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Burtcom's keymap for Desire Z

Thought I'd share my hardware keymap for Desire Z, which may come in handy for programmers and shell users
WARNING: INSTALL AT YOUR OWN RISK. REQUIRES ROOT, RW-MOUNTED SYSTEM AND USE OF ADB
(If you don't know what that means, search the forums)
WARNING2: You will lose the British Pound and Euro keys, as well as the use of the "user-programmable" keys
WARNING3: The supplied keypad files are for the Desire Z -- the G2 names its keypad files differently, so you'll probably have to rename the attached files appropriately to get this to work. Search the forum...
(USER1 is the "programmable" key just to the right of the period key, and USER2 is just to the right of USER1 )
[email protected] types \
shift-? types |
FN-Z types < (got rid of British Pound)
FN-X types > (got rid of Euro)
USER1 types [
shift-USER1 types {
FN-USER1 types ^
USER2 types ]
shift-USER2 types }
FN-USER1 types ` (this is the backtick character)
Unzip the attached file, and you'll find two files. vision-keypad-wwe.kcm.bin and vision-keypad-wwe.kl. Put these somewhere where you can push them with ADB
adb push vision-keypad-wwe.kcm.bin /sdcard/vision-keypad-wwe.kcm.bin
adb push vision-keypad-wwe.kl /sdcard/vision-keypad-wwe.kl
Now open a shell
adb shell
su -
Make sure you get a root prompt # then lets make a backup of the current files JUST IN CASE
cp -f /system/usr/keychars/vision-keypad-wwe.kcm.bin /system/usr/keychars/vision-keypad-wwe.kcm.bin.orig
cp -f /system/usr/keylayout/vision-keypad-wwe.kl /system/usr/keylayout/vision-keypad-wwe.kl.orig
(now the .orig files can be put back in place in case you don't like the keymap)
cd /sdcard
cp -f vision-keypad-wwe.kcm.bin /system/usr/keychars/
cp -f vision-keypad-wwe.kl /system/usr/keylayout/
Now change the permissions on the copied files...
cd /system/usr/keychars/
chmod 644 vision-keypad-wwe.kcm.bin
cd /system/usr/keylayout/
chmod 644 vision-keypad-wwe.kl
This should take effect immediately -- if it doesn't try a reboot.

Any chance of a quick [how to] for those interested?
Thanx for the share though, sure it will be useful for many out there.
Some members were asking if it would be possible to add extra characters into the sym key?.... reckon you could work some magic?

ddotpatel said:
Any chance of a quick [how to] for those interested?
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FOR ADB, check out this thread
ddotpatel said:
Some members were asking if it would be possible to add extra characters into the sym key?.... reckon you could work some magic?
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No idea -- we'd have to find out what file stores these chars.

Sorry,.I meant a how to do the remapping yourself? Software needed?.stuff like that.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App

ddotpatel said:
Sorry,.I meant a how to do the remapping yourself? Software needed?.stuff like that.
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Oh that stuff I gleaned from this thread

Excellent,... Good job...

Thank you so much for doing this! Really!
Two problems I had.
1) I had to do adb remount before being able to copy over the new keyboard files.
2) Although no reboot is needed afterwards, if you have connectbot open beforehand and then try to do pipe keys etc. they don't seem to work. But a restart fixed this.
Yay!

(Working) Ubuntu on A500

Maybe you've heard of this app? https://market.android.com/details?id=com.galoula.LinuxInstall
Note: You need to be rooted for this to work.
I've just installed and run it on my a500 (After a full backup through CWM of course). In settings, I set it to install Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat. It installed fine, although you have to go through some trial and error with the settings panel:
Loop file must be "/data/local/tmp/Linux.loop"
"Bind Android" must be enabled
"Allow write on /system" must be enabled!
Linux is activated through a terminal by typing "linuxchroot". Here is an extract from the terminal. (I'll upload screenshots when I find a working program.)
Code:
#linuxchroot
I: Mounting device for ubuntu maverick...
I: Entering chroot...
I: Executing /etc/init.android/rc_enter.sh
/etc/init.android/rc_enter.sh: 2: /etc/init.d/hostname.sh: not found
[email protected]:/# cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 10.10 \n \l
[email protected]:/# apt-get install python
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
python is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
[email protected]:/# python
Python 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Sep 16 2010, 14:12:30)
[GCC 4.4.5] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> 3+7
10
>>> exit()
[email protected]:/#
I'm running a stock 4.010.13_COM_GEN2 rom.
I'm working my way around the console now. As you can see, apt-get and python work. I just need to figure out how (if it's possible) to install gnome onto this installation.
Update:
So it turns out "add-apt-repository" isn't installed by default in the usual place. Or the shortcut doesn't work. Either way, I found that the /usr/bin directory contains all the required files. Since this linux seems to log you in directly into root, which might not have well-made shortcuts, you cannot access the applications normally. I cd'd inbto /usr/bin and add-apt-repository works. Now to see if usr can be the default login.

