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Hey guys I was just wondering if there was a way to completely our even partially remove webtop. I never use it nor care for it and wouldn't mind more room and hopefully more free memory.
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Would you use it if it was more like UbunTop without having to unlock/root the phone?
Lokifish Marz said:
Would you use it if it was more like UbunTop without having to unlock/root the phone?
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If no rooting/unlocking required then ubuntop will be a big plus.
No not really I don't think. Never saw ubuntop in action tho
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jbuggydroid said:
Hey guys I was just wondering if there was a way to completely our even partially remove webtop. I never use it nor care for it and wouldn't mind more room and hopefully more free memory.
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Yeah, I'd be interested in this as well. Repartition the internal storage. I don't need or use webtop and I'd much rather have that space for apps.
This will probably require the unlocked bootloader, but even with that, directions haven't been posted on how to do this.
I worked a bit on adapting the FireRat partition mods, but haven't really had time to finish it up.
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I should say that the reason it won't work at the moment is because I think we need some bootimg work- which isn't my best area, I really don't have a best area... anyways-
From what I can gather, we need to figure out how to do this:
You can boot a kernel with a modified partition table using one of two methods;
the "-c" parameter to fastboot allows you to add kernel parameters. This is good for booting RECOVERY images and applying custom layouts.
The second method is to build the custom layout into your boot.img or recovery.img.
This can be done using the "--cmdline" parameter to mkbootimg.
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And since I don't have a x64 box, I can't build ------------------------------yup thats about it...maybe I can get mrinhart or shabby to help, but I really don't have a lot of time right now between my sons football practices/games, daughters Cheer and Dance, and work.
Any Luck on this?
Go go gadget thread necromancer!
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Any Luck on this?
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First. ZOMBIES!!! (haven't slept in going on 38hrs so bear with me)
The repartition is more headache than it's worth. The chance of bricking and I mean replace phone level of bricking, is very high. The only thing else I can figure is to format the osh partition and make it readable as storage for CWM/TWRP backups or fastboot accessible in case of recovery failure. This won't recover the space used but would at least repurpose it.
I'm still in the process of working on a number of personal projects as well as trying to get some issues with the next ROM and Webtop release fixed so everything is in a "No ETA's" status.
Oh and I need to update the All Things MoPho thread on multiple sites.
Lokifish Marz said:
First. ZOMBIES!!! (haven't slept in going on 38hrs so bear with me)
The repartition is more headache than it's worth. The chance of bricking and I mean replace phone level of bricking, is very high. The only thing else I can figure is to format the osh partition and make it readable as storage for CWM/TWRP backups or fastboot accessible in case of recovery failure. This won't recover the space used but would at least repurpose it.
I'm still in the process of working on a number of personal projects as well as trying to get some issues with the next ROM and Webtop release fixed so everything is in a "No ETA's" status.
Oh and I need to update the All Things MoPho thread on multiple sites.
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Is there a way to have a full desktop Linux emulated environment in its place? Like some type of emulator to emulate any desktop Linux distro with a higher resolution than webtop
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Is there a way to have a full desktop Linux emulated environment in its place? Like some type of emulator to emulate any desktop Linux distro with a higher resolution than webtop
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You don't need to emulate as Android=ARMLinux with a java frontend. This is demonstrated by the number of (insert disto here) on your phone projects here on xda and elsewhere. They are really running Linux on top of Linux.
How high of a resolution are you looking for? With tweaks, folks have been able to get 1080 output out of Webtop however 1366x768 really is it's sweet spot external output.
If by full desktop environment you mean a full version of KDE or Gnome, then no. I was able to get Gnome crammed into webtop but it required that I build it off device and remove everything not Gnome. It left no room for anything else and would have forced users to use webtop2sd as it had less than 50MB free space after cleaning the partition. It was actually more limited than webtop. To help put Webtop in a category here how it stands up against actual distros.
Webtop= Lubuntu running Avant instead of the built-in LXDE and most preinstalled apps removed.
Webtop+= Webtop with LXDE as its default so Lubuntu lite.
Ubuntop= Xubuntu lite with a ton of common apps installed.
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You don't need to emulate as Android=ARMLinux with a java frontend. This is demonstrated by the number of (insert disto here) on your phone projects here on xda and elsewhere. They are really running Linux on top of Linux.
