Okay just got a Lapdock 100 for moms droid RAZR, now RAZR has ICS official on it and web top 3 has lost Ubuntu.
My question:
Is there a 4.0 custom ROM that can downgrade web top to 2.0 so she can use Ubuntu to get a more PC experience. Or is there a custom web top 3 that allows for Ubuntu still being ran.
Thanks in advance. And I will give you thanks button props.
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I loaded a leaked ICS rom with Webtop 3.0 beta on my Razr Maxx, got a HD dock with 3 USB ports, a KVM switch, and a micro hdmi to VGA adapter and hooked it all up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_ql_nR9Rs0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Thats good usage! I tried with t-mob leak on webtop and gmail was just blown up rather than the tablet version. Am I missing a setting?
Update: found it!! Typical ics.
When you open gmail, bottom right is a maximise type icon. This flicks from phone to tablet mode. This is available for a few apps.
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Hey guys, have a lot of questions, so bare with me.
Some background info, ive been with android since the droid 1, every single phone ive owned is rooted and had a custom rom. I am currently using a HTC Rezound with sense 4.0 as my phone. The Atrix 4G i am using is just a phone to play around with for me. The main purpose i bought it for, was to use it as a HDMI out entertainment hub. I also bought one of those Atrix Lapdocks, and wanted to make better use out of it then the portable LCD monitor i was using it for.
Right now im running NottachTrix4G 2.3.6 rom on the phone, Faux 1.3ghz kernel, along with the full GenTop2 webtop as well. At the moment, it is the full rom i am running, i haven't stripped anything yet but i do plan to since i don't need any of the mobile data/phone stuff, just wifi.
The first thing i did was i put the rom on, then got GenTop2 working. After that, i then tested the HDMI out separately to my hdtv. I noticed when i plugged in the HDMI out, the Gentoo login showed up till i changed it to hdmi mirroring on the phone. This was my first concern about how all of this functions.
My questions are as follows:
1 - Does webtop run the entire time the phone is on? I assumed that it wouldn't turn on till the MicroUSB host + hdmi both connect and then it fires up. It seems like i am wrong on this.
2 - Does having Gentop2 running the entire time hurt performance of the phone? My main usage of the device is either for the Gentop2 via the lapdock, or HDMI out mirror'd for Emulators (snes/nes/genesis/n64/PSX) which are all performance heavy and Netflix. I noticed things weren't as crispy and smooth via the hdmi out as they are on my HP touchpad, wondering if having webtop running is hurting performance.
3 - If having Gentop2 does hurt performance like i am suspecting, how does CM7/CM9 perform when it comes to HDMI mirror performance and emulators/netflix? I could dual boot via Boot Manager or even the 2 partition method i've seen in the Android Development forum for the atrix. That way i could have a Gentop2 setup via blur for the lapdock, and reboot into a different rom (either CM7/CM9/Blur but without webtop) for usage of HDMI out for a HDTV.
4 - Is there perhaps something better then the Gentop2 i am running? I went with that because its still being worked on and i liked the performance on it, but i would not mind having Ubuntu or Linux Mint instead. There is not much centralized info about Webtop flavors and comparisons, its very scattered and hard to know what is what.
Overall i absolutely love the device, pleased so much with it. Thanks.
1) X (and the webtop desktop) starts the first time the doc is plugged in and stays running. I beleive it detects the USB device ID but am not certain.
2) All X based webtops will take some resources, in particular RAM. This means your forground tasks will have less available for them. I beleive you can execute /etc/init.d/webtop-shutdown.sh to spin it back down. (Then maybe /usr/local/bin/webtop-restart if it will not start back on its own).
3) Mirror will not take resources AFAIK.
4) If your issue with Gentop2 is lack of functionality, there is a mod "Full Debian" or such that does a similar mod with a standard debien. There are also notes there and how to do a custom distro. Note that Gentop will be most efficient.
A couple side notes. The true webtop concept (an X based distro on the dock) might well be history. Moto is going to mirror + tablet mode in ICS and it will be a challange to keep the current stuff working from then on (unless somebody wants to stay with gingerbread).
