Starting adb on boot process? For debugging purposes... - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys, i successfully build from scratch a device and vendor tree for my rom, and compile CM13 with no problems.
The roms boots but i get a bootloop when it come into "starting apps". My idea is get adb working on boot proccess.
I was googling but i couldn't get working....
This is my init.qcom.rc: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByjBTzGuQ9FIQldHTGxBWjdtczQ
And init.usb.rc generated by CM13: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByjBTzGuQ9FIc1ZVNnVpTVExOE0
Thanks

Well guy i was digging around and testing ALOT with no luck. Still can't enable adb at boot.
I try adding this properties on default.prop:
Code:
ro.adb.secure=0
ro.secure=0
ro.debuggable=1
persist.sys.usb.config=mtp,adb
An this in build.prop:
Code:
ro.default_usb_mode=0
persist.service.adb.enable=1
persist.service.debuggable=1
persist.sys.usb.config=mtp,adb
My device is a Forge TV, and it have a single usb port and no sdcard slot, so the only way to get a log is via usb...
In the stock rom, by default, starts in host mode (storage) and you have to go into config to change it into "device mode" to get usb adb working....
Probably i need to manage how the usb port starts at boot, i thought that "ro.default_usb_mode=0" was the solution...but no
Any help will be appreciated!
PS. lsusb doesn't recognize any device....only in fastboot mode

So i found out something interesting...in stock rom if i execute the command echo 0 > /proc/usb_device the device put itself in device mode and i can debug, putting that value to 1 reverts to storage.
I try to put that on init.d, or even on init.qcom.rc in the boot image with no luck....it's so frustating...

Ususally adbd should already be running this late during the boot.
Can you at least get an usb connection during boot? (check lsusb)
If you want to get at least a dmesg output during boot you could try the following:
set this in the build.prop
Code:
debug.sf.nobootanimation=1
set the following in your kernel defconfig
Code:
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_DETECT_PRIMARY=y
CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y
CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y
(not all of them are needed but I forgot which ones are and which ones are not)
add this to the kernel command line
Code:
console=tty1 loglevel=7
This should at least show some output on the phone screen itself.
To run something in the console, you could try to connect an usb keyboard or use something like a scriptable virtual keyboard.
You might need to set loglevel to 1 or 0 if you don't want it to spam your console while working on it.

ruleh said:
Ususally adbd should already be running this late during the boot.
Can you at least get an usb connection during boot? (check lsusb)
If you want to get at least a dmesg output during boot you could try the following:
set this in the build.prop
Code:
debug.sf.nobootanimation=1
set the following in your kernel defconfig
Code:
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_DETECT_PRIMARY=y
CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y
CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y
(not all of them are needed but I forgot which ones are and which ones are not)
add this to the kernel command line
Code:
console=tty1 loglevel=7
This should at least show some output on the phone screen itself.
To run something in the console, you could try to connect an usb keyboard or use something like a scriptable virtual keyboard.
You might need to set loglevel to 1 or 0 if you don't want it to spam your console while working on it.
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Hi, thanks alot for your answer! My device is a Razer Forge TV wich is an Android TV device. It's equiped with a single full usb 3.0 port and no sdcard slot. The port works in 2 ways, by default in host mode and device mode (the mode i need to get some debug output). In the stock rom executing "echo 0 > /proc/usb_device" enable this mode and remains on reboot. But doesn't seems to work on CM (i put the command on an init.d script). lsusb reports nothing (equal in stock rom when the port is in host mode).
I test the soluton you provided, but instead of bootanimation i get a black screen then optimizing apps, starting apps and reboot (wich is my main problem)....there's no output on screen...i'm stuck on this like 10 days or more...is so annoying...thanks again

achaw said:
Hi, thanks alot for your answer! My device is a Razer Forge TV wich is an Android TV device. It's equiped with a single full usb 3.0 port and no sdcard slot. The port works in 2 ways, by default in host mode and device mode (the mode i need to get some debug output). In the stock rom executing "echo 0 > /proc/usb_device" enable this mode and remains on reboot. But doesn't seems to work on CM (i put the command on an init.d script). lsusb reports nothing (equal in stock rom when the port is in host mode).
I test the soluton you provided, but instead of bootanimation i get a black screen then optimizing apps, starting apps and reboot (wich is my main problem)....there's no output on screen...i'm stuck on this like 10 days or more...is so annoying...thanks again
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You could try to insert a usb stick, mount it, and then write dmesg and/or adb output to it using init.rc.
Alternatively you could try to enable adb over tcp and connect that way to it.
Alos try to chose a different tty in the kernel command line.
(btw are the following three lines present in your kernel defconfig?)
Code:
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_TTY=y
CONFIG_VT=y

ruleh said:
You could try to insert a usb stick, mount it, and then write dmesg and/or adb output to it using init.rc.
Alternatively you could try to enable adb over tcp and connect that way to it.
Alos try to chose a different tty in the kernel command line.
(btw are the following three lines present in your kernel defconfig?)
Code:
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_TTY=y
CONFIG_VT=y
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I can't mount usb or enable adb over tcp becasuse the system reboot itself at starting apps...
Right now i'm testing with your new config, switching ttys because i'm still getting black screen instead some output...

Well after some days i remember that the Forge iss equipped with a ethernet port...i feel so stupid lol...
So i was able to debug via adb over tcp.... @ruleh thanks alot for your time!

I think "starting apps" happens when zygote is started.
If it is really the case then it should be possible to mount an usb stick and write the logs to it before everything reboots.
According to the init files I have, init.${ro.hardware}.rc would be the place to do the mount+write.
Ideally /system is mounted and /system/bin is in the path to access tools like logcat and dmesg.
Otherwise you could include them in /sbin which is (in most cases) part of the ramdisk.
It would probably be something like this:
Code:
on early-boot
#mkdir /mnt/usb
mount /dev/(usb_stick) /mnt/usb
exec /system/bin/dmesg > /mnt/usb/dmesg.log
exec /system/bin/logcat > /mnt/usb/logcat.log
(I have never used the init.rc files directly so I am not too sure.)
Also did you try "write /proc/usb_device 0" instead of "echo 0 > /proc/usb_device" in the init.rc files? (preferably before zygote starts...maybe init.usb.rc?)
Or you could try to remove the lines referencing zygote from the init.rc files and see if adbd starts then or not.
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achaw said:
Well after some days i remember that the Forge iss equipped with a ethernet port...i feel so stupid lol...
So i was able to debug via adb over tcp.... @ruleh thanks alot for your time!
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I wish I read this a bit earlier...... oh well

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[BUGLIST] AOSP 2.2 ROM Bugs and Fixes | Post questions here

