I have 2.3.6 GingerMod #7 running with 2.3.6 webtop flashed. I have also applied the webtop2sd as well as the xfce4 mod. It was running perfectly fine for two days when I started webtop this morning--now I'm getting 2 (two) Mobile Views. I have rebooted my atrix and I'm still getting two instances of Mobile View.
Tried ps aux | grep mobile as well as ps aux | grep view with no success.
Has anyone have this problem? How do you get rid of the 2nd Mobile View?
Actually, I've noticed this as well. I think when you do the xfce mod or other things where you've replaced Metacity, gnome-settings-daemon, or other processes need by the stock webtop, then when you re-activate webtop after using (no reboots in between), then the startup scripts are being re-run.
My current setup is pretty much full xfce, but I still have webtop-panel running. In a clean start-up of webtop, without intervention my scripts will replace metacity with xfwm4, gnome-settings-daemon gets replaced by xfsettingsd, and a few other things.
Unfortunately, I've found that when webtop viewing stops for any reason (mainly by pulling the phone out of the dock) and restarting will cause all my xfce environment to go away, then try to restart. In the process, I get another aiw window, as well as another lxterminal (that's if webtop or the phone doesn't crash in the process). The only way that would happen is if the startup scripts are being re-run.
I've been meaning to trace the webtop startup to see what gets started when. There is no mention of "sfalv metacity" in the two startup scripts we all modify, so it must get started elsewhere explicitly...it probably wouldn't have "sfalv" if it was started indirectly by something else. Perhaps some modified scripts elsewhere can check to see if things are already running before restarting...heck, that's probably a good check for the two start-oshwt-* scripts.
Oh, and in the end, I just end up killing the new "aiw" and "sfalv aiw" processes that are created.
I fixed the problem. Instead of "xfdesktop" you have to put "xfdesktop4" and "xfce-panel"
I don't know why it would solve the problem of two or more multiple mobile views, but it worked for me.
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Mobile View has become inactive. It just sits in the center of the screen but does not do anything. I can click on the home, menu, search and back buttons but that's about it.
I'm going back to the original webtop ui, no more xfce for me at this time.
i wonder if it works better under 2.3.5?
I'm in the middle of removing all of xfce4 right now. I have found that the path of least resistance for webtop right now is to install gnome-panel and run it instead of awn (Ok, I guess you could modify awn to have the gnome menu, but I wanted multiple workspaces too, and couldn't see how to get awn to do that).
So change the original startup-oshwt-2.sh as follows:
#sfalv -i "awn-autostart"
sfalv -i "gnome-panel"
So comment out the first line listed above, add the second line after it and leave the rest of the file alone.
When the desktop comes up the very first time, you will probably have a gnome-panel covering the webtop-panel. You can simply right click and remove that panel.
From there you can then customize by running "gnome-appearance-properties". You will probably want to add that to the gnome menu because for some reason that isn't installed in the preferences menu by default.
You will also need to right click on the bottom panel and add the gnome main menu to the bar. I'll leave it to you to figure out how to move things around on the bar (hint: unlock). After that, customize as you like. You will probably want to break the default webtop-theme (search for that), but beware of using themes from synaptic willy-nilly. I just caused webtop to crash that way.
Note we didn't start a full gnome session here, just ran the gnome-panel. The basic webtop scripts also start gnome-settings-daemon and metacity, so this is probably the best it gets until we get around to figuring out the internals of webtop.
Oh, and as a bonus, I just removed my phone from the lapdock, did a few things with it then returned it to the lapdock. Webtop came up instantly without duplicate windows, everything working and in the same place I left it when I popped the phone out.
a possible fix
I solved this problem by going into terminal and writing this:
killall aiw
this will only kill one instance of mobile view. But when you restart the desktop, you will again have 2 mobile views and will have to repeat the command.
bonshob said:
I solved this problem by going into terminal and writing this:
killall aiw
this will only kill one instance of mobile view. But when you restart the desktop, you will again have 2 mobile views and will have to repeat the command.
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I recently get an atrix with lapdock, so I been fooling around, Make XFce work, install OOo, etc.
