broken Webtop (atrix 4g) - Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello! I'm new here and I don't know where to write about it. So, I have atrix and laptopdock. Also I have Tegra2Ubuntop there and everything worked very well. But now, when I insert my atrix into dock I see..... standard desktop!!! When I type sudo gpaint or sudo dosbox these programs doesn't start. That is to say all my programms damaged. Although I can see old folders such as lxdepanel or lxde. File manager show me these directories: 1) adas ; 2) desktop ; 3)MOT ; 4) 9.8 GB Volume; 5)SD/MMC Drive, But I don't see directory OSH. Before it, I tried to run ubuntu linux. I followed by instructions from Complete Linux installer. I think I damaged webtop (which is on my flash card) by using android terminal. (While I tried to run Linux) What I should to do? Please HELP ME !
P.S. Hope you understand me.

Sbf?
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Yup. Or there was a project called simoletop, is original webtop with minimal changes. You could flash it and kibda of start over
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hm sorry for my english... But I said that I have laptop dock station with Tegra2Ubuntop. And had installed Complete Linux Installer from market and followed this instructions. (Run linux on your phone) And then destroy osh directory (I guess) And I must install Tegra2Ubuntop again, right?

Nick_Su said:
hm sorry for my english... But I said that I have laptop dock station with Tegra2Ubuntop. And had installed Complete Linux Installer from market and followed this instructions. (Run linux on your phone) And then destroy osh directory (I guess) And I must install Tegra2Ubuntop again, right?
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You've said in both posts something to the effect of a damaged/destroyed/edited /osh partition. Start with the basics. Flash the sbf, then test your phone on the lapdock to ensure it works. Then work from there and rebuild your device the way you want it.
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only one note. My atrix and webtop work well (but the last with the standard environment) "Flash the sbf" - Now I'm really afraid to destroy my atrix. But the main thing I understood - I should reinstall it.

Nick_Su said:
only one note. My atrix and webtop work well (but the last with the standard environment) "Flash the sbf" - Now I'm really afraid to destroy my atrix. But the main thing I understood - I should reinstall it.
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Sbfs aren't that scary if you are using the ones made for your region. But yes, reinstalling is the end result
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ok, I have linux on my PC and when I connect my atrix I can get access to osh. I have 16 Gb flash drive and I think to format osh into ntfs. So I will have flash card 16Gb volume. (ntfs) (now it's 9.8 gb ntfs and 4 gb osh). And try to reinstall again

Good luck with NTFS. Honestly, it seems you don't really know what you're doing and you're about to make your situation even worse. But I could be wrong.

hmm.... you are right! I'm not sure with it. So I try to get a good advice from xda

Ok, let me recap to see if we are missing something here.
First of all, do not touch the /osh partition in any way other than flashing something. You wil break a lot of things if you do so and maybe end up with a nice, hi-tech battery powered paperweight.
Now. You said that linux on android destroyed your webtop yet somehow you can load it up..?
Third: is very unlikely that s tool designed for all kind if android phones just smashed through an very rare(as in only two devices of the thousands) partition thats not standard.
If you installed ubuntop, what prevents you from installing it again?
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andresrivas said:
Now. You said that linux on android destroyed your webtop yet somehow you can load it up..?
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If I understood right, so.... Yes, I can run webtop. Open PDF, launch Firefox and so on. (But it's not a TegraUbuntop! just standart environment)
Second, It's my supposition that Complete Linux Installer (exactly android terminal) has destroyed /osh.
I must to confess.... the other guy has installed Ubuntop, not me.
And now I have Android 2.3.6 with Webtop 1.3 but If I install (flash) android 4.x ICS so, I have webtop 3.0 . But what's better? Reinstall ubuntop or install android 4x ICS ? Or you have other ideas?

Aaaaaahhhh
Now I get it. Ubuntop was installed on a second partition on the external sd card, that's why you can load the original webtop, because is in internal sdcard partion.
You got 3 options.
1) Remove linux on android (which also uses external sdcard's second partition, that's why your ubuntop got overwritten) and install ubuntop again (using webtop2sd, all the info is in the forums).
2) Upgrade to atrics (or icsrom) which is the only firmware that has webtop 3.0. Beware, because webtop 3.0 is only android with a tablet interface, not a linux fesktop as original webtop.
3) keep the original webtop and linux4android
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andresrivas said:
Aaaaaahhhh
2) Upgrade to atrics (or icsrom) which is the only firmware that has webtop 3.0. Beware, because webtop 3.0 is only android with a tablet interface, not a linux fesktop as original webtop.
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I know about it. But it seems quite dangerous. I can destroy my atrix.
And I can't use Complete Linux Installer because it doesn't work. (something wrong with it) So I have standart webtop
But I'd prefer 1 option. (in my view, it's more safety) But what I should to do with /osh? It's already exist! (and takes 4gb) In my opinion, I should clean it. I mean format it into ntfs (fat32) and only then try to reinstall ubuntu. What can you advice?

So your device is broken and you want to fix it, but you don't actually want to do anything because everything is scary and looks dangerous?
Come one dude, get over yourself. Either you want to fix it or you don't. You've been given plenty of advice, now quit whining and do something about it.

Nick_Su said:
But what I should to do with /osh? It's already exist! (and takes 4gb) In my opinion, I should clean it. I mean format it into ntfs (fat32) and only then try to reinstall ubuntu.
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it's my last question. And then I'll act

It looks like you need to learn URGENTLY about filesystems, mounts and mountpoints, before you destroy everything. Your /osh is most definitely NOT 4GB in size, what you're looking at is another part of the filesystem (could be anywhere but is most likely on your external SD card) that just happens to be attached to /osh.

hm ok. By the way, I'll use webtop2sd, but webtop has been already transferred to external Sd card! What I need to do? Ext3 already exist. And if I insert new Sd card?

