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***UPDATE***
I am removing this tutorial from general public view. if you read the warnings/disclaimers and are still interested you will need to read the links below and go about it yourself.
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first off credit for this idea go to all the people/sites linked below. IF credit is missing where due please notify me and i will resolve. This is just a gathering of other posts and steps that worked for me.
This will wipe your device. backup anything and everything before proceeding.
If you are not willing to take it upon yourself to research any problems that arrise and fix them yourself DO NOT ATTEMPT.
If you are unwilling to wipe your stock Firmware DO NOT ATTEMPT.
If you are unwilling to start with a fresh nookie color SDcard NO NOT ATTEMPT.
If you are unable to fix your problems or want to revert to stock you can do so following the link at the bottom of the page
This is for advanced users. Make sure you read and reread everything before attempting anything! I take no responsibility and offer no promise of support if you make yourself a $250 B&N brand paperweight. keep in mind the nc is hard to brick (know from experience) but anything can happen, so be warned and proceed with caution.
if something below is not clear visit the links provided and look for your answers there. they are there and the more you read and learn the more sense this will make. if you are still unable to find help post here and i will try to get you going.
now on to the good stuff. I just wanted to gather the various posts and links that i used to gt a fully working froyo running on my nc from the internal memory (emmc) and present them in a step by step guide for others wanting to run NF from their internal memory and have no need for B&N stock. Flash is working if you install the proper apk. this is not installed out of the box. After installing to your EMMC you will be able to use any sdcard as you normally would in android. I am using a 16gb card with no problems.
***steps removed... see top of post***
helpful links:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10254900&postcount=138
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10747294&postcount=2
nookdevs steps for creating nookie froyo sdcard:
http://nookdevs.com/Nookie_FroYo:_Burning_a_bootable_SD_card
nookie froyo thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883175
nookdevs nookie froyo tips:
http://nookdevs.com/NookColor:_Nookie_Froyo_Tips
wipe nc to stock: (download the images and run the commands from an adb shell.)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=919353
Flash back to clean stock ROM (nook devs) http://nookdevs.com/Flash_back_to_clean_stock_ROM
1. first you will want a fresh NF sd card. I tried to use my seasoned nf card and ended with a brick... if you have google apps installed you will not be able to get past the android screen and will have to reimage as stated above. create your fresh nf sdcard following the steps at nookdevs here
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As we say in french, you must call a cat a cat. Your NC wasn't bricked at all. You simply needed to touch each corner of the screen one at a time when on "touch the android" screen, starting with the top left corner, then clockwise.
Would have saved you some time
If I were you (if I may..), I'd put all the links the bottom of the post. Would make reading easier. As for my code to copy sdcard content, go on and post it directly. Opening multiple pages only makes things more complicated. No problem. As for the Volume keys and gapps, it could be ambiguous, those add-ins aren't required at all. Simple leave a link to nookie tips on nook devs for those who want it?
But of course, this is your post..
Sam
samuelhalff said:
As we say in french, you must call a cat a cat. Your NC wasn't bricked at all. You simply needed to touch each corner of the screen one at a time when on "touch the android" screen, starting with the top left corner, then clockwise.
Would have saved you some time
If I were you (if I may..), I'd put all the links the bottom of the post. Would make reading easier. As for my code to copy sdcard content, go on and post it directly. Opening multiple pages only makes things more complicated. No problem. As for the Volume keys and gapps, it could be ambiguous, those add-ins aren't required at all. Simple leave a link to nookie tips on nook devs for those who want it?
But of course, this is your post..
Sam
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I tried the touching four corners. no go. several roms required that back when i was using a D1... I couldnt for the life of me figure it out so just scrapped and started from scratch.
thanks for your input. i planned to clean this up a bit, was just in a rush writing the original. Thanks again for your help. couldnt have gotten this far without your steps to start off.
Eager to try this out ... but will it be able to see a non-NF SD card I enter in? Will it recognize it, and let me see it as mass storage when the Nook is plugged into my PC?
Very well written, just copy and paste the code into the console for the most part ... Runs nice and fast, I have a few FC's to clean up but that is due to me not factory resetting the NC prior to doing this as I am an impatient person! I must say it is very nice not to have the B&N notification bar at the bottom of the screen.
So if this is really 2.2, does it have flash?
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I used 0.5.9 and replaced the vold file with the one from 0.5.8 making sure to maintain executable permissions.
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a) What vold file? Searching for "0.5.8 vold" on this board produces no hits.
b) Executable permissions on what? This "vold" file or something else?
Don't want to be "that guy" but date should read 1/20/2011.
Thanks gonna give this a shot.
What happens to the Media partition?
Also, slightly random: Why doesn't adb ever seem to work over USB with my Nook Color? 2.1 ROM, Nookie Froyo on SD 0.5.8 or 0.5.9, it never sees a device. By contrast, it works fine on my G2.
starkruzr said:
Also, slightly random: Why doesn't adb ever seem to work over USB with my Nook Color? 2.1 ROM, Nookie Froyo on SD 0.5.8 or 0.5.9, it never sees a device. By contrast, it works fine on my G2.
