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Droid x Running ubuntu

hello,
as you probably know ubuntu has bin able to run on the nexus one and evo 4g i have spoken to the dev of both the ''mods'' and he has informed me that if someone can make a kernel for the droid x with loop devices enabled and u follow hes video its possible that ubuntu can run on the droid x.he's exact words are ''You will need a new kernel image with loop devices enabled I think. I haven't tried it on Droid X yet but it should be possible with that new kernel. You should ask someone on XDA to compile a new kernel with loop device support, someone will do it.'' and im hopping someone here can do it and we can all run ubuntu on out droid x's i would do it myself if i had any idea of what to do lol.
thank you for your help and good luck to all ubuntu loving droid x users.

You can't flash a new kernel but you can probably build loop as a module.
As for ubuntu I had sucess in running Debian from my second SD partition in a chroot environment. I installed with debootsrap and have apt nmap wifi, etc. I just need to compile a compatible kernel (for ubuntu not android) for a full install.
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As of right now we have no way to boot a custom kernel even if one were to be created.

yea and how long can it take for u to compile one for ubuntu and once you have compiled one for ubuntu will it actually work for booting ubuntu even in ui mode as i can use terminal but it would be more eye-candy with the UI

drew630 said:
You can't flash a new kernel but you can probably build loop as a module.
As for ubuntu I had sucess in running Debian from my second SD partition in a chroot environment. I installed with debootsrap and have apt nmap wifi, etc. I just need to compile a compatible kernel (for ubuntu not android) for a full install.
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yea and how long can it take for u to compile one for ubuntu and once you have compiled one for ubuntu will it actually work for booting ubuntu even in ui mode as i can use terminal but it would be more eye-candy with the UI

Sorry I lost this thread. Yes if you install x you can have some eye candy. Still working on the kernel. Ill post back soon.
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drew630 said:
Sorry I lost this thread. Yes if you install x you can have some eye candy. Still working on the kernel. Ill post back soon.
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sounds good man , so will this be like a rom i install and that enables me to install ubuntu?

Gotta love open source!

can u tell me how to get debian on my droid x?

Has any progress been made on creating a loop device module and getting ubuntu( or any distro) running on our droidx?
I'm willing to test.

I have been busy lately an unable to post a mini guide on getting this done. Just had my first child!!
In anycase I haven't tried making a loop module, I am waiting for the 2.2 kernel source. But I did make a second ext3 partition on my sd card and used debootstrap to install debian. It is currently only a chroot environment but I can use apt to install pacakgrs over wifi.
Hopefully in a few days I will have some time to post a step by step. If you want to try you can do some research on debootstrapp. I used a card reader to format the sd and use debootstrap to install ubuntu or debian.
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This has me obsessed now... lol
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I use Ubuntu on my other PC, if I could use it on my phone I would die of happiness!

Would the same method run on d2?
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I know this is an old thread already but was curious about this last night and stumbled across it. I am doing a lot more at work with Linux servers and desktop work at home also and would love to do this this just to see how it works.

Nit sure if you are still interested in this but here ya go pal!
http://androlinux.com/

[DISCUSSION] PS3 Downgrade via HTC HD2

MOD EDIT (LP):
PS3 Downgrade via HTC HD2
Now available at PSFAndroid Thread
now we have the master key and files will it gonna be ported just like ps freedom

Wait, what!? They figure out how to downgrade firmware 3.5 to 3.41?
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How is this thread relevant to Android on the HD2?
Please elaborate else I will be forced to close this thread.
dharvey4651
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dharvey4651 said:
How is this thread relevant to Android on the HD2?
Please elaborate else I will be forced to close this thread.
dharvey4651
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You need android to downgrade. The hd2 running winmo can't do it. I think he wants somebody to port it to the android hd2.

Maybe this will help?
http://psfreedom.com/wiki/HTC_HD2

No pr0x2, that just allows you to jailbreak the PS3 if you have firmware 3.41. This allows you to downgrade the firmware from 3.50 to 3.41.
Really good for anyone who has upgraded their firmware either by accident or had no choice as the upgrade was mandatory and didn't give you that choice.

its been done
psgroove.com/content.php?503-KaKaRoTo-Reverses-Jig-Master-Key-Added-to-PSFreedom

As much as I want this on the hd2, I just went ahead and ordered a e3 card reader for 15 shipped. I hated how I needed to boot into the patched android version everytime I wanted to play. Either way I hope it gets ported.
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Ok so you guys are using Android as a tool to downgrade the firmware on a Playstation3?

