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[Ouya Android Development] Trooper_Max:
Glad you agree with my new idea!

As far as development, yeah, that is why I used my Notion Ink Adam for some of the testing that I did.

As far as developing for OUYA, I don't think we are limited by not having nvflash, we just have to be more careful. Personally, if I were developing anything, I would use my above methods to fastboot boot images that load everything else from a thumb drive at least until whatever I'm developing becomes stable enough that I want to use it more permanently. Then I would be very careful about how I flash it.

Heck, if you wanted to be really safe, you could flash recovery images to both the boot and recovery partitions and just use external boot methods :D

In the long term though, I hope we can develop a bootloader based on the kexec hardboot patches for the original Nexus 7, which would allow booting completely off boot images stored in other locations, loading partitions from other locations. Other locations could even just be the virtual sd card if you don't want to use external media, but at that point we'd have a safe extra bootloader stored on the boot partition.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2104706

Hope that makes sense.

~Troop
[Ouya Android Development] dexter84:
I was not aware that any content of RAM can survive a reboot, hard kexec booting custom OS from USB or image is definitely a safe solution, looks like all the pieces are there.

Wish I had something more than ouya alone, since you have your Adam are you going to try to develop something ?
[Ouya Android Development] Trooper_Max:
I do intend to, but I don't have a great deal of time to devote to Android development, so not sure how long it will take me. I'm trying to find what time I can though. This past weekend/last week I had a bit more than usual.

~Troop
[Ouya Android Development] kairnage:
Here is a mirror for you.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/hban76kzeys6ybd/ouya-sda123-boot.zip

I tried this on my new 64GB and it wouldn't boot, but it's a brand new card so it might be the problem. I'll try a known good card later.
[Ouya Android Development] Trooper_Max:
Sorry you had trouble - a couple other things to be wary of:

Have only the one thumb drive connected, at least until it boots - the boot.img looks for the data partition as sda1, the system partition as sda2, and the cache partition as sda3. If some other storage device is connected, it might be labeled sda by the OUYA depending on the order it finds them in and then the thumb drive might become sdb or so on.

It worked for me through a hub, but it may also be worth trying it directly if you have trouble.

Guessing you did this, but give it some time, booting from thumb drive especially on the first boot is slower. It's not too long, but it was long enough that for a moment I thought I'd failed again. Of course the thumb drive I was using wasn't built for speed, so YMMV.

If you're still having trouble - even on my failed attempts at boot images for this (it took me 5 tries at getting the ramdisk to get it bootable), I was still able to connect to it using adb. I ran adb on Linux, running adb as root to bypass all that udev configuration stuff - it's just easier, and if the OUYA/device failed to mount the system partition, it might not match the configuration you expect anyway. If you're able to run "adb shell" but it gives you a permission error about not being able to access the shell binary on the system partition, that probably means you didn't setup the system partition correctly - it's crucial that it get set up with the right permissions, which is why I provided the image so it could just be written directly with dd.

I'm going to try to put together a recovery image that can partition the thumb drive for you and flash an arbitrary update.zip to the thumb drive, but not sure when I will be able to have that ready. The initial version will not be able to patch the boot.img though, so that will still need to be modified like the one I have provided, but maybe in a future version I can get it to also modify the boot.img for loading the information from the thumb drive.

Let me know if you continue to have issues or if you do get it working! And if anyone else has got it working, please post so I can at least know someone got it working. It worked for me, and I don't see why it shouldn't work for anyone else, but if there is something conflicting I want to figure it out.

EDIT: I just remembered when I was looking into the swapping boot/recovery stuff, I noticed in the recovery source that there already are some tools that might be able to help partition the thumb drive and fix permissions included in the recovery source:

https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_bootable_recovery/tree/jellybean/utilities

Tonight I'll see if I can put together some new instructions using those tools that might be easier and less error-prone. I'm hoping those tools can be applied to the thumb drive anyway, I'll try and figure that out tonight.