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Re-run ADB configuration. Make sure id is 0x2080.
How do we fix the SD card error. I am unable to do anything with the SD card.
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Re-run ADB configuration. Make sure id is 0x2080.
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Wow. This is INSANELY important and this is the first time I've ever seen mention of it. Every other post simply assumes your ADB "just works." I have been endlessly frustrated by the lack of working ADB on this thing such that every time I do something with my NC I have to find a way to first install ADBWireless.
http://fineoils.blogspot.com/2010/11/pokey9000-has-got-self-booting-image.html
The instructions to get it working are in here, folks. Can these instructions be put in a sticky somewhere? This is about the least-obvious thing I can think of.
Is there any improvement in speed and reliability running this from the emmc as opposed to a class 6 uSD?
"extract them to their respective folders"
Nothin but bootloop
theyownus said:
first off credit for this idea go to samuelhalff
links:
original steps from samuelhalff http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10747294&postcount=2
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What a great idea. If only someone had talked about this weeks ago... Anyway now that it seems people are going to be trashing their nooks trying to do this, it's probably simpler for one to just boot into SD and...
[Replace the files in /system]
It would also be a good idea to clear out /data and /cache or there will likely be bootloops when froyo boots with the old data stuff still around.
That's off the top of my head and totally untested. Seriously. It probably doesn't work, and is totally unrecommended. Anyone who types "rm -rf *" in their emmc system is saying goodbye to their stock OS and will have to live with their decision. All GPL disclaimers apply.
Note also that IOMonster has a nice bootable clockwork SDcard that does all kinds of things, and automating this type of migration is only a matter of time now.
Update: Actually the steps aren't THAT different. /just sayin'.
fattire said:
What a great idea. If only someone had talked about this weeks ago... Anyway now that it seems people are going to be trashing their nooks trying to do this, it's probably simpler for one to just boot into SD and...
Somewhere in there it would be a good idea to clear out /data and /cache or there will likely be bootloops when froyo boots with the old data stuff still around.
That's off the top of my head and totally untested. Seriously. It probably doesn't work, and is totally unrecommended. Anyone who types "rm -rf *" in their emmc system is saying goodbye to their stock OS and will have to live with their decision. All GPL disclaimers apply.
Note also that IOMonster has a nice bootable clockwork SDcard that does all kinds of things, and automating this type of migration is only a matter of time now.
Update: Actually the steps aren't THAT different. /just sayin'.
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I had the same reaction reading the post. Not only is it unfair to you, because I have read your post before attempting anything, but it's also unfair to me because it suggest that he did most of the practical work..
Anyway does it really matter? People who don't regularly read the forum often don't give a Jack of who's responsible for what. Those who do willl know you were first in line. Anyway, I understand your frustration I should have said something. I was just fed up. Sorry.
Please know that my original post recomanded doing dd's of all partition. That way reverting back to stock was easy. My post also mentionned emptying data.....
What do mean steps aren't that different?
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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I had the same reaction reading the post. Not only is it unfair to you, because I have read your post before attempting anything, but it's also unfair to me because it suggest that he did most the practical work..
Anyway does it really matter? People who don't regularly read the forum often don't give a Jack of who's responsible for what. Those who do willl know you were first in line. Anyway, I understand your frustration I should have said something. I was just fed up. Sorry.
What do mean steps aren't that different?
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Ah, I just mean it's all the same idea-- out with the old, in with the new. Nothing particularly genius about it. In any event, it's not really a matter of credit. We all stand on the shoulders of giants. I was just amused is all... so let's just have fun, eat, drink, be merry, and dance in the rain.
It may turnout that English isn't the OP's native language. Although it isn't mine either..
Nothing really seems genius once you get to understanding it.. but as a newcomer, I still had a bit of trouble getting the sdcard to mount..
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So I've been doing this android flashing business a long time
And I've got a real mess on my hands. I'll be ****ing with this for the rest of the night! Thanks!
Hi All.
It's my thread - port Android on Wave S8500(also S8530).
Wellcome developers and designers.
Last state of project:
06/13/2011 Now working on Android 2.3.3 (Source GB for GT-I9000 and M130K)
not working - modem and GPS.
04/04/2011 Memory allocation now is correct!
05/11/2011 I have full schematic for phone
and we're ready to get a fully working kernel.
Full decriptions of GPIO is attached.
source for kernel and initramfs here:
github.com/Oleg-k/S8500_Kernel_2.6.32
github.com/Oleg-k/initramfs_2.6.32_S8500
(real shame if you ask me)
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Please expect not too much from me.
1.
My other handsets are from 2006... NEVER hold Android handset in my own Hand...
2.
I'm Windows User.
Linux/Unix ... I know only 1 or 2 Commands
I've never formated my SD Card nor any Harddrive with Linux ext4, JFS, ReiserFS or XFS
3.
I NEVER worked with IDA or something similar.
Installed yes, but then my Head exploded
Brain too small.
4.
Many missing parts...
Why I should kill my alive handset, as I have no real chance to reanimate it...
- no Riff Box
- no PCB to play with
I AM NOT the right man to port Android nor to find Security hole
You can make this post sticky.
