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This is new Android distribution based on Linux, Android and Archos stock os, using SDE from Archos.
Features:
Easy install method for external (SDcard) and Internal storage
EXT4 (much faster than ext3, can store files >4GB comparing to FAT32)
Full read/write access to every part of system
root (su + superuser.apk) out of the box
new services like: samba, sshd, vpnc, openvpn, dvbt, nfs4
3G/usb tether support
Possibility to remove some google/Archos apps
Swap memory in RAM (CompCache) or on disk by default or when you need it
No 300MB limit for apps (and no faulty app2sd required)
You can have SD card Class 8/10 - that can be much faster than internal flash (check this thread)
Many new new kernel modules (usbserial, ntfs, 3G modems, nfs4, cifs, hfs, iptables etc.)
DVB-T support for selected tuners
updated modules, firmware (like WiFi)
User friendly UrukConfig application
... and much, much more - to much to mention all here - please read changelog
Since 1.0 release main documentation source for UrukDroid is on it's WiKi. Please use it as a first and primary information source for UD.
Link to project (googlecode) page is: http://code.google.com/p/urukdroid
Update (10.09.2015)
Since code.google.com is no longer working (read only for limited time) - here are working links to latest (and final) release of UrukDroid: Dropbox,
I hope that new, much more detailed and complete documentation will help you use UrukDroid at it's full potential.
Changelog, proposed futures
Changelog:
UrukDroid 1.6 (02.01.2012) "DOV FUS LOS Wahl ko Daar Sivaas!"
[CHANGE] Incorporated changes from Archos firmware 2.4.19, 2.4.65, 2.4.80 and 2.4.81
[CHANGE] Updated superuser apk and binaries
[FIX] Fixed some library linking
[NEW] Changed top bar button size to 32px permanently
[NEW] New overclock module from milestone-overclock to change CPU voltage and max frequencies on the fly
[CHANGE] Added overclock support to CPUGovernor service
[FIX] Restored proper busybox binary
[NEW] New patches on kernel from December update from Archos git
[NEW] Full iptables support (with NAT, conntrack etc) - so everything is now possible (redirect, proxies etc)
[NEW] Full kernel timing for power consumption monitoring
[NEW] Recompiled WiFi? and HDMI drivers
[NEW] Added python 2.7, iotop (for watching i/o operations), PowerTOP (for power consumption monitoring - but it's not as useful as on x86)
[NEW] Added ntfs-3g support - full read/write support for NTFS file systems (need to be used manually, vold does not use it)
[CHANGE] Added UrukDroid? Rescue Menu - Repair submenu with disabling overclocking (for those who made their device unbootable with overclocking) and Dalvik cache cleaner
[NEW] New feature in cpugovernor script (genconf, current)
[CHANGE] New features in update subsystem
scripts now tries to keep /data/.tmp directory cleaner,
for those with disk shortage /data/.tmp can be now symlink to directory on sdcard
updater now checks if you have enough free space in /data/.tmp before it begin installation
update process now can be during bootup (better one) if you have enough free space on rootfs, or on running system (not so nice - this is default behavior until UD 1.6 release)
[CHANGE] restoring backup in Rescue Menu now erases partition before restore (until now it was just overwriting)
[FIX] added (again ) xbox pad kernel support (was missed out in new kernel compilation)
[FIX] fixes scp/sftp-server (on some configuration refused to start child processes)
UrukDroid 1.5 (16.0.2011) Manamana!
[CHANGE] Since UrukDroid? 1.1 (both beta1/2/3 and release candidate 1/2/3) had stability and compatibility issues - that I was unable to trace down (too many changes on changes etc.) - I've decided to implement all stuff from beginning on fresh OS. Since all "reverse engineering" stuff was already made and I already have required knowledge - It should be the fastest method. So entire system is cleaned up, updated to latest binaries - and so far looks good . That's why I've bumped version to 1.5 - just to make it a bit more visible it's not a straight continuation of 1.0/1.1.
[FIX] No more "soft reboots" (system reloaded it's graphics UI part)
[FIX] No more turning off WiFi issue (but it happens that WiFi can't pop in after full reboot - another reboot is required)
[FIX] CIFS startup on boot (Issue 57)
[CHANGE] Update process should be now more chatty and report more errors
[CHANGE] Reverted back WPA service (which enable UrukDroid? WPA supplicant with AdHoc? support) - since some people reported problems with adding new networks with Uruk version of WPA supplicant.
[CHANGE] Merged changes from Archos 2.3.28 OS
[NEW] New wpa_supplicant - hopefully with all features and without most of known problems (sometimes it still refuses to start)
[CHANGE] Updated modules and kernel
[FIX] Fix camera support for A43
[CHANGE] Merged changes from Archos 2.3.26 OS
[CHANGE] Redesigned services to output more reliable status
[FIX] Mediascanner fixes (did not rescan data sometimes)
[NEW] Introduced in 1.0 "Rescue Menu" now fully functional (RM)
[NEW] RescueMenu now have Alternative OS? boot feature
[NEW] RescueMenu now have "bare metal" backup/restore functionality
[NEW] Update process will now communicate with user with help of UrukConfig
[NEW] Enabled cgroups
[FIX] "Moved" boot image on A101
[FIX] 3Gmodem_init.sh fixes
[NEW] You can dissable boot from SDCard by naming any of it's partition "noboot" ('[email protected]:/root# e2label /dev/block/mmcblk2p1 noboot')
[NEW] patch (by Sibere) increasing USB current in Host mode
[NEW] New default apps in UrukDroid 1.5: WiFi Manager, FileExpert, QuickPic, Opera browser
UrukDroid 1.0 (30.04.2011)
[FIX] sshfs missing files fix
[FIX] EasyInstall: changed datafs max size from 2GB to 1.95GB (for market to work), fixed partition sizes for A101 16GB when doing internal install with resize, fixed installation for A70H devices
[NEW] small script to copy UrukDroid files from SDCard (external) to Internall (copy_from_sd_to_internal.sh)
[CHANGE] Changed behaviour of dvb service (device configuration)
[FIX] Added some missing modules for DVB support
[CHANGE] New kernel modules for more dvb devices (but it requires manual loading and testing)
[NEW] rsync tool
[CHANGE] swap service now can work on swap partition (or like before on swap file), also after mounting sdcard ext4 partition
[NEW] Ad-Hoc WiFi connection support by default (networks are visible with "*" on beginning of it's SSID)
[CHANGE] Some new progress indicators during install/upgrade
[NEW] Simple Animation during late phase of bootup
[NEW] New service: cifs (to load cifs modules)
[NEW] Added cgroups kernel setting
[NEW] Moved some modules dependencies (cifs,ntfs,dvb) to /etc/modprobe.d
UrukDroid 0.7 (28.02.2011) you're damn right it's a gift!!
[NEW] NFSv4 client support
[NEW] FS-Cache (cachefilesd) support for NFS (local disk cache for NFS files)
[NEW] sshfs support
[FIX] OpenVPN fix - thanks to nenadr
[FIX] PPtP fix - thanks to nenadr
[NEW] vpnc tool for using Cisco VPN connections
[NEW] vpnc UrukDroid service
[CHANGE] Updated to libc6 2.11 (and all binaries recompiled/changed because of it - big change)
[NEW] new gnu tools: nmap
[NEW] EasyInstall now allows installing UrukDroid on internal (mmcblk1) storage in A70 and A101
[NEW] Integrated 3G USB modem and RNDIS USB tethering service by nenadr
[CHANGE] New iobench.sh (with new bonnie++ test)
[CHANGE] Changed device fingerprint to work better with google market (enable download some missing apps)
[CHANGE] Merged Archos 2.1.8 firmware changes
[CHANGE] Changed DVB subsystem support and kernel/modules dependencies to work with new v4l2 modules (it will brake compatibility with most other kernels probably)
[FIX] Changes it UrukUpdate mechanism to work every time when file is moved to "/data/UrukUpdate"
[NEW] Added required modules and iptables service configuration for DroidWall (firewall) application
[NEW] sudo subsystem for launching properly some root tasks
UrukDroid 0.6 (11.02.2011) Eye of the Uruk... in new logo
[CHANGE] Merged changes from Archos firmware 2.1.2/2.1.3/2.1.4
[CHANGE] DVB support with LiveTV.apk from chulri (for selected cards, there are more modules then listed in /etc/uruk.conf/dvb - but it requires to do some experiment and report it back)
[CHANGE] Changed Uruk service to work better with new UrukConfig
[NEW] New services: openvpn, mediascanner
[NEW] IO Benchmark tool: iobench.sh
[NEW] Possibility to turn off mediascanner and use it on demand only
[FIX] Fixed mount_sdcard.sh script to work with 2.1.2 ext3 partitions
[NEW] Updated boot sequence with progress during upgrade/install
[NEW] You can hide soft buttons (Archos buttons) with UrukConfig
[NEW] Easy Install method - no need to know anything about Linux - just plug and wait...
[NEW] Kernel modules for 3g dongle
UrukDroid 0.5 (27.01.2011) Tom Bombadil... in red
[NEW] CompCache (aka ramzswap) support
[NEW] New CPU governor - interactive. Ported from XDA CyanogenMOD
[NEW] DVB: applied patches by chulri, Siano SMS1XXX USB support
[NEW] DVB: modules from outside kernel tree
[NEW] Some more GNU tools: gzip utils, zip utils, unzip utils, nc (NetCut for DVB streaming)
[CHANGE] New services model - so they can be easily run/configured with help of UI
[NEW] New kernel modules: usbnet, lzo
[NEW] Mediascanner modification - it should has much, much smaller impact on system performance
[NEW] sqlite3 (3.5.9) installed, for easy database file manipulation
[NEW] after restart of UrukDroid it will boot once again to Uruk without need of pressing any buttons, to boot on stock OS please use boot menu
[FIX] mount_sdcard.sh fixed so it will mount first ext4 partition on sdcard if exist, and will not interfere with Vold if its vfat
[CHANGE] New update/upgrade/flash model - everything done on UrukDroid - no boot menu required
[NEW] New application to configure UrukDroid - UrukConfig.apk. Installed with this release. Can be uninstalled in default way.