Keep playing then bummer I mess with something and I get double mobile view.
Your solution worked wonders, thank you.:good:
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After doing the rounds installing Auto Nooter on several NookColors, I thought I'd make a quick list of apps that are essential to have for any new installation. I'll update this list as needed, but hopefully it will provide new rooted users a good jumping point to get a nicely functioning device.
This list is geared towards the new rooted NookColor user who runs stable builds / auto nooted builds. If you just bought a Nook Color and haven't rooted yet, go see Guide to Nook Color Rooting. Many of these apps below will fix problems with the stock rom.
The list isn't really targeted for the Nookie Froyo bootable SD card, so if you have one, take what you will.
If you're a hip person and run custom roms or the like, you may find these useful, too! (Using ClockWorkRecovery or other roms is currently not documented in the Nook Color rooting guide. Don't attempt unless you're able to fix if things break.)
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Home Switcher - Say you accidentally set your home to not Softkeys before you got a launcher? Go grab home switcher and fix it!
ADWLauncher, or other Home screen. You need some place to run everything from. ADW Launcher is a great first step, and you can always change later.
AppBrain - An app market add-on that manages your apps for you. Much more comprehensive than current market.
Fancy Widget - Gets you started with an all-in-one clock widget you can add to your launcher, since ADW doesn't give you one by default. Add Fancy Home from the widgets menu for the comprehensive widget.
SoftLocker - Keeps wifi from bugging during a sleep by forcing sleep mode to only turn off screen. Yes, this will drain more battery, but the NC battery is huge, and not having to forcefully reconnect at every wake is worth it for people dealing with bugs. You may have to relaunch SoftLocker at reboot to get it to work properly, but that's a one-time thing per session.
DolphinBrowser HD, Miren Browser, etc. - There are plenty of better web browsers than the built-in one, mostly supporting multitouch, tabs, and more.
Root Explorer - Costs $4 at the time of this post. If you're going to spend any money on an android app, this should be it. A file management tool that is a million times better than others, since you can do a lot of simple root activities on device quickly without needing adb. It's really a very good and important to have app.
Astro File Manager - Another good file manager, but doesn't support Root. It's really good for simple file system management where you don't want to run the risk of breaking anything. Also, it can somehow install apk packages in the worst of conditions where other installers fail.
Titanium Backup - good for backing up data, or wiping data from a buggy app that keeps crashing
Thumb keyboard - $1.65 at time of posting. possibly the best keyboard for the nook. Beautiful display, customizable key and row height. Make sure to suppress full screen in options. Any keyboard requires some setup process to install via Terminal. See Replacing the Default Keyboard (You can use the terminal app below. Your app location should be /data/app/com.beansoft.keyboardplus.apk . Copy that to /system/app and use NookColor Tools to set the keyboard. This will make the market think the app isn't installed, but it works!)
Disk Usage - shows a visual representation of disk space at a glance. great app for finding where your space went!
GScript - lets you automate scripted commands. good for devs.
Android Terminal - lets you enter commands directly. good for devs.
adbwireless - adb connections over wireless. very convenient.
ROM Manager - An important app if you're using one of the newer experimental builds running from ClockworkModRecovery. If you don't know what this is, forget I even said anything about this app... Or read this link if you're really interested in some cutting edge build stuff, but ignore it if you just want a working device and you've auto nooted.
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Any apps you'd like to recommend for this list for the newbies out there? Post below what you think is important for people to have. This is for essentials, only, not optional apps like games or live wallpapers.
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Great list, here's a few more.
Miren browser - polished 3rd party browser with some awesome features. Slick menus and swipe to go forward and back sold me.
Thumb keyboard - possibly the best keyboard for the nook. I'm currently using the honeycomb skin and it looks fantastic. Customizable key and row height. Perfect for my huge thumbs.
Astro - file manager, compression handler, app installer,image and sound player....all around a badass app essential to any android device.
Also wanted to mention that root explorer is excellent. Forget logging on your computer to modify a file. I changed my nook hardware keys in a minute or so using root explorer. Great app.