NO joke, expect not too much from me. We can learn together... but this takes time.
Many time. Months, maybe years...
Best Regards
after many many variant, i found the right boot+sbl+param.lsf for kernel message output.
this is my last bootlogo.
how it can be seen, there is a problem with memory allocation.
oleg_k said:
after many many variant, i found the right boot+sbl+param.lsf for kernel message output.
this is my last bootlogo.
how it can be seen, there is a problem with memory allocation.
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Great of you to keep us posted! \o/
hmmm... as a matter of interest - I noticed you're using kernel 2.6.35.7, when I look at the original I9000 source that's 2.6.29....
what does that source say as to why it failed in bootmem.c @ line 341?
Not enough memory, permissions, wrong offset?
oleg_k said:
not yet( Starting but don't finish.
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Whats not happening? Oleg_k would you be able to PM me with a copy of your work, files and so forth i might be able to help you out.
t0mm13b said:
+1 for bootloaders - abso-frickin-lutely....there should be a standard bootloader... meh.... not sure about meteor - haven't seen it...
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Well I'm holding a meteor wave here, bought around christmas. How much onboard storage does you device have? mine says it only has 512 i think... stupid meteor thinking i wouldn't notice....
sabianadmin said:
Well I'm holding a meteor wave here, bought around christmas. How much onboard storage does you device have? mine says it only has 512 i think... stupid meteor thinking i wouldn't notice....
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You mean to tell me that Meteor bundled a 512Mb memory card?
I have 4Gb on mine...this memory thing is a bit mystifying dontcha think, despite the discussion on another thread about the nand chipset.... on the one hand some say its 256Mb, others say 512Mb...
I tried the versions 2.6.32 and 2.6.35.
I post sbl+boot+param.lfs and config file for kernel making.
Last time u had problem with lcd_rst pin..did u figure that out?
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You mean to tell me that Meteor bundled a 512Mb memory card?
I have 4Gb on mine...this memory thing is a bit mystifying dontcha think, despite the discussion on another thread about the nand chipset.... on the one hand some say its 256Mb, others say 512Mb...
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No i mean Meteor gave me some (seeminly non existant) version of the wave that has 512 internal storage. Im pretty sure its meant to have 2-4gb at the minimum.
sabianadmin said:
No i mean Meteor gave me some (seeminly non existant) version of the wave that has 512 internal storage. Im pretty sure its meant to have 2-4gb at the minimum.
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Wave have 2gb of internal storage, but only 512mb are free for the user.
Otacon_ahs said:
Wave have 2gb of internal storage, but only 512mb are free for the user.
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Wave S8500 have 2Gb of internal storage which are partitioned (bada 1.0.2):
-about 512Mb for messages (mail+sms);
-about 420Mb for user files;
-about 1Gb for system files (os+apps+widget+java)
You can find it in: Setting-->Memory-->Memory Status-->Common Memory
@ oleg_k
1.
How to bypass to write/overwrite Boot without JTAG?
I stuck in problems with Multiloader to write decrypted unmodified Original Boot. See here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12607344&postcount=34
2.
How to build valid Bootimage for JTAG or file(s) to use your uploaded files.
Maybe you could please upload your working Bootimage from S8500?
So we had something to start with...
3.
You have working fallback/recovery plan? To get back to working bada S8500.
Or only JTAG...
4.
Anyway. Thanx for uploading files for study.
Best Regards
To adfree,
1)now the steps bada->android or android->bada is only via JTAG.
i'm don't know any other way.
2)i posted full working bootloader files in first message of my thread.
3)i will post full jtag image with semi-working android in 2 hours.
Regards
my friend
Thank you oleg_k
Last Question for today.
So I should use simple Flashtool from I9000 to flash these Boot Files into S8500 ?
Sorry for stupid Question. But I'm totally Android Noob.
Thank you for uploading files.
Best Regards
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To adfree,
1)now the steps bada->android or android->bada is only via JTAG.
i'm don't know any other way.
2)i posted full working bootloader files in first message of my thread.
3)i will post full jtag image with semi-working android in 2 hours.
Regards
my friend
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We can think about running SBL or any other bootloader (anybody with sources for that?) through the FOTA hole as I described in the thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1020444
This way we don't need JTAG for initial flashing. It'd be also good to perform testing without touching BADA in the NAND, but we either need to reorganize partitions or boot from SD card
Best Regards,
mijoma
I think an combination will lead to success... so work together.
At this status it is maybe tooo risky to play without JTAG.
As we not know, how Android will handle Memory...
Okay, correction. I don't know.
In worst case scenario you need JTAG to reanimate Wave...
We have 2 steps/parts.
Android part.
Display, Kernel, Memory, etc...
This part is mandatory in my opinion.
Then second part, how to start Android. Then there are several theories...
BootLoader, No BootLoader, FOTA... inject via JTAG into RAM...
internal Memory or Dual Boot from SD Card...
Anyway, without proper modified Android part we can't use all our Security Holes.
As more infos we have, better, as more working solution we have.
So more chance to improve something.
At the moment we can only improve Video Quality.
Best Regards
Mijoma,
I totally agree with you,maybe this is the way to deploying android on S8500.
