yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire Themes and Apps] mercianary:
i've just updated this. link is in the first post.

Fixed

-Loading a second terminal no longer breaks vnc.

-You no longer need to create the folder debian on sdcard.

Added

-ssh server (login with root and toor)

Removed.

-The image has been downsized from 2 gig to 1.4
[Desire Themes and Apps] thepuechen:
debian for desire--help please

hi

I spent much time for searching debian or ubuntu for desire, but nothin worked

know i found this and i have download everything and start to install over the terminal

but the " sh /sdcard/deboot" is not workin to

there's only this answer:

# su

su

# sh /sdcard/deboot

sh /sdcard/deboot

[: not found

losetup: not found

mount: No such file or directory

mount: No such file or directory

mount: No such file or directory

mount: No such file or directory

busybox: not found

sysctl: not found

chroot: not found

may somebody help me?

i really want to have it on the desire

thanks
[Desire Themes and Apps] Chillkroete_:
It looks like you had not installed busybox

Which ROM do you use ?
[Desire Themes and Apps] thepuechen:
oh i'm sorry

i'm a newbie and don't really know what a rom is

but i had problems with busybox and there was a somebody who said i can get the app titanium and let it install the busybox
[Desire Themes and Apps] thepuechen:
could you please show me a tut how to install busybox

maybe a german tut

thanks
[Desire Themes and Apps] Rosi1337:
Getting error at: sh /sdcard/deboot

line 5: syntax error near unexpected token `else'
[Desire Themes and Apps] mercianary:
dont know why that happened.. works on mine. syntax looks ok to me.

try with this one (attatched), it's the same but without the bit that's not working for you.

what rom are you using, i shall try to replicate the error so I can try to fix properly.
[Desire Themes and Apps] mercianary:
There should be a guide on installing busybox somewhere if you want to search for it, i know i remember seeing one a while ago.

Too be honest, your better off just flashing a rom that includes busybox, it would be MUCH easier.

have a look here and see what takes your fancy, I would recomend defrost, because it is stable and easy to overclock.
[Desire Themes and Apps] tknv:
Thanks mercianary,

It works fine!,

I use customised DeFroST_0.9b_uvonly with USB-host patch.

By the way I would like to add more options to kernel line.

Where can I find like a menu.lst file ? or How to add it to kernel line.

There is no /dev/graphics/* in running Debian console.

I would like to use FrameBuffer on running Debian.

thanks,
[Desire Themes and Apps] jacobtc:
Android VNC won't connect :( Trying to get a handshake, but then says that VNC connection failed :(
[Desire Themes and Apps] tknv:
please paste at that time log

Please paste at that time log.

Maybe vnc server does not running.
[Desire Themes and Apps] wollewolle:
You should understand that this is not a really booted native linux. Instead you are working in a chroot environment. So there is no kernel running that can get parameters. Only the the stock kernel of your DeFroST. Also there is no FrameBuffer as the graphic hardware ist not accessible. Instead this approach uses a vnc-server to which you can connect via a local viewer.

The advantage of this approach is clear:

- run almost any linux package available in the debian repository

- use your phone as before with the nice android

The disadvantage:

- no graphic output, so no 3D-games (which are rare under linux on the arm platform ;-)

- you can crash your android by eating up to much ram (not such a problem - it restarts on its own and if not you just have to reboot)
[Desire Themes and Apps] wollewolle:
Thread is dead?

It seems this thread is dead. The problems many users seem to have come from a dirty setup. The image is broken in many terms:

- wrong file permissions on important binaries, like su

- wrong file permissions on many device files under /dev, so the ttys are only accessible by root

- wrong permissions on other places so there are always errors when installing additonal software (e.g. with the man pages)

- wrong setup that uses the root user for the desktop - instead an unprivileged user should be used

- missing packages for timezones and locales so the time is only right, if you are in a UTC region and console programs having trouble displaying anything else then plain english

I can not recommend using this setup image. It is better to use one of the instructions available online to get a clean setup.
[Desire Themes and Apps] mercianary:
Su doesn't work because your allready root.

Getting anything but root to work would be a real pain.

As you said its a chroot environment, its never going to be perfect.

The image was made using debootstrap just like all the other 'clean' ones.

