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This distro was created with all the tools needed for android development. After you install this os, you're ready to start developing for Android.
GreenRom Dev Kt is now available. It has Android SDK/NDK, Eclipse, ADB(from any location!), ThemerStudio, all required dependencies for compiling roms, repo init for pulling source code from github, and Gimp for theming/editing graphics.
Q:Why is this important?
A:Because all you need to do is install this OS, plug in your phone, and begin having fun as you dev. There's no need to try and download and install ANYTHING for Android development because it's all been done for you. Do you need to run ADB Logcat? Go ahead. Now there's no need to make sure you're in a certain directory because you can run ADB from anywhere.
Some common questions might be:
Q:Do I have to install GRPdevkit to my HDD?
A:No, you can run it from live mode and store your progress on a pen drive. Alternately, you can install it on a pen/usb drive and run it from that if your bios detects usb drives.
Q:Will I be able to install this alongside another OS?
A:Possibly, although LivLogik and I haven't had any luck with dual booting this nor Ubuntu.
Q:Will this screw up my computer?
A:As with any Linux OS that's experimental, the possibility is there, although LivLogik and I have been testing this OS extensively to ensure all the bugs have been work out before making it available to you. Nevertheless, we are in no way responsible for your actions!
Q:What if I don't want to dev and just want to use this for an every day system?
A:That's quite fine as this OS is built from Linux Mint 11 and has all the stuff you probably use such as Brasero, X-Chat, Transmission, Libre Office, Movie Player, Calculator, Pidgin, G-Thumb, and much more!
Q:What if I can't burn an installation disk?
A:As with the majority of mainstream Linux Distros, we will be offering an installation disk for a small fee + s&h. LivLogik and I have to come up with a design for the cd decal as I have access to a cd printer. We will post the availability when we come up with it.
Q:How do I use the tools that are in this?
A:There is a get started guide on the desktop that you can move to your home folder or delete that explains briefly how to use the tools, however, I didn't include instructions on Eclipse as I've never used it. For Eclipse just go to it's website here: http://eclipsetutorial.sourceforge.net/totalbeginner.html and learn how to use it. Eclipse is used to make programs for Android.
LivLogik will be making a video so that you can see it in action. Enjoy!!
Note: you may need to right click on the desktop and change the wallpaper mode setting from zoom to whatever fits your screen best. -Fixed in update
**EDIT** if you have problems signing in to gtalk on the messanger... go to software manager and in the search box type in gtalk and download that plugin and it should work and if you have problems with anymore accounts like facebook do the same and it should work fine -Fixed in update
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE VIDEO !!!! (it shows a run through of it and also sorta where everything is and a little how to - livlogik
Video #2 Updates For v1.1
============> grpdevkit.iso - 2.0 GB <============
MIRROR >>>---------------> http://dev-host.org/fj1lh8zu4g60/grpdevkit.iso <-----------------<<<
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[color=green]Change Log: [/color]
(07-22-11 v1.1) :
~Added Chrome Browser
~Added plugin for Gtalk
~Shortcut for SDK/NDK in home folder
~Added shortcut for GRP forum
~Added different wallpaper([color=blue]thanks LivLogik[/color])
(6-?-11 v1) :
~Linux Mint 11(Katya) as Distro base [URL=http://www.linuxmint.com/]Linux Mint11[/URL]
~Remastersys(for building the distro [url]http://remastersys.sourceforge.net/[/url])
~Added GRP custom default wallpaper([color=blue]thanks LivLogik[/color])
~Added Android NDK
~Added Android SDK
~Added all required dependencies for compiling Android OS as follows:
git-core, gnupg, flex bison, gperf, libsdl1.2-dev, libesd0-dev, libwxgtk2.6-dev, squashfs-tools, build-essential zip curl, libncurses5-dev, zlib1g-dev,
sun-java6-jdk, pngcrush, schedtool, lib32z1-dev, lib32ncurses5-dev, lib32readline5-dev
~Added ADB( thanks to Tahl:[URL=http://www.rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?589-Android-SDK-NDK-Eclipse-and-ADB-Auto-Installer-(Ubuntu-Linux-Mint)]Tahl's tread[/URL])
~Added Gimp
~Added ThemerStudio(thanks to CorCor67:[URL=http://corcor67.blogspot.com/p/themer-studio.html]CorCor's blog[/URL])
~Added Repo Init to home directory
[color=red]Testers:[/color]
LivLogik
SlashDW
whoever else has tested or is running the Dev Kit let me know so I can include you in the testers credits. ;-)
epic!? I think so.
Treken said:
This distro was created with all the tools needed for android development. After you install this os, you're ready to start developing for Android. Check it out here: http://greenromproject.com/showthread.php?188-GreenRom-Dev-Kit-is-here!!-64bit(updated-7-23-11)
And, of course, enjoy!
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Nice! This should save a ton of setup time when I install a new distro
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AWESOME! Finally, I can run Linux simply. Expect ROM's from me!
EASY Set-up! Now to figure out how to do everything else..... :/
Smokeey said:
EASY Set-up! Now to figure out how to do everything else..... :/
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If you need some help with anything just let me know.
Wow. downloaded.
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Wow. downloaded.
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how was the download speed? The server will be getting a make-over tomorrow and should beef up the download speed.
I'm assuming I can make this into a persistent usb and take it anywhere and work on it? Regardless I'm going to give it a shot.