Alright. Forget about trying to get a GUI working on this type of linux. Nvidia's Tegra drivers for Xorg are MIA.

Getting the following:
/system/xbin/linuxchroot.sh: UID: readonly variable
Any thoughts?
Sent from my MB860 using xda premium

just_mike said:
Getting the following:
/system/xbin/linuxchroot.sh: UID: readonly variable
Any thoughts?
Sent from my MB860 using xda premium
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When do you get the message? Right after you type "linuxchroot"? If so, try typing su then hitting enter; and then typing "linuxchroot"

Same thing happens, will post over in the main thread? Thanks
Sent from my MB860 using xda premium

If you want a working guide with all the necessary files there is an app in the market.
For Ubuntu:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.appbuilder.u14410p30729
Or for backtrack:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.appbuilder.u14410p30729
Both work on the iconia. The only fiddling I had to do was change a CD command from the guides suggested command to CD /mnt/external_sdcard. I am able to boot both from my iconia .

profclean2000 said:
If you want a working guide with all the necessary files there is an app in the market.
For Ubuntu:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.appbuilder.u14410p30729
Or for backtrack:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.appbuilder.u14410p30729
Both work on the iconia. The only fiddling I had to do was change a CD command from the guides suggested command to CD /mnt/external_sdcard. I am able to boot both from my iconia .
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I cant load it in the iconia

FearL0rd said:
I cant load it in the iconia
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Where are you stuck? Maybe I can help.

GNOME
Zen_Jackal said:
I just need to figure out how (if it's possible) to install gnome onto this installation.
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Idea: Install GNOME and then a VNC client and connect.
I'll try it later. Will post my conclusions/steps taken/results here.
-Cameron

Zen_Jackal said:
Alright. Forget about trying to get a GUI working on this type of linux. Nvidia's Tegra drivers for Xorg are MIA.
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http://developer.nvidia.com/linux-tegra
Possibly this could help??

You cannot run Xorg with Tegra 2 drivers when your GPU is already in use by Android. Either you have to run some sort of a virtual Xorg driver and use VNC to connect to the Linux, or you have to use native Linux and scrap Android.

Connecting via VNC works just fine, I'm doing it all the time... Just don't try running a heavyweight like GNOME or KDE, use something like LXDE (looks ok, but it's a lot faster!). There are plenty of tutorials on how to set this up on the internet.

Enable ADB under Ubuntu/Linux

Alright so it turns out making ADB work for the Kindle Fire under Ubuntu is just a touch more difficult than in Windows.
Thanks to Gbhil (@ AndroidCentral) for the write up on windows it was a great jumping off point to try to figure this out.
Also thanks to the guys on chat.andirc.net (Skourg3 in particular for helping me figure this out the first time).
Let's get down to the nitty gritty yeah?
First you will still need the entry provided by Gbhil, go ahead and set it using the echo command in a terminal.
Code:
echo 0x1949 >> ~/.android/adb_usb.ini
You can confirm that it took by using the cat command
Code:
cat ~/.android/adb_usb.ini
You should get a return of '0x1949' (plus any other rules that you may have added in the past).
Now really that should work but everytime you run adb you will have to either run it as root or using the sudo command. To allow standard user access we have to setup a udev rule.
Code:
sudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
That should open up gedit for you to edit the file 51-android.rules. If this is the first time you have added any udev rules the file will be empty as gedit will have just created it for you. go ahead and add in the following.
Code:
# adb/fastboot protocols for blaze / otter (Amazon Kindle Fire)
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="1949", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0006", MODE="0660", OWNER="root", GROUP="androiddev", SYMLINK+="android%n"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="18d1", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0100", MODE="0660", OWNER="root", GROUP="androiddev", SYMLINK+="android%n"
Save that than add in the user group androiddev.
Code:
sudo addgroup --system androiddev
And add your username to that group.
Code:
sudo adduser <username> androiddev
Replace <username> with your primary username without the <> around it.
After that you will need to logout and log back in for these values to apply. You will probably need to restart the adb server as well.
Change directory to your platform-tools directory and run the following.
Code:
./adb kill-server
./adb start-server
Assuming all went well that should work properly and you can than connect through adb, if for some reason this doesn't work try restarting your computer (though I do not believe this is necessary).
If you don't want to type the "./" before all of your adb and fastboot commands, you need to add their parent directory into your PATH environment variable. For example, (assuming you are using the bash shell) if you have adb and fastboot in your /home/<username>/bin directory, you want to define...
Code:
PATH=~/bin:${PATH}
or
Code:
PATH=${PATH}:~/bin
It just depends on whether you want your own binaries to be used before the system equivalents or after. Most people would probably use the first one to have your own binaries be the preferred ones, but either one should work for adb and fastboot since there are no system binaries by the same names.
If you don't want to have to do this for every shell you open, you can place the definition at the end of your ~/.bashrc file. If you need it for you your login shell, you also need to put it into your ~/.bash_profile file. If you don't want to maintain two parallel files with much of the same information, take a look at this post.

