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Software to control droid on PC?

Hello Guys.
I was wondering if there exists any software to control the droid from pc.
Could be very nice to write sms's from the pc

Numsefis said:
Hello Guys.
I was wondering if there exists any software to control the droid from pc.
Could be very nice to write sms's from the pc
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The Droid??
This is X10 forum

There is a Program called "RemoteSMS" were you can write SMS from your Computer. To "control" the Phone from PC (install , uninstall *.apk etc) is a tool too (forgot the Name) but for that you need root :-d , which we dont have atm

Or you can use androidscreencast.jnlp, see attachment.
To launch open cmd and type: javaws androidscreencast.jnlp (Note, you must have adb installed. For further info download android sdk)
Forgot to mention your phone must be connected through USB

Murch said:
Or you can use androidscreencast.jnlp, see attachment.
To launch open cmd and type: javaws androidscreencast.jnlp (Note, you must have adb installed. For further info download android sdk)
Forgot to mention your phone must be connected through USB
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Please give us a guide on how to get this thing to work.
I have downloaded the Android SDK and installed the Android 1.6 and 2.2 stuffs in the SDK program. But not sure what to do next.

Tom-Helge said:
Please give us a guide on how to get this thing to work.
I have downloaded the Android SDK and installed the Android 1.6 and 2.2 stuffs in the SDK program. But not sure what to do next.
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If you have installed the Android SDK, open a command prompt and switch to the android tools directory:
for example:
Code:
cd D:\android\tools <-- this is the tools directory I use
Can also be:
cd X:\*path to SDK*\tools
then use
adb devices
This is to see if your device is connected through usb
You should see this:
Code:
List of devices attached
*Some product number* device
In my case:
List of devices attached
HT9A6LG05799 device
Then execute:
Code:
javaws androidscreencast.jnlp
And it should open a java screen and then show your android screen on the computer.
Also make sure you have the latest Java installed, which can be found here:
javadl . sun . com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=39502
One note though: the screen needs to be enabled, so not in sleep mode
I hope this works, it works for me, but I'm using an HTC Tatto instead of a SE X10, so I'm not able to check this for the X10 yet.

Murch, that doesn't seems to work for the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10. I don't get up the device list to the X10 no matter what i do.
So can anyone else try this out with an X10 to see if this is the case?.
Nvm, i found out by looking here: http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=196304

Ubuntu LiveCD with ADB and Unrevoked Recovery installer(Guide).