But now,i think about build working kernel for our s8500.
Maybe you helping with analize memory init on original bootloader?
like this - http://code.google.com/p/jetdroid/wiki/OriginalDramInit
Regards
Seems like using mijoma's discovery you should be able to replace booting and maybe make it to boot from SD card using a open source booter a compatible android kernel with selfmade drivers.
Maybe that could be the way, sadly we'd lose internal storage since we wouldn't be touching bada partition, anyway Android should be working fine from a SD card, It does properly on other handsets which internal storage is nothing more than a microSD card instead of flash memory.
I think losing 2GB on internal and XMB on microSD is a good deal for having android on our handsets. Happily I got 16GB SD on my wave xP. Anyway once you achieved that we could gather to use the internal flash memory partition
Jioma I suggest you to work with adfree (along your knowledge) and oleg_k they're our wave masters, baybe you together could gather to achieve this great project. I require you to work on this oh please jioma=(
Ok thats great news! Finally we have a method of booting other platforms on the Wave. What we need is as much information on the s5800 chipset as we can get so we know exactly what to compile and what drivers are needed in the linux kernel for android. Someone get in touch with Cyanogen mod and ask him for help and offer him a wave or something ha.
Well here I am again,
Not sure if I should have started a new thread for this or not. And although I feel like there are more threads than needs to be in the Development forum at the time being. I felt like the SD image might have it's own issues unrelated to the EMMC version. So I wanted to keep it seperate. If a Mod feels different, please advise so. I'll be more than happy to remove the thread and have the file posted to Divine_Madcat's original thread.
**Disclaimer: As usual, use at your own risk. Backup! And I'm not responsible for anything period**
I've just prepped an Image for Divine Madcat's latest Honeycomb Hybrid RC1. I've included rookie1's dualboot u-boot.bin and my modded CWM for SD, for the purpose of easier updates in the future for the SDcard rom.
Although there is no option to mount an SDcard in this version. I was able to mount the 4th partition as SDcard. So now you can use a file explorer of choice to browse your SDcard partition. I'm not sure if the EMMC version mounted the internal Media partition or not. Not 100% sure, but with this image you should also be able to browse your /media partition on your nook as well. And remember to thank the devs for all their time and effort into getting this to us. All I did was prep it to work as an SD image.
Directions:
1-Download the update-HC-hybrid-rc1-sd.img.7z
2-Uncompress it
3-The .img file should be able to fit on a 2gb card or larger
3-Follow directions from Nookdevs.com to burn the image
4-Pop the SDcard in your nook
5-Enjoy!
Credits:
Divine_Madcat
deeper_blue
rookie1
nemith
Edit: 5/21 - Well since the world is apparently ending today sometime. Figured I'd at least let you guys try a working .img. So here is an updated .img with the apps installing issue fixed. Everything is the same as the last .img except for the fix and I included a file manager. If it hangs at the "android_" screen on first boot. Just do a hard reboot and it should be fine. Enjoy!
Edit: 5/12 - Seems like there is an issue with installing apps where it will do a soft reboot when attempting to do so. I won't have time to take a real look at it till this weekend though.
-You could push individual apps to /data/app via adb for the time being.
Code:
$ adb push app.apk /data/app
-Or to push multiple apps. Create a folder called data. Within that folder, create a folder called app. Then place all your apks in the app folder. Now you can push the whole directory to /data/app
Code:
$ adb push /your_home_directory/data /data
-If anyone else who might want to jump ahead of me and find a fix, would very much appreciate it!
Downloads:
5/21 : update-HC-hybrid-rc1-sd-v0.2.img.7z
MD5: bba35a262821fbb7e4ef42f8bb4807d6
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If I've helped out in some way, please say thank you in one way or another!
Thanks,
Racks
Awesome! Does this include anything new from 3.1?
Looks good. I was trying to install nook app from market but it kept rebooting. Thanks for the hard work..
Looking forward to giving this a try...
Whats the size of the image, what is the min/max size sd card required?
@Samir- nothing new. Direct image of hybrid rc1 by madcat
@Flyboy- I really didn't get a chance to test. Thanks for the info. Ill take a look when I can.
@Joenathan- sorry forgot to post img size. Its a 1.8gb image. So any card 2gb or larger should be fine. Ill update OP with size later
The more feedback the better. Can't fix things without feedback.
Thanks everyone,
Racks
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Are there quite a bit of FCs with this version? I tried the emmc one and had to revert back to CM7 because it was too unstable.
Its a bit too big for my 2GB SD card, my sd card weighs in at 1,921,024KB whereas the image is 1,927,168KB
So 2GB SD cards are out....
Thanks Racks, just what I was looking for.
Well done.
crap! I has 2gb SD card too that I use for this.
Any chance of someone making an SD version of the xboxexpert's HC build?
chisleu said:
crap! I has 2gb SD card too that I use for this.
Any chance of someone making an SD version of the xboxexpert's HC build?
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Any reason for wanting that build? I ask, because it is out of date, and nothing more than some extra apps added by default. This version uses newer framework, and right now is advisable to use until a 3.1 build comes (especially with the SD card fix also made by Racks).