Sblood86 said:
First you will still need the entry provided by Gbhil, go ahead and set it using the echo command in a terminal.
Code:
echo ~/.android/adb_usb.ini 0x1949
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Thanks for the guide on setting this up for linux. I just wanted to point out a small error in the instructions. The echo command above is incorrect and will not do what you intended. It should be corrected to
Code:
echo 0x1949 >> ~/.android/adb_usb.ini
That will create or append to the file as necessary.

no adb_usb.ini file
kinfauns said:
Thanks for the guide on setting this up for linux. I just wanted to point out a small error in the instructions. The echo command above is incorrect and will not do what you intended. It should be corrected to
Code:
echo 0x1949 >> ~/.android/adb_usb.ini
That will create or append to the file as necessary.
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Somehow the guide I followed for setting up adb/fastboot on Ubuntu did not create the udb_usb.ini file.
I had to go into android-sdk-linux folder on my home directory and copy the one provided with KFU. Only then I could use the echo command.

freefaling said:
Somehow the guide I followed for setting up adb/fastboot on Ubuntu did not create the udb_usb.ini file.
I had to go into android-sdk-linux folder on my home directory and copy the one provided with KFU. Only then I could use the echo command.
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This...
Code:
echo 0x1949 >> ~/.android/adb_usb.ini
will definitely create the file if it doesn't exist, but only if the ~/.android/ directory exists (with the correct permissions). It won't make those directories if they don't exist. I'm guessing the .android directory wasn't there when you ran the command.

kinfauns said:
This...
Code:
echo 0x1949 >> ~/.android/adb_usb.ini
will definitely create the file if it doesn't exist, but only if the ~/.android/ directory exists (with the correct permissions). It won't make those directories if they don't exist. I'm guessing the .android directory wasn't there when you ran the command.
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I read a lot of guides and did what they all said and ended up with a working adb command but my kindle was still not detected. At the end it was this thing that solved the issue.
I dont think I had that "android" folder (i did not unhide the home folder to check but since i setup the android sdk inside "android-sdk-linux" folder, i doubt "android" folder was there).
It's because of these tiny details I was sugesting that you, sir, create a how-to for setting up adb on ubuntu (only if you feel comfortable doing it, that is).
Thanks.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire using XDA

My OS is Mint 12, so same as Ubuntu (except for Unity and a bit of non open-source software) and setting up ADB was also a little bit more difficult than I anticipated. I don't know how other distros are.
The guide that got me most of the way there was this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19446284&postcount=62, and then I hit the same problems as the OP. I had to do a bit of mostly useless searching and reading before I found the entry provided by Gbhil and .adb/ devices made the legend "0123456789ABCDEF device" pop up.
I updated every platform in the sdk while I was at it, oops, must get that 4 or 5 gigs of space in my Home folder back sometime.
A kindle fire specific guide for Ubuntu would be awesome, I hereby second freefaling's nomination of you, Sblood86, as author of said guide, if you're into it, because you seem pretty good at it.

Someone asked me about my Ubuntu setup last night and I thought that I should contribute back to this thread with the same information.
You can add another udev rule to cover fastboot commands on FFF so they don't have to be run as root...
Code:
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="18d1", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0100", MODE="0660", OWNER="root", GROUP="androiddev", SYMLINK+="android%n"
If you don't want to type the "./" before all of your adb and fastboot commands, you need to add their parent directory into your PATH environment variable. For example, (assuming you are using the bash shell) if you have adb and fastboot in your /home/<username>/bin directory, you want to define...
Code:
PATH=~/bin:${PATH}
or
Code:
PATH=${PATH}:~/bin
It just depends on whether you want your own binaries to be used before the system equivalents or after. Most people would probably use the first one to have your own binaries be the preferred ones, but either one should work for adb and fastboot since there are no system binaries by the same names.
If you don't want to have to do this for every shell you open, you can place the definition at the end of your ~/.bashrc file. If you need it for you your login shell, you also need to put it into your ~/.bash_profile file. If you don't want to maintain two parallel files with much of the same information, take a look at this link.
http://www.joshstaiger.org/archives/2005/07/bash_profile_vs.html
I follow the recommendation at the end.
Hope that helps someone.