DL started at 700 and dropped 1kB/s every 2 seconds continuously, then dropped out. I thought it was an artifact of the averaging done by Google Chrome; except it was linear, 2 seconds every time.
bogwurm said:
I'm assuming I can make this into a persistent usb and take it anywhere and work on it? Regardless I'm going to give it a shot.
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Please see #2
Q: Do I have to install GRPdevkit to my HDD?
A: No, you can run it from live mode and store your progress on a pen drive. Alternately, you can install it on a pen/usb drive and run it from that if your bios detects usb drives.
vassskk said:
Please see #2
Q: Do I have to install GRPdevkit to my HDD?
A: No, you can run it from live mode and store your progress on a pen drive. Alternately, you can install it on a pen/usb drive and run it from that if your bios detects usb drives.
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And boom goes the dynamite
/Dinc
Very nice work. Thanks for this.
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vassskk said:
DL started at 700 and dropped 1kB/s every 2 seconds continuously, then dropped out. I thought it was an artifact of the averaging done by Google Chrome; except it was linear, 2 seconds every time.
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The server went down for a little bit. They beefed up the server speeds so it should download faster now. It should be up and running now
Great.. now I have to stop & get more DVDs. My old laptop doesn't boot from usb. Looking forward to trying it out. Thanks!
OP,
You said you were having trouble paralleling it with other os's? Any ideas why? i was very much hoping to throw it alongside joulicloud (ubuntu based) on my ssd.
vassskk said:
OP,
You said you were having trouble paralleling it with other os's? Any ideas why? i was very much hoping to throw it alongside joulicloud (ubuntu based) on my ssd.
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I wasn't having any luck dual booting Linux Mint or Ubuntu. I have Windows 7 Ultra that I wanted to dual boot but couldn't get it worked out and just gave up since I have to have Linux for most of the development I do.
beard0 said:
And boom goes the dynamite
/Dinc
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Dino-mite? Faq said run live and store on usb. Assumption was run live from dvd. Second part of answer was run from usb if BIOS allowed it. That's why I assumed I could run a live usb with a dedicated partition on the same usb. If we didn't have questions then we wouldn't have Devs. But thanx for your input Mr Dynamite.
bogwurm said:
Dino-mite? Faq said run live and store on usb. Assumption was run live from dvd. Second part of answer was run from usb if BIOS allowed it. That's why I assumed I could run a live usb with a dedicated partition on the same usb. If we didn't have questions then we wouldn't have Devs. But thanx for your input Mr Dynamite.
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You should be able to install on a usb pen drive and save your files on a dedicated partition. Just make sure you have enough room on your pen drive. Look here: Link and see the requirements for doing so. I've never actually installed on a pen drive myself but theoretically speaking it's plausible. Let me know if it works out for you.
Will do thanx for the reply. I know how to set up a persistent live distro but some of them are tricky. I like this idea because all I need is the flash drive to do work on any computer.
"Here and now, boys, here and now."-Aldous Huxley
I don't own the phone yet, but been looking around at rooting this phone and seeing what I could get out of it if I did when it turns up. Nothing has really interested me to root the phone. I would of rooted it for CM7 or MUIU roms but as I am getting the Laptop Dock with the phone I wouldn't be able to use the webtop as both of these roms don't have that feature.
When I was looking into the Webtop I came across this post about installing ubuntu apps onto webtop. This did get me interested. Looking into it this seem like it only works with a very dated version of Ubuntu (jaunty) because this was the last version that had armhf support.
As Ubuntu 12.04 was just released I decided to see if this version has got a armhf repo that could be used, and indeed it has.
Code:
deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ precise main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ precise-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ precise-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ precise-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://ports.ubuntu.com/ precise-proposed main restricted universe multiverse
The really cool thing about this repo is it has apps like XBMC that should just work with the device.
And then it hit me. This must be the repo that the Ubuntu for Android that Canonical was showing off a few Months ago must be using.
http://youtu.be/N6eEDZva1W8
So I decided to have a dig around the repo when I came across this: abootimg.
Android devices use a special partition format to boot any
operating system on the devices. These boot-images contain
a kernel image, a ramdisk, optionally a 2nd stage boot loader
and the commandline passed to the kernel when booting.
The original mkbootimg from Android can only create these images
where abootimg can also extract and modify them.
Handling android boot images is necessary when bringing other
operating systems to android devices.
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So this is a pretty good tell tell sign that this is indeed the Ubuntu for Android that Canonical has been demoing.
As I have said I don't own the device yet but if someone wants to check this out to see if this is indeed the Ubuntu for Android repo that would be awesome.
looks like I can't post links.
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deb ports.ubuntu.com/ precise main restricted universe multiverse
deb ports.ubuntu.com/ precise-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb ports.ubuntu.com/ precise-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb ports.ubuntu.com/ precise-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb ports.ubuntu.com/ precise-proposed main restricted universe multiverse
That is the repo but the http part is missing before ports
This sucks I can't post links. I would of had links to the repos and links to videos and to the XBMC app. I get why XDA does this but I really want to edit the OP so its got all the info.
Anyway I thought someone would of said something by now about this. This would work almost the same way as the [MOD] Full Linux (Debian) inside WebTop does but instead of using the Debian repos it would be using Ubuntu 12.04
I get the phone in a few days and it would be cool if someone could test this out. I am going to try it the second I get the phone but would be nice for someone to confirm what I suspect.