If you ...
find a bug or problem on 2.2, post here
find a solution on how to fix the bug, post here
want to get help on how to fix the bug, post here
anything else, goes here
This thread are meant for bug/problem solution and reported bug list of 2.2 custom ROM which i will try to manage, so people are not posting same bug, and asking for same solution all over again in X10 Custom ROM AOSP thread.
Limitation
Cannot Mount via USB
2.2 Custom ROM put the SYSTEM partition on your phone memory and the DATA partition in your SD card. That is why you cannot dismount the SD card from Android to mount to your PC.
No App2SD
2.2 Custom ROM is still running on 2.1 Custom Kernel which not supporting this.
Bug list
#0001 - WiFi not working - Fixed on 2.2
#0002 - Random android.process.media force close - Fixed on 2.2
#0003 - Home button not working, and no Lock Screen - Fixed on 2.2
#0004 - Cannot install certain APK (Angry Bird)
#0005 - No radio, no network and flashing Home - New on 0.0.2
#0006 - ADB shell have SU access, but Titanium Backup cannot work - New on 0.0.2
#0007 - SD Card non-ascii folder show as ???
#0008 - Facebook Contact Sync not available
#0009 - CPU Governor set to performance by default
Solutions for bugs
#0001 - How to enable WiFi on 2.2 Custom ROM
1. Try to enable WiFi, of course it will not work.. just do it.
2. WiFi will goes off automatically
3. Run
Code:
adb shell /system/bin/wlan_tool
4. If the adb stucks, just press CTRL+C
5. Repeat step 4 until you crash the phone
6. After reboot, your WiFi will work.
or
Code:
adb shell killall servicemanager
Post Reference
#0002 - android.process.media FC solution
0.0.1 compiled with prefilled databases which invalid for your phone
Code:
adb shell
cd /data/data/com.android.providers.media/databases
rm *
reboot
or this will ensure no invalid data anymore but will remove fixes for bug #0003
Code:
adb shell
cd /data/
rm -r data
mkdir data
reboot
Post Reference
#0003 - Fix Home Button & Lock Screen
Download sqlite here
First pull the db file first.
Code:
adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db settings.db
Then add value to its content
Code:
sqlite3.exe settings.db
sqlite> INSERT INTO "secure" VALUES(67,'device_provisioned','1');
sqlite> .exit
Then push back the db
Code:
adb push settings.db /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
Then reboot.
Post Reference
#0004 - Solving installing APK problems
Currently the 2.2 Custom ROM does not support app2sd, and some APK may configure it self to be installed in sdcard.
So we force it to install on internal with code below
Code:
adb shell pm setInstallLocation 1
adb install -l com.rovio.angrybirds.apk
Post Reference
#0005 - Fixing radio, wifi and home screen flashing problem
Run this command
Code:
adb shell killall servicemanager
Post Reference
#0006 - Fixing SU access for Titanium Backup
Run this command
Code:
adb shell chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
Post Reference
#0007 - Fixing SD card mount command to show unicode letters
Modify your chargemon file so its enables utf8 for non ascii letter.
You need to do this on 2.1 ROM, not 2.2 ROM. The file is located in /system/bin
look for this
Code:
mount -t vfat -o rw,noatime,nodiratime /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /sd
and change into this
Code:
mount -t vfat -o rw,noatime,nodiratime,utf8 /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /sd
Notes:
You must use a Unix/Linux format capable text editor for this. Notepad will not work.
You can try ultraedit for it.
Post Reference
#0008 - Fix Facebook Sync
Download the ContactsProvider.apk here, then install to your Android using push command
Code:
adb push ContactsProvider.apk /system/app/ContactsProvider.apk
adb reboot
Post Reference
#0009 - Using SetCPU
By default is Performance, fast but wasting too much battery.
Use SetCPU and set to OnDemand.
Post Reference
2.2 Custom ROM FAQ
How and what happened if upgrade from 0.0.1 to 0.0.2?
Just copy data.img and system.img replacing your current one in FreeX10 folder.
This will replace all your 0.0.1 data, be sure to back up first with Titanium Backup
WiFi is running and connected, but cannot browser
This problem seems to be occurring on selected few.. You can set static IP to your android.
Go to Settings -> Wireless ... -> WiFi, then press menu button. From there you can se static IP
Is there a possibility of Timescape and Mediascape for 2.2 Custom ROM
The answer is yes, its possible.
I managed to install Mediascape.apk into 2.2 Custom ROM, but cannot run.
The reason it cannot run is because UX is using a lot of things in Framework-res.apk, images, layout, styles, and etc which cannot be copied directly from SE 2.1 into 2.2 AOSP. It requires someone to properly put all values, resolving conflicts inside Framework-res.apk before the UX can run, which will take months or at least weeks if someone dedicated his or her day job for it. Then after that we still need to deal with external files. So in conclusion, while it still possible, i don't think anyone will do it because of the time demanding process.
I want to help devs solving bugs, i found one but i don't know what actually happend.
While usb connected, from command prompt, type
Code:
adb logcat > logcat.txt
This will output a lot of debugging info into logcat.txt file, later if you find bug, you take a look inside the file.
See anything error or info related to the bug, and post here.. When writing the logcat.txt output, but them inside
Code:
brackets.
Do not post everything.. post few lines related to the bugs.
2.2 Custom ROM Testing Tools
Service Menu
WARNING: DO NOT INSTALL THIS UNLESS YOU DO DEVS, END USER DO NOT INSTALL
PURPOSE: MAYBE FOR TESTING DEVICE FEATURE, MIGHT BREAK SYSTEM APPS
Enable SE Service Menu for device testing. For devs only. You need to put adb stuff in the directory for install.bat to run.
Install framework
Code:
adb push permissions /system/etc/permissions
adb push lib /system/framework
adb reboot
Install applications
Code:
adb install app\bootinfo3.apk
adb install app\ServiceMenu2.apk
adb install app\com.laac.launcher.servicemenu.apk
Nice work. THis is handy
As i posted in the Main thread!
I think some of the force closes, (mainly acore and google framework) and the fact that the market crashes, come down to importing a vcard!
I imported vcard, get many force closes, market stops working, I clean install and don't install the vcard. Everything functions fine.
I do believe this is the reason!
Greeet ~~!! but can u tell me the seloution of this proplem :
i was run 2.2 001 ok ? then i back to to SE 2.1 to change old system.img & data.img by the new on FreeX10_alpha-release_0.0.2-UPDATE , ok ? then i reboot my phone into 2.2 , it run but like u make a refresh on computer ! evry 3 second !
thnx
Ahmed radi said:
Greeet ~~!! but can u tell me the seloution of this proplem :
i was run 2.2 001 ok ? then i back to to SE 2.1 to change old system.img & data.img by the new on FreeX10_alpha-release_0.0.2-UPDATE , ok ? then i reboot my phone into 2.2 , it run but like u make a refresh on computer ! evry 3 second !
thnx
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Please read the main post!
sorry but no one answer me there
Thanks
Thanks for this ,hopefully a post like this is made for the 1st post on 2.1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9134882&postcount=1
awesome thread, very helpful. Hopefully more people will read this rather than constantly posting the same bugs in the main thread.
Ahmed radi said:
sorry but no one answer me there
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hey ahmed
grb el solution da
#0005 - Fixing radio, wifi and home screen flashing problem
Run this command
Code:
adb shell killall servicemanager
i think en da el 7l
bye
bsthost said:
hey ahmed
grb el solution da
#0005 - Fixing radio, wifi and home screen flashing problem
Run this command
Code:
adb shell killall servicemanager
i think en da el 7l
bye
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i dont know how to use adb shell is there anythread for newbie user how to use adb ?
angry birds on my x10 is working well....i take it from a previous backup and restrored on 2.2 with mybackup pro
Please post to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835308&page=9999 thread instead.
We don't need to create two discussion thread.
i fixed the wifi and flashing problem and i have connected to wifi but i cant access internet or market any it seems i have connected to my modem netwok still cant access to internet any idea how to fix this?
17mayis said:
i fixed the wifi and flashing problem and i have connected to wifi but i cant access internet or market any it seems i have connected to my modem netwok still cant access to internet any idea how to fix this?
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Code:
setprop ro.kernel.android.ndns 2
setprop net.eth0.dns1 8.8.8.8
setprop net.eth0.dns2 8.8.4.4
New crash this morning : i tried to connect my BT headphone after that i've activated BT => BT has desactivated itself then the phone reboots.
zephyrix said:
Code:
setprop ro.kernel.android.ndns 2
setprop net.eth0.dns1 8.8.8.8
setprop net.eth0.dns2 8.8.4.4
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i appreciate your answer man if you could tell me how to do this ? through adb shell or something else?
17mayis said:
i dont know how to use adb shell is there anythread for newbie user how to use adb ?
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Google is your friend!
i have flashPlayer10.1 problem it,s to slow when i play on any website any solution what might be ?

