Thanks again to all the Devs that have made our tablet usable. As you know, docks are being imported (I believe you will have one soon) and apparently only the zpad rom supports the ethernet port. Are you going to be able to get this support into the TnT and other custom Roms?
Thanks
insight3fl said:
Thanks again to all the Devs that have made our tablet usable. As you know, docks are being imported (I believe you will have one soon) and apparently only the zpad rom supports the ethernet port. Are you going to be able to get this support into the TnT and other custom Roms?
Thanks
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I am planning on working on it. There is no doubt it should be possible to get it working, just a question how hard.
rothnic said:
I am planning on working on it. There is no doubt it should be possible to get it working, just a question how hard.
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Of course, we don't doubt your ability
I'm assuming the docks made it ok?
it2steve said:
Of course, we don't doubt your ability
I'm assuming the docks made it ok?
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Haven't gotten it (yet). Snow probably slowed things down, I expect.
I came home to find the stand at my door. USB works fine with the power adapter and it is slightly weighted to help itself stay still.
Haven't tried to use HDMI. Ethernet would be good for the network folks who want to eventually want to sniff traffic and other such stuff. So +1
Typed this out on a keyboard plugged into the usb of the stand, so handy to just doc and have a keyboard. I am on TNT 2.4 so no mouse
I couldn't get Ethernet to work reliably without a conf change (DNS was borked). I added a fix in 3.1.3 that should correct it, at least as per my tests so far.
HDMI and USB seem to work A-OK OOTB.
roebeet said:
I couldn't get Ethernet to work reliably without a conf change (DNS was borked). I added a fix in 3.1.3 that should correct it, at least as per my tests so far.
HDMI and USB seem to work A-OK OOTB.
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roebeet,
For those of us who are running stock, what was the conf change that you needed to do for DNS (assume root and terminal are available)?
Thanks!
Jim
The problematic file is this one:
/system/etc/dhcpcd/dhcpcd.conf
You just need to add this entry, to it:
Code:
interface eth0
# dhcpcd-run-hooks uses these options.
option subnet_mask, routers, domain_name_servers
This seems to tell the device how to assign DNS servers to the interface. This is in TnT Lite 3.1.3+ and also VEGAN b5+.
roebeet said:
The problematic file is this one:
/system/etc/dhcpcd/dhcpcd.conf
You just need to add this entry, to it:
Code:
interface eth0
# dhcpcd-run-hooks uses these options.
option subnet_mask, routers, domain_name_servers
This seems to tell the device how to assign DNS servers to the interface. This is in TnT Lite 3.1.3+ and also VEGAN b5+.
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I can see this file using z4root, but what app do I use for editing it?
Still running stock rom at this point.
*N/m, googled it. Thx!
This is for the n00bs (like me) who want to stay with stock rom for a while and need to do this fix for wired ethernet with the malata dock. I needed it because at my job the wireless is turned off due to sensitive client info.
You need to install three apps:
z4root to root your tab
root explorer to copy a file
astro to edit that file
Turn off wireless.
Root your tab using z4root. The temp root wouldn't work for me, I had to do the permanent root to get the option to mount as rw in root explorer. Ymmv.
Navigate to /system/etc/dhcpcd/dhcpcd.conf with root explorer. Copy that file, navigate back to sdcard2 and paste the file onto your microsd card.
Make a backup copy of that original file somewhere, I put my backup in a folder on my netbook.
Open the file on the sdcard2 with astro, choose file editor and add the lines that roebeet posted above. Make sure you type it exactly, including spaces, etc. Save your changes. Exit astro.
Open root explorer again. Copy the edited file on your sdcard2 and navigate back to /system/etc/dhcpcd/dhcpcd.conf
Make sure you've clicked "mount rw" in the upper left corner of root explorer.
Paste the edited file in that directory. It will overwrite the original file. Click "mount ro".
Exit back to classic home (I shut down my tab at this point).
Connect your gtab to the dock, plug your charger into dock and connect your ethernet cable. Boot your gtab while connected to the dock. You may have to reboot once more but this fix works perfectly.
For some reason stock browser didn't pick up the connection but Maxthon and xScope Pro did. Stock browser may have just needed refreshing or something but it was late and I was tired so didn't bother with it.
Hope this helps someone else get it done a little quicker than I did
Metal_in_Silk said:
Open the file on the sdcard2 with astro, choose file editor and add the lines that roebeet posted above. Make sure you type it exactly, including spaces, etc. Save your changes. Exit astro.
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Why are you exiting Root Explorer and opening Astro?
Just use Root Explorer to navigate to the directory and:
- change the permissions to r/w
- long press on dhcpcd.conf
- select EDIT FILE and make the addiition
- save it and change the permissions back to r/o
- michael
ohhh... just occured to me that maybe there's a 'lite' or free version of Root Explorer that doesn't include the ability to EDIT files!
slsmag said:
Why are you exiting Root Explorer and opening Astro?
Just use Root Explorer to navigate to the directory and:
- change the permissions to r/w
- long press on dhcpcd.conf
- select EDIT FILE and make the addiition
- save it and change the permissions back to r/o
- michael
ohhh... just occured to me that maybe there's a 'lite' or free version of Root Explorer that doesn't include the ability to EDIT files!