Yes, if you are on v3.5 you can now download to v3.41. You however need to do it by using specific type of usb dongle sticks. Or by hopefully having some one port the code to an android built. Use google for more info...

_ps3news.com/forums/ps3-hacks/psgrade-free-ps3-downgrade-hex-released-master-key-found-115800.html
how compile this hex to hd2?

Sony have just released the 3.55 firmware upgrade in Australia to counter this... ROFL...

ultramag69 said:
Sony have just released the 3.55 firmware upgrade in Australia to counter this... ROFL...
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Yeah sony is really advent about anti piracy rofl

i think only need to compile the new psfreedom to htc hd 2 but how

so is there a working downgrader for the HD2 for now ??
i've been searching or hours and couldn't find anything !!
check this out

Why did you make a new thread for this there is already one about it a couple a devs are already working on getting the downgrade working on the hd2.. I believe the thread is called psfandroid just search
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dan1j3l says that he has succesfully compiled it and he waits for a help from Axm9 regarding some kernel config

Is no one afraid for getting banned in the future by sony?

if so, alot of us here would be banned for the amount of things we do especially, Microsoft, HTC, Samsung, Application Developers, Google, Apple, LG, etc...
Adding Sony to the list issnt that hard, especially Sony Erikson phones get "xda'ed" too

hmmmm.....interesting

Porting Android 4.1, Jelly Bean to Desire HD

Hi Guyz,
This is kind of my Ambitious Project of Porting Jelly Bean to our Desire HD ... while I cannot do this on my own, I would be happy if other developers can help me in this. Most of our TOP DEVS have moved on to the Sensation and One series ... I think others (NOOBS like ME) should take an initiative to learn more about Deving.
I am currently trying to get the device Booted....will let know about the progress ...

Good luck to you sir. It sounds ambitious, but everyone has to start somewhere.
Maxy
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i also want to try, i know C basics. it helps?
any tips from the expert devs?

I'll happily be a tester once you guys get it up and running (I don't know any programming, sorry)
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i an very skeptic about getting it booting up. but ill try my best.
i will also ask from help from an expert Linux and C programmer
EDIT: wow... i got thankses XD
obviously it didn't boot, and im not an expert so i have no idea whats wrong it kernel / rom.
sorry everyone, i think we should wait for the source code and for an expert developer..

DubelBoom said:
i an very skeptic about getting it booting up. but ill try my best.
i will also ask from help from an expert Linux and C programmer
EDIT: wow... i got thankses XD
obviously it didn't boot, and im not an expert so i have no idea whats wrong it kernel / rom.
sorry everyone, i think we should wait for the source code and for an expert developer..
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One of the biggest issues you have will be the display drivers that on the SDK are made for the worst chip when it comes to Android/linux. I wil be honest with you. Until the source for the ICS kernel is released in a few months you will be fighting to even get the basic things working. Gonna need to spend lots of time fighting in linux for it to happen.

zelendel said:
One of the biggest issues you have will be the display drivers that on the SDK are made for the worst chip when it comes to Android/linux. I wil be honest with you. Until the source for the ICS kernel is released in a few months you will be fighting to even get the basic things working. Gonna need to spend lots of time fighting in linux for it to happen.
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yeah zelendel .. u are right.. display is a problem..
first my DHD was stuck at HTC logo.. after a few changes. it moved past the logo.. i think it booted without any display..
here is the logcat
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yngiqzp70iut3lq/logcat.txt

zelendel said:
One of the biggest issues you have will be the display drivers that on the SDK are made for the worst chip when it comes to Android/linux. I wil be honest with you. Until the source for the ICS kernel is released in a few months you will be fighting to even get the basic things working. Gonna need to spend lots of time fighting in linux for it to happen.
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i tried porting the Galaxy Nexus's rom.
i have no idea what to do so it will boot...

