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[Atrix 4G General] pinguy1982:
If CWM can backup and restore Webtop I will have a look into getting Unity working on the phone.

In Synaptic you can freeze/lock packages, so all I would need to do is workout the list of packages that needs to be locked and not updated.

Once I have worked that out I can make a update script to install unity and lock the packages that need locking.

I will get the phone in about a week and will probably take about 3 days to get unity working.

I will let you lot know how it goes.

I am even thinking about trying razor-qt on it. This should work really well on the phone as the DE was made to run on devices like phones.

It looks like Webtop uses GTK and doesn't use any QT packages. So installing QT apps shouldn't break any dependencies.

There are a lot of QT apps now that will install and won't break anything.

Music Players: spotify-qt and Clemetine

Video Players: VLC

These are just to name a few. If you google QT apps there is a site that list all the avable QT apps that will work with Webtop and won't conflict with any of the GTK apps and dependencies it uses.
[Atrix 4G General] Foka002:
Looking forward to it. Good luck.
[Atrix 4G General] pinguy1982:
Just getting the info together for when I start messing around with webtop. Also some people may find the info handy for them to have ago.

Qt-apps

http://qt-apps.org/index.php?xsortmode=high

Razor-Qt

http://www.webupd8.org/2011/12/razor-qt-new-lightweight-desktop.html

Locking Packages

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PinningHowto

Precise armhf Repo

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/armhf/

XBMC Armhf Package

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/quantal/armhf/xbmc

Spotify Qt (they probably don't have a Armhf version so this more and likely won't work)

# 1. Add this line to your list of repositories by
# editing your /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free

# 2. If you want to verify the downloaded packages,
# you will need to add our public key
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 4E9CFF4E

# 3. Run apt-get update
sudo apt-get update

# 4. Install spotify!
sudo apt-get install spotify-client

Clementine Armhf

http://packages.debian.org/en/sid/armhf/clementine/download

Run:

sudo apt-get install gdebi gdebi-core

This will install a program that will let you install .deb files by double clicking on them.

The apps that will work on Webtop that won't mess it up are for Armhf and use Qt (not kde-Qt). So just google for that and you should find loads of programs you will be able to run.

If its not a Qt app look at what it depends on.

Using chromium-browser as an example you can see it depends on a lot of packages that has a good chance of breaking the system. This is because its a GTK app. If it was a Qt app it wouldn't depending on as many system files/libs.
[Atrix 4G General] giuanz:
Hi, I have been working on such a port for more than a week now.

And I have thrashed the webtop countless times.

I have modified ubuntu.sh so that it loopmounts /osh from an image from the sd card; then it runs the image's original ubuntu.sh. In this way I am not limited to the 800MB size of the original /osh and I can test/swap different images quickly.

I have made a test environment using QEMU (emulating Cortex A9 and Versatile Express board) and I borrowed a recent kernel and initrd from a Linaro image.

I've been testing various distros: Archlinux for Raspberry Pi, Raspbian (which I modded into a full ARMv7a Wheezy by changing the repos), Linaro 12.04 (heavy and slow IMHO), the original Jaunty 9.04 for armel. The last one just to allow me to check the differences with the Moto's distro, file by file.

My QEMU setup is also able to boot GenTop2 and even the original webtop. But I have also an alternative setup using proot and qemu in user mode which e.g. allows me to run ARM-compiled commands directly inside a loopmounted webtop image.

In GenTop2 and in my Wheezy attempts I've also tried using a more recent, ARMHF compiled Tegra Xorg, see

http://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2854 but the only thing I got from it is to display a hardware cursor on the phone - my lapdock would stay blank no matter how I play with xorg.conf.

Although in fairness I'm not a dev and still have a lot to learn. I'm just a very stubborn person. And I'm close to giving up.

My second best option so far is to run GenTop2 from a partition on my external SD. Amazing work that GenTop2 is although I'm not a fan of Gentoo - because heavy compiling and too many small writes (at "emerge sync" time) inevitably shorten the life of the phone and SD card IMHO.