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Yes, using the free version I didn't see an option to edit.
Added note:
If you upgrade to build 4349, you will have to redo this fix for ethernet support. While VS states the upgrade adds dock support, it apparently is not for the Malata dock w/Ethernet.
This seems to work, as checking the connections using the busybox ifconfig command shows an eth0 connection. But both the browser and my Weather Widget Live Wallpaper can't find an internet connection. The Settings page has no way of telling it to use the LAN connection for internet connectivity.
So, it may "work", but it seems to be useless.
All of my browsers work with this fix. I'm posting from work using the dock now.
Weather widget doesn't work tho.
Hi,
I tried this fix on CM7 but it did not work.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
pgonza02 said:
Hi,
I tried this fix on CM7 but it did not work.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
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Wish I could help but no idea. Different rom, different kernel. Not sure who the dev is for CM7 but I'd try asking him if possible.
I've used it on stock 3588, 4349, and now Roebeet's Brilliant Corners (already included in this rom). Works on all those with all browsers I've tried so far. However, I cannot d/l from market via ethernet tho I can browse and select, apps are d/l as soon as it picks up a wireless connection.
Some apps work perfectly with it and some insist on a wireless connection.
Metal_in_Silk said:
Wish I could help but no idea. Different rom, different kernel. Not sure who the dev is for CM7 but I'd try asking him if possible.
I've used it on stock 3588, 4349, and now Roebeet's Brilliant Corners (already included in this rom). Works on all those with all browsers I've tried so far. However, I cannot d/l from market via ethernet tho I can browse and select, apps are d/l as soon as it picks up a wireless connection.
Some apps work perfectly with it and some insist on a wireless connection.
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It must be a simple missing setting on the configuration. The file is there and it did not have the ethernet section, it had USB and WiFi.
I'll keep digging.
Thanks.
pgonza02 said:
It must be a simple missing setting on the configuration. The file is there and it did not have the ethernet section, it had USB and WiFi.
I'll keep digging.
Thanks.
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That's the way the file is on stock rom as well. For some reason VS couldn't fathom anyone ever needing an ethernet connection, apparently.
roebeet said:
I couldn't get Ethernet to work reliably without a conf change (DNS was borked). I added a fix in 3.1.3 that should correct it, at least as per my tests so far.
HDMI and USB seem to work A-OK OOTB.
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Running Vegan-Tab Gingeredition RC1, and the fix didn't help me, not even after several reboots while it was sitting on the dock.
Related
I have been having trouble connecting to my work VPN with the G-Tablet. I have since tried going to ZPad 3.0 in hopes this would fix the issue. However, no luck. The VPN server is reporting an event error of 20209.
After a few hours of looking on other forums it turns out this have been an issue since Android 2.1. They have either intentionally left out the encryption module from PPPD or it was forgotten in the build. The 'fix' is to copy the PPPD file from a version prior to 2.1 (Android 1.5?) and save it to the System/xbin directory. However there is an argument over if should go into system/bin for 2.2.
Does anyone have more information on this - or better yet a fix/update? Any help on this would be appreciated.
which ROm are you using
stock ROM doesn't have VPN at all.
justauser said:
stock ROM doesn't have VPN at all.
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I'm using ZPAD 3.0 ROM at the moment.
I have narrowed it down to a problem with the MPPE 128 encryption. I have found a PPPD that is supposed to fix the problem (see link below), but I don't now how to get it to the system directory. How do you mount system as R/W?
Alternate PPPD:
H***://melko.hiljanen.com/~qvr/android/ppp/
Root explorer will allow you to mount it that way
Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk
Let me know how it goes... I have been trying to connect my gtab but I thought I was the only person interested!
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vectorcharlie said:
Let me know how it goes... I have been trying to connect my gtab but I thought I was the only person interested!
Sent from my DROIDX using XDA App
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Ditto!!!!!!!!
Tried your link, getting the same error I've seen in the past:
Code:
pppd: This system lacks kernel support for PPP. This could be because
the PPP kernel module could not be loaded, or because PPP was not
included in the kernel configuration. If PPP was included as a
module, try `/sbin/modprobe -v ppp'. If that fails, check that
ppp.o exists in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/net.
See README.linux file in the ppp distribution for more details.
I think(?) we need a customized kernel with ppp. So far, we have NTFS and CIFS support that's been added by some of the devs, here.
vectorcharlie said:
Let me know how it goes... I have been trying to connect my gtab but I thought I was the only person interested!
Sent from my DROIDX using XDA App
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No luck. The PPPD file didn't make a difference. I guess I should not have been surprised. The L2TP connections are supposed to work so I may try that tomorrow - if I can convince the network admin to make the changes on the vpn server.
The lastest info I have been able to collect on this issue is that it has been known at google since 2.0 was released. They were having a problem keeping a connection using MPPE 128 over PPTP so instead of releasing something that did not work right, they removed support for it until a later date. Said date has not been determined.
I will keep you posted as I find out more.
roebeet said:
Tried your link, getting the same error I've seen in the past:
Code:
pppd: This system lacks kernel support for PPP. This could be because
the PPP kernel module could not be loaded, or because PPP was not
included in the kernel configuration. If PPP was included as a
module, try `/sbin/modprobe -v ppp'. If that fails, check that
ppp.o exists in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/net.