~Troop
[Ouya Android Development] kairnage:
I could get into ADB as well but was only seeing the stock system. Actually now I think it was the adapter I was using. At first I assumed it was the microsd because it would hang on boot. But after trying a known good card it did the same. I remembered having issues with an adapter that has the indicator light to show it was connected on a tablet before. I tried a generic Kingston adapter and it sees the cards now. Of course I had already wiped them back to stock partitions. LOL Oh well, start again tomorrow.
[Ouya Android Development] Trooper_Max:
Thanks to csonger for feedback, which may be handy if you have system partition issues:

I didn't have those issues myself for some reason, but I'll investigate and see what instructions I need to update!

Thanks again for the feedback!

~Troop
[Ouya Android Development] kairnage:
Finally got my Linux partition back up and running so I can give this a go again.
[Ouya Android Development] kairnage:
It's been trying to boot CM for about 15 minutes now, ADB does see it, but I think it might no like the partitions I did.I did 2GB for system and 1GB for cache. I will repartition and try again.
[Ouya Android Development] Trooper_Max:
That should be fine, I would think... If you continue to have trouble, try running e2fsck and resize2fs on the system partition, as csonger suggested. (In case you didn't already)

I was confused when I came up with the instructions that it worked without me doing resize2fs since I figured that would be needed to expand the filesystem to fill the partition, but somehow it worked anyway and even looked like it was expanded, but I'd probably just forgot to refresh my view after dd.

Note that you can run the commands with just the partition as an argument: (I added -fp to e2fsck to automatically find/fix problems)

e2fsck -fp /dev/sdX2

resize2fs /dev/sdX2

(Where X is the letter for your thumb drive)

Without a size specified, resize2fs resizes the filesystem to fill the partition.

Hope that helps!

EDIT: I went back and fixed the instructions with this addition now that I've tested it a little more. Unfortunately, I noticed that CWM does not include resize2fs and I didn't spot any other programs handy within CWM to do the trick, so you can't quite do this part on the OUYA. I will look into alternate instructions or building my own CWM that includes resize2fs or just plain automates this more.

~Troop
[Ouya Android Development] nexuslite:
I'm having an issue with this when I type adb reboot bootloader the Ouya resets, but it never comes back alive. The power light is on but no screen and Ouya isn't detected by adb or fastboot. Did I miss something?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] soundrizm:
Is there a ROM available that has Zram with GPS working?

I've been trying to find anything with the search function, but nothing seems to pop up.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Cooptx:
Try an ICS ROM.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] soundrizm:
Thanks! But do you know if any that include Zram? From what I understand, it needs to be enabled in the kernel...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Cooptx:
I think you are looking for Beastmode's Proton Kernel. Or something like that... can't remember if that is the right name. Or try Team Fah-Q's version of CM9
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hutson23:
Beastmode's CM 10/ 4.1.2

Has the zram but not GPS....

Don't think your gonna find both

Working on this phone yet..

I could be wrong tho...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] pisherthefisher:
I'm pretty sure almost every Aries JB Roms supports zram
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] soundrizm:
Man, there's gotta be one that has both! I don't care if its GB, ICS, or JB... still searching... I might just give that CM9 version a shot... Thanks for the replies though, guys... I appreciate it!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Cooptx:
I am sure it is on ICS just can't remember which one o.O
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
Try remiics <----i think that's how its spelled
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] JuJu142:
So I was following the instructions for the root, and am at the TWRP part where I select the zip file I placed onto the drive. When I go to install I see a ton of listed folders, but can't seem to figure out where the heck the zip file is I put on the device, I had dropped it into the root. Any help with this? I can not post in any other forum.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] evodon84:
So you didn't put it into any of the folders? Scroll down the zip should be at the bottom. Otherwise reboot and recheck that the file downloaded.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] JuJu142:
Here's the thing, I can't find ANY of the folders that are listed when I open the internal stoage on my PC. At the top of TWRP it says "Internal Storage (0mb)" The folders I see are boot, cache, data, datadata, dedv, emmc, etc, external_sd, internal_sd, license, proc, recovery, res, root, sbin, sd-ext,, sdcard, supersu, sys, system, tmp, sys system, tmp, usb-otg . So confused.