The ROM is nice, Honeycomb apps are much superior, but for me it runs too slow.
Using a class 4 generic SD. Anyone else having problems?
hirano said:
The ROM is nice, Honeycomb apps are much superior, but for me it runs too slow.
Using a class 4 generic SD. Anyone else having problems?
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Not that the SDK is as fast as CM7, but i am willing to bet the problem is your SD card. Having used a crappy SD card myself, i know how bad they can be; invest in a cheap class 2 or 4 Sandisk card, and get blown away.
Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for as my next NC project
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Not that the SDK is as fast as CM7, but i am willing to bet the problem is your SD card. Having used a crappy SD card myself, i know how bad they can be; invest in a cheap class 2 or 4 Sandisk card, and get blown away.
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Divine,
For awhile I would see you posting around with random things in various sections and wasnt really sure if you were a troll or not, but lately youve pushed some truly amazing things like the work on dals kernel and now this update hc build and I truly am impressed with all your work. You have my complete respect. Thank you.
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Divine,
For awhile I would see you posting around with random things in various sections and wasnt really sure if you were a troll or not, but lately youve pushed some truly amazing things like the work on dals kernel and now this update hc build and I truly am impressed with all your work. You have my complete respect. Thank you.
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Ill certainly admit, i am not the most agreeable at time; commonly, i let my daily stresses flow out on to forums. I am easily annoyed at what i see as something stupid (which sadly, it feels like has been happening more in this forum).
As it is, I am happy i could have committed something useful to the community.
Apps
Great job! Love not having to flash between CM and HC to play with the 3.0 goodness. My only question, anytime I try to install an app it reboots.....Ideas?
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Great job! Love not having to flash between CM and HC to play with the 3.0 goodness. My only question, anytime I try to install an app it reboots.....Ideas?
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You're the second person to say so. Is everyone having this issue? Is anyone having success installing any apps? From market or from a file explorer. I need more feedback so I can pinpoint the problem.
I'll have to take a look at this when I get a chance. Or if you don't mind posting a logcat? Just save a logcat to a .txt file and upload it here. I'll take a look to see where it's erroring out.
*I could be wrong, but most of the time when this happens, it seems to be a caching issue. But again, i won't know till i see the errors.
Thanks,
Racks
Here ya go
racks11479 said:
You're the second person to say so. Is everyone having this issue? Is anyone having success installing any apps? From market or from a file explorer. I need more feedback so I can pinpoint the problem.
I'll have to take a look at this when I get a chance. Or if you don't mind posting a logcat? Just save a logcat to a .txt file and upload it here. I'll take a look to see where it's erroring out.
*I could be wrong, but most of the time when this happens, it seems to be a caching issue. But again, i won't know till i see the errors.
Thanks,
Racks
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Here ya go
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Here's a better one....not sure I captured it the first time
I'm getting the same problem, only tried installing from market.
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Hello-
I am new to the boards as a poster, i've been reading for a while now and I must thank everyone especially in the development section of the forum for their incredible amount of help and expertise.
It has officially come time for my first noob question-
Can anyone help me out or lead me to a guide perhaps that will allow me to use OpenOffice on my webtop? This is really what I bought the lapdock for-it just came in yesterday.
I managed to get webtop2sd working on my own, lxterminal is functional. That's all I've got so far in fear of ruining anything else.
I'm not at all well-versed in any linux script or anything of the sort. I know windows like the back of my hand.. just so happens that my windows PC totally bit the dust(motherboard) last night and I'm forced into learning this stuff a little quicker. Why not, right?
I have done some searching, all of it leads me to a bunch of lingo and commands I don't understand yet. If anyone can point me in the direction of some help or provide me with a little one-on-one that would be awesome. I'm looking forward to helping others with these kinds of issues down the road.
Thank you!
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Also, I'm not sure if it's any help, but i'm running GB on Alien #4 with faux123's undefined 1.3ghz kernel.
See "EASY METHOD" in the original thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1093790
Assuming you have webtop2sd and the linux addon installed properly
(with the linux image on your external SD), do the following:
1) Click the Penguin. You will get a window that says it has found an image in you external SD card.
2) Simply press "okay" on that window.
3) Once it shows the Pdmenu, select DebianMenus>Applications>Shells>Bash. it will bring up an xterm script which reads "[email protected]:/#"
4) To get open office, you must type "apt-get install openoffice.org" without the quotes.
5) Agree to install/update, and it will read "[email protected]:/#" once it is done.
6) At this point, and from now on, you can do steps 1-3 and simply type "openoffice.org" into xterm. It will take a second, but it will load a fully functional OpenOffice.
Basically you just need to know the package names to use this same structure for other programs. I use "openoffice.org", "iceweasel" (a firefox alternative, since my firefox keeps breaking), and "geany" (a C++ IDE for my programming classes). These are installed using "apt-get install packagename" and run using "packagename" in the bash script as well.
Good luck, and PM me if you have any problems because I likely will forget to return to this thread. Hit that thanks button!
-omni
Follow the guide in Alex's thread in the dev forum. I just installed open office yesterday haha.
