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[HOWTO] using dropbear sshd

This is going to be patently obvious to anybody familiar with Android, but I just started poking around and it wasn't clear to me how to do it. I figured I'd post it here if anybody else is in the same boat
1) Download CyanogenMod - build probably doesn't matter much, I used the I9000 ROM from this thread (n.b. - if you know of a trusted source to get current dropbear binaries, you don't need to download the huge CM zip, but I didn't see any floating around)
2) Extract the zip. You only need two files:
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system/xbin/dropbear
and
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system/xbin/dropbearkey
3) Navigate to the directory that contains those files using your favorite shell.
4) Push these to your device. This requires ADB (which is included in the Android SDK) in your path, it requires that your phone is rooted, and it requires that /system is mounted rw:
Code:
adb push dropbear /system/xbin/
adb push dropbearkey /system/xbin/
5) Run the following from 'adb shell' or a root terminal on your phone:
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mkdir /data/dropbear; mkdir /data/dropbear/.ssh
(aside - why is there no -p option to my mkdir? weird)
6) From here, you can follow the instructions on the CM wiki and you're good to go!

[REQ] ADB string for deleting stuff

Need to be able to delete files from the NAND ROM I'm using and Droid Explorer won't do it...unless I'm not doing something right. I suppose ADB is the only option to effectively remove files or install files. But what I need to know is, what is the commands for doing this? For example: MDJ kernels come with more than 2 modules. The Gauner kernel comes with 2 modules. Updating to an MDJ kernel puts in about 5 or 6 modules and if you go back to the Gauner module using the kernel install script, you still have the other MDJ modules hanging on. Droid Explorer won't delete anything and won't add anything. You can copy anything, but not delete or add in these NAND ROMs.
The only option I suppose is to use ADB. But that requires knowing what the commands are and I'm not a computer programmer. So I would be most grateful to anyone providing the commands to delete and add files.
Thanks in advance.

adb shell rm -rf "/path/to/file"

First make system r/w, can't remember command right now. And then.
Adb shell rm system/lib/modules/[libname.so without the [] ]
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Thanks, guys.
I want to install the G2 launcher in Darkstone FroYo NAND. I will try to use the kernel "Install" script. What would be the string? Here is what the script shows for installing a zImage and modules. What should it be edited to to install the G2 launcher? The launcher is named "Launcher2" and it will be located on the root of the SD card. It will install to the system > app folder
EDIT - Actually, the launcher will be inside a folder on the root of the card along with the install script, adb and
AdbWinApi.dll.
@echo off
echo Creating directory and mounting /boot...
adb shell mkdir /data/boot
adb shell mount -t yaffs2 -orw,nosuid,nodev /dev/block/mtdblock0 /data/boot
echo Pushing zImage...
adb push zImage /data/boot/zImage
echo Remounting system and pushing modules...
adb remount
adb push bcm4329.ko /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko
adb push tun.ko /system/lib/modules/tun.ko
adb push cifs.ko /system/lib/modules/cifs.ko
adb push fuse.ko /system/lib/modules/fuse.ko
adb push msm_rmnet.ko /system/lib/modules/msm_rmnet.ko
adb push nls_utf8.ko /system/lib/modules/nls_utf8.ko
echo Cleaning up...
adb shell umount /data/boot
adb shell rmdir /data/boot
echo All done!
pause

Greetings. I need help. The phone is HONOR 20. The problem is that I can't find a description of "music" in the list. ADB delete works. But I don't want to uninstall another app. Maybe someone can sneeze? If I have to I can copy the whole list here.

svgyula said:
Greetings. I need help. The phone is HONOR 20. The problem is that I can't find a description of "music" in the list. ADB delete works. But I don't want to uninstall another app. Maybe someone can sneeze? If I have to I can copy the whole list here.
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That's one way of bringing us a nostalgic moment. Boy, the HD2 sure was something! But it's not the Honor 20. You may want to post your question in the Q&A section of the Honor 20 here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-20/help
You may also want to make your question a bit clearer. Description of what "music" in what list? Perhaps it would be wise to add the "whole list" but if it's rather large, add it as an attached txt file or put it between CODE or HIDE tags if it's really big. Good luck!

Hello! Thank you for the comment! I solved the problem! I've cleaned up com.google.mediacenter!