How high of a resolution are you looking for? With tweaks, folks have been able to get 1080 output out of Webtop however 1366x768 really is it's sweet spot external output.
If by full desktop environment you mean a full version of KDE or Gnome, then no. I was able to get Gnome crammed into webtop but it required that I build it off device and remove everything not Gnome. It left no room for anything else and would have forced users to use webtop2sd as it had less than 50MB free space after cleaning the partition. It was actually more limited than webtop. To help put Webtop in a category here how it stands up against actual distros.
Webtop= Lubuntu running Avant instead of the built-in LXDE and most preinstalled apps removed.
Webtop+= Webtop with LXDE as its default so Lubuntu lite.
Ubuntop= Xubuntu lite with a ton of common apps installed.
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Have you heard about GenTop2? I just happened to find this on the Atrix thread posted about an hour ago (ironic) would this work for the photon? I wouldn't see why not considering both have the same version of webtop
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1617684
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Have you heard about GenTop2? I just happened to find this on the Atrix thread posted about an hour ago (ironic) would this work for the photon? I wouldn't see why not considering both have the same version of webtop
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1617684
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It's a Webtop replacement and not a modification like Ubuntop. Unless Gentoo has changed, there's a ton of command line usage involved. This will scare off most linux users and almost all linux noobs. If I can get Ubuntop fixed and Gentoo ported it should cover just about all Webtop users. I'm waiting for a response back from Gendol to cut down on porting time.
1. Motorola has **** policies with their locked down bootloaders.
2. The devs here and at rootzwiki are the true gods of the android world.
Now that those are clear, I think I am done flashing this phone for now. It's my wife's phone and with all the custom roms there is always something that fc's or doesn't quite work right (yes i follow the correct steps). Going back to stock 2.3.5 with root because frankly for her needs stock root is just fine. Unless CM is fully ported over and stable or Fvckinh motorola unlocks the bootloader for truly custom roms, I am not bothering. It's really pathetic that a flagship 3g phone is abandoned by the manufacturer thus leading to poor interest from the dev community (the devs that are working on it, i am highly grateful to and hope their efforts bore fruit).
Once again FU motorola.
Lol I know what you mean about the wifes phone my wife has the bionic stock and not rooted. I have read the bionic forum and I feel confident I can root it make a nano back up and flash a rom on it. However she has seen me fight with my phone to many times lol. I told her it runs fine and I am always tweaking it to try and get more out if it. But I know the first time she gets a fc I will never hear the end if it. I almost rooted it and flashed a stock looking rom just to speed it up for her but like I said one thing goes and I will not hear the end of it.
But formyself I can say with the x2 i am very happy with eclipse and stock just seems horribly slow. Eclipse 2.02 and v6 supercharger and very stable and happy.
eclipse makes her contacts fc and she has been clawing my brains out. gonna try stock + supercharger v7 this weekend.
I had contact issues on 2.0 but 2.02 has been great for me. But I feel your oain not worth hassle of the boss.
Haha it took me forever to convince my mother that I could make a world of difference on her OG DROID if I ran CM. The first thing she did when I got home from school was hand me the phone. As I'm rooting, I wonder when the first hiccup will occur. She hated to admit how much better it ran when I first asked, but boy did the wrath come when the screen didn't turn on for a phone call.
She doesn't share the excitement for an unlocked bootloader as I do. " Just make sure Facebook is working"...
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Lol how do you think I feel I have the x2 wife has the bionic and we just got my son the galaxy nexus and i am the only one rooted and on custom roms. What a waste in my opionion but we all do not share the same opinion obviously lol.
Rooted my fiances phone and debloated it. She's on metro so its way bogged down with nonsense. Now her family thinks im some kind of phone guru lol.
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Ahhh yes. I too hold the title of Expert Computer Tech at home. Pull up the cmd screen and run ipconfig in Windows and onlookers will ask you what MIT was like. I just say I took a few of their summer classes, but it just wasn't working out.
GOOGLE <-- My wisest professor
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Ahhh yes. I too hold the title of Expert Computer Tech at home. Pull up the cmd screen and run ipconfig in Windows and onlookers will ask you what MIT was like. I just say I took a few of their summer classes, but it just wasn't working out.
