yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 7 Original Development] bigdog_nick:
The on screen keyboard at setup is buggy. The problem is already on Ubuntus website and has been reported and being worked on. Just plug in a usb keyboard to setup up. After setup, the on screen keyboard works great!
[Nexus 7 Original Development] bonzer2u:
no problem here I just reinstalled fresh with 1/30/13 image, did you do a md5 check before you loaded it? i always do
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Rafase282:
No, I used the image from today not the one from yesterday which you used.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] bASKOU:
Did you update to MultiROM v7? Had the same problem when installed the latest version of ubuntu with v6. Now work fine.

Amazing tool you give us here, really useful and easy to use. Just one thing I would like to ask, I use to charge my N7 when shutdown, I just updated the bootloader before flashing MultiROM v7 so I am not sure if it come from MultiROM or else. But this morning after a full night of charge (tablet shutdown) when I started my tab this morning still plug to the wall it was only charge at 35%. Does anybody have it? I'll see next time if it still like that.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] bmakk2055:
Re: [WiFi&3G] MultiROM v7

Where is the new Ubuntu IMG?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] bigdog_nick:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-preinstalled/current/
[Nexus 7 Original Development] rifraf1:
Upgraded to version 7 multirom and new recovery and noticed that when I add a new rom it reboots into recovery upon completion. Same thing happened when I added the gapps. Is this new behavior or a troubled rom install. I do not recall version 6 doing this?

Maybe I will try installing another rom to see if it does this again :confused:

edit: Seems other multirom operations cause a recovery restart that did not happen before like deleting one of the installed roms. Is this the new normal behavior?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] l3s:
Re: [WiFi&3G] MultiROM v7

I have problem with installing bodhi to usb drive.

My N7 is 8GB so actually I no have enough space to install any other ROM to internal storage, so I have to install to USB drive.

I successfully installed MultiROM, and modified Recovery.

First I tired to install Ubuntu and I always got error (failed to mount ubuntu) after that I try to install bodhi.

I copied bodhi rar to usb storage, in the recovery: advanced -> multiROM -> add ROM, I selected the destination for USB storage, and I opened the ROM from USB storage.

When it finished, restart automatically to recovery again.

In the next reboot I can't boot from USB storage, i got error: shutting down MultiROM avoid data corruption.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Tasssadar:
That's weird. What file is that? rm -rf /data/media/multirom/roms/*rom_folder* should always work Oo

Which ROMs? Try to go to USB tab, wait a while (1 minute max) and then go to misc, select Copy log to /sdcard, and then get me file located in /sdcard/multirom/error.txt

Franco forgot to just turn kexec support on, it will be fixed in next release I guess.

I'm afraid that I won't please you. There is only TWRP available because it is the only one which allows me to have complete management of MultiROM in there. It is the only one which has touch keyboard, so you can rename ROMs, the UI allows me to have for example radio buttons, checkboxes or listviews. The UI is also pretty easy to make (it is using XML files). When I last checked what CWM looks like, it was the same old just with touch arrows at the bottom.

I also don't want to maintain two recoveries, especially not TWRP and CWM, because they are so different that I would have to make every feature twice, not just copypaste it.

I realize that I am forcing you to use TWRP, and I am sorry for that, but well, CWM doesn't seem to be used by many users on Nexus 7 - your post is #1044, and you are the first one asking for it.

Just reboot. Keyboard should work after one or two reboots, it is a bug though.

That's weird, but I would say this has nothing to do with MultiROM - it does not touch such low level parts as bootloader. But I'll keep an eye on it.

No, crashing at the end of every operation is not expected. What ROMs are you trying to install? Can you get me a log after it crashes? Are you installing on USB drive?

There is nothing in those logs. kmsg.txt says you just entered MultiROM and then rebooted to recovery. recovery.log says you just booted to recovery and did "copy log to sdcard" option.

You have to get me /sdcard/multirom/error.txt after it shows the "shutting down MultiROM to avoid data corruption". You don't have to copy it - MultiROM puts it there automatically if it encounters error during boot.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] l3s:
my multiROM folder is empty, so i'm not find any log in there...
[Nexus 7 Original Development] drewski_1:
The ROMs are EOS4 & Ubuntu

It said it copied the log, but there's no error.txt file in /sdcard/multirom/ :eek:

Will try it again
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Tasssadar:
When in Android, content of /sdcard/multirom/ is not visible. You have to either go to recovery, or use root file manager and go to /data/media/multirom or /data/media/0/multirom

This is because if /sdcard/multirom/ were accesible from Android, MediaScanner would go in there and scan all the files and ROMs in there, which would generate unnecessary battery drain.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] rifraf1:
Not sure which log you want but here is a zip with the recovery.log from the /tmp folder right after reboot into recovery and the error.txt file. I was trying to install the sgt7 rom to the internal sd not usb, this happens with other roms as well. Even though it restarts into recovery during install the rom is successfully installed and boots without problems. This also happens when I flash gapps or I try to delete a rom.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] l3s:
Whoops, you're right!