Yep, it is broken as hell, but it works for what most people would need it for...make,gcc,python,a proper web browser,torrents, and some emergency word processing on the train to work.

The problem most people have is not being able to mount the image, this is due to fro-yo a2sd taking up all the loop devices.
[Desire Themes and Apps] fllash:
Just thought I'd add my 2 cents.

I tried this on a MIUI rom and the scripy didnt do anything - ie i ran it using:

"# sh /sdcard/deboot"

.....and all it said was:

"#"

I entered all the lines in the shell script but the last one said it failed to launch VLC and no commands registered property (not even ls)

So i tried it on Defrost 5.1, and the script still didn't work.

But when i entered everything manually, it did work. Not too sure about the green theme though.

But thanks alot! Saves me spending a few hours trying to coax a working debootstrap out of my computer.

Thanks!

Josh.
[Desire Themes and Apps] wollewolle:
Nope. Actually su works only for root. It's missing the setuid root flag like all other binaries that should have it set.

Nope. I am always working as a normal, unprivileged user in my chroot. You just have to be in the proper groups. No need to work as root. Android works also with an unprivileged user.

This is what I do not understand. There is no need that it is broken, as mine works without any errors. So I think something went wrong in creating yours. For sure a chroot is no running OS but you can server almost any service with it and run anything you want (if your ram does not get exhausted ;-).

Yes. Everyone with a good rom should have a2sd+ (aka the old a2sd) which saves more space than the froyo one and leaves your loop devices for you.

jo
[Desire Themes and Apps] kipue:
Hi all, anyone knows where I could get the file? It has been unused for quite a while and multiupload does not host the file anymore.

Thanks a lot!
[Desire Themes and Apps] Kamazfromrus:
Can someone help me?After su sh /sdcard/deboot it went with error.

chroot: can't execute '/bin/bash' : No such or file directory
[Desire Themes and Apps] rrumbo:
"Download

htt... 79TSI1AAF9"

File is deleted. Please, someone to share the file.

Thanks.
[Desire Themes and Apps] 1+9+8+7:
Can someone upload this again, PLEASE!
[Desire Themes and Apps] yellowxi:
Sorry to brother.

But I got error mesg as follow:

losetup: /dev/block/loop5
mount:Device or resource busy
rm failed for -rf, Read-only file system
mkdir failed for /sdcard/debian/tmp, File exists
mount:No such file or directory
mount:No such file or directory
mount:No such file or directory
mount:mounting /sdcard/ on /sdcard/debian/root/sdcard failed: No such file or directory
net.ipv4.ip_forward =1
chroot: can't execute '/bin/bash': No such file or directory

is the above situation exactly what you mentioned as all the loop devices were already taken?

I am using the original 2.2 rom with secure-off.
[Desire Themes and Apps] Zobat:
adb push debian.img /sdcard/

Its a big file :)

Keep ya posted.

htc desire, latest oxygen

edit: http://www.multiupload.com/79TSI1AAF9
[Desire Themes and Apps] Zobat:
No loopback devises in /dev
[Desire Themes and Apps] :
Does anyone know where to download the 2gb image? :rolleyes:

EDIT: Nevermind, i found h t t p : / / w w w . androidfanatic.com/community-forums.html?func=view&id=1610&catid=9

which worked out perfectly.
[Desire Themes and Apps] jayshah:
If anyone finds the following error:

# mount -o loop /sdcard/debian.img /sdcard/debian
mount: can't setup loop device: No such file or directory

# losetup /dev/block/loop5 /sdcard/debian.img
losetup: /dev/block/loop5: No such file or directory

Then there is a small work around you can apply.

Run df -h and see how many loop devices you have:

# ls /dev/block/loop*
/dev/block/loop0 /dev/block/loop13 /dev/block/loop18 /dev/block/loop5
/dev/block/loop1 /dev/block/loop14 /dev/block/loop19 /dev/block/loop6
/dev/block/loop10 /dev/block/loop15 /dev/block/loop2 /dev/block/loop7
/dev/block/loop11 /dev/block/loop16 /dev/block/loop3 /dev/block/loop8
/dev/block/loop12 /dev/block/loop17 /dev/block/loop4 /dev/block/loop9

In my case I have 20 devices. Now let's see how they're mounted (can also be achieved via the mount command but it process more unneeded output)

# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 202.7M 44.0K 202.7M 0% /dev
tmpfs 202.7M 0 202.7M 0% /mnt/asec
tmpfs 202.7M 0 202.7M 0% /mnt/obb
/dev/block/mtdblock3 130.0M 91.9M 38.1M 71% /system
/dev/block/mtdblock5 302.6M 205.9M 96.8M 68% /data
/dev/block/mtdblock4 5.0M 784.0K 4.2M 15% /cache
/dev/block/mtdblock5 302.6M 205.9M 96.8M 68% /cache/download
/dev/block/vold/179:1
14.8G 12.7G 2.1G 86% /mnt/sdcard
/dev/block/vold/179:1
14.8G 12.7G 2.1G 86% /mnt/secure/asec
/dev/block/dm-0 2.0M 100.0K 1.9M 5% /mnt/asec/X
/dev/block/dm-1 18.3M 16.3M 2.0M 89% /mnt/asec/X
/dev/block/dm-2 2.0M 96.0K 1.9M 5% /mnt/asec/X
/dev/block/dm-3 6.1M 4.8M 1.3M 78% /mnt/asec/X
/dev/block/dm-4 2.0M 112.0K 1.9M 5% /mnt/asec/X
/dev/block/dm-5 2.0M 552.0K 1.5M 26% /mnt/asec/X
/dev/block/dm-6 2.0M 244.0K 1.8M 12% /mnt/asec/X
/dev/block/dm-7 4.1M 2.8M 1.3M 69% /mnt/asec/X
/dev/block/dm-8 20.3M 18.1M 2.1M 90% /mnt/asec/X
/dev/block/dm-9 6.1M 4.3M 1.8M 70% /mnt/asec/X
/dev/block/dm-10 7.1M 5.9M 1.2M 83% /mnt/asec/X
/dev/block/dm-11 2.0M 276.0K 1.8M 13% /mnt/asec/X
/dev/block/dm-12 15.2M 13.3M 1.9M 88% /mnt/asec/X
/dev/block/dm-13 2.0M 48.0K 2.0M 2% /mnt/asec/X
/dev/block/dm-14 2.0M 920.0K 1.1M 44% /mnt/asec/X
[B]/dev/block/dm-15 2.0M 920.0K 1.1M 44% /mnt/asec/Y
[/B]/dev/block/dm-16 2.0M 132.0K 1.9M 6% /mnt/asec/X
/dev/block/dm-17 20.3M 18.1M 2.1M 89% /mnt/asec/X
/dev/block/dm-18 2.0M 448.0K 1.6M 21% /mnt/asec/X

You can see how all of your loop devices are occupied this way. I singled out a small app that I could move back to the phone (via Manage Applications -> Find the app -> Move to phone) which would free up my loop15 device.

Now just replace loop3 with your free loop device (loop15 in my case) in Chillkroete_'s post and it should work :)
[Desire Themes and Apps] farhang_za:
You are a genius GREAT JOB i dont khow how to thank u :)
[Desire Themes and Apps] kinaski:
I ahve the same problem... What is solution to this?

Thanks!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alisha898:
Soo I tried to unroot my evo and now im at the 1.32 version. I got the OTA update for the 1.47 version but everytime i try to do install now it will install a little then the little installation bar will change into the android with the exclamation mark inside.

I dont get it?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freditoj:
Have you used the unrevoked method by any chance?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alisha898:
No i only used Simpleroot to unroot. I cant unroot so i was hoping the OTA would unroot me
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freditoj:
Download the update online, place in SD card and rename to update.zip and flash it from recovery.
[Desire General] 325i.:
I have made a goldcard but is there anyway to test it without flashing the phone?

Also what and how many files and folders should be on the goldcard? On mine there are only two folders.
[Desire General] wahur1:
can't say how to test exactly but when i completed the process i saw a popup saying "process completed successfully" now you have a goldcard.

don't remember how many folders were there in my goldcard.
[Desire General] 325i.:
Anyone know how many files and folders should be on the gold card?
[Desire General] jonnywright:
I would also like to know how to test a Goldcard.