See README.linux file in the ppp distribution for more details.
I think(?) we need a customized kernel with ppp. So far, we have NTFS and CIFS support that's been added by some of the devs, here.
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I came across this too. Since the ppp directory exists under system/etc I have made the assumption that there is support for it (at least under ztab 3.0). In order to check using the method above we would need a terminal app or some other way to run the commands. If there is a way to do it natively I am too new to know.
Any devs willing to tackle this issue?
Newanzer said:
No luck. The PPPD file didn't make a difference. I guess I should not have been surprised. The L2TP connections are supposed to work so I may try that tomorrow - if I can convince the network admin to make the changes on the vpn server.
...
I will keep you posted as I find out more.
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No luck. The Net Admin decided it would be too much work just for a tablet test (and his iPAD VPN work just fine thank you). Anyone willing to try a L2TP test?
I have tried L2TP in Vegan with no success. used my android phone to verify settings and it works fine from there.
nephelim said:
I have tried L2TP in Vegan with no success. used my android phone to verify settings and it works fine from there.
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Ok so that is 2 ROMs down:
TNT Stock - No option
Vegan - Not functional
Just need TNT light and Zpad Clean v3.0 tested. I'm suspecting that it will be no for both. This is starting to creep higher on my list of needs. Does anyone know of a ROM VPN works in?
I confirm that the advent vega rom has the same problem.
Unable to use vpn.
Newanzer said:
Ok so that is 2 ROMs down:
TNT Stock - No option
Vegan - Not functional
Just need TNT light and Zpad Clean v3.0 tested. I'm suspecting that it will be no for both. This is starting to creep higher on my list of needs. Does anyone know of a ROM VPN works in?
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Do you need tun.ko/kernel support for this stuff? Clemsyn compiled that into one of his kernels - check his thread in the Development forum out, and give that kernel a try with the Vegan ROM, that might get you closer.
rcgabriel said:
Do you need tun.ko/kernel support for this stuff? Clemsyn compiled that into one of his kernels - check his thread in the Development forum out, and give that kernel a try with the Vegan ROM, that might get you closer.
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That could be worth the check. I would like to see a list of exactly what his kernel supports before I try though.
[EDIT]: Checked change log. VPN module in kernel not mentioned.
Looking over the list of known issues at Google, this problem has been known for a while. The fact that Google hasn't addressed it worries me a bit. It is possible that since phones are the largest part of their OS client, VPN isn't a high priority. They may be waiting for the open source community to solve their problem for them.
Was able to get VPN working
YOU WILL NEED TO HAVE ROOT AND BUSYBOX INSTALLED. PLEASE MAKE A BACKUP IN CASE SOMETHING GOES WRONG.
1st you will need the new kernel found at the below address.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=903505
2nd you will need to insert the tun.ko included in with the kernel into /system/lib/modules/2.6.32.27-cyanogenmod folder on the tablet using root explorer.
3rd you will need to install the latest version of vpn from
http://code.google.com/p/get-a-robot-vpnc/downloads/list
4th install a terminal emulator and then you will need type the following commands
su (press enter)
cd /system/lib/modules/2.6.32.27-cyanogenmod (press enter)
insmod tun.ko (press enter)
You should now be able to connect on VPN.
there is very easy installation get and run vpn frome purevpn........
brainyjd said:
YOU WILL NEED TO HAVE ROOT AND BUSYBOX INSTALLED. PLEASE MAKE A BACKUP IN CASE SOMETHING GOES WRONG.
1st you will need the new kernel found at the below address.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=903505
2nd you will need to insert the tun.ko included in with the kernel into /system/lib/modules/2.6.32.27-cyanogenmod folder on the tablet using root explorer.
3rd you will need to install the latest version of vpn from
http://code.google.com/p/get-a-robot-vpnc/downloads/list
4th install a terminal emulator and then you will need type the following commands
su (press enter)
cd /system/lib/modules/2.6.32.27-cyanogenmod (press enter)
insmod tun.ko (press enter)
You should now be able to connect on VPN.
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Sorry for asking this noob question, but is this VPN fix only for Cyanogenmod, or will work with others, such as TnT Lite?
I'm running TnT lite and there no's VPN setup option.
tnt is missing the vpn shortcut
use VPN Show
Kazuyuki Eguchi/Tools
found in android market to access the vpn menu
i have used with sucess on most roms open vpn and open vpn settings
with out problems just by install them and setting it to auto run at start
with install to xbin and create a folder on internal sd "openvpn"
then place a vpn.conf file there
then connect this cause an error but causes super user to give it root rights
after that all my vpn,s work with out going near openvpn
purevpn said:
there is very easy installation get and run vpn frome purevpn........
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Please elaborate...
Thanks!
I apologize in advance if this subject is posted elsewhere. Please kindly point me to the thread...
I'm a noob and just bought a viewsonic G-tablet.
I've been searching xda for a day now, and I cannot find a how-to guide on how to make the "adhoc wifi hack" to work on the stock ROM.
I've found this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=754961
But I can't find a definitive answer on how to "flash this in recovery mode" specifically on the G-tab.
I'm assuming to proceed to installing ClockworkMod from (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245)
and then flashing the "adhoc-signed zip file" from there.