From the recovery file manager i saw the hidden files in the multiROM folder.

it is really strange because i tired 3 different root fileexplorer, of course i enabled show hidden files (Mi File explorer, FX file explorer, Rootbrowser) both say, the multiROM folder empty.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Tasssadar:
@rifraf1: Can't reproduce, but since you are not the only one with this issue, I want to solve it. It seems you know how to work with adb and fastboot, can you help me fix it? You would flash recovery with "log after each line of code" so that I know when does it crash, and then send me the log.

If so, can you contact me on IRC? I'm (among others) on #twrp channel on irc.freenode.net. If you don't have IRC client, you can use this web client: https://webchat.freenode.net/
[Nexus 7 Original Development] drewski_1:
found it in /data/media/0/multirom

interestingly, the two ROMs showed up once. i tried to boot Ubuntu and then got an error & reboot. upon reboot the list again was not showing for my USB drive.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] NabhanKhan100:
Re: [WiFi&3G] MultiROM v7

TWRP 2.4.1 is out
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Tasssadar:
Updated recovery released.

Bohdi can't be installed on USB drive that way. Currently, there is no easy way to do it, sorry.

Hmm. It looks like the USB drive gets detected by the kernel too soon. Can you try to wait until MultiROM UI shows, and then connect it? It is definitelly a bug in MultiROM, it should always detect the USB drive, but just try to wait and tell me if it works.

O rly? :)
[Nexus 7 Original Development] l3s:
Re: [WiFi&3G] MultiROM v7 - updated recovery (Feb 02)

Thx.

So actually i can install android or ubuntu to usb drive, other linux distros must placed on internal storage, right?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] drewski_1:
Re: [WiFi&3G] MultiROM v7 - updated recovery (Feb 02)

I booted with it connected. Will try later.

Thanks!
[Nexus 7 Original Development] drewski_1:
I was going to try this to upgrade an installed ROM and saw the following: "Do NOT flash ROMs, kernels, and OTA's via this menu!" so did a search and found this response.

I went ahead and installed using this option and looks like it worked fine for the new version of the installed ROM so this warning message probably needs to be modified since ROMs are OK.

---------- Post added at 05:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:35 PM ----------

This worked. :D

Well the Android ROM (EOS) booted up, but Ubuntu had some errors and rebooted. I'll try re-downloading/installing Ubunu and see if that helps.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] chaostrodamis:
Does anyone know if a mouse using an otg cable will work in multiboot TWRP recovery mode (also the multirom screen, but thats not as important right now) or if the screen rotates. Looking at the OP i noticed a "tablet look". Is this on the nexus 7? I cracked my screen (digitizer cracked, LCD is fine) an am looking for a way to flash new roms but not dont want to restart my tab because im afraid i wont be able to get out of recovery mode if i boot into it.besides the thirty second power button hold (bottom half of screen is unresponsive and i cant access the onscreen buttons to reboot from recovery or to go to the advance menu which are located at the bottom). im running m-kernel 32a with multiboot. I cant even remember if that recovery supports hardware button presses.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] android1999:
[I'm afraid that I won't please you. There is only TWRP available because it is the only one which allows me to have complete management of MultiROM in there. It is the only one which has touch keyboard, so you can rename ROMs, the UI allows me to have for example radio buttons, checkboxes or listviews. The UI is also pretty easy to make (it is using XML files). When I last checked what CWM looks like, it was the same old just with touch arrows at the bottom.

I also don't want to maintain two recoveries, especially not TWRP and CWM, because they are so different that I would have to make every feature twice, not just copypaste it.

I realize that I am forcing you to use TWRP, and I am sorry for that, but well, CWM doesn't seem to be used by many users on Nexus 7 - your post is #1044, and you are the first one asking for it.]