I do however know (think) that there should be no files or folders on the card. It just changes how the device "see's" the card (again, I think, please correct me if I'm talking waffle).
[EVO 4G General] NVETHIS:
I just got my EVO and I want to get Froyo 2.2 on it. I haven't accepted the OTA update from sprint. I want to root my phone and get a custom Froyo 2.2 rom without Sense on it. What would be the best process for me to follow?

Root the phone first and they apply a 2.2 rom, or could I just put one of the custom 2.2 rom's on it as is. Thanks.

-Slevin
[EVO 4G General] dmora01:
Root first! Don't apply the update.

Sent from my EVO!
[EVO 4G General] jahnile:
U need to be rooted first in other to flash custom roms, do u def.ly wanna root 1st.
[EVO 4G General] NVETHIS:
Ok so I will root it, is it better for toast 1 or toast method 2 for full system root??? After that I can flash one of the Froyo 2.2 ROM's that have been cooked since the official update realeased today?

I'm coming from a TouchPro 2 so I have to get used to this process now. I got Froyo 2.2 on my HD2, but that's about to be returned to T-Mobile since I got my EVO.

Thanks.

-Slevin
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snandlal:
Your need to flash this recovery (stock, no) recovery and the update should complete...

Extract norecovery.img and flash via flash_image or fastboot

Fastboot: fastboot flash recovery norecovery.img

Do your update

Reflash your original custom recovery
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ivanhouston10:
hit there i am experiencing the same problem. Every time i try to update i get the white triangle with exclamation mark with the little Android.

@snandlal i see that you have a solution with to this problem. But i dont really quite get how to do it. Can you please be more specific im a noob here. Thanks
[EVO 4G Accessories] detyrone2k:
I am looking for a Armband for my EVO. I would like to find one that allows me to view the screen while it is in the band. I got one from Ebay that came from Hong Kong that says it will work for the phone but it is tight (so tight is causes signal loss) on the phone and only can view 2/3 of screen. If anyone out there has gotten one or seen one please let me know.
[EVO 4G Accessories] flyingwolf:
I am not sure how being tight would cause signal loss unless your seeing the signal loss while it is strapped to you arm, in which case it is your arm, not the case.

As for your question, have not seen any yet, my wife sews like crazy so when I need something like that I just ask her for it lol.
[EVO 4G Accessories] detyrone2k:
Yeah, it cause signal loss in the wireless network and the GPS. even if it is not on my arm. A friend says it being tight would cause a pinch on the chip. To much pressure on the screen it what he says. He is a electronic engineer too. So i would believe him.
[EVO 4G Accessories] flyingwolf:
Your friend is wrong. The chip for wifi and cell is on the back of the board away from the screen. At most it may be signal attenuation due to a material in the case.

To show I am not talking out my ass here.

http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/HTC-Evo-4G-Teardown/2979/1

As you can see the chips are on the back of the board.
[EVO 4G Accessories] phobos512:
As someone with seven years of RF experience I just have to say, this is the most absurd thing I have ever read online.
[EVO 4G Accessories] flyingwolf:
Which part?
[EVO 4G Accessories] munsterrr:
the reception thing sounds crazy

i use an arm band for an ipod touch that is a "stretchy/spongy" material and i can still see the phone and change songs through the thick plastic coating on the front. I sweat ALOT too and still never had water damage after 45 min+ runs

its very similar to this one but an older model i think(had it for years for my 1st gen zune). Just stretch it out lol

http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/aerosport-iphone
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] arjaylight:
i have my magician battery drained and now it is not booting.

Even if I charge it in long hours still no luck to revive it.

I used Cotulla's O5 (WM6.5 for 64mb ram).

Anyone familiar with the issue? Thanks!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] GnatGoSplat:
I had a Magician like that. Battery had to be shocked to restore it because leaving it drained for a long time caused internal shorts. To shock it, I used a variable 25V power supply applied to the battery contacts very briefly which makes a spark. I did that several times until the spark is smaller and the battery shows some voltage. This trick also works for other rechargeable batteries that refuse to charge.

Sometimes with Magician, it's not an internal battery short, but that the battery voltage is below a charging threshold. In that case, I used small wires to attach to the + and - battery terminals with the battery in the phone, and attached a variable power supply to raise the voltage to around 3.7V under load so that the phone will boot with the dead battery. Once it is booted and the LED is orange to show that it's charging, I remove the power supply and it will stay charging till the battery is full.