kinfauns said:
Someone asked me about my Ubuntu setup last night and I thought that I should contribute back to this thread with the same information.
You can add another udev rule to cover fastboot commands on FFF so they don't have to be run as root...
Code:
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="18d1", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0100", MODE="0660", OWNER="root", GROUP="androiddev", SYMLINK+="android%n"
If you don't want to type the "./" before all of your adb and fastboot commands, you need to add their parent directory into your PATH environment variable. For example, (assuming you are using the bash shell) if you have adb and fastboot in your /home/<username>/bin directory, you want to define...
Code:
PATH=~/bin:${PATH}
or
Code:
PATH=${PATH}:~/bin
It just depends on whether you want your own binaries to be used before the system equivalents or after. Most people would probably use the first one to have your own binaries be the preferred ones, but either one should work for adb and fastboot since there are no system binaries by the same names.
If you don't want to have to do this for every shell you open, you can place the definition at the end of your ~/.bashrc file. If you need it for you your login shell, you also need to put it into your ~/.bash_profile file. If you don't want to maintain two parallel files with much of the same information, take a look at this link.
http://www.joshstaiger.org/archives/2005/07/bash_profile_vs.html
I follow the recommendation at the end.
Hope that helps someone.
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I spent something like 3 weeks trying to find the rule that worked with fastboot lol... thanks!
Your link is dead btw.

Sblood86 said:
I spent something like 3 weeks trying to find the rule that worked with fastboot lol... thanks!
Your link is dead btw.
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Well it worked a couple of days ago when I made my post. It's not my fault it took you so long to read it.
All it really said was to add...
Code:
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
source ~/.bashrc
fi
to the .bash_profile file so that it will source the .bashrc file regardless of the way you got to the shell. Then you only have to maintain the .bashrc file and only put login shell specific info into .bash_profile
I picked up another tidbit yesterday while engrossed in the whole CWMR bricking thread. Ubuntu has a plugdev group that's used for (mounting?) hot-pluggable firewire/USB devices... sounds a lot like the KF. The first user created on the system is automatically put into that group. Since most Ubuntu desktop are going to be single user machines anyway, that's going to be THE user for the majority of these cases. So, creating a androiddev group just for the KF is probably not necessary most of the time. You can just skip the addgroup and adduser to group commands if you just want to adjust your rules to use the plugdev group instead.

First I'm going to apologize for not being good with this stuff. Now I'm going to ask questions that will probably frustrate some readers. If you aren't irritated by them please help me out.
Sblood86 said:
First you will still need the entry provided by Gbhil, go ahead and set it using the echo command in a terminal.
Code:
echo 0x1949 >> ~/.android/adb_usb.ini
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What is the entry provided by gbhil? Where do I get it? I thought I had adb in here but apparently I don't because when I run the echo command I'm getting "no such file or directory."
Can anyone dumb this down for me just a bit. Add the steps I'm obviously going to need as a newb?
Thanks

hortstu said:
First I'm going to apologize for not being good with this stuff. Now I'm going to ask questions that will probably frustrate some readers. If you aren't irritated by them please help me out.
What is the entry provided by gbhil? Where do I get it? I thought I had adb in here but apparently I don't because when I run the echo command I'm getting "no such file or directory."
Can anyone dumb this down for me just a bit. Add the steps I'm obviously going to need as a newb?
Thanks
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The most likely cause of that error is you don't have a .android directory in your home directory. You'll need to run the following command before that echo command...
Code:
mkdir ~/.android
That will create a ".android" directory in your home directory (~ is shorthand for your home directory). Then you can create that adb_usb.ini file with the "0x1949" line in it.

Thanks for the help. Stuck again.
After that you will need to logout and log back in for these values to apply. You will probably need to restart the adb server as well.
Change directory to your platform-tools directory and run the following.
Code:
./adb kill-server
./adb start-server
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logged out and in. what is the name of the "platform-tools" directory?
OK found them and realize they're 2 directories. How to I write to 2 directories at once? I'm going to try one at a time. Looking forward to the elaboration on this.
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ok followed all the steps except this one.
Code:
PATH=~/bin:${PATH}
Code:
PATH=${PATH}:~/bin
Seems like that's for people that not only know what they're doing in the terminal but spend a lot of time there.
Is there a way to confirm that I've enabled adb before I proceed?
Will I need to follow the latter half of these step everytime I want to enable adb or just the start server command?
Again sorry for newb questions and many thanks for the help.
Tried to push pokey's 9000 fb and it didnt work. I don't think I have adb enabled or something.

