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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drpepe:
The Diskusage app is calling this unusable block "System data"... any ideas how to get rid of it would be much appreciated :good:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ketjr81:
Take a look at this thread, basically go into stock recovery, wipe cache and factory reset.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2033692
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kermit33:
I have just ordered a purple XZ today to be delivered in early March. I chose purple because it looks great and is less prone to fingerprints than the black which I originally wanted to buy. The white one also looks good if the front is all white.

Just wonder what color other members here have chosen, bought or will choose.

p.s. I think I have a good deal with the new phone, it comes with free charging dock, HDMI cable, screen protector, 8G memory card, notebook style protective cover and external battery pack.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jigarpatel22:
There is already thread for it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2106447

put it there, no need to create another thread.
[Sony Tablet S] reptile64:
I've tried to install Xperia keyboard from Xperia Z, everything's ok even navigate through options but when u try to type something and the keyboard is going to appear all I get is a nice FC! Anyone can do something about it?? :o

Also the modified Xperia Z home for tablets and other devices is possible to be installed only via CWM which our tablet lacks... any idea if we can get it to work too?
[Sony Tablet S] purudpd:
http://db.tt/AYvS1LyO.....try this..

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Try this....

http://db.tt/AYvS1LyO
[Sony Tablet S] reptile64:
That's exactly what I've tried but it FC as well! I've tried to clear data etc...
[Sony Tablet S] jumper62:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38183792

Launcher. Install as normal app but only xperia widgets in that thread will work
[Sony Tablet S] rspy:
can you share the apk for the keyboard?
[Sony Tablet S] reptile64:
Here is the zip that is installable via CWM but it contains all the necessary files (apk too) LINK
[Sony Tablet S] reptile64:
Nah! It doesn't work at all! When I press the home button it goes to default launcher without asking me :confused:

I tried to reinstall clear data reboot etc but still nothing! :mad:
[Sony Tablet S] rspy:
thanks reptile!..

1- I just tried.. no luck here.. i get "Force close" with the keyboard..

2- I have the launcher for like a month now.. working perfect! I install it manually in system/app and i set the permissions.. rw-r-r .. You should wipe the app data with Titanium Backup if you have it..(you can do it with the free version of Titanium Backup, i think.. :confused:)

i tried the Xperia T launcher too.. working just great..

try with this... (sorry, i Dont remember if this is the xperia Z launcher or the Xperia T launcher.. but anyway.. you can try, both are nice and great launcher)

but you have to copy the apk in system/app and set the permissions..
[Sony Tablet S] reptile64:
Well thanx for the efforts but unfortunately I lost root since updating to version 6b! :(
[Nexus 10 General] horatiob:
Finally Ubuntu for the tablets is here. That's Right!!! This Thursday for the nexus7 and 10. Here goes the official video http://youtu.be/h384z7Ph0gU

hit the thanks... been a while
[Nexus 10 General] snipestech:
Almost here ,.....
[Nexus 10 General] Astriaal:
Just the developer preview right now it looks like, I thought it was the full release for some reason. Anyone planning to jump in head first just for fun?

I think I'm going to wait a little bit, conceptually it seems great but I would initially like to "dual-boot" if that is in any way possible - does it actually install a grub like pre-loader where I could choose to boot to my SentinalROM instead? How about Google Play store integration, any news on that? The biggest hurdle for myself would be losing access to all my Play Store games/books.
[Nexus 10 General] omac_ranger:
Oh absolutely. I plan on downloading it as soon as it goes live.

Sent from my GT-N7100
[Nexus 10 General] espionage724:
Yep :)
[Nexus 10 General] styckx:
I'm going to give it a try on my Nexus 7.. That's my entertainment/screw around with my own builds tablet.. I'm really not privvy to testing "development previews" of an alternate OS on a $500 tablet.. I'll at minimum wait a bit to feel it out on the Nexus 7 first and hear back from those who did try it on the Nexus 10.
[Nexus 10 General] tawfiqmp:
Can this be dual booted?
[Nexus 10 General] saltxyz:
I already backed up my tablet's data on pc. Ready to install it on both nexus 7 and 10! :D
[Nexus 10 General] jonstrong:
I haven't read detail on it yet, but I did see a note indicating that it can be set up with dual boot -- needs a custom recovery, but it appeared pretty straightforward when I glanced at the description. Dual boot would certainly make me more receptive to giving it a try.
[Nexus 10 General] spdwiz18:
I'm not much of a developer but I'm all over this. Been waiting for over a year for this.
[Nexus 10 General] SayWhat10:
Dual boot is mandatory for me to do this
[Nexus 10 General] fredphoesh:
agreed. dual boot or no go!
[Nexus 10 General] horatiob:
if there is ubuntu for android where you have access to your android apps. Why cant we do that with our nexus 10?

