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[Atrix 4G Android Development] 41.:
@Frankzor and NFHimself

I'm experiencing Lots of random reboots with faux's latest kernel, as in, phone will reboot in about 3-5 minutes after logging into webtop. It has gotten to the point where I had to ditch faux's kernel altogether, and fall back to kholk's ancient overclock kernel. Zram or no, it simply reboots in the aforementioned time-frame.

Also, worth noting... I believe it's possible to create a partition within the sdcard from within adb / android terminal, though I'm unsure of the commands. I did format the mmcblk1p2 using mke2fs -T ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p2, so I guess partitioning itself shouldn't be an issue if one knows how.

Oh, btw, I checked busybox version... Was it really updated? The version number seems to be the same for standard webtops...

Other than that, thanks for the mod, NFHimself. This thing really rocks.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] NFHimself:
Hi,

I don't use faux's kernel, there could be some differences that cause the libs to be buggy.

I trust using linux on a pc to partition the sdcard more than using the phone, but sure, it can be done direct from CWM if you wanted.

The busybox version is whatever was the latest at the time from the busybox site. I noticed some other applications installing an older version and it was a later version than comes stock with Bell's 2.3.6,

Cheers!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] NFHimself:
Any ext3 partition on the sdcard will not be detected automatically no, auto mount on the phone is about expected fat partitions.

Cheers!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] NFHimself:
It's just in the ubuntu.sh script as an option in case you wanted to use smaller block sizes for that.

Cheers!

You can use fdisk in a rooted shell to set up the partitions and then mke2fs/mkfs.vfat/mkfs.ext3 (if you are Masochistic and assuming that those basics are left intact with the rom you are on or you first have to install a busybox) and there are some sdcard utils created for the purpose that are included with CWM. Much easier to run GParted or the disk util from ubuntu.

Even if I did a CWM zip I would leave the sdcard formatting to CWM, as it comes with that functionality (assuming it works, if it doesn't then it just goes to show what a pain that is). The remaining bit would just be to mount the sdcard and do a tar -xvf, two lines in an adb shell. I like having X amount for / ext3, someone else would want Y amount with ext4, or I would have to check the sdcard size, make some assumption about fat size and use the rest for ext3 or create a list of options and do up a menu for it. I don't see the need to get into that, it's reinventing the wheel and to be honest I don't have the time to do tech support for it.

I say do what you want to partition the sdcard and modify the ubuntu.sh script accordingly if you are using a kernel that only supports ext4. This is the development forum, it is worth your while to learn adb/fastboot. If you want to run linux on your phone with root access and you don't know how to use the mount command, you probably should figure that out and a lot more before you start messing with your phone. No offence to anybody, and I appreciate folks chiming in to help newbies, but it's a slope leading to endless questions about basic Linux stuff and I wish I had the time to answer them all.

Cheers!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] 41.:
If you don't mind me asking, (I'm somewhat noobish), what's the procesure for installing a newer busybox? I'd like to install 1.19.0 to another webtop mod and see how that goes, but I don't have much of a clue as to how to do that.

It seems I'm supposed to compile the binary from the available source, or instead use the one you're using, and them figure out some way to install it, which I what I don't know how to do.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] htchd2fix:
Ok i got it

so after partioning sd card

Can i mount ext3 with adb and window7 right?

Can i extract tar with 7zip in windows7 and where i place the extracted file?

what are the adb comds?

do i need to erase existing fix236webtop img?

Thanx
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Frankzor:
Well there's always busybox installer from JRummy apps inc. in the google play store. But PLEASE do yourself a favor and backup your current ROM setup via CWM recovery before you install a new version of busybox. From my experience (and ryou_concord's in another thread), using another busybox version permanently disabled wifi and bluetooth in nottachtrix ROM...

@ NFHimself

My thoughts exactly. Thanks for the feedback about making a CWM zip. I'm not masochistic enough to let a script auto-partition my sdcard nor using adb shell to partition lol. I'll keep using gparted live cd and ubuntu to make/keep/backup my setup.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] 41.:
@Frankzor,

Busybox within webtop and within the device itself are two different libraries.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Frankzor:
I was afraid you would share the same observations about faux123's kernel reboot issue while in simpletop... In my case, simpletop seems to reboot every 30-60 mins so I can still bear it for now... I may have to revert to default kernel (stock kernel with international d00 ram fix in my case).