hortstu said:
What is the entry provided by gbhil? Where do I get it? I thought I had adb in here but apparently I don't because when I run the echo command I'm getting "no such file or directory."
Can anyone dumb this down for me just a bit. Add the steps I'm obviously going to need as a newb?
Thanks
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I'm guessing Gbhil is a user who originally posted this information, but not sure...
If you go into a Terminal program, like UXTerm or whatever, you simply type that echo command as shown. It will append the 0x1949 to that .ini file in the hidden folder (.android), so adb can see your device. Of course, this is assuming you have a .android folder. It should be in your Home directory.
When I was playing around with custom ROMs and recovery, my KF stopped registering at 0x1949 at one point. Just in case that is happening to you, plug in your KF to your Linux PC. Go into a terminal program and type lsusb. You will get a list of devices and your KF will be there somewhere. If it is not 0x1949, you will see the correct number. If you get a different number (0x whatever), run the echo command for that number, too. No problem having more than one id num in your adb_usb.ini file.

hortstu said:
Thanks for the help. Stuck again.
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Don't take this the wrong way, but you might want to take a step back from this and learn a little bit about getting around in Linux before you tackle this project with the Kindle Fire. If this is your primary OS, at least knowing how to navigate around the directory structures, how the PATH variable affects how you run commands, and many other things will be invaluable in your day to day use of the operating system. Linux has come a long way to being user-friendly, but it's still reliant on the users knowing their way around the command line interface... much more than the other two big OS's.
There are countless primers and introductions on the basics of getting around the unix/linux command line. I suggest you search for some and familiarize yourself with them.
In the meantime... the "platform-tools" directory the OP refers to in his post is part of Google's Android SDK distribution...
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

kinfauns said:
Don't take this the wrong way, but you might want to take a step back from this and learn a little bit about getting around in Linux before you tackle this project with the Kindle Fire. If this is your primary OS, at least knowing how to navigate around the directory structures, how the PATH variable affects how you run commands, and many other things will be invaluable in your day to day use of the operating system. Linux has come a long way to being user-friendly, but it's still reliant on the users knowing their way around the command line interface... much more than the other two big OS's.
There are countless primers and introductions on the basics of getting around the unix/linux command line. I suggest you search for some and familiarize yourself with them.
In the meantime... the "platform-tools" directory the OP refers to in his post is part of Google's Android SDK distribution...
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
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This would be a good start:
vic.gedris.org/Manual-ShellIntro/1.2/ShellIntro.pdf
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire using XDA

OK thanks for the help. Realize I should probably know more about this stuff.
Really want to root for the sake of swype and google store. Tough to commit hours to this stuff since I have a family and a job that is non tech.
I have rooted my evo but that was a while back. Seems a little more complicated on the kindle. Thanks again. Not taken the wrong way.

Sblood86 said:
Alright so it turns out making ADB work for the Kindle Fire under Ubuntu is just a touch more difficult than in Windows.
Thanks to Gbhil (@ AndroidCentral) for the write up on windows it was a great jumping off point to try to figure this out.
Also thanks to the guys on chat.andirc.net (Skourg3 in particular for helping me figure this out the first time).
Let's get down to the nitty gritty yeah?
First you will still need the entry provided by Gbhil, go ahead and set it using the echo command in a terminal.
Code:
echo 0x1949 >> ~/.android/adb_usb.ini
You can confirm that it took by using the cat command
Code:
cat ~/.android/adb_usb.ini
You should get a return of '0x1949' (plus any other rules that you may have added in the past).
Now really that should work but everytime you run adb you will have to either run it as root or using the sudo command. To allow standard user access we have to setup a udev rule.
Code:
sudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
That should open up gedit for you to edit the file 51-android.rules. If this is the first time you have added any udev rules the file will be empty as gedit will have just created it for you. go ahead and add in the following.
Code:
# adb/fastboot protocols for blaze / otter (Amazon Kindle Fire)
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="1949", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0006", MODE="0660", OWNER="root", GROUP="androiddev", SYMLINK+="android%n"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="18d1", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0100", MODE="0660", OWNER="root", GROUP="androiddev", SYMLINK+="android%n"
Save that than add in the user group androiddev.
Code:
sudo addgroup --system androiddev
And add your username to that group.
Code:
sudo adduser <username> androiddev
Replace <username> with your primary username without the <> around it.
After that you will need to logout and log back in for these values to apply. You will probably need to restart the adb server as well.
Change directory to your platform-tools directory and run the following.
Code:
./adb kill-server
./adb start-server
Thanks for the post and the guide.
I have a little problem. i.e How do i change the directory to platform-tools directory before i ru the code u gave me. Please dont be mad at me becouse the truth is i am a new user.
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majexy033 said:
Thanks for the post and the guide.
I have a little problem. i.e How do i change the directory to platform-tools directory before i ru the code u gave me. Please dont be mad at me becouse the truth is i am a new user.
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As in; from your terminal use the 'cd' command to change directory to where-ever platform-tools is actually installed on your PC.