I realize ClockworkMod is used to flash ROM's, so I'm wondering if this "adhoc patch" file can be flashed the same way without affecting the stock ROM.
Please let me know if this is the correct path to go down.
Thanks for your help in advance.
what is that
There is an easier solution. Search for the stock enhancement pack in the development forum. You will have to flash the file in CWM or with standard recovery. Instructions are in the post.
Enjoy your AdHoc goodnes.
Okay, I answered my own question, but now have more problems to deal with.
I installed the "adhoc signed zipped" file with CWM. I created a new folder in the gtab root and put the "adhoc signed zipped" file in there. In CWM's menu, there is a selection to install zip/flash from an internal folder.
okay, got adhoc to work. When scanning for networks, the adhoc networks show up with the * as expected. I connected successfully to my wm6.1 phone with wmwifirouter.
However, the gtab cannot load up websites. I do see spurts of data on the phone being passed, but it seems to be spurts and it stops. Browser on gtab say check connection.
So I'm thinking that this has something to do with the adhoc hack on the stock rom. I'm going to bite the bullet and try a non-stock ROM to see if this will resolve the problem.
@jasco: I cannot find the stock enhancement pack in searching... I might need to search harder.
Flashed this to my Gtab to test it out. Completely broke my wifi. No longer will see any wifi or adhoc networks. I had to reflash.
I don't have a phone that I can tether to, but my son does, and I just got this working w his phone.
What I did was:
- unzipped the file from that thread above, and got the wpa_supplicant file from the system/bin dir inside the unzipped dir
- turned off wifi
- used z4root to get temporary root and root explorer to make /system R/W
- used terminal to copy the new wpa_supplicant file to /system/bin
- changed permissions of /system/bin/wpa_supplicant to rwxr-xr-x
- turned wifi on
I was then able to see his SSID, and connect using WEP.
Jim
I would like to try this with my tablet and I am having a hard time understanding these instructions. can you please make a detailed set of instructions with more steps? If you would do this I am sure there would be a lot of people that would be truly grateful, I being one of them.
Thanks,
Waspvl1
All depends....
What if you don't have an Android phone?
I use WM 6.5 phone (in my case HD2) to tether to my G-tab.
Using program WMWiFiRouter. G-tab picks it up as another regular router.
Never had a problem and most important for me, don't have to go through all of the trouble configuring AdHoc.
JMO.
here is an easier method a version of the adhoc from froyo modified to support adhoc.. i was using it on my galaxy s.. now using it on the gtab works fine..
1. you need to be rooted.
2. use rootexplorer
3. turn off wifi
4. back up the existing file in /system/bin to somewhre on your sd or sd2 card.
5. using root explorer copy this file over the one in /system/bin
make sure to put /system in read/write mode (top of root explorer when in that directory) (also need to unzip it first)
I just updated my rooted tether on my droid x and now it works. Gtab sees my adhok without the zip.
yelrx8 said:
Okay, I answered my own question, but now have more problems to deal with.
I installed the "adhoc signed zipped" file with CWM. I created a new folder in the gtab root and put the "adhoc signed zipped" file in there. In CWM's menu, there is a selection to install zip/flash from an internal folder.
okay, got adhoc to work. When scanning for networks, the adhoc networks show up with the * as expected. I connected successfully to my wm6.1 phone with wmwifirouter.
However, the gtab cannot load up websites. I do see spurts of data on the phone being passed, but it seems to be spurts and it stops. Browser on gtab say check connection.
So I'm thinking that this has something to do with the adhoc hack on the stock rom. I'm going to bite the bullet and try a non-stock ROM to see if this will resolve the problem.
@jasco: I cannot find the stock enhancement pack in searching... I might need to search harder.
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Have exactly the same problem. Been looking for a solution for quite a while. Can't understand why this should be so difficult.
I went another route, but with the same problem.
I thought the "ad-hoc signed zipped" file install from CWM as I've described about was the issue, so I went back to the stock 3389 ROM with the tnt enhancement pack.
Exact same issue, the ad-hoc connection with WMwifirouter is connected, but no internet data will pass on the connection.
Tethering without root?
I'm definitely a noob to all this, although I have had an android phone for about 6 months now. I haven't found any roms to flash to my samsung transform so I haven't gotten root on it yet. Is there a way to tether to my g-tab (Vegan 7) with out gaining root to my phone? By the way, I really like the new rom.
I'm running a wireless tether app on my rooted Droid X and can connect my gTab to it without any updates or hacks or anything else. I'm running stock VEGAn 5.1.1 without any other tweaks.
I'll flash back to VEGAn 5.1.1 and see if tethering works with out having to hack my phone.
rosscopicoterry said:
I'll flash back to VEGAn 5.1.1 and see if tethering works with out having to hack my phone.
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FWIW, I'm running this ROM and just tried it. It connected fine to my iPhone w/MyWi. No hacking required.
No adhoc transfers with Vegan-Tab Ginger RC1
I've flashed this ROM 5 times now and ran some tests each time. I can connect to my WMWifirouter adhoc network, get an IP, but there is nothing going through...
My understanding is that this rom already has a hacked supplicant. What's my next step? Should I bother trying with the provided wpasupladhoc.6.1.zip above? Thanks in advance.