You could kill your phone doing this wrong and I don't know what equipment you have access to, but these are things that have worked for me. Although the simplest way is just to buy a new battery.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] arjaylight:
@GnatGoSplat

hi mate, this is really helpful!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] icpart:
With 25V power supply you can burn battery protection electronics inside in battery and it is possible in that case to overcharge the LiOn battery in next charge cycle and the end it can EXPLODE. In future you can try to apply 5V for little long time and you will achieve same results without any danger to burn battery electronics ;)

Hi arjaylight

Before few days I have same problem with drained new Magician battery. I charged it for little time but the same results as yours, after hard reset the device boot normally.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] GnatGoSplat:
That depends on the cause of the battery not charging. If battery voltage has fallen below charging thresholds, then applying 5V for a long time should work. If battery won't charge because of internal shorts, 5V will not burn off the internal shorts and the battery will just get warm. To blow out internal shorts, you need a much higher voltage across battery terminals for a very short time. Generally, you should just dispose of shorted batteries as you are correct that they could explode with any attempt to squeeze more life out of them.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] Moto62:
Many People used a 9V Battery Block.

Connect only short but frequently ! After ca. 10 Shots maybe u have Luck.

I successfully make that with 2 Sony Ericsson Batterys from K800i.

Is the same Problem : Undervoltage or a little internal short.

Be carefull and patient !
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] arjaylight:
battery drain

thanks for all your inputs.

im trying to find power suplly bu i think what is readily available is the 9v battery block. thanks moto26.

could you explain in details how you did this. 10 shots but how about the intervals? 5secs?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] chansthename:
just a side note, after doing all of this if you find that it doesn't work for whatever reason. I found that the dealextreme batteries for the magician hold their charge well and they are very cheap compared to ebay etc.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ziadau:
helllo i have a samsung galaxy s. i downloaded CWM and used it before and it ran fine did a backup. then i decided to do a full factory reset of the phone including formatting the SD card. the phone is still rooted.

anyway with a clean phone i reinstalled CWM premium and try and backup my rom to get a clean backup done as i want to be able to go back to the original rom supplied by my carrier (optus) once i have played with froyo.

now the issue is the phone reboots and then the following errors happen

--Install from package--

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

E:Cant open /cache/update/zip

(bad)

Installation aborted.

does anyone know what to do, i have tried to do all the things as requested by CWM when i reboot, ie recovery mode is broken.

have enabled erase recovery = cant find this option

clearing the download cache =done no change

i reinstalled the program and have hard reset it again too.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmthabet:
Hi

if i understood correctly you formatted the internal memory of your phone. Well if thats the case, then unfortunately you deleted the ROM backup that you made on the internal memory (unless before formatting you copied the folder /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/ (the rom back up folder) to your Computer) and also you deleted the clockwork recovery file. So now you need to install CWM from the scratch. and get yourself a stock (optus) rom backed up by someone the same method. i remember i have seen it somewhere here in the forum just search for it.

good luck
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ziadau:
sorry what i mean is that i reset my phone to the factory default to get a backup of the stock optus firmware. and am having issues doing this backup. as it wont boot into recovery properly.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ziadau:
ok fixed it... not sure why as this does not make sense. but i went back to the internal sd card memory backup i had done and copied the recovery-update.zip and download folders back to the phone... went into CWM and then tried to do another backup and it works... maybe a bug during re-installation???
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmthabet:
Well, glad to hear your problem is solved.

cheers
[XPERIA X2 General] ibrahimahmed:
my xperia x2 is not opening my media and

opening text to write and send messege. may be their is a plugin or file which opens it and its removed. so . i need help on how to

op

en the media and my text.
[Networking] MaybeOnce:
I was doing some research on AT&T and its wireless network upgrades when I came up on this reference off of the AT&T Mobiity wiki.

OK, I still can't post links yet. :(

But if you look up the "AT&T Mobility" wiki, footnote reference 19 to the macblogz.com article and then their link to rcrwireless.com's article, you will see what I am talking about.

I think it's worth the trouble...

I couldn't stop laughing at all the bogus rollout predictions. This was just over 18 months ago!

Sure, all the major carriers have made some incremental increases, but no one is going to have their 4Gs rolled out by the end of 2010.

Smirking all the way.:D