Sent from my MB860 using XDA Premium App
+1 to both of you, I'll get started on that and hopefully that will open doors for the rest of the stuff. Thanks a ton
Hello again all-
I didn't want to be that guy posting 95823094820394 threads about the same thing so I just figured I'd bump the one i created with some explanation:
I have webtop2sd properly(i believe, anyway) installed. LXterminal is functional. I also have linuxdisk in sdcard(-ext)/WebTopMOD . I'm not sure what to do from here. the help given above gave instructions to click the penguin while in webtop and run certain commands, but the penguin only brings up the webtop configurator. i have no other icons to click.
My goal, again, is just to get open office running on my webtop, for now. That's really it, the rest i'm sure will come with time. Thank you again for any help.
I seem to have figured it out for the most part using Alex's guide. However, the installation threw a couple errors, couldn't really tell you what they were because they were epic and I'm clueless as far as linux for the time being. However, my educated guess and deduction points towards insufficient memory. I set up my webtop partition to be 1GB, because I'm using a 16GB sd card that's virtually full of music. Is 1GB skimping it if I want to install openoffice/other linux packages? What size partition is recommended?
Thank you!
4GB is recommended, though I would think based on the package sizes that openoffice.org would squeeze into a 1gb partition. With this phone I would definitely recommend an external SD. My 32GB holds my webtopmod, music, and every hack, mod, bootanimation, theme, kernel, radio, and zip I've ever flashed. Do it.
Also openoffice worked, But i think it dosent match the atrix ubuntu core perfectly.
An error name:"openoffice Writer2laterx dose not configured" happened again and again.
omni_angel7 said:
4GB is recommended, though I would think based on the package sizes that openoffice.org would squeeze into a 1gb partition. With this phone I would definitely recommend an external SD. My 32GB holds my webtopmod, music, and every hack, mod, bootanimation, theme, kernel, radio, and zip I've ever flashed. Do it.
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i am using an external SD, a 16 GB one. i'm about to make a 4GB partition and start from scratch. eventually, i'm picking up a 32 no doubt.
After making a full re-installation of everything I can't get open office to install? I tried both via terminal and Synaptic both fail with error messages.
"dpkg error processing tzdata" Error code (1) error in package
Any ideas?
Cheers
pederb said:
After making a full re-installation of everything I can't get open office to install? I tried both via terminal and Synaptic both fail with error messages.
"dpkg error processing tzdata" Error code (1) error in package
Any ideas?
Cheers
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my guide links a fix for that, but I use a different method than the one previously posted
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1397583&highlight=guide+webtop
Thxs, I will check it out
Cheers
Cant open files from sdcard
Hello, I finally got openoffice installed, but I dont know how I can open files located in my sdcard. Can anyone please help me with this?
[Q&A] [MOD][GUIDE]Partition your internal memory for better App management (Pit File
Q&A for [MOD][GUIDE]Partition your internal memory for better App management (Pit Files)
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some help, maybe?
metalgearhathaway said:
It's been brought to my attention that some people may have the 32GB model of the i9100, if so and you are interested in this mod please PM me!
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Hiya, MGH!..well i can't pm you but i'd like to take you upon this so if you could provide me with the 32GB pit files, please. i'd be very grateful!
in case it matters i'm running on a Resurrection Remix KitKat 4.4.2 - v5.1.5-20140609 Rom.
Thanks!
Pit file
Here's the file you requested.
sam788 said:
Here's the file you requested.
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Hi Sam,
That looks like a proper 32gb pit, unlike some others I have been sent!
So, I can have a play with this one.
But, how big are you looking for your data partition to be? i.e. the area that apps are installed? I reckon somewhere between 8-12gb, but you know better than me how many apps you want installed
Let me know what you are looking for and I will make a test file for you.
Of course, like anyone submitting pit files to me, you take the risk in testing, I don't have one of these devices myself so I cannot verify at my risk, unlike how I did for the 16gb variant back in the day
Look forward to hearing back from you, make sure you either reply quoting this message or mention me in the post (@metalgearhathaway) otherwise I won't get a notification that you have replied.
Take care,
Chris
metalgearhathaway said:
Hi Sam,
That looks like a proper 32gb pit, unlike some others I have been sent!
So, I can have a play with this one.
But, how big are you looking for your data partition to be? i.e. the area that apps are installed? I reckon somewhere between 8-12gb, but you know better than me how many apps you want installed
Let me know what you are looking for and I will make a test file for you.
Of course, like anyone submitting pit files to me, you take the risk in testing, I don't have one of these devices myself so I cannot verify at my risk, unlike how I did for the 16gb variant back in the day
Look forward to hearing back from you, make sure you either reply quoting this message or mention me in the post (@metalgearhathaway) otherwise I won't get a notification that you have replied.
Take care,
Chris
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Hey Chris,
so a bit of progress -possibly- on this, i have been looking around since and it seems like that whole command thing i mentioned in my PM seems to affect the PIT
so per suggestion i used a tool called EFS Professional found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...ol-updated-09-06-14-efs-professional-t1308546
Which outputs the PIT file after EFS partition backup ( which should be useful later). I attached the original file, Also i think i got the concept of how to edit it so i used PIT Magic and edited that file with a 1GB for the system partition and 8GB for the Apps and the usual pre-load size ( doesn't bother me). I'm attaching this as well so, please take a look at it and tell me if my alteration is correct.
