Okay, we've got our bootloader unlocked, we're rooted, CWM, and custom rooms; where's the dual booting linux? I know we have that vpn stuff, but what about turning this beast into a computer. We could even get some of this hacking in on the go with backtrack. I may be wrong, but this is all possible, right? I'm a bit of a noob in dual booting on a tablet, so don't flame if I'm way off or something, but I think it would be neat... Thoughts, ideas, etc.... tell me what you think.
Edit: Or do we need nvflash unlocked?
Edit2: Okay guys, now we know (or at least I do) that Ubuntu is in progress. You can check it out over at www.androidroot.mobi. Soo.. Lets make this the discussion thread (Info, Q's, discussions, debates, etc... whatever...). Enjoy and I'll try to update with new info (feel free to give your insight)
I am sure you'll get flamed for posting in the wrong section but I am eagerly awaiting someone to get dual boot running.
My no development skills at all guess is nvflash is the problem.
We'll let someone who knows correct me though.
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Ubuntu is being worked on for the TFP, similar to what it was for the TF (by the same developer)
Next time, please post in the proper section.
Thanks, and sorry. Mods, please move to proper section.
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Www.Androidroot.mobi
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Yummy.. This sounds good but it looks like it just stopped (last post was Feb.). What's happening?
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nebotmo said:
Yummy.. This sounds good but it looks like it just stopped (last post was Feb.). What's happening?
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I had to go back to uni, so my time is limited, still working on getting stuff packaged up, but time is something I don't have much of for the moment.
Yeah, I know how it is. Regardless, keep up the good work.
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Some proof..
http://i.imgur.com/bwV1k.jpg
Anyone knows if there is already a public repository for the Ubuntu dualboot?
Would love to help out =]
Also is the same approach used as for the TF101 dualboot or is the partitioning different?
Keep up the great work so far guys!
I hope to see dual boot with Ubuntu one day as it'll save me the trouble of keeping my netbook for days when I need to do MATLAB and other things exclusive to PCS. Would love to see an implementation where android is still kept in internal memory and Ubuntu is kept in the microsd/sd (not sure how performance would be if this was the case though)
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Yea I agree waiting for dual boot use in Uni classes so limited right now with android want to do some programming on atp
Why isn't this deleted yet? Mods are asleep.
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Bump.
Does anyone know if there is a public repository already for the TFP201? Maybe I can contribute =]
And do you guys know if someone else other than lilstevie is working on a dual boot solution?
Currently I'm a bit cautiousness about flashing due to the 'brick 2 option'
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I hope to see dual boot with Ubuntu one day as it'll save me the trouble of keeping my netbook for days when I need to do MATLAB and other things exclusive to PCS.
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Is there a version of MATLAB that will run on an ARM architecture? I looked it up before I got my prime and came up empty. I would be very interested if you could share a link.
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http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/android
Just heard about this and didn't see it posted on here. Very excited about this! I wish it would like come out NOW!
Finally can get good and real use out of that lapdock!
Wonder how this will work out. I hope they release it so we can benefit from it and it's not just something that will be unique to new phones hat come out!
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The phone used on the page look exactly as an Atrix.
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The phone used on the page look exactly as an Atrix.
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except that the ports are on the bottom lol
motopuk said:
The phone used on the page look exactly as an Atrix.
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I saw in another thread that it's an Atrix 2.
Lets not hold our breath on whether we'll get it or not.. Looks like they are looking for developers from the companies to get compatibility development going...
I wish someone would release an DIY on how to compile the ARM ubuntu for us to mod our webtops...
No freaking way.
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Lets not hold our breath on whether we'll get it or not.. Looks like they are looking for developers from the companies to get compatibility development going...
I wish someone would release an DIY on how to compile the ARM ubuntu for us to mod our webtops...
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I hear ya....
I wish sometimes I had the technical know how to make these things... it's such a great idea, and if it was possible. I couldn't imagine the capabilities.... especially with things like the lapdock
this may just be a foolish hope, but I see many similarities to the current webtop, so the atrix might be one of the first devices with this feature. Who knows, maybe it will replace webtop under the upcoming ICS release
You can already run Ubuntu on the atrix...
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You can already run Ubuntu on the atrix...
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What you're saying is like saying I can run windows on my phone...
not sure if you understand the point of this?
What you refer to is VNC (virtual network computing)
this is native (as in ubuntu runs off the phone interacting with the kernel itself)
Hmmm so the Ubuntu Installer app in the market is VNC? I'm pretty sure it installed a legit Ubuntu 10.10 ARM optimized on your phone.
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What you're saying is like saying I can run windows on my phone...
not sure if you understand the point of this?
What you refer to is VNC (virtual network computing)
this is native (as in ubuntu runs off the phone interacting with the kernel itself)
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Hmmm so the Ubuntu Installer app in the market is VNC? I'm pretty sure it installed a legit Ubuntu 10.10 ARM optimized on your phone.
