yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nook Color Android Development] w8wca:
Got a whole farther!

I was also missing libc.so.6 found it in tmp and cp to /data/opt/lib (and /system/lib)

Next step = Enter the username of your unprivileged user:

grep: /etc/passwd: No such file or directory

adduser: not found

Enter the username of your unprivileged user:

and find / -name adduser finds nothing
[Nook Color Android Development] tonygoes:
I did this on a Samsung Epic running SyndicateRom Frozen. I have no idea how different it is from CM7, but I don't think it's that far off.

If you don't have adduser, something went wrong with the busybox install. A little background on what it is first...

Most unixes have a lot of different commands - ls, which, wget, du, chmod, pwd, etc... Each of them is a completely separate program, that gets installed somewhere in the path. Works pretty well, but they take up a lot of space. Busybox is a single program written for low-memory unixes that duplicates the functionality of a lot of them, in a much smaller binary to save storage space. On my system it's installed as /system/xbin/busybox, and there are symlinks for each of the program it links. If you run ls -l /system/xbin, you'll see the links. You can run any of them, and it'll run the busybox program. It knows what command was used to run it, and will do whatever the actual command by that name would do.

There are a lot of different versions of busybox on android, and some of them have more programs that they duplicate. You can see the entire list by running busybox. It'll say currently defined functions, and list all the programs it duplicates. Anyway, the busybox that came with my rom (and probably yours too) doesn't have adduser. The one from the optware install does. That's why I keep saying check your busybox installation. Run /data/tmp/optware-xxx/busybox - that will show you that the optware busybox has adduser. If your run which busybox, it'll tell you to the full path to the busybox that you're running. You can run ls -l on it, and compare file sizes - chances are it's not the same, and it's missing adduser. You can manually replace it and create the adduser link, or you can see if you can figure out why the installer isn't giving you the correct busybox. It's supposed to put it in /system/xbin, and create all the symlinks for the programs that it supports.
[Nook Color Android Development] w8wca:
First off thank you for all this help!

OK it is running busybox from /system/xbin

it has busybox in /data/tmp/optware-xxxx

I can run busybox commands - but likely from /system/xbin

If I kill busybox and run /data/tmp/optware-xxxx/busybox with no options

I see it has adduser

Can I just rename /system/xbin/busybox to busybox.old then cp the one in /data/tmp/optware-xxxx/ to /system/xbin?
[Nook Color Android Development] tonygoes:
As a last resort, doing the rename and copy, and then running:

ln -s /system/xbin/busybox /system/xbin/adduser

will probably work.

But it's still worth looking into why the original install failed. Somewhere along the way, it should either say "Static busybox already installed" or "Installing static busybox", both in the output and in the log. Hmm... if it says Static busybox already installed, that's the problem. It realizes busybox is already there, but doesn't realize it's not the right version, and doesn't try to update it. If that's the case, I think you'll be fine to run:

cp -p /data/tmp/optware-xxxx/busybox /system/xbin

busybox --install -s /system/xbin

hash -r

then run the installer again. That's actually what the installer would have done if it realized busybox needed updating. It wouldn't hurt to preserve the original busybox, but I don't know that you'll need it for anything.

If the log says Installing static busybox, you should still probably run those 3 commands. It would have tried to do that, and failed somewhere along the way. Running them manually will let you figure out where.
[Nook Color Android Development] w8wca:
It was the "Static busybox already installed"

OK that works - although I had to cp paswd to /opt/etc as I got this error at the add user part when I re ran the script

grep: /etc/passwd: No such file or directory

adduser: /opt/etc/passwd: No such file or directory

After I copied it the script finished, Almost good except now I have this (some font issue?)

# pwd

pwd

/data/tmp/optware-2793

# ls -al

ls -al

total 2612

drwxr-xr-x 3 0 0 4096 Jul 9 15:53 ←[1;34m.←[0m

drwxr-xr-x 7 0 0 4096 Jul 9 16:33 ←[1;34m..←[0m

-rwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 1062992 Sep 6 2010 ←[1;32mbusybox←[0m

drwxr-xr-x 3 501 20 4096 Jul 9 15:53 ←[1;34mstage2←[0m

-rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 1586425 Dec 12 2010 ←[0;0mstage2.tar.gz←[0

It has to do with the newer busybox I would say

Just switching to the old busybox and installing it does not change it

Oh yea, ls is the only thing I see that acts strange

Another strange thing - I see it installed the typ programs including ssh.