Urgh... it's gonna take a long time since my simpletop setup is on nottachtrix ROM on an external sdcard and I don't know to EXPORT a kernel in the desired partition (CWM recovery alone won't do.) I have an workaround for that but still... :(

I should have known this because default webtop and unlocked webtop with webtop2sd shared the very same reboot issue with faux123's kernel when I tried them 6 months ago. I thought that issue was resolved...

Update : I'll endure random reboots after all lol. If anyone's having a dual-boot or multi-boot atrix, stick to faux123's kernels! Going to default kernel, ramfix kernel, mbr tegra part kernel or d00 tegra part kernel will permanently disable wifi and bluetooth (whether on phone mode or on webtop mode) when ROM switching... (I didn't try kholk's kernel nor clemsys's kernel when ROM switching, but I'm not about to find out lol.)

---------- Post added at 09:23 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:21 AM ----------

DOH! Sorry I misread lol. In that case, I don't know how to update that (or if you should update that or not)...
[Atrix 4G Android Development] bobjr:
Just wanted to say that this worked without a hitch. Used Minitool to create the partition (was initially for Webtop2sd), second on the external sdcard. Everything else was using the commands on post #20 using ADB SHELL. Simply superb. Was having issues with ubuntutop and webtop2sd. Could get things to display, but was having problems installing software and updating. Simpletop ran right away and updated and installed software without issue. Well done and a thanks!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] htchd2fix:
Thanx very helpfull.

how about original webtop needs to be erased?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] htchd2fix:
i agree and understand your point but disagree.

may be 90 per cent of the traffic in the site is from users like me that need to ask the question where the hach you put the tar file to untar and how you untar..

i see you are too busy but i received a lot of help with sevral differnt phone from this site and i will keep persisting...

thanx
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Frankzor:
@ htchd2fix

You don't need to erase webtop. I know I didn't.

I would put the tarball (the file named "osh2.tar.bz2") in the root directory of /sdcard (the root of the internal sdcard of the atrix) if you're going to follow post 20 and 22 of this thread. (ADB commands are in those posts.)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] 41.:
@Frankzor,

I tried kholk's kernel for a while, but after checking out faux123's kernel's changelog, I felt that falling back to an earlier version would perhaps avoid the rebooting issue. I fell back from 27b5 to 24r-ext4 (available from faux's own site's archive, http://faux.androidro.ms/archive/), and so far, no reboots in about 30 minutes, which was already a 1000% improvement over the 3-minute to reboot countdown, lol.

Which version were you on? Trying 24r could perhaps solve your problems.

Also, on busybox... I make a copy of the updated 1.19 binary (version on factory webtop seems to be 1.10 on synaptic for something called initramfs [not sure what that is], don't know if that's the one actually used, though) and will test on Ubuntop later; I couldn't find a precompiled binary that would work on busybox's site, so I'm guessing cross-compiling will be required to use a more up-to-date version, so I guess I'll have to find out how to cross-compile, for now.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] qaplus:
Ubuntu jaunty's app repository is rather old. Is there a way we can update to newer version of apps? For example there's a GenToo project for Atrix. Is it possible to copy some app from that project to use in SimpleTop?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Frankzor:
I am on Atrix-GB-Kernel-024r-ext4-1.30GHz right now (provided when installing/reinstalling nottachtrix). Oh well, let me know how it turns out. A random reboot every 30-60 mins isn't that bad (so long as I save my documents every 5 min). It is still a problem for downloading huge files in rapidshare/mediafire/websites but I guess the "wget -c http://your.website.com/link/to/download" from lxterminal can resume download and could come in handy if download gets interrupted somehow lol.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] NFHimself:
Quick reply while driving, the Busy box I am using I downloaded from busybox.net I didn't compile it.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] 41.:
Yeah, I had trouble with that package mostly because I was trying to run it from /sdcard/download/ ... It seems the busybox binary won't run from a file system mounted as RO... I realized there was something wrong when I tried running the very package your mod comes with and it replied "permission denied" even in a root account, so moving it to /osh/etc/ finally did the trick. From there, all it took was overwriting the /bin/ package.