Guide for Bluetooth Setup for [Win32/64][Dual Boot] Tubuntu for X3maniac Thread

I'm pleased to tell everyone Bluetooth finally works!!! I can't take any credit other than putting together the instructions to get it working and digging all over the interwebs so have a look below!!!!!!!:
Also note, this may work on other Linux setups using the Transformer and possibly other devices using similar instructions and files.
OP for Tubutnu by x3maniac
1. Go to this site and download the gz file. This contains a few missing files we need and it's compile for ARMHF. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1476835
2. Extract the contents of the gz to /usr/sbin
3. Go to this site. Copy the code in the box and make a new file called bsp-tf101. Save the file to /etc/init.d. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21388706&postcount=1456
4. In Android (or mount the Android file system if it isn't already) copy the file /data/misc/bluetooth/bcm4329.hcd to /lib/firmware. If the file with CAPITAL letters exists like this already in /lib/firmware: BCM4329.hcd you are to delete it or CUT it from that directory (many XDA posts say to get rid of that file. We want to use the lower case file.
5. In Android (or mount the Android file system if it isn't already) copy the file /data/misc/bluetooth/mac.txt to /lib/firmware/brcm.
6. Now, edit /etc/init.d/bsp-tf101. Go to the line that starts with /usr/sbin/brcm_patchram_plus and REMOVE --bd_addr and whatever MAC address is in the file. We are doing this because when you run the service, the MAC will be read from /lib/firmware/brcm/mac.txt.
7. In terminal type "service bsp-tf101 start" NO QUOTES.
8. After the terminal says Done Setting Line Discipline, open your Bluetooth Manager application from Preferences in Lubuntu.
9. Happy scanning and pairing! I successfully connected my GS3 and saw other devices nearby.
Addendum for Bluetooth in Raring
1. Create a file called "tfbatch" or whatever name you want, it does not matter. Save it in your home directory for the moment. Edit your file with nano /home/username/tfbatch with the following lines in it below.
#! /bin/sh​rfkill unblock 0​/usr/sbin/brcm_patchram_plus --enable_hci --baudrate 3000000 --patchram /lib/firmware/bcm4329.hcd /dev/ttyHS2​chmod /dev/nv* /dev/tegra_*​exit​
2. Now copy "tfbatch" or whatever you named it to /usr/bin. You can do (without quotes) "cp /home/username/tfbatch /usr/bin"
3. sudo nano /etc/rc.local
4. Type tfbatch in this file before the line that says exit 0. I'm not sure if you need a space in between tfbatch and exit 0 but put one there just in case.
5. If you haven't done so already, from terminal do the following for these files:
sudo chmod 777 /usr/bin/tfbatch​sudo chmod 777 /lib/firmware/bcm4329.hcd​sudo chmod 777 /usr/sbin/brcm_patchram_plus​sudo chmod 777 /usr/sbin/brcm_patchram_plus.c​
6. Please note, I understand the security risks of 777 for these files but if you are worried then you must choose something different. Maybe 644 but I don't know for sure. We are doing 777 for some files becacuse of permission denied errors. If you find a better method I'll update my post.
7. Reboot and Profit. (I was perfectly able to use PAN for Bluetooth tethering without installing anything extra using Raring and GNOME-CORE. However, I did not get Bluetooth headsets to work yet so if someone else wants to help out then that's great too.

Hi!
First of all thank you, that worked perfectly for me.
I just had to chmod bcm4329.hcd and brcm_patchram_plus's files.
For those who have the same "problem" just type this once you placed all the files in good folders.
Code:
sudo chmod 777 /lib/firmware/bcm4329.hcd
Code:
sudo chmod 777 /etc/init.d/bsp-tf101
And do the same for all files you extracted from brcm.tar.gz
Not sure if chmod all of these files is useful but that's what I've done and it worked.
Hope it'll help.

147keul said:
Hi!
First of all thank you, that worked perfectly for me.
I just had to chmod bcm4329.hcd and brcm_patchram_plus's files.
For those who have the same "problem" just type this once you placed all the files in good folders.
Code:
sudo chmod 777 /lib/firmware/bcm4329.hcd
Code:
sudo chmod 777 /etc/init.d/bsp-tf101
And do the same for all files you extracted from brcm.tar.gz
Not sure if chmod all of these files is useful but that's what I've done and it worked.
Hope it'll help.
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I have been problems getting this to work on Raring 13.04 build from X3. Are you using Raring by chance or one of the other versions by X3?

I've not been using yet Raring method, I used the one click method with 2.6.36 kernel.
Gonna take a look in a few with raring, I'll tell you if I manage to make it work.

147keul said:
I've not been using yet Raring method, I used the one click method with 2.6.36 kernel.
Gonna take a look in a few with raring, I'll tell you if I manage to make it work.
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I got it to work a little bit ago and tethering for Bluetooth internet. Good call with chmod it worked like a champ. Thanks!