But when done I cannot ssh to my NC
[Nook Color Android Development] tonygoes:
I'm not sure about the text issue. It MAY have something to do with how you're connecting to your nook, but I'm not positive. What are you using to get in? I've had good results with running adb shell from a command prompt on Fedora, and with using Jake Palevich's Terminal Emulator from the market, even though I had to create a custom script to setup up my environment correctly - my post in the Android software dev forum has more details.

I think not being able to ssh in may be normal. As far as I can tell, ssh is turned off by default, probably as a security precaution. I haven't tried turning it on yet, but it can probably be done the same way it's done with optware on WebOS - instructions at http://www.webos-internals.org/wiki/OpenSSH_Install
[Nook Color Android Development] w8wca:
I am using adb - adb shell to get in.

(In win 7 ) I will give Fedora 14 a try - I multi Boot my Laptops

I may give a try at starting ssh.

FWIIW

(Optware on a manualnootered NC - ssh is running by default)
[Nook Color Android Development] DizzyDen:
I think this has to do with the version of busybox... I know even in CM7 if I upgrade busybox to version 1.18.4 I wind up with the same type of characters.
[Nook Color Android Development] pfalcon:
Hi, just wanted to let know that I developed another Optware installer: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1535924

It specifically destined to support any and all Android devices, the aim which of course cannot be achieved without community testing and help. So feel free to have a look at it/give it a try.
[Nook Color Android Development] HacDan:
I cast scroll of thread resurrection. It is very effective!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oranium:
Will I be able to Update a Rooted HTC Evo with stock Froyo 2.2 Rom to Gingerbread 2.3 through sprint update ?

I rooted my phone with UnrEVOked about 2 weeks ago , so I'm still in a learning the hole rooting process .

Thank you 4 the help & info u guys here in XDA provide , keep up the good work .
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fmedina2:
Sure, but you'll lose root. Just wait until a developer cooks gingerbread into your favorite ROM.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Greenfieldan:
And since the source code comes out tomorrow, you probably won't be waiting long :rolleyes:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oranium:
Cool thx

Is there a way to install a custom Rom without losing data ?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fmedina2:
You should always wipe when flashing a new ROM. Just back up all your apps with titanium backup or mybackup pro. Your contacts should be back up'd by Google.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenfly:
No. well you can use apps like Titanium Backup, that you can use to backup any apps and their data, but other than that, you just need to sign back in to e-mail and gmail and fb,twitter, ect...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klopinator:
Use your Nandroid

If you're fully rooted with recovery, reboot your phone while holding the volume down button and you should be in either the Amon-Ra or Clockworkmod recovery.

From there explore your menus a bit, and you'll find a place to do a Nandroid backup.

Do that - it will literally back up everything - your kernel, your stock ROM, your apps, your data, all to a nandroid image file on your SDCard.

Then you can wipe everything in your recovery and flash whatever you want.

Now you can play with other ROMS, learn to flash alternatives and such, and if you ever need/want to go back to how it was, just go back into recovery and choose a Nandroid restore.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ajd2416:
Also if you use clockwork nand you can restore your apps after youve changed the rom. Flash your current rom first, then wipe everything the new rom needs you to. After flashing the new rom to the nandroid and select advanced restore. Select data and your done. Reboot and enjoy.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] selders59:
If your going to back up your rom to flash another one use RA recovery to wipe and backup your phone. Clockworkmod does not do a proper wipe of your phone and will leave remnants of your old rom on your phone.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ajd2416:
I havent had any issues and I flash almost once a week. To each its own.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oranium:
I lost u guys . Lol ;-)

I'm new to this & not sure exactly how to do it .

I rooted my Evo with UnrEVOked 3

& using the stock 2.2 Froyo Rom

I followed the rooting process from a YouTube video & I did back up during the root process .