I cannot figure this thing out for the life of me. Has anyone gone the route of trying to use blutooth to connect from their android phone to the g-tab? I can get it to pair but not connect. G-tab may have to go back if I can't figure this out.
1.2-4349 Ad Hoc tether
lgkahn said:
here is an easier method a version of the adhoc from froyo modified to support adhoc.. i was using it on my galaxy s.. now using it on the gtab works fine..
1. you need to be rooted.
2. use rootexplorer
3. turn off wifi
4. back up the existing file in /system/bin to somewhre on your sd or sd2 card.
5. using root explorer copy this file over the one in /system/bin
make sure to put /system in read/write mode (top of root explorer when in that directory) (also need to unzip it first)
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Tried it on 1.2-4349 and it appears to work just fine. Immediately detected ad hoc tether on my original Droid running gingerbread.
Does the phone need to be rooted? Or are you putting these files on the g tab?
here's asus's version of the browser apk.
you get the thumbscrolling and working labs.
you lose being able to back page from a flash site (takes about 4-6 quick backs to go back) and you lose some ua strings. only tablet, desktop and mobile-phone are available, so since you can't pick ipad some html5 sites won't stream right since they haven't added android tablet recognition.
back up your browser and browser.odex files.
would it be possible to come up with our own custom browser when source is released?
why dont you just use the one from your tablet?
G1_enthusiast said:
why dont you just use the one from your tablet?
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missing labs option so no quick controls for those who may want it and missing thumb scroll bar.
No offense but you might wanna return your tablet then.. Which version do you have and why would you wanna lose those features??? Just saying..
Those are very nice features but not worth keeping a transformer or xoom over the tab 10.1.
I'm wondering though now that I'm rooted if I can just use this to replace the stock browser completely.
Woohooooo. Replaced the stock browser that came with it and installed this one into the system/app folder. Working great... man I missed my thumb controls. Moreso because of the fullscreen mode...I hated how the address bar took up so much real estate.
Nice!!! Congrats!! I'm glad it all worked out..
jaybizza said:
No offense but you might wanna return your tablet then.. Which version do you have and why would you wanna lose those features??? Just saying..
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never said what features i want or don't want. what this is is an option for those who might want... options maybe.
What is the best way to go about installing this ?
@madsquabbles: If you have enough patience to read and write Dalvik bytecode, you can make your own mods to the Honeycomb browser today. I modded my Galaxy Tab 10.1's browser to use Duck Duck Go instead of Google as default search, and it works fine. (For the patch and helper scripts, see github/Sakurina/mitsuki. I'd link, but not enough posts for that yet.)
@xManMythLegend: Back up the browser, uninstall the browser using the commands from CyanogenMod's wiki (the "Make a barebones system" page linked on the front page), and then installing the apk should work via adb. If you don't uninstall the browser beforehand, you'll run into an inconsistent certificates error message.
The downside is that using a custom browser breaks delta updates such as the 3.1 update; it tries to modify the browser, can't find it, and bails out.
Thanks. Without root wasn't sure ...it'd been awhile
Sakurina said:
@madsquabbles: If you have enough patience to read and write Dalvik bytecode, you can make your own mods to the Honeycomb browser today. I modded my Galaxy Tab 10.1's browser to use Duck Duck Go instead of Google as default search, and it works fine. (For the patch and helper scripts, see github/Sakurina/mitsuki. I'd link, but not enough posts for that yet.)
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being that i want to make sure i stay rooted i'll only upgrade via custom roms or after root is found.
but thanks for the tip. i'd have quite a bit of learning to do in order to start playing with the code. maybe i'll dig around for the heck of it and see what samsung did to fix the back page button for flash sites.
i've got the xoom apk and gonna try that tonight and see what it offers.
madsquabbles said:
i've got the xoom apk and gonna try that tonight and see what it offers.
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Please report back. Want to have best browsing option, this one seems to be 3 steps forward one step back.
Sakurina said:
@madsquabbles: If you have enough patience to read and write Dalvik bytecode, you can make your own mods to the Honeycomb browser today. I modded my Galaxy Tab 10.1's browser to use Duck Duck Go instead of Google as default search, and it works fine. (For the patch and helper scripts, see github/Sakurina/mitsuki. I'd link, but not enough posts for that yet.)
@xManMythLegend: Back up the browser, uninstall the browser using the commands from CyanogenMod's wiki (the "Make a barebones system" page linked on the front page), and then installing the apk should work via adb. If you don't uninstall the browser beforehand, you'll run into an inconsistent certificates error message.
The downside is that using a custom browser breaks delta updates such as the 3.1 update; it tries to modify the browser, can't find it, and bails out.
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Cant install this. Tried adb and terminal both telling me read only.
ADB finds device adb shell doesnt respond to remount
terminal just says read only file when i try to remove.+
Rooted earlier today , updated sdk. Any thoughts ?
i believe you have to type "adb remount" first then you can write to the system.
i use root explorer b/c is easier for and i don't have to use a pc.
here's the link for the xoom browser. i didn't get a chance to try it out yesterday.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14691456&postcount=4
madsquabbles said:
i believe you have to type "adb remount" first then you can write to the system.
i use root explorer b/c is easier for and i don't have to use a pc.
here's the link for the xoom browser. i didn't get a chance to try it out yesterday.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14691456&postcount=4
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I have not tried adb for quite some time so perhaps there is a problem with commands or the order I am trying. It always finds the device. Adb shell starts fine but fails on remount.