[HOWTO] Ubuntu on Folio 100

I'm sorry it took so long, I got lots of stuff to deal with. Good things are worth waiting for (i heard)
First off: You are responsible for any of your actions! Changes that are needed to boot Ubuntu on your folio will void your warranty!
Special Thanks goes to DerArtem for posting his Kernels, Weeds2000 for eMail support, topogigi for wifi hacking and last but not least the Ubuntu-Touch Team on IRC that made it possible for me to tweak the touchscreen driver.
However, the system you are about to create is not fully functional, there are still things missing (a working sound driver for example). Its nice to play with it anyway
Heres a quick walk-through:
We will flash a kernel to the toshiba folio tablet which makes it possible to boot from an sdcard or USB-stick (You have to choose one, we need at least 2GB, I'd recommend 4GB so you can install fancy stuff like OpenOffice etc.).
We will then create a root filesystem with rootstock, which will hold our Ubuntu system (similar to your hard drive-Ubuntu).
Finally, we have to tweak that filesystem and change passwords, copy wifi driver etc.
Then we're able to boot a beautiful Ubuntu.
Things you will need:
- A Computer running Linux (Debian / Ubuntu would be great. If you're not running Linux on your computer, running it on the folio would make absolutely no sense. Please don't ask, I don't know how to install it in Windows.)
- The files i added to this post
- A SD-Card, 2-4 GB should be fine.
- optional: A second SD-card, 128MB would be enough (for flashing)
- A USB hub (If you want to boot from USB AND use a keyboard.
- Some time... =)
The first thing you should do is flash one of the update.zip files; choose update-sdmmc.zip (this will boot your folio from sdcard) or update-usb.zip (this will boot from a usb pen drive), open it and unpack the content to a sdcard (This has to be a SDcard, we're gonna flash our device from there.)
Backup all your data on your folio (I'm serious! It'll be gone!) and turn it off.
Put the SDcard in its slot and turn the folio back on. Press + hold both power and volume up.
Follow instructions to do a system update (If you've never done this before you shouldn't start now =) )
When it reboots, your folio will show some funny black and white linux text stuff and hang somewhere. Congratulations! You just bricked your tablet. Now lets see how we can fix it... Turn it off (Keep power pressed for about 5 seconds) and take out the sdcard, put it in your PC.
It's getting messy now, so grab a beer and let's go:
Open a Terminal on your linux computer.
Code:
#echo "Hello world!"
If your console says "Hello World" you got it. Awesome! =)
Code:
#sudo apt-get install rootstock gparted
This will install rootstock, the tool we're gonna need to create our filesystem, as well as gparted, a tool for partitioning our flash drive. You can also install rootstock-gtk, the graphical version. Try it if you like:
Code:
#sudo apt-get install rootstock-gtk
I heard that ubuntu-netbook won't work because there are drivers missing, would somebody try that and report please?
If your beer is already empty when this is done, you need a faster computer. Tell your wife the guys at xda-developers told you so
Back to the terminal:
Code:
#sudo rootstock -f MyCoolHostName -l myCoolUserName -p myCoolPassword --seed xubuntu-desktop -i 2G --notarball
This will create our filesystem with a user called "myCoolUserName" and (theoretically) his password "myCoolPassword" and install a basic xubuntu-desktop. I had to change the password manually because it didn't work this way... We'll do that later.
Rootstock will download lots of packages (You could also set it up with "--seed ubuntu-desktop", then youll download even more packages or "--seed ubuntu-minimal" or kubuntu... I still didnt find a list of seeds online :-/
The creating will take quite some time, get another beer.
When this is done, you'll get a file like this : "qemu-armel-201104112120.img". We will now mount this image: (make sure the directory /mnt/ does exist and is empty:
Code:
#ls -la /mnt )
Code:
#sudo su
(its simpler to be root for now)
Code:
#mount -o loop qemu-armel-201104112120.img /mnt/
(You are aware that your filename is different, are you? Try this:
Code:
# mount -o loop qemu-armel-*TAB*
and your terminal will automatically fill in your filename. Awesome linux, huh? =)
)
Code:
#cd /mnt/etc/
#mv fstab fstab.bak
#echo "proc /proc proc defaults 0 0" > fstab
#echo "dev /dev tmpfs rw 0 0" >> fstab
Note that the first time we create a file called fstab (echo asdf > fstab), then we add one line to this file (echo asdfasdf >> fstab)
Now we need to copy our wifi-driver over. Remember I told you to write down the directory you put them in? =)
Code:
#cp /home/YourUserName/Desktop/FolioStuff/firmware /mnt/lib/firmware
We will now do something stupid: We chroot into our arm-based system from an intel-system. But since we're only changing passwords, we should be OK.
Code:
#cd /
#chroot /mnt/
#passwd myCoolUserName
#passwd
#exit
That's it, we're out of the chroot.
It's now time to prepare the SDcard (The steps are the same for a USB Flash drive, I think you'll figure them out.)
Find out how your SDcard can be accessed (You should still be root):
Code:
# fdisk -l
In my card reader, it's "/dev/mmcblk0", it could also be "/dev/sdb1" in your computer.
Now there are two possibilities:
1. You know what youre doing. Then it's easy: You wipe the only partition (or, if there are more than one, the first partition) on your sdcard and format it with ext3:
Code:
#mkfs.ext3 /dev/mmcblk0p1
Note: The device is called /dev/mmcblk0, the partition itself /dev/mmcblk0p1 (Partition 1)
2. You are not sure about this. No problem, start gparted: (as root!)
Code:
#gparted
In the upper right corner, select your flash drive, delete all partitions and create one formatted with ext3. Close gparted.
Mount your freshly created partition somewhere (i chose /mnt2/):
Code:
#mkdir /mnt2/
Code:
#mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt2
We can now copy our filesystem over. Make sure you use exactly the same flags (rfp for recursive, force, preserve (attributes))
Code:
#cp -rfp /mnt/* /mnt2/
OK, that could work. Unmount the sdcard:
Code:
#umount /mnt2/
Put it in your folio and cross your fingers.
Wifi drivers will be up soon...
It's recommend to add build-essentials to your rootstock image too..
Because then you can easily build the wireless lan drivers on your devices..
Maybe I'll post a howto this afternoon!
Is this Ubuntu really usable (for daily work) with the folio 100 (touch, response speed, ecc.)?
Thanks.
Yup, it's usable for everyday work. It's quite fast on the Folio 100, I've been pretty impressed when I tested it a few weeks ago.
Thanks ph84
It seems most difficult than expected but, great job !
Only i have 1 question, bricking the tablet sounds dangerous... is possible break out the tablet and get a rock?
Thanksss!!!!!
if ubuntu is installed on sd, does that mean that we can dual boot foliomod from nand and ubuntu from sd/usb?
Hm... I'm using Ubuntu 11.04 and I'm getting this error at the end of the rootfs creation :
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
E: Second stage build in chroot failed !
E: Please see the log to see what went wrong.
I: Cleaning up...
.....
I: Umounting temporary Image
umount2: Dispositivo o risorsa occupata
umount: /tmp/tmp.zaZ1j1Tgt6/tmpmount/proc: device is busy.
(In some cases useful info about processes that use
the device is found by lsof(8) or fuser(1))
umount2: Dispositivo o risorsa occupata
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Do you have any idea where I can find the log?
And this procedure will build in the tablet a dual boot? Or dualboot is another procedure?
what is the *.rar????
No it's for singleboot only...
You can only start Ubuntu installed on SD-Card/USB-Stick with this procedure...
I don't know wether the boot-partition is locked when you are booting ubuntu/android..
If not it should be possible to build some applications to flash the boot-partition on the running system to change from ubuntu to android
When I do the rootstock step,I got this error!!!Please help!!!
I: Base system installed successfully.
I: First stage install done
I: Using Chroot for installer
Adding 'local diversion of /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d to /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d.rootstock'
Generating locales...
en_GB.UTF-8... done
Generation complete.
Generating locales...
en_US.UTF-8... done
Generation complete.
/bin/installer: line 53: syntax error near unexpected token `+'
E: Second stage build in chroot failed !
E: Please see the log to see what went wrong.
I: Cleaning up...
.....
I: Umounting temporary Image
I: A logfile was saved as //rootstock-201104140706.log
I: Done
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Could you upload an *.img for us in this forum?
or a databank,etc?
mhmm it always hangs in the xulrunner configuration.. bahh someone know a solution for this? or does i realy have to chroot the rootfst and install everything manualy =(? Cant find any solution on google for this bug =/
sony_tornado said:
what is the *.rar????
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Nvm, I was talking crap...
schnudergof said:
mhmm it always hangs in the xulrunner configuration.. bahh someone know a solution for this? or does i realy have to chroot the rootfst and install everything manualy =(? Cant find any solution on google for this bug =/
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Just try rootstock without the parameters on --seed..
Maybe it will work..
You wont have a Desktop Enviroment like Gnome or something but you wont need that for installing the wireless drivers...
And after installing wireless drivers you can install ubuntu-desktop or something with apt-get!
Ok, I have been looking at rootstock, and if you install rootstock-gtk and than click on tasksel there is a whole list of seeds to chose from. I Think im going to try build the netbook build.
On a side note:
We will now do something stupid: We chroot into our arm-based system from an intel-system. But since we're only changing passwords, we should be OK
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with chroot your only changing the root of your file system, your not running anything from there.
But its its in no way a complaint to your awesome guide! Thanks and keep up the good work!
shidima_101 said:
with chroot your only changing the root of your file system, your not running anything from there.
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Thats right but when you change your root shell to the rootstock-fs you can also use sudo apt-get update/install and install it into the rootfs!
ph84 said:
Meanwhile, open another terminal. (This is linux! We're gonna multitask since our computer is capable of handling that!) Go to where you stored the attached files, for example
Code:
#cd /home/YourUserName/Desktop/FolioStuff
and unpack them:
Code:
#rar x *.rar
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Where/what is the "attached files"?
Thanks
Just go to the first page, press STRG+F and type attached into the search window...
I hope you will find the attached files.. Else you dont have to try installing ubuntu on your folio >_<
°EraZoR° said:
Just go to the first page, press STRG+F and type attached into the search window...
I hope you will find the attached files.. Else you dont have to try installing ubuntu on your folio >_<
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The files I found are only *.zip for update bootloader. Where is *.rar file?
Thanks