I'm not sure what's a nandroid & I think I had to go through some part that had clockwork mod but again as I said I'm not sure what it is . ( I'm sill a rookie with this sorry )

What should I do next ? Did I back up the stock Rom properly via UnrEVOked 3 rooting method ?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ajd2416:
Google nandroid backup. You'll probably be able to find alot of info on youtube as well

Swyped on my precious Eva
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnny quest:
I asked a similar question but this is what I'm looking for. The blue screen is to show the text, but there won't be any blue background, just clear. the "today" will have the months abbre.. (nov,dec, etc...) the image I have is 256x256 of course it can be adjusted using LP. The text I have on here is the exact same size I would need.

I was wondering if someone can create the code for this. I will pay them for their time.
[HTC Aria Android Development] benjaminstarr:
Okay...maybe it's not the stupidest question, but it's gonna be right up there.

I bought an Aria today. Let it be know that I've had HTC phones for 5 years and was very active in Windows Mobile ROM development. I'm not daft. But I feel like I've been dropped into the middle of Bangkok with Android, so please forgive me.

I've rooted and have Clockwork installed. I'm attempting to install ATTN1's Liberated Aria (Eclair) ROM.

And here's the stupid question:

How the FORK do I copy the downloaded ZIP file to my SD card?

I know, I know...it's stupid. But I can't seem to find it anywhere. My phone has USB debugging turned on. It's running in Disk Drive mode. But when I navigate to it, there's no folder for the SD card, no hint of the SD card anywhere. What am I supposed to do? Go buy one of those adapters so I can stick this microSD card into my card reader and THEN copy it?

If anyone feels like convincing me of exactly how idiotic I am, I'm ALL EARS!
[HTC Aria Android Development] ls377:
So I'm just guessing that this is what you're confused about. I apologize if I'm telling you what you already know.

When you put the phone in disk drive mode, the folder that comes up for the disk drive IS the SD card. Disk drive mode is the same as taking the SD card out and putting it in your computer, just without the hassle. You can't access the internal memory through this method.
[HTC Aria Android Development] new2droid:
I'm no expert either, but doesn't it download to downloads folder in the sdcard. You could use something like astro to check the folders. Or are you trying to copy it from pc? Try downloading on the phone.
[HTC Aria Android Development] benjaminstarr:
Hmmmm... I suppose it would make sense that the drive I see on my laptop as the phone is actually the SD card. And when I went into Recovery to install the ROM, I did see an option to install SDcard/update.zip. However, I don't think that was the ROM because I still got the AT&T animations. So I guess I'm back to square one. I'll attempt to download the file directly on the phone....
[HTC Aria Android Development] benjaminstarr:
Perhaps...just perhaps...I have succeeded! I had to download from the browser on the phone. Copying from my laptop to the SD card did not work. (Or, at least it did not provide me with the option to install the zip file from the SD card until I had downloaded the file directly onto the phone using its browser.)
[HTC Aria Android Development] winsettr:
If you use the option to install update.zip, keep in mind that your rom must actually be named 'update.zip.' Once you put the rom on your SD card, you should have selected the option that allows you to choose the zip file you want to flash. Just for future reference. :)
[HTC Aria Android Development] mh333:
Ha Ha! Now you know what it like to be a noob. Sometimes things are so obvious and routine to us that we forget that it can be confusing to others just starting out. You have to be patient and sensitive to peoples questions.
[Fascinate General] biggiedine:
I am very new to rooting. I sucessfully rooted my Fascinate but when i go to boot to recovery threw ClockWorkMod in RomManager i get an error message saying failed to seek in /cache/update.zip. i am also a mac user. can anyone help?
[Fascinate General] Neuman.Tim:
are you able to go into clockwork mod recovery through the stock recovery? (turn off the phone. Wait a few seconds. Hold volume up and down. Hold power. Release all when the samsung logo comes up..wait..select apply sdcard/update.zip)

edit: also when does that error show up? After three phone reboots and tries to go into cwm recovery or while still in the graphical interface? have you actually flashed clockwork mod?

SCH-I500 - DJ05/SuperClean .9/Nemesis OTB 1200lv/Voodoo5/Darkstar
[Fascinate General] biggiedine:
when i reboot it goes into clockworkmod and when i click the apply to sd card there is an error. im not sure if i flashed it i just downloaded rommanager
[Fascinate General] Neuman.Tim:
Ok so when you reboot it sounds like you are going into stock recovery. Go into rom manager and click flash clockwork mod recovery and select galaxy s fascinate. It will download the proper cwm and flash it to the phone. Once it is done it will tell you that it was successful. (hopefully lol) and test it by selecting reboot into recovery.