Nick_Su said:
hm ok. By the way, I'll use webtop2sd, but webtop has been already transferred to external Sd card! What I need to do? Ext3 already exist. And if I insert new Sd card?
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Webtop2sd has already been transferred? Ok then why are we still dealing with this issue? You chose a method given by andresrivas, now finish setting up your webtop setup. And what do you think will happen if your phone is setup to read something from an sd card, and suprise! The sd card isn't there? Hint - file not found ring a bell? This is really basic stuff and you're turning it into an "i'm a noob and wants everyone else to fix my mistake and do the legwork to get info to my questions" session.
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Just skip the webtpo2sd setup and carry on to next step.
Do not touch the osh partition on internal sd.
You should read about how linux mounts storage devices onto the filesystem so you can get an idea about what's going on there and act accordingly
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Auto-Nooter 3.0.0 (1.1 only)

*ALL THE USUAL DISCLAIMERS AND WARNINGS*
*THIS IS FOR VERSION 1.1 ONLY, DON’T TRY ON 1.0.0 OR 1.0.1*
Credit goes to: GabrialDestruir for the original auto-nooter, GLa’DOS for the boot animation, pokey9000 for nooter, Mistar Muffin for Market and GTalk Fix, clockworx for the “non-ugly” patch that is used to get androidID, mastapsi for testing and coding of the original auto-nooter, lewellyn for coding, [mbm] for ABI Fix, Hotaru for the Gingerbread keyboard, rpollard00 for DroidX keyboard with bigger font, bpk for Soft Keys, Ben74 for NookColor Tools which enables Non Market Installs and re-enable of ADB , Freenode's #nookcolor chat for code checking. A special thanks to all developers out there, without all of you this community would not be as great as it is.
Please Note: If you are the developer of an app that is included in this work, and would like me to remove it, feel free to contact me.
*I am copying the following step from the original auto-nooter, because they are tried and true, and people are already familiar with seeing them*
What it does:
Installs su and Superuser.apk
Installs Busybox with whoami
Installs Softkeys 3.0.6
Installs NookColor Tools (To Enable Non-Market Installs, and re-enable ADB)
Installs Calendar and Calculator.
Installs Android Market, Gmail, Youtube
Installs Gingerbread Keyboard
Enable ADB
Enable Multi-touch for Android Apps
Enables Live Wallpapers
Enables Android Market and Gmail.
App Auto Install (Open up NooterFiles from sdcard drop in /data/app)
Known Problems:
With the version 1.1 update, ADB will not stay active after a reboot or unplug of the cable. To enable each time you want to use it, you will have to go into NookColor Tools /All Settings/Development/USB debugging, you will have to uncheck the box and then recheck it.
How to Use:
Before you begin:
* To update to 1.1 you must do a complete wipe.
* You must update to 1.1 to use Auto-Nooter 3.0.0 Instructions HERE.
1 You must already have a registered NOOKcolor
2 You must have a Gmail/Youtube linked Account. IF you used a Gmail account for B&N Registration you should use that one for this process.
3 You must either have dd (Linux) or WinImage (Windows) software.
4 You must have an external microSDCard reader or this will not work. Do NOT use the NC.
5 You must have enough intelligence to follow instructions.
Let's get started:
1 Download Auto-Nooter from here: MultiUpload or MediaFire
*MD5 FB74865663B8D797A486A85022FAD9B2*
2 Linux: Unzip and use dd if=auto-nooter-3.0.0.img of=/dev/sdcard
2 Windows: Unzip and use WinImage to "Restore Virtual Hard Disk Image" to your SDcard.
2 Windows Alternative: https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer/+download
3 Unplug your NOOKcolor from computer. (If Plugged in.)
4 Insert AutoNooter SDcard into your NOOKcolor.
5 Plug the USB cable into your computer and your NOOKcolor. (This will boot up the NOOKcolor.)
6 Your NookColor will reboot when it's done.
That was the hard part, now to the simple stuff.
7 Upon boot unlock your screen.
8 At the Android Welcome Screen skip Sign In.
9 Enable Location Services when given the option.
10 Connect to Wifi and launch Youtube from "Extras".
11 Click the Menu button (The one RIGHT of the Up Arrow).
12 Select "My Channel" and Login using your Gmail Account.
13 Exit Youtube and Launch Gmail from "Extras".
14 Sync your Gmail Account and Exit. (If it fails to sync that is fine.)
15 Open up Market and Accept Terms and Service.
If you made it this far your nook should be successfully Rooted. Go Download an App to make sure.
16 Enable Non-Market Installs by running the NookColor Tools App.
17 If your Youtube fails to launch, download the attached EVO HQ, and follow this code in adb
Code:
adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
adb uninstall com.google.android.youtube
adb push YouTube.apk /system/app
adb reboot
18 Go to Settings > Device Info > SdCard > UnMount > Format
Complete Wipe:
1 8 Failed Boots > Wipes /system
2 Factory ResetFactory Reset > Wipes /data
*You must do both of these to completely wipe clean your NOOKcolor.*
*Before anyone starts to say that I took this project away from GabrialDestruir, I posted this file in the original post, and sent the OP a PM asking to update the current project. I have yet to hear back, and the post was not updated. My post can be found HERE, dated February 2, 2011. I felt that this would be of a benefit to the community, so I am posting it now. If I am asked at some point to take it down I will do so at that time.*
Forgive my ignorance here, but I thought you were never supposed to use the NC to format your SD card? (last step)
I thought I read somewhere that it messes up something in the emmc?
Hopefully I'm wrong and just paranoid
danbutter said:
Forgive my ignorance here, but I thought you were never supposed to use the NC to format your SD card? (last step)
I thought I read somewhere that it messes up something in the emmc?
Hopefully I'm wrong and just paranoid
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I have never really seen an explanation as to why you don't format on the NC. I have formated via the NC and the card works fine both in the NC and my PC. When I want to burn an image, I have been able too. Been able to flash other images on it too.
Excellent!
Can you please add an MD5 to the first post?
Homer
danbutter said:
Forgive my ignorance here, but I thought you were never supposed to use the NC to format your SD card? (last step)