Here a link for you to start (in case you don't have it already):

Analysis of webtop - https://sites.google.com/site/androidnothize/nebtop/webtop

For emulating ARM v7a with QEMU - https://wiki.linaro.org/PeterMaydell/QemuVersatileExpress

Also to boot the original webtop in QEMU, the key is to take that extra getty from /etc/event.d/console out of the way (just delete the file), then change the password for root and adas (so you can get in) - the latter task can be performed e.g. using my qemu user mode way.

good luck and good night
[Atrix 4G General] zomgno1:
I don't know if this is relevant but, here is a version of Ubuntu natty "webtop construction kit": http://mafipulation.org/blagoblig/linux/atrix/index.html#webtop-kit

I have managed to run it on Blurred and CM7 roms (manually). I had to heavily edit xorg.conf to make it display on my external monitor, but there were issues with the mouse and keyboard (the movements were mirroring on the phone as well), text-antialiasing, etc.

Also, apt-get seems to be a little broken, as I have only managed to successfully install lxde but not xfce, and many other packages.

Will this help?
[Atrix 4G General] giuanz:
Oh yes it helps indeed.

The piece of information I was missing about the broken glibc is fundamental, and probably explain why some of my Debian Wheezy attempts were crashing the phone so badly that I needed to remove the battery before restart.

I'm going to put my hands on this yes yes.

I'll look into xorg.conf and apt-get problems, maybe I get some idea.

Thanks!

G
[Atrix 4G General] zekeb:
Bionic port

I am very interested in the progress of this thread, as the addition of the newer version should allow XBMC, which would the the killer app for me that would allow me to completely replace my netbook with my phone.

But, I have a Bionic which uses the TI OMAP4 SoC.

If you work this out, I guess it should port, as long as the OMAP4 driver is in an accessible repository and xorg.conf is modified appropriately?

There is already an ARM/OMAP4 image here:

xxxxx]https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/OmapDesktopInstallxxxxx

(remove the xxs as I still can't post links either)

seems like somehow integrating the webtop binaries into that image and using the abootimg to create it on the phone would be a possible approach?

I have some Linux skills, but I am not a dev, so this may be terribly naive!
[Atrix 4G General] JDMpire:
This is all very interesting. I cant wait until this gets running on our phones. This webtop environment is a pretty special thing that moto has going on here, but I wonder, can the webtop or something of a similar nature be done on other phones? I image it could very well be, other phones certainly have the power and space requirements. I would be willing to pay quite a bit to get this running on my galaxy s2.
[Atrix 4G General] o-marshmallow:
It would be awesome to have FULL Ubuntu 12 on our webtop :D !

Well, actual webtop is cool but the interface is worse than Unity.
[Atrix 4G General] thantos:
Not sure if any of you developers that have been trying to get Precise to work by messing with the XORG but I think KHOL tried but was unsuccessful and instead decided to boot it after getting into webtop...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1370176

Maybe that might be of some help?
[Atrix 4G General] firefreak664:
I would love to know if anyone has gotten any where with this looks very promising I wish I could help but know very little about programming althought im trying to learn.
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] babadepa:
Found this application which was once only on i-application(iphone) working fine on our touchpad and yes it also plays good on my LG optimus one too. It is like google currents but a little different in work around. Enjoy the port.

Here is the app

:)

Press thanks if I helped.........
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] lalab0y:
no offense but I'm pretty sure i've seen this posted somewhere else..u might wanna give credit to the original poster who yanked this from the sg III launch event..
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] lathavim:
Should be this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1644212
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] ace9988:
it doesn't look that great on the touchpad....very pixelated
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] babadepa:
yes you are right but most of the posts and topics look nice, neat and clean.

and I think something is still better than nothing....

