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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] jamadant:
Hi pretty new to notes but i rooted with RR jelly bean, uninstalled S note then reflashed all working well
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rukin1:
before I start to get in to deep with my phone, Is there a developer working on the Official JB release for our phones? I know I hate the stock look lol, i love me some blueness.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] epic4GEE:
Pretty sure every LJ7 based rom in the dev section is based off the ota, they got a leak of the ota a week or so before it was officially released.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nydmt:
All of a sudden I am getting a lot of trouble with the music on my phone. My iTunes library is very organized with all the artist info, album, album art, etc. I tried to use the Kies app to sync my music on my phone, but for some reason some tracks are moved on the my phone with the title being something among the lines of "01 Song One" and all the other song information is unknown. This is the case with maybe about 30 or 40 songs while the rest of my 2000+ song library are fine. I tried syncing with doubleTwist and got the same result. I even tried just moving the songs directly onto my SD Card and I STILL got the same result. Anyone know anything I can do so all my music are transferred to my phone properly? Thanks in advance.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Blackleopord187:
Have you tried editing the properties of the music? To the proper album name and song name you want?

I do this on my computer when my music library gets messed up
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nydmt:
Edit it where? When the songs are in my iTunes library it has all the information correct.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Dawei87:
You could use mp3tag on your PC to edit the files directly. In my experience, iTunes doesn't always make the changes to metadata to the actual file and when you try to transfer it elsewhere the data is gone. That's actually why I quit using iTunes. But mp3tag should fix those few files no problem.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] godfeast:
I'm running gb 2.3.6 on open android 2.3 for the samsung admrire and I am having a huge issue with consistently getting the os to mount the sd-ext partition.

Im trying to set up a a2sd script and obviously it fails because of this - even if I get a script running, randomly the mount fails and I lose access to apps or just get out of room errors.

Is this a bug in the OS or am I looking at a probably rom issue?

Ive googled and seen a ton of threads about the issue, but few on fixing it (none on gb 2.3.6 specifically).
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sogol:
Try link2sd.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] transformador:
Ehm, do i miss something or is this ubuntu only installation?

Edit: i mean, not dual boot, but only ubuntu
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rusl1TA:
Do I need a mouse and a keyboard to use Ubuntu? Or I can also without them?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robby88:
it has a built in touch keyboard/mouse, so you can do either way
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technolust109:
you can use a touch screen for it, mouse and keyboard is compatible :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technolust109:
what do you mean ubuntu only install?

sorry if you mis understood, but i posted the guide there but i am also curious if theres a dual boot avaliable.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonnyg1097:
is bluetooth not usable in the in ubuntu while installed?

And I saw this install method over at androidcentral.com and I dont recall it being dualboot. It did a complete install of ubuntu only and erased android from the device
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] breakingspell:
As of right now, dual-booting is not an option, however, this build did just come out today, and in the coming weeks, we'll likely have many updates and options, so i'd hang tight. Needless to say, it's a great experience
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foreverandroid:
yess dual boot will be awesome.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonhcox:
Download and follow the instructions in the complete Linux installation guide. (Its an app in the play store) It works pretty well and you can use Ubuntu, Debian and a few others without wiping your system. I prefer the Ubuntu lite version. Something else to try out :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregs1213:
Why did you title the thread as "Dual Boot Ubuntu" then?? Confused as well.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghost010:
Change your thread title,its misleading.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technolust109:
yes my question was about dual booting, sorry if theres any confusion caused.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RealPariah:
Folks, it's not that hard of a question when you actually read what the poster states. CURRENTLY, THERE IS AN INSTALLER THAT INSTALL UBUNTU TO THE NEXUS 7, BUT DOING THIS WILL CAUSE THE DEVICE TO BE FULLY WIPED FIRST REMOVING ANDROID. HE IS WONDERING IF THERE COULD BE [OR IS] AN INSTALLER THAT INSTALLS UBUNTU ALONGSIDE ANDROID TO BE ABLE TO BOOT THE DEVICE TO EITHER OS AS THE USER WISHES [ ALSO ASKING IF DUAL BOOTING BETWEEN THE 2 IS EVEN POSSIBLE.SO HE KNOWS IF IT IS WORTH HIS TIME TO INVEST IN MAYBE FIGURING IT OUT ON HIS OWN]. I am going to assume some form of dual booting would be possible as Linux bootloaders are generally very capable of booting OSes that use environments totally different from itself.

I am wondering the same thing as I am a very good technical user who can deal with a lot of issues, but have never gotten deep in to the programming side of things. I am shocked that for such an alpha build [really flaky Bluetooth, [Wi-Fi is solid] Unity crashes quite often and nVidia has had sucky Linux driver support for years now [wish they would take Linux more seriously but hey at least they have drivers]]. All leads to a painful experience for most [especially if you are not a nerd or techie and not used to dealing with very new alpha Linux type issues, if you don't mind it it does work].