[Q] Second Camera?

Good day...
Im wanting to connect a USB camera to my ViewSonic G Tablet... I have 3 different USB models. When I plug them in (individually,) I get the /dev/video0 device but I don't seem to be able to use the device...
Why a second camera? I'm thinking I can use my G Tab in my car with a USB camera connected for a Baby Cam (since the baby faces the other way so I can't see and most of my traveling is at night so the normal mirror won't work unless I blind the poor child...) -- In theory, it could be used as a backup camera as well. (Same effect)
The internal camera works, but I don't need to see myself, I'd rather see something behind me.
Ideas?
I've scoured the Forums in more detail... Several ask the questions and someone made it work on the Nook, but it looked Nook specific. =/
Is there a more appropriate place to ask? This would affect all Android Devices that have a USB Host Port...
Now, the G Tablet, VEGAn mod at least... has the UVC Driver for WebCams. When I plug a camera in I get the /dev/video0 device (which doesn't exist until I plug in a camera.) - could it be permissions or is the driver not fully implemented?
The mplayer app that was released sets the root path to /sdcard so I can't point it at /dev/video0... I've tried to use the stream part, but it just exits the video - no error that I can see...
adamsoutherland said:
Now, the G Tablet, VEGAn mod at least... has the UVC Driver for WebCams. When I plug a camera in I get the /dev/video0 device (which doesn't exist until I plug in a camera.) - could it be permissions or is the driver not fully implemented?
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The device appearing is a good first sign. Can you get me a dmesg output after you've plugged the webcam in? Run a Terminal Emulator app, then type in the window:
Code:
$ [B]dmesg > /mnt/sdcard/dmesg.txt[/B]
The mplayer app that was released sets the root path to /sdcard so I can't point it at /dev/video0... I've tried to use the stream part, but it just exits the video - no error that I can see...
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Is this app an Android port of the standard mplayer for Linux? If yes, then it will use the V4L (Video 4 Linux) API to grab video frames, and if you can start it on the command line (or supply an input file name), then you can try "tv://" as the input file name.
Run this command first, though, to give everybody read-write access to /dev/video0:
Code:
$ [B]su[/B]
# [B]chmod 666 /dev/video0[/B]
I'm attaching a dmesg prior to plugging in the camera, and one after... I'm also inserting the text of the "diff" in the post...
Code:
[ 189.574313] usb 1-1.1: new high speed USB device using tegra-ehci and address 3
[ 189.657223] usb 1-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=18ec, idProduct=3299
[ 189.664506] usb 1-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 189.671944] usb 1-1.1: Product: USB2.0 PC CAMERA
[ 189.677125] usb 1-1.1: Manufacturer: ARKMICRO
[ 189.685907] usb 1-1.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 189.695760] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device USB2.0 PC CAMERA (18ec:3299)
[ 189.708989] uvcvideo: UVC non compliance - GET_DEF(PROBE) not supported. Enabling workaround.
[ 189.732392] input: USB2.0 PC CAMERA as /devices/platform/tegra-ehci.2/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1:1.0/input/input7
[ 190.318832] SO340010: gpio_val=0xc0a50000, button_val = 0xdbaf0002
[ 190.445387] SO340010: gpio_val=0xc0a50000, button_val = 0xdbaf0000
and this:
Code:
/data/data/berserker.android.apps.sshdroid/home # ls -lh /dev/vid*
crw-rw---- 1 0 1006 81, 0 Sep 2 18:22 /dev/video0
I've also done this:
Code:
/data/data/berserker.android.apps.sshdroid/home # chmod 666 /dev/video0
/data/data/berserker.android.apps.sshdroid/home # cat /dev/video0 /mnt/sdcard/test.mpg
cat: read error: No such device
/data/data/berserker.android.apps.sshdroid/home # ls -lh /dev/vid*
crw-rw-rw- 1 0 1006 81, 0 Sep 2 18:22 /dev/video0
/data/data/berserker.android.apps.sshdroid/home #
The mplayer was an APK from someone on the forums... I've opened it up only to find a "mplayer.so" as I thought it might contain the mplayer binary... (I don't have a machine (with sufficient space) to load the Android SDK at the moment...) (It's on my todo list.)
Am I right to try "cat /dev/video0" before I find the proper mplayer or event ffmpeg binary? (It generally works in linux when I do it...)
PS - I have 3 WebCams, I can give you a dmesg of each one if you need it... They all appear to do the same thing (they are by different manufacturers... iMicro, Sabrent and Agama.) -- also note that these 3 web cams work in Linux (each slightly different, but they work.)
adamsoutherland said:
The mplayer was an APK from someone on the forums... I've opened it up only to find a "mplayer.so" as I thought it might contain the mplayer binary... (I don't have a machine (with sufficient space) to load the Android SDK at the moment...) (It's on my todo list.)
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Attach the APK so I can have a look at it.
Am I right to try "cat /dev/video0" before I find the proper mplayer or event ffmpeg binary? (It generally works in linux when I do it...)
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I'm surprised that that works even on standard Linux! You have to setup the frame capture parameters first using ioctl()s before you can start reading data from /dev/video0. Even after that, you get raw frame data, and not mpeg video from the device.
PS - I have 3 WebCams, I can give you a dmesg of each one if you need it... They all appear to do the same thing (they are by different manufacturers... iMicro, Sabrent and Agama.) -- also note that these 3 web cams work in Linux (each slightly different, but they work.)
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Attach all the 3 webcams to your desktop machine, check that each one works and get me a dmesg and a lsmod command output for each one. I want to see what drivers are loaded for each one. We'll have to load the same drivers on the gTablet too after compiling them.
Code:
[I]Attach Camera1 and make sure its working, then,[/I]
desktop$ [B]dmesg > dmesg1.txt[/B]
desktop$ [B]lsmod > lsmod1.txt[/B]
[I]Attach Camera2 and make sure its working, then,[/I]
desktop$ [B]dmesg > dmesg2.txt[/B]
desktop$ [B]lsmod > lsmod2.txt[/B]
[I]Attach Camera3 and make sure its working, then,[/I]