I have been helping out with rooting HTC Aria's over in IRC in the #liberatedAria channel for a while now. A lot of people have problems with drivers on Windows. The easiest solution for them to do this has been to download an Ubuntu LiveCD and use it to root their phone, however many people know nothing about Linux at all and feel daunted by this.
I have created a customized Ubuntu LiveCD that has a script that downloads the Unrevoked Teams reflash, untars it, and runs it as root to root HTC's phones that are supported by the tool (HTC Evo, Hero, Aria, Desire, and Incredible). It also has the Android SDK included and added to the path so it is accessible from a terminal. Everything can be done without a single change to the computer you are doing it on.
Download the iso image here:
MD5: 9a34c343e8f610e66674af9384334bf6
ubuntu-10.04-desktop-i386-HTCROOT.iso Primary
ubuntu-10.04-desktop-i386-HTCROOT.iso FileFactory.com
Burn the iso to a cd (This can be done with any cd burning software, imgburn found here is free)
[Optional]
If you do not have a CD drive, you can create a bootable flash drive by using the tool found here:Pendrive Linux
Put the CD into your computer cd/dvd drive and reboot your computer.
You must make your computer boot from CD, there are many different ways to do this depending on what computer you have, most recent computers have this enabled by default. Here is a guide that may help if you can't get this to work:Enable Boot from CD
Once it boots from the cd it will show a small picture of a keyboard and a person, do not press anything here and it will come to a window that will allow you to select your language.
Select your language and click "Try Ubuntu 10.04 LTS". This will boot up to a standard Ubuntu livecd desktop.
On your phone click menu, settings, applications, development, usb debugging
On the computer click "Places" on the top menubar and click "Home Folder". This will open a file explorer window, in that window is a script called "reflash.sh".
Double click reflash.sh. A window will pop up asking you what to do with this file, click "Run in Terminal". This will go get from the internet the current version of Unrevoked recovery installer from unrevoked.com/recovery, unzip/tar it, and run it as root.
Once it is complete you will be looking at the unrevoked3 screen and you should follow the prompts on screen.
You will then follow the prompts on the screen to plug in your phone, from the notification pane in android select charge only.
unrevoked3 will reboot your phone twice and leave you in ClockworkMod Recovery. On the computer at the bottom of the window it will say "Done".
Close the window, if you do not need to do anything further you can shut down the machine and be back in windows with nothing changed on your windows system.
Congratulations, your phone is now rooted and has ClockworkMod recovery installed.
There are other guides to setup of sideloading for the aria as well as how to load roms. You can do these using this live cd as well, this is a full ubuntu 10.04 livecd with only games and open office removed, and the unrevoked3 installer and the android sdk installed, it is already in the path and you can use adb commands from the terminal without having to switch directories(however it can be found in /opt/android-sdk-linux_86).
I would like to thank The Unrevoked team for making such a nice tool, and website that made this possible. I would like to that the guys in IRC on Freenode.net channels #liberatedAria and #koush for everything I've learned recently as well as all the great work they have done. Thanks also to Attn1 for making some nice roms for the HTC Aria and gave me the idea to create this. Thanks to Downer3d for the torrent mirror. Thanks to Neolobster for the new faster mirror.
Allowing Non-Market Apps using this cd on the stock ARIA rom:
Click Applications in the upper left corner.
Go to Accessories, click Terminal. This will put in you a terminal in the default users home folder. Because ADB(and android sdk) are in the path you do not need to change any directories. Start the phone in CLockworkmod with data mounted from the partitions menu and plug the phone into the computer.
Code:
sudo su
adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db settings.db
echo "update secure set value = 1 where name = 'install_non_market_apps';"|sqlite3 ./settings.db
adb push settings.db /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
adb reboot
What this does:
Switch user to root.
ADB pulls the file that contains the setting to allow non market apps down to the machine from the phone.
The next line runs a sql update of the field install_non_market_apps in table 'secure' and sets the value to 1 (on).
ADB then pushes the file back to the phone in its original location.
You then use ADB to reboot the phone to enable it.

Thats awesome!! If I didnt already go through all the trouble of doing it on my Windows box I would definitely try your live CD. I already have 10.04 installed on my laptop and I never really thought of trying it on there. I wonder if it would have been easier....oh well. Thanks again. Im sure there are plenty of people out there that will find this very useful.

Much easier. And yes, this IS awesome. Great job, Shad0wf0x. This kicks ass.

This is a fantastic idea, I had a ton of trouble rooting my Aria on Win7 x64 and downloading and using Ubuntu 10.04 eventually proved to be much easier. If your iso works as advertised I can see this possibly being the most pain-free solution for annoyed Windows rooters.
Sent from my HTC Liberty using XDA App

This works wonderfully for rooting and sideloading apps (the only issue there was figuring out I needed the root account and permissions). As painless as a dentist trip.
If I was to install Ubuntu from that LiveCD, would it still have the Android SDK on it or would I need to reinstall it? I like not having to cd to it.

the android sdk is installed on the livecd and in the path, you'll have it every time you boot up, the part the script downloads will be gone on a second boot(unrevoked.com's recovery installer)

Great job!
Do u think that u could add some other HTC devices, in the future?

Awesome, thanks!

matteios said:
Great job!
Do u think that u could add some other HTC devices, in the future?
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The devices supported are the devices supported by the unrevoked3 tool, I am not part of their team, just trying to help out some windows users who have driver problems.