Root explorer also gave me read only but I was trying to replace the apk as I failed to uninstall per cyanogen wiki.
you have to click the r/o r/w button at the top in root expl (if this doesn't work then you're either not rooted, haven't installed su, or haven't given root expl su permissions). then rename your browser.apk to browser.apk.bak (or whatever) and same with the browser.odex. it's probably safer to back them up to you pc too.
then copy over the other browser.apk and fix the permissions.. forgot what it is, but it has to be the same as all the other apks 644 i think. reboot and launch the browser.
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you have to click the r/o r/w button at the top in root expl (if this doesn't work then you're either not rooted, haven't installed su, or haven't given root expl su permissions). then rename your browser.apk to browser.apk.bak (or whatever) and same with the browser.odex. it's probably safer to back them up to you pc too.
then copy over the other browser.apk and fix the permissions.. forgot what it is, but it has to be the same as all the other apks 644 i think. reboot and launch the browser.
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Thank you. Got it working with root explorer.
Had to look up what 644 was.
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/at...-new-cyanogen-jrummy-ultimate-permissions.png
That pic helped.
UPDATE
I will keep updating issues about Webtop on my website. I won't copy those analysis or finding to here to reduce redundancy and effort....
Demo Video
What is this about?
In short, you can use this to activate Webtop mode and see the virtual pad on the phone with an HDMI cable only.
In long, this is a runtime MOD that can simulate the docking event of the HD dock so that the virtual pad will come up. Together with the hw.whisper trick, the Webtop option can then show up and being selected.
This mean if you set the hw.whisper manually, you could still see the Webtop option. Be sure to set this using root before plugging in the HDMI cable.
To make this ease of use and able to simulate the docking event, an APP has been written to do the runtime MOD for you.
This app requires ROOT privilege.
Why is it called Nebtop?
Well, everything needs a name.
HDMI Cable \ + Nebtop -> \Nebtop -> Webtop
For sure, the phone must have webtop built-in for this to work.
What is the difference of this MOD comparing to the existing system apk MOD?
Fenny's MOD was the first that allows exactly the same result for various Moto phones. That was the first important foundation for further improvement.
The runtime MOD done by Nebtop has the advantage of not changing anything persistently. So in the worst scenario the kernel will panic and cause reboot only.
Also, this MOD is trying to be universal, for different phones and ROMs that supports Webtop. Even it failed for kernel compatibility issues, if it can be done, it will be done.
Tested device
Razr (Tested by me)
Atrix, Atrix 2
Photon
Bionic
Droid 4
Feel free to try it on your Webtop workable device with an HDMI cable! As the least request, please report whether it works for you and what phone and ROM you're using so that I could keep this MOD by APP improved.
Download it here: https://sites.google.com/site/androidnothize/nebtop
Or search Nebtop in Market.
Enjoy!
If you think that it helps you and would like to support my work, you could always find the latest version from market which is a paid version.
Special thanks
Fenny for the first for the Webtop Via HDMI Without a Dock breakthrough.
Turl from the atrix dev team for the hw.whisper trick.
Just tried it out; although I was using the botched CDMA hacked webtop the trackpad display came up but no function; It does show that it is connected to a dock though which is a good step in the right direction.
Do you have the original webtop files available in a zip format to flash through CWM or possibly full ROM for CDMA Verizon?
* reloaded razrx rom; now webtop shows top left only of my screen but still no control from the phone itself
** reset phone; full screen but still no responsive phone pad
*** loaded nitro deodexed; still no response to the phone pad, displays fine but the new display comes up blank as the rest
**** loaded another stock rooted rom 744; no change in phonepad function; phonepad appears and can rotate, extent of function
CDMA Verizon
Kernel 2.6.35.7
EDIT:
Works fantastically on stock outside of the safe strap rom
works like a charm man !!!!! thank you so much !!!!!!!! wow - thanks man
Ooooooooo my ROM is asia version.....
Do you have the logcat -v time files?
Although it's unrelated to the app, I'm interested to know how did it happen and any work around.
400757 said:
Ooooooooo my ROM is asia version.....
Do you have the logcat -v time files?
Although it's unrelated to the app, I'm interested to know how did it happen and any work around.
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I am also having issues with ADB; I have to see if something isn't wrong with my device
Could you install SSHDroid and use WiFi to ssh to the device?
400757 said:
Could you install SSHDroid and use WiFi to ssh to the device?
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Yeah I can do that, what files do you need?
Will need the logcat -v time when you loaded Nebtop and see the virtual pad on the phone, that cannot rotate or won't pop keyboard or have no effect when moving.......
Also try those home,back,setting and search keys.
And make sure you have a clean reboot before testing since sometimes webtop can fall into an unstable state as I've tried which will only be cleared after phone reboot.
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Yeah I can do that, what files do you need?
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Mind to tell which ROM are you using? It's for statistics purpose.
showdown_counts said:
works like a charm man !!!!! thank you so much !!!!!!!! wow - thanks man
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This works 100% in my Razr runing Artic V1.5 ! Awesome work thanks!
