Has anyone been able to get live usb booting for linux working either in CWR or outside? I have prepared the sd card so that it will boot in adapters but not in the phone. Anyone know what is getting in the way?
I've tried Unetbootin and YUMI both booted up in android and in clockwork recovery with USB storage mounted. It also shows the atrix as having 2 usb devices this way. Like i said, these all boot from a generic sd-usb reader but fail when in the phone.
iplaythisgame said:
Has anyone been able to get live usb booting for linux working either in CWR or outside? I have prepared the sd card so that it will boot in adapters but not in the phone. Anyone know what is getting in the way?
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let me see if I understand you.
you want to boot a pc/device from your sdcard in your atrix using a live distribution you flashed to the sdcard you have in your atrix?
if this is what you want to do... this is a terrible idea. here are the reasons.
the atrix makes a terrible sdcard reader. it is very slow.
when you plug your atrix into the usb port you have to choose usb storage VERY FAST before the bios recognizes the usb bootable devices.
just use a sdcard usb flash drive reader thingy.
I have one of these and they are awesome.
http://www.amazon.com/elago-Mobile-microSDHC-Memory-Reader/dp/B002HGFKR8
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you do have 2 usb devices.
internal emmc and your sdcard.
that is why above I stated that you would have to choose which one to mount.
this is really not a good idea though as again the atrix is a really slow sdcard reader.
Works great with Puppy Linux!
I am in the same boat as the person who started this thread. I have booted Puppy Linux this way for years (from a USB/SDHC flash drive), it works great. Puppy grew up to run from NAND flash media. I to would like to have the option of booting my x86 computers using my Smartphone an expensive USB stick. I currently have to remove the back cover, take out the microSDHC card and place it in a adapter to boot (doable but a pain). More boot options is always good.
Regards, Ron
PS...My BIOS sees the bootable Puopy Linux partition but does NOT boot when I select it.
joe ferreira said:
let me see if I understand you.
you want to boot a pc/device from your sdcard in your atrix using a live distribution you flashed to the sdcard you have in your atrix?
if this is what you want to do... this is a terrible idea. here are the reasons.
the atrix makes a terrible sdcard reader. it is very slow.
when you plug your atrix into the usb port you have to choose usb storage VERY FAST before the bios recognizes the usb bootable devices.
just use a sdcard usb flash drive reader thingy.
I have one of these and they are awesome.
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[/COLOR]you do have 2 usb devices.
internal emmc and your sdcard.
that is why above I stated that you would have to choose which one to mount.
this is really not a good idea though as again the atrix is a really slow sdcard reader.
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Yeah making it actually "Bootable" would require actual effort. I can't think of a quick fix
Just like not every computer supports booting from USB, not every USB mass-storage media supports booting from it. I have a couple of seemingly normal standard USB flash drives that just won't boot anything, no matter what I do (it's not the computer, the same computer boots any other OS from any other USB drive just fine). Clearly the Atrix is of those that don't support live booting from its storage. Sorry.
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Hey guys,
I'm trying to boot a PC from my Atrix SD card, to be able to access various testing and backup tools. I have these on a USB drive now, but I would love to be able to have them all waiting and ready on my phone. I have made the SD card bootable, and confirmed that it works by booting off of it plugged directly into the computer. However, no matter what I try, The computer will not boot when the Atrix is plugged in as a USB hard drive. Has anyone been able to do this or have any ideas?
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Hey guys,
I'm trying to boot a PC from my Atrix SD card, to be able to access various testing and backup tools. I have these on a USB drive now, but I would love to be able to have them all waiting and ready on my phone. I have made the SD card bootable, and confirmed that it works by booting off of it plugged directly into the computer. However, no matter what I try, The computer will not boot when the Atrix is plugged in as a USB hard drive. Has anyone been able to do this or have any ideas?
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I've not tried it, but I think the Atrix is seeing the computer restarting and taking itself out of usb drive mode until it sees a connection on the usb, then goes back in, which is too late for the bios to see it as bootable. Just my theory.
barry99705 said:
I've not tried it, but I think the Atrix is seeing the computer restarting and taking itself out of usb drive mode until it sees a connection on the usb, then goes back in, which is too late for the bios to see it as bootable. Just my theory.
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No, the computer recognizes it as 2 bootable devices, both of them named "Motorola MB860". I assumed that one was the internal drive and the other was the microSD. However, no matter which one I pick, it does not boot from it.
Bump. Anyone have any other idea's?
I installed ICS on my 32gb touch pad recently and come to find out the option to mount as usb is gone and now google is doing some stupid mpt crap.
Even though ICS alot of eyecandy the usb thing really takes away from the OS feeling for me.
I may just go back to cm7 or get one of the other OSes to work like Bohdi or whatever its called.
Does anyone think that the cwm team will fix Google's tyrannical decision and put the option for mounting as usb back in,
or is it an issue that's dead in the water and they're not gonna touch it.
Possibly, but I think MTP is how ICS does it. I don't really find it that much of an inconvenience since Windows 7 plays well with MTP devices, but I could see others having issues since regular mass storage is a much more universally supported. You can mount as mass storage from CWM.