Sigh and when at the bootloader or whatever it looks like I don't have access to the internal storage via my computer. Just shows up as "Android" on my PC.

I "Copied log to SD", it says it copied it to /data/media. When I go into the file manager. That location doesn't exist. Nothing inside that data folder....at all.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] JuJu142:
Wow

While browsing around I found this posted by another user:

"Originally Posted by Iktwo View Post

Hi, I just registered cause I had the same problem and I wanted to help, did you installed twrp? I did, and then supersu but I was stuck at boot, then I got internal storage says 0mb, so I tried wiping data, didn't work I got some problem wiping cache, then I tried format data, it succeed, then I tried wiping data again, succeeded also, then I rebooted and I can use it again! I hope that works for you too."

And it did. Booted the device back up and all of a sudden all of the files are there. Root complete.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] selimsms:
i have same problem

Hi i have a same problem, storage and sd card seem 0 MB and i can't start install, i can see any folder.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] Shillopellos9:
I didnt understand your problem really well. Try clicking in internal sd folder and you should see zip otherwise at the top of twrp where you select storage select again internal storage and it should popup if i understood correctly.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] Ramm14:
Hi,

I have the same problem, I tried the above steps with no luck. I still can't see the folders from internal storage. Please help.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] Ramm14:
Solution Identified

There is a folder by the name "0" which you can find in TWRP and also from the File explorer. Place the SuperSU.zip inside the "0" folder using file explorer and they try to locate it from the TWRP. It should be visible then.

It worked for me, hope it does for you too.

Thanks

Ram
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] ashmay88:
I experienced a similar problem with my nexus 5x and ended up on this thread from google search. I got it working after entering the password at password prompt, when phone started to boot into recovery. This decrypted the storage and mounted it, before booting to recovery. If I didn't enter a password and skipped it(hit cancel and moved on), then in the recovery I see that storage and sdcard as 0.

Hope this helps someone.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] flekkie:
It díd help someone, me :)

I was doing the same thing, cancelling this password prompt, I thought it was a encryption thing instead of a decryption thing (should read better).

Now I can access all files again on TWRP, thanks!

EDIT: I thought a bit more why this happend: it is of course because we activated the option 'ask pattern unlock before booting android', which is an option in the Nexus 5X welcome screens.

So I assume TWRP needs that pattern as well to access the Android folders once it's activated.

Also: I had to click the '3x3' option in the Password screen to make the pattern responsive, in case that's a hint someone looks for.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] ashmay88:
Glad it helped. :)
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] Smalius:
Where did you see it asking for a password? I have booted into recovery and can't see any password prompt and the storage is still at 0mb. Help?
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] icerebro:
I had the problem.

I solved it by formating the data.

> fastboot format userdata

Do not forget to do a backup of your backup in your PC, then put it back and restore..!!
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] sshubhendu:
I have soft bricked my device, after reading your forums, I downloaded a stock ROM for my device... transferred it to my ext SD card but i couldnt find the RAR file in TWRP.(install) Even tried my luck with usb otg... i could see the rom (rar) file in file manager even copied it from ext SD to internal storage... i have double checked the location of the file... is on root it isny inside any folders. Pls help
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] icerebro:
Do what I said format the internal SD.

In your twrp format internal storage.

Then reboot and problem solved.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] Rajan suwal:
Help! Guys I cant locate my storage neither internal nor external sd card when i tried to install from recovery mode.How can I get access to internal external storage?
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] Rustin123:
I have similliar problem twrp doesn`t see any files from my phone and it says that i have no os installed. :(

Sorry for my english.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] claudioita:
Hi having the same problem as others .... and did not succed (wipe format and all). YOu say to put a password ... but which password?????
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] madbat99:
Your password on your device probably
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] ClayClay22341:
what password??
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] srgsfg:
you are an angel, thanks!!
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] Pigggybank:
How do you crack this password ?
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] iantresman:
I had exactly the same problem. Used USB file transfer to copy across the latest Xenon XD release (currently: XenonHD-171124-Official-n7100.zip ) and Gapps Arm, 7.1, Mini) into the SD Card root. But whenever I booted into TWRP and selected Install, it could not see my Zip files.

