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[LINUX] - How To: UBUNTU on Dell Streak

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

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

what is the address for vnc ?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Is anyone actively attempting to get Ubuntu running native?

audio not working
keyboard not working
also lots of lags.

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

could i recieve phone and uses sms?

Getting error
Hi all after passing command for booting ubuntu I get a error chroot can't find /bin/bash folder or directory missing
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA Premium App

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

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

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

Ipython/Jupyter Notebook on Android

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

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

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

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

ZF2 Running Windows 7, 8 & 10 using KVM

Let me preface that ever since I heard of an Intel based phone, the idea of running Windows at near native speeds has always intrigued me.
It's not perfect, but I think we're very close to that goal
Here's a video of my ZE551 running Windows 7:
Edit:
Here's @knightmare running Windoze 10 on his ZF2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62008697&postcount=144
Edit:
Here's a video of my ZE551 installing Windoze 8: ( pretty boring for most people since it's just the install )
Edit:
Here's a video of my ZE551 playing ( I use that term loosely here ) a D3D9 game: Runes of Magic. Even though the Windows 8 QXL driver says it's hardware enabled in DxDiag, it's painfully slow.. taking nearly 15 minutes to start up/log in.
Edit:
Here's a video of Passmark 8 on Windows 8. Some people asked for benchmarks:
Here are the tools you will need to get this running yourself ( ZE551 ):
1. KVM enabled kernel - http://forum.xda-developers.com/zen...fhd-kernel-ze551-kvm-bridge-compiled-t3145055
2. Linux chroot - the one I use is called Linux Deploy ( in the Play Store )
3. Spice client - the one I use is called aSPICE ( in the Play Store )
4. Root - kinda duh
5. Unlocked Bootloader - without an unlocked bootloader, you can't install a new kernel
6. Terminal Emulator - the one I use is called Terminal Emulator ( in the Play Store )
7. SSH client - the one I use is called VX ConnectBot ( in the Play Store )
8. Busybox - most every root-based app uses this ( in the Play Store )
9. OS iso - any cdrom image of the OS you want to run, ie windows 7?
Optional:
1. (optional) a decent sized MicroSD card, I use a 128 gb one that's partitioned 50 gigs or so as ext4 for Linux & 70'ish gigs for vFAT
2. (optional) an SD Card partitioner - the one I use is called Aparted ( in the Play Store )
After unlocking your bootloader and getting root running, this is the process you will follow:
1. Flash the 2.19 kernel img using fastboot flash boot boot_2.19_kvm_bridge.img and reboot. Pray you boot up.
2. Start Terminal Emulator
2a. at the $ prompt, type: su
2b. Grant Permission to Terminal Emulator for Root access ( 1 time thing )
2c. check to see if kvm.ko and kvm-intel.ko are loaded by typing: lsmod
2d. If they aren't loaded, load them using the commands: insmod /lib/modules/kvm.ko and insmod /lib/modules/kvm-intel.ko
2e. exit out of Terminal Emulator by tying the command: exit and then exit again
3. Partition your microSD card using Aparted * OPTIONAL *
4. Use Linux Deploy to install your favorite Linux distro. Unless you are hoping to compile the Android AOSP kernel ( what the FHD phone kernel is ), you can use just about any of them. ONLY use SSH, you won't need framebuffer or X access. This could take upwards of half an hour.
5. After Linux Deploy has installed your linux distro, click Start to start up the chroot.
6. Use an SSH client to connect to your linux distro. ( I prefer to ssh in via my laptop, but also use VX ConnectBot when I'm out and about )