what do you say?
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] ace9988:
compared to the browser....you'd have to argue the need for this, it was designed for the phone (GS3) and all that's been done is ported from there. If they developer made a bespoke tablet version then it'd be nice. but hey, thats my beef with ICS at the moment, many apps are stretched and look wrong
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] makatram:
I like it alot.... Thanks for sharing,I hadn't seen the other thread so glad to have the app on my og evo and touchpad
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] chinkster:
Thanks

HP Touchpad CM9
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] chinkster:
I think an update came out for this today. Of anyone can pull the updated app it would be greatly appreciated! Thanks

HP Touchpad CM9
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] famewolf:
Someone was working on a version where they adjusted the fonts to make them look better on a tablet but I never saw the actual package posted.
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] lotherius:
I was working on it.... Never got it right, as it appears I was only able to change the UI fonts. The article fonts themselves appear to be set remotely and just displayed locally. So it didn't even fix the biggest issue with the fonts which is in the articles themselves. It only fixed the UI and header fonts. I was going to post the APK anyway, but I found a force close error when trying to add new feeds, so that made things not so nice. Add to that the fact that for some reason, the APK wasn't installable unless I re-signed it, that makes it difficult to switch between versions without uninstalling/reinstalling, I decided not to post the modified APK.

If a developer type wants, I can send the modified APK directly. I'm not going to post it here because it's A) not stable and B) didn't achieve the intended purpose anyway, and C) I don't want to have to support something that's broken/unfinished.

Anyone that knows how to decompile/recompile an APK can do the same thing I did. All I did was reduce the font sizes in the XML layout and values files. As I said though, that didn't have any effect on the actual article content, which appeared to be defined remotely.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] neer2005:
I dont have my HOX yet but I read upon this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=24370319#post24370319

Its made for the wildfire but it according to the dev

Will this possibly unlock the HOX (AT&T) bootloader?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] neer2005:
I want to say that the ATT HOX has an unlock-able bootloader but its just "restricted from htcdev" because of ATT
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] NJGSII:
Came across that and wondered the same thing.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] neer2005:
lets hope this is worth a shot or can atleast point us in the right direction! I'm going to try this the minute I receive my HOX
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] NJGSII:
It's been on the forums for a few weeks now though. If it worked surely someone would've tried it by now.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] neer2005:
it was in the wildfire forums and mentioned on the portal like 2 weeks back
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] danada:
I tried this two weeks ago and it didn't work (don't remember the exact reason), and it did not brick/softbrick my phone.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] neer2005:
Do you know what the error was ? Like did it spit out an error message?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ElAguila:
I know there are a lot threads about bricking your phone if you flash from recovery while on an ICS build. I know that you can odin back to a GB build and then flash the ICS rom as safe way to flash. My question is this. If I am running on an ICS rom and there is an update and I don't want to wipe the data, can I use mobile odin to flash a GB kernel and boot straight into recovery and then flash the ICS rom? Or will this cause issues having an ICS rom that has been flashed with a GB kernel?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
The accepted method is to use the Stock EL26 CWM kernel to flash anything ICS. You can get it from here:

http://chris41g.devphone.org/index.php?dir=EpicTouch/Stock+Repack/EL26/

The reasoning is that the stock CWM recovery is deemed safer than the repacked kernels with CWM (like Rogue).

Even if you find it necessary to go back to Gingerbread, once again odin the stock EL26 CWM kernel (or the full one-click odin back to stock). Then use the EL26 recovery to wipe and flash the Gingerbread rom.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MeWarning:
You can flash the GB kernel in mobile Odin and then boot into recovery. Just remember it will only boot into recovery and download modes. Since it still has the ICS ROM the phone won't go past the boot stage and turn all the way on. But ya you are still able to access recovery and everything so you can still flash. I actually did this the other day.
[HTC One X] Ratata82:
Hi yall

I have just tried to reset my One X, it failed flashing, I rebooted it, and now Im stock without a valid rom and it just keeps rebooting into fastboot mode, and it does not help to charge the unit...

What can I do to save my handset??