Dont forget rom manager and the knowledge of howto make a nandroid with it
Nookie Froyo 0.6.8 (zoom2)/Tapatalk Pro
DROPBOX...Move .apks, music, movies, new flashables, ANYTHING, from phone, PC, or another Nook to yours. Should be 2nd on list beside Root Explorer (IMHO).
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Great list. Consider adding Tasker. Total device automation.
Can anyone recommend a good ram manager? I have autokill but I notice it does not kill everything and says my ram available keeps going down until I reset my nook. (gradually but still kind of annoying)
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Can anyone recommend a good ram manager? I have autokill but I notice it does not kill everything and says my ram available keeps going down until I reset my nook. (gradually but still kind of annoying)
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If you are on the stock os 1.1 (Eclair 2.1) you may want to look into Advanced Task Killer. If you are on Froyo or higher you shouldn't use this. Android will do a good job taking care of itself.
That said, I reboot my Android devices once every couple of days. I notice that keeps it running pretty well.
I actually have been using advanced task killer on froyo. Will that hurt anything?
I found WiFi Explorer (FREE) or Pro ($1.60) very useful to move files between my computer and NC without a cable.
Besides some of the other great apps people have said I would add 'Pulse' as an RSS reader. It looks so good and a great way to get your news!
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Great list. Consider adding Tasker. Total device automation.
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Tasker turns a smartphone into a SMART phone.
I thought about getting it to try to enable a numeric lock code, and trying on my DX, it does work with one of the Locale plugins, but it's a bit flaky. I was gonna set the Nook so that if it was within range of my WiFi at home or at work, it would not have the lock code, but everywhere else, it would be enabled.
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I actually have been using advanced task killer on froyo. Will that hurt anything?
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Yes....You are running froyo...android 2.2 and above optimizes running apps/services...don't mess with it...keep one around if you have to kill a rogue app on the fly, but dont let it run continuously....
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DROPBOX...Move .apks, music, movies, new flashables, ANYTHING, from phone, PC, or another Nook to yours. Should be 2nd on list beside Root Explorer (IMHO).
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lyam23 said:
Great list. Consider adding Tasker. Total device automation.
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plus one for both of these
Tapatalk or XDA devs Android app for reading this site, duh! hehe
Two great app to how!
I would only add two additional apps to this great list...
Sqlite Editor and Task killer, great apps to have on a newly rooted nook color!
I would strongly recommend the following:
Moon+ Reader for reading ebooks
Perfect viewer for comics
Epistle for taking notes (synchronises with dropbox)
I use ATK a lot on my DroidX with Froyo, if not it just keeps on getting slower and the battery drains quickly. What happens is some apps keep transmitting even though you closed them. For example, USA Today app I believe keeps sending fresh news articles even after you close the app as it's still running. So keeping it alive when you may not look at it until a few days later is wasteful of battery life and slows other stuff you want to do. Was it works with 2.1, I don't think so, I believe ATK is just as relavent now than then.
The app you really need to get after Angry Birds is Paper Toss.
File Expert?
I use File Expert for managing my files on my nook. It's free, has an option to run as root, and has a built in network interface that works out of the box. Plus having a back button right on the UI makes it easier than using any of the soft keys hacks... I can't post links, but the package is called "xcxin.filexpert" on the market.
As the title states, since rooting my Thunderbolt, I'm completely unable to connect to it through Eclipse. I posted in the Thread for the BAMF ROM as that's what I'm running, but after Nandroiding back to just after rooting, the same issue is there.
From the few posts I've read (there were only two hits on google) it appears to be related to the permanent ADB root that comes with rooting the phone.
Everything else related to ADB works fine, just not DDMS in eclipse. Development pays my mortgage, so this is kind of a big deal. Can anyone chime in on the problem, or is anyone working on a fix?
Probably an eclipse issue though can't say for sure without serious debugging.
If you're trying to just build applications and test them, you could try http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/ instead. It's what I use. The community version is free and supports android.
http://stuffandtech.blogspot.com/2010/11/android-development-eclipse-vs-intellij.html
Turns out that all the tools are (offcourse, stupid me) in the Android SDK and will launch independently from android/tools. It's even a added benefit that the DDMS runs in it's own window where everything actually works and responds to interaction. The only thing missing is really the GUI preview and that's not a killer feature. IntelliJ seems to get better and better.