7. Use the package manager to install qemu-kvm for your distro. Most Debian & Ubuntu distros use apt-get, Arch uses pacman, Fedora uses rpm, etc...
7a. (optional) I find it easier to grant superuser privileges to my qemu-kvm executable, so I chmod a+s /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 ; if you are paranoid about security, read through the documentation to do this correctly
8. I recommend creating a shell script to start up qemu-kvm because it can be a pain in the butt to remember all of the switches you like. ie...
qemu-system-x86_64 -full-screen -m 1G -enable-kvm -cpu host \
-drive file=/mnt/0/machine1.img,format=raw -boot menu=on \
--usbdevice tablet -smp 4 -vga qxl -monitor stdio -balloon virtio \
-soundhw hda -net nic,model=virtio \
-net user,smb=/mnt/MicroSD \
-spice port=5900,addr=127.0.0.1,disable-ticketing [email protected]
I have this line ( it's broken up by \'s <-- MAKE SURE THERE IS NO WHITE SPACE AFTER THE \ ) in my bash script called start_win7.sh
Here's a quick explanation of the line:
8a. qemu-system-x86_64 - This is the name of the qemu-kvm executable on my Arch x86_64 distro
8b. -full-screen - Full screen
8c. -m 1G - 1 gig of ram for our virtual machine
8d. -enable-kvm - enable KVM, the whole point of this endeavor
8e. -cpu host - use the same cpu information as our ZF2
8f. -drive file=/mnt/0/machine1.img,format=raw - the location of my hard drive, this is a 10 gig file
8g. -boot menu=on - boot menu enabled ( hit F12 etc.. )
8h. -usbdevice tablet - Qemu SUCKS at tracking the mouse, this forces qemu to track where we touch the screen
8i. -smp 4 - we're using 4 threads ( cores )
8j. -vga qxl - we're using the qxl vga adapter
8l. -monitor stdio - allow us to use the console to make immediate changes to the VM
8m. -balloon virtio - use the virtio balloon feature in the KVM kernel
8n. -soundhw hda - use the Intel HD Audio driver for sound
8o. -net nic,model=virtio - create a network card using the virtual IO feature in the KVM kernel
8p. -net user,smb=/mnt/MicroSD - create a shared folder, in this case the vFAT portion of the microSD card
8q. -spice port=5900,addr=127.0.0.1,disable-ticketing - Start up the SPICE engine for passing video & audio
8r. [email protected] - pass any further arguments to our qemu-kvm executable
so my file: start_win7.sh looks like this:
#!/bin/bash
qemu-system-x86_64 -full-screen -m 1G -enable-kvm -cpu host \
-drive file=/mnt/0/machine1.img,format=raw -boot menu=on \
--usbdevice tablet -smp 4 -vga qxl -monitor stdio -balloon virtio \
-soundhw hda -net nic,model=virtio \
-net user,smb=/mnt/MicroSD \
-spice port=5900,addr=127.0.0.1,disable-ticketing [email protected]
8s. chmod +x start_win7.sh to make it executable
9. Start up the qemu-kvm virtual machine referencing the location of your windows 7 install cd. ie...
./start_win7.sh -cdrom /mnt/MicroSD/Vcd/en_windows7.iso
9a. Qemu will start up and then show you this:
QEMU 2.3.0 monitor - type 'help' for more information
(qemu)
9b. you can then issue QEMU commands from the (qemu) prompt
10. Start up aSPICE
11. Click the OFF button to the left of Show Advanced Settings
12. Make sure Enable Sound is checked, if it isn't, do so.
13. The default connection is 127.0.0.1:5900, so click Connect
At this point, you should see your Windows install starting.
After this you will need the virtio drivers for your Windows box. I'll try to get those urls, but you should be able to Google them. Redhat has VirtIO & Spice guest driver cd's for Windows.
Redhat Windows Virtio Drivers CD: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Windows_Virtio_Drivers
SPICE Guest Drivers: http://www.spice-space.org/download.html ( download the QXL Driver and Spice Agent, the executable does not work )
Windows 8 QXL Drivers from Red Hat People: http://people.redhat.com/~vrozenfe/qxlwddm/
How to connect to Windows via RDP: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62096457&postcount=165
Edit:
Verified that Windows 8.1 pro can be upgraded to Windows 10. Redhat's qxl windows 8 driver works with Windows 10.