GOOGLE <-- My wisest professor
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Exactly
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i can fight with her phone all i want, and i fight with mine occasionally too, but i dont want her to have to deal with a 100 things crashing and being weird. she doesn't demand the highest quadrant scores or something. she needs a good stable phone. sadly motorola has gimped the **** out of this phone and locked its bootloader. wish i hadn't bought her this phone. never buying motorola again thats for sure, until google starts overseeing their production themselves and makes phones with unencrypted bootloaders.
phieta said:
Ahhh yes. I too hold the title of Expert Computer Tech at home. Pull up the cmd screen and run ipconfig in Windows and onlookers will ask you what MIT was like. I just say I took a few of their summer classes, but it just wasn't working out.
GOOGLE <-- My wisest professor
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Lol!! too funny.
I get the same stuff.
pull up a terminal and put a few commands in and suddenly you''re a genius who can fix anything tech. related!
amazing what you can do when you just google what you need. lol
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eclipse makes her contacts fc and she has been clawing my brains out. gonna try stock + supercharger v7 this weekend.
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Get me a logcat. I cannot reproduce any contact issues.
What apps are being installed that have contact permissions?
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k.electron said:
i can fight with her phone all i want, and i fight with mine occasionally too, but i dont want her to have to deal with a 100 things crashing and being weird. she doesn't demand the highest quadrant scores or something. she needs a good stable phone. sadly motorola has gimped the **** out of this phone and locked its bootloader. wish i hadn't bought her this phone. never buying motorola again thats for sure, until google starts overseeing their production themselves and makes phones with unencrypted bootloaders.
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Actually, all the bloat is from Verizon, not Motorola.
Also, Motorola WOULD unlock IF Verizon would allow it. But, for some reason, Verizon won't budge.
However, HTC somehow convinved Verizon to allow them to unlock the bootloader, so maybe Moto should talk with HTC to see what they did.
Motorola wants to unlock them. Verizon is the one being the jerk about it.
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Get me a logcat. I cannot reproduce any contact issues.
What apps are being installed that have contact permissions?
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oh crapp... i installed stock 2.3.5 without a nandroid. basically when i opened the contacts app and click a contact, com.motorola.contacts would fc. if i tried to access the contact from like a google voice window or something, same thing would happen. i would have to memorize a number after looking at the contact list and then put into the dialer to make a call.
i think facebook, google voice were the only 2 programs that did things with contacts.
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Actually, all the bloat is from Verizon, not Motorola.
Also, Motorola WOULD unlock IF Verizon would allow it. But, for some reason, Verizon won't budge.
However, HTC somehow convinved Verizon to allow them to unlock the bootloader, so maybe Moto should talk with HTC to see what they did.
Motorola wants to unlock them. Verizon is the one being the jerk about it.
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htc did it, so should motorola. if verizon can have the nexus on their network, unlocking the bootloader for a phone thats basically forgotten now shouldnt be a problem. and if everyone wants to be such a ****, what are leaks for.
i figured out the cause of the contacts fc-ing. titanium deleting the yahoo mail authenticator is somehow not liked by motorola contacts. but im still glad i returned to stock. speedy + build prop mashup make the phone really fast, and games like fruit ninja lagged on custom roms, that doesnt happen anymore. the aosp dialer was also garbage and did not support name searches which the motorola dialer does. now that i have deleted the 40 or so bloat apps the phone runs exceedingly well.
just wish douchebag motorola would unlock it already so that the stellar devs over here could get good roms going instead of wasting their time with the bootloader.
My sister just upgraded to a razr, so i snagged her x2. My daily driver is an inc2, but I thought this might be fun to play with. Is there anything that can actually be done to this? Doesn't seem like there are a lot of roms floating around for it. Am I stuck with motoblur? Is this destined to be an angry birds platform for my kids?
I don't need hand holding about how to mod, i'm running an early CM9 kang of ICS on my inc2, I would just like to know what the options are, what's recommended, or what should be shied away from. I've not used a motorola phone before, and know they're a bit tricky on the mod side.
I've tried liberty and eclipse on my gf's bionic. Both solid roms. Could probably theme them. The Cm7 looks like it might have a few glitches but maybe they aren't dealbreakers for u.