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I wouldn't say it's an eclipse issue. It worked fine pre-root and works fine on my 4 other phones.
I've used that IDE before and wasn't a huge fan. Thanks for the suggestion though.
do you have usb debugging turned on (on the phone) or tried wireless adb? if so, i have no idea what else it could be.
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Everything else related to ADB works fine, just not DDMS in eclipse.
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Yeah... I'm set up correctly. Not my first rodeo.
Just wanted to let folks know, in case you're having similar issues, I managed to get this resolved.
Apparently it's an issue on the the other Desire HD phones as well (Desire HD and Inspire 4G). The Windows version of ADB can only handle 64 simultaneous processes. These phones apparently run a lot more than that. I don't know why, but they do.
In any case, if you use a process manager like Astro or something and "kill" all active tasks before loading up Eclipse/DDMS it will connect fine. Eventually, mine did load back up and crash DDMS, but unplugging the USB, killing active tasks again and then hooking it back up got me going again.
Hopefully this helps someone out!
erishasnobattery said:
Just wanted to let folks know, in case you're having similar issues, I managed to get this resolved.
Apparently it's an issue on the the other Desire HD phones as well (Desire HD and Inspire 4G). The Windows version of ADB can only handle 64 simultaneous processes. These phones apparently run a lot more than that. I don't know why, but they do.
In any case, if you use a process manager like Astro or something and "kill" all active tasks before loading up Eclipse/DDMS it will connect fine. Eventually, mine did load back up and crash DDMS, but unplugging the USB, killing active tasks again and then hooking it back up got me going again.
Hopefully this helps someone out!
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This process does work for some cases, not for all. I originally had Das BAMF 1.6 regular when I encountered the same problem and was told to flash by another user. I ignored this because I had flashed even a different version to try to fix the problem already (Remix 1.7). So I tried Liquid Thundersense and THE QUOTED METHOD worked as a remedy.
The difference is the readout that Eclipse is giving you. If it reads Target: Unknown, Debug: Blank, State: Offline. You will most likely need to flash. The problem is I can't tell you for certain whether flashing over to liquid was what fixed it. I've gone back and flashed BAMF Remix 1.7 back on and it works fine now. I can't duplicate it. Either way, just try flashing and using Advanced Task Killer till it works. It could take SEVERAL flashes to fix the problem.
It's also an issue ruining linux mint. Everything else works just fine.
bilbobrian said:
It's also an issue ruining linux mint. Everything else works just fine.
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What do you mean exactly?
I am still having these problems today, even after killing tasks. I can get it to work maybe 1/20 times, and it is really annoying. Using a friends EVO does not have this problem.
Does anyone know if they are working on a new version of ADB? This seems like a terrible oversight on their part. Why limit it to 64 processes?
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skaforey said:
I am still having these problems today, even after killing tasks. I can get it to work maybe 1/20 times, and it is really annoying. Using a friends EVO does not have this problem.
Does anyone know if they are working on a new version of ADB? This seems like a terrible oversight on their part. Why limit it to 64 processes?
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I have no clue about ADB getting an update but Flashing whatever rom you are currently running can fix some of the issues along with just simply rebooting your phone. I had to reflash more than once to get my Tbolt to work.
Another reason why yours may not be working is the security level of your task killing process.
If you are using Advanced task killer go to Menu -> Settings -> Security Level (at the bottom) -> Set to LOW
Then simply kill EVERYTHING, spare nothing while trying to get ADB to work.
Hope this helps
erishasnobattery said:
Just wanted to let folks know, in case you're having similar issues, I managed to get this resolved.
Apparently it's an issue on the the other Desire HD phones as well (Desire HD and Inspire 4G). The Windows version of ADB can only handle 64 simultaneous processes. These phones apparently run a lot more than that. I don't know why, but they do.
In any case, if you use a process manager like Astro or something and "kill" all active tasks before loading up Eclipse/DDMS it will connect fine. Eventually, mine did load back up and crash DDMS, but unplugging the USB, killing active tasks again and then hooking it back up got me going again.