Great job bro. This is iam waiting for using zenfone 2.Is there any sound for windows 7?
if like can i change into windows 8 or 10??.
Tq

Yes, there is sound using aspice if you use the Intel hd audio driver. Unfortunately, the pc link video grabber doesn't record sound. ( why there isn't audio in my video )
Since this virtual machine is simply a pc, you should be able to install Windows 8 or 10.
Please let us know how that turns out!
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this is amazing...this means there is a chance in the future, to run windows 10 or windows phone 10 (whenever that comes out) ? what about connecting mouse/keyboards via bluetooth? i cant wait for this to grow more! amazing work...!!!

Amazing! Care to try with Windows 10 to see how it behaves?
Seems already fast in your video, you already have ideas to make closer to native speed or it's already the best?

You've outdone yourself. A full modern Windows desktop OS in our pockets.

@ycavan
The very important question: What about video driver? Is it just dummy SVGA or full featured 3D graphics card?
Without Direct3D, windows for me will be nearly useless.

At the moment there is no direct 3d. The problem there is that my chroot doesn't seem to have proper access to all the hardware.
I've heard that the vmware driver is supposed to support d3d9 natively via gallium.
So... The next step would be to look at getting qemu-kvm compile for Android.
If any awesome Android developers out there are willing to do that, we might have a chance at full speed Windows with direct 3d.
I will say this... Epsxe was able to start up ps1 games with Pete's opengl driver via spice.
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I've been messing around with the Android NDK lately, and if I have time today, I can try cross-compiling qemu-kvm.

This type of stuff is why I love supporting the XDA Community. Very cool. I'll give it a shot today - if USB OTG works, I'll have to see if I can get my Tactrix OpenPort cable to work with it and MazdaEdit.

This is a wonderful job bro... Can we follow the same procedure on other phones (Oneplus One in my case) with a kernel that supports KVM?

vigneshnallamad said:
This is a wonderful job bro... Can we follow the same procedure on other phones (Oneplus One in my case) with a kernel that supports KVM?
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Since the Oneplus One is using an ARM based chip , not a x86 chip so I don't think it's possible to run Windows

damn man, that's some awesome stuff right there. imma have to find me self a zenfone 2

Jay.Lent said:
damn man, that's some awesome stuff right there. imma have to find me self a zenfone 2
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Do it. Peer pressure!

awesome work Bro..
btw will it increases battery life of zenfone 2? or making it worse?
as we all know that android 5.0 is very buggy, the memory leak problem cause battery draining, so I wonder about your trick by installing windows 7 on asus zenfone 2 will it fix the battery draining problem?

Awesome Work !! Wish you all the very best for future developments

Wow excellent job.:thumbup:..didn't except such a beautiful stuff....lol touch screen Windows 7
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Oh my glob! If there is any possibility to have tf2 in my pocket... I will seriously throw money at someone.

qkall said:
Oh my glob! If there is any possibility to have tf2 in my pocket... I will seriously throw money at someone.
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You could always stream it from your PC as I'm not certain it would run well even on minimum settings.

As per the fact that the windows 7 runs on VM inside the Android, it should ideally worsen the battery life. Windows 7 doesn't replace the android os. If someone is worried about battery should not try this. Nevertheless, it truly would be a great thing to witness.

Nextbook Flexx 11 Tutorials

Nextbook Flexx 11
A 200-250$ 2-in-1 laptop.
CPU: 1.83 GHz Intel Atom Z3735F Quad-Core
RAM: 2 GBs
SSD: 64GBs
Screen: 11.6" Touchscreen
Ports: 1 x MicroHDMI, 1 x MicroUSB 2.0, 2 x USB 2.0
Micro SD Card slot