Optware for Android

I was looking for a command line ssh program for Android, and was surprised that I couldn't find anything. I didn't want to install a chroot environment, but then I found Optware for Android. I've used it before on other devices and it's VERY useful for getting a more complete unix environment on otherwise stripped down linux devices.
The version on that page was built for a rooted Nook Color, but I only had to make minor changes to get it to run on an Epic running SRF:
1. Extract miniunz from Barnes and Noble's Nook Color 1.2 update zip and put it somewhere in the path - I put mine at /system/bin. You can get it from the first link here http://www.google.com/search?q=nook+color+1.2+update.
2. Make sure /system has at least 2MB or so free. Mine was full... I deleted a few ringtones from /system/media/audio/ringtones/
3. run this:
mount -o remount,rw /
ln -s /data/tmp /tmp
4. Follow the instructions from the Optware for Android page
Optware will now be installed, but pretty much nothing will run at the moment. I'm VERY new to Android, so I don't know that this is the right way to fix it, but here's what I did to get it working:
1. mount -o remount,rw /system
create /system/xbin/optlinks.sh with these contents:
#!/bin/sh
if [ ! -L /tmp ]; then
mount -o remount,rw /
ln -s /data/opt/lib/ld-linux.so.3 /lib/ld-linux.so.3
ln -s /data/opt /opt
ln -s /data/tmp /tmp
mount -o remount,ro /
fi
create /system/xbin/shell.sh with these contents:
#!/bin/sh
/system/bin/su -c /system/xbin/optlinks.sh
/system/bin/su -c "/opt/bin/bash --login"
2. chmod 755 shell.sh and optlinks.sh
3. Edit /etc/profile and add :/opt/sbin:/opt/bin to the PATH export and :/opt/lib to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH export.
4. Install Jack Palevich's Terminal Emulator from the Market
5. In Terminal Emulator's Prefs, set Initial Command to shell.sh.
I had to put the optlinks.sh part in because that's what optware expects - the Nook has those locations, SRF doesn't. Symlinks seem to work fine, but they disappear on reboot - no idea why - so that's why I run it every time.
Now, when I launch Terminal Emulator, I get a root shell, and can use ipkg install to get anything optware provides. It would be really cool if I the shell was run as a normal (non-root) user, and even better if the optware installer didn't need all the workarounds. Anybody have any ideas?

Tried this on CM 7
First off, thanks!
I tried this on CM 7 nightly (nexus one) and here is what I found:
- Most importantly, it broke root access to other apps on the phone. Not sure if this is due to not being able to update init.rc, may try to sort this out later.
- The goal of the install is to be able to run an SSH server and in addition to that you will have access to optware.
- The default busybox that is included with CM7 does not include adduser, addgroup or passwd applets which will cause things to fail once the install script tries to add a new user. Also, there is an app called "busybox installer" on the market that *will* update busybox, however it depends on libraries that CM7 does not include by default. The result is none of the busybox applets can reach the internet due to not being able to resolve domain names.
If you open the optware-bootstrap-0.0.1.shar file with 7zip, you will see there is a busybox executable included. It's an older version, however it includes what you need. I copied that version to /system/xbin and I was able to use the aforementioned applets
- At the end of my install I received an error that it was unable to edit the ram disk while trying to update init.rc. I think the solution is to add a script to /system/etc/init.d/ . Still working that out.
- I'm probably going to try combining this method with this one: http://android.modaco.com/topic/312...cripts-installing-bash-dropbear-mc-nano-opkg/ Since this is more of a manual method, however it's connecting to a custom optware feed that only has a few packages.

I dont suppose you got anywhere with this?
Looking to install optware on my desire hd running miui rom.