desktop$ [B]dmesg > dmesg3.txt[/B]
desktop$ [B]lsmod > lsmod3.txt[/B]
Caveats: Even if we get all the drivers to load on the gTablet (the V4L drivers, the main camera driver, and, possibly, its support drivers), we still have the problem of displaying the video stream on Android. While I'm happy to write whatever systems code is required, writing the Java UI code for the Android app is beyond my ken. We'll have to ask someone else (try in the main Android development forums on XDA, or, ask user herbert1 here who's helped out before with custom Java apps) once we've checked that we can read data from the V4L device (I'll send you a test prog which'll output .jpg files once every second once we have the drivers sorted out).
It would be great if someone has already ported mplayer for Android.
I'm attaching the APK I found...
Side note:
After looking deeper at 'cat /dev/video0'; it does not work with these webcams... I think this works on my TV Cards that natively displayed mpeg2 video (it's been a while).
See the attached dmesg-*.txt and lsmod-*.txt. Each is named after the company logo on the camera. (I can get the model numbers if the dmesg isn't enough.) Between each dmesg I rebooted the linux box for clarity. (They can all work at once, but I get confused on what is doing what.)
The command I used to test:
Code:
ffmpeg -f alsa -i hw:0,0 -f video4linux2 -s 320x240 -i /dev/video0 test-agama.mpg
(Each of these cameras has audio - The audio is not important for what I am attempting to do...)
About the UI... I've been avoiding this but it maybe time to start work on this =P -- I just realized that the box I'm testing the cameras on has space... I may have to reload linux for 64bit but then I can install the Android SDK and get to UI Development.
All three webcams seem to depend on only 3 kernel modules: uvcvideo, videodev and v4l1_compat.
If all 3 drivers are loaded on the gTablet too, then we should be able to get the video frames from /dev/video0 (or whatever the device).
I'll send you a test program this evening. In the mean time...:
That .apk file contains the application too--the classes.dex file contains the Dalvik executable bytecode. Just install the .apk, then run the app and provide a file name as input. Try "tv://" as the file name once all 3 drivers have been loaded. Do the "chmod 666 /dev/video0" before running the app.
Try the webcam test program in the attachment. The program reads from a user-specified V4L device and outputs JPEG images until you stop it with CTRL-C. Run as:
Code:
$ [B]su[/B] [I]Become superuser[/I]
# [B]mkdir /mnt/sdcard/tmp[/B] [I]Make a tmp dir. for storing imgs[/I]
# [B]./webcam -o /mnt/sdcard/tmp[/B] [I]Capture webcam images until stopped with CTRL-C[/I]
Get usage instructions with "./webcam --help".
EDIT: I actually didn't test the program out because I couldn't locate my webcam. Report if you encounter any bugs.
Quick Update:
I will be trying this tonight... I've been busy trying to get things done. (Little one is going to be born tomorrow!)
Sorry I haven't been able to respond sooner...
rajeevvp said:
Try the webcam test program in the attachment. The program reads from a user-specified V4L device and outputs JPEG images until you stop it with CTRL-C. Run as:
Code:
$ [B]su[/B] [I]Become superuser[/I]
# [B]mkdir /mnt/sdcard/tmp[/B] [I]Make a tmp dir. for storing imgs[/I]
# [B]./webcam -o /mnt/sdcard/tmp[/B] [I]Capture webcam images until stopped with CTRL-C[/I]
Get usage instructions with "./webcam --help".
EDIT: I actually didn't test the program out because I couldn't locate my webcam. Report if you encounter any bugs.
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I copied it to /mnt/asec (because I can execute things there without remount)
When I run it, i get:
Code:
/mnt/asec # ./webcam -o /mnt/asec/tmp -d /dev/video0
./webcam: error getting video channel info. Invalid argument
I tried without the -d /dev/video0 and got the same result.
(Sorry for the LOOONG delay... Turns out a newborn takes more time and energy than I expected. I'm just now figuring that out... =P It's worth it though.)
Try this simple USB Webcam test app in the attachment which works on VEGAn-Tab 7.1 and GtabComb* (which have the pershoot kernel).
1. Plug the USB webcam in.
Assuming the kernel you're running has the correct USB webcam drivers compiled in--and, most of them do seem to have the V4L subsystem and the UVC camera drivers (which supports a lot of the common USB webcams) built into the kernel--you should see a new /dev/video0 device file pop up.
2. Run these commands to set correct permissions and owners on the device file (some ROMs--eg. GtabCombOver--don't need it):
Code:
$ [B]su[/B]
# [B]chown system.camera /dev/video0[/B]
# [B]chmod 660 /dev/video0[/B]
(Note that if you unplug and replug the webcam, you'll have to re-run the commands on ROMs which don't set the correct permissions and owners.)
3. Now install and run the SimpleWebCam app.
If, for some reason, no /dev/video0 device is created, then your webcam may need different device drivers, which have not been compiled in (or not been written!), in which case you'll have to compile a new kernel with the correct drivers either built-in or as loadable modules. Nothing else described in this post will need change.
adamsoutherland said:
When I run it, i get:
Code:
/mnt/asec # ./webcam -o /mnt/asec/tmp -d /dev/video0
./webcam: error getting video channel info. Invalid argument
I tried without the -d /dev/video0 and got the same result.
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Looks like I'll have to update the code to make the program use the V4L2 API instead.
Nexus 7
Just tested this on my Google Nexus 7 tablet and it worked fine, I didn't have to modify the permissions either,
PS, it is rooted, of sure if that makes much difference, will test it on my friends stock nexus 7 tomorrow
USB Camera App
I was able to get the app working on my rooted Nexus 7 4.2 and an unrooted Galaxy SIII . How hard would it be to add a video record function to the app?
droidoso said:
How hard would it be to add a video record function to the app?
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If you want to do that, then it's better to compile a custom native camera-interface library which makes the USB webcam appear as a standard camera (--the rear one, usually). Then, you can use the standard apps to record videos.
See this thread for a precompiled binary and for the source.