Why wouldn't they have set it up as a dual boot to begin with? That way if you know something you need to get done can be done in Android and not in Ubuntu then you could just restart and choose the different OS. Not to mention if this is for modders and enthusiasts to test bed things on the tablet then they are going to most likely be some Android developers to start who would love to say use Eclipse to develop Android code for whatever and then oh no restart in to Android to I dunno test their work.

All that to say PLEASE SOMEONE WITH THE KNOW HOW let's figure out a way to fully dual boot a NATIVE Linux [not that install a loop file system and have it use VNC server to view the session junk you see on the Play Market, it's quaint and all, but not nearly as nice as a full Linux with full access to the hardware [I use it too, much love to backtrack] but am dying to dual boot an Android/More full [ I REALLY want Backtrack 5+ but Ubuntu would be worth keeping around until Backtrack gets around to working out their builds to be dual boot on some Android based systems] Linux as needed.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GinoAMelone:
The approach that the Boot Manager app uses would probably work. They modify the /boot partition to point to a different device for /data than normal. Then you can switch between ROMs by flashing a different /boot partition. They automatically bundle the /boot partition into an update.zip and store them next to the image file on you SD card.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technolust109:
thanks for clearing it out RealPariah! :) by the way your username link to the band pariah orr? Cheers.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nikguy:
I would like to try this but what's the best/easiest way to back up my system? (I.e. app and game save data as well as for directory bind and folder structures). I tried clockworks backup process before, but I either did it wrong or it doesn't cover everything.

Can I just copy paste everything from my root folder?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technolust109:
you might want to try and use titanuium backup and copy out the entire "titanium backup" folder onto your computer, so when you revert back to android you should be able to copy it back in and restore from titanium backup. hope it works. :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nikguy:
Huh great idea! Thanks, I'll give it a shot
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technolust109:
all good mate! good luck!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AEblefisk:
For dual boot, how about flashing the Ubuntu boot.img in the recovery partition? Then you can start Ubuntu by selecting recovery when booting.

It may take a while before I can try this myself. My Nexus 7 is due for delivery Tuesday, and with three kids :silly:, a wife and full-time job my time for tinkering is limited. ;)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technolust109:
sounds like a plan! just a noobie question, the recovery partition is basically unmanageable storage right? or does it hae a certain size in the partition? thanks.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AEblefisk:
I don't know that much about the Nexus 7 yet. It arrived yesterday and up to know I barely found the time to charge it. It seems similar in many respects to the Transformer TF300T, which I know better. AFAIK the TF300T has both boot and recovery stashed away in some other partition like you describe. But the important thing is that they're the same size and can both be loaded by the bootloader.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technolust109:
fair enough, hope it came in one piece! i know others had screen separation and other issues with theirs. mmm, but i mean this is a google device so there might be some hope of the recovery partition being resizeable hopefully or it being shared with the main storage in some sense, but i mean the bootloader can handle both it should be fine in all respects, might just be the size limitation of the partition for all im guessing.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chaw Rash:
cool! i wish we could dual boot windows too
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raudi1:
Who wants Windows RT anyway if you can dualboot Android and Ubuntu (or any other distribution)?

Would it be possible to let the built in bootloader load another bootloader which then loads Android or Ubuntu?

Another possibility is loading Ubuntu in Android via chroot. It already works, but has some limitations. I have only found solutions that use VNC for the GUI.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technolust109:
mmm would be nice, but RT is pretty useless in allot of ways
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ericerk:
will this work with my 32 gig?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technolust109:
at the moment i dont think there is a 32gb version released, but i think you can simply get the .img file from someone and flash it to your phone via fastboot, but im not entirely sure i made the fooloish decision to get a 8gb version.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AEblefisk:
32GB is mentioned on the Ubuntu page https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Nexus7 so it should work. I hope so since that's the version I just bought ;)

Tonight I was able to play a little, unlocked, rooted and installed CWM. I can see the root image is 8MB and the recovery is 12MB so they're not the same size like I expected. Maybe the Ubuntu boot image has to be repacked to 12MB somehow, to fit in the recovery area. Maybe it'll flash OK anyway. But I'll leave that to another night (or somebody else, if you beat me to it :D )
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technolust109:
haha good luck with it! well looks like they have already updated to it, last time i checked the website was about the same day i posted this, i guess its somehow repacked i suppose, wondering if anyone out there has tested the latest one? or is it the same build as previous? because i remember the first release of it was really buggy and all
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ericerk:
Sell your 8 on ebay for like 170 and get a 32 :D
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wilks3y:
You've 100% copied and pasted this from elsewhere.

