot.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MilkyJoePD:
I've just did a Google and this thread was the first result.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeiranFTW:
Look on the android developer site, setting up android sdk on Linux, its in there somewhere.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Logseman:
Those udev rules appear in the Flashtool installation site. And certainly "udev rules Android Ubuntu 11.10" will get you good results in Google.

By the way, you'll be thankful for command lines once you need to do something a bit adventurous. They'll save you untold amounts of time

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[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MilkyJoePD:
I get SYSFS{idVendor}==0fce,: command not found.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Logseman:
Huh? you have to create a rules file, not type it in the terminal.

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[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MilkyJoePD:
Oh. I did consider that. It was 50/50, I knew I'd pick the wrong one.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MilkyJoePD:
What do you call the file?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Logseman:
99-android.rules would be the name, and the folder would be "/etc/udev/rules.d". You need superuser permissions in your Linux installation to edit something there.

User friendly way: enter terminal and type:

sudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/99-android.rules
[insert the proper rules and save the file]
sudo restart udev

And that should make the trick with the udev rules.

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[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MilkyJoePD:
Thanks. I could open Flashtool yesterday; today I get Permission denied.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MilkyJoePD:
I also get JAVA_HOME not set. I did all this yesterday. I can't find the tutorial I read yesterday.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MilkyJoePD:
I'm sure Ubuntu is good once you get it up-and-running how you want. Doing that is nigh on impossible. Every problem solved is another command line waiting to happen.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MilkyJoePD:
I believe I have everything on my PC, how do I make it all work at the same time?

That may be a vague question, but Ubuntu users (seem to) thrive on that.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MilkyJoePD:
I know how to get root in the terminal. I know how to get root in the file manager. I have everything on my PC to get into fastboot (I think, I can't open Flashtool again to check). How do I put it all together?

Whomever can give me instructions that work will get ten English pounds via PayPal. The amount of money I'm spending on electricity running my PC trying to get this working and getting nowhere will easily cover that.

If remote assistance is possible on Linux then a respected dev or member can take over and get said money.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paxChristos:
In terminal, goto the flashtool folder &

Do the following:

ls -l

check & see what the permissions are &

if they are messed up (i.e. -rw-r--r-- for permissions)

do either

sudo chmod 755 <flashtool executable name>

or

sudo chmod +x <flashtool exectuable name>

Both should give you the option to run it
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MilkyJoePD:
Before I do anything, I get:

Total 463560

drwxrwxrwx 8 p p 4096 2012-04-21 18:26 Flashtool (highlighted green)

-rw-rw-rw- 1p p 474676200 2012-04-09 18:50 flashtool-0.6.9.1-linux.tar (in red)

That was typed using my mobile so there may be an inaccuracy...
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MilkyJoePD:
Writing in brackets was my doing. In case it wasn't obvious...
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MilkyJoePD:
Do I need to put sudo if I'm already in root?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paxChristos:
No, (I suggest getting used to using sudo eventually, being in root is nice, but (as what's happened to you) if you forget that you were root when you did stuff, it won't work from your normal user)

also

chown <username> <optional groupname> <filename>

is another very useful tool :p
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MilkyJoePD:
Going into the FlashTool folder I get a completey different output.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paxChristos:
you mean using ls in flashtool folder? (you will, because when you used ls outside of the folder, it shows all the files, the folder & the flashtool zip)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MilkyJoePD:
Yep. I did it in the wrong bit. I tried uploading a picture but it says I need to be logged in (even though I am, obviously). I tried uploading using an image hosting site. No idea if it worked...
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paxChristos:
Umm the picture 2 posts back is of GrUB (The bootloader for your PC)

You aren't actually in linux in that picture, you're at the pre-linux stage...

Pax
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MilkyJoePD:
Is this it?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paxChristos:
Yes, that's where you want to be.

try ./flashtool (also just an fyi, while in terminal, you can use the <tab> key to finish filenames (i.e. if you type in Fla & hit <tab> it'll fill it in up to the part where filenames start to change)

the permissions are correct, btw.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MilkyJoePD:
Whilst I try that... I found out that pressing up and down scrolls through the last commands you tried. Probably common knowledge but I found out by accident. Very useful.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MilkyJoePD:
./FlashTool i get this:
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paxChristos:
It looks like it doesn't like the path for java, lemme download flashtool & look into this.

Have you tried running it not as root, but as your user?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Logseman:
I've compiled a little guide with some advice. I've had to set up my phone in like 12 different Ubuntu boxes, so it's tried-and-true:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1612273
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paxChristos:
Have you tried the legacy copy of flashtool (6.7.0) I tried it & it works perfectly

Also, are you on 64bit or 32bit linux?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeiranFTW:
You need to:

chmod a+x x10flasher_lib/linjre31/bin/java

In the terminal in the folder you were in :)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paxChristos:
^^

This, or those folders are acting screwy (reunzip the contents)

Sent from my phone, please excuse any Swypos.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MilkyJoePD:
I think I'm getting somewhere. I can open Flashtool now.