Virtual image?
Has anyone created a virtual image of s full Android dev system? That would sure be handy!

jmdearras said:
Has anyone created a virtual image of s full Android dev system? That would sure be handy!
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not sure if this is what you're looking for, but it'll help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=701816

Problem with reflash.sh tool
I followed all the steps, till the final step, and it said failed to flash recovery image and my phone only booted up once. Am I doing something wrong?
I am currently running.
Version 2.2 updated OTA last week Aug 3rd
Kernel version - 2.6.32.15
build #: 3.26.651.6
software: 3.26.651.6
PRI version: 1.40_003

jbwfg said:
I followed all the steps, till the final step, and it said failed to flash recovery image and my phone only booted up once. Am I doing something wrong?
I am currently running.
Version 2.2 updated OTA last week Aug 3rd
Kernel version - 2.6.32.15
build #: 3.26.651.6
software: 3.26.651.6
PRI version: 1.40_003
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it says in your signature you have 2.2 updated OTA, that must mean you have an evo, and those aren't supported by the unrevoked tool when running 2.2.

awesome shortcut for rooting phones, however I followed the steps and it is saying that the hero is not supported at this time? Did i do something wrong, I'm running 2.27.651.5

I've burned the the iso file to a cd but I'm not able to get the boot-up to work correctly..or to come up at all, when re-booting windows.

@lcw
When you boot, you will need to hit your bios and select your CD drive as a boot device. Then enjoy the ride - easy as falling off a bike.

I cannot get my dell d600 or d630 to boot. The CD spins but I get the message "No bootable device".
I verified that the ubunto_*HTCROOT.iso file 641,942 kb is the only file on the CD.
Can someone please help.

pinkpanther2000 said:
I cannot get my dell d600 or d630 to boot. The CD spins but I get the message "No bootable device".
I verified that the ubunto_*HTCROOT.iso file 641,942 kb is the only file on the CD.
Can someone please help.
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You're not supposed to burn the ISO file onto a disc as a file. You're supposed to burn the contents of the ISO to a disc.
Sent from my HTC Liberty using XDA App

I attempted to boot from the CD, I get the person/keyboard screen then i get the Ubuntu screen, then my computer goes black, any solutions?

This is the BEST way to root your Aria. Big props to everyone that helped create it. You guys are the best.

[LINUX] - How To: UBUNTU on Dell Streak

EDIT: I can't post to XDA due to the fact that i just signed up for an account, but look at fards' copy of my post to see how to install Ubuntu on your Dell Streak

Here's Pats Post on modaco;
although it would be nicer to keep development discussion to just one thread, the more constructive input the better
Hello All,
I'm attempting to natively port Ubuntu and/or Debian to the Streak. With it being such a powerful device there really is no reason it SHOULDN'T be running a “desktop” operating system. However, implementing his is quite a difficult task, so if any and everyone's help would be very much appreciated.
In the mean time, this is my first guide on how to get ubuntu running piggyback on the Dell Streak. After quite a while (and numerous different trials), I have found that this is the easiest way to get Ubuntu Mobile up and running fast. All commands can be done through either ADB shell or the terminal emulator on the phone.
This was *NOT* done entirely by me, but is a culmination of the effort of lots of people in the android community. I just modified it so that it would work on the Streak.
**This Installation DOES NOT install Linux natively, and as such is should not be destructive to your Android system, however i take absolutely no responsibility for anything that happens and you do this COMPLETELY at your own risk**
Here is how to do it:
1) Root your phone. There are plenty of guides on how to do it, so find one and get root access on your phone.
**YOUR PHONE MUST BE ROOTED. THIS WILL NOT WORK WITHOUT IT.**
2) Download Ubuntu Mobile Bundle: http://uploading.com/files/bbm6b311/ubuntu.zip/
This contains an image of the filesystem as well as other necessary scripts to get it working.
2) Busybox - Install Titanium Backup from Android Market - if you press the "Problems" button it will install Busybox on your phone for you (Feel free to uninstall Titanium after this is done). This is the fastest and most pain free way to install busybox on the streak that i know of for now (the other ways of doing this ARE NOT fun...)
3) On your SD card's root directory, create a folder called ubuntu and extract all files in the ubuntu mobile bundle there.
4) Replace the bootubuntu executeable file in the ubuntu directory with mine, found here http://www.mediafire.com/?fi011w4fbmymw3y
5) Unmount phone from computer. ADB and Android Terminal will not work if the phone is mounted.
5) Download a terminal from the Android Market - I used Jack Palevich's Android Terminal Emulator (android market search: terminal) but anything similar should work the same
CODE
Code:
su
cd /sdcard/ubuntu
sh ubuntu.sh
6) Ignore any errors thrown up by ubuntu.sh. From this point, all that is needed to boot ubuntu is just to enter this:
CODE
Code:
bootubuntu
To start ubuntu from now on, this is all you need to do.
You should now have ubuntu working on your laptop, and while it DOES connect to your phone's internet sources, it DOES NOT yet have a graphical interface.
Here is how to add one:
1) Update the system with the following commands in ubuntu:
CODE
Code:
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
The first one updates the package lists, the second one downloads updates to the system itself.
2) Install TightVNC in ubuntu:
CODE
Code:
apt-get install tightvncserver
3) Configure TightVNC:
CODE
Code:
export USER=root
vncserver -geometry 800x480
For security purposes, it is recommended that you assign a password to your VNC server when asked.
4) Download Android VNC Viewer from the market
5) Configure Android VNC Viewer:
Change the port to 5901 and type in your password that you entered before.
Other Problems
There appears to be a bug with the X window server sometimes refusing to connect to VNC. DO NOT change any settings on Android VNC Viewer, instead open a terminal and run the folloring command:
CODE
Code:
rm -R /tmp/.X11-unix
What Does Not Work – Will Try To Fix
Keyboard from Android VNC Viewer
Shutdown – Does Nothing
Reboot
Log Out
Native Install
I hope you guys enjoy this, and I can't wait to get your feedback.
- Pat
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there was a thread about this but it wasnt work on me. now i am downloading and i will inform you again

