So I took a peak inside the Android File Transfer package and plainly sitting in there is libmtp.dylib.
Since I can't find any other pre-compiled versions of libmtp and I don't have the dev tools installed on my iMac, has anyone tried to either replace this file and set permissions with another pre-compiled? Or better yet, has anyone attempted to compile a new Android File Transfer with a newer version of libmtp? (is AFT even open source?)
So I'm not a programmer and don't know jack about Android, but on my new phone (mot triumph), this issue seems my limiting factor for getting music onto the phone (from a mac).
I CANNOT believe with billions in resources, google is just sitting there not giving a crap about this bottleneck.
There's a newer version of libmtp that in theory supports the Tab 10.1.
In practice, though, trying to backport the Tab 10.1 improvements didn't get my anywhere on Ubuntu. (Simply upgrading libmtp was not possible due to some compatibility issues with existing Ubuntu apps.)
Who knows if Ubuntu 11.10 will improve this situation.
In the meantime, I use ADB push/pull for file transfer, or for large files, the USB host adapter and a thumb drive.
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I have a Toshiba Satellite L505, running Windows 7 Home Premium (dual core 1st gen i3).
Recent events have made me need to run android-only programs on a semi-daily basis. Combined with the cool factor, I am seriously considering buying a Honeycomb tablet. However, money is limited and I can't really afford it, so I would most likely wind up with a rooted nook color, or just upgrading my phone (LG Vortex). Not terrible options, but my sister has suggested something that would work just as well, if not better, for free.
I know there's at least some version of android that is compatible with x86 processors, and i could get my laptop to dual-boot W7HP and Android, that would be wonderful. Obviously I would want 3.0 Honeycomb, but I would be willing to install 2.4, 2.3, or 2.2. if something newer is not available.
The problem is, I have scoured google and found nothing about this, at all. I have heard of people installing android on their laptops, and some netbooks/laptops are even sold dual-booting, so I know its possible. Now, how on earth would I go about installing android as a secondary OS on my computer? So far I have only been able to find instructions to create an Android Live CD/SD/flash drive, but i need something permanently on my computer, where i can actually save my work and apps to the hard drive. WiFi, keyboard, trackpad, and USB drivers are required, CD and SD would be greatly appreciated as well.
How would i accomplish this? Any and all help would be massively appreciated.
um, hello? anyone?
Yeah thats because only google has a bootable version of their os on a pc. They implement their virtual tool with sdk tool so thats how they want you do it its crazy..There is probably a way though you just have to modify the boot.ini file on your hard drive thus pointing it to the android os. First youll probably need a new hard drive if it can be done on a usb it can be done on a hard drive plain and simple. Dual booting is done through the bios. The bios is what loads the HD which loads the boot.ini file telling it what to boot. Not sure if that would work but its a start there might even be a windows app that will help you do this. Like I said if people are making bootable usb drives its the same process on a hard drive the bios is whats booting that usb so if you direct the bios to an extended hard drive thus booting the android os. Its the same process as it would be on a usb that would make it permanent and there is a program called EasyBCD which easily allows you to change the boot.ini which will basically allow you to have the selection of both operating systems on boot you can choose between the two once you get it working!
Actually it is so much easier. The Android x86 project uses grub. You can boot it and run from livecd, usb or install android to your home pc. I started doin this today to see what the performance benefits would be from a developer point of view.
Installation is pretty straight forward, with loads of tutorials on the website. Have a look at it here http://www.android-x86.org/
I have installed Prime OS classic 0.4.5 works fine on my L505-LS5014
Hello all, has anyone tried to figure out how to copy files to and from the tablet on OSX Lion using USB cable?
I tried to figure out a way but nothing worked (and OSX not having USB networking didn't helped) beside using ADB to push files to the tablet (but VERY SLOW).
Lates Kies releases aren't working or even installing on Lion.
Suggestions highly apreciated.
Thx,
William
Try "File Expert" from Market and get a FTP client for Mac
Done that already, but transferring big files (e.g. HD movies) or a huge amount of files (e.g. music collections) takes too long (wasn't able to get more than 2.5~3MBps transfer rate).
Samsung has released an update for the Kies software for Mac to connect with Galaxy Tab 10.1. I'm a new user here, so I'm not allowed to give you a link (and have the 5 mins timeout). Just google for it.
I'm trying to get adb to detect my Electrify on Windows 8, it would seem rooting and/or installing ROMs is impossible without adb, I have my phone plugged in and all the drivers installed except one "Motorola ADB Interface" of course. The manual driver installer errors out on "Cannot detect Operating System" is there anyway around this, either forcing the driver in, or not using ADB to root?