Hey man! Nice initiative!
You read this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28020178&postcount=36
He's already ported it to two devices, so you should be able to get some help there !

riteshbendre said:
yeah zelendel .. u are right.. display is a problem..
first my DHD was stuck at HTC logo.. after a few changes. it moved past the logo.. i think it booted without any display..
here is the logcat
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yngiqzp70iut3lq/logcat.txt
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Read some of log and noticed some htc apps were being used..but why? This is AOSP
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david.degraw54 said:
Read some of log and noticed some htc apps were being used..but why? This is AOSP
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Because it wansnt ported right...he added HTC apps
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The biggest issue might be get gralloc working right...
E/HAL ( 1526): load: module=/system/lib/hw/gralloc.msm7x30.so
E/HAL ( 1526): Cannot load library: link_image[1891]: 1199 could not load needed library 'libQcomUI.so' for 'gralloc.msm7x30.so' (reloc_library[1306]: 1199 cannot locate 'eglGetRenderBufferANDROID'...
That is libs searching other libs, meaning, compiling is the easiest way to fix thoose. but for that.. need source
You can easly get boot withought gralloc and egl... but, that will only bring a lot of fcs

rom stuck on splash screen.
logcat: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22680754/logcat.txt
(i didn't do any changes on ramdisk or boot.img. if one of them is the problem, just say that and when ill figure out how to edit them, i will post here again )
thanks

http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=HOWTO:_Unpack,_Edit,_and_Re-Pack_Boot_Images
Check this link it will help with ramdisk
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im about to edit ramdisk. i haven't did that before. there should be files, with of them i need to edit? how to edit?
and im going tomorrow morning to a 3 days trip. i hope i will edit the ramdisk today

riteshbendre said:
yeah zelendel .. u are right.. display is a problem..
first my DHD was stuck at HTC logo.. after a few changes. it moved past the logo.. i think it booted without any display..
here is the logcat
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yngiqzp70iut3lq/logcat.txt
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Gimme your ROM so far, I'll try to get it working

how is the porting going

f_E_a_R_e_D said:
how is the porting going
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Boot animation is displaying, current error is
Code:
E/mDnsConnector( 1326): Error in NativeDaemonConnector: java.io.IOException: No such file or directory
---------- Post added at 07:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:47 PM ----------
quinny899 said:
boot animation is displaying, current error is
Code:
e/mdnsconnector( 1326): Error in nativedaemonconnector: Java.io.ioexception: No such file or directory
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i have a boot
-EDIT- May be a false alarm, stuck on Starting apps...

can a bad ramdisk brick my phone?
because on all guilds i see they are saying to be careful with editing the ramdisk....

Starting apps may take a while (from my experiance anyway) cause its the first, fresh boot. Screenshots (if you can)? Getting really excited about this already (flashaholic senses are kicking in, lol)
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HTC Desire V porting with Sense 4.0a. Anyone?

Hi guys,
I've just came across this new device for the Chinese market and here are the specs: http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_desire_v-4805.php
It has almost the same hardware as our old N1, above all NOTE that it has the same Adreno200 for graphics :good:
For now I have downloaded a European RUU (RUU_PRIMO_DS_ICS_40A_HTC_Europe_1.59.401.1_Radio_1.05.34D.25_20.20.30.22U_release_263747_signed) for this Desire V (codenamed Primo?), and I have extracted the system.img.
Now to extract the content of that image I have to play with a Linux environment..
I've tried with unyaffs.exe but this image won't extract with that utility. I think the only solution is to "mount -o loop system.img" or something like that.
Do you think it's possible to do something?
Please remember that I'm only a cooker, with some (a little) experience, but with NO Java knowledge..