The only concern is whether you can get it to become functional without breaking Moto's modded dependencies that are stuck on Jaunty. I think a number of people have been trying to update to the newest Chrome etc and each time when getting the new repos they've killed their webtops.
I for one would love to get a newer version of Ubuntu running on this baby but information and tutorials don't seem to be forthcoming from the experts here. This might be due to the non-existence of such information, lack of time, or competitiveness. But I would love to see this if you can get it to work.
P.S. I think its really cool that you may have stumbled on the Ubuntu Unity for android on there though!!
It sure be cool to browse contacts and access system settings via unity
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thantos said:
The only concern is whether you can get it to become functional without breaking Moto's modded dependencies that are stuck on Jaunty. I think a number of people have been trying to update to the newest Chrome etc and each time when getting the new repos they've killed their webtops.
I for one would love to get a newer version of Ubuntu running on this baby but information and tutorials don't seem to be forthcoming from the experts here. This might be due to the non-existence of such information, lack of time, or competitiveness. But I would love to see this if you can get it to work.
P.S. I think its really cool that you may have stumbled on the Ubuntu Unity for android on there though!!
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If CWM can backup and restore Webtop I will have a look into getting Unity working on the phone.
In Synaptic you can freeze/lock packages, so all I would need to do is workout the list of packages that needs to be locked and not updated.
Once I have worked that out I can make a update script to install unity and lock the packages that need locking.
I will get the phone in about a week and will probably take about 3 days to get unity working.
I will let you lot know how it goes.
I am even thinking about trying razor-qt on it. This should work really well on the phone as the DE was made to run on devices like phones.
It looks like Webtop uses GTK and doesn't use any QT packages. So installing QT apps shouldn't break any dependencies.
There are a lot of QT apps now that will install and won't break anything.
Music Players: spotify-qt and Clemetine
Video Players: VLC
These are just to name a few. If you google QT apps there is a site that list all the avable QT apps that will work with Webtop and won't conflict with any of the GTK apps and dependencies it uses.
Looking forward to it. Good luck.
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Just getting the info together for when I start messing around with webtop. Also some people may find the info handy for them to have ago.
Qt-apps
http://qt-apps.org/index.php?xsortmode=high
Razor-Qt
http://www.webupd8.org/2011/12/razor-qt-new-lightweight-desktop.html
Locking Packages
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PinningHowto
Precise armhf Repo
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/armhf/
XBMC Armhf Package
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/quantal/armhf/xbmc
Spotify Qt (they probably don't have a Armhf version so this more and likely won't work)
Code:
# 1. Add this line to your list of repositories by
# editing your /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free
# 2. If you want to verify the downloaded packages,
# you will need to add our public key
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 4E9CFF4E
# 3. Run apt-get update
sudo apt-get update
# 4. Install spotify!
sudo apt-get install spotify-client
Clementine Armhf
http://packages.debian.org/en/sid/armhf/clementine/download
Run:
Code:
sudo apt-get install gdebi gdebi-core
This will install a program that will let you install .deb files by double clicking on them.
The apps that will work on Webtop that won't mess it up are for Armhf and use Qt (not kde-Qt). So just google for that and you should find loads of programs you will be able to run.
If its not a Qt app look at what it depends on.
Using chromium-browser as an example you can see it depends on a lot of packages that has a good chance of breaking the system. This is because its a GTK app. If it was a Qt app it wouldn't depending on as many system files/libs.
Hi, I have been working on such a port for more than a week now.
And I have thrashed the webtop countless times.
I have modified ubuntu.sh so that it loopmounts /osh from an image from the sd card; then it runs the image's original ubuntu.sh. In this way I am not limited to the 800MB size of the original /osh and I can test/swap different images quickly.
I have made a test environment using QEMU (emulating Cortex A9 and Versatile Express board) and I borrowed a recent kernel and initrd from a Linaro image.
I've been testing various distros: Archlinux for Raspberry Pi, Raspbian (which I modded into a full ARMv7a Wheezy by changing the repos), Linaro 12.04 (heavy and slow IMHO), the original Jaunty 9.04 for armel. The last one just to allow me to check the differences with the Moto's distro, file by file.
My QEMU setup is also able to boot GenTop2 and even the original webtop. But I have also an alternative setup using proot and qemu in user mode which e.g. allows me to run ARM-compiled commands directly inside a loopmounted webtop image.
In GenTop2 and in my Wheezy attempts I've also tried using a more recent, ARMHF compiled Tegra Xorg, see
http://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2854 but the only thing I got from it is to display a hardware cursor on the phone - my lapdock would stay blank no matter how I play with xorg.conf.
Although in fairness I'm not a dev and still have a lot to learn. I'm just a very stubborn person. And I'm close to giving up.
My second best option so far is to run GenTop2 from a partition on my external SD. Amazing work that GenTop2 is although I'm not a fan of Gentoo - because heavy compiling and too many small writes (at "emerge sync" time) inevitably shorten the life of the phone and SD card IMHO.