Use a linux live cd and install the android sdk, or use something like vmware, or try to extract the driver and force it to install in device manager, or dual boot an os that isnt in beta...
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The linux live cd should actually work I didnt think about that
I found this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=741824
It says its for use with HTC phones but could it possibly work with mine?
Its a year and a half old
Will the driver for my phone be installed/available?
I would post this there but its kind of a dead thread
If you have a spare thumb drive of 4gb or larger laying around you can do a persistent install of ubuntu (or just about any other distro) using LinuxLive USB Creator, which can be found here: http://www.linuxliveusb.com/
If you're not very familiar with linux, persistence is like having your linux operating system on a thumb drive with the advantage over a live cd being that any changes you make (such as installations or saved files) are not lost upon shutdown. So you could install the android sdk (which is all you should need) and then whenever you needed it you could just boot from your thumb drive. If you need help setting up (such as installing the sdk and setting the path and what not) let me know.
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Hello, I would like to ask you for your help.
I have a digital multimeter VA18B with USB output. The output is actually optically separated USB to RS232 adapter. Link:
http://www.mastech.com.cn/html/en/products-va18b.htm
Since I have a phone with USB host support (Samsung Galaxy Nexus - latest AOKP), I had an idea that I could use it to record data from the multimeter. But I have no experience with Android software development.
The device itself seems to be supported on Android, because I can connect it and read some rubbish characters in intervals of measurement with this app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=slickdevlabs.apps.usbtoserialterm
PC Drivers for this multimeter are very limited - only Windows up to XP. Because I primarily use Windows 7, I already use Linux and this script with my multimeter:
http://multimeter.schewe.com/
Source code is in the zip on that site, and also here: http://pastebin.com/iqKW3iFa
It is written in Perl, works on Linux and Android is "Linux". So my first thought was that it could probably be easy to use the same script on Android. I tried to find how to run Perl scripts on Android and found sl4a:
http://code.google.com/p/android-scripting/
After installing the Perl interpreter it can run my script but it doesn't work. The fact that I don't know Perl doesn't make it easier. The script fails to find the device. I thought it is caused by different naming on Android so I substituted the "/dev/ttyUSB0" thing by "/dev/bus/usb/001/033" which I have found in the already mentioned serial adapter app. But it still doesn't work. In both cases it ends complaining about "Can't open device ...".
Because of my level of knowledge I have no idea what to do next.
1) Can you please help me somehow?
2) Next step after making it work will be saving the data to file. That is another problem I would really appreciate your help with, because I did it just by output redirection in Linux and have no idea how to do it here.
I hope someone took the time to read this and perhaps will try to help me. Thank you very much.
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Hello everyone,
In brief I was wondering if I could somehow turn an Android installation into a GNU/Linux distribution, given that Android uses the Linux kernel. Maybe I can install the GNU libraries and the rest of a distribution on top of the kernel, then deactivate the Android libraries that get on its way? I'm thinking of doing this because the Linux kernel already has all the required drivers for my device so perhaps the only thing that I should do is to tweak some files.
Here is my story:
At work I was given an old and unsupported industrial touchscreen module from a largely unknown company. The screen itself is connected to a computer module in the back, which has connectors for several peripherals, an embedded ARMv7 processor, and runs Android 2.2 (rooted) as its operating system.
I was given the task of finding out in a short time if I can install another operating system in the computer (say, Debian) to use it as a PC.
So I looked for information about this device, but I could only find the document attached.
So far, I have been able to turn it on, to connect it to the internet, to get it to read an SD card, and to connect USB peripherals such as a mouse and a keyboard.
But as for installing a different operating system, I haven't had any luck. I've tried different things. For example, I tried to boot into recovery mode by pushing several combinations of keys, but with no success so far. I've looked at the circuit board, but I haven't seen anything illuminating.
Also, I think that installing a Linux distribution from scratch would be painful, even impossible, because this device is not supported in any form and it doesn't come with a user guide or a software package, so it would be impractical to get the drivers for the device, as they are most likely non-standard.
I mean, is it even possible to accomplish this? Is it practical? How should I proceed? I think it is technically possible, but I'm not a Linux expert, not an Android expert, and not an embedded systems expert so I may be wrong.
I have also looked into other options. For example, the "Complete Linux Installer" Android app. I don't think this would work. The device only has ~100MB of free space in the internal flash memory.
There is also a way to install a GNU/Linux distribution that runs on chroot simultaneously with Android and communicates with it via VNC, called "Linux Deploy", but this sounds like it is not optimal. I don't think it would be a good option because of the limited resources of the device.
Any help will be appreciated.