Iperzampem0 said:
Hi guys,
I've just came across this new device for the Chinese market and here are the specs: http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_desire_v-4805.php
It has almost the same hardware as our old N1, above all NOTE that it has the same Adreno200 for graphics :good:
For now I have downloaded a European RUU (RUU_PRIMO_DS_ICS_40A_HTC_Europe_1.59.401.1_Radio_1.05.34D.25_20.20.30.22U_release_263747_signed) for this Desire V (codenamed Primo?), and I have extracted the system.img.
Now to extract the content of that image I have to play with a Linux environment..
I've tried with unyaffs.exe but this image won't extract with that utility. I think the only solution is to "mount -o loop system.img" or something like that.
Do you think it's possible to do something?
Please remember that I'm only a cooker, with some (a little) experience, but with NO Java knowledge..
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I'm up for that. I think if a lot of devs work together we can do it. I dunno about java experience
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**** Shaky. He stopped all his job =(
But good idea and good luck
I can be your tester if you want of course
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Iperzampem0 said:
Hi guys,
I've just came across this new device for the Chinese market and here are the specs: http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_desire_v-4805.php
It has almost the same hardware as our old N1, above all NOTE that it has the same Adreno200 for graphics :good:
For now I have downloaded a European RUU (RUU_PRIMO_DS_ICS_40A_HTC_Europe_1.59.401.1_Radio_1.05.34D.25_20.20.30.22U_release_263747_signed) for this Desire V (codenamed Primo?), and I have extracted the system.img.
Now to extract the content of that image I have to play with a Linux environment..
I've tried with unyaffs.exe but this image won't extract with that utility. I think the only solution is to "mount -o loop system.img" or something like that.
Do you think it's possible to do something?
Please remember that I'm only a cooker, with some (a little) experience, but with NO Java knowledge..
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can you please upload the system.img file somewhere? (or post the link to the original RUU_PRIMO_DS_ICS_40A_HTC_Europe_1.59.401.1_Radio_1.05.34D.25_20.20.30.22U_release_263747_signed file )

Here you go. It's ruu
http://hotfile.com/dl/158782968/55e3eb6/
Do we need 3.0 kernel ?
Sent from my Nexus One using Tapatalk 2

thanks..
i think shaky's Sense 4.0 alpha rom was based on Desire V dump.. dont know if it is worth the effort to start all over again...

Wait. It was based from One V rom. Not desire V
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I agree with xeloni. Shaky was using the One V rom dump, which has the Adreno205 gpu!
The great thing of having a device with at least the same GPU is that we can have the right GPU files/drivers and maybe have a complete full gpu rendering. Obviously we gonna have to build a 3.0 kernel and proper cpu drivers...

Cmon dbasabe ! !
And shaky has almost finished thé kernel but he stopped all :/
After Imperzampemo, in this rom delete all useless appartement. Some ringtones. Fast and Light sense
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i managed to extract system.img, it is 800mb after uncompressing...
one more thing, i couldn't extract the secure boot image. anyone know how to extract that?

xeloni said:
Cmon dbasabe ! !
And shaky has almost finished thé kernel but he stopped all :/
After Imperzampemo, in this rom delete all useless appartement. Some ringtones. Fast and Light sense
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Shaky has not stopped . He continues in silence and won't post on xda again. You better be following him on Twitter.
Also, dbasabe has left a long time ago
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fake_japanese_guy said:
i managed to extract system.img, it is 800mb after uncompressing...
one more thing, i couldn't extract the secure boot image. anyone know how to extract that?
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OK, but now the main thing is to extract all the content from system.img!
About boot_signed.img don't know yet.
Anyway I still have to install Linux on my pc, so I'm stuck as of now..

race55 said:
Shaky has not stopped . He continues in silence and won't post on xda again. You better be following him on Twitter.
Also, dbasabe has left a long time ago
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I'm following him on twitter
If someone wants to add me look in m'y signature
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Iperzampem0 said:
OK, but now the main thing is to extract all the content from system.img!
About boot_signed.img don't know yet.
Anyway I still have to install Linux on my pc, so I'm stuck as of now..
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Virtual box
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xeloni said:
I'm following him on twitter
If someone wants to add me look in m'y signature
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Does shaky have his twitter account protected?
Didn't realise he had quit xda until I read this. Another dev loss; reminds me of Medroid / Samuaz.
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xeloni said:
Virtual box
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Yea, I'm using that but it's really slow and I have problems... wtf! I hate Linux.

cpm said:
Does shaky have his twitter account protected?
Didn't realise he had quit xda until I read this. Another dev loss; reminds me of Medroid / Samuaz.
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No itsnt protected
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i managed to extract boot_secure.img also.. it had 256bytes of some security key on the beginning.. i had to tail it and then extract.
any way, after extracting, the system.img is more than 600mb.. we need to reduce it to less than 200mb to install to nexus one...
meanwhile im trying to boot with the kernel from the dump.. as of now, its not working.. kernel panic..

fake_japanese_guy said:
i managed to extract boot_secure.img also.. it had 256bytes of some security key on the beginning.. i had to tail it and then extract.
any way, after extracting, the system.img is more than 600mb.. we need to reduce it to less than 200mb to install to nexus one...
meanwhile im trying to boot with the kernel from the dump.. as of now, its not working.. kernel panic..
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Try to boot with the kernel included in shaky rom
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ill try that. but before that, need to find some applications to remove the the dump so that i can reduce the /system size to less than 200mb...