Here a link for you to start (in case you don't have it already):
Analysis of webtop - https://sites.google.com/site/androidnothize/nebtop/webtop
For emulating ARM v7a with QEMU - https://wiki.linaro.org/PeterMaydell/QemuVersatileExpress
Also to boot the original webtop in QEMU, the key is to take that extra getty from /etc/event.d/console out of the way (just delete the file), then change the password for root and adas (so you can get in) - the latter task can be performed e.g. using my qemu user mode way.
good luck and good night
I don't know if this is relevant but, here is a version of Ubuntu natty "webtop construction kit": http://mafipulation.org/blagoblig/linux/atrix/index.html#webtop-kit
I have managed to run it on Blurred and CM7 roms (manually). I had to heavily edit xorg.conf to make it display on my external monitor, but there were issues with the mouse and keyboard (the movements were mirroring on the phone as well), text-antialiasing, etc.
Also, apt-get seems to be a little broken, as I have only managed to successfully install lxde but not xfce, and many other packages.
Will this help?
zomgno1 said:
I don't know if this is relevant but, here is a version of Ubuntu natty "webtop construction kit": http://mafipulation.org/blagoblig/linux/atrix/index.html#webtop-kit
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Oh yes it helps indeed.
The piece of information I was missing about the broken glibc is fundamental, and probably explain why some of my Debian Wheezy attempts were crashing the phone so badly that I needed to remove the battery before restart.
I'm going to put my hands on this yes yes.
I'll look into xorg.conf and apt-get problems, maybe I get some idea.
Thanks!
G
Bionic port
I am very interested in the progress of this thread, as the addition of the newer version should allow XBMC, which would the the killer app for me that would allow me to completely replace my netbook with my phone.
But, I have a Bionic which uses the TI OMAP4 SoC.
If you work this out, I guess it should port, as long as the OMAP4 driver is in an accessible repository and xorg.conf is modified appropriately?
There is already an ARM/OMAP4 image here:
xxxxx]https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/OmapDesktopInstallxxxxx
(remove the xxs as I still can't post links either)
seems like somehow integrating the webtop binaries into that image and using the abootimg to create it on the phone would be a possible approach?
I have some Linux skills, but I am not a dev, so this may be terribly naive!
This is all very interesting. I cant wait until this gets running on our phones. This webtop environment is a pretty special thing that moto has going on here, but I wonder, can the webtop or something of a similar nature be done on other phones? I image it could very well be, other phones certainly have the power and space requirements. I would be willing to pay quite a bit to get this running on my galaxy s2.
It would be awesome to have FULL Ubuntu 12 on our webtop !
Well, actual webtop is cool but the interface is worse than Unity.
Not sure if any of you developers that have been trying to get Precise to work by messing with the XORG but I think KHOL tried but was unsuccessful and instead decided to boot it after getting into webtop...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1370176
Maybe that might be of some help?
I would love to know if anyone has gotten any where with this looks very promising I wish I could help but know very little about programming althought im trying to learn.
This is NOT native ubuntu, THATS why i wanted it. You can use CYANOGENMOD roms and this will just load like a normal app, or a normal terminal. Or in my case provide me with a capable server in my pocket. Thjs js so cool imo. Because i can run all the old perl scripts directly on my phone... People can use my little perl scripts right from my pocket! I like this!
I use android 2.3 but after i got it on 2.3 i factory reset, installed multiple other roms, including ICS roms and it all worked. But alot of cool features backtrack has to offer seem to require lots of reconfiguration on 4+. i recommend android 2.3 nutrino rom i got it all working godly on there. Without editing the boot.img once... Or rly anything..
This runs as an app and the app "changes" the "root" directory. So basically its a little hack, its not native ubuntu.
I heard people telling me my phone cant run arch linux or ubuntu and i beg to differ.
Here is the only link i used to get a full blown capable (whatever) in my pocket.
http://stuffresearch.tor.hu/?p=245
After your done. Download a vnc client app to use the graphical interface (startx X.org desktop)
After your done with that download a ssh server app (that way your ubuntu chroot will be able to navigate android filesystem)
The vnc server and ssh server do not need to route trafic to your lan nor internet.
leathan said:
Sorry for the repost, idk how to move threads. I heard people telling me my phone cant run arch linux or ubuntu and i beg to differ.
I can write a full guide and post my scripts to help but this link may be enough.
http://stuffresearch.tor.hu/?p=245
After your done. Download a vnc client app to use the graphical interface (startx X.org desktop)
After your done with that download a ssh server app (that way your ubuntu chroot will be able to navigate android filesystem)
The vnc server and ssh server do not need to route trafic to your lan nor internet.
After you got it on your phone i recommend... Unlocking ALL the arm repositories and deleteing the bloat packages cause you wont have alot of room.
I get 2gb of room for ubuntu apps after removing bloat.
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perhaps this is what ppl were talking about when they said that to you? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2078919 not really sure, i'm more of a stock rom/cm rom kind of guy myself. Ubuntu is still too new for me on a computer for me to consider it for a rom on a phone
Thank you for link.
But I don't see what I can do with Linux on my phone.
What is your motivation to run it? What useful thinks you can do with it?
Girafik said:
Thank you for link.
But I don't see what I can do with Linux on my phone.
What is your motivation to run it? What useful thinks you can do with it?
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idk, that's why I stick to the CMs, stock ROMs, and other custom mod's along those lines.
I hope you guys read this.....
You can do almost anything you can on normal ubuntu... And it does not load unless you load it.
Honestly if you dont need ubuntu or a useful linux dont get it. But with this u can run linux binaries that are generally common.... And not just the tiny subset that busybox brings. But a giant giIant giant giant giant awesomeness
For example i love loading firefox and runnng the same addons that i run on my pc on cellphone.