The problem was that my SD Card was formatted as an "Internal card", so Android doesn't let anything see the files that are copied across, including TWRP. The solution was to go back into Android storage, and reformat the SD Card as "external". Problem solved. Can now see the zip file and install.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] LauraSakura:
Anyone having trouble with WiFi? With my home router it just keeps cycling between "Authenticating" and "Obtaining IP Address". It will connect with my Nexus 4 if I use my N4 to create a WiFi hotspot. My old N7 connects to this router just fine. It has full bars and is using WPA/WPA2 PSK security. I tried WPS and it didn't work either. Anyone else having issues or have any ideas? I want to root this, but I need to make sure the wireless is working correctly first.

Edit: It appears to work correctly if I switch to 2.4 GHZ mode, but will not connect correctly under Auto or 5GHZ mode. Curious if anyone else is having this problem.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] pzenou:
I have upgrade since two months 1.40 version and no problems.

but since one day i have no sound on my phone.

the sound i ok on ring, on bluetooth and on headset but no on the tel

please hel

thanks
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] TheLastOne:
This is a widely known problem. To this day there is only one possible "solution" but this entails removing Bluetooth functionality from your device.

Read about it here:

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=21844
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] pzenou:
it don't work

please help

i don't understand the problem
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] iAmIncredible:
I have the straighttalk variant of the Galaxy S2..and my god.. Straighttalk has this device screwed up!!! You dont receive any OTA's which really suck because im stuck on GB... I have a custom recovery and i am rooted.. I have flashed numerous roms for I777 which is compatible with the 959g but i always feel a slight lag on every rom (except AOKP but i dont really like AOSP themed roms) so i usually go back to stock.. Is there any kernal out there that i could install on stock, so i could overclock my phone, or if you have a 959g, can anyone recommend a great ROM?

Thanks! (:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] AJ Newkirk:
Resident 959g guru mr-cook has 2 threads that any 959g user MUST check out.

1) COOKED is a great ROM that will work very nicely on your 959g.

2) Straight Talk SGS2- SGH-S959G has a TON of useful information about the 959g.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] iAmIncredible:
Thanks for the speedy response!!! Im going to give COOKED 1.6 a try and see how that works! :)
[Nexus 7 (2013) Themes and Apps] angry english:
Make sure you have unknown sources checked

Download this and install apk

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23017610006234024

I'm sure a lot if you have this but for those that have not and want it here we go;)

Credit to whoever ripped it from the GPe rom
[Nexus 7 (2013) Themes and Apps] oneandroidnut:
Worked flawlessly thanks!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] KGB7:
Many of our clients ask us to sync their outlook and contacts with their iPad or iphone that is linked to POP email account, but all the data is in Outlook. And its been a nightmare to deal with. Can't use latest iTunes, have to use older iTunes.

With android its so much easier, simpler and it works.

I'm not bashing Apple products, I think they are good in their own way, but could be a heck of alot better.

I keep telling clients to stop using outlook and just store all the contacts and calendars in your email accounts. Yet they want all 2 or 5 pop email accounts linked to Outlook. They tell me its just easier that way to access all emails.

One of our new clients uses 4 different email providers for her home business, and all of them linked to Outlook on her PC. All contacts and calendars are stored on her pc in outlook.

After two hours of banging my head against the wall, I honestly could not sync it with her iPad and crack berry. I did get 709 contacts in to crack berry from outlook, but then client tells that contacts that were added few days ago are not there. /face palm.

Another client is having issues with yahoo email on iPhone 5, because os6.1 is...broken. Keeps throwing errors at me.

