Hello guys,
I have a old 2012 N7 with totally broken screen and I don't think I will repair it for now.
I was wondering if there is a way to install a headless version of linux on it using serial monitor. On internet I found many distro for N7 and many tutorials but anything related to a screenless communications
Thank you
EDIT:
so, I'm trying by myself to get MultiROM working with command line.
ADB + TWRP script seems to work fine
Related
Hello everyone,
My workstation runs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5, which is very old.
I can't get adb to see my phone, but it is listed correctly in /proc/bus/usb/devices.
I also created the 50-android.rules file as instructed. I think the problem might be because of an old version of udev (090). I can't really update it further because the kernel is quite old.
Does anyone know how I can make it work ?
for the past couple of days i have been trying to install Ubuntu 13.04 on my nexus 7 but unfortunately, i keep running into problems. i have a laptop with Ubuntu 13.04 installed on it, but when i run the desktop installer it gives mean error for checksum validation. then i found a way that you could do it on a windows PC however when i go to download the cd images it bring me to a 404 (page not found) website. i would give the link but i am not allowed due to my account restrictions. if anyone could call me via Skype or team-viewer and could help me or perhaps provide an alternate way of installing Ubuntu or even tell me what i am doing wrong it would be much appreciated.
thanks in advanced, Kevin.
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/...3.04-preinstalled-desktop-armhf+nexus7.img.gz
dont i also need the boot img?
kevinperyea said:
dont i also need the boot img?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you are installing it as the lone system, than yes, you will need the boot image. If you are using multirom to multiboot, than no, you wont need the boot image.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium
Its not very hard actually..First decide that do you want to remove android and replace it with android or yoou want to keep android untouched while multibooting ubuntu on your device as a secondary OPERATING system...
If you want me to I can write a full guide describing both procedures....I RECOMMEND MULTIBOOTING....
I need some help too
So i saw this video of a guy having ubuntu 12.04(pc version) on his phone,he was running the linux server on his phone and at the same time accessing it, using androidVNC . BTW i have a samsung galaxy S 4 (sprint Version ,without knox) Running cyanogenmod 11.0 , android version 4.4.2, the kernel version is [email protected] #1 Thu Jan 9 21:12:16 PST 2014 .
I checked if my phone is loop compatible using, the following in terminal emulator : zcat /proc/config.gz | grep CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP , i found it on a webpage , and i got y, that means it is a loop device, but when i ran CompleteLinuxInstaller i got into the following problem
Checking loop device ... FOUND
mount: mounting /dev/block/loop255 on /data/local/mnt failed : Invalid Argument
ERROR: Unable to mount the loop device
but when i did modprobe loop
it didn't find anything
so if you can help, me i am not a genius, just tell me the simplest way to fix this.
Thank's in advance,
GGgamer16
* one more thing ,i saw someting about multibooting, does it work like in windows(when you boot up it's asking you which os to run) or how does it work, and tell me hwo do i do it.
Ubuntu 13.04 on Nexus 7 2012
Posting in wrong spot... couldn't delete :/
As far as I know the latest version of Ubuntu Desktop available to Nexus 7 is 13.04.
Is anyone still use this with success as ubuntu device, or making N7 to local linux server.
I currently wait for it to be flashed to my device using ubuntu on desktop pc. Maybe there is an easier way, like using NRT (Nexus Root Toolkit) through windows based system, I don't need android system on nexus 7 (like using Dual-boot or anything like that I just want pure Ubuntu on it nothing more) as recent updates made it quite unstable in performance.
MrBratka said:
As far as I know the latest version of Ubuntu Desktop available to Nexus 7 is 13.04.
Is anyone still use this with success as ubuntu device, or making N7 to local linux server.
I currently wait for it to be flashed to my device using ubuntu on desktop pc. Maybe there is an easier way, like using NRT (Nexus Root Toolkit) through windows based system, I don't need android system on nexus 7 (like using Dual-boot or anything like that I just want pure Ubuntu on it nothing more) as recent updates made it quite unstable in performance.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
UPDATE: Finally the flash image downloaded (took ~1hour idk why that was so long process) but then the error "password not specified" showed up and closed the Installer. There were no dialogs where I could enter the password.... What could wrong I had done here?
Update 2: Used manual flashing instructions in this ubuntu wiki https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Nexus7/Installation and t finally completed booting up so far so good.
MrBratka said:
Update 2: Used manual flashing instructions in this ubuntu wiki https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Nexus7/Installation and t finally completed booting up so far so good.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Unless you plan on using a mouse. it'll be useless.. There's a touchscreen bug that makes the cursor stuck so Ubuntu is a waste of time...
There was another distro however that had a multiROM image that was based off Ubuntu 12.04 that wasn't so bad but it wasn't very good either since it had numerous strange bugs.
Good luck! ^^
KawaiiAurora said:
Unless you plan on using a mouse. it'll be useless.. There's a touchscreen bug that makes the cursor stuck so Ubuntu is a waste of time...
There was another distro however that had a multiROM image that was based off Ubuntu 12.04 that wasn't so bad but it wasn't very good either since it had numerous strange bugs.
Good luck! ^^
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have wireless logitech mouse and keyboard with unify dongle so that's not a problem. But the old version Ubuntu feels like old forgotten project when it comes to updating binaries, I had to install all of them I need manually. Else working fine (except for the touchscreen bug you mentioned, it often gets stuck somewhere and touchscreen becomes really useless...)
I just bougt a Yoga Tab 3 Pro.
Being a quite expensive and powefull tablet, I want to know if it is possible to install a linux within the resiliation period.
I've rooted it using TWRP, tanks for the awesom work.
2 possibiliies, either run from the bios a live cd or install along side a chrooted linux .
I've tried Linux Deploy, GNURoot and Complete Linux Installer, none of them are working.
Did someone here have done the operation and had some results?
Thx!
Failed with me to.
In fact I succeed a few days ago. Chrooting not really difficult.
I succeed to launch a debian with xfce using vnc. Few things does not work perfectly yet (ssh¿? , gnome3 , trying a real xserver, …). I'm still investing.
Meanwhile, I am saving all the results in a script that I will upload here and on the main YT3 thread.
If you do not want to wait for me, just seacrch «android chroot debian» on google. There is some tutorial (whiteboard--too much complex--, android atrix, blulin). None of them is perfect but with some effort it's possible to adapt.
Hi
any news on this topic?
I have just ordered my tab 3 pro and I would like very much to have both android and debian installed...
Hello, I have a Nexus 4 and I followed the instructions for installing CyanogenMod found on its web site.
All went well...I copied the CM.zip file on to the Nexus 4 and booted the device into CyanogenMod Recovery Mode. I then accidentally wiped the devices partitions - and the CM install .zip at the same time.
I have been trying to transfer the CM.zip using ADB but the Nexus 4 does not show up when I look for it in a terminal on my PC, i.e.,:
sudo adb devices
List of devices attached
[nothing is listed]
I use Linux Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on my laptop and don't easily have access to any other PC.
The problem seems to be that I need to install the correct drivers for the Nexus 4 so that the PC's OS can talk to the device. I would be very grateful if someone can explain where to get the drivers and how to install them?
Any help with this would be very much appreciated?
Thanks, Mike