I also love being anle to send my phone shell commands directly AND HAVE BINARIES that make that useful. (I can write perl scripts to automate it all now, powerfully)
For example you can run wireshark to sniff data.... You can really do anything ubuntu can do.
Usually downloading linux distros onto your phone *for chroot is very easy. But since backtrack is so big i needed an extra step which i couldnt find untill i read this link. I was very great-full to that guy. I hope he can help someone else thru me. Because i needed backtrack on my phone yes or yes.
I can now fully program using emacs directly on my phone (i connect a computer keyboard to my phone) but for me its always been a dream to have a real computer in my pocket that i can use to program and run real internet browsers and diagnose networks. Believe it or not i stay legal, very ironically
I know how nerdy that sounds, but theres a hacker in all of us, and this makes your phone a weapon.
Tbh most people wont even want this. But those who do will be so happy to know that they cAn hack the image to under 4gb and hence can run it on their phone. It just all works right out the box.
Just look at what ubuntu can do and if u rly rly want that and it works on the phone install this.
I think im going to do my own directions and make it two steps.
That way people will just click click and see for themselves what new things they can do.
THIS DOES NOT DELETE YOUR CM ROM. YOU CAN RUN THIS SIDE BY SIDE TO YOUR ROM, AND EVEN HAVEA. DUAL BOOT SETUP + THIS.
Its fully compatible to work side by side because ita a chroot not a real install
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idk, that's why I stick to the CMs, stock ROMs, and other custom mod's along those lines.
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You can use this and stick to your cm rom.
Girafik said:
Thank you for link.
But I don't see what I can do with Linux on my phone.
What is your motivation to run it? What useful thinks you can do with it?
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You have linux already on your phone. Android runs on linux. Thats why chroot is so easy i think
This is about backtrack ubuntu. Linux comes when you buy the phone.
I tried typing "what useful things can ubuntu do" into google
But that wasn't helpful lol...
palmbeach05 said:
perhaps this is what ppl were talking about when they said that to you? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2078919 not really sure, i'm more of a stock rom/cm rom kind of guy myself. Ubuntu is still too new for me on a computer for me to consider it for a rom on a phone
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This isnt a rom though. Im not knowledgeable in this area but i think since your running chrooted the android system still occupies the read only memory. I might sound dumb but i this is not in any way a rom. It fully sits in your REAL INTERNAL "sdcard" memory. Unless you load it ^.^ it auto closes when u close the terminal.. Atleast it shud
I believe that would be the case if you were to run ubuntu natively... Aka delete android.
leathan said:
I tried typing "what useful things can ubuntu do" into google
But that wasn't helpful lol...
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If you had to Google something like that you probably have no clue what BackTrack means or what it is meant for and should avoid following this guide anyway.
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Sorry for insulting you. But I have was programming nearly a decade before ubuntu even existed. It is a mere derivative, and backtrack is just a set of tools.
Google is powerful, you can hack with google. Googling what ubuntu is good for is perfectly ok imo, nothing to do with much.
Im NOT in IT... BUT I code 29 hrs a day average, atleast i try.
Si pensas que ubuntu esta correlacionado con la habilidad de programar estas en la ironia.
I dont see how any human would not like just having backtrack ubuntu on their phone ^.^
Even if i did not know already know all the tools.... You can just read... Or something ^.^
That guide was like 1 step from what i had done off the top of my head also... -.-
Not mean at all. But usually a programmer or someone in the IT industry knows what backtrack's purposes are. I am afraid I was just expressing an opinion in an open forum and didn't mean to come out as insulting or hurtful. Instead, I was trying to avoid you causing damage to your phone by venturing into the unknown. Calling someone dumb on the other hand IS insulting.
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leathan
hi
i have a question
i ve done all steps until 1st run of boot bt script by adb
my sh bootbt perfoming with many errors
it tells about lack of root access and "cant find directory .."
what kind of linux distributive do u use for adb, i think it may be related with my usb live linux version (dont want to install it)
USSRxAZ said:
leathan
hi
i have a question
i ve done all steps until 1st run of boot bt script by adb
my sh bootbt perfoming with many errors
it tells about lack of root access and "cant find directory .."
what kind of linux distributive do u use for adb, i think it may be related with my usb live linux version (dont want to install it)
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can you send me the full output you got when you ran bootbt? Maybe also the android VERSION and the bootbt source but first read bellow.
When you finish all the editing and you upload the /BT5 folder to your cellphone. are you sure your putting everything in the INTERNAL SDCARD. And also try moving all installed apps out of INTERNAL SD and into INTERNAL MEMORY. (I think i read somewhere somekid had to remove the real sdcard also... I dont see why lol, and i didnt have too.
Then you should just load up a teminal emulator on android and type: su and then sh bootbt. You said you did "sh bootsh" from adb. I did it from phone. But once the script runs it shouldnt matter where its invoked from so long as your running as root?
Try typing adb root first from pc.
Or type su first from terminal emulator on your phone.