[FIX] Fixed corrupted logo in A101
[NEW] Unified kernel for UrukDroid on SDCard and internal storage (A70S/A101)
[CHANGE] Services ENABLED with this release: CpuGovernor, CompCache
UrukDroid 0.4.2 (21.01.2011)
Just extracted as a separate update file GoogleMarket
UrukDroid 0.4.1 (15.01.2011) Myyy preciousssss...
Some more tools like: bc, proc utils, vim, tcpdump, bzip2, tar etc.
Android apps (Market, Maps, Talk, Calendar, Contact, Feedback, Locator, Updater) by default
Samba (3.2.5) support for sharing /mnt/storage (internal and sdcard storage) from Archos
Dropbear SSH server
Backported modprobe, depmod etc. tools for modules management
WiFI driver recompiled, WiFi HW firmware update (from 6.1.0.0.335 to 6.1.5.44.7)
Initial DVB-T support (Afatech AF9005, Afatech AF9015, DiBcom DiB0700, Terratec CinergyT2/qanu)
Bootlogo with progress steps
Cleanups of initramfs and rootfs
EXT4 drivers backported from 2.6.30 - some mount changes (to prevent config files corruption)
Initial A70H support
SDCard/HD layout changed
Autoupgrade service and installation helper
ADB fixes
Removed two apps. TelephonyProvider.apk, Phone.apk
Since 0.4 all services are DISABLED by default, to enable it edit proper config file in /etc/uruk.conf/
UrukDroid 0.3 (9.01.2011) Rise my Uruk... not yet Hai
iptables, ntfs support
some more USB modules: usbserial, pl2303
fixed bluetooth problem (not working in Uruk 0.2)
automounting improvements (much more bulletproof)
new configuration files (/etc/uruk.conf/) to enable/disable features
new Uruk services (/etc/uruk.d/)
some more GNU utils openssh-client, coreutils
USB charging enabled (NOT tested!!!) - It would required much more power then standard USB in PC can give, use USB wall/car charges or double/triple USB cables
UrukDroid 0.2 (5.01.2011) Go GNU release
"smart" automounting script (that will mount ext4/vfat third partition from sdcard in RIGHT place, AFTER internal storage is mount)
plenty of useful GNU tools: whole e2fstools (mkfs, fsck for ext2/ext3/ext4), parted (for partition resize, format etc.), vfat tools, new toolbox, mtr, top, strace, bash - and much more (look in /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin)
swap memory ON by default (50MIB file /swap01.file)
required compiled libraries libparted, libncurses, libe2fs... etc. (look in /usr/local/lib)
new text editor in text mode: nano (my favourite)
some init.rc cleanups
kernel changes (mostly toward console output)
fixed small (but problematic) misconfiguration in Archos (yep original one) Android in linking /etc/mtab
UrukDroid 0.1 (30.12.2010) Initial "release"
recompiled kernel with ext4, nfs4, fb console
added su and superuser.apk
bootup changes (to make it work)
Features planed in next releases:
backup scripts
proxy settings
CynanogenMOD parts backported
OC/UC kernel be default
FAQ or Tips & Tricks
More information you can find in seperate thread on this forum - FAQ + Question/Awnsers
How to upgrade from previous releases
To upgrade from 0.5 you should download special upgrade file (UrukDroid-0.6-upgrade.tbz2) from first post. You need to place this file in directory "/data/UrukUpdate".
First method:
Put it on your internal storage by any means - this is /mnt/storage (also visible as /sdcard/). Then use file manager (like Astro or RooteExplorer - not build in one) or do as follow in terminal (or over ssh)
Code:
su
cd /sdcard/
mv UrukDroid-0.6-upgrade.tbz2 /data/UrukUpdate/
Second method:
Use UrukConfig to enable SSHD (if you don't have it started already), and use any SCP/SSH client (like WinSCP, or plain scp on Linux) to copy file (default username is "root", password is "UrukDroid") to "/data/UrukUpdate".
In both cases upgrade will start automatically; alter kernel, initramfs and when finished, device will reboot itself.
How to enable/disable and configure UrukDroid services?
UrukDroid services are configured by text files, that can be found in /etc/uruk.conf/ directory. You can use file manager like RootExplorer or Terminal to edit them, but most convinient way is to use SSHD service and some ssh client (for example putty).
You can also use UrukConfig application - build in since 0.5 release. After you do some changes, restart service (/etc/uruk.d/service_name stop/start) or simply reboot Archos. Since 0.5, by default only CompCache and CPUGovernor are enabled.
Currently available services
samba - it's SMBD server allowing mounting your Archos storage directory on your PC. Default user is "storage" and password "UrukDroid"
sshd - SSH server allows you to connect to your Archos with any ssh client, work on terminal. It also allows to copy files with scp/sft. Default user is "root", password "UrukDroid"
swap - this service enable swap memory. It can make Archos a bit less responsive but memory manager won't kill application so quickly (co you can use WWW browser, email an communicator simultaneously - for example of course)
iptables - this pseudo service will load necessary modules to use iptables (firewall) features
ntfs - if you plan to connect NTFS formatted devices to your Archos - enable this service
dvb - this service load necessary modules to watch TV on your Archos. This service requires configuration from your side - it won't work "as is". Please read and edit config file (/etc/uruk.conf/dvb)
compcache - Start/stop CompCache swap memory service. Compcache is a compressed part of memory, where less used object reside. Usual compression ratio is 70%
cpugovernor - Changes default CPU governor and it's parameters. Governor decides how to scale CPU frequency. Since 0.5 there is new "interactive" governor.
openvpn - It's an implementation of popular free VPN service for Uruk. It will act like the one used in Archos stock config with difference it will work all the time - whenever you go, and you have full flexibility of configuration. Config file resides in /etc/openvpn/archos.conf.
VPNC - It's open implementation of Cisco VPN service. You should edit /etc/vpnc/archos.conf file.
NFS4 - NFS v4 client service allows you to mount remote file storage with use of NFS (much faster then SMB for example). You can also enable use of cachefilesd sub-service - that will cache locally, files transferred with NFS (for smooth playback of movies for example)
How to remove some default apps?
App started at the boot time are stored in /system/app, I've already removed some of them by moving it to /system/app.old/ - but you can do it by your own - but remember - some of them are actually required to run system
Some filesystems benchmarks (that's the reason why I wanted ext4 so badly)
Write tests (I've testes different filesystem and partition sizes)...
Tests on Archos:
internal 8GB
0,71Mb/s ext3,ordered,noatime
5,45Mb/s fat32
Lexar 16GB
2,63MB/s ext3,ordered
6,25MB/s ext4,ordered
Test on computer (the same lexar card)
2.93Mb/s 1GB,ext3,noatime
2.78Mb/s 1GB,ext3
3.04Mb/s 1GB,ext2
8.62Mb/s 1GB,vfat
7.61Mb/s 1GB,btrfs
7.87Mb/s 1GB,ext4
7.87Mb/s 16GB,ext4
Card is 16GB SDHC Lexar class 6 only - so this toshiba nand inside is not state of the art either :/
How to roughly check your filesystem write speed
Go to directory where you can write and were is more then 100MiB of free space and do the line. It will sync devices (flush all write caches), write 100MiB file filled with zeros, and fush caches once again to measure real write speed without buffers. Then easy math... and my laptop disk has write speed 16,66MiB/s
Code:
[email protected]:/tmp$ sync; date; dd if=/dev/zero of=test.file bs=1M count=100 2>/dev/null; sync; date
Wed Jan 5 19:02:28 CET 2011
Wed Jan 5 19:02:34 CET 2011
[email protected]:/tmp$ bc -q
scale=4
100/(34-28)
16.6666
quit
UrukDroid configuration system
I've created (or recreated, since Google threw away existing Sytem V and other solutions) something that works like rc/init.d system. It's old fashion, but for only few services will do it's job.
There are few location to remember:
/system/etc/uruk.d/ - directory with services
/system/etc/uruk.conf/ - directory with configuration files
/system/etc/init.d/ - symlinks Sxxserice/Kxxservice (like S01swap) to be run during startup process
Proper path is /system/etc/ but it's symlinked on every Archos to /etc - so you can also work on /etc/uruk.d, /etc/uruk.conf etc.
To enable iptables support (load proper module) it's enought to edit /system/etc/uruk.conf/iptables
To change swap memory settings edit /system/etc/uruk.conf/swap
How to mount ext4 under Windows?
There is project called "ext2read" that claims to work with ext4 also (I've only tested it with ext2 long time ago - it worked) http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2read/ - please write some commends if you use it.
What is current directory/disk layout?
/ -> SDCard first partition (512M) - for root filesystem
/data -> SDCard second partition (1GB) - for installed apps
/mnt/storage -> internal 6GB partition - for data used by installed apps
/mnt/storage/sdcard -> SDCard third partition - anything you want, nothing by default
/mnt/sdcard2 - proposed mount point for other volumes, not used by default
And there is something called symbolic links (symlinks) - witch is kind of Win shortcut used on UN*X extensively.