Sent from my XT910 using xda premium
Im using the stock Asia Rom. kernel is 2.6.35.7
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Will need the logcat -v time when you loaded Nebtop and see the virtual pad on the phone, that cannot rotate or won't pop keyboard or have no effect when moving.......
Also try those home,back,setting and search keys.
And make sure you have a clean reboot before testing since sometimes webtop can fall into an unstable state as I've tried which will only be cleared after phone reboot.
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I am unable to generate a log file for you; I even attempted adb shell within a terminal emulator on the phone; [email protected]_spyder:/# basically saying the device is offline, I reset the adb server a couple times and it didn't help.
What works:
Displays the virtual pad and rotates
What doesn't:
The screen becomes unresponsive, the display which mirrors the phones display is blank, and none of the virtual keys work, including the hard keys such as home, back, etc.
I have reset the phone and used multiple roms for CDMA however I can't seem to get it working. I have fixed permissions, each wipe I do data, cache, format system, and wipe dalvik cache (although it gives me an error about E: SD-ext).
If you have any suggestions to get the ADB service back up and recognizing itself I will gladly get you logcat files.
*Side Note: I know it isn't my PC drivers or my Mac; I attempted to get adb running on all including the terminal inside the phone; all say the device is offline, is it possible it has something to do with safestrap?
I thought once installed SSHDroid, you could use ssh/PuTTY to access the terminal from PC, gather the log and redirect to a file, then finally scp to copy the file back to PC.
Or use another SwiFtp app for file transfer as the default install of SSHDroid failed to initiate the scp for me.
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I am unable to generate a log file for you; I even attempted adb shell within a terminal emulator on the phone; [email protected]_spyder:/# basically saying the device is offline, I reset the adb server a couple times and it didn't help.
What works:
Displays the virtual pad and rotates
What doesn't:
The screen becomes unresponsive, the display which mirrors the phones display is blank, and none of the virtual keys work, including the hard keys such as home, back, etc.
I have reset the phone and used multiple roms for CDMA however I can't seem to get it working. I have fixed permissions, each wipe I do data, cache, format system, and wipe dalvik cache (although it gives me an error about E: SD-ext).
If you have any suggestions to get the ADB service back up and recognizing itself I will gladly get you logcat files.
*Side Note: I know it isn't my PC drivers or my Mac; I attempted to get adb running on all including the terminal inside the phone; all say the device is offline, is it possible it has something to do with safestrap?
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works perfect!!! thx on arctic 1.5....
400757 said:
I thought once installed SSHDroid, you could use ssh/PuTTY to access the terminal from PC, gather the log and redirect to a file, then finally scp to copy the file back to PC.
Or use another SwiFtp app for file transfer as the default install of SSHDroid failed to initiate the scp for me.
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The issue I am having also is when I attempt to log nothing is coming up. As if no events exist; I am not sure whats wrong. The only logcat command I know is adb shell logcat etc. ; what other command could I use?
Does it work with motorola atrix?
I want to make it work for most devices and ROM that has webtop. So let's try and let me know the result.
Nipit said:
Does it work with motorola atrix?
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Works great on vzw razr...thanks.
Sent from my DROID RAZR using XDA App
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I want to make it work for most devices and ROM that has webtop. So let's try and let me know the result.
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I tried it on my Bell Atrix running 2.3.6 and your emulator works great
Thanks!
Works great on my razr! Thanks
I've been working on this for days and I'm on the verge of giving up and send my android tablet back to the retailer but, on the off chance that someone can help, I thought I'd post a plea for help.
I have been playing with my mother's birthday gift, an android tablet, in an attempt to put a bird watching app on it. I'm not used to this OS, so it took me a few days to get the hang of it, and then the wifi stopped working.
From a user perspective, you turn on the wifi and, after 20 seconds, it turns itself off and the tick disappears.
I decided to look a little further into the problem, as I didn't believe it was the hardware so soon, and used LauncherPro and SuperOneClick to root the tablet and ddms to see what was going on.
Anyway, I think I have tracked the issue to the wpa_supplicant file. I can load up the wifi interface from the command line:
insmod /system/lib/modules/8192cu.ko
busybox ifconfig wlan0 up
But when I ran the original wpa_supplicant in /system/bin/ it simply said "not found"
The file was there - I could copy it onto a usb stick and open it in a hex editor on my PC, but whatever I did, it would say "not found" if I tried to use it (chmod 777 as well).
When I got no joy from that, I started to look for alternative wpa_supplicants (there was no sign of a direct replacement for my disgo8100 2.3.3 version) and found the ad-hoc enabled ones.
I have tried a selection, but the one that comes closest to working (I mounted the system rw and replaced the original before mounting it ro again) insists on running as "wifi" (or 1010) when the original ran as "system" (or 1000).
This seems to mean that, although the supplicant runs happily, it doesn't create the /data/system/wpa_supplicant/wlan0 file in a form that other programs can access (wrong group/permissions, I think).
So, this has become very frustrating (but I've learned a lot about android, and how it differs from linux).
Can anyone provide an explanation for why the original file says "not found"? Could it be corrupt? If so, could someone provide a replacement from the disgo 8100? Could it be relying on a library that's not there?
What about the ad-hoc version I have? Can I force it to run as system.system instead of wifi? Am I wasting my time and should try to get disgo to provide a whole replacement rom (they have an update apk, but I believe you need to connect to the Internet to do an OTA update, which I can't).
