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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] barryflanagan:
The ubuntu.img file is basically an entire filesystem, much like is used in say VMWare or VirtualBox. So when this is mounted on /data/local/mnt (or wherever) it acts just like a normal filesystem and any changes made are within it. If you want to see exactly what is in the ubuntu.img (maybe to copy it onto an ext3 formatted MicroSD card partition), you can just do the following i na terminal as root:

# Create the loopback device (probably not needed if you have run ubuntu.sh before)
busybox mknod /dev/block/loop255 b 7 255

# Set up the loop device, pointing it to your ubuntu.img file (change the path if necessary)
busybox losetup /dev/block/loop255 /sdcard/ubuntu/ubuntu.img

# Mount the loopback device you just set up
busybox mount -t ext2 /dev/block/loop255 /data/local/mnt/

Now, if you "cd /data/local/mnt/" and do an "ls" you will see that there is a full Linux filesystem under there. Once you are finished investigating, just do

umount /data/local/mnt/
losetup -d /dev/block/loop25

Best way to discover Linux, having fun learning. I've been doing that since 1993 and am still having fun learning :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Parastie:
Has anyone tried using the HDMI out to a larger screen? I suspect it will work perfectly fine, but is it a "more useful" environment?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] justPorter:
ubuntu 10.10 works great, but i cant install chromium or java browser plugin. i get 404 errors.

When i do the full ubuntu 12 the menu is all jacked and firefox crashes. how are you guys getting it to work?

thanks
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] barryflanagan:
We aren't - at least not with the default Unity desktop. Read back some posts and I did say that neither Unity nor Firefox appear to work on the Prime at least.

I use Xfce4 instead of Unity. Firefox, however, still defeats me.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] nonpaq:
Yeah, the Unity desktop does not work properly in the 12.04 full image. I went with barryflanagan's idea of installing xfce as my desktop, basically creating an xubuntu 12.04 image.

The key is installing the xunbuntu desktop package from the terminal that opens in android, and editing the xstartup file as barryflanagan mentioned, then restarting the chroot Ubuntu. Xfce works very well as a desktop.

By the way, does closing the VNC app, then typing EXIT several times in the terminal until it closes, the proper way to leave Ubuntu? Does this clear out all memory, or do I need to reboot the tablet?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] barryflanagan:
You should be fine simply typing exit in the main terminal where you started ubuntu. Closing the vnc app really makes no difference.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] RubenRybnik:
Wow ... Thank you all for the great information, I'm not new to Linux by a long shot, but am new to the loopback, img mount and chroot methods described here. This is great. So I understand the img is a full filesystem, do changes persist back to the img when unmounted? My assumption is, when I exit out of ubuntu all the img mounted filesystem changes get persisted to that img file. If so, then so easy to back up. This also opens up the question, theoritically we should be able to use other ARM based distros correct? Was thinking Puppy Linux may be a faster running alternative with a much smaller foot print than ubuntu.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] barryflanagan:
Yes, the img file is persistent. You could save it to a MicroSD and move it from phone to phone if you wanted and it would be exactly the same on all of them.

You should be able to use any arm based distro, yes. Not really sure how much faster Puppy for example would be. If you do a 'ps ax' in a terminal inside of the ubuntu image there is not actually all that much extra running - mostly the gui stuff. I'm still going through this 12.04 install and removing useless packages like pulseaudio (no sound via vnc anyway) and the screensavers to tighten things up, but its already running fast enough to be actually useful.

I have just got it running so that the session is no longer root, but running as my own user which is great. I'll write up how I have done it soon once I am happy with it, but that makes it much more useful to me and a fair bit more secure.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] RubenRybnik:
Very cool! Maybe when you post instructions you could make an "Optimized Image" to post up so people can download a smaller img file without the extra packages, and would have any extra mods you add?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] barryflanagan:
Better to feed back to zacthespack and let him integrate or not in his Installer apps. Otherwise I would feel obliged to support my image, and there goes the fun we were talking about :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] overhauling:
I've used VNC Viewer with this and it has been working greatly. GNOME and LXDE work perfectly fine, LXDE faster than GNOME of course.

This seems to work better on AOKP since there's more free memory, but it works either way.

I've had problems installing a couple of things (Chromium + Eclipse IDE) though because of the architecture and the root permissions - you're always logged in as root.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] justPorter:
well, i got xfce4 working, but firefox is dead and i installed chrome but it wont run as root, i made another user and told chrome to use that data dir and it dies when i try to render a page. arrghh.. how are you guys browsing? i wanted to setup a browser with java plugin as android does not have java, go figure.

also note for other users out there, you need to edit the file /root/.vnc/xstartup, i also did a apt-get install nano for easier editing and i cannot stand vi. :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] RubenRybnik:
Yea, that makes sense... wonder if the dev has his own thread for this.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] barryflanagan:
Not a Prime specific one: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=24515123
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] RubenRybnik:
ah perfect, thanks
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] justPorter:
i got lucky and found that the following commands get the ubuntu software center working again in 10.