I'm not sure how to use mpt. My computer no longer recognizes my touchpad when I plug it in. I have to boot into webOS to do file transfers.
Neither can I, apparently not all PCs play nice with MTP, only one of my PCs was able to communicate with ICS on the touchpad, 2 others were not.
one of those being my work winXP, where I needed it most,
and its heeeeelllllaaa slow.
Same problem here... My Windows 7 64-bit has problem when I plug-in the Touchpad.... therefore the MTP is not able to use...
I am using Win7 64bit and I got no problem with MTP. Just make sure you uncheck "USB debugging"
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Possibly, but I think MTP is how ICS does it. I don't really find it that much of an inconvenience since Windows 7 plays well with MTP devices, but I could see others having issues since regular mass storage is a much more universally supported. You can mount as mass storage from CWM.
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Hmmm!!! Sorry, but I don't do Windows!! How do you connect to Linux??
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rabidfangs said:
I installed ICS on my 32gb touch pad recently and come to find out the option to mount as usb is gone and now google is doing some stupid mpt crap.
Even though ICS alot of eyecandy the usb thing really takes away from the OS feeling for me.
I may just go back to cm7 or get one of the other OSes to work like Bohdi or whatever its called.
Does anyone think that the cwm team will fix Google's tyrannical decision and put the option for mounting as usb back in,
or is it an issue that's dead in the water and they're not gonna touch it.
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Yeah. This stinks. I spent time and money to get an external USB hdd to connect to my TP. Works fine in CM7 but not at all in CM9.
lewmur said:
Hmmm!!! Sorry, but I don't do Windows!! How do you connect to Linux??
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Yeah. This stinks. I spent time and money to get an external USB hdd to connect to my TP. Works fine in CM7 but not at all in CM9.
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You can connect as a mass storage device from CWM Recovery under mounts and storage.
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You can connect as a mass storage device from CWM Recovery under mounts and storage.
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As it turns out, Linux does work with MTP. You just have to install mtpfs. And I also got my external USB drive working via the OTG port in CM9 Alpha 2. CM9 is missing the option in the settings to mount the USBDisk but you can do it manually via the Terminal.
Code:
su root
mount -t vfat -o rw /dev/block/sda1 /mnt/usbdisk
That is assuming the vfat partition on your USB drive is the first partition. On mine I have an NTFS partition and a vfat. So I change sda1 to sda2.
so has anyone tried airdroid with ICS? if it works, might as well cut the cord.
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Actually MTP only, is a sort of improvement over the well know Mass Storage.
With MTP the device can be mounted on two places at the same time, and this way Android doesn't need some ugly workarounds like must have partitioning on main disk.
Just install the necessary drivers on yours PCs and be happy!
http://www.androidcentral.com/ics-feature-mtp-what-it-why-use-it-and-how-set-it
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/12/...eam-sandwich-phone-to-ubuntu-for-file-access/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1291293
Does anyone know if it it's possible to assign a drive letter to a mtp Device? This would be on Win 7
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How do I enable USB Mass storage mode instead of the stupid MTP og PTP?
Regards,
BTJ
Not sure if this works for the SGS3 but it worked for the SGS2:
Bring up Settings.
Click More… (under Wireless and network).
Then select USB utilities ~ Set USB cable connection mode.
Select Connect storage to PC then.
Connect USB cable from phone to PC.
Select Turn on USB storage.
That’s all.
Sorry, no such settings in SGS3, we are stuch with MTP or PTP... Don't understand the logic behind removing USB Mass storage mode!! Both MTP and PTP are slow as hell and there is no support for S3 in libmtp at the moment to make matters worse... If I had known this, I would have reconsidered my choice of buying a SGS3.....
BTJ
Like the Nexus, /sdcard is mounted at /data/media (IIRC, mount point could be different), meaning that internal data and the internal sdcard space share the space, rather than being split. UMS removes access to the device that is mounted from the phone, so it cannot be used when the sdcard is shared in this fashion.
I thought libmtp worked? I've been using adb and a GUI for shifting lots of files, qtadb
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Seems to be a problem with both SII and SIII... But I will check out qtadb, thx...
BTJ
So am I reading this right. You can't plug a USB cable in, the SD card appears then in explorer?
I have a sensation XE at moment and use this a lot for transferring files at work/home etc.
So can I not access my files normally now that I copy to SD card, eg docs etc?
Nope... But it sounds like you are using Windows so then MTP will work, kind of like you are used to...
BTJ
The idea about using MTP is it allows you to continue to use your phone without disruption, loading Mass Storage un-mounts the sd from your phone.
However I do think we should still be given a choice
Yes, I guess I understand the idea... What I don't understand is why they have removed the choice we used to have.... :-|
BTJ
I stil don't have an S3, but am a little confused on the MTP etc. Also I use a Mac and a Windows PC.
So when you plug in an S3 on a Windows PC, what does it do in MTP mode? just still allow you to drag/drop files? does the S3 come up as another drive or something in explore?