I dont care for dualbooting if I can have access to android apps from within ubuntu.
[Nexus 10 General] fredphoesh:
As far as I know you do not have access to your android applications you simply have ubuntu.

Sent from a SGS3 GT-i9305
[Nexus 10 General] Recon Freak:
Loving this. You know they're turning this loose for the imaginative dev/hacker community to get great ideas for a full release on their own devices. It will benefit all in the long run. Google better embrace this as the future, I hope.
[Nexus 10 General] SayWhat10:
well that sounds like............it sucks. smh

i mean all these people happy to that ubuntu is about here, that they would give up all their android apps? really????????????????
[Nexus 10 General] jonstrong:
It's great seeing this kind of development, but I'm not yet clear that it's something that would help Google or necessarily benefit the majority of the user community...at least not in the near term. Google's been working hard at gaining market acceptance for Android, and a significant component of this will likely be, increasingly, the availability of Android as an internally consistent ecosystem that spans phone and tablets. Ubuntu is pushing the same idea, i.e., a single ecosystem that encompasses phones, tablets and PC's -- and that's great. But unless there's interoperability between OS's, it may be a while before the consumer market is ready to embrace yet another mobile OS in a big way, as appealing as Ubuntu may be.

My Android phone (Galaxy Nexus) and tablets (N10 and N7) work so well together these days that I really wouldn't want to replace any of them with a device running an OS and aps that didn't "connect" with my other devices as well and seamlessly as they all work together now. I'm also not about to replace all 3 devices right away, and start fresh finding apps that mimic the functionality of the 100+ Android apps that I have installed.

Android and Ubuntu are both based on Linux at the lowest levels, so they can take advantage of common hardware drivers. But at the app level, they're based on different languages and runtime systems - so far. At the moment, Android apps can't run on Ubuntu in any kind of native mode and vice versa. While Google is working to gain broad acceptance of Android, what incentive would they have to throw another OS in the mix at this stage of the game?
[Nexus 10 General] omac_ranger:
Well I meant to quote and managed to thank you - While they are based on different levels I do recall hearing that there would be a dalvik vm built into ubuntu to allow for android applications to run inside the system as well - as long as you have the apk and such. Similar to BlueStacks for W8 and Windows desktop.
[Nexus 10 General] jonstrong:
Thanks for the thanks, however inadvertent ;)

As far as I've read, Canonical doesn't plan on creating a Dalvik JVM for Ubuntu any time soon. The statement from them suggested that they recognize that native compiled apps (the dev ecosystem on Ubuntu is primarily HTML5, QML, C++) will run faster and more efficiently than code running within a JVM -- this was part of the comment when asked if they were planning to incorporate a Dalvik emulator in Ubuntu. There's nothing to prevent someone from developing one, but making this work properly will also require cooperation between the Dalvik implementation and the security framework in Ubuntu -- certainly possible, but I'm guessing it could be a year before anything comprehensive along those lines is likely to make it to market.

There's also another question nagging at me: how will Google evolve Android over the next couple of years? With an increasing number of apps rolling out for Android, it's conceivable that multiple windows (such as Samsung already offers) may become a regular feature, apps will become increasingly powerful -- and the distinction, at least for many people and many applications -- between PC and Android device -- will become vanishingly small for many purposes. If that happens, my guess is that this would further reduce any incentive for Google to somehow tie Ubuntu in with Android.

Of course I could be 100% wrong, and this just be the kind of thinking that happens after a 12 hour day without enough coffee... I personally love the evolution of hardware and software, and look forward to seeing how this all pans out. Fun to speculate in the meantime.
[Nexus 10 General] dalingrin:
Why does Ubuntu have to do anything with Google?

The developer preview is being made for Nexus devices but that's only because they are readily available and open to hacking.