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner"

sudo apt-get update

got my java plugin working, and installed a bunch of apps. chrome runs but renders a blank screen. :( firefox does work though, playing with different vnc clients to see which ones work best.

yipee.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] RubenRybnik:
Definetly check out the other thread mentioned in this one lots of good info there, let me know how your vnc client search goes, i've only used jump desktop so far which seems pretty good, but I'm open to others if it works. I heard splashtop hd is good which comes with the prime, but I don't know how to download it from asus since I flashed aokp before I went into the cloud app ... Does anyone know how to get it? Do I have to restore my stock rom and then get it, backup with Titanium and then restore aokp?

also stick with ubuntu 10 for now, 12 is a mess currently, dev says hes working on some fixes for a new image. Also saw that someone was able to run the x desktop in native mode without having to use vnc, it's still buggy but he said it works, haven't tried it yet, but that's very hopeful.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] barryflanagan:
Splash desktop if not a vnc client. It requires it's own server app running on windows only, so is no good for this.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] RubenRybnik:
Ah, gotcha ... thanks for setting me straight ... no interest in it then, use vnc and rdp only( logmein when needed also )
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] barryflanagan:
Instructions on how to run this as a non-root user are now in the main thread over at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1585009&page=24

Works for me :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] rand4ll:
Splashtop has a mac application as well, though I haven't found a Linux one, not that it is pertinent anyway
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hajalie24:
Thanks! since I'm new to Linux this guide was a bittricky but I figured it out. works much better now!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] transceiver:
Anyone got a browser to work yet? Or maybe a guide to compiling stuff for a noob?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] RubenRybnik:
I'd suggest you post in the offical Ubuntu app thread linked on the previous pages, it's much more active and the developer is very helpful.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hajalie24:
Midori works for me.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] justPorter:
if you have a tegra processor you have to use ubuntu 10 to have a working browser.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] nonpaq:
Paid app has been updated in the PLAY store. Now has link to new script (v7) and link to 12.04 stable (v2 image). New script adds non-SU user login, and setting a default resolution. Image downloads now have options for Torrent or Sourceforge link. (No longer dedicated FTP downloads) Torrent will need an app to work.
[Motorola Droid 4] mr-builder:
I'm trying to root a new Droid 4 for a friend. I rooted one a month or so ago using Motofail without any trouble. But it's not working for me this time.

I'm running Windows 7 x64.

I installed the latest Motorola drivers.

I connected the phone to USB cable and let it install all the drivers with USB Debugging enabled and with it disabled. I did both in Charge only and Mass Storage.

One thing that is unusual in this situation is that the phone hasn't been activated with Verizon. I'm doing this so my friend can keep using his old phone until I have this one set up. I've done this in the past with several Droid Razrs but the other Droid 4 I rooted was already activated. If you think this is causing the trouble, let me know.

Model Number: DROID4

System Version: 6.13.215.XT894

Android Version: 2.3.6

Build Number: 6.5.1_167_DR4-1_M-215

I get the following in command prompt when attempting to root:

[*]

[*] Motofail: Universal Motorola Android Root Exploit (Windows version)

[*] by Dan Rosenberg (@djrbliss)

[*]

[*] Tested on Droid 3, Droid Bionic, Droid RAZR, and Droid 4

[*]

[*] Before continuing, ensure USB debugging is enabled, that you

[*] have the latest Motorola drivers installed, and that your phone

[*] is connected via USB.

[*]

[*] Press enter to root your phone...

Press any key to continue . . .

[*]

[*] Waiting for device...

* daemon not running. starting it now *

* daemon started successfully *

[*] Device found.

[*] Deploying payload...

682 KB/s (501292 bytes in 0.717s)

[*] Owning phone...

[*] Motofail: Universal Motorola Android Root Exploit

[*] Copyright (c) 2012 Dan Rosenberg (@djrbliss)

[*] Exploit complete.

[*] Rebooting device...

[*] Waiting for phone to reboot.

* daemon not running. starting it now *

ADB server didn't ACK

* failed to start daemon *

error: cannot connect to daemon

[*] Attemping persistence...

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

error: device not found

error: device not found

error: device not found

error: device not found

error: device not found

error: device not found

error: device not found

error: device not found

[*] Cleaning up...

error: device not found

error: device not found

[*] Rebooting...

error: device not found

error: protocol fault (no status)

[*] Exploit complete!

[*] Press any key to exit.

Press any key to continue . . .