Nexus 7 Ubuntu 13.04 DESKTOP

Hi, I recently installed Ubuntu desktop on my Nexus 7 using multirom.
It all went well and works well if you use a mouse with an OTG cable, I understand it was meant for developers but has anyone been able to install the tegra 3 drivers and keep unity/taskbar working?
When I install the drivers and reboot, it boots up and looks better but doesn't have unity or the taskbar. I can get into terminal with a keyboard and pretty much everything can open but its not exactly usable this way.
Thanks.
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Carlyle_f said:
Hi, I recently installed Ubuntu desktop on my Nexus 7 using multirom.
It all went well and works well if you use a mouse with an OTG cable, I understand it was meant for developers but has anyone been able to install the tegra 3 drivers and keep unity/taskbar working?
When I install the drivers and reboot, it boots up and looks better but doesn't have unity or the taskbar. I can get into terminal with a keyboard and pretty much everything can open but its not exactly usable this way.
Thanks.
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Which Tegra 3 drivers are you talking about? Ubuntu Desktop for Nexus 7 should already come with all the drivers it needs.

Its very slow and doesn't play videos, only sound. Also, in "about this computer" or something like that, none of the hardware or even the devices name is recognized. Here's a link to it https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/raring/armhf/nvidia-tegra3/16.0-0ubuntu3
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Carlyle_f said:
Its very slow and doesn't play videos, only sound. Also, in "about this computer" or something like that, none of the hardware or even the devices name is recognized. Here's a link to it https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/raring/armhf/nvidia-tegra3/16.0-0ubuntu3
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Yes, those drivers are already included in Ubuntu Desktop for Nexus 7. They do have issues though (lots of screen tearing). Playing video shouldn't be a problem though if you have the right codecs installed.

farmerbb said:
Yes, those drivers are already included in Ubuntu Desktop for Nexus 7. They do have issues though (lots of screen tearing). Playing video shouldn't be a problem though if you have the right codecs installed.
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I see, I installed the codecs. Might be a problem with vlc only. Thanks.
Edit: in "about computer" none of the nexus 7 hardware is displayed, I thought its strange since the version was made specifically for the nexus, is this normal?
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Carlyle_f said:
I see, I installed the codecs. Might be a problem with vlc only. Thanks.
Edit: in "about computer" none of the nexus 7 hardware is displayed, I thought its strange since the version was made specifically for the nexus, is this normal?
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Yes that's normal. Canonical ported Ubuntu to the Nexus 7 solely to test it and optimize it for low-spec devices. They didn't do a whole lot to polish it up and make it presentable for end users because that wasn't really their goal

Oh, let me offtop a little.
Is there any "easy" way to try out Ubuntu on grouper? I mean easy like flashing zip in recovery and then restore back to android...

judhin said:
Oh, let me offtop a little.
Is there any "easy" way to try out Ubuntu on grouper? I mean easy like flashing zip in recovery and then restore back to android...
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Yeah man. Multirom is an app made for nexus devices that let's you multiboot ROM and distros. I've got cm11, ubunut and active plasma installed right now. Just read the how to's on this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011403 and download the Ubuntu 13.04 from that page. If you want a few other distros for multirom get them here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2093797. It really is the easiest way to actually dual boot. And the dev is amazingly helpful. Don't hesitate to report a bug to him.
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dadangle said:
Yeah man. Multirom is an app made for nexus devices that let's you multiboot ROM and distros. I've got cm11, ubunut and active plasma installed right now. Just read the how to's on this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011403 and download the Ubuntu 13.04 from that page. If you want a few other distros for multirom get them here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2093797. It really is the easiest way to actually dual boot. And the dev is amazingly helpful. Don't hesitate to report a bug to him.
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Wow, thanks for the hint! It is really easy to use tool

judhin said:
Wow, thanks for the hint! It is really easy to use tool
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Everybody gets one..
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