/sdcard -> /mnt/storage
/storage -> /mnt/storage
/mnt/sdcard -> /mnt/storage
So you can enter /sdcard - and you are be using files from /mnt/storage. You can also create symblinks by yourself
Code:
ln -s /source destinations
How to gather data report from UrukDroid
Best way is to use SSH. For this, please start "sshd" service on UrukDroid by using UrukConfig application or by editing /etc/uruk.conf/sshd file.
First start will take one minute or so - since sshd has to generate unique encryption keys.
If you use Windows download putty.exe (ssh client) and run it. Write your Archos IP (it has to be visible in network) and connect.
Use
Login: root
Password: UrukDroid
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Now you can write Linux commands and cut/paste results for help/debug purpose.
Thanks!
I think you talked me into it! I'll play with it tomorrow.
I've found this on Nook Color thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=888216
Can someone test is it worth to do on Archos? I think we don't need phone service running in background. Ill try this tomorrow when i get back to home but maybe someone can test earlier?
sorry for asking,but what is the point in doing step 3,i mean what does it actually do?
This is backup of install instruction, leaving more space for custom approach. Instruction in first post is now much simpler with less 'if/or'.
Material for this thread came from discussion here. So please be kind read also this thread before getting to work
This is mini how-to boot modified Archos Android from SD card, using SDE. It's base on 2.0.71.
Since this Android mod/distribution required some name - let it be Uruk-Droid
Why bother:
ext4 (much faster than ext3, can store files >4GB comparing to FAT32)
full r/w access to every part of system
root (su + superuser.apk) out of the box
possibility to remove some google/Archos apps (already done partly)
swap memory when you need it
no 300MB limit for apps (and no faulty app2sd required)
you can have SD card Class 8/10 - and that's much faster storage than internal flash (inside is something equal class 6 or 4)
Warning
Be aware that this modification requires SDE and probably some Linux knowledge.
By doing described below steps you probably can't brick your Archos - but do it on your own risk.
Root access on your devices makes it less secure form malicious software (user more head - less fingers )
Known problems:
Android automounter (vold) does not recognize EXT4 in stock firmware - so it will claim SD card is damaged (it's just a message) (FIXED)
Before you start:
Read about SDE on forum
Install some terminal emulator from Market (eg. "Android Terminal Emulator")
You should have 2.0.71 already installed (I'm not sure if it's required but only with that configuration tested)
All operations described here, done on Linux or Android should be done from root user (you can switch to that user in terminal by typing "su" or "sudo su" command)
If you don't have Linux - find any recent Rescue CD, Live CD or Virtual disk (VirtualBox or VMware) - distributions does not matter
SD card partition design
First of all, preferably buy card class 6+. So it won't be slower than internal storage
I'm currently using 3 partitions
0,5GB / (rootfs)
1GB /data
rest /mnt/storage/sdcard/
but You can create one big partition instead - I've made my configuration because of easiness to backup and upgrade (rootfs is easy to upgrade later on, /data has only runtime data and application, rest is for movies etc.) Size of /data partition determines how many apps you can install on your device.
Here it's how it looks on fdisk
Code:
linux-machine:~# fdisk -l /dev/sdb
Disk /dev/sdb: 16.0 GB, 16012804096 bytes
199 heads, 44 sectors/track, 3571 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 8756 * 512 = 4483072 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 121 529716 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 122 362 1055098 83 Linux
/dev/sdb3 363 3571 14049002 83 Linux
Step one
Create at least one primary partition on SD card with fdisk, gparted, parted or any other partitioning tool. Assuming your SDCARD is visible as /dev/sdb (on Linux box - check "dmesg").
Code:
su (go root)
fdisk /dev/sdb
fdisk options (it's interactive):
p (print existing partitions)
d n (delete partition by it's number 1,2,3 etc)
n (create partition, you will be asked about type (primary, secondary - go primary), number (give first available), start sector (just enter will set first possible), size (you can give it as +1M, +2G etc)
w (write all changes, until you give this command no changes are made on disk physically)
Format partitions as EXT4 - but without huge_file option (it won't work with this feature since it requires special kernel option that brakes compatibility with existing modules).
Code:
su (go root)
mkfs.ext4 -O ^huge_file /dev/sdb1
If you created more partitions - do those steps for everyone.
Code:
mkfs.ext4 -O ^huge_file /dev/sdb2
mkfs.ext4 -O ^huge_file /dev/sdb3
Kind of "session log" for this steps you can find in this post.
Step two
Extract content of rootfs.tar.gz onto first partition on SD card (it HAS to be first one). Do it from root account on Linux/UNI*X box - or you won't transfer all permissions properly (mainly +s on su/superuser.apk).
assuming your SD Card is visible under Linux as /dev/sdb (you can check it by typing "dmesg" after you connect it)
open terminal/shell - go root: su, or sudo su
create mount point: mkdir /tmp/sdcard
mount it (if it's not mounted already) for example: mount /dev/sdb1 /tmp/sdcard
go to /tmp/sdcard directory: cd /tmp/sdcard
extract rootfs: tar -zxf /path_to_file/rootfs.tar.gz
exit directory: cd
umount your card: umount /tmp/sdcard
Flash initramfs.gz and zImage from SDE boot menu:
reboot Archos70, hold up or down volume key until you see Recovery menu,
choose "Recovery System"->"Developer Edition Menu"->"Flash Kernel and Initramfs",
connect Archos to PC and copy initramfs.gz and zImage to device
Reboot and hold up or down volume, choose "Developer Edition".
You should see all yours apps etc. - it should look like your Archos , but with su/superuser.apk etc. (check it on terminal emulator by typing "su" and enter).
Before go to next step make sure you have booted to SDE system AND it has root access! (check "su" in terminal, run root explorer or titanium backup)
Step three
It's kind of optional - since you have already working system - but it's not fun yet
Now you should copy /data files onto SD card. Use terminal emulator (from market can be "Android Terminal Emulator") or sshd (QuickSSHd and log into your tablet) and do:
If you have ONE partition
Code:
su
cp -rp /data/* /data.new/
If two or more
Code:
su
mount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk2p2 /data.new
cp -rp /data/* /data.new/
umount /data.new/
Poweroff device.
Step four
Put card into computer and:
one partion
remove /data
rename /data.new to /data
On Linux it may look like this:
Code:
su (or sometimes "sudo su")
mkdir /tmp/sdcard
mount /dev/sdb1 /tmp/sdcard
cd /tmp/sdcard
rm -rf data
mv data.new data
edit /init.rc (it's /init.rc on Android - on Linux box it's going to be something like /tmp/sdcard/init.rc) - use any editor to modify file - do it as a root!
Code:
su
vi /tmp/sdcard/init.rc (edit the file)
umount /tmp/sdcard/
What to edit:
Code:
# Comment this
# mount ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 /data noatime nosuid
# Uncomment this
# mount ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk2p2 /data noatime
mount ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 /data.old noatime nosuid
two or more partitions
edit /init.rc (it's /init.rc on Android - on Linux box it's going to be something like /tmp/sdcard/init.rc) - use any editor to modify file - do it as a root!
Code:
su (or sometimes "sudo su")
mkdir /tmp/sdcard
mount /dev/sdb1 /tmp/sdcard
cd /tmp/sdcard
vi init.rc (edit file)
umount /tmp/sdcard
What to edit:
Code:
# Comment this
# mount ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 /data noatime nosuid
# Uncomment this
mount ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk2p2 /data noatime
mount ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 /data.old noatime nosuid
If you have third partition on SDCARD, whether it's EXT4 (recommended) or FAT32 it should by automounted since 0.2 version.
Reboot - it should work
End
Stuff you can do later:
Vold - automount daemon on android is quit.... crappy - to let go message about "sd card damaged" edit /etc/vold.fstab and hash the line "dev_mount_lun volume_sdcard /mnt/storage/sdcard...."
Other partitions - if, by any reason, you have more partition on SD card (more then 3) you can also mount it putting in init.rc (there are some potential issues with vold to be solved)
for ext4
Code:
mount ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk2p5 /mnt/sdcard2 noatime nosuid
For fat32 partition preferably tweak with Vold config (/etc/vold.fstab) - or add something like this (in init.rc)
Code:
mount vfat /dev/block/mmcblk2p3 /mnt/sdcard2 uid=1000 gid=1015 fmask=0000 dmask=0000
Files (UrukDroid-0.3):
Megaupload.com
initramfs.cpio.gz
zImage
rootfs.tar.gz
Dropbox.com (there can be server error because of download limit)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1017593/ArchosGEN8/UrukDroid-0.3/rootfs.tar.gz
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1017593/ArchosGEN8/UrukDroid-0.3/initramfs.cpio.gz
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1017593/ArchosGEN8/UrukDroid-0.3/zImage
Nm you said it's faster, interesting... I may test that out.
IMHO you should point out that it is a great security risk for having access to root without any password.
BTW this comment is not meant to insult you in anyway, but I think it is only fair to people that will use it and to cover your own ass.
Maurice
Does this require a clean system to do the SDE Root? what happens to everything already installed etc.
MoonPhantasm said:
Nm you said it's faster, interesting... I may test that out.
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There was already link to my write speed tests (now I've pasted it to second post) - read speed is about the same. In quadrant I have something about ~2300 (one of quadrants test is I/O benchmark) - but that's not my goal - so I don't care much about that kind of speed.
divx118 said:
IMHO you should point out that it is a great security risk for having access to root without any password.
BTW this comment is not meant to insult you in anyway, but I think it is only fair to people that will use it and to cover your own ass.
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Of course your are right - but that's kind of obvious, and that's the reason why superuser.apk requires to specify what process can gain root access (I know it's not strong security - but better something than nothing)
Is there any way to do this on the a32, or can will there be a solution for the 32.