what is the address for vnc ?

OMG! Could that be any slower on the download?
EDIT:
That sounded totally ungrateful - sorry!
Thank you very much for this

yeah works fine without problems.
it is better from g1 but not as well as a netbook. so only experimental use i think

I connected to the loopback 127.0.0.1 on 5901 and it worked - haven't seen how to connect to it remotely though
Edit:
Reading is fundamental - I can connect to it form another machine
now to fix the keyboard issue

in terminal emulator there is a note : localhost:1 vnc could work properly so i connect with only port and password.

is it possible to install jolicloud since its an ubuntu based system?

Newbie questions, sorry....
Before to try this port, just some maybe stupid questions for you:
- Still working the phone function?
- Is it easy to go back to standard or Steve Streaks Roms?
- Are there lack of drivers for bluetooth, gps, audio, wifi, etc?
Thanks.

No your missing the point here, this isn't an OS separate to android. Think of this as an app it runs on top of the android system. Also this is very experimental most features would be limited and no ubuntu can't be used as an smartphone os -No phone...

beginner said:
Before to try this port, just some maybe stupid questions for you:
- Still working the phone function?
- Is it easy to go back to standard or Steve Streaks Roms?
- Are there lack of drivers for bluetooth, gps, audio, wifi, etc?
Thanks.
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1) Ubuntu does not replace android, and the UI only runs in a VNC server, so you can switch back and forth between ubuntu and the phone app (or angry birds?)
2) I installed mine on top of DJ Steve's 1.8.1 rom... It's not native, so it only runs on top of android instead of replacing it
3) Haven't tried audio yet, but it should work (let me know how it goes)... internet connectivity works and provided you have an internet connection enabled in android you can use tools like APT or Firefox in ubuntu... only problem is keyboard is a bit wonky...
For those who had trouble figuring out how to set up the VNC, here is a picture of my VNC configuration on my phone. If you find out the phone's IP address you should even be able to VNC into it from your computer (if your on the same wifi network)
Also, openoffice.org
- pat

Is anyone actively attempting to get Ubuntu running native?

audio not working
keyboard not working
also lots of lags.

ear0wax said:
Is anyone actively attempting to get Ubuntu running native?
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Yes, i'm looking into it, but it's quite an uphill battle in order to get it working. I'll let everyone know when we make some progress.
www.cepdukkani.net said:
audio not working
keyboard not working
also lots of lags.
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cause you are running 2 operating systems at the same time
But seriously, if ubuntu can run native (no android in the background) then the lag would be gone, and (if set up right) audio and keyboard would work.
- pat

could i recieve phone and uses sms?