Installing every linux based OS(Android, RemixOS, Linux Distros)
Prerequisites:
A bootia32.efi file (Found in attachments)
A copy of your favorite linux distro
Rufus, UNetbootin, or a USB disk image write of your choice.
A flash you can wipe, and boot from
A little bit of time
Step 1: Setting up
First thing you'll need to do is use your image writer to write the iso to your USB.
MAKE SURE YOU SELECTED THE RIGHT USB DRIVE!
I cannot stress this enough, if you don't want to lose everything on another flash drive, or your hard drive, check and make sure you are using the right drive letter.
Do not restart now. We need to add some files to it.
Extract bootia32.efi and copy it to /boot/efi on your flash drive.
So this was some instructions I made for booting it, but this is much more complicated than it should be. You can totally disregard this spoiler.
Step 2: Booting
Plug your USB into your nextbook (if you haven't already) and turn it on/reboot it.
As its powering on, hold ESC to get into the boot options.
Click "Boot Manager" and select your USB drive.
IF IT DOESN'T SHOW UP, FORMAT YOUR USB DRIVE TO FAT32 AND GO BACK TO STEP 1.
Now, 2 things may happen, it may boot up perfectly, and from there, just follow the steps to install.
If it doesn't boot properly, we'll need to type a few commands.
Step 2.1: Grub Command Line.
So if it doesn't boot up properly, which chances are it wont, you'll be dropped into a command line.
This is grub, if you didn't know, and to boot we need to locate the drive its on.
First press FN+Ins to turn off NumLk, then type,
Code:
linux (hd
now if you press tab, it should list everything you have attached, for example:
Code:
hd0, hd1, hd2, hd3
The usb will most likely be hd0. So now you should have
Code:
linux (hd0,
If you press tab again, it will list off all of your partitions, or autofill one in.
Now you should have either:
Code:
1. linux (hd0,msdos1)
2. linux (hd0,gpt1)
Now, if you have this, type this(replace hd0,gpt1 with what you got):
Code:
set root=(hd0,gpt1)
then type
(new)Step 2: Creating a boot file.
So, now that you have the files copied over, you need to name the drive.
Right click your drive, and click Rename... (Remember the drive name, its important)
After you renamed your drive, create a folder at DriveLetter:/boot/grub
In that directory, create a file named grub.cfg
Now depending on your linux version, you'll have either syslinux, or grub already.
If grub: The file should already be there, so you can move on to step 3.
If syslinux: Find the isolinux.cfg or syslinux.cfg (probably in /syslinux or in /isolinux)
It will look something like:
Code:
label LinuxVersion
kernel /kernelFile
append initrd=/initrdFile (more options)
We're going to use these options to create our grub.cfg file.
Use this as a template.
Code:
menuentry 'LinuxVersion' {
search --set=root --label THIS_IS_WHERE_THE_LABEL_YOU_SET_EARLIER_GOES
linux /kernelFile (more options)
initrd /initrdFile
}
Step 3: Boot into your new OS.
Reboot your PC. When it turns back on, hold ESC.
You should be brought back to the BIOS area.
Press "Boot Manager" (you will need a mouse for this), and select your USB drive.
If you did everything correctly, it should boot.
Step 4: Go wild!
You should be booted, GO CRAZY!
There are a few problems with most distros, including:
No Wifi
No Bluetooth
No Gyroscope
No Audio
There are drivers online for these, but you need to be able to patch a kernel, and build/install a driver.
Wifi
Is the guide not working?
Go ahead and ask some questions, don't be afraid of help.

Useful resources:
Ubuntu with Wifi (Source)
Thats all the links for now. I will add more as I find them (hopefully to fix audio, power button, and rotation)
Huge thanks to Ian Morrison for the Ubuntu iso.

TAG

Any chance you're going to do the linux?
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I'm guessing that is where the linux how to, is going.

Dude.. You gonna finish this?
set code=(hd0,msdos1)
Then type
Type what? Need a complete tutorial here...

I'm so sorry
Chaosmstr said:
Dude.. You gonna finish this?
set code=(hd0,msdos1)
Then type
Type what? Need a complete tutorial here...
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I apologize for the delay, busy with school and all.

You can't leave us hanging like this!