I had SDE installed before, but I used the uninstall developer edition option in the boot menu. Now, regardless of if I use the .aos file from archos that has SDE, whenever I reboot holding a volume button, I get to a menu that says "Archos A101IT Recovery", and "Would you like to recover your system?" with the following options:
No
Update Firmware
Repair System
Format System
I select update firmware, and all I get is an update failed error.
I don't know what to do. I have a basic linux knowledge, so I have my sd card properly formatted, without the huge file option. I've extracted the contents of rootfs.tar.gz to the first partition.
Any ideas on what to do?
$aur0n said:
I don't have that problem since I use Linux everywhere
My mmcblk2p3 is also EXT4 partition (since fat 32 has 4/2gb file size limitation it's only place where I can put bigger files - mainly movies. It's one of ther reasons why ext4 is good for the task).
To mount (vfat or ext4) during but of Archos put in init.rc
Code:
mount ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk2p3 /mnt/storage/sdcard noatime nosuid
or
mount vfat /dev/block/mmcblk2p3 /mnt/storage/sdcard
just after mount of /data.old for example..
/mnt/storage/sdcard is the place where automounter would normally mount this device.
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I did try to add it to init.rc, but it wouldn't mount.
Running "busybox mount -t vfat /dev/block/mmcblk2p3 /mnt/storage/sdcard" after boot seems to work however.
Is /mnt/storage mounted yet at that point? It seems to be separately mounted ("mount" shows /dev/block/vold/179:9 mounted on /mnt/storage, but I can't find any line related to that in init.rc)
Since "Preparing internal storage" appears after boot, I assume the SD card has to be mounted after that (unless I mount it somewhere else, which would break compatibility with some apps)
Actually, I'd prefer if the SD card was mounted on /mnt/storage, and the internal storage on /mnt/storage/internal, is there a way to do that?
Edit: Ah, I checked that /etc/vold.fstab file. It seems to be what I need to edit to auto mount the SD card, but I'm not sure what I need to edit.
The line currently reads:
dev_mount_lun volume_sdcard /mnt/storage/sdcard auto /devices/platform/usb_mass_storage/lun1 /class/block/mmcblk2
"auto" seems to be the partition number, I tried to change this to different values as well as changing mmcblk2 to mmcblk2p3, but they result in the same SD card damaged message. Is this a no-go and just won't work or am I doing something wrong? Either way, it seems like it's the only way to mount the SD card at boot if I want it mounted to /mnt/storage/sdcard.
Edit 2:
Adding these 2 lines to init.rc and commenting out the equivalent lines in /etc/vold.fstab seems to work:
mount vfat /dev/block/mmcblk2p3 /mnt/storage
mount vfat /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /mnt/storage/internal
Now I have the SD card mounted on /sdcard
However, the settings won't show the space information now, so I have to connect it to the PC to check free space. Is there a better way to do it?
Jdbye said:
I did try to add it to init.rc, but it wouldn't mount.
Running "busybox mount -t vfat /dev/block/mmcblk2p3 /mnt/storage/sdcard" after boot seems to work however.
Is /mnt/storage mounted yet at that point? It seems to be separately mounted
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No, this mount point (/mnt/storage/sdcard) is not ready yet at this point - that's why I've changed it to /mnt/sdcard2 in howto. It's not good solutions (since probably some tools won't find media - like movie player) - but the only one for now. Vold is crappy, and even so it should mount _first_ usable partition (with auto option) but it does not want to do that. I can't check it, since I don't have vfat on sdcard, but probably the only solution is to do separate script/service with delayed mount - that's what I'm going to do for now, later on (in next release).
Q: However, the settings won't show the space information now, so I have to connect it to the PC to check free space. Is there a better way to do it?
A: (kind of joke) - user "df -h" in terminal, probably some more smart tools with gui are also able to show space used by "other" devices.
hurrpancakes said:
Any ideas on what to do?
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I guess it's some Archos SDE bug and you should report it (I thing that after uninstall of SDE and second install you should see developer menu back - if not,
it's error or faulty "watermarking" at work)
jab12 said:
Is there any way to do this on the a32, or can will there be a solution for the 32.
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My guess - it may also work for you. All gen8 devices have the same kernel and system - so give it a try.
xShadoWxDrifTx said:
Does this require a clean system to do the SDE Root? what happens to everything already installed etc.
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Everything that is installed on INTERNAL 8GB storage is untouch. So even when sde fails to boot, you can go back to original Archos Android and work on that.
When you follow my instr. you should see second Android with all yours application installed but on ext4 with root etc. etc.
$aur0n said:
I guess it's some Archos SDE bug and you should report it (I thing that after uninstall of SDE and second install you should see developer menu back - if not,
it's error or faulty "watermarking" at work)
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I think the error may lie in the fact that I have to access my sd card by mounting it through my a101. Tomorrow (or later today, rather) I will get a sd card reader so I won't have to rely on using the tablet.
Hi, thanks for howto.
Can we keep the superuser mode explained in this topic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=880321&page=13 And use your method (in case i forgot m'y sd card And need root access)
Hi to all!
I try to connect a camera to the folio. I try to connect two options usb and sd and the two options say that the sd corrupted external storage.
I use foliomod 1.4, have any solution for working well?
Thanks
Hi
A few more things, formatting fat32 sd card, put in sd card on folio and work. I remove the card, get into the camera and take a picture, stop the camera, remove the sd card and put it in on the folio, the card no longer works.
It is a mystery. On windows, mac and linux works perfectly.
I try with other camera and same error. Panasonic TZ7 and G1
This is the log
W/20:31:07.136 MountService( 1131)
Insertion mount failed (-4)
I/20:31:07.136 StorageNotification( 1131)
Media {/mnt/sdcard/sdcard-disk0} state changed from {unmounted} -> {unmountable}
I/20:31:07.136 MountService( 1131)
updating volume state media corrupt
I/20:31:07.136 StorageNotification( 1131)
Media {/mnt/sdcard/sdcard-disk0} state changed from {checking} -> {unmounted}
I/20:31:07.136 MountService( 1131)
updating volume state for media bad removal nofs and unmountable
I/20:31:07.136 MountService( 1131)
notifyVolumeStateChanged::checking
I/20:31:07.136 MountService( 1131)
onEvent:: raw= 605 Volume sdcard /mnt/sdcard/sdcard-disk0 state changed from 3 (Checking) to 1 (Idle-Unmounted) cooked = 605 Volume sdcard /mnt/sdcard/sdcard-disk0 state changed from 3 (Checking) to 1 (Idle-Unmounted)
D/20:31:07.136 Vold ( 992)
Volume sdcard state changing 3 (Checking) -> 1 (Idle-Unmounted)
E/20:31:07.136 Vold ( 992)
Volume sdcard found no suitable devices for mounting
E/20:31:07.136 Vold ( 992)
/dev/block/vold/179:17 failed FS checks (I/O error)
E/20:31:07.136 Vold ( 992)
Filesystem check failed (unknown exit code -11)
I/20:31:07.136 logwrapper( 992)
/system/bin/fsck_msdos terminated by signal 1
With Folicomb works perfect!
Thanks Dexter!
Many people are getting what they are calling a bricked Nook tablet that won't boot or restore an OS. Often when they boot into CWM (from internal or SD) they get errors on screen, or possibly after an attempted install they show in the advanced / log
E:Can't mount / cache/recovery/command/
E:Can't mount / cache/recovery/log/
E:Can't open / cache/recovery/log/
E:Can't mount / cache/recovery/last_log/
E:Can't open / cache/recovery/last_log/
failed to open/sys/class/android_usb/state: No such file or directory
This is actually an extremely common issue it seems. Basically its' quite likely you're partition map has some how been damaged.
Firstly just make sure you can't install an update or restore an old backup from SD, if that still fails and you end up straight back in CWM
All you need to do is download the parted binary HERE extract it from the archive and push it to your device or even just put it on an SD
ADB into your device and run the binary with the following command (you'll need it to be the accesible path or you can just be in the directory where it is)
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 print
It will most likely show up with an error and ask if you want to fix it. Just say yes and let it do its' thing.
After it completes, reboot your device and see if you still get the same errors, Attempt to install CM7 once more.
If it still doesn't work, run the parted command again then download Adams total wipe and run that. It'll reset your device back to total stock. The parted command will repair the partition table and adamoutlers software will upload all the required software to the correct places for it all to work
Hope that helps!
If you get stuck feel free to give me a shout
This is actually an extremely common issue it seems. Basically its' quite likely you're partition map has some how been damaged.
NT full brick...unable to recover.
My NT is suffering from the CM7-SD format brick problem.
I have hunted high and low for instructions on how to get ADB to work on a bricked NT. My NT is in a state where the only thing that boots on it is an SD-based CWM, but when I plug the NT into a PC, no matter what I do, CWM recovery starts up and the PC detects the unit as disk drives. ADB will NOT find the unit. I have tried on two separate Win7 machines...same problem on both.
I have also tried using Adam's total wipe fix, and while linux boot, the full wipe just hangs forever on the first step (zeroing MLO).
I am not sure I have the right USB drivers...basically, I'm using the ones I had for my long-gone Nook Color.
Can anyone offer me some help?
Thanks.
imacmill said:
My NT is suffering from the CM7-SD format brick problem.
I have hunted high and low for instructions on how to get ADB to work on a bricked NT. My NT is in a state where the only thing that boots on it is an SD-based CWM, but when I plug the NT into a PC, no matter what I do, CWM recovery starts up and the PC detects the unit as disk drives. ADB will NOT find the unit. I have tried on two separate Win7 machines...same problem on both.
I have also tried using Adam's total wipe fix, and while linux boot, the full wipe just hangs forever on the first step (zeroing MLO).
I am not sure I have the right USB drivers...basically, I'm using the ones I had for my long-gone Nook Color.