Getting error
Hi all after passing command for booting ubuntu I get a error chroot can't find /bin/bash folder or directory missing
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www.cepdukkani.net said:
audio not working
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Im wondering if I install a rdp server instead of vnc if I can get remote audio working.
Ill post with whatever results i get once I'm done waiting 2 hours for the ubuntu image to download.
As for lag. I had a n900 running @600mhz and was doing a chroot into ubuntu and it ran fine, but it used xpyher not vnc. Is there any embedded X servers for android yet? (I highly doubt it)

data requirement for updating GUI pkg of Ubuntu
Can any body tell me size of the data required to update to gui ......as i m not using wi -fi i hv to stick on gsm data usage which is limited in my plan

Very cool!
I had lots of trouble rooting my 2.2.2, but finally got it done by running Gingerbreak twice in a row on a cleanly re-started Streak.
Thanks for a fun gig!

BackTrack 5 Security Distro on Thunderbolt

First, if you don't know what backtrack is, or what its used for I'd recommend the Ubuntu on Thunderbolt thread found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1104983
He's done a lot of great work and its more refined.
Big thanks to anantshri, he's responsible for the .img and install.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Installations instructions:
Update your busybox (system/xbin) to the following version for chroot
Busybox http://db.tt/S9ERQvK
thanks twistedumbrella
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download:
Terminal emulator-- I recommend Android Terminal Emulator by Jack Palevich
VNC Viewer-- e.g. android-vnc-viewer (free)
I also recommend 'Hacker's Keyboard'
Download the following three files and extract them with 7Zip.
======== FILE DOWNLOAD LINK================
DROPBOX links Bitlied for download count track
Alternate link from personal server.
Please do not create mirror : just want to keep a count on download's
PART 1 : Download Link : http://bit.ly/p1BT5
PART 2 : Download Link : http://bit.ly/BT5p2
PART 3 : Download Link : http://bit.ly/BT5p3
bt7z.001: http://www.mediafire.com/?x9cgxzdx84vc6uj
bt7z.002: http://www.mediafire.com/?xaoidipkg1o7vgo
bt7z.003: http://www.mediafire.com/?po3nznbxgvdipur
MD5 Sum : Thanks to DooMLorD
558ecb1f0e5feb1da86526df8761e6cc bt.7z.001
247842fd0d3ebb39454f76f4704d1537 bt.7z.002
f74d2f744434a7182b13287d9f8165e7 bt.7z.003
thanks anantshri
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Once you have all the files downloaded, extract to a folder named 'bt'. You should see the following in the folder:
bt
bt.img
installbt.sh
startbt
stopbt
Copy the bt folder to your sdcard (file size~3.25GB)
Open up your Terminal emulator on your phone and cd to /sdcard/bt
type in the following
su
sh installbt.sh
If everything installed correctly you can proceed with the following
startbt --starts the backtrack service
stopbt --stops bt
bt --gives you backtrack command line
To access the gui
type ui in the bt shell to start the vncserver
killui stops it
your vnc server default login settings are going to be as follows
Address: 127.0.0.1 or localhost
Port: 5901
Password: 12345678
Additionally, you can use a workstation vnc viewer to log into bt via adb. Type the following into adb:
adb forward tcp:5901 tcp:5901
Ensure you have started the ui in your bt shell, then start your vnc client on your workstation. Connect to 127.0.0.1:5901 (or localhost:5901) and put in the 12345678 as the password.
You need to start the bt service every time you reboot with startbt, and need to reinstall bt when you flash a new rom (sh installbt.sh).
I'll continue to update this post with confirmations of what works and things we need to fix.
Optimization/tweaks:
type 'pico ~/bin/ui' in your bt shell, then adjust the resolution to 800x480
Working/Broken:
The big glaring omission is enabling monitor mode on the wireless adapter. What we need to make this happen is a stand alone installation (dual boot with android) and wireless chipset driver support. This is very unlikely to happen, especially when it runs with a relative degree of functionality in the android VM.
There are still many things that BackTrack can do, I encourage everyone to update their apt source.list and download the pieces they found missing, as well as to utilize the tools available-- this is still a very powerful toolkit.

dude this is legit. backtrack on linux is the ****.
i used to crack people's wireless with that ****, and do penetration tests all the time.
funny thing is im sonic wall certified lol. security my ass.