You've named it "Dual Boot" posted the actual guide, but yet when asked whether the is Ubuntu only install or whether dual-boot, you replied "Im curious also"

HOW CAN YOU WRITE A GUIDE, NAME IT DUAL BOOT AND THEN NOT KNOW IF YOU CAN DUAL BOOT IT?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AEblefisk:
First attempt. No success but not utter failure. :confused:

The Ubuntu boot image flashed OK to the recovery "partition" and I was still able to use Android. When I booted "recovery" Ubuntu of course complained about the missing root filesystem.

After I flashed the Ubuntu root filesystem to userdata I tried again booting "recovery". This time Ubuntu installed OK and I was up and running in a matter of minutes.

But when I tried booting normal Android all I got was bootloops. :p

I guess either Android needs some of the userdata for booting or the Ubuntu root filesystem image can't be mounted in Android. They're both ext4, but maybe one is sparse and the other isn't?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technolust109:
haha i wish i could sell it, its just that 170 is too little to get back form my original 280 AUD for how much i brought it for. might keep it, not sure.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technolust109:
sorry, i think you miss understood, there is the "[Q]" on it meaning it is a question, and i clearly stated my question on it. i also clearly said i was quoting directly from the website. sorry if i have annoyed you.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technolust109:
nice effort! from what i understood you tried putting android on the recovery partition? mmm i think my only other suggestion as im still fairly noobie at this kind of stuff is to try rearraneging things around and try putting different sections into different partitions like android boot on recovery and etc. also about me being a n00bie, i only just flash roms and just those type of stuff, only in high school! :D hahah
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] transformador:
So, is anyone working on dual boot?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AEblefisk:
Yes I'm trying to install the Ubuntu boot image to the recovery partition (instead of to the boot partition). For this to work, Ubuntu and Android will have to share the userdata partition and that's where I'm stuck ATM. Android is using mmcblk0p9 (userspace) for /data as an ext4 partition, but somehow /sdcard is also using this partition through a fuse filesystem. When Ubuntu is installed this seems to break. I hope I'll be able to merge Ubuntu and Android into one partition.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] datorprofessor:
beware! it is only test developing version

Everything crashes. very slow. If you want to help and test and feed back you are welcome. But warning make backup. It will wipe. I use various linux distro on pc. About dualbooting it is matter of short time to be solved. I installed from windows with help of nexus toolkit in advance mode. :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ericerk:
So is there a method to dual boot?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raudi1:
Check out http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2011403

It's already working.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AEblefisk:
Finally my version of dual-booting Android and Ubuntu is working too! It seems I was almost there when I had the bootloops when trying to boot Android.

It's been a lot of trial-and-error, but as far as I see these were the important steps which made my Nexus 7 dual-boot Android/Ubuntu. Try them at you own risk:

Start with updating to 4.2 and unlocking. Maybe 4.2 isn't essential, but it should be something for which you have the boot image.

Flash a custom recovery using fastboot, boot it and mount /data

Extract rootfs.tar.gz from the Ubuntu rootfs.img (using simg2img to convert it to ext4 and mounting the ext4 image as a loop filesystem)

Copy rootfs.tar.gz to /data

Reboot to bootloader

Flash the Ubuntu boot.img to recovery using fastboot.

Start recovery. Ubuntu will now install.

(It seems the Ubuntu install touches the boot partition at this point, making it unable to boot Android.)

Reboot to bootloader.

Flash the original boot image (mine was 4.2) to boot using fastboot.

Now enjoy dual boot! :D Normal boot will start Android, recovery boot will start Ubuntu.

There may be an easier way to do this, but this is more or less what worked for me.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technolust109:
awesome! you mind making some kind of easier or video tutorial for those that arent reallysure about what you mean? also, with the both OS on the tab, is there any issues with it sharing the same user partition? thanks.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AEblefisk:
I think I know how to make this process more simple. Maybe both the custom recovery and the simg2img conversion can be avoided, if the remaining steps are rearranged a bit. Once I try it (and if it works) I'll try to make a more user-friendly tutorial.

I tried playing around with both OS'es today and everything seems to work like it would in single boot Android or Ubuntu, so they seem to co-exist quite well once installed. But I'd like to know why Android on boot breaks when installing Ubuntu to recovery, so boot has to be re-installed. If the Ubuntu installation is trying to write something to its own boot image I'd like to redirect it to the new location in recovery.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lardman:
The Ubuntu installer carries out the following commands in this order:

fastboot erase boot

fastboot flash boot ./boot.img

fastboot erase userdata

fastboot flash userdata ./rootfs.img

fastboot reboot

I guess that changing the first one to replace boot with recovery might fix the issue.

What's the deal with userdata then? From Android does one see the Ubuntu filesystem? /me goes to read exactly what the partitions are used for.