I thought I read somewhere that it messes up something in the emmc?
Hopefully I'm wrong and just paranoid
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Formatting the SDcard doesn't touch the onboard storage. It is one of the easier ways to remove bonus partitions to recover the full card. UPDATE: I should clarify this: when running Eclair internally.
Homer
Any benefit of this over the 1.1r2 many of us did from autonootered 1.0.1?
danbutter said:
Forgive my ignorance here, but I thought you were never supposed to use the NC to format your SD card? (last step)
I thought I read somewhere that it messes up something in the emmc?
Hopefully I'm wrong and just paranoid
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You're thinking of Nookie Froyo. The stock B&N system is fine for formatting the card.
I think formatting the SD card is an issue when you use one of the Froyo images and boot from eMMC. When you format the SD card it actually formats the internal boot partition or some such. I remember reading it in one of the threads which led me to only boot the Froyo images from an external card.
I am at 1.1.0. When did 1.1.1 appear & how do I get it?
BTW Is this exactly the same as the interim A-N 2.12.25 modified for 1.1?
k
I'd say it's a typo and should be v1.1?
Canadoc said:
Any benefit of this over the 1.1r2 many of us did from autonootered 1.0.1?
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also interested to know that!
And if there is benefits, can we use the auto nooter?
Just for clarification, in steps 3 & 4 should the NC be turned off? I have never been sure if it matters, but the following statement makes me think that it should be off,
"5 Plug the USB cable into your computer and your NOOKcolor. (This will boot up the NOOKcolor.)"
Thanks,
kev
danbutter said:
Forgive my ignorance here, but I thought you were never supposed to use the NC to format your SD card? (last step)
I thought I read somewhere that it messes up something in the emmc?
Hopefully I'm wrong and just paranoid
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Only with the froyo image.
Canadoc said:
Any benefit of this over the 1.1r2 many of us did from autonootered 1.0.1?
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The main difference I see is that Clockwork recovery is not involved.
johnny054 said:
also interested to know that!
And if there is benefits, can we use the auto nooter?
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I guess it should be the same, but I had a couple of games break after up'ing with 1.1_r2. So I wanted to try stock/clean 1.1 and then root...hoping this would bring them back.
help please
I'm having a problem rooting my nook color. 2 weeks ago I was fully rooted and for some reason I forget why? but I went back to stock. recently I updated to the newest Barnes & noble firmware. seeing the recent developments of honeycomb I wanted to root my nook again. so I tried downgrading to firmware before the most recent update and using that version of auto nooter. I followed the instructions exactly to a tee. the problem is my nook wont load the disk image from the sd card. I made sure to fully format the sd card before writing the img with Win32DiskImager. I made sure the nook was completely off then plugging in the usb to into the pc to wake up the nook. but nothing? the nook boots up like normal then says sd card damaged. I've formatted the sd card again and have used the newest nooter for my current 1.1. but nothing. the only difference is the first time I rooted I was at my mothers and used her pc. it was a windows vista 64 bit. my computer is windows seven 64 bit. anyone have any idea's as to why the nook wont load the sd card with the nooter image? I'm using the same sd card I was able to root from before. so I seriously doubt its the sd card. I am properly formatting it before writing the img. I am having no problem writing the img. any help would be appreciated
danbutter said:
Forgive my ignorance here, but I thought you were never supposed to use the NC to format your SD card? (last step)
I thought I read somewhere that it messes up something in the emmc?
Hopefully I'm wrong and just paranoid
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brianf21 said:
Only with the froyo image.
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Ok thanks for that clarification. I was pretty sure I read it somewhere!!
trentmaynard said:
I'm having a problem rooting my nook color. 2 weeks ago I was fully rooted and for some reason I forget why? but I went back to stock. recently I updated to the newest Barnes & noble firmware. seeing the recent developments of honeycomb I wanted to root my nook again. so I tried downgrading to firmware before the most recent update and using that version of auto nooter. I followed the instructions exactly to a tee. the problem is my nook wont load the disk image from the sd card. I made sure to fully format the sd card before writing the img with Win32DiskImager. I made sure the nook was completely off then plugging in the usb to into the pc to wake up the nook. but nothing? the nook boots up like normal then says sd card damaged. I've formatted the sd card again and have used the newest nooter for my current 1.1. but nothing. the only difference is the first time I rooted I was at my mothers and used her pc. it was a windows vista 64 bit. my computer is windows seven 64 bit. anyone have any idea's as to why the nook wont load the sd card with the nooter image? I'm using the same sd card I was able to root from before. so I seriously doubt its the sd card. I am properly formatting it before writing the img. I am having no problem writing the img. any help would be appreciated
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You probably have a bad burn on the sdcard. Are you writing to the sdcard from the sd card reader or from the nook? Also, if you return to stock, (8 failed boots, then Power+N) You should be on firmware 1.0.0 or 1.0.1. Then root using one of the two original auto nooters, download rom manager from the market and flash the 1.1 pre-rooted firmware.
Thanks buddy, I try doing that. and I don't have an sd card reader so I just put the sd card that I'm going to write into my cell phone. then mount the sd card and write the img to the same storage device that represents the sd card. I'm sure this is the wrong way of doing it but I have gotten root doing the same thing before
Giving this a go now, coming from auto-nootered 1.0.1.