SCH-I500 - DJ05/SuperClean .9/Nemesis OTB 1200lv/Voodoo5/Darkstar
[Fascinate General] Kevin Gossett:
You actually have to flash CWM with Odin on a PC. Installing with ROM Manager won't do much without that
[Fascinate General] Neuman.Tim:
Rom manager has the option to flash cwm through its gui interface on the phone..

SCH-I500 - DJ05/SuperClean .9/Nemesis OTB 1200lv/Voodoo5/Darkstar
[Fascinate General] imnuts:
You need to do both parts for it to work properly from what I know.
[Fascinate General] Neuman.Tim:
Nvm you are right. I was remembering wrong on that one my bad

look at the sticky in android development that tells you to look here before posting a new thread. It will have a link explaining how to install cwm.

SCH-I500 - DJ05/SuperClean .9/Nemesis OTB 1200lv/Voodoo5/Darkstar
[Droid 2 General] rhannahs19:
Hey guys,

So somehow I managed to find a nice weather/clock widget that pretty much perfectly resembles the HTC kind. I'm not really sure how I got it to be honest, I think I scanned a bar code online, but I'm not sure.

How do I make a back up of this widget? I want to update to the newest Fission rom, but don't want to lose it. I'd love to share it with you guys, if you all can help me copy it. I am rooted, and have root explorer. Thanks.
[Droid 2 General] botnryan:
Is it called weather widget? if so Fission Rom Manager has a download for it right in the app
[Droid 2 General] newk8600:
All you have to do is navigate to the /system/apps folder with terminal emulator and then find the .apk that is your widget and then copy it to your sdcard after you flash just put the .apk back in the place you got it from.

here's the code:

su (root access)
cd /system/app ([B]c[/B]hange [B]d[/B]irectory to /system/app)
ls (lists files in the directory)
mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk12p1 /system
(mounts the location /dev/block/mmcblk12p1 as /system with file system ext3 as read and write)
cp "yourweather".apk /sdcard/"yourweather".apk
(copies "yourweather".apk to sdcard with the name "yourweather".apk)
mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk12p1 /system
(unmounts the location /dev/block/mmcblk12p1 as /system with file system ext3 as read only)
[Droid 2 General] rhannahs19:
Thanks guys, I think I got it.

I got it from the /system/apps folder using Root Explorer.
[Droid 2 General] WusteHase:
Ah that's a handy code bit, thank you!
[Droid 2 General] newk8600:
Yep that's the same one that comes with fission. They even have some different backgrounds and stuff for it if you want it in an add-on.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zero96:
this is probably a noob question but this is my second android phone and the first one was already rooted so i didnt to update OTA.

Anyways i have desire z from bell unlocked on fido and not rooted so when android 2.3 is out for this phone can i get it OTA, do i have to rooted just to update it, or do i have to switch to bell to update it?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddgarcia05:
I'm sure the update will be here on the forums before you get any OTA.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zero96:
Oh i dont need to root my phone to update from the forums?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steviewevie:
If you leave your phone how it is, on the stock ROM, eventually you should get a 2.3 OTA update.

But custom ROMs will be available here on the forums with 2.3 way before then. If you want one then you will have to root and S-OFF.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddgarcia05:
No. I pushed the G2's OTA from my sd card and I wasn't rooted. Like steviewevie said you're most likely to see a custom rom with the updates before any OTA hits a G2.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ganii:
And if you have a Custom Sense ROM installed,you don`t get the

OTA Update or rather can`t install this!

Custom ROMs don`t like OTA keys,right?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steviewevie:
That's right. But that shouldn't be a problem, because a custom ROM will almost certainly get a 2.3 update before any 2.3 OTA comes out.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhkr123:
Root it now, while you still have the chance!