Can anyone help me? I know you can... :)
[Motorola Droid 4] rumgool:
Sounds like your Motorola USB drivers are nonexistent or outdated. I would download the latest USB drivers and try it again. You cannot just go by the drivers Windows 7 downloads, you need to download them from the Motorola website.

---------- Post added at 09:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:43 PM ----------

Here's that link:

http://www.motorola.com/Support/US-EN/Support-Homepage/Software_and_Drivers/USB-and-PC-Charging-Drivers
[Motorola Droid 4] mr-builder:
Thanks for the reply. I downloaded the latest drivers and restarted the computer and now I get this...

[*]

[*] Motofail: Universal Motorola Android Root Exploit (Windows version)

[*] by Dan Rosenberg (@djrbliss)

[*]

[*] Tested on Droid 3, Droid Bionic, Droid RAZR, and Droid 4

[*]

[*] Before continuing, ensure USB debugging is enabled, that you

[*] have the latest Motorola drivers installed, and that your phone

[*] is connected via USB.

[*]

[*] Press enter to root your phone...

Press any key to continue . . .

[*]

[*] Waiting for device...

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

[*] Device found.

[*] Deploying payload...

550 KB/s (501292 bytes in 0.889s)

[*] Owning phone...

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

[*] Motofail: Universal Motorola Android Root Exploit

[*] Copyright (c) 2012 Dan Rosenberg (@djrbliss)

[*] Exploit complete.

[*] Rebooting device...

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

[*] Waiting for phone to reboot.

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

error: protocol fault (no status)

[*] Attemping persistence...

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

error: device not found

failed to copy 'su' to '/system/bin/su': Read-only file system

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

Unable to chmod /system/bin/su: No such file or directory

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

link failed Read-only file system

* daemon not running. starting it now *

* daemon started successfully *

failed to copy 'busybox' to '/system/xbin/busybox': Read-only file system

Unable to chmod /system/xbin/busybox: No such file or directory

/system/xbin/busybox: not found

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

failed to copy 'Superuser.apk' to '/system/app/Superuser.apk': Read-only file sy

stem

[*] Cleaning up...

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

[*] Motofail: Universal Motorola Android Root Exploit

[*] Copyright (c) 2012 Dan Rosenberg (@djrbliss)

[*] Exploit complete.

[*] Rebooting...

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

error: protocol fault (no status)

[*] Exploit complete!

[*] Press any key to exit.

Press any key to continue . . .

It seems to me to go okay until the phone reboots... at that point the phone trys to activate and I wonder if that's messing up the system. Unless someone has a better solution, I'm going to activate the phone and then try it to see if it will make a difference.
[Motorola Droid 4] papi92:
Are you giving the program admin rights?
[Motorola Droid 4] mr-builder:
I give admin rights by right-clicking on run.bat and selecting Run as administrator? If yes, I've tried that. The problem isn't specific to Droid 4 as I just now tried rooting a Razr with the same results. It's telling me my "adb server is out of date" and then "device not found".

Can any of you guys tell me how to figure out where the problem is and fix it? It's weird because I've rooted 8 Razrs and 1 D4 before without a problem... :mad:
[Motorola Droid 4] papi92:
Unroot and reroot.
[Motorola Droid 4] mr-builder:
I was never rooted so how can I unroot? :confused:
[Motorola Droid 4] rumgool:
Also make sure your phone is in charge only mode, and the screen is unlocked and on when the process begins.
[Motorola Droid 4] mr-builder:
Yes my phone was in Charge only with screen unlocked.

Thanks to all who are responding!
[Motorola Droid 4] rumgool:
Try using the Droid 4 utility instead of just Motofail.

Then, like papi was saying, try running the unroot process to get rid of any trace of the exploit. You may want to boot into fastboot and run a data/cache wipe at this point. Then, run the root option again.
[Motorola Droid 4] mr-builder:
I got it guys!!! I copied five files from the Motofail folder: busybox, motofail, run.bat, su and Superuser.apk to my Android-sdk\platform-tools\ folder. I then ran run.bat as an Adminstrator and everything went off without a hitch. Yay!!!

But please, can someone tell me why it worked. I would really like to use this as a learning experience because I just spent a frustrating 8 hours or so fussing with this.