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The one in the market will mount the Ubuntu image as loop device. Then, you can use VNC to remote into the GUI of the image. It works, but is not optimal.
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The one in the market will mount the Ubuntu image as loop device. Then, you can use VNC to remote into the GUI of the image. It works, but is not optimal.
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this. the ubuntu installer is like a gimmick lol
i'm definitely not holding my breath. not a chance in hell moto will waste moneydelivering an upgrade of this caliber to a year old phone. better believe i won't be upgrading again unless that upgrade has this tho =D
unfortunately our best hope is in the community devs. and considering they're working on their own time and not getting paid, what kinda odds you figure? lol i'd donate time and money to this, btw i don't want a next gen atrix with a clunky ass 10lb lapdock. i like the one i have
This is probably old news but I just recently saw this on the Ubuntu website. Looks pretty freaking sweet! Still in development tho.
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There's actually a phone made by Fujitsu that's similar in that it can be booted into the full desktop windows 7 32 bit by the switch of a button. The downside I see to it is that when you are running it the phones radio is turned off so you can't receive calls or texts also the phone UI is some proprietary Fujitsu software. Needless to say it looks pretty lame compared to Android but nevertheless it's still pretty awesome looking. Here's a few links if you guy's wanna check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XckwJJPTyo&feature=related
http://www.ebay.com/itm/DOCOMO-FUJI...ultDomain_0&hash=item35bc0e465e#ht_3766wt_948
Yes, saw that too! Would be a great experience!
Can you share link to where you read it, I want to check it out..
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Can you share link to where you read it, I want to check it out..
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Sure!
http://igify.com/?q=ubuntu+android
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Would like to point out while Ubuntu are working on it, there are already a range of projects to get it running on your device (see my sig) my project is on of the more active projects, really the only big thing missing that they have working is native graphics (right now my project uses a vnc server within ubuntu to view gui within android).
Mine works on a whole host of devices (not just dual core like ubuntu project) and you can also install debian or backtrack if you wish.
We are in the process of adding more options to the app and making it far more user friendly (Although it is already pretty fool proof)
I love ubuntu on my pc. I would love it on my phone.
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Sure!
http://igify.com/?q=ubuntu+android
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Funny..
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looks sweet,waiting to be deployed
Im excited for the fact you can take you computer with you. simply dock it them WALLA you get a working desktop environment. i have reservations on it using Google docs though, i tried, but never can really use Google docs the way i use my other office programs, just doesn't have the flexibility.
But im excited! I've alread click their link on their page.
Also, with the advent of ICS tgeb JB they need to kick it into gear or how else they going to keep up with the upgrades?
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If you can virtualize another distribution within it, you basically have Linux within Linux within Linux.
Linception.
http://www.ubuntu.com/devices
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Ya, Ubuntu is awesome. It is really good if you want to make a music/movie server for you HTPC
Saw this a few days ago and I'm astonished. Hope someone will get closer look at this. Then I'll change my Vision to something with 2cores immediately
Yeah, but i think it for high-end device..
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i been using ubuntu on my laptop.. great OS must say but coming to a phone? wow
ItS been on the android market. As you probably already know have like 6free gigs.
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So I read through this article> http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/barnes-and-noble-new-nook-in-september/ < and was wondering if any of the Windows gurus here at XDA has done any playing in this direction, or would be willing to try? Just think it would be interesting to try, and I'm not knowledgable enough to do it. I would be willing to learn if I could get some guidance. I realize this is mainly Android over here, but this does involve the Nook Tablet, so , What are your thoughts?
Windows 8 will not be released on any currently existing products. It might come to next-gen nooks, though.
From what I've read (I did not read your article) it seems unlikely that it will be able to be ported, but I've been wrong before.
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I know we've got windows xp and such on some devices, but android is based on Linux, so it will never run natively it appears, but with the arm support it might be possible with a lot of work. Also I do see someone by sometime next year getting a universal win 8 emulator, but it'll take a lot of work, and be a while.
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iPaq, arm processor, windows 2003SE and we always wished for Linux. We had 2 versions of Linux by the end but not very dependable for my purposes.
What you ask may happen but I'd still rather Linux!
Nook tablet GPU can't support win 8.
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So I read through this article> http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/barnes-and-noble-new-nook-in-september/ < and was wondering if any of the Windows gurus here at XDA has done any playing in this direction, or would be willing to try? Just think it would be interesting to try, and I'm not knowledgable enough to do it. I would be willing to learn if I could get some guidance. I realize this is mainly Android over here, but this does involve the Nook Tablet, so , What are your thoughts?
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I would love to have the specs on this! Those who have 1st gen nooks tabs mght be in for a suprise....