I don't think Canonical realistically thinks Ubuntu will be the lead platform for Phones and Tablets but that's okay. They're currently trying to fill a niche with their tablet OS which is the enterprise market. This is one place where Android hasn't made a ton of inroads and it happens to be where Canonical makes their money(albeit still not profitable).
[Nexus 10 General] nightfox11:
I Can hardly wait! Will this be a flash through CMW recovery ?
[Nexus 10 General] styckx:
I would highly doubt it. Custom recoveries aren't native tools and can't see them relying on community methods of flashing.. When they released they dev build of full blown Ubuntu 12.10 for the N7 it was installed in Ubuntu and used fastboot in the background to wipe, format the partitions and install.
[Nexus 10 General] trickster2369:
I'm more spot to think about this a little backwards. I would like to see Android as an os on a PC.

Sent from my Nexus 10
[Nexus 10 General] dalingrin:
I like Android but it is still really limited. Having two application on screen at once is a must for me.
[Nexus 10 General] SayWhat10:
well you can run most apps on a PC already in a window
[Nexus 10 General] KMyers:
Lets put it this way, after the announcement, I went out and PURCHASED a Nexus 10 just to load this on :good:

I dont have a Nexus 4, I like how Android is on my Nexus 7, no build was being released for my Transformer Infinity, so the logical option was to go out and buy a 32 GB Nexus 10. It is sitting in my desk drawer as we speak, powered off ready for flashing. (I did unlock the bootloader). I dont want to get too attached to it, hence why I have not booted into Android.
[Nexus 10 General] SayWhat10:
Lol i really dont see all the hoopla about ubunto
[Nexus 10 General] KMyers:
Per the Hands On posted on Engadget, it will be done via Fastboot. This would mean that if you ever wanted to go back to Android, you would need to use the Stock Images on the Android Developer Site. In my case, I purchased this Nexus 10 purely to play with Ubuntu, so this is not a problem for me
[Nexus 10 General] pgibbons:
I was hoping this preview build would be more finished so it could be used as a daily driver. No Google contacts integration and no music player. I'm wondering if the Facebook app works. Seems like only the video player and gallery are working :(
[Nexus 10 General] cpg1111:
Does anyone know if Ubuntu will be available for non-nexus devices, tablets and phones, for instance galaxy tablet in this case and galaxy s3 in the case of phones?
[Nexus 10 General] espionage724:
It really depends on how your use your tablet I guess. I find trying to do anything "productive" on Android a slight pain, but I feel it would be way better under Ubuntu. But I have no idea yet :p

In any case, I was actually somewhat considering selling my N10 for another device.... until this announcement.

I don't know for fact, but I would imagine for devices launched before Ubuntu's OS goes public, no (not officially anyway). But with the source being available, it would be possible for it to be ported to most other/any Android-powered device with Kernel sources in-theory.

As for future devices, it'll only be available if the OEM wants it to offer it (aka if Samsung sold a Galaxy S4 with Ubuntu instead of Android, or both an Ubuntu and Android variant, or a single device with the capability of running either at user choice, etc.). Canonical will also sell their own Ubuntu-powered devices.
[Nexus 10 General] EniGmA1987:
No not at first. Only these Nexus devices right now. I believe that Ubuntu is planning on their own hardware later. It will probably be modded to work with other devices though as I am sure there are tons of people on XDA who want to use it.
[Nexus 10 General] Dannyada1988:
Reply

Finally it comes to tablets, and I found that before there was a develop version for Nexus 7.
[Nexus 10 General] espionage724:
http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/20/ubuntu-dev-preview-hands-on/

So that USB cable... with the stock cable, the painted USB logo wouldn't be visible from the front-side of the tablet. It looks like the cable isn't even fully in either... lol
[Nexus 10 General] styckx:
Must be another MicroUSB cable they had laying around. My Nexus 7's USB cable when plugged in has the USB logo facing up when inserted in the N10 but on the N7 it's pointed down. Little inconsistencies like they drive me insane.
[Nexus 10 General] dalingrin:
Dont forget that Ubuntu is still more than a year way from release for tablets. This is just a preview.

Like I told KMyers, it is still a year before the release. Its in pretty good shape all things considered but definitely not a daily driver.
[Nexus 10 General] sokaro1234:
Hey

I can't find a place to download the developer version for this. Any luck on that?
[Nexus 10 General] dadebue:
AW: Ubuntu is HERE!!!