There's also the signature issue which as i understand is the last bit of the file, i did checked with a HEX editor and it sure wasn't the same after the edit so i went ahead and added again that last lost bit so it matches the original stock PIT file ( it went from 2KB to 3KB ). So, let me know if that's an issue or if the SII isn't affected by this as it was suggested elsewhere ( i also assume by your PIT files sizes).
Other than that i think 8GB is a good place to start, i wont fill it up for a bit or would i!? we'll see.
And yes, i understand the risk and was wondering if there's anything else i should do to minimize it other than making backup for the EFS partition, backup the internal SD and have a fresh CWM backup on the external SD? btw i should i do something about the apps that's already moved to the SD? i'm already running out of space so i wont be able to move them back to the phone..if that's a problem then should i backup one by one through Titanium Backup and uninstall then restore when i restore the ROM after the New PIT or all that would take care of itself as long as i restore the internal SD as it was before i restore the ROM?
EDIT: i know you go over this in step 10, i'm just not sure how if it's gonna prompt to format SD anyway.
Sorry, too much questions but i don't wanna be left high and dry in the middle of this
Thanks,
Sam.
sam788 said:
Hey Chris,
so a bit of progress -possibly- on this, i have been looking around since and it seems like that whole command thing i mentioned in my PM seems to affect the PIT
so per suggestion i used a tool called EFS Professional found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...ol-updated-09-06-14-efs-professional-t1308546
Which outputs the PIT file after EFS partition backup ( which should be useful later). I attached the original file, Also i think i got the concept of how to edit it so i used PIT Magic and edited that file with a 1GB for the system partition and 8GB for the Apps and the usual pre-load size ( doesn't bother me). I'm attaching this as well so, please take a look at it and tell me if my alteration is correct.
There's also the signature issue which as i understand is the last bit of the file, i did checked with a HEX editor and it sure wasn't the same after the edit so i went ahead and added again that last lost bit so it matches the original stock PIT file ( it went from 2KB to 3KB ). So, let me know if that's an issue or if the SII isn't affected by this as it was suggested elsewhere ( i also assume by your PIT files sizes).
Other than that i think 8GB is a good place to start, i wont fill it up for a bit or would i!? we'll see.
And yes, i understand the risk and was wondering if there's anything else i should do to minimize it other than making backup for the EFS partition, backup the internal SD and have a fresh CWM backup on the external SD? btw i should i do something about the apps that's already moved to the SD? i'm already running out of space so i wont be able to move them back to the phone..if that's a problem then should i backup one by one through Titanium Backup and uninstall then restore when i restore the ROM after the New PIT or all that would take care of itself as long as i restore the internal SD as it was before i restore the ROM?
EDIT: i know you go over this in step 10, i'm just not sure how if it's gonna prompt to format SD anyway.
Sorry, too much questions but i don't wanna be left high and dry in the middle of this
Thanks,
Sam.
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Hi Sam,
All looks good to me!
As for precautions, all I can say is have your stock pit file ready if it does not work out! Nandroids do not contain pit information! But I reckon you have guessed that already
I find that flashing the pit file together with a sammy stock rom works best, then root and install your prefered os build!
Let me know how you get on! All the best, Chris
can i increase /system to 1Gb by reducing internal SD?some rom like miui or color os need /preload.is it possible?thankyou
Help me pls with galaxy s2
HI!
I have been using galaxy s2 from 2 years and 4 months now.
Recently (1 month ago) used root genius to root my phone.
I want to use that tut to increase apps space (4-5gb) and get kit kat update.
how to use?
tell me as if I were a 10 yr old. because I don't understand a thing, pls give me a step by step guide.
metalgearhathaway said:
Hi Sam,
All looks good to me!
As for precautions, all I can say is have your stock pit file ready if it does not work out! Nandroids do not contain pit information! But I reckon you have guessed that already
I find that flashing the pit file together with a sammy stock rom works best, then root and install your prefered os build!
Let me know how you get on! All the best, Chris
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Hey Chris!
sorry, bit distracted these days but wanted to give u a quick update. i actually couldn't wait for your reply and went ahead and did it!! all worked perfectly
the only odd thing is that the battery is acting funny now and i already calibrated the chip again, that was the one odd thing but i cant see how this would have affected it.
now it seems like 8GB might have been bit much for my usage but i'll just leave it now plus i know the how-to now anyway are you going to update the files with the 32 version or you dont think it's worth it being just me who asked? anyway, u have a legit stock PIT now, so your call
thanks again
Sam.
partition worked, not enough storage?
Hi!
I've applied the Pre-load 45mb / 8GB pit to my S2 (i9100) (and CM kernel stock 06.02.14) and flashed CM11 M11 ...
For some reason, when i want to install the latest Gapps stock package from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2397942 through CWM it gives me the error that there isn't enough space ...
to be precice:
Insufficient storage space available in System partition. blah blah
You need 350236 KB system free space.
You only have 164636 KB available.