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CM7 is a great daily driver for the X2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21342515
I have really not had any problems with the rom at all.
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Eclipse is another great option. Receives support and has its own website http://www.eclipserom.com/.
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My sister just upgraded to a razr, so i snagged her x2. My daily driver is an inc2, but I thought this might be fun to play with. Is there anything that can actually be done to this? Doesn't seem like there are a lot of roms floating around for it. Am I stuck with motoblur? Is this destined to be an angry birds platform for my kids?
I don't need hand holding about how to mod, i'm running an early CM9 kang of ICS on my inc2, I would just like to know what the options are, what's recommended, or what should be shied away from. I've not used a motorola phone before, and know they're a bit tricky on the mod side.
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Quite a few choices for our little "blessing" of a phone. As the others have mentioned, Eclipse and CM7 I'm pretty sure are the most current and popular right now. Ran them both, you can't go wrong either way.
Good place to start to see the options.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313103
I neglected to add that you're not stuck with blur on CM7...all blur has been removed
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Cm7 or eclipse. Just remember if you go to eclipse 2.0+ you will need to update to 2.3.5
Eclipserom.com for up to date info.
Cm7 is awesome no blur at all! Only problem is HDMI is not supported.
If you want to try both on the same kernal for 2.3.4 then use eclipse 1.3 very stable and solid.
i'm very familiar with CM7. I ran that up until a week ago. Just wasn't sure it was where it was at on this phone.
CM7 for the most part is fine on this phone. I'm using it now. Biggest problem with the rom is that some have wifi issues. I do at times. For some reason it loses it's connection with the router and can't get reconnected. Some just have to turn off wifi and turn it back on to get it working again. That doesn't seem to work for me. I have better luck just going into wifi settings and clicking on the wifi connection I want. Seems to connect then. Also, from time to time apps that require root access have trouble. Sometimes when I open an app, it just shows a blank window while it waits for root access. It can be fixed by rebooting but I just press the home button, then open the superuser app and remove the problem program. Then open the program again and after allowing root access, it works fine again. Those are the only real problems I have with the rom. For me, they aren't deal breakers. I can live with them.
Otherwise, like others have said, Eclipse is a good rom. However, I myself prefer Liberty. I don't know why everybody seems to bypass it as a suggestion. When it first came out, everybody was all bent out of shape about it and what a great rom it was. Now, nobody mentions it. My guess is because there hasn't been any updates to it since it first came out. However, I myself don't really see why anybody would want any updates. It ran perfect for me. Not one ounce of trouble from it no matter what I did. I still jump back to it now. Just for a change of pace.
I haven't tried MIUI. From what I've seen, too many issues that I don't want to deal with. I could be wrong about it though, as, like I said, I haven't tried it.
Just my two cents worth.
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My sister just upgraded to a razr, so i snagged her x2. My daily driver is an inc2, but I thought this might be fun to play with. Is there anything that can actually be done to this? Doesn't seem like there are a lot of roms floating around for it. Am I stuck with motoblur? Is this destined to be an angry birds platform for my kids?
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Not chained to the thing with a contract? Sell it.
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Not chained to the thing with a contract? Sell it.
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Over an inc 2??? Hell no sell the inc 2, root and flash cm7, your phone will be beast...
SMILE It's Not Illegal Yet
I've been reading up on rooting and roming my DX2. I'm technically capable, but, stuff happens and I can't really afford for my phone to be down for a few days while I work out a problem.
So... I've been thinking about buying a used DX2 and use it as my testbed/spare phone. It wouldn't be activated, so I presume no OTA updates, but otherwise would that work? Can I do everything but OTA updates with a non-activated Droid X2 phone?
thanks in advance
Yes you can. You can even dl and flash ripped ota's. As a cheap backup this phone is great.
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I've been reading up on rooting and roming my DX2. I'm technically capable, but, stuff happens and I can't really afford for my phone to be down for a few days while I work out a problem.
So... I've been thinking about buying a used DX2 and use it as my testbed/spare phone. It wouldn't be activated, so I presume no OTA updates, but otherwise would that work? Can I do everything but OTA updates with a non-activated Droid X2 phone?
thanks in advance
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If you follow directions to a t, you won't have to worry about your phone not working. Just give yourself an hour or two and you got it.