When using your Bluetooth tethering, you can also use Conky to display the IP address. You can edit the file by sudo nano /etc/conky/conky.conf. Go to the line that is displaying ${addr wlan0}. Copy that whole line below and replace wlan0 with bnep0. Bnep0 is the adapter interface that has the BT tether IP address.

Has anyone seen this? Ubuntu Developer Preview for Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4 Arrives Feb. 21
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"For developers, contributors and partners, there is now a coherent experience that warrants attention. The cleanest, most stylish mobile interface around."
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I don't have the files starting from step 4 (folder is empty). I'm guessing it's because I installed another ROM (EOS JB MR1 4.2 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2063406). Would anyone happen to know where else I can obtain the files needed starting from step 4? Thanks!

Treizy said:
I don't have the files starting from step 4 (folder is empty). I'm guessing it's because I installed another ROM (EOS JB MR1 4.2 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2063406). Would anyone happen to know where else I can obtain the files needed starting from step 4? Thanks!
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Search android from terminal:
Find / | grep bcm4329.hcd
If you get nothing I'll try to upload later.

TomTcom said:
Search android from terminal:
Find / | grep bcm4329.hcd
If you get nothing I'll try to upload later.
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Thanks! Found that file in /system/etc/firmware.
I wasn't able to find the mac.txt file but I know my bluetooth mac address. Is that the only thing that I need to include in that file?

Treizy said:
Thanks! Found that file in /system/etc/firmware.
I wasn't able to find the mac.txt file but I know my bluetooth mac address. Is that the only thing that I need to include in that file?
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Yes, that's the only thing you need to put in. Strange you can't find needed files in right places, have you tried with a "root explorer"? Try to download it, and normally you should find mac.txt.

Trying this again with the raring build and still running into problems.
When I try to start the service, i get the following error:
Code:
$ sudo service bsp-tf101 start
* Starting Bluetooth Support Deamon...
* Setting correct permissions on nvtegra device nodes...
/etc/init.d/bsp-tf101: 23: /etc/init.d/bsp-tf101: /usr/sbin/brcm_patchram_plus: Permission denied
I did run the following commands before hand:
sudo apt-get install rfkill (I didn't have this installed before and it was giving an error)
sudo chmod 777 /lib/firmware/bcm4329.hcd
sudo chmod 777 /etc/init.d/bsp-tf101
sudo chmod -R 777 /usr/sbin/brcm_patchram_plus
Any idea why it still says permission denied?
Thanks!

Treizy said:
Trying this again with the raring build and still running into problems.
When I try to start the service, i get the following error:
Code:
$ sudo service bsp-tf101 start
* Starting Bluetooth Support Deamon...
* Setting correct permissions on nvtegra device nodes...
/etc/init.d/bsp-tf101: 23: /etc/init.d/bsp-tf101: /usr/sbin/brcm_patchram_plus: Permission denied
I did run the following commands before hand:
sudo apt-get install rfkill (I didn't have this installed before and it was giving an error)
sudo chmod 777 /lib/firmware/bcm4329.hcd
sudo chmod 777 /etc/init.d/bsp-tf101
sudo chmod -R 777 /usr/sbin/brcm_patchram_plus
Any idea why it still says permission denied?
Thanks!
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Try also chmod 777 the brcm_patchram_plus.c file as well.
Also, I need to update my guide. I don't run it as a service but rather a batch file launched from rc.local so everything is executed as root. I'll have to update the guide to include Raring. So that could be part of the problem as well.

TomTcom said:
Try also chmod 777 the brcm_patchram_plus.c file as well.
Also, I need to update my guide. I don't run it as a service but rather a batch file launched from rc.local so everything is executed as root. I'll have to update the guide to include Raring. So that could be part of the problem as well.
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So if I add these commands to the rc.local file in /etc it should work?
Code:
sudo chmod 777 /lib/firmware/bcm4329.hcd
sudo chmod 777 /etc/init.d/bsp-tf101
sudo chmod -R 777 /usr/sbin/brcm_patchram_plus
sudo service bsp-tf101 start
Or do I need to do something else?

Treizy said:
So if I add these commands to the rc.local file in /etc it should work?
Code:
sudo chmod 777 /lib/firmware/bcm4329.hcd
sudo chmod 777 /etc/init.d/bsp-tf101
sudo chmod -R 777 /usr/sbin/brcm_patchram_plus
sudo service bsp-tf101 start
Or do I need to do something else?
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No don't do that. I'll try and post what you need to do later tonight.