You can count on the next OTA update taking away the emmc reset vulnerability exploited by wpthis.
[General Questions and Answers] notic4lyf:
So I flashed my Captivate back to stock using Odin and then flashed Cognition. Everything seems to be working fine again except my phone locks up every time I try to access the SD card. It usually happens whenever I open gallery but also sometimes when I'm in a game or some other application. I can still access it fine through a computer and it doesn't look like I have any corrupted files but it just keeps on locking up my phone. I tried reflashing Cognition and that didn't help. I'm wondering if it's a problem with the SD card even though I've never had any problems before because I've done countless restarts and battery pulls today so it's possible something got corrupted. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
[General Questions and Answers] Senax:
Does it have the standard directory where you store your photo/films?

or

Did you try to reformat (FAT32) it? Then take a few pictures (so it does create the stanard directory/~ies). Seems to me it's missing some..

Senax
[General Questions and Answers] notic4lyf:
I finally fixed it by going all the way back to stock and reflashing everything. I think it may have have had something to do with the overclocked version of Cognition I was running or perhaps a theme I installed. I was pretty sure it wasn't an issue with the SD card as nothing was corrupted and I could access it fine on my computer. Either way it works again now!
[General Questions and Answers] nir36:
just as a future reference.. you should ALWAYS backup your SD card to your PC considering SD cards DO fail. I lost almost 4.5gb of info because my memcard was corrupted and I had to start collecting all over again (+ i lost something like 600megs of cell pics).
[Captivate Themes and Apps] D-FUSE:
I found this but F.C. on my phone I'm trying on the captivate.Anyone want to help

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=875202
[Captivate Themes and Apps] vvaffles:
theres a working flashable zip over in the vibrant forums: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=845162

everything works, including haptic feedback, it works on my captivate running axura 2.3 hope this helps
[Captivate Themes and Apps] D-FUSE:
I tried those out and they worked,but not with a stock keyboard to.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hdub420:
Any links

vibrant rooted

macnutR14

super io kernel

2.2 froyo
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hitman818:
Go to teamwhiskeys forum and go click on morfics bunker at the bottom.
[Vibrant General] romo912:
Love the new complete version of Nero the only thing missing was the Wi Fi calling that was enabled on the beta versions of the roms If you want Wi Fi enabling here are the steps to Enable it once more

BE SURE TO BE RUNNING PHONE ON THE BETA VERSION BEFORE FOLLOWING THESE PROCEDURES

1. First you must download both versions of nero the new nero v1 and the beta nero 3 or 2 wich ever has the Wifi calling app download both on to your phone

2. disable USB debugging mod and connect phone using mass storage to your pc

3. in my computer select the phone drive (G: hardrive i believe) and look under under downloads or wherever you saved both version of Nero

4. click on the beta version of Nero2 and select the system folder then select the APP folder scroll down till you see Wi Fi calling it should be towards the end of the page near the youtube app

5. Make a copy of the app and save it on your desktop.

6. Now go back to your phone drive and select the NEW NERO V1 go to system then APP folder and copy the WI FI calling from you desktop to the app folder

7. It takes several minutes for the file to compress into the app folder be patient!

8. Go to Rom maneger and re download the new nero version 1 and you should see the wi fi calling app on the application page.

9. Enjoy the WI FI calling with new version of NERO
[Vibrant General] byt3b0mb:
you could just take the wifi calling apk out of the beta zip and then use adb push wificalling.apk /system/app and then reboot....might be quicker and easier
[Vibrant General] willsnews:
You can also do this with root explorer
[Vibrant General] byt3b0mb:
that too!....
[Vibrant General] rahduke:
lol at these directions... what a mess.
[Vibrant General] o galaxy 23 o:
+10 for that one
[Vibrant General] sonofskywalker3:
Easiest method IMHO:

1. Open ROM Manager

2. Click on Dowload Rom

3. Click on Sonofskywalker3

4. Click on Stock Apps

5. Click on Wi-Fi calling

If you try this and it doesn't work let me know and i'll add an updated version of the Wi-Fi Calling app. The current one is for JK6 but I believe it's compatible.
[Vibrant General] Dbryon:
Can you do the same for stock media hub?
[Vibrant General] murse:
I haven't loaded JL4 yet, but I did see a post where someone mentioned that the ringer problem with wifi calling was fixed in the new ROM. I'm not sure if this is because of a new .apk or changes to ssomething else, but it might be worth looking at. In addition to that problem, I'm also having an issue with very low in-call volume. I plan on moving to JL4 to see if that fixes it.