Hopefully this helps someone out!
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This worked for me, THANKS!
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This worked for me, THANKS!
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Kill all tasks worked for me too...
I'm hoping this is the right place for this post, if not just move it or nuke it, whatever works.
I've cobbled togther what I did to take my stock Photon and turn it into a fire breathing dragon, or well at least a fully functional netbook equivalent with openoffice, gimp, local network based printing etc. This works for both the HDMI dock as well as a converted refurbished Atrix dock. You can even change your screen resolution to match your monitor capability on the HDMI dock. I would assume this would work with both the little mini dock thing as well as the non-HDMI dock changes that let you use a monitor directly without the dock, however these are untested.
This assumes you have a fast microsd card installed in the Photon and are willing to wipe it and let webtop2sd erase and format it. Back up your data on the sdcard before starting down this path.
I wasn't ambitious enough to go down the full updated bootloader cwm path, instead I stayed with rooted stock and slowly built up what I needed. Hopefully this helps someone out there trying to do the same thing. The side benefit is that you keep your 4G and can install updates down the road (assuming you don't lose root).
Credit goes to those very smart folks out there that figured all this out, I just bolted the steps together for my needs. I've included a reference link for each major step. This isn't intended as a step by step guide, more like the links I found and followed with hints tossed in along the way.
To root, – use torpedo, it worked for me even after the most recent OTA update.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216131
Next, install webtop2sd, format the card and copy the existing instance to your sdcard, enable the various advanced things, read through the process. Major kudos for this app and the time and thought that went into it, amazing stuff.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1119555
(for photon you need to download webtop2sd-2.0.1.apk - [Click for QR Code] )
once booted into the sdcard side, launch webtop configurator and let it update the files and then install lxterminal and the other application, you need to pay attention to the color of the buttons to know if it has installed. If the webtop configurator won't launch, follow the steps in the above link to figure out if you are actually running from the sdcard or not.
once you install, go back into the webtop configurator and install them both again if they didn't actually install, for me it acted like it installed but really didn't, took me a couple times.
This next part is the key to stability, an amazing feat of scripting to fix all the package dependencies and then build placeholder packages for the missing bits, and then locking (“hold”) for the motorola provided packages so they don't get messed up further down the road. Doffing my cap to you sir.
run the apt-get package script fixer, say yes to everything and it will sort it all out for you, it runs for a long time, just leave it alone and answer the questions when prompted
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16131577
Install a different desktop interface if you want. I used xfce4 to give me a real “start” menu with all the expected things. At this point you are using the synaptic package manager to install applications.
(from an lxterminal window) type in “gksu synaptic”
install xfce4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054213&page=2
Assuming you don't want AWN to load at startup, then edit the file that controls what launches at startup. Using leafpad you can edit the file to have the menus you want for your setup.
cd /osh/usr/local/bin/
sudo leafpad start-oshwt-2.sh
The section needs to look like the below, comment or uncomment (the # at the beginning of the line) to omit or include what you want. I opted for the webtop-panel at the top of the screen along with the xfce4-panel at the bottom of the screen along with xfdesktop for the desktop background and associated right-click menus.
# start OSHWT 2 scripts
sfalv -i "xfce4-panel"
sfalv -i "xfdesktop"
#sfalv -i "awn-autostart"
sfalv -i "webtop-panel"
#sfalv -i "webtop-wallpaper"
sfalv -i "evbridge"
sfalv -i "window_switcher"
sr-test avahi_start &
reboot the phone for the updated menus
At this point you can start installing packages – I opted for openoffice and gimp as well as the chm viewer to read chm formatted help files.
From a lxterminal window enter “gksu synaptic” and choose openoffice and whatever else you need.
install openoffice
install gimp
install chm viewer
let things run to completion.