Can anyone offer me some help?
Thanks.
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It's not actually caused by formatting SD on CM7 any more. you could happily format your SD all day, although we still recommend not formatting anything at all via the NT.
If you have CWM you should have access to ADB, the probably reason it doesn't work for you is that you need to tell your computer what the id is on the device so that it can recognise it. What operating system are you using?
CelticWebSolutions said:
It's not actually caused by formatting SD on CM7 any more. you could happily format your SD all day, although we still recommend not formatting anything at all via the NT.
If you have CWM you should have access to ADB, the probably reason it doesn't work for you is that you need to tell your computer what the id is on the device so that it can recognise it. What operating system are you using?
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Thanks, Celtic.
I'm on Win7. I have 'adb_usb.ini' in folder:
C:\Users\<myname>\.android
And the 'ini' contains 0x2080.
More details...
CelticWebSolutions said:
It's not actually caused by formatting SD on CM7 any more. you could happily format your SD all day, although we still recommend not formatting anything at all via the NT.
If you have CWM you should have access to ADB, the probably reason it doesn't work for you is that you need to tell your computer what the id is on the device so that it can recognise it. What operating system are you using?
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Here's a brief history, as best I can recall, of how I got where I am with my NT.
1. Installed NT CM7 about a week ago. All worked well until I noticed Kindle app misbehaving by not flipping pages on a book. I tried same book on two other android devices, and both worked fine. So...
2. In a complete act of stupidity, I went into 'Storage' on the NT, and noticing that there were 3 sections listed there (whose names escape me, but something like 'Internal SD', 'SD' and 'External SD'), I formatted all 3 (yup, dumb).
3. I shut down the NT (10 second press of power), and from there on in, tablet hung at 'N' screen. I manages to get CWM to start, using a combination of buttons I now don't recall (Power and Volume Up, perhaps?).
4. For reasons I can only describe as lunacy, I used Recovery to format everything it listed as format-able (under Mounts/Storage). From this point on, the tablet would not boot at all, not even back into CWM Recovery.
5. Thru online searching, I found an image for making a bootable CWM Recovery, which I created and used successfully to boot into recovery. I used it unsuccessfully to try to re-install CM7.
6. I then tried getting an ADB connection so I could try the various other fixes offered online, but have been completely unable to get a connection. I followed the instructions found in XDA thread ID 1424563 (sorry, I'm too junior to have link-posting permissions), but the thread assumes I can get to the NT's settings to turn on debug mode, which I can't.
7. As mentioned, I also tried Adam's full wipe/restore, but it hangs on phase one (zeroing MLO).
That's the crux of it, for what it's worth. I think my big issue right now is not being able to get ADB to work with it. If I could, I could try the partition command you gave in the OP.
Thanks for any help or ideas...
imacmill said:
Here's a brief history, as best I can recall, of how I got where I am with my NT.
1. Installed NT CM7 about a week ago. All worked well until I noticed Kindle app misbehaving by not flipping pages on a book. I tried same book on two other android devices, and both worked fine. So...
2. In a complete act of stupidity, I went into 'Storage' on the NT, and noticing that there were 3 sections listed there (whose names escape me, but something like 'Internal SD', 'SD' and 'External SD'), I formatted all 3 (yup, dumb).
3. I shut down the NT (10 second press of power), and from there on in, tablet hung at 'N' screen. I manages to get CWM to start, using a combination of buttons I now don't recall (Power and Volume Up, perhaps?).
4. For reasons I can only describe as lunacy, I used Recovery to format everything it listed as format-able (under Mounts/Storage). From this point on, the tablet would not boot at all, not even back into CWM Recovery.
5. Thru online searching, I found an image for making a bootable CWM Recovery, which I created and used successfully to boot into recovery. I used it unsuccessfully to try to re-install CM7.
6. I then tried getting an ADB connection so I could try the various other fixes offered online, but have been completely unable to get a connection. I followed the instructions found in XDA thread ID 1424563 (sorry, I'm too junior to have link-posting permissions), but the thread assumes I can get to the NT's settings to turn on debug mode, which I can't.
7. As mentioned, I also tried Adam's full wipe/restore, but it hangs on phase one (zeroing MLO).
That's the crux of it, for what it's worth. I think my big issue right now is not being able to get ADB to work with it. If I could, I could try the partition command you gave in the OP.
Thanks for any help or ideas...
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you should have damaged the partition tables, so please make a CMW card first, and then you can use adb shell to repair the partition table.
you can refer to this thread:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22157605&postcount=25
If that older driver you have don't work, you can find a driver in this thread. (I don't know if they are the same as color or not TBH)
Use the USBDeview to rid yourself of anything aldroid related, anything Google related, and any mass storage devices. Restart PC, then plug your NT in. (This is how I had to do it...many times)
ms2003 said:
you should have damaged the partition tables, so please make a CMW card first, and then you can use adb shell to repair the partition table.
you can refer to this thread:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22157605&postcount=25
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Thanks, ms, but as I mentioned, I am completely unable to get ADB to work. It will not find the tablet. When I plug the tablet in to my Win7 box, the installed CMW card boots the tablet into recovery, and the PC detects it as disk drives (as seen in Win7's Device Mangler).
Quick progress update...
Know-Fear said:
If that older driver you have don't work, you can find a driver in this thread. (I don't know if they are the same as color or not TBH)
Use the USBDeview to rid yourself of anything aldroid related, anything Google related, and any mass storage devices. Restart PC, then plug your NT in. (This is how I had to do it...many times)
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The old drivers and instructions you linked to worked...ADB now finds my NT! Thanks much!
Now...
I did the 'parted' thing, and while 3 or 4 errors were reported thru the process, it stated it completed successfully. I then rebooted with my CWM Recovery SD card and attempted to re-install CM7. The installer completed quite quickly and without errors, but it did not work (as I suspected it wouldn't, given how fast it executed). I then ran 'Brick_fix.zip', and it, too, completed successfully (well, except for the ping at the end), but I was unable to install CM7. So...
I'm now on to Adam's fix (note in the OP) and I'm glad to report it's working now. It got past the first stage (zeroing MLO) and is in the middle of 'flashing factory'. Sweet!
I'll report back in the morning, hopefully with good news. Thanks so much for the help, everyone.
imacmill said:
The old drivers and instructions you linked to worked...ADB now finds my NT! Thanks much!
Now...
I did the 'parted' thing, and while 3 or 4 errors were reported thru the process, it stated it completed successfully. I then rebooted with my CWM Recovery SD card and attempted to re-install CM7. The installer completed quite quickly and without errors, but it did not work (as I suspected it wouldn't, given how fast it executed). I then ran 'Brick_fix.zip', and it, too, completed successfully (well, except for the ping at the end), but I was unable to install CM7. So...
I'm now on to Adam's fix (note in the OP) and I'm glad to report it's working now. It got past the first stage (zeroing MLO) and is in the middle of 'flashing factory'. Sweet!
I'll report back in the morning, hopefully with good news. Thanks so much for the help, everyone.
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Sorry I didn't get back to you last night, I had already gone to bed, looks like you've already got the help you need though. If the wiping had started to work you'll be fine lesson learnt though, DO NOT FORMAT ANYTHING ON NT
Let us know it's fixed (which I'm sure it will be )
Bad news...
CelticWebSolutions said:
Sorry I didn't get back to you last night, I had already gone to bed, looks like you've already got the help you need though. If the wiping had started to work you'll be fine lesson learnt though, DO NOT FORMAT ANYTHING ON NT
Let us know it's fixed (which I'm sure it will be )
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Well, the news is bad this morning. As someone mentioned in Adam's post, during the install, the screen went blank, so I left it for about another half an hour, then powered the device off and restarted it. All appeared OK, as the B&N firmware stated that it was clearing data, but that process froze for a long while, then a message popped up stating "Please restart your device and try again. If you encounter the same issue, contact technical support at blah, blah, blah." I restarted...same message. Over and over.
I tried the full wipe no less than 4 more times, preceding each attempt with a 'part' command, but the full wipe, for some unknown reason, stops about 60 seconds in, and pops up what appears to be a windowed 'ls -al'. I tried two different class 4 SDs in the 4 attempts...same for each.
Not feeling hopeful at this point.
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Here's the results from my 'part' command:
Code:
~ # parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 print
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 print
Model: MMC SEM16G (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 15.9GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 131kB 262kB 131kB xloader
2 262kB 524kB 262kB bootloader
3 524kB 16.3MB 15.7MB recovery
4 16.8MB 33.6MB 16.8MB boot
5 33.6MB 83.9MB 50.3MB rom
6 83.9MB 134MB 50.3MB fat32 bootdata
7 134MB 522MB 388MB factory
8 522MB 1164MB 642MB ext4 system
9 1164MB 1611MB 447MB ext4 cache
10 1611MB 2684MB 1074MB fat32 media
11 2684MB 15.6GB 12.9GB ext4 userdata
Note the fat32 and ext4 file system designations for various directories (is directories the correct word?). On page 6 of Adam's full wipe thread, user 'howcansheslap' shows the output of his/her 'part' command, and the file system in his/her output is all blank. Perhaps not coincidentally, my full wipe process stops on processing 'bootdata', the first item listed as fat32 above, and displays the windowed 'ls' of folder 'bootdata'.
Any thoughts on the relevance of this info?
Thanks all.
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Turns out the full wipe *was* working. The trouble is, my impatience got the better of me. Adam's wipe process does not provide a whole lot in the way of progress feedback, and in fact, it can be 5 minutes or so before you see anything meaningful on screen. Best advice: give the process a full half hour to complete and don't assume that it's hung/stopped working just because you see virtually no progress reports. Note also that if you touch the screen anywhere during the wipe, any progress bar that may or may not have been present will probably disappear, and you won't see another one displayed for possibly several minutes.