Btw, thank you big time for realizing the busybox versus package errors thing; this has helped a lot. I actually followed the steps you mentioned in the first posts for configuring a new webtop, using webtop2sd instead of your approach; I'm not sure you know, but running webtop2sd while the application is not in focus, or with the screen turned off, results in a reboot. The same thing happened while extracting the tar archive from a terminal emulator, suggesting android has some sort of bug when doing large writes to the sdcard... Maybe the random reboots I experienced while running your mod had something to do with that, but I'm not android savvy enough to test that. Configuring a webtop2sd installation in the same way as the one you provide, minus smbfsnet results in no reboots, though... I'm currently running a setup similar to yours, but webtop2sd, and the reboots have stopped.

Anyways, I have a request: Would you mind creating a new thread especifically mentioning the newer busybox fix for package installation? I know a lot of people would benefit from this find, and while I stumbled across it while trying your mod, I'm afraid most won't.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] ravilov:
Quite incorrect. /sdcard is never mounted r/o, if it was you would not be able to write anything on it, therefore you wouldn't be able to even download the file there. It is however mounted with the noexec flag which means running stuff directly off it is not allowed.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] NFHimself:
You can replace jaunty with something later in the repository list (lucid, karmic) and refresh, by doing that you can get the later versions of some things, however you will run into issues with the kernel version and/or libc6 needing an update. This is rather touchy stuff so you need to know how to get back to scratch when (not if) something goes wrong. I used it to update gcc to 4.4, but that's about it, you would have to trace all the dependencies and see if it requires a new libc6. This is all exacerbated by jaunty being a break off point and upgrading to the next step up being unsupported even on the computer side, a full install being recommended which doesn't work for a phone.

You can do a cross compile of ubuntu and have a newer distro to put on the phone but the webtop stuff and the kernel versison would have to be isolated so you are looking at a chroot most likely, assuming the kernel wouldn't be an issue. Read super large project, not a quick solution.

Cheers!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] NFHimself:
That and the fact that is is a FAT file system with the Linux file system emulation assigning default permissions for files, not going to work regardless.

Cheers!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] NFHimself:
Quick note: webtop2sd is not compatible with what I am doing. I can't support it as it uses a different method. I'll get back to you on the rest, got to run.

Cheers!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] 41.:
@NFHimself

It's ok, I'm just retracing your steps and seeing what'll brake and what won't, and trying to work my way around the errors as far as i can (I've had this thing get fugazi about 10 times by now, lol). While I really liked Simpletop, faux's kernel's ability to provide a Zram swap is a big deal for me, way bigger than overclock, so I'm ok with doing some footwork on my own.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] NFHimself:
Sure, if you run into issues feel free to ask me questions. I am not sure how faux's kernel would change anything in how you go about installing packages though, I pretty much just worked inside webtop configuring things to allow for more installs, that should have nothing to do with kernels, other than being an untested environment. I get the feeling that if there are issues with that it could be the ram disk included with the kernel being for ATT phones not Bell and some slight incompatibility arises with corner cases like the webtop. By rights, you should just be able to edit ubuntu.sh, replace ext3 with ext4 and be good to go.

Cheers!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Blackball:
Hi there..

Is it possible to install spotify on simple top? Would be great
[Atrix 4G Android Development] NFHimself:
Hi,

Like anything in the Linux/computer world, if you don't have the latest OS, you may not be able to install the latest apps or even compile them without modifying the source. Jaunty is rather old now, and the very latest version of everything is looking for something newer. You may be able to find an old version of your app for Jaunty, but if it's an ongoing project likely it has moved on in ways that are no longer compatible.

Try it and see.