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They have a point. Follow all the directions word for word. I have got in a hurry and forgot some steps in very crutial times and still have managed to get back to stock. Still no problems. And an hour or two, maybe less, is all it will take. If you need and advice on where to start or what you want to do, use the search. Still can't find it, just ask. Plenty of people here to lend a hand.
I appreciate the input folks. Really. However, as someone who develops linux kernel drivers for astronomy cameras and uses a linux laptop and some bash scripts (with 1wire devices) to control my beer brewing process - I know how easy it is to screw something up (and have many times in the past). I prefer to cover my arse before playing with something I *need* to having working. That, and I kinda like the idea of having a backup phone for when I drop mine in the toilet or something similarly stupid.
note: the step-by-step directions here are in direct conflict with another web sites step-by-step. Who is right? I'm going to gamble on this set, but just in case...
Thanks again everyone.
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I appreciate the input folks. Really. However, as someone who develops linux kernel drivers for astronomy cameras and uses a linux laptop and some bash scripts (with 1wire devices) to control my beer brewing process - I know how easy it is to screw something up (and have many times in the past). I prefer to cover my arse before playing with something I *need* to having working. That, and I kinda like the idea of having a backup phone for when I drop mine in the toilet or something similarly stupid.
note: the step-by-step directions here are in direct conflict with another web sites step-by-step. Who is right? I'm going to gamble on this set, but just in case...
Thanks again everyone.
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Its good to be prepared. I like that. With this phone, however, Motorola supplies us with an "in case of emergency" option called an SBF file. If anything goes wrong, you just plug your phone into your computer, start the application and in about 5 to 10 minutes, you are back to square 1.
And about your note, which other site are you looking at? You can pretty much get everything you need for this phone in these forums. ROMs are not universal and you have to use stuff specifically made for this phone. So unless the other site was Droid X2 specific, it wont work.
Yea, I read about that and I'm encouraged. I'd still feel better about it if it was happening on a device I didn't care about though.
I'd rather avoid any finger pointing - it was a popular droid x2 specific site. It stated that using the "zergRush" would not work due to some file sig issue or something like that. I don't exactly recall at the moment.
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Yea, I read about that and I'm encouraged. I'd still feel better about it if it was happening on a device I didn't care about though.
I'd rather avoid any finger pointing - it was a popular droid x2 specific site. It stated that using the "zergRush" would not work due to some file sig issue or something like that. I don't exactly recall at the moment.
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The only problem that some have had with zerg is that it can delete some files to make space and has caused issues with flashing the newest eclipse...I haven't been on the newest eclipse so I personally have not experienced that particular issue
But I have used it numerous times with good results
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this phone is almost impossible to hard brick, if you mess something up it takes maybe 10 minutes to run through an sbf and then your right back to stock. zergrush issue is only for the 2.3.5 versions of eclipse otherwise it works fine.
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2.3.5? As in Android 2.3.5? My phone is stock 2.3.5 now and I need 2.3.5 after this is over with (and eclipse is the rom I was targeting). There's an issue with the compass on this phone and 2.3.4 - E & W are swapped when in portrait mode, held vertically. That's a big deal for me as I use a lot of astronomy apps that rely on that E & W being accurate.
This is why I want to make sure this works on a phone I'm not relying on at the moment.
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2.3.5? As in Android 2.3.5? My phone is stock 2.3.5 now and I need 2.3.5 after this is over with (and eclipse is the rom I was targeting). There's an issue with the compass on this phone and 2.3.4 - E & W are swapped when in portrait mode, held vertically. That's a big deal for me as I use a lot of astronomy apps that rely on that E & W being accurate.
This is why I want to make sure this works on a phone I'm not relying on at the moment.
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If you are going to flash Eclipse you do not want to use Zerg. You will need to use Pete's one click root.
Check out eclipserom.com as it is the official site for Eclipse.
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I've been reading up on rooting and roming my DX2. I'm technically capable, but, stuff happens and I can't really afford for my phone to be down for a few days while I work out a problem.
So... I've been thinking about buying a used DX2 and use it as my testbed/spare phone. It wouldn't be activated, so I presume no OTA updates, but otherwise would that work? Can I do everything but OTA updates with a non-activated Droid X2 phone?
thanks in advance
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Get a Samsung Fascinate, there are plenty of ROM available, ICS runs smoooooth and you can do much more with it.