As I said, I'm ready to send this tablet back, but I hate to admit defeat!! Any help would be gratefully received.
Cheers.
Never mind. Made some progress with the ad-hoc supplicant in this thread:
http://www.freaktab.com/showthread....pa_supplicant-file&p=3600&viewfull=1#post3600
Disgo 8100 Rooting
On the basis that there doesn't seem to be much information about the Disgo 8100, I thought I would post my findings.
I initially tried z4root, universalandroot and gingerbreak, but none of these worked. However, I didn't understand that I needed (or how) to enable USB debugging.
Once I did, I installed LauncherPro-0.8.6.apk and configured a shortcut to the development tab, which let me enable the USB debugging option.
I then downloaded android-sdk_r18-windows and modified the android_winusb.inf file by inserting the following at the end of the [Google.NTx86] and [Google.NTamd64] sections:
;Disgo8100
%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_1F00
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_1F00&MI_00
When I plugged in the Disgo 8100, windows XP asked for drivers and I pointed it to the edited .inf file so that they could be installed and the disgo was recognised.
I then used SuperOneClickv2.3.3-ShortFuse on the PC to root the tablet - it all worked perfectly and reported success.
Installing term.apk got me a terminal emulator and I could su into root. Hopefully you can get yours rooted, too.
Disgo 8100 Android Market/Vending/Google Play
Whilst I managed to root the tablet, I couldn't get any form of the vending system to work.
I got the play dot google dot com site to recognise my tablet as a T-Mobile Samsung Nexus S using the information in this thread:
http://www.techknow.t0xic.nl/forum/index.php?topic=770.0
But market 2.3.6, 3.4.4 and the latest Google Play all fail with various errors (although I noticed that play only [email protected] out when the wireless is enabled - the others may do the same).
I have taken a log capture of google play failing using ddms and will look through it.
By the way, grabbing the hwver for this tablet gives:
console=ttySAC3,115200 androidboot.mode=normal mem=512M hwver=81.1.0.0 mtdparts=imapx200:[email protected](ramdisk),[email protected](kernel),[email protected](resv),[email protected](system),[email protected](userdata),[email protected](cache),[email protected](Local-disk),[email protected](panic) androidboot.mode=normal
Google Play working on Disgo 8100
Drawing this one to a close, in case anyone is interested:
I have Google Play installed and working. I downloaded com.android.vending-3.5.15.apk from the link in this thread:
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/download-google-play-store-apk-3-5-15/
I renamed it "Vending.apk" (the capitalisation may be important, not sure), mounted /system as rw (mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system) and copied it into /system/app. I changed permissions to "666".
I cleared the data/cache from the YouTube application and deleted YouTube.apk from /system/app (because it kept locking up) and replaced it with signedy244.apk (renamed as YouTube.apk) from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529715 (the WifiHD version).
Rebooting the tablet, I connected to the WiFi and ran YouTube (in order to confirm my gmail account), which worked fine, and then Google Play, which (to my amazement) worked fine too.
Hope yours does too
Excellent thread! Wish I could thank you but I don't seem to have a Thanks button. Anyway, do you mind if I ask a couple of questions re. rooting the 8100:
1) Was your tablet running Android 2.3.3, kernel 2.6.35.7, build number GRI40?
2) Could you explain in a bit more detail what you did when you "configured a shortcut to the development tab"?
a3d35232 said:
Excellent thread! Wish I could thank you but I don't seem to have a Thanks button. Anyway, do you mind if I ask a couple of questions re. rooting the 8100:
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Glad you like it.
a3d35232 said:
1) Was your tablet running Android 2.3.3, kernel 2.6.35.7, build number GRI40?
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Yes.
a3d35232 said:
2) Could you explain in a bit more detail what you did when you "configured a shortcut to the development tab"?
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a. Install launcherpro
b. Press home in the top left corner
c. Choose launcherpro
d. Press and hold a blank part of the screen
e. Choose shortcuts
f. Choose activities
g. Choose settings (scroll down to it)
h. Choose development (scroll down - not in alphabetical order)
i. Press ok
You should now have a desktop icon that lets you turn on USB debugging.
Enjoy
Thanks. Everything worked as you describe except the signedy244 version of YouTube. Whenever I launch it I get an error message "There was a problem with the network [400]". Searching on the net, it seems a lot of people are seeing this error and there may have been an update to the app which isn't in the signedy version. Are you still able to run it?
a3d35232 said:
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No problem.
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Everything worked as you describe except the signedy244 version of YouTube. Are you still able to run it?
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Yep, didn't have an issue - dropped it into the app folder, chmod and rebooted; worked first time and tested it a few times. The file I downloaded was 2,554,313 bytes, in case you want to check.
FYI, the issue I was having with the YouTube app was that it was making requests to the server with "restriction=ZH" in the uri. The server was replying with a HTML 400 error (bad request) because ZH is a language code, not a country code. Anyway, I've patched the app further to remove the restriction parameter from the request. I've posted details in the YouTubeHD thread (about half-way down page 36) if you're interested.
Any chance of telling a idiot how to get google play on the Disgo 8100?
My dad got given one at work but the app store sucks and I'm a little confused by the above
Many thanks