Cheers!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] JeWy85:
does this work with Thailand Atrix?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] cybericebyte:
Thank you this is great

First I want to say thank you for all your hard work. Everything is working great and a lot more usable. however I do have on issue. I installed this on my photon and I cant seem to open mobile view. any suggestions would be great.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] qaplus:
Does anyone know if there's a way to let SimpleTop uses two cores? If I run top command, it seems only one core is available. Is this normal for SimpleTop?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Hai_Duong:
Just type in termina "top" then wait till the information comes then press "1".
[Atrix 4G Android Development] qaplus:
It only shows one core. You are not using SimpleTop, right?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Hai_Duong:
nope I use stock webtop.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] aaurnab:
Is that options for HDMI hack?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] petran_7:
excuse me, wrong post. :)
[Atrix 4G Android Development] kevinola:
im not sure if this will work on an other phone. I have a Motorola IronRock XT626.

Does all these change or need to have special files from the original ROM o it comes with them?

Coz my phone has, the hdmi port and the micro usb. I even have the HD Station from Atrix, modded so the ports fit in my phone.

But phone doesnt have the webtop app, just the mirrororing screen option.

Thanks
[Atrix 4G Android Development] palmbeach05:
This is webtop v1.0. Webtop is dead and was replaced by tablet mode/screen mirror with ICS. RHD has the tablet mode/screen mirror.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] kevinola:
I cant upgrade to ICS yet, im using JB 2.3.6. I dont even know if this version will work. And im trying to inform my self before bricking my phone.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] palmbeach05:
Can you provide more info on this device? Like are you rooted, bl unlocked, custom recovery?
[Atrix 4G Android Development] kevinola:
My IronRock is a dual sim (3g+iDen) its unlocked the 3g and the iDen its locked only for nextel. Its rooted and works only with the 2.3.6 jb version at full capacity as the 4.0.4 ics version losses iDen and its unstable.

I dont have recovery or any other recovery as non was tested or tryed on this phone.

The phone comes with micro hdmi and micro usb ports.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] palmbeach05:
I would not try doing what you're looking to do unless it says something about webtop in your device info screen, esp when it comes to downgrading such software as this
[Atrix 4G Android Development] kevinola:
I thought the webtop mode or any other mothe that interacts with the HD Station, would be worth trying. I only get the mirroring screen. What you mean by downgrading?

I dont have any app like webtop or so ever. Im looking for some way to make it work, as its a motorola, with micro hdmi and micro usb ports as the other phones. Only thing its that the base is like... just for charging or hdmi output. But i can do that with no dock at all.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] palmbeach05:
As stated in my first reply to you, the webtop mode found in the Atrix 4G/MB860 is v1.0, and any mod found is based off of v1.0. As of ICS, webtop got upgraded to 3.0, which is the mode you see on your device. Webtop officially was dropped, and HDMI mirror mode became the standard seen on every device from that point forward that had an HDMI output.
[Atrix 4G Android Development] kevinola:
Thanks for the explanation.

Im really trying to make the HD Station / Multimedia Dock.... useful, as it comes with 3 usb port, audio out and a REMOTE CONTROL.

Hope finding somethign to test so it works.
[Kindle Fire General] shubhankarsingh007:
here are some photos of jellybean running on kindle fire. please don't ask me to make a ROM and upload it as it is highly unstable. This was just to show that it can be done.
[Kindle Fire General] sthomas38:
Nice! Really! But I see you've ported from the SDK. Isn't it more easy to port and more easy to fix bug by porting from the GNex ROM? :)
[Kindle Fire General] shubhankarsingh007:
I tried it with the galaxy nexus but it didn't work then with nexus 7 and finally with the sdk. But as of yet nothing works no audio,wi-fi it switches off itself. Just to take the photos i tried booting it around 20 times it's very unstable.
[Kindle Fire General] Zyxxeil:
Nice

Awesome work dude, hows project butter on it? What are the bugs currently that you have seen?
[Kindle Fire General] shubhankarsingh007:
Frankly I tell you it should not work but it did. It only gave me time to take some photos and play with it for a little time. I removed every extension which could make it crash so at that time the only working thing was the processor.;)
[Kindle Fire General] Jacktheskipper:
Nonetheless, nice to see things like this!
[Kindle Fire General] shravbits:
Well done. Its nice to already see early progress already