My Droid X2 hits around 3600 on CM7.2 my Fascinate hits 3300 before I tweak the kernel and overclock it... There is just more available for that device.
Either or, I would suggest staying within these forums, if you don't see it here it isn't available...
PS I swap in and out between phones, it's nice to have a spare
Good luck with everything.
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Thanks, but I could care less about overclocking et al. While I'm a huge Samsung fan, I'm sticking with the DX2 for a while. I like it, and it's *rugged*. My son, a fireman, keeps his on him even when fighting fires. Have you seen how thick/heavy a fire suit is? You sweat your you-know-what off in one and you come out soaking wet - and everything else you had on you - phone included. He also has a 1 yr old who uses the DX2 as a toy. She chews on it, drops it, throws it and the damned thing still looks great and works perfectly.
Picked up the "spare" DX2 last night off ebay. I should be able to start playing early next week.
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Yea, I read about that and I'm encouraged. I'd still feel better about it if it was happening on a device I didn't care about though.
I'd rather avoid any finger pointing - it was a popular droid x2 specific site. It stated that using the "zergRush" would not work due to some file sig issue or something like that. I don't exactly recall at the moment.
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its not direct conflict, zergrush works on 2.3.4 and 2.3.5/1.3.412
not 2.3.5/1.3.418 which there is no direct root method
bricking is very unlikely with the locked bootloader, and the leaked sbfs
if you are trying to flash eclipse and 2.3.5/1.3.418 don't use zerg use pete's root tools
if this is confusing blame moto
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Thanks, but I could care less about overclocking et al. While I'm a huge Samsung fan, I'm sticking with the DX2 for a while. I like it, and it's *rugged*. My son, a fireman, keeps his on him even when fighting fires. Have you seen how thick/heavy a fire suit is? You sweat your you-know-what off in one and you come out soaking wet - and everything else you had on you - phone included. He also has a 1 yr old who uses the DX2 as a toy. She chews on it, drops it, throws it and the damned thing still looks great and works perfectly.
Picked up the "spare" DX2 last night off ebay. I should be able to start playing early next week.
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Excellent, I will agree on the ruggedness of the X2. I have dropped mine from far above on ladders...and it keeps on ticking
So, forgive me but you want to root and install a ROM on the X2??
Root with Pete's if you are on 2.3.4 then install ota rootkeeper and protect your root...at that you can update via ota and still keep root, after the update completes you just run rootkeeper again to restore root.
Depending on which ROM you want will determine which version of Android you'll need...
Eclipse is the only ROM that requires 2.3.5...
so if you're at Android 2.3.5 I would install boot strap recovery and create a NANDroid backup...
After you create your NANDroid backup you would just flash your ROM, wipe data...etc
If you're at Android 2.3.4 you can do the same as above, just skip the update (don't install it)
If you are at 2.3.5 and you want to install a ROM that requires 2.3.4 you will have to use Rsd to SBF your phone to that version of Android. You can find easy tutorials on how to do that in General...they are stickied....
I stay with 2.3.4 because all the ROM I flash require that.
Just root with Pete's and you'll be fine either way....
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GatorDad said:
I appreciate the input folks. Really. However, as someone who develops linux kernel drivers for astronomy cameras and uses a linux laptop and some bash scripts (with 1wire devices) to control my beer brewing process - I know how easy it is to screw something up (and have many times in the past). I prefer to cover my arse before playing with something I *need* to having working. That, and I kinda like the idea of having a backup phone for when I drop mine in the toilet or something similarly stupid.
note: the step-by-step directions here are in direct conflict with another web sites step-by-step. Who is right? I'm going to gamble on this set, but just in case...
Thanks again everyone.
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Can you please link to the site which is in direct conflict? It would be helpful in determining who's right or why conflict exists.
LaserChicken said:
Can you please link to the site which is in direct conflict? It would be helpful in determining who's right or why conflict exists.
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It's just confusing now that we are using Pete's again...
There is no other site
DROID DOES, Apple did...like I forgot when
Ok, read that you are on 2.3.5 already...sooooo you will need to SBF to 2.3.4 to start root and so on...