Thats ok I have no problem with it. I just wanted it because TWRP even wipes ur emulated sdcard when updating your internal rom. But No Probs. Keep up the good work once again:good::good::good::good:
[Nexus 7 Original Development] transformador:
Is there a speed difference beetween 12.10 and 13.04? I am still on v02.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] bonzer2u:
I cant compare however 13.04 has been updating regularly and as of todays update, much more usable.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] jamesbra:
Re: [WiFi&3G] MultiROM v7 - updated recovery (Feb 02)

Updated Ubuntu from the software updater and now can't get into recovery or the multi rom screen. Oh well, live and learn. Will reflash recovery tomorrow and try again. Any reason why that update broke my installs? Is there a safe way to update from within Ubuntu?

edit: so i reflashed recovery and can now boot into ubuntu (yay bluetooth!!) but selecting my internal rom just boots me back to multirom. dirty flash of current rom then reboot and inject boot image gets me back to where i started last night. everything works but it seems like quite the process just to update the distro :)
[Nexus 7 Original Development] rifraf1:
Anybody tried using Carbon while you are running a rom through multirom?

I can get it to run from the internal rom, but with any of the added roms it always fails, it is like it doesn't register the automated button press for the back up to go through in that pop-up screen.

Just wondering if anyone uses Carbon and does it work for you?

edit: Never mind they released a patch for Nexus 7 to address this.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] bonzer2u:
setup multirom v7 and the latest TWRP

flash the latest image clean the terminal

sudo apt-get update

apt-get upgrade

apt-get dist-upgrade
[Nexus 7 Original Development] jamesbra:
i was on the latest multirom but i will try it from the command line next time and see if that is what makes the difference.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] carlz0206:
Re: [WiFi&3G] MultiROM v7 - updated recovery (Feb 02)

Deleted never mind
[Nexus 7 Original Development] ROFLkopter:
Re: [WiFi&3G] MultiROM v7 - updated recovery (Feb 02)

I installed Ubuntu through MultiROM like normal and booted it up but the screen was all weird and glitchy. Did I do something wrong? I injected the Omega 3 kernel with the kexec hardboot support thing after installing it cause it said franco.Kernel didn't have it...
[Nexus 7 Original Development] jbaumert:
Re: [WiFi&3G] MultiROM v7 - updated recovery (Feb 02)

My Ubuntu had a glitchy screen also. I went through the install and after reboot it was fine.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] jamesbra:
Re: [WiFi&3G] MultiROM v7 - updated recovery (Feb 02)

After like 5 Ubuntu installs I've noticed the glitchy screen on all the first boots. Goes away and only congress back sometimes on orientation switch
[Nexus 7 Original Development] ju1da:
Need suggestion please

Anybody who has been successful installing Ubuntu 13.04, please suggest me what I miss that I cannot be success installing Ubuntu on my Nexus 7. :crying:

These what I have done:

Install MultiROM: multirom_v7_n7-signed.zip, done

Install Modified recovery (TWRP 2.4.1.0): TWRP_multirom_n7_20130202.img, done

Download Ubuntu 13.04 image from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-preinstalled/current/ (the biggest one, "raring-preinstalled-desktop-armhf+nexus7.img.gz": size 558MB).

I put the image in the memory of N7 and go to recovery.

I select Advanced -> MultiROM -> Add ROM and choose "Ubuntu" as ROM type. Then select the Ubuntu's image (raring-preinstalled-desktop-armhf+nexus7.img.gz) and confirm. Installation success.

And then reboot system: I select ROM listed as “raring-preinstalled-desktop”, and press boot

But, after reboot I have the following error and getting stuck here:

Mount: Mounting /dev on /root/dev failed: No such file or directory

Mount: Mounting/ sys on root/sys failed: No such file or directory

Mount: Mounting/ proc on root/proc failed: No such file or directory

Target filesystem doesn’t have requested /sbin/init

No init found. Try passing init= bootarg

Any idea what I miss? I use M Kernel a35 and bootloader 4.13
[Nexus 7 Original Development] glenairlie:
Install the older image from here: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-preinstalled/20130204/

The current image seems to be broken.

Worked for me.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] jamiethemorris:
Am I the only one that can't get the latest version to flash? I've been using 2.3.3.0 just fine, but when I try to flash the latest in fastboot I just get "waiting for device" infinitely.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] xela92:
What OS are you using? Drivers installed and working?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] ROFLkopter:
Re: [WiFi&3G] MultiROM v7 - updated recovery (Feb 02)

Flashed fine for me but I used a Nexus 7 toolkit.

Sent From My Awesome AOSPA3.+/franco.Kernel Powered Nexus 7 With XDA Premium
[Nexus 7 Original Development] jamiethemorris:
I'm not sure what happened but I used Nexus Root Toolkit, booted it temporarily, and tried again and this time it worked fine. How strange.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] ju1da:
I see!