Now I can't open the SDK manager, even I've had it open before. Java not found. I think I already downloaded what I needed to though (I have the fastboot and ADB files).

More problems: using lsusb, the output is the same when in fastboot and flash modes.

I already have the 99-android.rules file, with: SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ACTION=="add", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0fce", SYSFS{idProduct}=="*", MODE="0777"

What do I do with: SUBSYSTEMS==”usb”, ATTRS{idVendor}==”0fce″, ATTRS{idProduct}==”aaaa″, MODE=”0666″ ...etc...?

Overwite what I already have or add to it?

Just noticed something (SYSFS{idProduct}=="*"); do I need to replace the * with something?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Logseman:
The "aaaa" was a bogus chain, you need to read the one which is displayed by lsusb . In my case it's 615d in normal mode. If the flash and Fastboot modes give you the same output, that's no problem, just use the chain they give you.

The asterisk thing could mean that that rule is valid for any product ID, but I've never used it so I sticked to my known method.

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[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MilkyJoePD:
Yeah, I changed the aaaa, etc, bits. I get "adde" for fastboot and flash modes, and in Flashtool it says I'm in flash mode when I'm in fastboot mode (light is blue).
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Logseman:
Now that i check out, I'm puzzled about the product id thing. I can confirm adde is the Flash mode code, but let me check the Fastboot one and I'll tell you. One minute.

*edit* in fact, I have the rules laid out with the asterisk, just like you. My mode is 0666 though, not 0777.

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[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MilkyJoePD:
Can anybody help me get fastboot and split the £10 with logseman?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MilkyJoePD:
It was a while ago and can't remember exactly, but when I did this it gave me pages upon pages of text, ending in permission denied. I had to close the terminal and start another one to do anything again.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] SoulStripper66:
Hello Xda,

I'm a new owner of a european XT910.

Former owner of a Nexus S.

What's with these Motorolas ? Everything seems very confusing...

1.Locked bootloader...

2.Specific fastboot needed to flash specific roms ?

3.What about recovery mode ? Backup's not working, storage mounting not working..

I will soon post a screenshot of my system's info.

I really think there should be a FAQ thread discussing all matters from CDMA-GSM differences, to different fastboots the phones are shipped with and how to get started on software modification on these babies.

Surely that's a noobie question but if the noobs can't have it, then the world can't have it.

Millions are in the forum but few are willing to get further in developing.

Lets help someone (like me) who wants to understand the pyramid of modding and developing on this phone e.g.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Spectral1991:
Hi new guy. It's very simple. All of the information can be found on the forums, as well as using google. If you can't be bothered to do a simple search, or read through stuff, then don't root your phone.

And besides, noobs can have the phone. Just don't root your phone, and come crying in the forums when something goes wrong, cause you don't bother reading up beforehand.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] HYDE1000:
Sounds like it would have made more sense to get answers to those questions prior to your purchase.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Eun-Hjzjined:
Great phone, locked down.

Welcome to the forums!

As i already stated, the droid razr is a great phone but is locked down with motos iron fist.

I purchased at launch in canada and was happy... was happy. Untill i started to see the news of the locked bootloader and other issues. Ive been a fan of moto phones since my first v3x and was pleasntly surprised to see an update to the line.

Like was said earlier, its been 6 months since launch and you probably should have done the research, but not everyone has the insight to do deep research about their next phone beyond the physical specs.

That said, moto has locked this thing down and unless you really need more than root its a whole different horse to ride when compared to others like htc, lg and samsung.

Moto basically marketed this thing as a business phone for the fashion crowd. And it is. A slim and fast, solidly built android powered guchi handbag. Not much more.

This is a disappointment. And one we are going to have to live with or find a device that's more friendly to the feint of heart.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Spectral1991:
Now that I disagree with. A locked bootloader is undesirable, admittedly, but there's still tons of things you can do with the Razr. Custom ROMs? Check. Custom governor? Check. Custom I/O scheduler? Check. Overclock/underclock/undervolt? Check. I have all the above on my Razr. (Except for the governor, doesn't seem to work on Gummy)

Don't get me wrong. I wish Moto would unlock our bootloaders as well, but ultimately, what we are suffering from is a lack of developers. Kholk, kejar, J.Y.Daddy are doing their best, but how many things can they push out? Especially since the Razr isn't their dedicated phone.