Best regards
[HTC One X] shadowboy23:
Try flashing CWM (latest) and recharge it. When you tried to go back to stock, was your phone fully charged?
[HTC One X] Ratata82:
It will not allow me to flash CWM, og even reunlock the bootloader...
[HTC One X] shadowboy23:
My bad..

You have flashed through fastboot mode before is that right?
[HTC One X] Ratata82:
Well it was already rooted when I recived it... I have only used CWM to flash custom rom to my handset

Btw: Now I cannot recognise the handset, now I do not even get the battery low error in the HOW all in one tool

Edit: WHen I try to unlock bootloader I get "cannot load "Unlock_code.bin"
[HTC One X] Ratata82:
It simply comes with the error: Device not found

Really hope someone can help me out
[HTC One X] shadowboy23:
I see.

Well that is a bit difficult having a low battery. If you can get into fastboot mode make sure you select "Fastboot USB" by pressing the power button. And then you type "fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.3.1-endeavoru.img".

You have to make you have the Fastboot files are in your C: drive and have all the HTC drivers installed.

Also look here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1609190 and here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1603905, it might help
[HTC One X] Ratata82:
Thx, but what about the relocked bootloader?? Can I reflash any rom with a locked bootloader??
[HTC One X] shadowboy23:
You can't flash any custom ROM with a locked (re-locked) bootloader.
[HTC One X] Ratata82:
It did not help, 3 hours of trying to charge the battery, will try to contact a service center tomorrow morning
[HTC One X] shadowboy23:
They might have to charge you to fix the phone. It won't be covered under warranty because of the custom ROM that was flashed on it.
[HTC One X] wolfraim:
Charge your phone in the "HTC QUIETLY BRILLIANT" screen :) you dont going to see any notification light. But if you have a light notification in your usb charger you going to see when your phone is charging or not.

Try to charge the phone a complete night.
[HTC One X] Ratata82:
They surpringsly covered it under warranty, I got a new battery, speaker box, battery connector, void label

So I am pretty happy
[HTC One X] backfromthestorm:
What did you tell them to get your warranty?
[HTC One X] Ratata82:
The weird thing is that I was honest, I told them excatly what happend, and why it was bricked, and was also quite surprised when they covered it...
[HTC One X] wolfraim:
Charge your phone in the "HTC QUIETLY BRILLIANT" screen (connect the phone to the charger when you see the screen), you dont gonna see any notification light, if you see a blinking red light restart your phone and try again until you DO NOT SEE any notification light.
[HTC One X] rezzwan:
what if i restart, there is red led light, but it is not blinking
[Samsung Infuse 4G] ross1998:
Hey i spoke to samsung on live chat and they did say samsung infuse will get official ics update.

Hi, thank you for contacting Samsung Technical Support. How may I help you today?

Visitor: Hi i wanted to ask if the samsung infuse 4g would be getting the ice cream sandwich update as you guys promised it would

Simpson: I understand that you want to know if Infuse 4g will get a ICS update in near future. Is that correct?

Visitor: yes

Simpson: Thank you for confirming.

Simpson: Would you mind in holding for a few minutes while I check the information?

Visitor: ok

Simpson: Thank you.

Simpson: Thank you for holding.

Simpson: I can see that Samsung is in close contacts with the Google and all the carriers to release the Icecream sandwich update for Infuse.

Simpson: I am glad to inform you that your phone is in the update list and is close to receive the update however the dates are not confirmed yet.

Simpson: The Icecream sandwich update for your phone will be released as soon as possible.

Simpson: We apologize for any inconvenience caused to you.

Simpson: When ever an update is released for your phone you will get an notification alert on your phone informing you about the released update.

Simpson: We sincerely apologize for the delay caused to you.

Visitor: so you guys confirmed that there will be an update?

Simpson: Yes, but we don't have exact date for it.

Simpson: I’m sorry for the inconvenience.

Visitor: o okay thank you. Do you guys think it will happen this year?

Simpson: I think it will as Samsung is working in this regard with Google.

Simpson: Is there anything else that I can assist you with?