At this point you are getting close to complete but might want better control of your monitor resolution. To fix the screensize issue on different monitors on the hdmi dock, you need to edit the xorg.conf file
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1198230
cd /osh/etc/X11
sudo leafpad xorg.conf
Do a search on “Screen HDMI” and then change the “1366 768” to “1920 1080”:
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen HDMI"
Device "Tegra HDMI"
Monitor "HDMI"
Option "ARGBHWCursor" "false"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
# Uncomment to override the preferred resolution chosen by UseEDIDModes
Modes "1280x720"
ViewPort 0 0
# Defaults to the size of the chosen mode
Virtual 1920 1080
EndSubsection
then from a lxterminal window type
xrandr -s 1920x1080
undock and reboot the phone
You can select the desired screen resolution from the xfce4 “monitor settings” app, not from the webtop display app (or at least not on mine).
Hopefully this helps someone and minimizes the amount of googling and reading to get what you need.
Many thanks to the all the smart folks on XDA – you are the best!
The initial Ubuntop was a step by step before I prepackaged it. I pulled the "build your own" guide after the first release. Thanks for putting this back up. It won't be optimized like UbunTop but is a good learning tool for those interested.
I miss messing with linux
Thanks guys for your awesome contributions.
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I've tried to get the webtop configurator to run a dozen of times, reinstall it, even reformat partitions, redo the webtop2sd process, but every time I click on the configurator, it seems to load (glowing, blinking background on the icon), and then only stays highlighted (grey background on icon).
Am I supposed to just wait for a very long time ? Is anything happening at all ? There's no progress window or even a new window opened from clicking on the webtop configurator. AWN manager is actually the only thing that I didn't use to have that launches, even LX terminal 1st opens a black window then closes...
I know nothing about Linux but I'd like to be able to run openoffice and pidgin.
My guess is the phone isn't running from the sdcard properly. Go back into webtop2sd and then within settings enable the diagnostics tab, verify you see mmcblk1p2 listed under the currently mounted webtops. If all you see is the one ending in 13, then it's not loading from the sdcard right.
Also, did all the steps within webtop2sd seem to complete ok? It should have went through formatting then copying etc, updating the various components.
I'd go back through the steps in the webtop2sd link and see if anything sticks out. Post what you find and I'll try and help.
Hope this helps.
You're correct, it only shows p 13. All the steps seemed to complete correctly, on to find out why it's not booting from the sd card correctly.
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So, after my 4th attempt, both p2 and p 13 now show up on the diagnostic tab. But there's nothing under webtop configurator on that same tab, even after clicking on reinstall webtop configurator and rebooting. So the result is still the same, nothing happens when I click on the webtop configurator.
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Edit: So I just flashed 198_7 SBF, re-did all the webtop2sd process, and still no version showing in webtop configurator diagnostic tab. Wtf. Both partitions show, p2, p13.
Finally! Got it to work, synaptic installing Pidgin, next : OpenOffice.
Great news! I was just starting to think what might be fighting back, glad you figured it out.
I have to reiterate here how awesome it is to finally have unleashed the full Webtop power of this phone. What an amazing feat of progress to be able to use our cell phone as a full computer (I have a BT wireless keyboard and mouse combo, not even a dock necessary).
I confirm this works great with the Webtop HDMI hack : just apply the hack 1st, then do the Webtop2sd afterwards, and voila, no dock needed.
I have successfully installed Xfce, Exhale audio player, Pidgin, OpenOffice, Gimp, and they can all run concurrently, just like a real computer would.
Thanks again for the guide reposted here, it was definitely something I wanted to do but since I didn't want to lose 4G by unlocking my phone, I had been waiting for an alternative.
e-motion, what did you end up doing to make it work? I'm having the same issues you were. I've run webtop2sd at least 4 times and it always boots from 13. Getting frustrated!
Edit: Took about 237 more tries of doing exactly the same thing, but it finally worked! Woohoo
awesome thread.
So I did everything in this mod, and I was loving my new set up. The only thing I hadn't messed with was the resolution. So I decided to do that last part of the hack.
Something must have went wrong. I was trying several different resolutions, and I couldn't get one to fill my monitor without issues. Sometimes it would be squished and my mouse would be showing in one place, but hovering over another, if that makes sense. The only thing I changed was the xorg.conf file, and the resolution on webtop itself using xrandr -s.
The problem is that now, my phone won't bring up the options menu when HDMI is plugged in. The monitor still shows the batwing M as a screen saver, so they are definitely connected, but I can't get my phone to bring up the options for mirroring, webtop, etc.