To reply to mot.a.troll.... Im sorry im dumb and take suddle things like that as a big insult because i really dont think knowing about ubuntu or even backtrack. Is a requirement for this or for following that guide. I am damiliar with unix... Believe it or not. And i am DEFFINITLY not in IT, idk what "it" even means whaha. All i enjoy doing is programming when i was a kid in basic, and now 90% just perl all day (for many many years)
Ill edit my insult to u since your right, and its because im dumb and get offended. I wish i never even knew what ubuntu was period lol, but setting it all up manually is hard work and i just needed things working lol
I dont think the problem has anything to do with your linux distro or adb. Im 99.999999999% sure lol
Hacker ? Backtrack? *cough* , gentoo based linux for arm next time but nice effort.
Fyi backtrack really seems ok for live cd wifi stuff, but as phone had no promiscuous mode on wifi driver, whats the point ?
Just an off note, if u want linux on atrix this badly then why not chip in with porting ubuntu touch.
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i ve tryed it again with other ROM and sdcard placement but i m gettin same errors (no directory's, cant mount etc)
sry i havent posted log again
p.s.
Gentop2 (Gentoo) is the best experience i had with atrix and linux at all
I wish i have a dream what somebody will compile newer and better version than 05092013 but it wont happen i guess.
JustSueMe said:
Hacker ? Backtrack? *cough* , gentoo based linux for arm next time but nice effort.
Fyi backtrack really seems ok for live cd wifi stuff, but as phone had no promiscuous mode on wifi driver, whats the point ?
Just an off note, if u want linux on atrix this badly then why not chip in with porting ubuntu touch.
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Sorry if me being a hacker offends you or your definition of it. Personally idgaf.. my current job basicaly implies i atleast write clever enough perl to make money lol...
And for your off note... This may sound very "ignorant".. but i HATE the owners of ubuntu. and hate how closed it is. I would never help them.
Also about the promiscuous mode, I wasnt even aware phones had no promiscuous capable wifi drivers... are you sure? Either way I dont see why you NEED it for the plethora of tools offered to you just by downloading an .img file.... I understand gentoo is alot better... but i have no time? This took me 30mins... because i literally copy pasted the commands and then waited...
use your brain? I could hack on windows, ios, android, ipad, unix, linux, pickyourfavorite here... hacking is an abstraction above the operating system imho *cough* *noob* ...and chrooting android PERIOD. gives OBVIOUS benifits.
the link i found is an extremelly easy way to make it work
USSRxAZ said:
i ve tryed it again with other ROM and sdcard placement but i m gettin same errors (no directory's, cant mount etc)
sry i havent posted log again
p.s.
Gentop2 (Gentoo) is the best experience i had with atrix and linux at all
I wish i have a dream what somebody will compile newer and better version than 05092013 but it wont happen i guess.
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if you get an error like /local/data/mnt/ no such directory
then that means you just have to create that directory... and try again.
otherwise post your logs.
Remember what i wrote as a first reply too.
leathan said:
Sorry if me being a hacker offends you or your definition of it. Personally idgaf.. my current job basicaly implies i atleast write clever enough perl to make money lol...
And for your off note... This may sound very "ignorant".. but i HATE the owners of ubuntu. and hate how closed it is. I would never help them.
Also about the promiscuous mode, I wasnt even aware phones had no promiscuous capable wifi drivers... are you sure? Either way I dont see why you NEED it for the plethora of tools offered to you just by downloading an .img file.... I understand gentoo is alot better... but i have no time? This took me 30mins... because i literally copy pasted the commands and then waited...
use your brain? I could hack on windows, ios, android, ipad, unix, linux, pickyourfavorite here... hacking is an abstraction above the operating system imho *cough* *noob* ...and chrooting android PERIOD. gives OBVIOUS benifits.
the link i found is an extremelly easy way to make it work
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My definition of "hacker" is someone that manages to create a tool or find a way to overcome an obstacle that wasn't supposed to be passed, such as wifi passwords. in this sense, just by using someone elses tools doesn't put you into the category of hacker.
I see chroot can have a benefit, but not by much as it depends on the android os. As 95+% of androids wifi drivers are closed with no promiscuous mode then the generic way of wifi hacking isn't possible. Correct me of I'm wrong but I'm going to assume that's why u want backtrack
Noob? Im have a ubuntu touch port up and running already and. With custom kernel this gives much more benefit over a chroot .
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I was wondering if it would be possible to install linux (ubuntu) on the Nexus Player? I feel like this would be the perfect device for this.
No. Seriously. This is worthwhile. Small footprint, capable hardware. No significant hurdle.(?)How? Tutorial! Please!
lefigue said:
No. Seriously. This is worthwhile. Small footprint, capable hardware. No significant hurdle.(?)How? Tutorial! Please!
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Agreed. The only thing I can see possibly being a problem is getting 3D acceleration working because of the PowerVR GPU. Everything else on this device seems well suited for Linux. Would just need a boot image akin to Ubuntu Touch on the old Nexus 7. Sadly I haven't seen anything that would help get this started on the Player, and I currently don't have the experience to start it myself.
Uh, it's already running Linux. It sounds like you just want to run a different Linux distribution than Android. Shouldn't be difficult. You can run debootstrap on a clean system partition from recovery. You'll need to modify the boot image to run your distribution's init instead of trying to boot android. I would just look at the Ubuntu phone images for an idea of how they do it.
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Uh, it's already running Linux. It sounds like you just want to run a different Linux distribution than Android. Shouldn't be difficult. You can run debootstrap on a clean system partition from recovery. You'll need to modify the boot image to run your distribution's init instead of trying to boot android. I would just look at the Ubuntu phone images for an idea of how they do it.