I guess it is not released yet...it should be availible through:

developer.ubuntu.com
[Nexus 10 General] aventu:
Hands on from the Verge -> http://youtu.be/XkyYKqKUYXA
[Nexus 10 General] omac_ranger:
When it finally is available you should be able to download it and find the instructions here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TouchInstallProcess. I had a hell of a time trying to find that page.

Sent from my GT-N7100
[Nexus 10 General] NickTheMajin:
I can't wait until the software is ready for a daily driver. I've been thinking about getting rid of my Nexus 10 and getting a windows 8 tablet but this looks to be even better. Probably still many months down the road till I can feel comfortable relying on it but I'm patient.
[Nexus 10 General] syraz:
trouble finding it? they posted link on their twitter :)

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Now the question is, will it let me install linux applications also?
[Nexus 10 General] unitnerd:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Install Its finally here :)
[Nexus 10 General] styckx:
My opinion after giving it a run on the Nexus 7.. Restoring my Android build as I type this. Pasting what I wrote in the N7 forum

It's neat to see something different on my tablet but I'm not digging how you get around what so ever. It's sorta convoluted and not the friendliest way to get around. Just way to much going on and we don't even have the side stage yet.. Got laggy too.

Development preview is being kind. This is a rough alpha at best..
[Nexus 10 General] dadebue:
It's online!!! Flashing right know :good:
[Nexus 10 General] omac_ranger:
Side Stage is available on the N10, just not on the N7 (as it states on the TouchInstall page).. It will still be fun to give it a go.
[Nexus 10 General] styckx:
I know. I saw the release notes.. :) I just wasn't really impressed..

Shuttlworth: "Ubuntu tablets won't be as “jarring” to users as Windows 8"

I'm gonna go ahead and completely disagree with him 100%
[Nexus 10 General] alias_neo:
:(

Brought my N10 to work today, backed it up ready to install this, now I can't anyway till I get home cause I only have access to Mac OSX/Windows in work.
[Nexus 10 General] Monotoko:
It's neat and pretty, takes a bit of getting used to. I couldn't work out what any of the swipes did before I installed but figured them out pretty quick and if they can get dual-booting working I might develop some apps for it but at the moment I'm restoring back to Android. (Nexus 10)

I didn't much like the SideStage thing though...that threw me off.
[Nexus 10 General] earlyberd:
No dual boot capability? No thanks.

Hopefully at some point in the future someone will figure out how to dual boot it like people used to do with the HP TouchPad. Until then, I don't want to lose Android in the process.
[Nexus 10 General] govee:
Same here but I do run Ubuntu (PingyOS specifically) on my desktop and server. When I went home for lunch I did not see the release notice and left the N10 at work :(. I set up the ppa. Now I have to wait until 5 to flash.
[Nexus 10 General] styckx:
Ha, you lasted about as long as I did.

You get the same feeling I did? I just felt the interface and all the swiping made the entire interface entirely too "busy".. I hated the top swipe especially to setup your network etc... I don't know know.. It seems like they tried reinventing a wheel that didn't need reinventing. The tiles, icons and a home button thing on mobile just works and works well for what a mobile device is supposed to let the end user do... Get to things fast and be productive.. The entire time I was playing with it I kept thinking "soccer moms and dads will completely hate this"..
[Nexus 10 General] govee:
Dual boot should be easy for devs to accomplish (easy for me to say, I am not a dev). I dual boot on my MK808 with 4.1 and Pi****u. I never noticed that the version of ubuntu for MK808 has a dirty word in the middle of it!
[Nexus 10 General] Monotoko:
Exactly the same feeling, I mean they have done a far better job than Windows 8 (it isn't difficult) and I'm sure in the future it will have some installer which will allow you to connect to WiFi beforehand as well as a short tutorial that will show you how to work with the UI. I understand why they've done it, they're trying to move into new markets as they are fully aware that desktop Linux just isn't working well as a business strategy, so are trying to jam their foot in the door of the mobile experience.