The Razr is a good phone, don't let one single locked bootloader ruin the whole package. Although honestly, given the chance to change phones, I would (who wouldn't want the HTC One X?). But really, there are tons of things you can do with your phone as it is.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] SoulStripper66:
Most people here misunderstood me.

Asking nooby questions does not make one a noob.

I've been a computer programmer for years and I would like to contribute in the RAZR development, though I do not know how to start cause I was only mid-to-advanced user of mobile phones.

All I needed is someone to show me the way on this motorola. I'm not trying to make myself tiring to you though most people here should learn to show some respect and not snub people who ask.

As for "Searching" the forums, since the RAZR development is going slow, forum threads are also cruising at a low speed. So do not blame me for asking something that is not very clear to most "common" RAZR users and owners.

Friendly as hell.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] SoulStripper66:
Spectral thanks for joining this conversation. I've done a lot of research and already know that custom roms, governors and over/underclocking is possible.

Though it seems that device software differs from one phone to the other and I can't make up the differences. Maybe someone should start a thread regarding different Fastboots and to which devices they are installed to for example. :confused:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] R3dbeaver:
hi OP,

have u seen the Development forum? not the General forum.

there are tons of info to answer ur questions (sorry im not as capable) there. so u dont even need to search. just see the titles.

good luck.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hjalte81:
Hi guys...

I was trying to install a new update (the cm7.2 fxp 116) but it failed and now my phone won't boot...

i've tried to install the fxp113 image and then apply that update, but I keep getting this message:

assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device") == "LT18i" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "LT18i" ||...

It continues to write a lot of these, all with == "LT18i" and "LT18a", but then a couple of lines down, it starts to write == "LT15i" instead...

Finally, it gives me an error saying "E:Error in /sdcard/A-IMAGES/cm72fxp113/update-cm-7.2.0-RC1-anzu-KANG-signed_fxp113.zip"

(status 7)

installation aborted

Please help me...
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kes4817:
open the cm7.zip file, and go META-INF/com/Google/android/

and open update-script file with notepad++

delete the line

assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "LT18i" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "LT18i" ||

getprop("ro.product.device") == "LT18a" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "LT18a" ||

getprop("ro.product.device") == "LT15i" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "LT15i" ||

getprop("ro.product.device") == "LT15a" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "LT15a" ||

getprop("ro.product.device") == "anzu" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "anzu");

save and replace it

install with cwm

Sent from my Xperia Arc
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hjalte81:
Hi Kes,

The problem was that the file I had downloaded was corrupted :/

I restored from an older backup, downloaded the file again (and again...) and got a working file.

Thanks anyway :)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oshizzle1991:
Hey guys, Ever since I flashed the latest RC for CM I have been having a horrible issue with my phone rebooting randomly, almost every 5-10 minutes. At first, I thought it had something to do with the sd card (like maybe a script on it was causing the issue) so I reformatted it, but to no avail. Even when I try kanged versions of CM, I have the issue.

I'm at my wits end, this has never happened before and I waited almost a week to finally seek some help, I am just not sure what to do! I am going to go back to Baft2 for a little (the first official version of CM available for the Atrix's and hopefully that solves the issue. If not, I'm going to test the gorrila glass out by stabbing the shiz out of my phone (just kidding, but you can sense my frustration).
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xcguy:
Try putting the phone in Airplane mode. Do the random reboots go away?

Reboot into recovery and clear cache and dalvik-cache, then reboot the phone. Better?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oshizzle1991:
lol as soon as I put it into airplane mode it rebooted hahahaha. we will see, I'll get back to you
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xcguy:
I've had this issue before, it seems to be related to the radio.

After it boots up, try making a call (dial 611). If its going to reboot, it will get hung up on the call (won't complete, can't hang up either). And switching to Airplane mode won't complete, will eventual end up causing a reboot.

If I boot up in Airplane mode, the phone will be stable. And even turning WIFI, the phone will be stable. Its only when I turn on the radio that it can lead to random crashes.

I usually "resolve" the problem by doing a combination of clearing the caches (cache and dalvik-cache), and/or reflashing the radio.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oshizzle1991:
Well when it booted up after clearing both caches it's been fine, but it's only been 5 minutes. I was able to call 611 and stayed on the line a bit until i hung up, I didn't even think it was a radio issue... I can't remember the last time I flashed a new one. I'll try that if the problem persists
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dLo GSR:
is it wifi and/or bluetooth related? are you able to toggle wifi and bluetooth on? or does it reboot when you try?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oshizzle1991:
wifi and bluetooth are fine, it really is just a random thing. So far, after turning it into airplane mode then clearing both caches, it hasn't rebooted, but it's only been 10 minutes so we will see what happens. another poster said it could be radio related, and I can't remember when I flashed a radio to this phone...months...before CM was a stable option, so I might do that as well.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xcguy:
What radio version are you currently running?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oshizzle1991:
N_01.77.30p. Pretty sure that is the radio. Like I said, Haven't flashed one in a while but I think that is the radio haha
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oshizzle1991:
What radio is the newest? Phone just rebooted again so I figured I'd flash the newest one. I know the one that ends in p is for GB...I can't find the threads for the other ones, just the single posts from the wiki. Thanks for all of your guys's input by the way!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xcguy:
Try 36P or 37P. I've had good luck with both, most say 37P is faster for GPS and WIFI. Downloadable from the Atrix Radios thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1339047
[HTC One X] EddyOS:
Paul O'Brien is over in Seattle at the mo with HTC and has confirmed that the app being in /system/bin has NO affect on battery life. It's a placebo