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It's usually not that simple. The boot partition from the examples I've seen (Ran Ubuntu desktop on my Nexus 7 2012) has to contain the kernel for the regular Linux install. I haven't looked into how big the partition is on the Player, but I know I had issues getting a mainline kernel to fit on the 8MB of the N7 2012. Plus most of the people here (including myself) wouldn't know where to even start at trying to get this to work for the Player (Hence why we ask in a community that has the expertise to possible pull it off). Specs wise the Player could be a fairly nice cheap NUC (If the PowerVR has support, that would be even better)
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It's usually not that simple. The boot partition from the examples I've seen (Ran Ubuntu desktop on my Nexus 7 2012) has to contain the kernel for the regular Linux install. I haven't looked into how big the partition is on the Player, but I know I had issues getting a mainline kernel to fit on the 8MB of the N7 2012. Plus most of the people here (including myself) wouldn't know where to even start at trying to get this to work for the Player (Hence why we ask in a community that has the expertise to possible pull it off). Specs wise the Player could be a fairly nice cheap NUC (If the PowerVR has support, that would be even better)
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You are not making sense. Usual linux distro has a boot partition that contains 1 or more kernels, and 1 or more ramdisks that match those kernels. Usual linux distro also has a multi-boot boot loader, which is able to select between the available kernels and ramdisks. An android device is arranged such that it has a SINGLE-boot bootloader, and its boot partition is just a kernel+ramdisk stuck together. You can stick a ubuntu kernel and ramdisk together in the EXACT SAME WAY, if that is what the bootloader requires.
As far as "getting a mainline kernel to fit... blah blah blah", the thing is... mainline kernel isn't any bigger than what you have. The difference with a "typical linux kernel" is that it isn't built with just the drivers that support that specific device, it is built with pretty much EVERY common driver built in, so that it will work on most hardware without being rebuilt. Delete the crap that you don't need, and it should fit just fine.
OR for that matter, what makes you think that something like Ubuntu won't work just fine with a kernel built for Android? Android runs on a LINUX KERNEL. Just change out the ramdisk for one more suitable for... whatever, and call it good.
Now the big question I would have about doing this.... is WHY? Nexus Player is awesome BECAUSE it runs Android TV. If you are looking to run a desktop linux on a thing that plugs into your TV, look into something like an INTEL COMPUTE STICK.
Hey guys, a new version of Phoenix OS (v2.0.7) is out and I have created rooted images for you guys to use.
Instructions:
Download the correct system rooted.7z file provided in the Download section and extract it
Install Phoenix OS and restart your computer.
Boot into Phoenix OS and finish the system initialization wizard. Restart the computer and boot into your main OS.
Go to C:\Phoenix OS (or wherever your Phoenix OS installation is) and replace the system.img file that's already there with the one you just downloaded
Reboot your computer now and boot into Phoenix OS.
Install the latest version of SuperSU. Sign in to Play Store using your Google account and update SuperSU that way. If you for some reason cannot use the Play Store, you can find SuperSU on the official thread. Download the flashable zip, extract Superuser.apk from the common folder, and install it in Phoenix OS by opening the .apk file with the default file manager that comes with the OS.
Update the binary by choosing Normal and your Phoenix OS should now be fully rooted
Download:
Phoenix OS x86 v2.0.7 (13 June) Rooted Image + original system.img + PhoenixOSInstaller_v2.0.7.151.32bit.exe
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B_UTWXKFnZoNVGpBZmxQS0dhRjg
Phoenix OS x64 v2.0.7 (13 June) Rooted Image + original system.img + PhoenixOSInstaller_v2.0.7.150.64bit.exe
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B_UTWXKFnZoNclN5SGdFUGlTRGs
Download Phoenix OS v2.0.7 here (original thread):
http://bbs.phoenixstudio.org/en/showthread.php?tid=6186
History:
Uploaded v2.0.7 system images
Oooh... now I can test this to see if it fixes my G+ compatibility issue
The Wrath of Kahn said:
Oooh... now I can test this to see if it fixes my G+ compatibility issue
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Sure! Let us know if it works out well for you
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Sure! Let us know if it works out well for you
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Sadly, no. It is rooted successfully and everything else seems fine, but "device not compatible" again. Unfortunately this is a deal killer for me =/
The Wrath of Kahn said:
Sadly, no. It is rooted successfully and everything else seems fine, but "device not compatible" again. Unfortunately this is a deal killer for me =/
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Did you try both, the 32 and 64 bit versions? I will try it on my Surface Pro 3 sometime and will let you know my results. Meanwhile, you can post it on their official forum and let them know that G+ isn't working
meanhacker said:
Did you try both, the 32 and 64 bit versions? I will try it on my Surface Pro 3 sometime and will let you know my results. Meanwhile, you can post it on their official forum and let them know that G+ isn't working
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Only tried 64 bit... guess I could give 32 bit a shot. Tomorrow then...
The Wrath of Kahn said:
Only tried 64 bit... guess I could give 32 bit a shot. Tomorrow then...
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I tried opening G+ on the v2.0.6 and got the same error as you. Perhaps you can use the browser to browse G+ for now until a solution is available? Also, look into spoofing your deice model into a model of an actual tablet. Maybe that will work if you edit the build.prop file.