My apologies to all for subjecting you to my own impatience, and a big thank-you for all the help.
I spoke too soon...again.
The full wipe/restore completed successfully, but now when I start the tablet, I get taken thru the B&N setup process and at the stage where it asks me to login to my B&N account, I get:
Error
Sorry we're having trouble setting up your NOOK. Please shutdown the device and try again. If the problem persist, contact Customer Support at...
Well, the problem has persisted all day. I have even done the full restore a couple of extra times. And the tech support line just keeps telling me they're unable to process my call at this time.
I am definitely able to login to my B&N account thru my PC, so I've got the credentials right.
Has anyone encountered this before?
UPDATE: I followed the instructions for bypassing registration, found here:
http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Factory_Mode/Skip_Oobe
This allowed me to get into settings and 'erase/unregister' the device, but alas, still no joy after a reboot.
back from brick to Nook Tablet
Hi to all, i had the same problem as imacmill onlly i've idiotly erased the "SD card" the 1 gb amount.
After restarting the NT did not boot. I've entered in CWM recovery... and had the same problem (***up my partition table)
E:Can't mount / cache/recovery/command/
E:Can't mount / cache/recovery/log/
E:Can't open / cache/recovery/log/
E:Can't mount / cache/recovery/last_log/
E:Can't open / cache/recovery/last_log/
after agonizing 3hrs we succeeded to repair my NT via parted with ADB.
I've attached the log from adb.
Code:
<6> boxer : boxer_spi_probe called , line 310
<6>boxer: spi setup returned : 0
<6> boxer : boxer_panel_probe called , line 129
<4>omap_smartreflex_disable_reset_volt: omap_sr struct for sr_core not found
<4>omap_smartreflex_enable: omap_sr struct for sr_core not found
<6>Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
<6>omap-hsuart.0: ttyO0 at MMIO 0x4806a000 (irq = 104) is a OMAP UART0
<6>console [ttyO0] enabled
<6>omap-hsuart.1: ttyO1 at MMIO 0x4806c000 (irq = 105) is a OMAP UART1
<6>omap-hsuart.2: ttyO2 at MMIO 0x48020000 (irq = 106) is a OMAP UART2
<6>omap-hsuart.3: ttyO3 at MMIO 0x4806e000 (irq = 102) is a OMAP UART3
<6>brd: module loaded
<6>loop: module loaded
<6>android init
<6>android_probe pdata: c0563eb8
<6>android_bind
<7>android_bind_config
<6>android_usb gadget: android_usb ready
<6>f_adb init
<6>android_register_function adb
<6>f_mass_storage init
<6>fsg_probe pdev: c0563c00, pdata: c0563ea8
<6>android_register_function usb_mass_storage
<6>android_usb gadget: Mass Storage Function, version: 2009/09/11
<6>android_usb gadget: Number of LUNs=2
<6> lun0: LUN: removable file: (no medium)
<6> lun1: LUN: removable file: (no medium)
<6>adb_bind_config
<6>input: gpio-keys as /devices/platform/gpio-keys/input/input0
<6>input: omap-keypad as /devices/platform/omap-keypad/input/input1
<6>ft5x06_init() - FT I2C Touchscreen Driver (Built Jan 11 2012 @ 09:02:56)
<6>ft5x06_probe() - FT5x06 found on I2C bus.
<7>ft5x06_reset_panel_via_gpio() - Toggling GPIO 39 to reset the Touch Panel...
<4>omap_smartreflex_disable_reset_volt: omap_sr struct for sr_core not found
<4>omap_smartreflex_enable: omap_sr struct for sr_core not found
<6>android_usb gadget: high speed config #1: android
<6>input: ft5x06-i2c as /devices/platform/i2c_omap.2/i2c-2/2-0038/input/input2
<6>ft5x06_initialize() - sysfs_create_group() succeeded.
<6>kxtf9 1-000f: WHO_AM_I = 0x01
<6>input: kxtf9_accel as /devices/virtual/input/input3
<6>using rtc device, twl_rtc, for alarms
<6>twl_rtc twl_rtc: rtc core: registered twl_rtc as rtc0
<6>i2c /dev entries driver
<6>Linux video capture interface: v2.00
<4>max17042: max17042_init ...
<4>max17042: max17042_probe ...
<4>max17042: next history save at 4294936947
<4>max17042: max17042_probe > IRQ is 225
<4>max17042 GPIO pin read 1
<4>max17042: max17042_device_power_on ...
<4>max17042: max17042_hw_init ...
<4>max17042: BATTERY Detected!
<4>config = 0x2214
<4>Valert = 0xff9b
<4>Salert = 0xff05
<4>config = 0x2214
<4>config = 0x2214
<4>shdntimer = 0x0002
<4>max17042: max17042_verify ...
<6>max17042 1-0036: Version = 0x0092
<6>max17042 1-0036: support ver. 1.0.0 enabled
<4>MAX8903: Charger registering!
<4>MAX8903: Charger Initializing...
<4>MAX8903: Request CHARGER FLT IRQ successfully!
<4>MAX8903: Charger detected at boot = 1
<4>MAX8903: USB_EVENT_VBUS: Charger=5
<6>OMAP Watchdog Timer Rev 0x00: initial timeout 60 sec
<6>cpuidle: using governor ladder
<6>cpuidle: using governor menu
<6>omap_pwm_led omap_pwm_led: OMAP PWM LED (lcd-backlight) at GP timer 11/0
<7>Registered led device: lcd-backlight
<4>[BL set power] 1
<6>logger: created 64K log 'log_main'
<6>logger: created 256K log 'log_events'
<6>logger: created 64K log 'log_radio'
<6>logger: created 64K log 'log_system'
<6>proc4430_drv_initializeModule
<6>omap-devicehandler omap-devicehandler.0: omap_devh_probe: adding devh Tesla
<6>omap-devh initialized Tesla, major: 241, base-minor: 0
<6>omap-devicehandler omap-devicehandler.1: omap_devh_probe: adding devh SysM3
<6>omap-devh initialized SysM3, major: 241, base-minor: 1
<6>omap-devicehandler omap-devicehandler.2: omap_devh_probe: adding devh AppM3
<6>omap-devh initialized AppM3, major: 241, base-minor: 2
<6>omap3epd-sound: Audio SoC init
<6>Found Board EVT 2.1-ABE support Enabled
<6>asoc: null-codec-dai <-> MultiMedia1 LP mapping ok
<6>asoc: null-codec-dai <-> MultiMedia2 mapping ok
<3>tlv320aic3100_init: Unable get gpio for CODEC POWER 101
<6>mmc0: new high speed DDR MMC card at address 0001
<6>mmcblk0: mmc0:0001 SEM16G 14.8 GiB
<6> mmcblk0: p1
<4>mmc1: host does not support reading read-only switch. assuming write-enable.
<6>mmc1: new high speed SDHC card at address b368
<6>mmcblk1: mmc1:b368 SD04G 3.66 GiB
<6> mmcblk1: p1
<1>##-tlv320aic3100_init
<6>Created the sysfs Files for Audio Driver
<4>Page 4 has 41 Coefficient Values
<4>Page 8 has 61 Coefficient Values
<4>Updated Page 8 DAC Coefficient Control Reg for Adaptive Mode
<6>asoc: tlv320aic3100-dai <-> omap-mcbsp-dai.1 mapping ok
<6>input: OMAP4_ACCLAIM_ABE Headset Jack as /devices/platform/soc-audio/sound/ca
rd0/input4
<6>ALSA device list:
<6> #0: OMAP4 Acclaim AIC3100 ABE
<6>Netfilter messages via NETLINK v0.30.
<6>nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (14615 buckets, 58460 max)
<4>CONFIG_NF_CT_ACCT is deprecated and will be removed soon. Please use
<4>nf_conntrack.acct=1 kernel parameter, acct=1 nf_conntrack module option or
<4>sysctl net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_acct=1 to enable it.
<6>ctnetlink v0.93: registering with nfnetlink.
<6>xt_time: kernel timezone is -0000
<6>ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
<6>arp_tables: (C) 2002 David S. Miller
<6>TCP cubic registered
<6>Initializing XFRM netlink socket
<6>NET: Registered protocol family 10
<6>lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
<6>Mobile IPv6
<6>IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
<6>sit0: Disabled Privacy Extensions
<6>ip6tnl0: Disabled Privacy Extensions
<6>NET: Registered protocol family 17
<6>NET: Registered protocol family 15
<6>ThumbEE CPU extension supported.
<4>omap_hwmod: Initialize debugfs support
<3>Power Management for TI OMAP4.