[GUIDE] How to build CM10.2 for the HTC One with OS X 10.8.X

This is a guide to build CyanogenMOD 10.2 (Android 4.3) for the HTC One. This guide is for OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.X).
[size=+1]Pre Requirements:[/size]
1) go to App Store on your OS X and Download Xcode 4. Once that is installed, open Xcode and go to preferences. There you find a tab “DOWNLOADS”, open it and there you can find “Command line tools” and next to it click INSTALL. It will take a few minutes to download and install
2) Make sure you have the android-sdk downloaded and setup adb and fastboot, so they work. It is recommended to place the android-sdk to /usr/local/
[size=+1]Initializing the build environment[/size]
First we need to set up our OS X to be able to build Android. This needs some extra things compared to for example, building in Linux, but the main stuff is pretty much the same. So let’s get started then, shall we?
Open up Terminal and type
Code:
java
If you don’t have java installed you will get a prompt to install it.
Next we will install homebrew (you can also use macports if you like)
Code:
ruby <(curl -fsSk https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)
Now make sure android-sdk and homebrew are in $PATH
Code:
touch ~/.bash_profile && echo "PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH:/usr/local/android-sdk/tools:/usr/local/android-sdk/platform-tools" >> ~/.bash_profile
I also recommend to add this edit to the .bash_profile file:
Code:
nano –w ~/.bash_profile
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export BUILD_MAC_SDK_EXPERIMENTAL=1
Now run this and see if you need to update anything.
Code:
brew doctor
If you do (and you probably will once a day) type:
Code:
brew update
Now we need to get our dev packages
Code:
brew install git coreutils findutils gnu-sed gnupg pngcrush repo
Once that is done, run
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brew outdated
if it shows anything, run
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brew upgrade
Now run this the correct a few symlinks [Not sure if these are needed anymore]:
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ln -s /usr/local/bin/gfind /usr/local/bin/find && ln -s /usr/local/bin/gsed /usr/local/bin/sed
Now to create our case sensitive image for our CM work [NOTE: the 60g can be changed to anything. It only takes up what it needs but I used 60GB]:
Code:
hdiutil create -type SPARSE -fs "Case-sensitive Journaled HFS+" -size 60g -volname "android" -attach ~/Desktop/Android
Now to create our working directory
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cd /Volumes/Android && mkdir cm10.2 && cd cm10.2
[size=+1]Getting the source[/size]
Now to initialize the git and to download it
Code:
repo init -u git://github.com/CyanogenMod/android.git -b cm-10.2
Download the sources:
Code:
repo sync
Wait until it is finished. It will take a long time, depending on your internet connection.
[size=+1]Obtain the device build files and proprietary files:[/size]
To do this we will use CyanogenMods "tool" called roomservice. Roomservice is replacing the old local_manifest.xml file. Just run the code below to create the file directly into the folder.
Code:
nano -w /Volumes/android/cm10.2/.repo/local_manifests/roomservice.xml
Paste the following lines into the file:
Code:
<manifest>
<project name="TheMuppets/proprietary_vendor_htc.git" path="vendor/htc" remote="github" revision="cm-10.2"/>
</manifest>
It seems that nowadays you only need to have the TheMuppets repo there, the roomservice process takes care of the rest and downloads the needed mako bits automatically. And actually it doesn't matter what you name the xml file under the local_manifests directory. The process loads every xml file from there in a alphabetical order. If you still have that local_manifest.xml file in your .repo directory, i suggest you remove that, because at that case that file will be read first and after that all the other from the local_manifests folder
Save the file. And rerun the code:
Code:
repo sync
Download the necessary pre-builts:
Code:
/Volumes/android/cm10.2/vendor/cm/get-prebuilts
That is all. The sources are now ready.
[size=+1]Building CyanogenMOD[/size]
If you build now, you're probably gonna get kernel build errors regarding the missing elf.h header (this error might be device specific). Fortunately, we already have this file downloaded, so we only need to copy it to /usr/local/include:
Code:
cp /Volumes/android/cm10.2/external/elfutils/libelf/elf.h /usr/local/include
FINALLY, we are ready to build:
Code:
cd /Volumes/android/cm10.2 && source build/envsetup.sh && brunch m7ul
The upper command will start the build for the international version for the HTC One (m7ul). Just change the m7ul part to the right codename (check it from f.ex www.get.cm webpage).
Then we just let the Mac do the rest. Remember that it will take a while to do the build, and meantime you Macs fans will scream for mercy while CM punishes your system ☺
After the build is finished successfully you can find your newly created flashable zip by typing:
Code:
cd $out
Look for .zip file with a tag UNOFFICIAL
Happy building!

donk

I just might give this a try. Thanks for the tutorial!
Sent from my One using Tapatalk 4

inffy said:
Hey there!
Only Thing that comes to mind is that you forgot to get the prebuilts. Or you flashed incompatible kernel
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Not that I'm aware of, but I must've messed something up. I nuked it all and started over.
It works fine now (and more importantly I got myself a new "theme aware" aapt that doesn't think that drawable-xxhdpi is an invalid folder name )
Thanks again for a nice guide.

i can add packages of apk github
help
thanks

packhex said:
i can add packages of apk github
help
thanks
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What do you mean, sry

Strange error
I get this error when I try to save the manifests xml file.
[ Error writing /Volumes/android/cm10.2/.repo/local_manifests/roomservice.xml: ]
Please help me figure this out...
Okay, I figured I hade the wrong directory..
now when I try to brunch, I get this error:
Don't have a product spec for: 'cm_m7ul'
Do you have the right repo manifest?
Please help!

extract-files.sh permission denied

HI,
This is the first time I am building android from source. I have been following the cyanogen wiki guide and all appears to have gone well until I got to running extract-files.sh. It starts off ok but then gives me what is shown in the screen shot below. I have tried running it with sudo but it makes no difference.

Hi,
Im guessing your ran some initialisation of environment with root as permissions...
try doing a
Code:
sudo su
cd sourcedir/device/vendor/devicename/
./extract-files.sh
It should work. If you're extracting from a folder
Code:
./extract-files.sh path_to_folder
If it still doesnt work delete all the folders in the sourcedir except ".repo". then,
Code:
repo sync
or
repo sync -l #Syncs from local directory doesnt use internet