If anyone get's "grub minimal bash like line editing issue" when trying to boot
Hi I just tried phoenix OS. yesterday on my unbranded baytrail tablet (ub15ms10) I was stuck with this issue for a while and I finally came up with the fix using the grub prompt! (I used "rufus" to create the boot usb drive)
First, list your drives with ls ls Mine came up with hd0 and some others, but since I was booting from a usb drive, that's all that matters at the moment. hd0 will be the drive that you need so set it as the target and below is basically what you need to type to try it out without installing.
set root=(hd0,1)
linux /kernel root=/dev/ram0
initrd /initrd.img
boot
You should then be able to boot Pheonix OS 2.0.7 32bit. I did not try the 64bit version since there's no point because tablet has less then 4GB of RAM. What works: It makes good use of the tablet's GPU, it didn't lag in anyway for games such as clash royal. Browsing is good, playstore works..The performance is nice, It runs well on a 2GB ram tablet with a 1.3Ghz Intel Atom Z3735F. GPS works, bluetooth works.
What doesn't work: No audio, no brightness control. I didn't bother testing anything else since I lost interest as soon as audio didn't work. I'd probably be able to fix it myself by messing around with the kernel parameters but it's a PITA.
meanhacker said:
I tried opening G+ on the v2.0.6 and got the same error as you. Perhaps you can use the browser to browse G+ for now until a solution is available? Also, look into spoofing your deice model into a model of an actual tablet. Maybe that will work if you edit the build.prop file.
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I tried editing the build.prop before with no luck, but I'm not experienced in doing it so I may have missed the fields that I needed.
irex102 said:
Hi I just tried phoenix OS. yesterday on my unbranded baytrail tablet (ub15ms10) I was stuck with this issue for a while and I finally came up with the fix using the grub prompt! (I used "rufus" to create the boot usb drive)
First, list your drives with ls ls Mine came up with hd0 and some others, but since I was booting from a usb drive, that's all that matters at the moment. hd0 will be the drive that you need so set it as the target and below is basically what you need to type to try it out without installing.
set root=(hd0,1)
linux /kernel root=/dev/ram0
initrd /initrd.img
boot
You should then be able to boot Pheonix OS 2.0.7 32bit. I did not try the 64bit version since there's no point because tablet has less then 4GB of RAM. What works: It makes good use of the tablet's GPU, it didn't lag in anyway for games such as clash royal. Browsing is good, playstore works..The performance is nice, It runs well on a 2GB ram tablet with a 1.3Ghz Intel Atom Z3735F. GPS works, bluetooth works.
What doesn't work: No audio, no brightness control. I didn't bother testing anything else since I lost interest as soon as audio didn't work. I'd probably be able to fix it myself by messing around with the kernel parameters but it's a PITA.
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For the audio and other issues for baytrail/cherrytrail devices, someone made a kernel that apparently fixes these issues in debian/ubuntu which can be found here: https://yadi.sk/d/pW1Fbl-VyVPoR/Linux 4.12/Linux 4.12rc5. If someone else could use these kernels sources to apply a patch for android x86 that would be awesome.
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For the audio and other issues for baytrail/cherrytrail devices, someone made a kernel that apparently fixes these issues in debian/ubuntu which can be found here: https://yadi.sk/d/pW1Fbl-VyVPoR/Linux 4.12/Linux 4.12rc5. If someone else could use these kernels sources to apply a patch for android x86 that would be awesome.
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Hey I found some readied kernels that fixes all the issues on baytrail tablets for android x86 7.1: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1HDhURlGNctY045UWFhalo5MW8 All that's left is to patch a rom for these devices. More info found here: https://github.com/burzumishi/linux-baytrail-flexx10/issues/12#issuecomment-309275211
#Quest
i'm already install phoenix os latest version, can i replace old system.img with system.img rooted without uninstall my latest phoenix os already installed on my pc?
Nicojoy said:
i'm already install phoenix os latest version, can i replace old system.img with system.img rooted without uninstall my latest phoenix os already installed on my pc?
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What version of Phoenix OS do you have installed? If you have v2.0.7, you're in the right thread, so go ahead and download either a 32 or 64-bit version of the rooted image and replace it with your current system.img.
This will work on a Nexus 9 or it only works in pc's?
when i update su binary like you say it says to me installation failed
edit: ifound soulition its to update super su to the latest version with play store or aptoide or arc market or app vn and the install the binary data its soooo easyyyyyyy
Waiting for rooted system.img for Phoenix OS 2.1.0
SU Binary busy?
So I followed the instructions (although the step 6 is kind of confusing, English is not my native language so...) booted with the rooted sys image, installed superSU from the Play Store and when I open it it says "SU binary busy" and send me to a FAQ where it says that
"The SU files are already occupied by other software, such as Kingroot."
So I need to install the binary somehow? or something went wrong?
Oh BTW, used Root checker and it says it's not propely installed
Thanks for the image, buddy
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"The SU files are already occupied by other software, such as Kingroot."
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I also ran into this problem using the newest version from the play store, I could avoid this though by installing version 2.79 through an apk.
But now it won't let me update the binary, since everytime I select "Normal" the installation fails after a minute or so.
Any ideas?
Guys, when to expect a rooted image for V 2.1.0 x86
thank you, but i bit confused about when i update the os,
so when i update the os, the rooted image will gone ? and i need to wait for another rooted image ?