Sent from a blaze of amazon using Tapatalk
[Kindle Fire General] powerpoint45:
Good job. It gives great hope for the future of the fire
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] papayayoghurt:
Hi

Can you please say me the bootclasspath of xperia s running ics?

thank you
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] K900:
app_77@android:/ $ echo $BOOTCLASSPATH

/system/framework/core.jar:/system/framework/core-junit.jar:/system/framework/bouncycastle.jar:/system/framework/ext.jar:/system/framework/framework.jar:/system/framework/android.policy.jar:/system/framework/services.jar:/system/framework/apache-xml.jar:/system/framework/filterfw.jar

There you go :)
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biggary:
Hello all, as you know, some defy roms are in zip format, so the question I want to ask is.... can I add or delete files from zip file, and will it flash okay?? Is there a maximum size?
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NishantM:
Worked fine for me. I've done it couple of times. I usually add my stock baseband files to the ZIP before flashing, and it worked fine every time. No idea about maximum zip file size though.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpsgh:
Hello Forum Members...

I am Ex-pat living in Shanghai China & just 2 days back bought GT-P5110. Unfortunately, i did not investigate properly before buying & just within few minutes of usage i came to know that this Tablet is lacking Google Play, Google Map,, Google Talk, Photo Share to Picasa from Gallery & even S-Memo missing...!!! Its been shocking to me...as i am fan of Android devices because of these stock features only.

Without all these things, seems this tablet is nothing more than a Digital Photo Frame to me. I called Samsung Customer support in China, they simply says the Chinese Models are like this only.....they have some of their own Chinese replacements to cater all these features...so no Google niceness in this. My frustration turned more severe when i came to know that it does not support even Flash. I am unable to play any flash contents in stock browser also.

I tried following:

I transferred FileExpert apk file from my HTC Desire to Tab, installed it & luckily found there 1Mobile Apps. Now i at least start downloading some apps.

I downloaded Flash Player from 1Mobile Apps, installed it - but no use,

I downloaded then Google Chrome browser, Mobile Opera - None is able to run flash contents.

Even have Google Maps widget in stock widgets, but when i am moving it to home screen, its just not opening, no response at all...when tap, the screen black-out & then return to home screen.

I even downloaded Google Play apk file & installed it, this also can not open.

Reader Hub, Music Hub...all taking to Chinese contents....OMG...pls. save me.

All online ebooks need Flash player plug-in...so i am helpless on that front also.

I tried to select country Singapore, India, US etc. while opening Samsung Apps first time, but then while downloading any Apps from Samsung Apps, it just says your Samsung ID is not workable in this Country!! If i select country China, the all apps available there are in Chinese only & Samsung Apps interface also in Chinese!!!

Can some expert here advice me if there is some way out of this...? Rooting & clockworkmod will help? I actually dont want to do so at so early stage & me not to expert to do all these.

I really need Google Play Store, Google Maps, GTalk & is there any way to change the Inbuilt Reader & Music Hub contents to English, by changing the Location to some other country or some other trick?

How to link the Flash Player app with Stock or downloaded browsers?

Pls. help.....:(
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arn1903:
either your tablet being modded by others or its duplicate coz i have same p5110 from china and its working great .....try doing factory reset it might solve the problem ...or if u know how to root and flash this rom http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1722099 its performing well for my tab .....all the best !!!
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prcls77:
I experienced the same thing with the P3100 I purchased earlier this week (I live in Beijing). The issue is that the Chinese government and Google don't like each other very much so Chinese models take this into account. What I did was install ClockworkMod Recovery, and then installed a stock version from Singapore or anywhere non-China of ICS 4.0.4. Worked like a charm more or less, though I still have issues accessing some free and all paid apps in Google Play.

There's a How-To at the top of the Galaxy Tab 2 7" Android Developmement forum that's helpful. Also search sammobile or elsewhere in this forum for the stock ICS 4.0.4.

YMMV.