Samsuck said:
dude this is legit. backtrack on linux is the ****.
i used to crack people's wireless with that ****, and do penetration tests all the time.
funny thing is im sonic wall certified lol. security my ass.
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is that section of backtrack functional though to actually get that use out of it? OP mentioned its not 100%.

Well played. BackTrack was our "secret weapon" when I worked in the tech field. Thanks.

I will be super excited if packet injection ever works.

If anyone is having issues extracting, you only need to use 7zip on the first file. This will extract all the files you need.
Ill be making some x server tweaks and compiling a list of functioning apps/hardware, will update the op.
Right now, wifi and 3g are working for data; I still need to test bt, but it should work. Ettercap fails when scanning for hosts, as do many other apps. Still a work in progress.
Sent from my ADR6400L using XDA App

this is sweet! i got it up and running in 20 minutes including extracting the files. i tried to install a few different versions of chrome and they all said wrong architecture. Im assuming this is an ARM issue because its not emulating x86 or x64 its just running on ARM. im curious if this will cause a problem for any other software that checks the processor, i didnt have time to check

Ok so, everything worked great until after "startbt". That works but once I go to start the ui, I get "Chroot: applet not found". Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

can someone check if wireless card can be put in promiscuous mode? aka. capturing packages intended for someone else

kr0n1c said:
Ok so, everything worked great until after "startbt". That works but once I go to start the ui, I get "Chroot: applet not found". Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
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Did you update busybox?

cuguy said:
can someone check if wireless card can be put in promiscuous mode? aka. capturing packages intended for someone else
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So I don't have an exact answer for you but I tried to run Aircrack-ng&Co and all I got was command not found.

I'm looking into that today, will also post a way to vnc in via adb, will make testing much easier.
Just got married, the honeydo lists have already started.. been juggling my time.
Sent from my ADR6400L using XDA App

Ke1evraTi said:
Did you update busybox?
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I updated Busybox but still get the same error. To update BB, all I had to do was copy busybox.txt to /system/xbin correct?

i get to the command line fine, when I type ui I get command not found

Take away the .txt and overwrite the existing busybox in xbin. The browser appended .txt when you saved it and it should not be there.
For the ui, make sure you type bt first, so that you start the bt process. You should see [email protected]# or something similar instead of the usual #
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Gr8gorilla said:
i get to the command line fine, when I type ui I get command not found
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Also, make sure you are su when you run startbt and bt

I actually fixed it by starting the command line and using vi to edit the /usr/bin/startvnc file, changed the resolution then exported the USER=root, I then used the command startvnc and it worked fine. Ui however did not work at all.

Gr8gorilla said:
I actually fixed it by starting the command line and using vi to edit the /usr/bin/startvnc file, changed the resolution then exported the USER=root, I then used the command startvnc and it worked fine. Ui however did not work at all.
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Glad you got it worked out.
Additional way to connect to bt in op. Using adb should make troubleshooting much easier. Testing bt and promiscuous now
Additionally, you can use a workstation vnc viewer to log into bt via adb. Type the following into adb:
adb forward tcp:5901 tcp:5901
Ensure you have started the ui in your bt shell, then start your vnc client on your workstation. Connect to 127.0.0.1:5901 (or localhost:5901) and put in the 12345678 as the password.
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Optimization/tweaks:
type 'pico ~/bin/ui' in your bt shell, then adjust the resolution to 800x480
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Updated OP, we can't enable monitor mode on the wireless chipset, its running on a VM and there isn't driver support for it. This limits our ability to some extent, but there are still many useful tools in bt

this is DISGUSTING!!!
can't wait to try this out in the morning after work, MAJOR PROPS!