Thanks guys!

mrbuilder
[Motorola Droid 4] papi92:
It could have been that somehow the program couldnt find those files in the previous directory
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] maikzen:
i formatted system and some other places and now when i boot my phone it boots in blue, can someone help me?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] maikzen:
don't have any SD card adapter at home but sbasil provided me with an image zip cwm so i might get it to work.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] dancer_69:
To format system, means that you have cwm recovery, so you can still boot to recovery mode. If yes, then you can mount sdcard on pc without an adapter and copy the rom you had previously. Then you can flash the rom normally.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] maikzen:
i couldnt boot in recovery but, got it fixed by using a pink screen that sbasil shared to me..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cheemacool:
Hi can anyone tell plz is there a fix for unknown caller id bug on rogers on every ics rom. I knew that this is due to name display feature , but i caller customer care and they said they remove the name display bcoz it comes with caller id.. And if they remove the caller id is also removed.. I am.stuck at GB :( .. I am using telus version T989D .. Can anyone plz tell me if there is a fix for this.. Thanx in advance..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] icenight89:
Nope, u already answered your own question
[HTC Sensation] skhan33:
I have a problem with my lock button.. I cannot unlock the phone and once unlocked by plugging in the charger then I cannot lock it. Somthing wrong with the power switch.
[HTC Sensation] malybru:
Hi,

What ROM are you using?

What kernel,radio,firmware,etc.etc.?

Moar information please.

:)
[HTC Sensation] skhan33:
I haven't installed any roms on it, it is as it is coming out from the shop.
[HTC Sensation] malybru:
Hi,

If you are having problems with the power button, and it has just come from the shop, then take it back.

:)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] efattal:
I installed the slim ICS for Desire [4.0.4] [based on Beta 0.6 by Sandvold] with cm7r2 hboot, dalvik2sd, 1 Gb ext3 partition. It's smooth and fast. Original Sandvold's ROM is already very nice but I wanted to see if Suiller's version would be even nicer.

My problem is that every boot lasts almost 3 minutes (2 minutes on splash screen and 1 minute on boot animation).

I wiped everything, formatted everything with Clockworkmod, reformatted the sdcard with Windows (FAT32) and resinstalled the ROM twice. Same result. :confused:

Do other people have the same issue? Where can this problem come from? Should I try to reformat the ext partition (with Linux)?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] efattal:
2nd question

I have another problem: although synchronisation is active (and worked perfectly on the original ROM), data isn't synchronised: for example, I don't get GMail notifications, until I open GMail and this force synchronisation. Did I miss something?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Merzhin:
Why did you format SD with Windows ? Why not with CWM or 4EXT, directly in recovery mode and verify Zipalign ?

The issue could be there...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] efattal:
Merci :) for your answer.

Well, first I formatted with Clockworkmod but this wasn't enough, I tried Windows...

How should I use Zipalign in my case?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Merzhin:
Don't understand why this is not enough ?

I use to format my SD directly in recovery and after, zipalign the partitions, generally without any problem. Then restore backup onto the Fat32 partition with the ROM and launch the install...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stankyou:
Two method to use to format and partition sdcards for ext partition

1. 4ext recovery

2. Gparted via windows.

I find clockworkmod unreliable compared to 4ext recovery.

via xda app
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] efattal:
Thanks for your advices. I used Windows to format the FAT32 partition only. The ext3 partition has been formatted with CWM.

Since my question I reinstalled original Sandvold's and I have the same very long boot (about 3 minutes until SIM unlock screen).

Could you please tell me ho long it takes for you? What can have an impact on the duration: number of applications (150 apps)? bootanimation?

Thanks for helping
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itachi1706:
It takes about 15 mins for me to get through first boot. But that's because I was using a2sd and have around 90 apps.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bxlogic:
it all deppends if u done things right before i do some upgrade i read very well then i go next step this rom is still beta, htc desire is little slow for ics 4.0.4 as i been testing it its laggy and 4ext recovery it is recommended if possible with sandisc brand of microsd first boot takes a while if second or third boot take 5 mins it is not normal u should discuss this problem on the forum field where u downloaded it from :)

peace take care, if u want good, stable, fast rom use coolexes this i have on my signature p.s 4ext recovery is obligative required
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] efattal:
I witch my recovery to 4EXT and recreated the partitions with it. Now I am on last version (0.9). I like the slim version very much and it works very well for me.

However, at every boot, it still takes a very long time to get the lockscreen: 1m55s on the splash screen and then 55s on the boot animation.

What is weird is that I don't have this issue with the "fat" Sandvold version :rolleyes:

How long does it take for you?

Thanks for answering.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] efattal:
If someone who can could post the question on the suiller official thread I would appreciate very much. Thanks.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] efattal:
Another question about CPU mod

Following the latest posts on Sandvold's thread, could Suiller please confirm that the min/max CPU values set in 98desire are correct?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] efattal:
OK, I just read suiller's answer in his thread about a similar question
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] efattal:
One more question

Since 0.9 version, even with today's latest suiller's version, my home button doesn't behave normally. Sometimes it's unresponsive. With long pression it doesn't display running apps anymore :confused:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] retro1:
Missing Google Talk

Hi, very nice rom. But i'm missing Google Talk. Installing the apk from Sandvolds rom didn't work. Anybody an idea?

Greets
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lufc:
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Read the Forum Rules Ref Posting

Thanks ✟

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