<6>prcm_clear_statdep_regs: Clearing static depndencies
<3>CPUidle for CPU0 registered
<3>CPUidle for CPU1 registered
<4>sr_init: No PMIC hook to init smartreflex
<6>smartreflex smartreflex.0: omap_smartreflex_probe: SmartReflex driver initial
ized
<6>smartreflex smartreflex.1: omap_smartreflex_probe: SmartReflex driver initial
ized
<6>smartreflex smartreflex.2: omap_smartreflex_probe: SmartReflex driver initial
ized
<7>Disabling unused clock "auxclk4_src_ck"
<7>Disabling unused clock "hdq1w_fck"
<7>Disabling unused clock "gpmc_ick"
<7>Disabling unused clock "gpio4_dbclk"
<7>Disabling unused clock "efuse_ctrl_cust_fck"
<6>VFP support v0.3: implementor 41 architecture 3 part 30 variant 9 rev 4
<6> boxer : boxer_panel_enable called , line 233
<6> boxer : boxer_panel_start called , line 150
<6>regulator_init_complete: disabling VANA
<6>twl_rtc twl_rtc: setting system clock to 2012-03-02 10:59:45 UTC (1330685985)
<6>omap_vout omap_vout: : registered and initialized video device 0
<6>omap_vout omap_vout: : registered and initialized video device 1
<6>omap_vout omap_vout: : registered and initialized video device 2
<6>omap_wb: registered and initialized wb device 4 [v4l2]
<6>Freeing init memory: 212K
<3>init: cannot open '/initlogo.rle'
<3>init: Unable to open persistent property directory /data/property errno: 2
<6>enabling adb
<6> boxer : boxer_panel_suspend called , line 245
<6> boxer : boxer_panel_stop called , line 215
<3><dss_mgr_disable> disabling 2lcd
<6>adb_open
<6> boxer : boxer_panel_resume called , line 255
<6> boxer : boxer_panel_start called , line 150
<6> boxer : spi_send called , line 84
<6> boxer : spi_send called , line 84
<6> boxer : spi_send called , line 84
<6> boxer : spi_send called , line 84
<6> boxer : spi_send called , line 84
<6> boxer : spi_send called , line 84
<6> boxer : spi_send called , line 84
<6> boxer : spi_send called , line 84
<6> boxer : spi_send called , line 84
<6> boxer : spi_send called , line 84
<6> boxer : spi_send called , line 84
<6>kxtf9 1-000f: IRQ TILT [1]
<6>android_usb gadget: high speed config #1: android
<4>MAX8903: Charging is now enabled!
<4>MAX8903: USB Charging at 500 mA
<6>adb_release
<6>adb_open
<6>android_usb gadget: high speed config #1: android
<6>kxtf9 1-000f: IRQ TAP1 [1]
<6>kxtf9 1-000f: IRQ TAP1 [2]
<6>kxtf9 1-000f: IRQ TAP2 [2]
<6>kxtf9 1-000f: IRQ TAP1 [20]
<6>kxtf9 1-000f: IRQ TILT [10]
<6>kxtf9 1-000f: IRQ TILT [1]
<6>kxtf9 1-000f: IRQ TILT [10]
<6>kxtf9 1-000f: IRQ TILT [1]
<6>kxtf9 1-000f: IRQ TAP1 [1]
<6>kxtf9 1-000f: IRQ TAP1 [1]
<6>kxtf9 1-000f: IRQ TAP1 [2]
<6>adb_release
<6>adb_open
<6>android_usb gadget: high speed config #1: android
<6>adb_release
<6>adb_open
<6>android_usb gadget: high speed config #1: android
<6>kxtf9 1-000f: IRQ TAP1 [1]
<4>
<4> usb unplugged!
<6>adb_release
<4>MAX8903: USB_EVENT_NONE
<6>adb_open
<6>kxtf9 1-000f: IRQ TAP1 [1]
<4>MAX8903: Charging is now disabled!
<4>MAX8903: Charger Unplugged!
<6>kxtf9 1-000f: IRQ TAP1 [1]
<6>PC detected
<4>MAX8903: USB_EVENT_VBUS: Charger=3
<6>android_usb gadget: high speed config #1: android
<4>MAX8903: Charging is now enabled!
<4>MAX8903: USB Charging at 500 mA
<6>kxtf9 1-000f: IRQ TILT [10]
<4>
<4> usb unplugged!
<6>adb_release
<6>adb_open
<4>MAX8903: USB_EVENT_NONE
<6>kxtf9 1-000f: IRQ TAP1 [10]
<6>kxtf9 1-000f: IRQ TILT [1]
<4>MAX8903: Charging is now disabled!
<4>MAX8903: Charger Unplugged!
<6>kxtf9 1-000f: IRQ TILT [10]
<6>kxtf9 1-000f: IRQ TILT [1]
<6>kxtf9 1-000f: IRQ TILT [10]
<6>kxtf9 1-000f: IRQ TAP2 [2]
<6>kxtf9 1-000f: IRQ TILT [1]
<6>kxtf9 1-000f: IRQ TILT [8]
<6>kxtf9 1-000f: IRQ TAP2 [2]
<6>kxtf9 1-000f: IRQ TILT [1]
<6>kxtf9 1-000f: IRQ TILT [8]
<6>kxtf9 1-000f: IRQ TILT [1]
<6>kxtf9 1-000f: IRQ TAP1 [1]
<6>kxtf9 1-000f: IRQ TAP2 [1]
<6>PC detected
<4>MAX8903: USB_EVENT_VBUS: Charger=3
<6>android_usb gadget: high speed config #1: android
<4>MAX8903: Charging is now enabled!
<4>MAX8903: USB Charging at 500 mA
/sdcard # mount
mount
rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)
tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,relatime,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,relatime,mode=600)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,relatime)
/dev/block/mmcblk1p1 on /sdcard type vfat (rw,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,fmask=000
0,dmask=0000,allow_utime=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed
,errors=remount-ro)
/sdcard # parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 print
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 print
Warning: /dev/block/mmcblk0 contains GPT signatures, indicating that it has a
GPT table. However, it does not have a valid fake msdos partition table, as it
should. Perhaps it was corrupted -- possibly by a program that doesn't
understand GPT partition tables. Or perhaps you deleted the GPT table, and are
now using an msdos partition table. Is this a GPT partition table?
Yes/No? Yes
Yes
Yes
Error: The backup GPT table is not at the end of the disk, as it should be.
This might mean that another operating system believes the disk is smaller.
Fix, by moving the backup to the end (and removing the old backup)?
Fix/Ignore/Cancel? Yes
Yes
Yes
parted: invalid token: Yes
Fix/Ignore/Cancel? Fix
Fix
Fix
Warning: Not all of the space available to /dev/block/mmcblk0 appears to be
used, you can fix the GPT to use all of the space (an extra 569312 blocks) or
continue with the current setting?
Fix/Ignore? Fix
Fix
Fix
Model: MMC SEM16G (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 15.9GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 131kB 262kB 131kB xloader
2 262kB 524kB 262kB bootloader
3 524kB 16.3MB 15.7MB recovery
4 16.8MB 33.6MB 16.8MB boot
5 33.6MB 83.9MB 50.3MB fat32 rom
6 83.9MB 134MB 50.3MB fat32 bootdata
7 134MB 522MB 388MB ext4 factory
8 522MB 1164MB 642MB ext4 system
9 1164MB 1611MB 447MB ext4 cache
10 1611MB 2684MB 1074MB fat32 media
11 2684MB 15.6GB 12.9GB ext4 userdata
/sdcard #
/sdcard # reboot
reboot
Also BIG thank you for you guys, especialy to CelticWebSolutions.
Thank you guys.
Cj.
similar problem! help!
I too formatted my 1g partition, and now my nook wont boot, goes to pic of box, hangs. i try cwm from sdcard, same box, hangs. i cant see my device when i plug it in to my win 7 pc. no adb. ive rooted 3 NT's now and i cant understand what i should do next. any help?
DeltreeZero said:
I too formatted my 1g partition, and now my nook wont boot, goes to pic of box, hangs. i try cwm from sdcard, same box, hangs. i cant see my device when i plug it in to my win 7 pc. no adb. ive rooted 3 NT's now and i cant understand what i should do next. any help?
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Sounds like its not actually booting the SD card. Try powering off completely and the put SD card in. Connect power cable and see if it boots. It could also be your SD isn't written correctly. Could be worth you downloading the latest cm7 SD image from the dev thread. See if that boots.
Sent from my Nook Tablet using Tapatalk
cwm wont run
Thanks for the reply! i have tried all combinations of power,"n", vol up, and vol down, holding not holding all combinations of buttons and also the 8 failed boot buisness, plugging in to wall outlet, plugging in to pc... no changes yet, still "n" symbol on screen, then pic of box, hang. i am downloading the latest cm7 build and downloaded the installer located
here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957
per your suggestion. im now making ramen, because the download says 52 min left. I will check back soon. thanks again.
I have followed the instructions and still no boot to cm7. still "n", then pic of box, hang. darn. any ideas?
Can't ADB. PLEASE HELP.
I am having trouble with my nook tablet. It will not boot an OS, and it just hangs at CWM. I am trying the original solution posted by CelticWebSolutions, but I am very new to all of this, and I can't get my computer (windows 7) to recognize the nook as an ADB device. I have no idea what USBDeview is, or where to get it. I have also managed to kill my 2 best micro SD cards. They were 32 gb cards, and when I tried to install CM7. If possible, I would like to just get back to a factory Nook Tablet. If anyone can help me reach a solution, I would be happy to donate.
kodonnell204 said:
I am having trouble with my nook tablet. It will not boot an OS, and it just hangs at CWM. I am trying the original solution posted by CelticWebSolutions, but I am very new to all of this, and I can't get my computer (windows 7) to recognize the nook as an ADB device. I have no idea what USBDeview is, or where to get it. I have also managed to kill my 2 best micro SD cards. They were 32 gb cards, and when I tried to install CM7. If possible, I would like to just get back to a factory Nook Tablet. If anyone can help me reach a solution, I would be happy to donate.
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Can you get into CWM?, Have you tried Adam's total wipe method?, what OS did you have when you bricked your device? What exactly have you done to it? We need more details in order to help you.
~ Veronica
Sent from XDA premium using my Nook Tablet
I'm looking for some experienced eyes to scan through the partition info of a CyberNav tablet that I've mucked up by being very stupid. The CyberNav is a cheap Chinese GPS/Android tablet. It works great, or rather worked great until I very stupidly left it attached to my computer after downloading a track of my latest dirtbiking exploits. Later that evening I decided to make another Ubuntu USB startup disk... well, you can guess the rest.