[SCRIPT] - Install2SD - Script to install any ROM to SD

WARNING: This script can be dangerous if you do not know what you're doing!!! I am not responsible for any of your files or hard drives that are deleted if the script is used the wrong way.
The following Bash script (built for Ubuntu) is a simple script that I wrote that does the following:
1. Lets you chose any non-SD ROM.
2. Lets you chose the drive to partition. (WARNING: This ONLY ignores /dev/sda as it assumes that it's your main hard drive. If you have more than one hard drive, do NOT use this unless you know what you're doing!!!)
3. Automatically partitions a Boot partition, a system partition (large enough to hold some BIG ROMs...), a data partition and the rest of your SD card (whatever size it may be) is partitioned as a standard FAT32 space.
4. It modifies both the ramdisk and the vold to boot from the SD and to see that 4th partition as the SD card.
5. If the ROM doesn't have gapps built in and uses the install script to copy them from your last ROM (like CM and MIUI do), it will download and install the gapps.
6. It creates all the required symlinks.
I've only tested it with my 8GB microSD and with MIUI. The permissions are not set up correctly for now due to a bug of sorts... but the ROM that I tested boots and works fine. (Set it all to 777 for now.)
This is only the first version. I just wrote it today. If you find bugs or have a better idea on how to do certain things (like ONLY display USB drives and SD cards) PLEASE let me know here.
If nothing in this thread makes sense, it's because I'm tired...
Update: Adding a bit more info.
Its a really good idea, but not many people can try it unless it's ported to Windows or Mac.
ikingblack said:
Its a really good idea, but not many people can try it unless it's ported to Windows or Mac.
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I know most people use Windows but Windows isn't very well equipped to do the stuff that this script does. I could always try to make an actual program (make it in c or something) but that would require a complete rewrite. I mostly wrote this for myself (to make my life easier while I'm porting a ROM to the Nook) but figured someone else might be able to use it. (Mostly the people who make the SD img's for everyone else, not the general public.)
ivanmmj said:
I know most people use Windows but Windows isn't very well equipped to do the stuff that this script does. I could always try to make an actual program (make it in c or something) but that would require a complete rewrite. I mostly wrote this for myself (to make my life easier while I'm porting a ROM to the Nook) but figured someone else might be able to use it. (Mostly the people who make the SD img's for everyone else, not the general public.)
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Well yeah, it is pretty hard. Anyways, your script works for me. Its really nice.
You can run bash in Windows using Cygwin
What's the benefit from using this script on the pc and not using verygreens installer on the nook?
joej said:
You can run bash in Windows using Cygwin
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Does Cygwin include parted, mkfs.ext4 and mkfs.msdos?
TDO said:
What's the benefit from using this script on the pc and not using verygreens installer on the nook?
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What installer? I didn't realize he had an installer that would let you install any "non-SD compatible" ROM into an SD card and make it SD-compatible. >.<
Just look at the thread directly below this one ... ;-)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957
I am using it in this setup: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1022786
as alternate boot option.
TDO said:
Just look at the thread directly below this one ... ;-)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957
I am using it in this setup: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1022786
as alternate boot option.
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Reading that it looks like the differences are:
Mine:
Can do all that in the PC without having to touch the nook.
It's all automated. (Like downloading the gapps.)
You run the script then just pop the SD card into the Nook and go.
Meant more for devs who are testing new builds left and right or who are building an image for others to use.
His:
Doesn't require Linux nor any Linux experience (to choose the correct drive from the drive list that the script gives you.)
Meant for the average usage who wants to be able to easily update their ROMs and install new kernels without "wiping" the SD card's data partition.
ivanmmj said:
Reading that it looks like the differences are:
Mine:
Can do all that in the PC without having to touch the nook.
It's all automated. (Like downloading the gapps.)
You run the script then just pop the SD card into the Nook and go.
Meant more for devs who are testing new builds left and right or who are building an image for others to use. <snip...>
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I like this... Thanks
I am using verygreen's installer on my Nook right now, but I am going to start playing with this script
P.S. Linux rocks, everyone should have it...for those who don't want to let go of Windows, you should at least have Linux installed as a virtual machine on your box using VirtualBox.
So I was playing with this for a few moments on my Mac at work today. Am I copying the ROM archive, say MIUI_us_encore_1.8.5_Eng_Deo_ZipA_Signed_andmer.zip or cm_encore_full-163.zip, into the same location as the Install2SD script?
Or am I to uncompress these roms into their respective folders and copy that folder into the same location as the Install2SD script?
I have yet to get another uSD to play with, so I have obviously not gotten to far with this just yet. I will be back to my Ubuntu machine after I get home from work with a new uSD to play with.
cdaters said:
So I was playing with this for a few moments on my Mac at work today. Am I copying the ROM archive, say MIUI_us_encore_1.8.5_Eng_Deo_ZipA_Signed_andmer.zip or cm_encore_full-163.zip, into the same location as the Install2SD script?
Or am I to uncompress these roms into their respective folders and copy that folder into the same location as the Install2SD script?
I have yet to get another uSD to play with, so I have obviously not gotten to far with this just yet. I will be back to my Ubuntu machine after I get home from work with a new uSD to play with.
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I haven't tested to see if this works on a mac. That said, just run the script and it will tell you where to put the files (in linux (in nautilus to be exact...)) If not, when you run it the first time, it will create the necessary folder and you can put the files there.