I wonder why this is happening ... i should have enough space now, shouldn't i?
Here is the log of the PAgapps installation attempt:
# begin pa gapps properties
# This file contains information needed to flash PA GApps
current_gapps_version=none
current_gapps_type=none
installing_gapps_version=20141103
installing_gapps_type=stock
total_system_size_kb=0 9 516040
used_system_size_kb=351404
free_system_size_kb=164636
free_space_reqd_kb=350236
total_gapps_size_kb=402344
install.chrome=false
install.faceunlock=true
install.camera=true
install.gallery=false
gallery.device=none
replace.launcher=true
replace.mms=true
replace.browser=false
replace.picotts=true
device.name=GT-I9100
# end pa gapps properties
Big problem
Hi
I'm new on the forum.
Yesterday I tried to expand the partition of my GT-I9100 phone but with the wrong files :
I used those downloadable on this link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...-pit-files-creating-larger-partition-t2552738 instead of those of this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...es/mod-partition-internal-memory-app-t2538947.
I thought nothing had happened at first place so in order to exit the download mode I removed the battery.
Since then my phone doesn't boot anymore : no light, no sound, only the dark screen.
Is there something I can do to get back my phone ?
Thanks a lot !
TheCrusader1985 said:
Insufficient storage space available in System partition. blah blah
You need 350236 KB system free space.
You only have 164636 KB available.
I wonder why this is hap
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You used a PIT file which maintains the original 512MB system partition size. This is not enough to install Full or even medium apps.
Flash a PIT file with 768MB or 1 GB (i recommend 768MB) system and this will be enough for almost any ROM with Full Gapps.
SGS2 Repartition in fewest steps using Heimdall (not Odin)
Hello all,
My GT-i9100/GalaxyS2 runs CyanogenMod 11M12 & ClockworkRecovery 6.0.x.x;
All works fine except for the limited size of the default 2GB partition (insufficient space to update Apps); plenty of space on the rest of the internal storage.
What is the best way to repartition this? Can I *just* apply a new PIT file using Heimdall?
Heimdall-frontend asks for files for lots of partitions -- what's the minimum I need to supply (for which partitions: GANG, DATAFS, ...) & where do they come from?
Or indeed if I have to supply them all, where to they come from?
- there are loads of how-to guides on XDA and elsewhere, I've spend many hours looking at them, but they don't seem (to my eyes at least) to address the Q's above.
- I realise it'll wipe & reset the phone: not a problem to re-cyanogenmod & set it all up again once repartitioning done 'safely'.
- I don't have access to a Windows/Odin box, so I set it up ages ago using Heimdall following set up following wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_i9100, but that doesn't mention changing partition sizes
- obviously I already have a selection of PITs to try, plus downloads of GAPPs, CyanogenMod, ClockworkRecovery etc -- I just need some guidance and background on how to apply them without bricking the device.
Many thanks in advance.
Hi guys, complete noob here. I have been lurking this forum since I got flashed my S2 last year and have been updating from CM 10 to now CM12.
Today I have used CWM to upgrade my S2 to CM12 5.0.2 Beta and installed Pico gapps. Turns out I need the Nano gapps for Exchange support but without sufficient space it's not going to work.
Can someone help me with the appropriate PIT and Kernel files? I don't have an original JB image and I don't have a RIL file (Belgium). The FP is very detailed but I have no idea what the exact files are to use.
Any help appreciated.
Hope for korean SGS2
is there a way for me to increase my korean version of SGS2 storage, i really love this, thanks
DaNarni said:
Hi guys, complete noob here. I have been lurking this forum since I got flashed my S2 last year and have been updating from CM 10 to now CM12.
Today I have used CWM to upgrade my S2 to CM12 5.0.2 Beta and installed Pico gapps. Turns out I need the Nano gapps for Exchange support but without sufficient space it's not going to work.
Can someone help me with the appropriate PIT and Kernel files? I don't have an original JB image and I don't have a RIL file (Belgium). The FP is very detailed but I have no idea what the exact files are to use.
Any help appreciated.
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In the CM12 thread a rar file with instructions was posted: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57788683&postcount=967
Mr/Islam Abdelhafez
Dear All,
Is this thread applied to my Galaxy S2 GT-1900 ??
and if not how can I repartition my S2 GT-1900 ?
Thanks
Sii gt-i9100
Dear All,
Is that thread applies on my SGS II GT-I9100 or not?
Thanks
islamabdelhafez said:
Dear All,
Is that thread applies on my SGS II GT-I9100 or not?
Thanks
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Yes, this is the I9100 forum. Read The FP carefully.
New Pit file with 2 GB system for Stock GAPPS
Hi all,
after losing almost a day because of a faulty pit file I created my own.
Goal: upgrade S2 to Android 5 with Google Stock package ( biggest one from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/paranoid-android/general/gapps-official-to-date-pa-google-apps-t2943900 ) and have more data space
Find attached a new .pit file with :
- 2 GB system
- 6 GB Data
- 3GB internal SD
- hidden partition 45 MB
If I did some miss calculation , feel free to report. It was the first .pit with which Android 5 + stock gapps could be flashed and which booted so I thought I'd share.