Can anyone help me? Maybe if someone had a clean xorg.conf file that they could upload? I could try replacing that with mine in case I screwed something up there.
I went through and cleared the data for all of my apps that could have been related to webtop or this problem. Including "webtop", "webtop2sd", "webtop connector" and a couple of others. Nothing brings back the option. I have rebooted several times as well.
One strange thing is that my app for "webtop connector" shows 0.00b in total, application, and data, it's as if it's there, but there is nothing there? Is that because I did webtop over HDMI hack?
Any help you guys could offer would be greatly appreciated. I would hate to have to start all over on everything.
Here is my xorg.conf, hopefully it pastes in ok..well turns out it didn't..
I attached it, peel off the .txt on the end just in case.
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Here is my xorg.conf, hopefully it pastes in ok..well turns out it didn't..
I attached it, peel off the .txt on the end just in case.
Hope this helps
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Thanks a ton. I will give it a try. If it doesn't work, I will try re-doing the webtop over HDMI mod again.
If anyone else has any other suggestions, I am grateful for any help.
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Can anyone look in their apps list and see how much space "webtop connector" is taking up?
So, I flashed the xorg.conf file from Larrybiggs, it didn't work on first try, but then after a few reboots it did. I noticed that your xorg.conf file wasn't the stock one, it was one you had modified right?
Something strange has happened, and I don't know if it's related, but now the touchpad mouse and keyboard that are part of the screen will not respond at all. My bluetooth mouse and keyboard work fine, but the touchpad doesn't work at all.
Is it working fine for you with this file? I am not even sure if that's the root of all my problems, but I am just trying to figure it out. Thanks.
Sorry for so many replies about this. But, I got it all to work, and I figured I would post it. Sometimes in these threads, all you ever see is the problems people ran into. I found in the motorola owners forum that I wasn't the only one with this problem.
https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/57460
"I originally posted here hoping to find an answer. Here is what I did and I got it to WORK!!! I turned the TV off. I also went ahead and rebooted the phone. Once the phone was back up, I plugged the cable into my phone then into the HDMI port on the TV. I then turned on the TV and made sure I was on the correct TV input for viewing. When the TV came on I got a notification on my phone asking me what I wanted to do. It worked!!!"
Once I did that, it was all working. But I noticed at any resolution higher than 1280x720, the phone mousepad, or the touchscreen on the phone stops responding. Haven't solved that one yet, but at least I figured I would post how I solved the other problem. Thanks.
Got it working. Thanks.
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bwillet said:
e-motion, what did you end up doing to make it work? I'm having the same issues you were. I've run webtop2sd at least 4 times and it always boots from 13. Getting frustrated!
Edit: Took about 237 more tries of doing exactly the same thing, but it finally worked! Woohoo
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What exactly did you do? Mine is also not booting from the new external ext3 partition.
So I was all rooted. I had Go Launcher, Market, and Swiftkey all working awesomely. My NT life was good. Then Swiftkey started throwing up errors. So I went to Any Cut to find a shortcut to Swiftkey's settings. There was like 8 settings under activities but not a specific Swiftkey settings. So I created shortcuts to the 8 settings and thought I would try them all and maybe one was for swiftkey.
When I clicked on the second settings shortcut the NT through up an error that stated there was an authorization error and the tablet would reset. When the tablet restarted it forced a wipe to factory settings. I thought...that sucks...but whatever I'll start over.
When the tablet had finished and restarted It started to go through the setup screens as one might expect. However, Swiftkey is apparently still selected as the keyboard and the NT keeps giving the Swiftkey force close errors. I can't enter in my registration info because I haven't an effin' keyboard. I didn't have usb debugging turned on so I don't think I can use adb to remove swiftkey. Although, I've never really used ADB unless I'm rooting and following very specific instructions from one of these forums.
Is there a way to bypass the initial registration and sign in crud so I can install root explorer and remove Swiftkey?
Sorry for the long story. Hopefully someone will have a suggestion on how to fix this.