[Q] Hardware Wifi Failure?

Hello, I was given a Gtablet by a friend. Everything is in proper working order except for the wifi. The wifi will endlessly scan, never pulling up any SSIDs. Here's what I've done to troubleshoot:
Ascertained flight mode was off (it was)
Enabled wifi through the developer options (Did nothing)
Manually enter SSID/Security information (Claims that SSID is not in range)
Reloaded the OS (He had VEGAn Tab on there. I reloaded the 5.1 Beta. I don't know what version he had on there, oops.)
After a clean install I have the exact same issue, which leads me to believe it is a hardware issue rather than a software issue. Is this common? Am I forgetting something? Would loading an entirely different ROM be of any use or do they also use the same driver?
My apologies if this has been answered previously, but in all my searching I can only find people who have this problem temporarily; a reboot fixes it for them. I haven't been able to find someone who has had this as a persistent issue.
JungleWallace said:
Hello, I was given a Gtablet by a friend. Everything is in proper working order except for the wifi. The wifi will endlessly scan, never pulling up any SSIDs.
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I'll have to look at some logs to ascertain what your WiFi problem is.
Run the commands in this post (after rebooting the tablet) and then post the text files that're created.
rajeevvp said:
I'll have to look at some logs to ascertain what your WiFi problem is.
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Thanks, see attached are the logs as per request. As a side note, now that I have the terminal emulator on there I tried a few commands I dug up on the internet after I looked over the logs.
Code:
$ su
# ifconfig tiwlan0 up
# ifconfig eth0 up
Both gave an error message
Code:
error: SIOCGIFFLAGS (No such device)
Also
Code:
# svc wifi enable
did not solve my issues. Oh well.
FYI:
JungleWallace said:
...I tried a few commands I dug up on the internet after I looked over the logs.
Code:
$ su
# ifconfig tiwlan0 up
# ifconfig eth0 up
Both gave an error message
Code:
error: SIOCGIFFLAGS (No such device)
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The wireless LAN interface name on the gTab is wlan0. Hence your error messages: "No such device" for the ifnames tiwlan0 and eth0. (The latter would work for the ethernet I/F on the dock--if you had one connected.)
Also
Code:
# svc wifi enable
did not solve my issues. Oh well.
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1. You have to look at the Android system logs (using logcat) to see the result of that svc command.
2. Your Android logs indicate that your WiFi interface is a) disabled at startup and b) then not enabled thereafter:
Code:
01-07 23:21:10.429 V/ConnectivityService( 990): Starting Wifi Service.
01-07 23:21:10.429 I/WifiService( 990): WifiService starting up with Wi-Fi [B]disabled[/B]
Suggestions:
Since this now looks like a ROM problem (ie. not HW):
1. See this thread. Run the script to disable Airplane Mode which might be causing your problem. If that doesn't work, try step 2:
2. Boot into CWM and then a) Format /cache and b) Repartition the Internal SD card (take the external one out first).
You'll lose all your current apps and data with this step, essentially reverting to a "fresh" install of your ROM.
Re-setup WiFi, time & date and other things again.
If step 2. doesn't work, report back next year, and I'll give you more commands to run then.
rajeevvp said:
If step 2. doesn't work, report back next year, and I'll give you more commands to run then.
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Negative. Ran the airplane fix script, nothing. Reset cache/re-partitioned, still nothing. It's still endlessly scanning/shutting off/scanning.
JungleWallace said:
Negative. Ran the airplane fix script, nothing. Reset cache/re-partitioned, still nothing.
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OK. Not one of the common simple problems, then.
It's still endlessly scanning/shutting off/scanning.
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This is puzzling because from your last logs, it doesn't look like the wlan kernel driver was even loaded, so no AP scanning should be possible. A little background will clarify what I mean.
On all the 2.6.32.x kernels for the gTablet, the wlan driver is not compiled into the kernel. Instead, it is built as a separate kernel module which is loaded and unloaded as needed by Android (from the files in /system/lib/hw/wlan/). When the wlan driver is loaded both the kernel (dmesg) and Android (logcat) will show some characteristic messages and until the driver is inserted into the kernel no AP scanning, or other wireless functions, should be possible. And, no wlan driver-related messages in your logs tells me that the driver was likely not loaded. (Also, only after the wlan driver is loaded does it check and initialize the wireless HW. So, only after its been loaded, strictly speaking, can we rule out a HW problem.)
Sometimes the Android logs are not complete, so I want to you setup ADB on your PC, enable USB debugging on the gTablet (Setting > Applications > Development) and collect the Android logs like this from now on:
1. Power off gTab; attach the USB cable to it.
2. Open a CMD.exe window on the PC, then run this command (and keep the window minimized):
Code:
C:\> [B]adb logcat -v time > logcat.txt[/B]
After all the tests/commands have been done, restore this window and press Ctrl-C to kill ADB and terminate Android log collection.
3. Power on the gTablet. The ADB command will wait for the gTablet and keep collecting logs on the PC.
Post also the output of these commands:
Code:
C:\> [B]adb shell dmesg > dmesg.txt[/B]
C:\> [B]adb shell lsmod > lsmod.txt[/B]
C:\> [B]adb shell "cd /; find system -type f -print0 | xargs -0 sha1sum" > sha1sum.txt[/B]
Is this the ROM you currently have?
Have you applied the VEGAn 1.00 beta 5.1.1 supplement also?
rajeevvp said:
OK. Not one of the common simple problems, then.
.........
Is this the ROM you currently have?
Have you applied the VEGAn 1.00 beta 5.1.1 supplement also?
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That was the current ROM I was using. I had not applied the supplement yet, but now I have. Still the same issue. Here are the logs.
JungleWallace said:
That was the current ROM I was using. I had not applied the supplement yet, but now I have. Still the same issue. Here are the logs.
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In this one I can see the kernel WiFi driver being loaded, and the driver is not reporting any HW chip, SDIO bus, or other errors:
Code:
<4>[ 23.485281] sdio_reset_comm():
<4>[ 23.503617] DHD: dongle ram size is set to 294912(orig 294912)
<4>[ 23.676913] Firmware version = wl0: May 17 2010 22:38:50 version 4.218.223.1
<4>[ 23.887647] wlan0: Broadcom Dongle Host Driver mac=e0:2a:82:08:3e:81
<4>[ 23.894047] Enter wl_control_wl_start
<4>[ 23.897864] Exited wl_control_wl_start
<4>[ 23.907103]
<4>[ 23.907109] Dongle Host Driver, version 4.218.223.1
As far as the kernel driver is concrned, everything looks OK, but the Android logs still don't show any SSID associations.
What're the exact outputs of these commands? (You can post a screenshot. Mask the psk= value from the 1st output, if present)
Code:
C:\> [B]adb shell "fgrep -v '#' /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf | tr -s '\n'"[/B]
ctrl_interface=wlan0
update_config=1
...
C:\> [B]adb shell wpa_cli -i wlan0 driver rssi[/B]
...
C:\> [B]adb shell wpa_cli -i wlan0 driver linkspeed[/B]
LinkSpeed [I]nn[/I]
C:\> [B]adb shell wpa_cli -i wlan0 scan[/B]
OK
C:\> [B]adb shell wpa_cli -i wlan0 scan_results[/B]
bssid / frequency / signal level / flags / ssid
aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff 2452 185 [WPA2-PSK-CCMP] [I]YourSSID[/I]
Collect also the dmesg and logcat outputs as before.
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rajeevvp said:
What're the exact outputs of these commands? (You can post a screenshot. Mask the psk= value from the 1st output, if present) [...] Collect also the dmesg and logcat outputs as before.
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See attached. Ignore my syntax errors that I underlined. I was typing wlan instead of wlan0.
JungleWallace said:
Ignore my syntax errors that I underlined. I was typing wlan instead of wlan0.
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Those are OK since you've corrected them. But, these commands you'll have to redo:
1. In the first command (fgrep ... | tr), you've typed a '/' (forward slash) instead of what I've given in the example, which is a '\' (back-slash) character.
The correct character will remove all those blank lines. But, this is a minor typo compared to:
2. The last 2 commands (wpa_cli scan* ...), which you'll have to redo. This time without the extraneous driver argument (again, see the example)--which turns it into a completely different (and non-existent) command. This is why the output doesn't look like what I've shown.
Instead of typing the commands in manually, select and copy the command lines from the browser and paste them into the shell window.
You might also want to increase the no. of columns that CMD.exe displays: Right-click on the title-bar; choose Properties; select Layout; increase the no. of Columns to, let's say, 150.
3. That dmesg.txt file is not very useful because you've not rebooted the tablet before issuing that command.
The kernel has a fixed-size message buffer, so all the HW initialization messages printed only at system boot will be overwritten by later, and irrelevent, messages as time passes. From the timestamps, it looks like your tablet's been on for a couple of weeks, at least--I can't see any of the earlier boot-up messages.

[Q] How to fix edit of platform.xml gone wrong on Note3 SM-N9005?