Treizy said:
So if I add these commands to the rc.local file in /etc it should work?
Code:
sudo chmod 777 /lib/firmware/bcm4329.hcd
sudo chmod 777 /etc/init.d/bsp-tf101
sudo chmod -R 777 /usr/sbin/brcm_patchram_plus
sudo service bsp-tf101 start
Or do I need to do something else?
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I have updated my guide. See the OP for the Addendum for Raring installation. The file you create will be ran before the GUI loads with root permissions from rc.local.
Let me know if this worked.

TomTcom said:
I have updated my guide. See the OP for the Addendum for Raring installation. The file you create will be ran before the GUI loads with root permissions from rc.local.
Let me know if this worked.
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Nope
When I try to turn bluetooth on, nothing happens. It will switch back to off when i close the settings popup.

Treizy said:
Nope
When I try to turn bluetooth on, nothing happens. It will switch back to off when i close the settings popup.
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Hmmm...if you followed the guide you shouldn't have to turn it on. The batch is executed on boot from RC.local. Try and give me some more details.

TomTcom said:
Hmmm...if you followed the guide you shouldn't have to turn it on. The batch is executed on boot from RC.local. Try and give me some more details.
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Maybe I messed up. For step 1, the files you are asking us to download are the ones in post #10 correct (brcm.tar.gz)? Also, I don't have this mac.txt file anywhere so I created my own and just put my mac address in it (hopefully the correct one). Lastly, i dont have this file for this step:
sudo chmod 777 /usr/sbin/brcm_patchram_plus.c
but instead i have it in this location:
/usr/sbin/brcm_patchram_plus/brcm_patchram_plus.c

Treizy said:
Maybe I messed up. For step 1, the files you are asking us to download are the ones in post #10 correct (brcm.tar.gz)? Also, I don't have this mac.txt file anywhere so I created my own and just put my mac address in it (hopefully the correct one). Lastly, i dont have this file for this step:
sudo chmod 777 /usr/sbin/brcm_patchram_plus.c
but instead i have it in this location:
/usr/sbin/brcm_patchram_plus/brcm_patchram_plus.c
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I think you might have files in the wrong location, there should be no brcm_patchram_plus directory. Try to extract the zip again and make sure they are all in /usr/sbin only.
If you didn't have mac.txt from Android, you can just make it like you did and make sure it is in /lib/firmware/brcm.

[Q] Question about LMT

Hi all!
How I can configure the pie so it takes a screenshot?

up!

There is a forum specifically for questions (Hint: This isn't it)
You shouldn't bump your own threads
You should ask in the LMT thread itself: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150

There's a native "screencap" binary that can be setup to execute in a shell script, that you can then assign the script to run for specific pie location.
Sample code:
Code:
#command line screen capture
sleep 1
screencap -p /sdcard/Pictures/Screenshots/screencap_$(date +"%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S").png
Adjust to your needs / location where you want the captures saved.
Drop your script in a file, such as "screen.sh", push to your phone, change permissions to make executable, point PIE to the script, and you're good to go.

styckx said:
There is a forum specifically for questions (Hint: This isn't it)
You shouldn't bump your own threads
You should ask in the LMT thread itself: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150
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Sorry, I didn't know it.
JsChiSurf said:
There's a native "screencap" binary that can be setup to execute in a shell script, that you can then assign the script to run for specific pie location.
Sample code:
Code:
#command line screen capture
sleep 1
screencap -p /sdcard/Pictures/Screenshots/screencap_$(date +"%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S").png
Adjust to your needs / location where you want the captures saved.
Drop your script in a file, such as "screen.sh", push to your phone, change permissions to make executable, point PIE to the script, and you're good to go.
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Thanks
Edit: How I change permissions? I don't understand : point PIE to the script

Dejotaa said:
Sorry, I didn't know it.
Thanks
Edit: How I change permissions? I don't understand : point PIE to the script
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From adb shell you can 'chmod' the file, or if you don't use adb, use a file manager instead. In adb, "chmod 777 screen.sh" should do the trick
In LMT, once your script is in place, and tested to work from the command line and/or terminal emulator, go to the 'PIE' tab, select the piece piece, i.e. "Pie item 1 longpress', scroll to 'Advanced Commands', select 'Script', point to the location where you placed the script, such as "/system/screen.sh, profit.

JsChiSurf said:
From adb shell you can 'chmod' the file, or if you don't use adb, use a file manager instead. In adb, "chmod 777 screen.sh" should do the trick
In LMT, once your script is in place, and tested to work from the command line and/or terminal emulator, go to the 'PIE' tab, select the piece piece, i.e. "Pie item 1 longpress', scroll to 'Advanced Commands', select 'Script', point to the location where you placed the script, such as "/system/screen.sh, profit.
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Can you do the instructions for "dummies" ?
Edit:
Where I have to put the Screenshot.sh file for use "chmod 777 screenshot.sh" in adb?