Thanks +1
[Nexus 7 Original Development] carlz0206:
Re: [WiFi&3G] MultiROM v7 - updated recovery (Feb 02)

Is this link the same as the one in the op? Tried that and it booted, the problem that i have is the background or the screen is glitchy any sometimes the keyboard doesn't work, can't even get pass setting up of user account, can anyone point out what i did wrong or what i missed?

Thanks
[Nexus 7 Original Development] ROFLkopter:
Re: [WiFi&3G] MultiROM v7 - updated recovery (Feb 02)

How do I install GApps when adding another ROM? Just flashed another one and might add CM10.1 but need to flash GApps too...

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830
[Nexus 7 Original Development] thereal_bigjake:
Re: [WiFi&3G] MultiROM v7 - updated recovery (Feb 02)

Advanced/Multirom/list roms/the rom you picked/flash zip/the zip you want to flash
[Nexus 7 Original Development] ROFLkopter:
Re: [WiFi&3G] MultiROM v7 - updated recovery (Feb 02)

Sweet, thanks man :) Loving being able to use mor than one ROM

Sent From My Awesome AOSPA3.+/franco.Kernel Powered Nexus 7 With XDA Premium
[Nexus 7 Original Development] jbaumert:
Re: [WiFi&3G] MultiROM v7 - updated recovery (Feb 02)

This has been answered a lot.....

Yes, the screen will be sketchy on first boot, and you may need a USB OTG cable and keyboard for the first setup. After install, Ubuntu is fairly stable.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] carlz0206:
Re: [WiFi&3G] MultiROM v7 - updated recovery (Feb 02)

Tried to reboot but still the same,saw the vid that the screen is glitchy on first boot but it was only for a moment on the firat boot but for me the glictcyness seems permanent and its like a background pic and stays that way,i already tried reflashing alot of time but same result.

Thanks
[Nexus 7 Original Development] jbaumert:
Did you go though the install - i.e. setup up your location / user / password? (Which is were you may need the physical keyboard) After fully "installing" and rebooting it looks okay.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] neco198:
I have problem to boot Ubuntu error say:

Error: No tarball found on /dev/mmcblk0p9, did you use right rootfs.img? Spawning a shell within the initramfs

BusyBox v1.20.2 (Ubuntu 1:1.20.0-7ubuntu3) Built-in shell (ash)

Enter 'help' for a list built-in commands

(initramfs)
[Nexus 7 Original Development] carlz0206:
Re: [WiFi&3G] MultiROM v7 - updated recovery (Feb 02)

Ah i as see thanks gonna try it again
[Nexus 7 Original Development] bigdog_nick:
I know this is a multirom thread, but just fyi, Ubuntu's latest update has working bluetooth (and i've successfully paired my logitech keyboard/mouse combo with it.)
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Nbsss:
Re: [WiFi&3G] MultiROM v7 - updated recovery (Feb 02)

Is it possible to get "android transporter " working with multirom?

Would be awesome, here's the link: http://esrlabs.com/android-transporter-for-the-nexus-7-and-the-raspberry-pi/
[Nexus 7 Original Development] FitAmp:
Re: [WiFi&3G] MultiROM v7 - updated recovery (Feb 02)

It should work yes. There's a thread about it somewhere around here.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] ROFLkopter:
Re: [WiFi&3G] MultiROM v7 - updated recovery (Feb 02)

Do I have to reinstall my apps when using another ROM, or is there a way I can still access them?

Sent From My Awesome AOSPA3.+/franco.Kernel Powered Nexus 7 With XDA Premium
[Nexus 7 Original Development] NabhanKhan100:
Re: [WiFi&3G] MultiROM v7 - updated recovery (Feb 02)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2102852
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Nbsss:
Re: [WiFi&3G] MultiROM v7 - updated recovery (Feb 02)

Thanks dude
[Nexus 7 Original Development] ju1da:
I got similar error before but now, working well after re-download the image.

These what I have done, (be sure you do similar to what I have done):

Install MultiROM: multirom_v7_n7-signed.zip, done

Install Modified recovery (TWRP 2.4.1.0): TWRP_multirom_n7_20130202.img, done

Download Ubuntu 13.04 image from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-preinstalled/current/ (the biggest one, "raring-preinstalled-desktop-armhf+nexus7.img.gz": size 558MB). If you still get error, you may try to re-download the image a day after last download, the current one is recommended.