I did a search and have found similar threads. However, people seem to have been intelligent and back up stuff or installed recovery apps before screwing around with their phones. I did not.
I have a Samsung Note3. Kit Kat 4.4.2 installed OTA once I had it up and running. I rooted it. However, the version of Kit-kat has a famous issue in that it would not allow apps to write to the SD card. I found a site with manual instructions to edit the platform.xml to overcome this issue. The site is as below:
winaero.com/blog/unlock-external-sd-card-writing-for-all-apps-in-android-4-4-kitkat/
However, something went awry after rebooting. I could not see anything on my SD card and I was unable to edit the platform.xml. A solution seemed to be to flash the ROM (using ODIN 3.07). I did this and currently have Baseband version N9005XXUENB1 and Build Number KOT49H.N9005XXUENB7
However, the still has lots of issues. I can stick in a password on wifi and connect to the network but it does not actually communicate with the internet. The H with up and down arrows appears for 3g connectivitiy but also does not work. Bluetooth does not work. Youtube has stopped working errors are common. I am unable to install any apps as cannot use play store, etc. I have pictures and mp3s on my SD card but gallery comes up empty as does music app. The only "file explorer" I seem to have is "my files" app. It comes up as empty (although it shows Total storage available for both SD memory and device storage as using 25/32 and 22/29 respectively.
I am guessing that flashing the ROM did not remedy the corrupt platform.xml in the permissions folder. I think the folder path was etc/permission/platform.xml although am not an expert with android. I was hoping someone might be able to give me a solution to fix the issue. Preferably a completely fresh and clean wipe type solution. Although as I am a "newbie" the greater the simplicity of the solution the better.
Apologies for the length of this issue!
T
laconical said:
I did a search and have found similar threads. However, people seem to have been intelligent and back up stuff or installed recovery apps before screwing around with their phones. I did not.
I have a Samsung Note3. Kit Kat 4.4.2 installed OTA once I had it up and running. I rooted it. However, the version of Kit-kat has a famous issue in that it would not allow apps to write to the SD card. I found a site with manual instructions to edit the platform.xml to overcome this issue. The site is as below:
winaero.com/blog/unlock-external-sd-card-writing-for-all-apps-in-android-4-4-kitkat/
However, something went awry after rebooting. I could not see anything on my SD card and I was unable to edit the platform.xml. A solution seemed to be to flash the ROM (using ODIN 3.07). I did this and currently have Baseband version N9005XXUENB1 and Build Number KOT49H.N9005XXUENB7
However, the still has lots of issues. I can stick in a password on wifi and connect to the network but it does not actually communicate with the internet. The H with up and down arrows appears for 3g connectivitiy but also does not work. Bluetooth does not work. Youtube has stopped working errors are common. I am unable to install any apps as cannot use play store, etc. I have pictures and mp3s on my SD card but gallery comes up empty as does music app. The only "file explorer" I seem to have is "my files" app. It comes up as empty (although it shows Total storage available for both SD memory and device storage as using 25/32 and 22/29 respectively.
I am guessing that flashing the ROM did not remedy the corrupt platform.xml in the permissions folder. I think the folder path was etc/permission/platform.xml although am not an expert with android. I was hoping someone might be able to give me a solution to fix the issue. Preferably a completely fresh and clean wipe type solution. Although as I am a "newbie" the greater the simplicity of the solution the better.
Apologies for the length of this issue!
T
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Sounds like a bit of a pickle. Since you know that Odin is working and the firmware you have at least flashes correctly, I'd consider installing a custom recovery, backing up EFS folder (and the rom too, just in case there is some weird issue with Odin the 2nd time around) , then wipe everything - /system included. This will make your phone not be able to boot up at all because it will wipe the OS off. Then just boot directly to Download and redo the firmware flash. Something else to consider since you do have the international version, is that some of the firmwares you install might be more carrier or region specific, so there might be a better option to install. I know that there is a some slightly newer version that has NC2 in it as I was trying to fix one of these phones the other day that could not register on any network and ran across that build. Do you remember the build number of the software before you started modding?
Hello. Thanks for the reply.
I am going to ask what are probably very obvious questions but I am a little out of my depth.
1) What does installing a custom recovery involve?
2)How would I backup the EFS directory? When I had ES file explorer I would have been able to try and find it. However, as it is I do not know how to find the directory and back it up. I have connected the phone to a windows laptop and it shows up as note3 but there are no folders or files visible in either the phone or on the card.
3) What is the procedure to "wipe everything"?
I think the final part I know how to do with ODIN. Just go to download boot and load and run odin with the ROM.
I got the BTU ROM is that not for the UK? I tried looking up what NC2 was but did not really find anything the explained what it is.
Thanks again and sorry for the ignorance on my side.
Let's put the custom recovery and all that on the back burner for now.
Was your phone unlocked from the factory or did you get it from a carrier? If from a carrier, which, and is it unlocked now or you are still using it with the original carrier? This one is for Vodaphone http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=27401 but if you are unlocked, it should work anyway, I believe.
Thanks to the people for their replies. I managed to solve the issue as below.
As mentioned previously I had flashed using ODIN and BTU version of N9005XXUENB7. The only other thing that was then required was to enter the recovery (I think power + volume up + home and then release power once samsung name appears). I then selected wipe data/factory. A reboot later and everything was solved.
es0tericcha0s said:
Sounds like a bit of a pickle. Since you know that Odin is working and the firmware you have at least flashes correctly, I'd consider installing a custom recovery, backing up EFS folder (and the rom too, just in case there is some weird issue with Odin the 2nd time around) , then wipe everything - /system included. This will make your phone not be able to boot up at all because it will wipe the OS off. Then just boot directly to Download and redo the firmware flash. Something else to consider since you do have the international version, is that some of the firmwares you install might be more carrier or region specific, so there might be a better option to install. I know that there is a some slightly newer version that has NC2 in it as I was trying to fix one of these phones the other day that could not register on any network and ran across that build. Do you remember the build number of the software before you started modding?
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Hi, The other day i tried to fix the Platform.xml. on my S5. i noticed sometime after that when i move files using the "My files" app, the phone would not refresh the files so that they would show up in gallery, videos etc.. I tried to undo the Media_rw by using SD Maid to find the Platform.xml and Axel to rewrite the Xml. In the platform.xml. i deleted the Media_rw and replaced the old xml with the old (original) one. I rebooted my phone. On swiping to open the screen i noticed alot of apps crashing one after the other. I when back to SD Maid and searched for Platform.xml and opened it with Axel but it said file not found.. i can not use the internet, i cant use most apps, i cant even use the Kies on my computer. I cant save anything to the storage either. I really need help. Odin is the only thing i can use. but i dont know how i can reset the xml files on my phone.. What exactly am i do to?
please
christaph3r said:
Hi, The other day i tried to fix the Platform.xml. on my S5. i noticed sometime after that when i move files using the "My files" app, the phone would not refresh the files so that they would show up in gallery, videos etc.. I tried to undo the Media_rw by using SD Maid to find the Platform.xml and Axel to rewrite the Xml. In the platform.xml. i deleted the Media_rw and replaced the old xml with the old (original) one. I rebooted my phone. On swiping to open the screen i noticed alot of apps crashing one after the other. I when back to SD Maid and searched for Platform.xml and opened it with Axel but it said file not found.. i can not use the internet, i cant use most apps, i cant even use the Kies on my computer. I cant save anything to the storage either. I really need help. Odin is the only thing i can use. but i dont know how i can reset the xml files on my phone.. What exactly am i do to?
please
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Hey, I was wondering if you ever got a fix on this without factory reset. I am having the exact same issue.
Same boat here. Please someone help!
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Hey, I was wondering if you ever got a fix on this without factory reset. I am having the exact same issue.
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I am having exact same problem. After editing the platform.xml, my Note 3 is behaving the same way: no access to any storage area (including USB drive), no remote access/online access (even though WIFI and 4G appear to connect just fine), most apps fail with 'Unfortunately ... has stopped' error message, no Google Play...