I'm not sure about OP here, but I have the smaller model of this device being the Flexx 10. Now I haven't tried to boot Android on it, but I have successfully booted Linux Mint with it.
First I would recommend using a USB OTG capable flash drive (they are available at office stores, walmart, and so on and so forth,) or an OTG adaptor instead of using a full sized usb. The reason for this is stability of the booted system as the connection of the keyboard dock does not appear to be extremely reliable. This may vary by model or device but I would still recommend it as you may need the full sized USB ports later.
Now instead of using Unetbootin, I used Rufus. I used the settings of GTP for efi and bios to write the image to the drive. I didn't mess with any other settings there. After that I had to get a file called bootia32.efi and then add it to the /efi/BOOT/ before the system would even try to recognize it. From there it was just waiting patiently while it booted. (use the instructions in the earlier post to get to the boot options of the UEFI) It took it a while to boot as I suspect the USB speed was rather slow.
As I didn't really have time to really mess with it and get to the point of install, I will list the issues I came across.
1: Automatic rotation of the screen did not work.
2: wifi (RTL8723BS SDIO)
3: bluetooth
4: sound
everything else seemed to work just fine though, even the volume rocker, windows button and power button on the tablet section reacted and did things. not entirely useful, but they did work.
Edit: forgot to mention that if you go through with the install, you will have to finish the install by doing some grub modifications to make it boot without a live disk. just a heads up.

Hmfan said:
I'm not sure about OP here, but I have the smaller model of this device being the Flexx 10. Now I haven't tried to boot Android on it, but I have successfully booted Linux Mint with it.
First I would recommend using a USB OTG capable flash drive (they are available at office stores, walmart, and so on and so forth,) or an OTG adaptor instead of using a full sized usb. The reason for this is stability of the booted system as the connection of the keyboard dock does not appear to be extremely reliable. This may vary by model or device but I would still recommend it as you may need the full sized USB ports later.
Now instead of using Unetbootin, I used Rufus. I used the settings of GTP for efi and bios to write the image to the drive. I didn't mess with any other settings there. After that I had to get a file called bootia32.efi and then add it to the /efi/BOOT/ before the system would even try to recognize it. From there it was just waiting patiently while it booted. (use the instructions in the earlier post to get to the boot options of the UEFI) It took it a while to boot as I suspect the USB speed was rather slow.
As I didn't really have time to really mess with it and get to the point of install, I will list the issues I came across.
1: Automatic rotation of the screen did not work.
2: wifi (RTL8723BS SDIO)
3: bluetooth
4: sound
everything else seemed to work just fine though, even the volume rocker, windows button and power button on the tablet section reacted and did things. not entirely useful, but they did work.
Edit: forgot to mention that if you go through with the install, you will have to finish the install by doing some grub modifications to make it boot without a live disk. just a heads up.
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Sorry I'm coming back so late, I've been busy with life.
The Wifi issue can be fixed by building the driver (https://github.com/hadess/rtl8723bs)
The bluetooth wont work on most OS' because it relies on some windows drivers to work.
I might be able to find a driver for screen rotation/audio.
Another issue is the power doesn't get registered, and the touch screen is VERY flaky.

Kitsumi said:
Sorry I'm coming back so late, I've been busy with life.
The Wifi issue can be fixed by building the driver (URL removed per post restrictions.)
The bluetooth wont work on most OS' because it relies on some windows drivers to work.
I might be able to find a driver for screen rotation/audio.
Another issue is the power doesn't get registered, and the touch screen is VERY flaky.
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I didn't really notice that power one as I did not use it long, but I think that is just an atom thing. My old n270 based aspire one does that too.
Really though, the way I would use it, I wouldn't miss screen rotation or the bluetooth, but the touch screen is the nuisance. What I noticed with it is that when the screen is forced into proper orientation (by use of screen rotation in the settings, you know without using the command line) is that the touch screen doesn't follow the new orientation correctly. It appears to have the portrait resolution set to the top left of the screen in landscape. That said, it works fine in portait. Or at least managably.

Hmfan said:
I didn't really notice that power one as I did not use it long, but I think that is just an atom thing. My old n270 based aspire one does that too.
Really though, the way I would use it, I wouldn't miss screen rotation or the bluetooth, but the touch screen is the nuisance. What I noticed with it is that when the screen is forced into proper orientation (by use of screen rotation in the settings, you know without using the command line) is that the touch screen doesn't follow the new orientation correctly. It appears to have the portrait resolution set to the top left of the screen in landscape. That said, it works fine in portait. Or at least managably.
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Well, I decied to try and boot remixOS, and it works VERY well, so does android-x86 5.0
That being said, audio is a glaring issue.