Also anyone with a Mac, how does this work?
cheers
This might give us some insight on why no USB Storage.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...behind-galaxy-nexus-lack-of-usb-mass-storage/
fylim said:
This might give us some insight on why no USB Storage.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...behind-galaxy-nexus-lack-of-usb-mass-storage/
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I think I got the jist of that article lol but does this mean android developement were looking for devices to have either internal storage or sd storage but because the SG3 has both its sort of screwed things up a bit?
So UMS might be released in a later patch to allow easier access to added SD storage? Or does the current setting allow access to both storage thru windows pc?
Soz if I come across as a noob I havent got sg3 yet but planning to get one in a few weeks for upgrade and Ive been trying to get the low down on positives and negatives before I get the phone
Keep things simple!
Please can someone answer this simply.
Can I plug in the device into my mac/pc and just transfer any file to the micro SD card whilst it is in the phone?
All I want to do is to be able to put avi files on it as samsung kies or doubletwist doesn't seem to suppor them...
A yes or a no with and explanation would be great ta!!
pow001 said:
Please can someone answer this simply.
Can I plug in the device into my mac/pc and just transfer any file to the micro SD card whilst it is in the phone?
All I want to do is to be able to put avi files on it as samsung kies or doubletwist doesn't seem to suppor them...
A yes or a no with and explanation would be great ta!!
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yes you can easily do that. No issues in that. Simply treat it as a normal pendrive in such a case.
sorted!
toxicthunder said:
yes you can easily do that. No issues in that. Simply treat it as a normal pendrive in such a case.
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Thanks for the help. Although I figure out what everyone was talking about.
This is how I did it (maybe this will help others noobs as well):
You will need the 'Android File Transfer program' --> google search it!
1.Connect phone to PC (you will see usb icon at the top of the screen)
2. Pull down the notification centre.
3. Touch the usb thing.
4. Click PTP mode
5. Open the file transfer program
BOOM! Rock on nerds!
I was in fastboot, trying to update my CWM. I deleted the old CWM, and didn't get the new one put in apparently. Now I just get the N screen, can't get anything else? Any suggestions?
The Nook was running CM10.2 internally before I messed it up.
You need to make a CWM recovery SD Card and flash from there. There should be instructions in this forum.
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I tried that, but the Nook doesn't seem to be looking at the SD card. I am going to try a different one tomorrow.
Trust me, you can't brick a nook. I did something far worse than you--I deleted the entire partition table of the NT and I still recovered it with a bootable SD. Make sure the LVM and bootable flags are set if you used gparted to flash the SD image.
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I tried that, but the Nook doesn't seem to be looking at the SD card. I am going to try a different one tomorrow.
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there's a certain percantage (10% - 20% ) of NOOK tablets that wont boot off the SD card unless you
stick the card in with the unit off
and then
plug the charging cable into the unit
it's called a "tethered boot"
it's something to do with the hardware and the timing of the boot cycle.
mikeataol said:
there's a certain percantage (10% - 20% ) of NOOK tablets that wont boot off the SD card unless you
stick the card in with the unit off
and then
plug the charging cable into the unit
it's called a "tethered boot"
it's something to do with the hardware and the timing of the boot cycle.
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Along these same lines:
hook up your nook to it's data/charge cable and the cable into a USB port on your computer.
does your nook show up in the "This PC' panel on the left of your file explorer window? If so, just open it up in file explorer and just simply drop your recovery.img onto that windows root directory.
fyrmd said:
I was in fastboot, trying to update my CWM. I deleted the old CWM, and didn't get the new one put in apparently. Now I just get the N screen, can't get anything else? Any suggestions?
The Nook was running CM10.2 internally before I messed it up.
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You can use SD-based recovery to flash a flashable CWM recovery zip available at https://www.mediafire.com/folder/xjwc1a482a6ll/Nook_Tablet.
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petewr said:
Along these same lines:
hook up your nook to it's data/charge cable and the cable into a USB port on your computer.
does your nook show up in the "This PC' panel on the left of your file explorer window? If so, just open it up in file explorer and just simply drop your recovery.img onto that windows root directory.
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recovery.img needs to be in the /recovery partition which is not mounted and accessible as the "root directory" as suggested.
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You can use SD-based recovery to flash a flashable CWM recovery zip available at https://www.mediafire.com/folder/xjwc1a482a6ll/Nook_Tablet.
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recovery.img needs to be in the /recovery partition which is not mounted and accessible as the "root directory" as suggested.
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Fine.
Worked for me.
However that may be, then just install your sdcard in the nook and drop it into that root partition.
I have a Galaxy Prime 3 which is basically a cheapo version of the Galaxy S5. On my old S5 I had TWRP installed which was extremely useful for mounting the SD card as a USB drive and then plugging it into a PC to boot from it with install iso or utility iso.
It is not possible to get TWRP on this J320A as far I as have found, and the only app purporting to do boot from sdcard over USB (drivedroid) did not work for me. Is there any way I can use my phone to boot a PC over USB cable? I know its much "simpler" to use a flash drive or burn a CD/DVD but I like hacking things to their fullest. Any suggestions?