At this point, the tablet will not mount the internal "sdcard" memory. It still boots, everything works, not bricked yet. When connected to USB, it will share out this external storage just fine. It just won't mount it within Android. It reports "Preparing memory device, checking for errors." Never gets past that point. I do have a backup of the original internal sdcard contents (made that when I first got the device) and anything that was important to me. Yes, I make backups, been burned too many times. I've also managed to find a factory ROM for it and I've successfully flashed that to the device. It made no difference with the problem. I've also got a root prompt via ADB shell using psneuter.
I have a copy of parted and gdisk, though I've not tried to run them yet. In other words, it's time to start figuring out what to fix in the partition tables.
I think the problem is here:
# busybox fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk2p6
... Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk2p6p1 1 1017 3436381 5 Extended <<<<< HERE
/dev/block/mmcblk2p6p5 1 1017 3436379 b Win95 FAT32
Does that seem right? Am I in any danger of bricking this device if I blow away the mmcblk2p6p1 partition and/or the entire mmcblk2p6? How bad do things generally have to get in these partitions before the device bricks?
What is the best/safest way to remove this partition and if I have to blow the whole mmcblk2p6 partition away will I have to manually recreate it before rebooting?
Any advice appreciated,
David...
P.S. Here is all the hopefully relevant information I've so far managed to locate:
Cybernav Mini: CPU: IMAPX200 ARM11 800MHz, also known as YFPi08, now flashed to Android 2.2-104.
# cat /proc/partitions
Code:
major minor #blocks name
179 16 3878912 mmcblk2
179 17 4096 mmcblk2p1
179 18 8192 mmcblk2p2
179 19 153600 mmcblk2p3
179 20 1 mmcblk2p4
179 21 277760 mmcblk2p5
179 22 3435072 mmcblk2p6
# busybox fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk2
Code:
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk2: 3972 MB, 3972005888 bytes
1 heads, 16 sectors/track, 484864 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16 * 512 = 8192 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk2p1 9 520 4096 30 Unknown
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary
/dev/block/mmcblk2p2 521 1544 8192 31 Unknown
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary
/dev/block/mmcblk2p3 1545 20744 153600 83 Linux
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary
/dev/block/mmcblk2p4 20745 484864 3712960 5 Extended
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary
/dev/block/mmcblk2p5 20753 55472 277760 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk2p6 55481 484864 3435072 b Win95 FAT32
# busybox fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk2p6
Code:
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk2p6: 3517 MB, 3517513728 bytes
109 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1016 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 6758 * 512 = 3460096 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk2p6p1 1 1017 3436381 5 Extended
/dev/block/mmcblk2p6p5 1 1017 3436379 b Win95 FAT32
# cat /proc/kmsg
Code:
...
<3>[ 2.295000] imapx200_iic imapx200_iic.0: iic thread TX_ABORT occur
<3>[ 2.295000] imapx200_iic imapx200_iic.0: source is 1
<3>[ 2.295000] imapx200_iic imapx200_iic.0: slave address is 1a
<4>[ 2.300000] mmc_request bus 2 cmd 5 error -110
<4>[ 2.300000] mmc_request bus 2 cmd 5 error -110
<4>[ 2.300000] set info,open device error -939392608
<4>[ 2.305000] mmc_request bus 2 cmd 5 error -110
<3>[ 2.305000] imapx200_iic imapx200_iic.0: iic thread TX_ABORT occur
<3>[ 2.305000] imapx200_iic imapx200_iic.0: source is 1
<3>[ 2.305000] imapx200_iic imapx200_iic.0: slave address is 1a
<4>[ 2.305000] mmc_request bus 2 cmd 5 error -110
<6>[ 2.330000] mmc2: new high speed SDHC card at address 0002
<6>[ 2.330000] mmcblk2: mmc2:0002 3.69 GiB
<6>[ 2.335000] mmcblk2: p1 p2 p3 p4 < p5 p6 >
<4>[ 2.400000] custom info start sector 8182
<4>[ 2.430000] i2c-imapx200 transfer timeout
...
<6>[ 4.095000] EXT4-fs (mmcblk2p3): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode
<6>[ 4.635000] EXT4-fs (mmcblk2p5): recovery complete
<6>[ 4.645000] EXT4-fs (mmcblk2p5): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode
...
<3>[ 26.285000] FAT: invalid media value (0xa5)
<6>[ 26.285000] VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev mmcblk2p6.
... x3 above spaced to end of log.
dmesg:
Code:
...
<6>[ 0.295000] Imap Framebuffer Driver Initialization OK!
<4>[ 0.340000] set info,open device error -939392608
<4>[ 0.440000] set info,open device error -939392608
<4>[ 0.540000] set info,open device error -939392608
<4>[ 0.640000] set info,open device error -939392608
<4>[ 0.740000] set info,open device error -939392608
<4>[ 0.845000] set info,open device error -939392608
<6>[ 0.925000] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
...
<3>[ 96.180000] FAT: invalid media value (0xa5)
<6>[ 96.180000] VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev mmcblk2p6.
... x2 above
adding a little info
# /data/local/tmp/parted /dev/block/mmcblk2
GNU Parted 1.8.8.1.179-aef3
Using /dev/block/mmcblk2
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) print all
print all
Model: SD (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk2: 3972MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 65.5kB 4260kB 4194kB primary
2 4260kB 12.6MB 8389kB primary
3 12.6MB 170MB 157MB primary ext4
4 170MB 3972MB 3802MB extended
5 170MB 454MB 284MB logical ext4
6 454MB 3972MB 3518MB logical
But,
# /data/local/tmp/parted /dev/block/mmcblk2p6
GNU Parted 1.8.8.1.179-aef3
Using /dev/block/mmcblk2p6
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) print all
print all
Error: Can't have a partition outside the disk!
(parted)
Every command I try just reports: "Error: Can't have a partition outside the disk!"
Okay, Okay, I get it. No how do I get rid of said partition?
Back at: # /data/local/tmp/parted /dev/block/mmcblk2
(parted) check 6
check 6
Error: Could not detect file system.
(parted)
dare I go: rm 6
If I just reboot at that point, what are the odds of the bootloader just recreating this partition for me? Should I recreate the partition via parted first? Something like: mkpart logical fat32 454 3972 and then format it by Windows Computer via USB mode, or (man for parted says this is discouraged) mkpartfs logical fat32 454 3972 to let it format right away?
I guess what I'm really asking is: what are the odds of bricking it if I blow this partition away? Seem low, what with it not working properly now, but I figure I should at least make an attempt at asking before I suck it up and hit the button.
Anyone?
David...
fixed:
rm 6 and mkpartfs logical fat32 454 3972 then a reboot did the trick. I've copied all the data back and set the tablet back to where it was. All done
Only took 2 weeks of head-banging, trying to figure out the Android way. Not an easy thing, what with all the fragmentation, and it pushed my Linux skills to their limit as well. By the hour, this $100 tablet is now worth an order of magnitude more but those skills should be worth it, even if the tablet isn't.
David...
In my case, x86 Oreo rc1 on a Thomson THBK1.10 64DHKP, a cute old thing I experimented my very first dual-boot on. Like many, I'm not getting any sound, and that's after trying a whole bunch of fixes. Here's a sample of what the terminal has to say:
x86_64:/ $ alsa_ctl init
alsa_ctl: init:1744: No soundcards found...
19|x86_64:/ $ alsa_aplay -l
aplay: device_list:242: no soundcards found...
x86_64:/ $ cat proc/asound/cards
0 [bytcrrt5640 ]: bytcr-rt5640 - bytcr-rt5640
bytcr-rt5640
1 [IntelHdmiLpeAud]: IntelHdmiLpeAudiIntelHdmiLpeAudio - IntelHdmiLpeAudio
x86_64:/ $ su
x86_64:/ # alsa_aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: bytcrrt5640 [bytcr-rt5640], device 0: Baytrail Audio (*) []
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: bytcrrt5640 [bytcr-rt5640], device 1: Deep-Buffer Audio (*) []
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: IntelHdmiLpeAud [IntelHdmiLpeAudio], device 0: IntelHdmiLpeAudio [IntelHdmiLpeAudio]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
x86_64:/ # alsa_ctl init
Found hardware: "bytcr-rt5640" "" "" "" ""
Hardware is initialized using a generic method
99|x86_64:/ # alsa_aplay sauce.wav
sauce.wav: No such file or directory
1|x86_64:/ # alsa_aplay storage/emulated/0/download/ce.mp3
Playing raw data 'storage/emulated/0/download/ce.mp3' : Unsigned 8 bit, Rate 8000 Hz, Mono
aplay: set_params:1125: Unable to install hw params:
ACCESS: RW_INTERLEAVED
FORMAT: U8
SUBFORMAT: STD
SAMPLE_BITS: 8
FRAME_BITS: 8
CHANNELS: 1
RATE: 8000
PERIOD_TIME: 125000
PERIOD_SIZE: 1000
PERIOD_BYTES: 1000
PERIODS: 4
BUFFER_TIME: 500000
BUFFER_SIZE: 4000
BUFFER_BYTES: 4000
TICK_TIME: 0
1|x86_64:/ #
What's strange is that my hardware does seem to be detected, but only by apps with SU privileges; trying anything alsa-related nets me no cards until I switch the terminal to SU. Yet cat and ls do detect properly. Like I said, every one of the online fixes I tried netted me nothing, and actually demanding a sound be manually played throws another error, to the point I'm not even sure Oreo is even supposed to have functional sound. What keeps me sticking to it is that the issue shows up in earlier versions, so I half-wishfully assumed the issue might be elsewhere.
Somebody help this idiot.