Cant keep webtop working stable

Below,I will list the steps I do to setup my webtop,I am using webtop2sd on a 32GB PNY Class 10 card, and used a 2GB Transcend (not sure on class,im sure its old) card to test with, same results with both pretty much,so I think something im doing is causing it to stop working.
What happends when it stops, is it just wont come up anymore. When I plug the phone into my lapdock, I either get a bluebox with an HDMI not found error (I'm assuming from the dock itself), or the red moto logo that just moves around. I would try resetting the phone, and reinstalling the executable through the webtop2sd app, and it still wont launch. This has happened about 5 times so far, I would get it setup how I would want it to be,then it stops working.
So here is what I would do (there is a phone reboot between each step pretty much)
1. Use my PC to partiton the SD card, ~22 GB FAT32 followed by an ~8GB ext3
2. Use webtop2sd to create the webtop, default settings, aside from the missing dock fix, which I only used 2-3 out of the 5 times I ran it
3. Once I am in the new webtop, I would install terminal and synaptic,then reboot.
4. Then I would run the webtop scripts, version 1.4, hitting yes to everything, then a reboot
5. I would check to see if synaptic is installed, the last time i did this, I had to use aptitude to install it.
6. Once I got synaptic up,I would use it to install the xfce4 package. Just about everytime I would go to install it,I would get an error on the "tzdata" package, the only way I could get past it,would be to uninstall tzdata, then most of the time,whatever I would go to install would reinstall it anyway. This does concern me, because when I remove tzdata, it appears to be tied to a critical package, which may be the source of my problem,but I am not sure.
7. Once I would get xfce4 installed,I would add xfdesktop and xfce-panel to the startup list (those may not be the exact package names,there is another thread I reference for that, can't remember atm, nor can I remember the exact name of that startup file, but its on this forum somewhere). I would also comment out the awmdock one and the webtop desktop one as well.
8. I would reboot,and it would actually boot up xfce4 just fine, the only gripe I have,is that I would usually get an error on the trash service needing thunar, when it is already installed. The one time,I was able to install open office, and test out some youtube videos.
9. At about this time, I would reboot my phone to see if it still works, then I would get the "bouncing moto logo of death" on my lapdock screen, and would have to start over.
One other unrelated note,about every other time I would reboot my phone, it would come up saying SIM card not installed, so I would reboot it again to fix the problem. So there were normally 2 reboots when a reboot is required.
So,I guess I would ask a few direct questions about my problem
1. Has anyone else had a problem with the tzdata package? Is there a way around it without uninstalling it?
2. Could the full xfce4 package be breaking the webtop? Do I only need certain packages out of it?
3. Even though I tested this on 2 different SD cards, could my problem be that the files are just getting corrupted on the card? Its pretty consistant though, I canpretty much say "Look,my awesome webtop is now setup how I want it to be, now watch me reboot my phone to see it not work anymore" everytime I go to set it up.
Info on my phone:
Stock firmware, unlocked bootloader, cwm installed (I thought I needed it,but not for webtop2sd) and rooted running latest webtop2sd. I havent messed with the stock webtop on the phone itself, i rather not since I like having it as a backup.
Btw, I am a bit of a linux n00b, I've pretty much just been reading what other people have been doing. Any help would be appreciated, thanx
You sure like to mod the webtop. Lol jk.
I have no issues and I have webtop with the Lapdock with the Ninja ROM. My phone is bootloader unlocked and rooted. I personally think you modded too much if that's possible. If I were you, I would start over and try webtop with stock firmware or a ROM with a fresh sd card. That way you can know if your phone has a hardware issue or if you modded too much. Hope this helps.
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I can assure you that your phone is more modded than mine is, since im running stock firmware. What I'm doing is really not that much modding, I'm just trying to get a better interface running on the webtop, which people have posted saying they have the same one working on theirs. Its also not that I can't get it working, its really not hard, just time consuming, I just need to know why it keeps breaking on phone reboots...
teeth_03 said:
I can assure you that your phone is more modded than mine is, since im running stock firmware. What I'm doing is really not that much modding, I'm just trying to get a better interface running on the webtop, which people have posted saying they have the same one working on theirs. Its also not that I can't get it working, its really not hard, just time consuming, I just need to know why it keeps breaking on phone reboots...
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I honestly think you should try some of my suggestions. I think starting fresh is your best option. When something doesn't wok right or something goes wrong. Starting fresh can fix your issues.
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I've formatted the SD card about 6-8 times nowsince I got my lapdock 3 days ago
teeth_03 said:
I've formatted the SD card about 6-8 times nowsince I got my lapdock 3 days ago
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Have you tried reflashing the phone yet with new firmwares or ROMS?
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why would I do that when the issue has something to do with the files on the SD card?
webtop2sd copies the webtop files from the phone, to the SD card,so the files on the phone are basically out of the equation at that point. So its not a problem with android,but with the other linux files from webtop on the SD card
Oh ok. Well have you tried an all new sd card yet?
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Below,I will list the steps I do to setup my webtop,I am using webtop2sd on a 32GB PNY Class 10 card, and used a 2GB Transcend (not sure on class,im sure its old) card to test with, same results with both pretty much,so I think something im doing is causing it to stop working.
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yeah......
I think I fixed it. by finding this little piece of info
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18465066&postcount=3
I believe tzdata has been my problem for he past like 3 days I've been messing with this
It has been running great for the past day. XFCE4 is a large improvement over the standard webtop.
Of course, I ran into another snag, I need to access windows network shares, and Samba doesn't seem to be functioning, specifically, the samba-common package wont install correctly.
This user was able to fix it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19132707&postcount=19
But I have no idea how to fix the read/sym links. Can any linux gurus here explain how that is fixed? Thanx guys!
teeth_03 said:
It has been running great for the past day. XFCE4 is a large improvement over the standard webtop.
Of course, I ran into another snag, I need to access windows network shares, and Samba doesn't seem to be functioning, specifically, the samba-common package wont install correctly.
This user was able to fix it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19132707&postcount=19
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Yeah his post was kind of light on the details.
What it looks like is that when the /var/lib/dpkg/samba-common.postinst script is run by dpkg --configure -a it calls a program named ucf that in turn wants to run the symbolic link of "readlink" located in /usr/bin.
This is where i got stuck. I am by no means a linux guru.
I tried deleting the symlink to force ucf to use the "readlink" in the path, tried setting the symlink to point to the "readlink" located in /system/bin and in /system/xbin, and set the symlink to the busybox in /system/bin and to the custom busybox webtop2sd uses in /system/etc/webtop2sd but it did not help.
The output of dpkg changed slightly depending on which "readlink" ucf used but still the same error, "readlink: invalid option", and no samba-common.
Btw my busybox is 1.19.3
2.3.5 webtop on sdcard with fixed dependencies
A little help would be appreciated.
I was told on IRC that the actual problem is that the stock kernel does not include CIPs support, which is what is required for connectivity
but I still dont like the fact that samba package is still broken...
I'm using faux123's 0.2.3 kernel though, which might have CIPs support. Its hard to tell from the changelog and features listed in his kernel thread. Btw the 0.2.3 kernel fixes the broken top panel.