I put the image in the memory of N7 and go to recovery.

I select Advanced -> MultiROM -> Add ROM and choose "Ubuntu" as ROM type. Then select the Ubuntu's image (raring-preinstalled-desktop-armhf+nexus7.img.gz) and confirm. Installation success.

And then reboot system: I select ROM listed as “raring-preinstalled-desktop”, and press boot

Don't forget to install correct kernel and boatloader: I use M Kernel a35 and bootloader 4.13.

Hopefully, it will work :p

Keep trying!
[Nexus 7 Original Development] drewski_1:
you have to reinstall.

backup with something like Titanium and restore. not too bad.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] ROFLkopter:
Re: [WiFi&3G] MultiROM v7 - updated recovery (Feb 02)

Thought Titanium would be needed. Thanks

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830
[Nexus 7 Original Development] carlz0206:
Re: [WiFi&3G] MultiROM v7 - updated recovery (Feb 02)

Just installed Ubuntu and trying to learn both for nexus 7 and my notebook, read the FAQ buy hasn't found what i was looking for. How can i install libre office ,chromium or maybe wine in Ubuntu for nexus 7? Tried it in my notebook and it was successful but in my nexus 7 its not

Thanks and sorry if has been asked before.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] bonzer2u:
Just converted from motley 246 to franco r45 successfully, very nice indeed and worth the wait.......
[Nexus 7 Original Development] EvanA:
Re: [WiFi&3G] MultiROM v7 - updated recovery (Feb 02)

LibreOffice is ported to arm and it is in the repositories.

Chromium is not on arm at the moment.

As for wine, it wouldn't even work if it were ported to arm because windows apps are compiled for x86 and x86_64 (architecture of your notebook). How were you trying to install libre office?

Sent from my AOSPA 3.+ and m-kernel+ a36 Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 Original Development] bigdog_nick:
Re: [WiFi&3G] MultiROM v7 - updated recovery (Feb 02)

He forgot to activate kexec again. Waiting for the reupload

Edit: r46 is up. Testing

Edit 2: Ubuntu up and running smoothly on r46
[Nexus 7 Original Development] bonzer2u:
Yah he did but mine was workin ok with r45 but didnt try ubuntu, tried stock, aokp and cm10.1????? flashin r46 now
[Nexus 7 Original Development] franciscofranco:
Oh yes r46 is working with kexec now :) Good job Tassadar!
[Nexus 7 Original Development] TheGingerSage:
How to I patch my boot image for multiboot
[Nexus 7 Original Development] DroidStein:
Re: [WiFi&3G] MultiROM v7 - updated recovery (Feb 02)

@drewski_1 I have that problem too. While the dots are there pull the USB from the OTG cable and plug it back in. It will then see it.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Culex316:
Chromium IS available for ARM, it's Google Chrome that isn't available for ARM (but they're both essentially the same thing), you can get Chromium from the Ubuntu Software Center.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] s33d1ing:
Re: [WiFi&3G] MultiROM v7 - updated recovery (Feb 02)

I'm trying to use Ubuntu and every time it boots I get this.

I'm using Franco r46 and it's running on a flash drive.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] antp121:
rotate to portrait mode. finish the set-up and then you can rotate it.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] DroidStein:
Re: [WiFi&3G] MultiROM v7 - updated recovery (Feb 02)

It's a pain,but I flipped the screen around, did a few reboots then used my mini wireless KB for my Imito mx2 plugged into usb hub to get everything set up then it worked after 1st full boot. Hope that helps you :)
[Nexus 7 Original Development] s33d1ing:
Earlier when I rotated it, the system configuration window would not show up on the screen but I just tried again and it worked. Go figure.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] DroidStein:
Re: [WiFi&3G] MultiROM v7 - updated recovery (Feb 02)

Does anyone know of a tutorial,or know how to get Backtrack5 Arm working with Multirom only thing I can find is how to install using vnc??

Nm. I can just add the backtrack repos to sources
[Nexus 7 Original Development] maxq1:
i'm tempted to flash that 4.2.2 update to my second rom which has stock 4.2.1. you guys think it'll work? :)
[Nexus 7 Original Development] bigdog_nick:
I'm actually not sure, because I assume your current 4.2.1 stock rom is rooted and installing the newest 4.2.2 update on top of it wouldn't work. Or something about custom recoveries versus stock recovery. Correct me if i'm wrong though. :confused:
[Nexus 7 Original Development] faust.deaconu:
i get this too. pls someone help us. i m on kexec cm kernel