Thanks in advance.
tldr- NT hard reset and now stuck without keyboard because Swiftkey was still selected and Swift key won't work during initial registration....argh!
Tip the screen corners starting top left in clockwise motion.
http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Factory_Mode/Skip_Out_of_Box_Experience
This has worked for people to skip registering their device good luck god bless.
I did test this method when i got t the last prompt to skip Oobe(out of the box experience) I did get a force close error. However I just reopened the menu by hitting the volume up and the lower right portion of the screen. The Oobe button came back up and i clicked it with success, bypassing the registration.
Well I was able to bypass the Nook Experience BS...Thanks for the tip! But I still didn't have a keyboard to download any apps from the browser. So I created an epub file with Callibre that contained web addresses of all the software I needed to get rid of Swiftkey from system/app. I then transfered the epub to the nook...opened it with Nook's reader....selected a web address....and did a google lookup from within the reader. I was able to download and install what I needed, and it worked. All Better.
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Well I was able to bypass the Nook Experience BS...Thanks for the tip! But I still didn't have a keyboard to download any apps from the browser. So I created an epub file with Callibre that contained web addresses of all the software I needed to get rid of Swiftkey from system/app. I then transfered the epub to the nook...opened it with Nook's reader....selected a web address....and did a google lookup from within the reader. I was able to download and install what I needed, and it worked. All Better.
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I think what you did is really smart( never mind the semi brick part) and important. This could help out a lot of people that lose keyboard access or other issues that occur. Using the nook reader with google search was a great way around your problem.
SwiftKey force closes on me randomly and will not stop until I re-run the apk inside /System/App again but after that it works fine for awhile. I wonder if it's just SwiftKey because I haven't tried any other keyboards yet
I've noticed several keyboards don't stick after a reboot. Thickbuttons and Hackers seems to be the only 2 I've tried that do stick.
yaggermr said:
I think what you did is really smart( never mind the semi brick part) and important.
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The scary part was that the NT forced a random wipe on it's own after a quick error about "authorization."
Sorry didn't know about the authentification error and I was joking about the semi brick part. I just thought your recovery method could help somebody out of semi brick hell.
No need to say sorry. I knew you were joking. And hopefully, it will help someone else.
I have a generic android tablet running Android 4.4.2 with the Atom shell and there are some apps and media files that I keep removing that keep reinstalling themselves, and there's something that keeps spamming ads on my screen. One thing is doing full screen ads and when check the screen showing all apps that are running, the big ad is under something called "Tasks" with the android logo as an icon.
The apps that keep installing themselves are:
Something called "Settings" with a green baseball diamond looking thing with a red exclamation point that is clearly a fake settings thing.
Insane Stars
Ten Drops
Likin Hero
and a video called MP4(800x480).mp4
Also I have tried booting the tablet into safe mode using both methods, (Holding down the power button for a few extra seconds, as well as the method of booting while holding down both volume buttons), and neither work.
I'm a bit new to Android so I don't even know what are good anti-malware/adware apps. I use a combo of Spybot Search & Destroy + Ad-Aware on my windows computers.
Any help would be appreciated.
*bump* Anyone?
This is typical of off brand devices. The only way you would be able to get rid of them from good is by flashing a rom made for the device. It is built into the system. Not alot you can do without even root.
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This is typical of off brand devices. The only way you would be able to get rid of them from good is by flashing a rom made for the device. It is built into the system. Not alot you can do without even root.
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I do have root, and I successfully removed all the pre-installed malware, (and the files causing them to self-reinstall.) I've done full reboots since the removal and they haven't self-reinstalled so all seems to be well.
For reference here's the guide that helped me:
http://www.cmcm.com/blog/en/security/2015-11-09/842.html
The files on my particular tablet did not match the ones mentioned in the guide exactly, but it still pointed me in the right direction. Just try the guide steps first then search your tablet's storage for "cloud" named files/folders that appear similar to what the guide is describing.
There does seem to be one lingering malware/adware thing lingering and it's not something that was there originally. I get something splashing a full screen ad on my screen and when I check all apps running when this happens, the ad app is listed as "Tasks" with the android logo. Does anyone know what this is and/or how to remove it?