I'm pretty sure they'll get some carrier partners at some point down the line, but I still think Android is a more mature system and will keep its high market share (I won't compare them, as comparing them will not be fair on Ubuntu at this point since it's a developers preview) I think overall Android is the "Windows" to Ubuntu's "Linux" if we compare it to the desktop, and Apple just do what they always do and provide their own hardware+software at a higher price :P

TL;DR: Different companies, different decade but still the same fight.
[Nexus 10 General] sackofnoise:
^ I agree, at least they are not like anyone else who gives a release date and just doesn't release it. Sure it's a developper preview, so it needs a lot of development but still... can't wait to get ubuntu on my device and dual boot it WITH android! :D
[Nexus 10 General] horatiob:
Has anyone else booted to a black screen after the initial Google power on screen?
[Nexus 10 General] ady_seray:
Same problem here mate
[Nexus 10 General] alias_neo:
Just flashed it, played for 5 minutes now going back to Android. It looks beautiful, navigation is a little convoluted but it's totally unusable at the moment, things like the media player are nothing more than an image, kept going back to lock screen every few seconds and stopped responding, then when I opened the camera it rebooted the device.

Promising, but hardly a developer preview, I'd say a pre alpha at best.
[Nexus 10 General] espionage724:
Just some random stuff my friend noticed:
[Nexus 10 General] unknown_owner:
Man all this to install a preview: download and install VirtualBox, download and install Ubuntu 12 virtual image, then download and install android sdk/adb
[Nexus 10 General] styckx:
That's not part of the install technically. Even though the actual install is stupid.. They seriously should have wrote an app that downloaded the images directly to the phone.. I was |-| that close to calling the whole thing off when I saw it adb pushing a 513mb img to the phone.. Seriously, 10 completely unnecessary minutes that could have been avoided by downloading the stuff directly to the phone instead.
[Nexus 10 General] espionage724:
The dev preview is mainly for developers.. and it is expected that you have a Ubuntu installation for development.

I happened to have a media computer with Lubuntu on it :)

Edit: You can probably use LiveCD too.

Some browser statistics:

SunSpider gets 2607.5ms with the Browser on this dev preview

HTML 5 test gets 386 +16 points

Acid3 scores 100/100 (but the text at the top-left saying "YOU SHOULD NOT SEE THIS AT ALL" is visible... lol)
[Nexus 10 General] codewisp:
Here are flashable zips for use in CWM/TWRP :)

https://plus.google.com/u/0/107538503004482952974/posts/4wb3g76C8eW
[Nexus 10 General] styckx:
They definitely have their work cut out for them over the rest of the year.. I seriously hope they relax on the god darn swiping.. I should not feel like I'm playing fruit ninja operating a phone/tablet.
[Nexus 10 General] espionage724:
Yeah even I didn't find the swiping too "comfortable", idk though lol. Hopefully they release a consumer preview that's a bit better :)

Also I pushed the power button to sleep the device and I tried waking, and it didn't wake. Hmm.
[Nexus 10 General] unknown_owner:
Thanks for that link codewisp, should make it much easier to show off to others
[Nexus 10 General] italia0101:
Its nice in the nexus 10 ... A lil buggy but nice
[Nexus 10 General] leyvatron:
Yeah, I also like the look and feel. I like the notification drop down the most.
[Nexus 10 General] horatiob:
how is this a developers preview... you can do anything... just look around.... WOW
[Nexus 10 General] aaron.thake:
Yeah :) I agree, I reckon this has got real legs... it runs real smooth for me, only had trouble with waking after pressing power to sleep. (Bored with windows, Android sweet for mobile, this as an alternative OS with loads and loads of software.. looks good to me) :)
[Nexus 10 General] niv3d:
Did any of you flash the .zip and get it to work? I flashed with TWRP and it hung at a black screen after the google splash screen...
[Nexus 10 General] horatiob:
first flash "quantal-preinstalled-armel+manta.zip" then flash "quantal-preinstalled-phablet-armhf.zip" then reboot
[Nexus 10 General] govee:
inn ffeenger

I flashed with TWRP and it loaded fine. I was able to take picture and log into my wireless. GMail, Facebook, and Twitter worked. Twitter would not bring up the keyboard when attempting to post. Media player crashes and forces you back to the login screen. The UI does look really nice and feels pretty good. I was going to play some more then test going back to restored 4.2.2 file to see how that goes.
[Nexus 10 General] govee:
Restoring with TWRP worked like normal. I can see this becoming a daily driver. :good:
[Nexus 10 General] lesonal:
Armel is my name lol