Ah, what I've said above isn't so important, it's what the on-device setup does that's important. /me goes back to sleep ;)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AEblefisk:
Right. I did a fresh install of Ubuntu now. It's boring to watch the screen as Ubuntu is installed - no fancy animated presentation of the blessings of this new OS, like we usually get at a time like this. :D But after maybe 10 minutes, right at the end of the install, I noticed it wrote something about flashing initrd to mmcblk0p2. When I was back in Android I checked /dev/block/platform/.../by-name/ and saw mmcblk0p2 is marked LNX, so at the end of the install Ubuntu flashes a new boot image! It doesn't seem to work, since I get bootloops when trying to boot normally afterwards, but still I'd like to find where in the Ubuntu install process this is done.

The installation boot image (which I flash to recovery instead) starts up Ubuntu just fine, so there's no need for flashing a new boot at that time, but maybe the new boot is better or I may break Android if updating the Ubuntu kernel?

---------- Post added at 02:22 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:48 AM ----------

Here's a less complicated procedure for getting dual boot Android/Ubuntu. This will erase your data, void your warranty etc. It might even blow up your device and curdle the milk in your fridge. It worked OK for me, but now you've been warned!

Start with updating to 4.2.1 and unlocking. 4.2.1 isn't essential, but it should be something for which you have the boot image.

Download the Ubuntu boot and root files using the Ubuntu installer, but don't let it install.

Flash Ubuntu

fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot flash recovery ~/Downloads/UbuntuNexus7/boot.img
fastboot flash userdata ~/Downloads/UbuntuNexus7/rootfs.img

Start recovery. Ubuntu will now install.

(The Ubuntu install flashes the boot partition at this point, making it unable to boot Android.)

Reboot to bootloader.

Flash the original boot image (mine was 4.2.1) to boot using fastboot.

fastboot flash boot nakasi-jop40d/boot.img

As before, normal boot will start Android, recovery boot will start Ubuntu.:)

If the Ubuntu install should want to update its initrd at some later time, it will probably flash to boot instead of to recovery. :p That has to be looked into.

Edit: I found the culprit. In /usr/share/flash-kernel/functions the last partition with a working boot image is picked for flashing the new boot image. Since recovery is in mmcblk0p1 and boot is in mmcblk0p2 the latter is chosen.

And since the abootimg call only updates the boot image instead of creating a new one, a mix of Android and Ubuntu is created which explains why I got bootloops.

Now I just have to figure out how to modify the script so it picks the right partition. Maybe abootimg can determine if the existing image is Android or Ubuntu? But I'll save that fun for another night

Edit again: This procedure no longer works. I tried installing a new 13.04 Ubuntu but now the installation boot.img won't serve as an ordinary boot. It stops if the initial tarball has already been unpacked. So the script above must be modified and run so mmcblk0p1 is updated with an ordinary boot image.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nikguy:
Just discovered this, finished the entire process and am now just waiting for ubuntu to boot.

... But man its been several minute on the "Preparing the root filesystem, please, this will take a few minutes ...." will it always take this long or am i actually stuck on some boot loop thing?...
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raudi1:
First Boot takes a while.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nikguy:
Yeah I figured that out thanks.

Does anyone else have trouble setting up a Bluetooth keyboard?

The Ubuntu build still seems pretty sketch, but awesome none the less.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raudi1:
Take a look at the ubuntu FAQ vor read in the multiboot post. Somwhere there is a solution.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RawnyRom:
Hello all, i am just wondering on how to zoom on cyanogenmod based roms. Even if i try to reduce the resolution it still doesnt zoom. I tried other camera apps from play store, but they were all rubbish. I dont get it, how come you cant zoom on cyanogenmod?? Please provide a solution to this problem. Thanks!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tokobot:
Have you tried lg camera?

It isn't rubbish :p
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RawnyRom:
I dont like it that much. Is there any cyanogenmod rom that supports camera zooming?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FrankyDoodle:
Ughhh....

For the 100th time, Ace camera does not support zoom!!!!!!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RawnyRom:
by zoom i mean digital zoom. How come cyanogenmod does not support it but AOSP roms support it?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prawesome:
We don't even have AOSP --'

Try reducing resolution.

Controversies,controversies everywhere :what:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RawnyRom:
As i said i do reduce resolution. In the sgs2 rom v10, digital zoom works perfectly with resolution reduced. This rom is not cyanogenmod based. Other roms that are cyanogenmod based,dont digitally zoom even with resolution reduced. What is the problem?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prawesome:
Then your only option is to try another camera app,I am not on CM right now, so can't help much

Controversies,controversies everywhere :what:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NasiJagung:
Try camera zoom FX or just simple flash to another ROM which support zooming if that things it really important things for u
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BNWBOY:
As if the zoom is really good on our ace :p
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Qbsti:
why do you want to have a zoom if you can just crop the picture after?

i think it's better to have a primary photo AND the cropped one ..
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