partition tool questions, installing to the internal device...questions from the noob

Thanks everyone, i bought a 16bg nook tablet (for the 1gb ram) and booted from the SD successfully. but now have a couple more questions....
1) partitioning, i get, its easy in gparted or the windows manager, but for the life of me i do not see a quick guide on how to partition *correctly*. i see 5 partitions on the sd card, and the guide says to expand 4... but it wont let me. i have not tried gparted yet, but i assume if i cant expanded it now (in windows) that i am doing something wrong and will just bork it up in gparted. so.... any links to working partition guides ?
fyi, the partition tool in cm7 in the "cm7 settings" only gave me the option of "512 megs"... so not sure.. but i think the installer made the wrong partition sizes ? dunno... im new and assuming alot based on alot of windows crap and limited linux interactions...
2) installing TOO the device itself: in the one guide above it does not mention rooting, so i assume when you boot to cm7 off a sd, and then go to "install image" that it will root, lay down the new image and all is well... am i correct in that assumption?
3) recovery, i know i will kill the install eventually. im the kind of guy to tinkers and has to re-install windows and backtrack on a regular basis. what i have not seen is how to restore to factory. is it something like my htc glacier? like this link implies ? http://nooktalk.net/nook-faq/nookco...-how-do-i-do-a-hard-reset-system-restore.html
4) if i unplug the usb cable.... i no longer boot into cm7 on the stick... is there a way to not have this happen aside from writing over the image ?
thank you all for your patience!
maxxcool7421 said:
Thanks everyone, i bought a 16bg nook tablet (for the 1gb ram) and booted from the SD successfully. but now have a couple more questions....
1) partitioning, i get, its easy in gparted or the windows manager, but for the life of me i do not see a quick guide on how to partition *correctly*. i see 5 partitions on the sd card, and the guide says to expand 4... but it wont let me. i have not tried gparted yet, but i assume if i cant expanded it now (in windows) that i am doing something wrong and will just bork it up in gparted. so.... any links to working partition guides ?
fyi, the partition tool in cm7 in the "cm7 settings" only gave me the option of "512 megs"... so not sure.. but i think the installer made the wrong partition sizes ? dunno... im new and assuming alot based on alot of windows crap and limited linux interactions...
2) installing TOO the device itself: in the one guide above it does not mention rooting, so i assume when you boot to cm7 off a sd, and then go to "install image" that it will root, lay down the new image and all is well... am i correct in that assumption?
3) recovery, i know i will kill the install eventually. im the kind of guy to tinkers and has to re-install windows and backtrack on a regular basis. what i have not seen is how to restore to factory. is it something like my htc glacier? like this link implies ? http://nooktalk.net/nook-faq/nookco...-how-do-i-do-a-hard-reset-system-restore.html
4) if i unplug the usb cable.... i no longer boot into cm7 on the stick... is there a way to not have this happen aside from writing over the image ?
thank you all for your patience!
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3) read this post for restore to factory, it is for info only! If you break something I'm sorry. These are the facts as I have been able to prove.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1837130
Good Luck!
sorry, try it now
tobdaryl said:
3) read this post for restore to factory, it is for info only! If you break something I'm sorry. These are the facts as I have been able to prove.
Good Luck!
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red text is not linking anywhere ?
Regards!
post fixes with link
sorry, I have edited post to include proper link!
Good Luck!
the link is for info only!

Z902 is really rooted ?