DROID DOES, Apple did...like I forgot when
No, as I stated earlier - it was another droid x2 specific site.
Pixelation said:
It's just confusing now that we are using Pete's again...
There is no other site
DROID DOES, Apple did...like I forgot when
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GatorDad said:
No, as I stated earlier - it was another droid x2 specific site.
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So when you receive your DroidX2 what are you going to do?
Surely there is an abundance of info abroad, but have you decided to just do it? Did you download Petes or Zergrush yet?
I hesitated at first, but bam I just did it. I had this whole thing worked in my head preparing to...what if... Then I just did it, exactly how others have stated. Root it, and don't look back, we are always here to help. Moon shadow has a couple guides here for rooting, sbf'ing, etc... If you're uncertain, just ask
DROID DOES, Apple did...like I forgot when
http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/02/ubuntu-for-smartphones/
I would really like to see this for our phones. I'd be down 110%, I love change, and even if I use it once a week, this looks like it's a pretty legit experience!
Looks interesting but not very intuitive. In other words, I don't see it as efficient as Android.
Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one that doesn't like gestures to control my entire phone experience. Gestures are too inaccurate and too easy to accidentally use for my taste. I like buttons, whether they are physical or on-screen, and I would rather switch to iOS then use Ubuntu for phones.
th0r615 said:
Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one that doesn't like gestures to control my entire phone experience. Gestures are too inaccurate and too easy to accidentally use for my taste. I like buttons, whether they are physical or on-screen, and I would rather switch to iOS then use Ubuntu for phones.
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Even with the ability to use the phone as a full fledged desktop? I mean... that's lightyears ahead of Android or iOS. I agree the UI on the phone seems a clunky though.
illogic6 said:
Even with the ability to use the phone as a full fledged desktop? I mean... that's lightyears ahead of Android or iOS. I agree the UI on the phone seems a clunky though.
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I don't need a full fledged OS on my phone. Its cool for sure but.... what real world applications does it have? I already have a laptop for when I need a computer on the go. Android does just about everything I need it to do on my phone and tablet...and does it very well.
If this supports wine I would love this. I have always wanted to be able to use some of my widows software to hook up to OBD2 software without having to carry a computer.
adrynalyne said:
Looks interesting but not very intuitive. In other words, I don't see it as efficient as Android.
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I see it as a gateway to running more powerful software on our devices. Our hardware is getting pretty powerful.
Depending on how it functions it could be a nice duel setup
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Controlling the entire phone through swipe gestures is meh. I like buttons, and buttons are loads faster than swiping through tons of crap. If I want to go 10 apps back on my phone, I hit the multitask button and hit the app. If I want to go 10 apps back on Ubuntu I gotta go through 10 different swipes.
The desktop OS part is pretty cool though. Being able to fire up an entire Ubuntu workspace from your phone could be pretty handy. Maybe that will lead to some more Asus Padfone type phones or similar things to Moto's lapdock. Plus it's damn beautify.
I think is pretty cool looking but I liked ubuntu . I would rather mess with windows phone os
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bigsix300 said:
If this supports wine I would love this. I have always wanted to be able to use some of my widows software to hook up to OBD2 software without having to carry a computer.
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There are android apps for interfacing with OBD2. I use torque.
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svxdriver said:
There are android apps for interfacing with OBD2. I use torque.
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But I use Auto Ingenuity and have the increased covarge where i can do KOEO , KOER and Injector off. I also work on big mining equipment that have software to hook up to there drive systems which would be pretty sweet to do .
Looks very interesting! Excited to use a full Linux OS on smartphones. Anyone else wonder what the future will hold?
illogic6 said:
Even with the ability to use the phone as a full fledged desktop? I mean... that's lightyears ahead of Android or iOS. I agree the UI on the phone seems a clunky though.
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Can't think of anything useful Ubuntu would add or can really do that our phones can't...
flaring afro said:
Can't think of anything useful Ubuntu would add or can really do that our phones can't...
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It would allow me to make themes on my phone and not have to use my computer. That would be very useful for me.
eraursls1984 said:
It would allow me to make themes on my phone and not have to use my computer. That would be very useful for me.
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Until you throw your hands up in frustration when you realize the phone is too gimped without a real keyboard and mouse.
It would probably take you 2-3x as long as normal.