Ipython/Jupyter Notebook on Android

Hello All
I was able to successefuly install Ipython(jupyter) on my nexus(2013) and wanted to share the procedure with all that could be interested.
You could learn and read about Ipython[Jupyter] here
CAUTION:
> To the best of my knowledge this is the first tutorial of it's kind.
> I strongly recomend that you try this on a fresh rom. Use MultiROM for instance
> This was tried on Nexus 7(2013) with android 4.4.4. But I see no reason why it shouldn't work on lolipop 5.0 or on another android tablet. [You could try at your own risk and report your findings]
> Allow minimum 4Gb free space. I used rougthly 2.2 Gb, but i installed more than just ipython
> Hackers Keyboard is VERY HANDY if not NECESSARY
> I apologize for typos and gramar mistakes in advance
> Some of the following steps take time (a long time). Just make sure your tablet is connected to the charge and chose to keep the screan ON while it's on charge
> I am UNLOCKED and ROOTED. I can't tell whether it is required. If it is it would have to be with the prerequired apps. YOU WANNA VERIFY THAT before anything
> MOST IMPORTANTLY, DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK. I'm NOT RESPONSIBLE for any INCONVENIANCE whatsoever.
Procedure:
1-: Install GNURoot WheezyX . I am more confortable with debian, tryFedora or Gentoo ... If you know what you are doing.
2- Install GNURoot
3- Open GNURoot
4- Chose wheezyx (or fedora or gentoo ... depending on the distro you like) in the "Select Rootfs to Create " drop-down menu.
5- Click on 'Create New Rootfs' button
6- Chose wheezyx(or fedora or gentoo ... depending on the distro you chose) in the "Select Rootfs to Launch " drop-down menu
7- Check 'Lauch as Facke Root' box. This will give us root privilege
8- Click on 'Lauch Rootfs' button
At this point you shoud have 'Terminal Emulator" open up a window with '[email protected]:/# ' and a prompt ready to take instrucktions
Welcome to linux !!!
Now we need to install "python" and "pip", but before that we need to install 'build-essentials' which will make 'gcc' and all tools required to build a package available on our linux platform:
In the following: if you chose wheezy distro it's the same procedure; if you chose fedora distro replace apt-get with yum; if you chose gentoo you are on your own because I'm not familiar with it
Anyways I assume no responsability anyhow whatsoever.
9 - At the prompt type 'apt-get update' and press Enter
10 - Type 'apt-get upgrade' and press Enter'
11 - Type 'apt-get install build-essential' and press Enter' : This will install "build essential"
12- - Type 'apt-get install python' and press Enter' : This will install "python". I got the version 2.7.3 . You could find the version you installed by typing "python -V" and pressing Enter
13 - Type 'apt-get install python-pip' and press Enter' : This will install "pip", the python package manger
At this point we have python setup in the linux environement. Let's finally install ipython:
14-a Type 'pip install ipython' and press Enter if all you want is the ipython interpreter
15-a Type 'pip install ipython --upgrade' and press Enter to make sure you got the latest version
or
14-b Type 'pip install ipython[all] ' and press Enter if you want ipython and all the goodies like notebook
15-b Type 'pip install ipython [all]--upgrade' and press Enter to make sure you got the latest version
I do scientific work with ipython, so if you are on the same boat as me you could install scientific packages numpy,sympy,pandas,nose,.... with:
"apt-get install python-numpy python-scipy python-matplotlib ipython ipython-notebook python-pandas python-sympy python-nose" !!! This is a lot about 1.2Gb !!!
At this point everything is set up. "when the wine is drawn, we now just have to drink it"
16-a Type ' ipython ' and press Enter to run ipython interpreter
or
16-b Type ' ipython notebook' and press Enter to run ipython notwbook. If you get an error message say that ''no web browser could be found" ignore it. look for the server address (looks like http://localhost:8888)
17-b Enter that adress (http://localhost:8888 in my case) in Chrome (I had no problem with chrom so far, but you could try on your favorite web browser) press Enter. Et voila you should be in the ipython notebook tree
I have been here for a couple of years, and never got to share anything.
This is my first thread, and i hope it is the beging of a very long series of contributions
> I will upload screenshots later to better guide noobs (I was one onece)
> PM me if you like to donate. I would appreciate it
> Please support the GNURoot developpers, or ipython[Jupyter] developpers if you can. They are all doing a terrific work. (I'm in no way associated to them, but love and support their work)
> I'm not very good at making videos, but I welcome any initiative.
You now Know how to install ipython, I trus you could be very creative since you now got linux at your finger tip :laugh:

Help to use pandas + matplotlib: no $DISPLAY environment variable
First of all thank you for this pretty cool tutorial
i did it and everything else works after all that huge pip installation!
my problem is that i need to see the result of my codes which sometimes is to show me plots of my data using the library matplotlib.pyplot
when i do that i get the following error:
TclError: no display name and no $DISPLAY environment variable
i found someone with the same problem in another situation (not on android but something like trying to save the plots in a pdf) and the problem was solved doing the import like this:
import matplotlib
matplotlib.use('Agg')
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.plot([1,2,3])
plt.show()
By using matplotlib.use('Agg'), python knows to use the non-interactive back-end Agg instead of trying to display to the screen
this means that i don't have anymore the error but the plot won't be shown either
this happens not only when i do python file.py from command line but also when i run the same codes on jupyter notebook
so is there a way to execute file.py so they do what ever pandas want to do in this android environment (especially pop up windows with my plots when I execute the files)?
if there is no way how do i get rid of android to install some better OS on my tablet that can do all this kind of stuff?
thank you but all of this that you have done it's really not that useful if i cant see my plots
let me know!

paolotamag said:
First of all thank you for this pretty cool tutorial
i did it and everything else works after all that huge pip installation!
my problem is that i need to see the result of my codes which sometimes is to show me plots of my data using the library matplotlib.pyplot
when i do that i get the following error:
TclError: no display name and no $DISPLAY environment variable
i found someone with the same problem in another situation (not on android but something like trying to save the plots in a pdf) and the problem was solved doing the import like this:
import matplotlib
matplotlib.use('Agg')
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.plot([1,2,3])
plt.show()
By using matplotlib.use('Agg'), python knows to use the non-interactive back-end Agg instead of trying to display to the screen
this means that i don't have anymore the error but the plot won't be shown either
this happens not only when i do python file.py from command line but also when i run the same codes on jupyter notebook
so is there a way to execute file.py so they do what ever pandas want to do in this android environment (especially pop up windows with my plots when I execute the files)?
if there is no way how do i get rid of android to install some better OS on my tablet that can do all this kind of stuff?
thank you but all of this that you have done it's really not that useful if i cant see my plots
let me know!
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You should know that the linux running GNURoot doesn't have an X-session. You kinda need x11 installed on it to be able to have windows popping up and showing your plots. I remember trying apt-get install x11 without success on "Wheesy". Now, I know there is the "wheesy X" distro of GNURoot, but I don't know whether the X stands for X-session capability; I suggest you try that. (I no longer have my nexus7 to try, but it would be nice to see what happens).
I was able to go around this problem by working on the notebook. I could see my plots fine. I remember firefox beeing the best browser to work on the notebook.

Plots at least on jupyter and transfer files
hey so i found this : (i dont have authorization to post links normally)
stackoverflow .com / questions / 18353203 / using-python-and-matplotlib-on-android
where someone is stating is a big deal to have plotlib working on android
jupyter notebook is not displaying plots not even on firefox, it always give the "TclError: no display name and no $DISPLAY environment variable". It would be awesome if you'd give me a straight solution so i can see plots on jupyter! that would be more than enough to follow lessons in class
the temporary solution i found for now is to remote control my pc at home from the tablet to do all the coding but i cannot work without connection this way
i also found out about this website Wakari but they are saying now there isn't anymore free space for new subscription..
the best solution would be to have plots displaying on jupyter with your help
so the plan for now is to stick to let the pc at home do all the work and remote control it with the samsung remote pc app or to find a good website to log in from the tablet and write codes on browser
ill still use this command line of yours when ever i can thou, when ever there is nothing to display i guess.. but how do I find the folders so i can move to the desktop computer the .py files or the notebook files i create? i was expecting to find the files when i was connecting the tablet with usb wire.. is there anyway to transfer those files?
thank you
izzox said:
You should know that the linux running GNURoot doesn't have an X-session. You kinda need x11 installed on it to be able to have windows popping up and showing your plots. I remember trying apt-get install x11 without success on "Wheesy". Now, I know there is the "wheesy X" distro of GNURoot, but I don't know whether the X stands for X-session capability; I suggest you try that. (I no longer have my nexus7 to try, but it would be nice to see what happens).
I was able to go around this problem by working on the notebook. I could see my plots fine. I remember firefox beeing the best browser to work on the notebook.
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Use:
%matplotlibe inline
Instead of:
matplotlib.use('Agg')