When you tried Remix OS and say it worked very well. What do you mean? What actually worked? Obviously audio is what doesn't since you mentioned it. But am I to assume that screen rotation works as expected then?
I'm not willing to use REMIX OS personally as the whole android bit is a limiting factor to me. Unless it rooted of ccourse. but even then some of my prefered uses for Linux is lost.
Also hows the hardware acceleration?

How do I install the x64 version of Windows? I downloaded the ISO with the Media Creation Tool and it won't boot from the USB drive. I enabled USB booting and made sure secure boot was off, but it's not working. It keeps saying there's no USB device available.

Unfortunately due to the way that Windows works, the 64 bit version is not usable due to the bootloader difference. Even though the hardware of the device is capable of 64 bit code execution, the 32 bit UEFI Bootloader will only allow a 32 bit version of Windows or a 64 bit version of Linux with some EFI fiddling. And as far as I know there is not a way to fiddle with the EFI related workings of a Windows ISO so 64 bit Windows is not possible on these Nexbook devices or others with similar hardware (Asus t100 is a good example of similar device)

Hmfan said:
Unfortunately due to the way that Windows works, the 64 bit version is not usable due to the bootloader difference. Even though the hardware of the device is capable of 64 bit code execution, the 32 bit UEFI Bootloader will only allow a 32 bit version of Windows or a 64 bit version of Linux with some EFI fiddling. And as far as I know there is not a way to fiddle with the EFI related workings of a Windows ISO so 64 bit Windows is not possible on these Nexbook devices or others with similar hardware (Asus t100 is a good example of similar device)
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That's really dumb. Most Windows devices are 64-bit nowadays. Why would they put in a 64-bit processor but not allow x64 operating systems?

You're guess is as good as mine on that one. Ask Microsoft on that one. They used the 32 bit version because Microsoft will only give the "Windows XX (originally 8.1) with bing 32bit for free. Which keeps the device cost down. Kinda hard to to sell a cheapskate device when it ends up costing as much as a better speced laptop.

Where can I find recovery images for this? I messed up and now I don't have audio or touchscreen drivers.

You can try this web site from Efun themselves
http://nextbookusa.com/recovery/index.html That is their official recovery download site.
(apparently I can post links...)

Hmfan said:
You can try this web site from Efun themselves
http://nextbookusa.com/recovery/index.html That is their official recovery download site.
(apparently I can post links...)
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I tried that. It says there's no recovery option for this model....
Do you have this tablet? Do you think you could do a driver backup and upload it here? Or create a recovery image and share it?

turn old phone as arm board project

hi all,
so , i've 4 old phones arm based uc :
htc wildfire, acer liquid e1 , thomson every40, and a ms lumia 640 ,
i would like to reuse them in a arm board project .
my goals are:
to set up one as "home nas" conneted in wifi to my providerbox and provide ssh(at least ) ,vpn and files server service.
And a second one set up as: a mobile hotspot (open wifi) where connected user can drop and drag files .
and add a webgui where I will able to turn the wifi card into a wifi repeater .
i don't need user interface (screen on the device) the goal is to turn on and get the system loaded and setuped
so guys , do you have some leads, advice or trick for load mini linux(openwrt or debian arm ) directly by the bootloader .
thx

I don't know about the Lumia, but you can easily run a Linux desktop distro on the Android phones. If you have experience with Linux, or just Google a bit, you can easily find tools that provide what you want. To get a desktop distro running, root the device. Then you can either chroot into a distro manually (plenty of guides on XDA for that), or use an app called Linux Deploy. Both methods will give you a complete, un-emulated distro. Both methods need booting into Android, but even such old phones should be able to handle a minimal Debian or Ubuntu ARM chroot pretty well. Just do not install a DE, do the initial set up over SSH. I don't think you can boot into something other than Android on those devices.

grip-it & rip-it
an even easier option (and better, imho) is to just download termux and yer set. You can download appropriate packages, dependencies, libs. etc... from inside the terminal. and that's all m8.
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