I suspect from then on the ability to run X based linux applications will be via the vcn method. A "headless" linux distro is used with a vcn server and the 'droid vcn client is used to present the screen. This can be done now on gingerbread (some like it), but on ICS we need some help from moto on the drivers before we can get a decent enough resoloution to do that right.
Bit of a nooby question :silly: but i can't find the answer anywhere (or a straight one as i keep finding missing details). Does anyone one have a current full list of all phones that legitimately support the webtop application?
Any help would be appreciated regarding this.
Any Motorola smartphone with 1GB of RAM and HDMI output, there may be more but this should cover most if not all.
At&t
Atrix 4G
Atrix 2
Verizon
Droid Bionic
Droid Razr
Droid 4
Sprint
Photon
On Gingerbread Webtop is Ubuntu running on top of Android, but Webtop under ICS is just ICS in tablet mode.
Canocial/Ubuntu are working on their own version of Webtop that developers may be able to integrate into ROMs for any device someday once source code is out.
I have my Atrix now 1month and searched for a option to flash real ubuntu to our Atrix. I saw videos, threads, mods and many many more but there is no real Ubuntu on the Atrix.
Video how i want to use my Atrix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6eEDZva1W8 (Yeah i know Atrix 2 but there is no real differents to our normal Atrix?)
Nexus 7: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Nexus7/Installation
AC100 (Tegra 2): https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/TEGRA/AC100
I know we need many skilled Devs but i think its possible and would make better use of our Atrix then a webtop 3.0 or normal webtop. I just want to say i want to install my programms (example: Chromium) out of the applications market like the real ubuntu.
What are u guys thinking ? Is it worth to have such "dreams" for our Atrix or is it just hopless that i should just forget it?
Have u ever tried this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726916
I installed it yesterday, and i'm not mastering it, but it's way better than normal webtop.
Aphador said:
Have u ever tried this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726916
I installed it yesterday, and i'm not mastering it, but it's way better than normal webtop.
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Sadly yes. But its not better then other webtop mods. After installinge and setting up it really is the same. Watch the first links from my post and u can see its really works with the latest Ubuntu version with Chromium.
Well a few things.
A) The atrix 2 is quite a bit different from the atrix one
B) saying that it would quite likely be possible to port however there is no source for the Ubuntu for android set up.
C) The nexus 7 is a native set up and would require a lot of changes to be ported to other devices just like all the other native ports.
D) I plan when I have the time to look at improving on the current web top versions of Linux, and of cause always improving our current chroot based method
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Okay thanks for the reply. So that means it is only make able with the perfect source? The AC100 is a tegra device its not possible to modifie it?
About the Webtop mods I use some but I can't even use some cheap programs that's my only problem.
Thanks for some great information.
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Hi Everyone,
I'm going to be purchasing an Unlocked Atrix 4G with the Lapdock for it.
The Atrix 4G runs Android 2.3, but can run Icecream Sandwhich and Jellybean using a Custom ROM.
I have a few questions which I've been looking to solve for some time now.
1) Does the Lapdock have HDMI Out, or just the phone? (And does the lapdock disable HDMI out?)
2) Does the Lapdock work Custom ROMs? (It'd be nice to use it with Android 4, rather than 2.3). I'd prefer WebTop but Mirroring is okay.
3) Do custom ROMs support the Motorola Travel Adapter Kit (Micro HDMI to VGA adapter for projectors, supports Atrix 4G)
Thanks!
Lyth said:
Hi Everyone,
I'm going to be purchasing an Unlocked Atrix 4G with the Lapdock for it.
The Atrix 4G runs Android 2.3, but can run Icecream Sandwhich and Jellybean using a Custom ROM.
I have a few questions which I've been looking to solve for some time now.
1) Does the Lapdock have HDMI Out, or just the phone? (And does the lapdock disable HDMI out?)
2) Does the Lapdock work Custom ROMs? (It'd be nice to use it with Android 4, rather than 2.3). I'd prefer WebTop but Mirroring is okay.
3) Do custom ROMs support the Motorola Travel Adapter Kit (Micro HDMI to VGA adapter for projectors, supports Atrix 4G)
Thanks!
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Any custom ROM with the 3.1.10 kernel does not have any HDMI access, and thus no mirroring as well.
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