HI,
I just got my Z902 Zero Device. This device came with a PATCH.APK that normally should root the device.
The strange thing is that for some "root" app is working , but for others don't.
Finally , i want to make some modifications to my /System , but i wasn't able to remount RW.
[email protected]:/ # mount -o remount,rw /system
mount: Read-only file system
I tried several ways to remount it , so i don't think is related to command syntax
Strange thing also , is that ADB SHELL ID :
uid=0(root) guid=0(root)
also i got the boot.img, and default.prop
#
# ADDITIONAL_DEFAULT_PROPERTIES
#
ro.secure=0
ro.allow.mock.location=1
ro.debuggable=1
persist.sys.usb.config=adb
But still not able to remount /system
Any ideas?
Thanks,
I'll answer myself , in case someone is running in the same problem.
Actually the problems seems to be a corrupt /system partition.
Solution :
I Used a 8GB sd card to install lubuntu on it. Once done , i TAR the content of my /system , and DELETE (format doesn't work) the partition, and create again.
Done that i put the contains in again , and voila
particion is RW , and i'm able to play with it
Cheers!
Rodrigolopezguerra said:
I'll answer myself , in case someone is running in the same problem.
Actually the problems seems to be a corrupt /system partition.
Solution :
I Used a 8GB sd card to install lubuntu on it. Once done , i TAR the content of my /system , and DELETE (format doesn't work) the partition, and create again.
Done that i put the contains in again , and voila
particion is RW , and i'm able to play with it
Cheers!
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Apparently even easier to install the MK802 II firmware (revision 2 include uinput.ko, can't confirm this , i install the one in .com site).
Not sure if the rw was obtain in the new firmware by the flash process, or just heritage of my previous manipulation.
Rodrigolopezguerra said:
I'll answer myself , in case someone is running in the same problem.
Actually the problems seems to be a corrupt /system partition.
Solution :
I Used a 8GB sd card to install lubuntu on it. Once done , i TAR the content of my /system , and DELETE (format doesn't work) the partition, and create again.
Done that i put the contains in again , and voila
particion is RW , and i'm able to play with it
Cheers!
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Hi, I understand that first you install ubuntu, than again Android, then you're root?
Could you make a manual?
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Segarra said:
Hi, I understand that first you install ubuntu, than again Android, then you're root?
Could you make a manual?
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You are root from the begining.
But in z902 the nandd seems to be corrupted. No need to make a manual, already exists at liliputing. Google for lubuntu install for mk802. If you dont find it, let me know and i ll post it .
Nowadays I installed cm10 and trying to get wifi working
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Rodrigolopezguerra said:
You are root from the begining.
But in z902 the nandd seems to be corrupted. No need to make a manual, already exists at liliputing. Google for lubuntu install for mk802. If you dont find it, let me know and i ll post it .
Nowadays I installed cm10 and trying to get wifi working
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Ok, I ll try to find lubuntu version for MK802 and install it... first to find manual, which version is correct for Z902, they are some different in liliputing...
Download
Lubuntu 12.04 v4 A very lightweight version of Ubuntu using LXDE, recommended
1GB 1080p - 307.3MB 8745ae9f3b64ae7c584f461af272a1e5
1GB 720p - 307.3MB 3817c63736135bc24d395f3e81ac96f4
512MB 1080p - 307.3MB 5eb772216410f5c39d3d604c86e7bb63
512MB 720p - 307.3MB e95fec74a314eb77147db58091589b2e
Xubuntu 12.04 v1 A lightweight version of Ubuntu using XFCE, recommended
Ubuntu 12.04 v1 The standard Ubuntu release using Gnome
Kubuntu 12.04 Delayed until next release Ubuntu using KDE as the desktop environment
Other versions:
Toby's Linaro 12.06 armhf Based on Ubuntu, using ARM hard float which is said to be up to 40% faster on ARM devices
Rikomagic Lubuntu 12.04 The Rikomagic image, with many known fixes, extra drivers, and an updated kernel
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Segarra said:
Ok, I ll try to find lubuntu version for MK802 and install it... first to find manual, which version is correct for Z902, they are some different in liliputing...
Download
Lubuntu 12.04 v4 A very lightweight version of Ubuntu using LXDE, recommended
1GB 1080p - 307.3MB 8745ae9f3b64ae7c584f461af272a1e5
1GB 720p - 307.3MB 3817c63736135bc24d395f3e81ac96f4
512MB 1080p - 307.3MB 5eb772216410f5c39d3d604c86e7bb63
512MB 720p - 307.3MB e95fec74a314eb77147db58091589b2e
Xubuntu 12.04 v1 A lightweight version of Ubuntu using XFCE, recommended
Ubuntu 12.04 v1 The standard Ubuntu release using Gnome
Kubuntu 12.04 Delayed until next release Ubuntu using KDE as the desktop environment
Other versions:
Toby's Linaro 12.06 armhf Based on Ubuntu, using ARM hard float which is said to be up to 40% faster on ARM devices
Rikomagic Lubuntu 12.04 The Rikomagic image, with many known fixes, extra drivers, and an updated kernel
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Wich is your goal? Install lubuntu or beeing able to rw system?
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Rodrigolopezguerra said:
Wich is your goal? Install lubuntu or beeing able to rw system?
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To really root the device..., rw system
Once rooted Ill like to change the Rom, for one better.
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I tried the one in the first post when you google install ubuntu mk802 . Sorry for not putting links, actually answering from the phone
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Segarra said:
To really root the device..., rw system
Once rooted Ill like to change the Rom, for one better.
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You re root nandd is corrupted. Try this
1) download livesuite
2) put the sd card in z902
No ouput image
Wait about 1 minute
3)unplug z902 and remove sdcard
4) plug z902 to windows pc
5) install the drivers
6) flash the mk802 ii image , avoid 0912 version of it,has a bug That will not boot on second try
That should do it.
If you have further problems ,i ll try to write a procedure in next days
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Rodrigolopezguerra said:
You re root nandd is corrupted. Try this
1) download livesuite
2) put the sd card in z902
No ouput image
Wait about 1 minute
3)unplug z902 and remove sdcard
4) plug z902 to windows pc
5) install the drivers
6) flash the mk802 ii image , avoid 0912 version of it,has a bug That will not boot on second try
That should do it.
If you have further problems ,i ll try to write a procedure in next days
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Where do I find MK802 II image?
After I go back to Z902? Or I stay with MK802 II?
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Segarra said:
Where do I find MK802 II image?
After I go back to Z902? Or I stay with MK802 II?
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As far as i know Z902 it's MK802 II rebranded.