Anyways... I needed to vent, its been a long week.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Deleted member 4151041:
I have been wondering how this works. We are able to sync our contacts and calendars to gmail and import to outlook easily. How do you do that with an apple iPhone?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] frederuco:
Lets see...

How about use this to sync your gmail/calendar/contacts from your google account: https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/138740?hl=en
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Deleted member 4151041:
Missed the point brosef. Were talking about using POP not exchange.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] frederuco:
Well, using a google Accout even on android it won't sync contacts. It still uses your google account (non pop) to sync contacts. At least that's how it works if I delete my google account and only add back a gmail account as a pop email account.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Deleted member 4151041:
At work we use contacts sync pro and calendar sync both of which I think have been discontinued by google.

We can add contacts in outlook and we sync it to gmail and it shows up in our phone contacts using a yahoo pop bizmail account. Its really nice and easy. I was wondering if this was even possible on apple without using an exchange.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] frederuco:
Well, my work uses an exchange server for my iPhone email, so I have my outlook and iPhone sync'd using that. Then I use gSyncIT from Fieldston to sync my outlook to Google so then my Android tablet and personal PC's keep their contacts and calendars in sync.

My wife on the other hand does not have the ability to sync her iPhone to her exchange server, so her outlook is exchange and then uses gSyncIT to sync her outlook to Google. Then added the Google Exchange server on her iPad an iPhone to keep it all in sync.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] open1your1eyes0:
How to Root your Verizon Galaxy S4

***VRUAME7 Build Only! - Look for this***

​

Description

: This is a simple guide that will allow you to easily root your Verizon Galaxy S4 device without having to wipe your device or flash a full prerooted factory image. This method works using a root exploit (originally created by user hiikezoe, then ported for ease of use by DooMLoRD) and modifications of this exploit to work on the Verizon Galaxy S4 device (provided by user PWM978). Only change is I have modified the root method to use the latest SuperSU binaries and repackaged with simpler instructions.

Video Demo of the Full Process

(Courtesy of DroidModd3rX)

Step 1 -

Preparation

Step 2 -

MicroSD Card Preparation

Step 3 -

Rooting Your Device

Credits

Credit goes to hiikezoe for creating the original "perf_event" Exploit (Original Source)

Credit goes to DooMLoRD for porting the original "perf_event" Exploit for ease of use (Original Post)

Credit goes to PWM978 for modifying the exploit to work on the Verizon Galaxy S4 (Original Post)

Credit goes to Chainfire for creating SuperSU (Original Post)

Credit goes to all the members in the Bounty thread for being testers of this root method before its release (Original Thread)

Please note

: Credit for this method goes entirely to the users who have created these tools and provided the files. I am only bringing together all these files and creating a simple guide for everyone to follow.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] TheNecris:
Thank you!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] andybones:
Great to see some progress!

way to go guys!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] randy hoopes:
What good is root without unlocked bootloader?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bjbinc:
Either you're just a troll...or have a very limited imagination.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thedeveloper1:
Everyone, remember not to take the next OTA

Congrats Guys, I knew we can do it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] GuestK00350:
What app(s) would I need to install to block OTAs?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] FAUguy:
Just to be clear, you won't be able to install CWM yet, as the BootLoader is still locked?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Southern_mind:
You can install xposed installer. Some nottach stuff works and was able to get the wifi hotshot toggle and brightness toggle set up, infinity scroll. And my beloved root apps.

You can still change a lot with just root.

Remove icons. Add the screen off option for when you receive a text message. And a lot more
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] KappaAce2010:
This is just amazing. thank you....thank you so much. Picking up a mini sd card tomorrow. Onward to recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hoboballer:
Thanks guys for all the hard work. My 32Gb micro SD can't be formated to exfat. I have windows 7 Pro. If I format the card to fat32 will it still root my phone even tho I will see errors?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] VincentDHam:
Just to be clear, we only have root? and custom recovery won't work?

Also, i now have the custom boot logo every reboot with the lock icin at the bottom, how to change that?