[Q] ubuntu 12.10 flashtool - Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A

I installed ubuntu 12.10 as my only OS now my question is can I use Flashtools? following various guides I found a wild where he said that Flashtools of ubuntu did not work for flashing the kernel, and if so do I have to install windows?
I downloaded Flashtools for ubuntu I extracted the folder but I can not start the program can anyone tell me how to do?
when i try to open flashtools answer me thisView attachment 1504335
I do run but nothing happens

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Flashtool works just fine with any linux distro, so does fastboot which u can use to flash kernel.
I'm using debian unstable and both working great.
Anyway u should atleast explain what does the error in screenshot mean, in english.

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ubuntu asks me how to open the file asks me if I run it in terminal or run normally, but nothing happens in any of the ways

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try run it directly in terminal. by the screenshot it should be
Code:
cd ~/FlashTool
./FlashTool

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I think the problem is java....View attachment 1504353

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you need to take it from oracle.com and install it for your distro.
it should set your java_home by default and if not put it into ~./bashrc

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exactly. its java. flashtool needs java installed, either oracle jdk or openjdk.

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with regard to the recognition of the device in fastboot I need the drivers? for ubuntu I do not know where to get the driver for my xperia active

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no. u dont need driver whatsoever for linux. just need adb and fastboot to set up correctly.
u should install android sdk, it'll pull adb and fastboot too.
then just add path to adb and fastboot into your bashrc, add semc usb device id in udev rules, reboot once and u good to go.

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still nothing I'm doing something wrong but I do not understand what
[email protected]:~$ cd ~/FlashTool
[email protected]:~/FlashTool$ ./FlashTool
Not running as root but Sony/SonyEriccson Vendor ID found on your udev rules
if Flashing didn't work well, run flashtool as root
No Java in specified path in JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java
Set the variable to a valid Java installation
[email protected]:~/FlashTool$

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did u install java?
try installing openjdk. its in official ubuntu repo. oracle java is unsupported anymore.
btw u should logout and relogin back after installing openjk for its path in bashrc to be effective.

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jfox22 said:
still nothing I'm doing something wrong but I do not understand what
[email protected]:~$ cd ~/FlashTool
[email protected]:~/FlashTool$ ./FlashTool
Not running as root but Sony/SonyEriccson Vendor ID found on your udev rules
if Flashing didn't work well, run flashtool as root
No Java in specified path in JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java
Set the variable to a valid Java installation
[email protected]:~/FlashTool$
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Is java installed in "/usr/lib/jvm" ? If yes, then add the path variable /usr/lib/jvm/bin to your bash profile.
flashtool is searching for binary program named "java" in your operating system's path (ubuntu in your case) so you have to edit the path variable in your bash profile or what ever command line interpreter you use to direct it to the "java" binary . Normally java binary and it's associated binaries are present in the bin directory inside your java installation directory so you have to add the path variable which directs the interpreter to look for binaries inside the java's bin directory where java's binaries are present.
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I installed openjdk View attachment 1504457
but I have always this View attachment 1504458

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Open your home directory and press ctrl+h to see hidden files . Can you see files called .profile and/or .bash_login or files which start with" .bash" ? Tell me what files are present.
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what is wrong with the error is that it cant find any java installed in your path.
openjdk should be added to your path automatically if u installed it via apt-get, aptitude or synaptic. and again, after installing openjdk u need to logout and relogin for java path in bashrc to be effective. if still doesn't work even after relogin then try rebooting.
my bet is u doesn't even do the logout and relogin, that why flashtool whines about cannot find java path.

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gouthamthemostwanted said:
Open your home directory and press ctrl+h to see hidden files . Can you see files called .profile and/or .bash_login or files which start with" .bash" ? Tell me what files are present.
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an0nym0us_ said:
what is wrong with the error is that it cant find any java installed in your path.
openjdk should be added to your path automatically if u installed it via apt-get, aptitude or synaptic. and again, after installing openjdk u need to logout and relogin for java path in bashrc to be effective. if still doesn't work even after relogin then try rebooting.
my bet is u doesn't even do the logout and relogin, that why flashtool whines about cannot find java path.
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I also tried to reboot but nothing.

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an0nym0us_ said:
my bet is u doesn't even do the logout and relogin, that why flashtool whines about cannot find java path.
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That might be the problem but I've edited the path side by side and accessed binaries from terminal (which were not accessible before editing the path) without reboot or relogin.
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jfox22 said:
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Open .profile and read the first few lines. Does it say anything about "this profile will not be effective if .bash_login or .bashrc is present" or something like that?
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run these in terminal and paste the output here
Code:
sudo update-alternatives --config java
Code:
sudo update-alternatives --config javac
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sudo update-alternatives --config javaw

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# ~/.profile: executed by the command interpreter for login shells.
# This file is not read by bash(1), if ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bash_login
# exists.
# see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files for examples.
# the files are located in the bash-doc package.
# the default umask is set in /etc/profile; for setting the umask
# for ssh logins, install and configure the libpam-umask package.
#umask 022
# if running bash
if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" ]; then
# include .bashrc if it exists
if [ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ]; then
. "$HOME/.bashrc"
fi
fi
# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"