Visitor: no and thank you

Simpson: You are welcome.

Simpson: It was a pleasure assisting you. Thank you for contacting Samsung Technical Support. If you have a minute, please click on the blue “X close” button to receive a transcript of your chat and fill out a brief survey to help us serve you better. Have a wonderful day!

Chat session has been terminated by the Samsung Agent
[Samsung Infuse 4G] threi_:
"Visitor: Hi i wanted to ask if the samsung infuse 4g would be getting the ice cream sandwich update as you guys promised it would"

They never promised anything...but who knows miracles could happen and they may not have been just giving you lip service :D

so... make it happen "the google"!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] INFUSE 4G:
Samsung Technical Support can you please send me a link when the icecream update is ready for the Infuse 4g.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] westshotgun:
I highly doubt ICS is ever coming to infuse... but good to see there is a slight hope.

I just want them to release more stable version of official gb
[Samsung Infuse 4G] ross1998:
It will take forever

lol even though it will come jelly bean (android 5.0) will probobly be out by then. I mean froyo to gingerbread is small step and took atnt forever to release it. gingerbread to ics is huge step and will take atnt forever to release it to lol. The only reason i want them to release it is for bluetooth and camera drivers. Entropy's rom is awsome and is my daily driver but it doesnt have bluetooth and camera isnt the best quility so if samsung does release official the entropy's rom will be awsome. Yeah a more stable gb rom would be good to cause the one out right now doesnt have hdmi support and only records 720p at 15frames per second:(
[Samsung Infuse 4G] tmease1:
I'm not trying to be a buzz kill but they more than likely for their phones mixed up. This phone is dead to them.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] ross1998:
lets hope not

lol im hoping not cause when he replys he does mention the infuse in like 3 of his replys
[Samsung Infuse 4G] tmease1:
I would try it again with another operator just to see what they say.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] ross1998:
Ill try again

ill try agian when i have time and post results

Edit: tried agian and the guy said they are working on it with google right now but its not official yet
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Radiotsar:
Maybe ask them by model number (SHG-I997) so they don't confuse it with the "Inspire" again.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] brorex:
The OP was speaking with Samsung not ATT so no reason to get infuse confused with inspire :D
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dustinhayes93:
The person I spoke with did not give me the same reply you got :confused:

Valarie: Hi, thank you for contacting Samsung Technical Support. How may I help you today?

Visitor: Hello. Will the Samsung Infuse 4g (SGH-1997) be recieving an Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) update?

Valarie: I understand that you want to know the releasing date of Ice Cream Sandwich for Samsung Infuse 4g. Is that correct?

Visitor: Yes.

Valarie: Thank you.

Valarie: I will be more than happy to assist you.

Valarie: We are unable to speculate when/if this software revision might be available due to the fact that this might lead to inaccurate information and confusion. Should this become available, it will be posted on our website in the Samsung Download Center or you will be informed by your service provider. Please feel free to check with us periodically for updates.

Valarie: You will get the update information on your phone once the update is released.

Valarie: I apologize for the inconvenience caused.

Visitor: So there is no word as to if this is even being worked on?

Valarie: In live chat support we perform basic troubleshooting steps to get the issue fixed.

Valarie: You will get the update information on your phone once the update is released

Visitor: Alright Thank you.

Valarie: You're welcome. Is there anything else I can assist you with?

Visitor: No thanks.

"Valarie: You will get the update information on your phone once the update is released" This was said twice... Maybe good news? Im trying a diffrent rep.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] jpapa1086:
The release date will be in 2025
[Samsung Infuse 4G] threi_:
You should keep annoying them with it and they might change their mind lol :p
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Erik_T:
Lol. He didn't contact HTC... :p
[Samsung Infuse 4G] zelendel:
Dont put stock in what Samsung has to say as they have little control over the update. ATT has complete control. Samsung may release it to ATT but then ATT may never release it. It is not unheard of. Happens all the time with ATT phones. The euro version gets 1 or 2 updates whle the US version never sees any updates at all.