In the meantime there's windows8 for Android in the market
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I don't see win on the nook tablet soon, but after some looking I might have a from with the win 8 metro UI on top of ICS soon. I'm going to go play around with the idea right now
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Sorry to say this but windows 8 RT aka the ARM version will be locked down to the device it is installed on and you wont be able to install in on another device. The UEFI will be locked as well. Now if I can find the web page that goes into more detail then I can remember it will shed some light on this.
Ok here is a page on UEFI http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/22/protecting-the-pre-os-environment-with-uefi.aspx and microsoft will have all that manadatory on arm but be more open on x86 so that people can still use linux and older versions of windows on x86 systems
Hey, im about 50% done getting the metro ui on top of ICS. I got the home, back,and recent app list, the notification, volume, settings and everything themed, next im adding the live tiles and such probably tonight, the ill upload the .zip and teach everyone how to add it.
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Hi all,
I have no rights (yet) to post in the development forum, so do so here instead for the moment in hopes it's interesting.
The Atrix folks had placed Debian availability in WebTop via chroot (see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1093790).
Alas, that mod does not work, as is, on the Photon for various reasons. However, I have modified the installers (and uninstallers) so as to allow the Photon 4G also to have chroot-ed Linux (Debian) in WebTop mode.
If it's interesting, I'm happy to post the installers and relevant download information here on this forum, if that's appropriate. I use the system constantly, and it's quite good. Personally, I installed wbar and configured that up for all my 'desktop' apps. The wbar, of course, shows up on the WebTop desktop as one would expect.
The mods I made for the Photon keep the Debian install quite un-invasive relative to the replacement models (GenTop2, UbunTop, and others). Personally, I am, and have been for a very long time, a *heavy* Gentoo user, and love the distro, but not for this situation (though I might, one day, get it running on the Photon for fun if no one else does that first).
In any event, let me know if there's a better place to post the installer and uninstaller scripts, or if they're even interesting to anyone but myself. I suspect this forum (general) is not the proper venue for that level of sophistication, but I could be wrong. To be sure, I did search for Debian on the Photon forums and came up blank regarding this mod, so I figured I am ok posting about it.
-- Tom
Is it possible to install Linux (Debian) on locked boot loader ....??
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No unlocking required. In fact the only requirements are a rooted phone and busybox installed using the BusyBox installer.
My phone is locked and doesn't even have any form of ClockworkMod installed. Works like a champ.
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Scripts...
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No unlocking required. In fact the only requirements are a rooted phone and busybox installed using the BusyBox installer.
My phone is locked and doesn't even have any form of ClockworkMod installed. Works like a champ.
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I'm interested in the scripts, if no one else is....
i am interested as well.
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Ok folks, I'm on a plane for so while, but I'll get it all posted this evening.
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I am really very..... interested ....
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I apologize folks. I flew to Minnesota to help my daughter drive back to Texas. When I got there, the car shop told me her car blew a head gasket. Not a good day, but we got 'er fixed up. That puts me out a day to get near my computer, though, so hang with me 'til tomorrow for me to upload the scripts.
Sorry, not what I'd planned. Sheesh!
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welcome to the new JWT world
Welcome to the NEW JWT world! people!
tdhite said:
I apologize folks. I flew to Minnesota to help my daughter drive back to Texas. When I got there, the car shop told me her car blew a head gasket. Not a good day, but we got 'er fixed up. That puts me out a day to get near my computer, though, so hang with me 'til tomorrow for me to upload the scripts.
Sorry, not what I'd planned. Sheesh!
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Hi all,
I opened a new thread with the instructions and download links here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35628252#post35628252
Happy Debian-ing in Webtop.
-- Tom
So just curious, would anyone actually use a port for the jfltevzw of Ubuntu Touch? Just curious because i was thinking of making one.
I would definitely like to play around with it. The stability would be the main factor in determining whether or not I would actually use it for an extended period of time
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I would definitely like to play around with it. The stability would be the main factor in determining whether or not I would actually use it for an extended period of time
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Yep, should be fairly stable, it is based off of CM10.1 after all. I need to get 10 posts before I can post in the dev threads
I would be interested in it also.
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I'm game
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I would check it out
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I would definitely give it a try. Love new stuff.
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I'd give it a run. I tried it early on on my Nexus 7, but if it were stable and all, I'd give it an extended try.
News?
Any further news or development of this?
For sure. Would cellular aspects work in this port?
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Sorry I haven't made any replies lately, my S4 is currently broken. As an update, data will probably not work and it will probably be very broken. The shop I took it to said 10-12 days until I get it back. So I will be waiting for my phone to come back before I begin porting and such.
- Clank
Thanks for the reply. Look forward to any progress once your phone is fixed.
Any news on this? I didn't think Ubuntu Touch would be possible on this device without an unlocked bootloader.
Probably not for the ME7 people but it might still work with loki
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