Here you have the procedure to flash this device
http://www.rikomagic.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=449
Nevertheless , for me is a LOT easier and faster to just put the sd card in the device and plug it in , and take it away 30 seconds after to put the device in rescue mode, and after that , flash with the livesuite.
I repeat , pay attention that you're not installing 2909 , is not going to boot at the second try. The original fw , as you will see is more new than the one that comes with the z902.
If you want to try 2909 , there's a workaround changing the playstore, didn't work for me.
At your disposal
Segarra said:
To really root the device..., rw system
Once rooted Ill like to change the Rom, for one better.
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Maybe you would find this interesting also
I achieve to install CM10 in my MK802II (a z902 actually).
I got the compatibility zip from
http://*******/DXTcY
i downloaded CM10 from the XDA christian throy topic.
i downloaded gapss from same topic.
i got the CWM5 image for livesuit (don't remember where). So, now to work.
There's a procedure that use the SD card to put the pen in recovery mode... i found usefull to put the SDCARD IN and plug the device , wait 30-60 seconds, unplug and take the sdcard (the device is going to put himself in recovery mode by itself because etc..etc..etc..)
Once this is done , plug the device to a windows computer (7 in my case). The device is going to be detected , and you can use the drivers that come with livesuit.
Once recognized use livesuit to flash the CWM img. PLUG the device to your TV (Need to use a USB keyboard , also supports USB mouse, but you will have to search on how it works).
Now you are seeing CWM. Leave it there , and put the GAPSS , CM10 and compatibility zip in the sd card. Put the SDcard in the device.
Wipe EVERYTHING you see (also in advance options).
NOTE: DOWN (DOWN),UP(UP), LEFT (SELECT),RIGHT(BACK) in the CWM.
FLASH IN THIS ORDER :
CM10
GAPSS
Compatibility
Should take a while to boot first time (more than 4 minutes is not normal in case you're wondering , if is the case , restart , you did something wrong).
I'm having a problem gettoing WIFI working , but i'm looking in to it
Segarra said:
Where do I find MK802 II image?
After I go back to Z902? Or I stay with MK802 II?
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And probably you will find this interesting to , is from rikomagic forum. Standar procedure for recovery your mini pc
Flashing is different in MK802 II. Here is procedure to flash in MK802 II.
Tools Needed -
1. Phoenix Card
2. Minimum 2gb SD-Card
3. SD-Card Writer
4. WIndows OS
5. Image File
Steps -
1. Plugin your SD-Card Writer with SD-Card
2. Run PhoenixCard.exe
3. Select Disk Drive
4. Select Image File
5. Select Write Mode - Product
6. Burn
7. After Image is written to SD Card, pull out and insert SD Card into MK802II
8. Power on MK802II, wait for 4-5 minutes, power indicator (blue light) will automatically turn off
9. Remove SD Card and power MK802II again.
10. Voila. Image flashed. Enjoy.
PhoenixCard - http://goo.gl/qzf9I
Stock Image for MK802 II - ftp://FTP_user:[email protected]/MK802 II_120822.rar *Note - PhoenixCard Tool in this link will not work, so download PhoenixCard from above link.
regards
Rodrigolopezguerra said:
Maybe you would find this interesting also
I achieve to install CM10 in my MK802II (a z902 actually).
I got the compatibility zip from
http://*******/DXTcY
i downloaded CM10 from the XDA christian throy topic.
i downloaded gapss from same topic.
i got the CWM5 image for livesuit (don't remember where). So, now to work.
There's a procedure that use the SD card to put the pen in recovery mode... i found usefull to put the SDCARD IN and plug the device , wait 30-60 seconds, unplug and take the sdcard (the device is going to put himself in recovery mode by itself because etc..etc..etc..)
Once this is done , plug the device to a windows computer (7 in my case). The device is going to be detected , and you can use the drivers that come with livesuit.
Once recognized use livesuit to flash the CWM img. PLUG the device to your TV (Need to use a USB keyboard , also supports USB mouse, but you will have to search on how it works).
Now you are seeing CWM. Leave it there , and put the GAPSS , CM10 and compatibility zip in the sd card. Put the SDcard in the device.
Wipe EVERYTHING you see (also in advance options).
NOTE: DOWN (DOWN),UP(UP), LEFT (SELECT),RIGHT(BACK) in the CWM.
FLASH IN THIS ORDER :
CM10
GAPSS
Compatibility
Should take a while to boot first time (more than 4 minutes is not normal in case you're wondering , if is the case , restart , you did something wrong).
I'm having a problem gettoing WIFI working , but i'm looking in to it
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It took a while to get through this process but I managed. However, neither CM9 or CM10 allow you to use wifi. In CM10 you can't even turn it on and CM9, it looks like you have turned it on but nothing happens. I guess it's back to the stock 0822 ROM...
herrdude said:
It took a while to get through this process but I managed. However, neither CM9 or CM10 allow you to use wifi. In CM10 you can't even turn it on and CM9, it looks like you have turned it on but nothing happens. I guess it's back to the stock 0822 ROM...
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Yes , true. Wifi not working. But the cm10 worked for me ( at least 3 boots, after that dead). Trying 2909 fw , 3 boot , dead...the original fw not very usefull, trying to make something by myself. If you find something, don t hesitate to share pls
Regards
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Rodrigolopezguerra said:
Yes , true. Wifi not working. But the cm10 worked for me ( at least 3 boots, after that dead). Trying 2909 fw , 3 boot , dead...the original fw not very usefull, trying to make something by myself. If you find something, don t hesitate to share pls
Regards
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Did you try the German ROM? http://www.rikomagic.de/service/database/
You can change the language by choosing Spreiche in settings and choosing the language of your choice...
herrdude said:
Did you try the German ROM? http://www.rikomagic.de/service/database/
You can change the language by choosing Spreiche in settings and choosing the language of your choice...
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Did u try it? Feedback?
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Rodrigolopezguerra said:
Did u try it? Feedback?
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I did. The boot animation is better. It seems pretty stable but I used the 0822 img which is the best one of the bunch for me. The only thing that was weird was how it was rooted. You couldn't make any changes to the system folder.
It seems like every rom has at least one thing that is annoying and so we have to choose the one that is the best of the worst.
Thats actually the same that i ve . Is actually the one for mk802 I think, check you device info.what it says?
The rw problem is related to corrupted partition and no the rom. I formated and now I m able to rw
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