I really don't want to do a factory reset, but really, does it even help? Is there a way to put the platform.xml back? Is there a way to access the phone via USB cable?
vbcomer said:
I am having exact same problem. After editing the platform.xml, my Note 3 is behaving the same way: no access to any storage area (including USB drive), no remote access/online access (even though WIFI and 4G appear to connect just fine), most apps fail with 'Unfortunately ... has stopped' error message, no Google Play...
I really don't want to do a factory reset, but really, does it even help? Is there a way to put the platform.xml back? Is there a way to access the phone via USB cable?
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Update: I went ahead and successfully install the all-in-one file to the phone via Odin, but it still has the same issues. Can someone give a hint? thanks
FIX!!!
Hi I'm a god at searching(hence the Go)but an Noob(hence the obie) to Dev on Android but a computer techy(in other words I fix computers upgrade ETC.) Now if you followed EXACT instructions you SHOULD have the Backup copy of platform.xml. If not reply and I'll give those instructions.
So I did the same as this post did to get my issue as well but there's a SOLUTION I just found W/o getting rid of your loved files and its easy!
1. Download the ADB also included in The Android SDK by Google (approx. 3XX MB)
2. DOWNLOAD Root Explorer.APK
3. Extract ADB Dev kit( name should be roughly adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702.zip)Note: I prefered it at C:\Android it avoided Name too long error
4. Open CMD Type: cd C:\<location ADB was extracted>\sdk\platform-tools(if you followed my note it will be "C:\Android\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702\sdk\platform-tools") and press enter... HINT TO COPY PASTE IN CMD RIGHT CLICK SAVES TIME!!!!
5. Install Root Explorer so you can backup your files(if any) I was unlucky having none on the phone but SD storage is ok!
To do this type ADB INSTALL <Location of Root explorer.exe> For standard windows users with default download locations it would be "C:\Users\<USER NAME>\Downloads\Root Explorer v3.1.9.apk" <COPY PASTE
6. Copy the original back to System>ETC>Permissions and overwrite
7. Factory reset!
Links?
sorry guys bt i have the same note 3 and i delete the platform.xml file .....i did a factory reset bt nothing happened ...can u help plz
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But you have to set the permissions of platform.xml as 0777.Right?
Step 5 how should it works
Android Goobie said:
Hi I'm a god at searching(hence the Go)but an Noob(hence the obie) to Dev on Android but a computer techy(in other words I fix computers upgrade ETC.) Now if you followed EXACT instructions you SHOULD have the Backup copy of platform.xml. If not reply and I'll give those instructions.
So I did the same as this post did to get my issue as well but there's a SOLUTION I just found W/o getting rid of your loved files and its easy!
1. Download the ADB also included in The Android SDK by Google (approx. 3XX MB)
2. DOWNLOAD Root Explorer.APK
3. Extract ADB Dev kit( name should be roughly adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702.zip)Note: I prefered it at C:\Android it avoided Name too long error
4. Open CMD Type: cd C:\<location ADB was extracted>\sdk\platform-tools(if you followed my note it will be "C:\Android\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702\sdk\platform-tools") and press enter... HINT TO COPY PASTE IN CMD RIGHT CLICK SAVES TIME!!!!
5. Install Root Explorer so you can backup your files(if any) I was unlucky having none on the phone but SD storage is ok!
To do this type ADB INSTALL <Location of Root explorer.exe> For standard windows users with default download locations it would be "C:\Users\<USER NAME>\Downloads\Root Explorer v3.1.9.apk" <COPY PASTE
6. Copy the original back to System>ETC>Permissions and overwrite
7. Factory reset!
Links?
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Hi have next message in the install root step could you help me please
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.31
-a - directs adb to listen on all interfaces for a connection
-d - directs command to the only connected USB device
returns an error if more than one USB device is present.
-e - directs command to the only running emulator.
returns an error if more than one emulator is r
unning.
-s <specific device> - directs command to the device or emulator with
the given
serial number or qualifier. Overrides ANDROID_SERIAL
environment variable.
-p <product name or path> - simple product name like 'sooner', or
a relative/absolute path to a product
out directory like 'out/target/product/sooner'.
If -p is not specified, the ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT
environment variable is used, which must
be an absolute path.
-H - Name of adb server host (default: localhost)
-P - Port of adb server (default: 5037)
devices [-l] - list all connected devices
('-l' will also list device qualifiers)
connect <host>[:<port>] - connect to a device via TCP/IP
Port 5555 is used by default if no port number
is specified.
disconnect [<host>[:<port>]] - disconnect from a TCP/IP device.
Port 5555 is used by default if no port number
is specified.
Using this command with no additional arguments
will disconnect from all connected TCP/IP devices.
device commands:
adb push [-p] <local> <remote>
- copy file/dir to device
('-p' to display the transfer progress)
adb pull [-p] [-a] <remote> [<local>]
- copy file/dir from device
('-p' to display the transfer progress)
('-a' means copy timestamp and mode) adb sync [ <directory> ] - copy host->device only if changed
(-l means list but don't copy)
(see 'adb help all')
adb shell - run remote shell interactively
adb shell <command> - run remote shell command
adb emu <command> - run emulator console command
adb logcat [ <filter-spec> ] - View device log
adb forward --list - list all forward socket connections.
the format is a list of lines with the followin
g format:
<serial> " " <local> " " <remote> "\n" adb forward <local> <remote> - forward socket connections
forward specs are one of:
tcp:<port>
localabstract:<unix domain socket name>
localreserved:<unix domain socket name>
localfilesystem:<unix domain socket name>
dev:<character device name>
jdwp:<process pid> (remote only) adb forward --no-rebind <local> <remote>
- same as 'adb forward <local> <remote>' but fails
if <local> is already forwarded
adb forward --remove <local> - remove a specific forward socket connection
adb forward --remove-all - remove all forward socket connections
adb jdwp - list PIDs of processes hosting a JDWP transport
adb install [-l] [-r] [-d] [-s] [--algo <algorithm name> --key <hex-encoded ke
y> --iv <hex-encoded iv>] <file>
- push this package file to the device and install it
('-l' means forward-lock the app)
('-r' means reinstall the app, keeping its data)
('-d' means allow version code downgrade)
('-s' means install on SD card instead of inter
nal storage)
('--algo', '--key', and '--iv' mean the file is
encrypted already)
adb uninstall [-k] <package> - remove this app package from the device
('-k' means keep the data and cache directories)
adb bugreport - return all information from the device
that should be included in a bug report.
adb backup [-f <file>] [-apk|-noapk] [-obb|-noobb] [-shared|-noshared] [-all]
[-system|-nosystem] [<packages...>]
- write an archive of the device's data to <file>
.
If no -f option is supplied then the data is written
to "backup.ab" in the current directory.
(-apk|-noapk enable/disable backup of the .apks themselves
in the archive; the default is noapk.)
(-obb|-noobb enable/disable backup of any installed apk expansion
(aka .obb) files associated with each application; the default is noobb.)
(-shared|-noshared enable/disable backup of the device's
shared storage / SD card contents; the default is noshared.)
(-all means to back up all installed applications)
(-system|-nosystem toggles whether -all automatically includes
system applications; the default is to include system apps)
(<packages...> is the list of applications to be backed up. If
the -all or -shared flags are passed, then the package
list is optional. Applications explicitly given on the
command line will be included even if -nosystem would
ordinarily cause them to be omitted.) adb restore <file> - restore device contents from the <file> backup
archive
adb help - show this help message
adb version - show version num
scripting:
adb wait-for-device - block until device is online
adb start-server - ensure that there is a server running
adb kill-server - kill the server if it is running
adb get-state - prints: offline | bootloader | device
adb get-serialno - prints: <serial-number>
adb get-devpath - prints: <device-path>
adb status-window - continuously print device status for a specifie
d device
adb remount - remounts the /system partition on the device re
ad-write
adb reboot [bootloader|recovery] - reboots the device, optionally into the boo
tloader or recovery program
adb reboot-bootloader - reboots the device into the bootloader
adb root - restarts the adbd daemon with root permissions
adb usb - restarts the adbd daemon listening on USB
adb tcpip <port> - restarts the adbd daemon listening on TCP on the specified port
networking:
adb ppp <tty> [parameters] - Run PPP over USB.
Note: you should not automatically start a PPP connection.
<tty> refers to the tty for PPP stream. Eg. dev:/dev/omap_csmi_tty1 [parameters] - Eg. defaultroute debug dump local notty usepeerdns
adb sync notes: adb sync [ <directory> ]
<localdir> can be interpreted in several ways:
- If <directory> is not specified, both /system and /data partitions will be updated.
- If it is "system" or "data", only the corresponding partition is updated.
environmental variables:
ADB_TRACE - Print debug information. A comma separated list of the following values
1 or all, adb, sockets, packets, rwx, usb, sync, sysdeps, transport, jdwp
ANDROID_SERIAL - The serial number to connect to. -s takes priority over this if given.
ANDROID_LOG_TAGS - When used with the logcat option, only these debug tags are printed.

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