https://twitter.com/#!/PaulOBrien/status/193080139280683008
[HTC One X] DaveDesire:
Been saying this all along. They aren't daft. These RUU's are put together by some very clever people.
[HTC One X] casca:
It might be a placebo, but it was/is incorrectly placed, is it not?

The correct location is /system/apps right?
[HTC One X] EddyOS:
It doesn't matter where it is, the app doesn't do anything
[HTC One X] eeyrjmr:
So why release the file if it doesn't do anything ...

sounds more like a misdirection
[HTC One X] EddyOS:
I trust Paul O'Brien - he knows HTC phones inside and out (and first rooted the One X)
[HTC One X] joshnichols189:
Placebo still works even if the patient knows it is placebo ;)
[HTC One X] bighead81:
what htc is doing if it is completely useless?
[HTC One X] ShyamSasi:
Maybe but it's a Service that only started when it's under system/apps and Mike and other devs extracted them and found out different power profiles. It's hard to believe that it does nothing. I think HTC is not admitting their mistake.
[HTC One X] EddyOS:
Paul O'Brien has tested it and found it to have no affect on battery - this isn't HTC saying so
[HTC One X] treebill:
It might not effect battery life but it must do something, therefore it still needed to be fixed.
[HTC One X] 3rdeyer:
But the thing is, this file controls performance profiles, and that should have a direct effect on the scaling of the processor speed and thus the battery, Apperently this file, even though it's loaded after placing it in a different folder, does neither.
[HTC One X] casca:
I understand it, but it doesn't make sense. Paul is "the" man, no doubt there.

If it makes nothing then why was it created?

And further more, why was it left there,again?

Is resume we are saying HTC created something that has no use, was misplaced possibly intentionally and left there for the second ir third time? It might not have a visible impact on the battery but it has to be of some use If the system starts the service when correctly placed.

Just my 2cents obviously.
[HTC One X] p3v4x:
Guys I've read Paul's tweet and the htc said that this file does nothig, not Paul. One thing I can say, I see the difference. For first couple of days I didn't have microSIM and the phone was just laying on a desk. I get it on thursday and till friday noon he lost 60% of battery only on wifi. Charged and applied rom with tegra fix friday evening, on sunday afternoon there was 70% of battery left. As I said before I didn't use the phone during these days. So I't quite big difference as for a placebo.
[HTC One X] EddyOS:
Paul wouldn't say that unless he could confirm that it did nothing. We could do with him posting here and clarify the situation really...if I misquoted then I'll obvious hold my hand up and apologise :)
[HTC One X] itchy67x:
That's normal your battery needs some charges.... And in every os there are some services wich do nothing/placeholders etc.

That's the reason why some moders can tweak the System.
[HTC One X] vua777:
using "current widget" on my full stock 1.26 rom always show more than 1000mA.

on my HD2's idle time show 2-6mA only.
[HTC One X] zombiefly:
not to have a go or anything, but there is the possibility that mr Modaco is actually incorrect. The fact is that where the file was, it wouldn't run. The file was supposed to do something (as someone created it and put it on the phone) so having it where it should be sounds like the best bet to me. Don't get me wrong, i'm sure he knows what he's doing, but I do remember unfollowing him on twitter because I found him annoying, i've rarely done that with anyone. He has been wrong in the past, you know :)
[HTC One X] Arthur Hucksake:
But he was just passing on the message direct from HTC. If it did actually do anything, they would have fixed it for the 1.28 OTA. Surely?
[HTC One X] EddyOS:
Yes I know but he's obviously moved the app and tried to see what affect, if any, it has on the phone and in his 'expert' eye it would seem to do nothing. It might not have even been meant to be included in the ROM in the first place!

All I'm saying is that I trust his judgement but I've tweeted him this thread to see if he will contribute. It does seem that people here trust the Devs word for everything without actually getting the whole story...
[HTC One X] djolebih:
Maybe it's a logging app in disguise..