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Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any damage (including, but not limited to, loss of data, non-functional device etc.) which may occur to your device from following the directions (or from any failure to follow the directions) found on this post. Use (and flash) at your own risk.
Credits go to genokolar for actually porting the U8860 2.3.6 firmware to the U8800Pro. This builds upon his port.
You may find his port announcement here, and you can download it from here. Thanks to user Skyline111 for the mirror.
Thanks also go to birdyi, who ported the U8860 2.3.6 firmware to the U8860. His port contained some brilliant things such as CarrierIQ framework removal.
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This is a 2.3.6 ROM for the U8800Pro based on the U8860 B866 ROM. 2.3.6, naturally, brings a slightly newer version of Gingerbread compared to our 2.3.5 with B540. While I know it's all about CM9 (ICS), MIUI and so on these days, I'm a fan of stock (in the Huawei sense of the term) Gingerbread.
Features (or limitations depending on what you think of some of the following entries) of this ROM:
Rooted (adb also runs as root, too)
(Huawei) DLNA
(Huawei) A task manager that shows open applications with pictures (launching it when pressing Home has disabled in this modification because I found the Recent menu saves more time)
(Huawei) Security Guard, a way of hiding text messages, I think
(Huawei) Traffic Manager – a data counter
(Huawei) Wi-Fi WPS support
(Genokolar) FPS unlocked by default (configurable in enhanced.conf)
(Genokolar) ZRAM (Compcache) enabled
(Genokolar) Changed the autorun.iso path to the image partition so that formatting /data from CWM does not leave you with an empty CD-ROM drive when you plug the phone into a computer
bugreports service turned off entirely so that pressing the volume up button quickly after you've pressed volume down does not leave you with a few seconds' delay and a bugreports folder on your memory card
BusyBox from CM7
Android’s toolbox (poor coreutils replacement; more barebones than BusyBox) has its full set of links installed in /system/bin, so you use Android’s native chmod etc. tools. Why? To match the stock B512 firmware and to ensure developers testing on the U8800Pro correctly hardcode “busybox” in their root programs if needed
Optional lazy CPUfreq governor
Default language and region changed from Chinese – China to English – United Kingdom
Added in boombuler’s AppWidgetPicker
CM7’s Pacman added in to remind you to install Google Apps after adding an account with the Setup Wizard (make sure GApps is installed!)
VoiceDialler.apk added in from B512 firmware (although, to be honest, the microphone quality on my phone is awful…)
Bash shell, fix_permissions script, iwmulticall, MMS.apk, tcpdump and gdbserver and additional ringtones etc. from CyanogenMod (20120107-cm-7.1.0-u8800pro-Geno-en.zip) added in
Phone model changed to Desire HD, so Gameloft games can be bought. This may cause licensing problems with bought Market applications so be careful. (Although, I must admit that giving money to a company that doesn't support our phone seems counter-intuitive.)
Shutdown vibration reduced from 500ms to 100ms because I hate it (especially at night) but understand its usefulness in determining the answer to the question “Has the phone gone off yet?”
Huawei’s god-awful Low Battery notification replaced with a nicer one from CyanogenMod
Widgets actually restore themselves after a reboot! This was fixed by me replacing 2.3.6's PackageManager service with Huawei's 2.3.5 one.
MyCalendar widget from birdyi's port and MyEmail from B512 added in
Fixed proximity sensor dying if the light sensor was on, too.
Stripped down enhanced.conf - only swappiness, VSync and ZRAM settings available. I don't like /system/log.txt being created every time my phone boots and I think using a tool in Android like, say, No-frills CPU Control is the better place to set the frequency. SetXperia has support for setting the phone's CPU voltage.
More languages selectable from the Setup Wizard than just English (US) and Chinese.
Flash Player removed for copyright reasons. You can install it from the Market
Notepad and Richpad removed
Droid Sans Fallback supports more character ranges
Toolbox correctly has "Wi-Fi" instead of "WLAN"
Misc. kernel modules, like in B512, included
But I like the BusyBox tools and want to use them without having to prefix BusyBox everytime!
Just run the bash shell; BusyBox versions of cat, chmod, chown, df, insmod, ln, lsmod, mkdir, mount, mv, rm, rmdir, rmmod, umount, sleep, kill, and ifconfig will become the default while you’re using the bash shell (also nicer, BTW: you get tab-completion, for one) thanks to the CyanogenMod team.
Attempts to remove Carrier IQ. Huawei *do* include Carrier IQ in their firmware.
I’ve done the following to attempt to remove it the best I can:
Edited boot.img to not start Carrier IQ services
Removed Carrier IQ libraries from /system/lib and CiQ binaries from /system/bin
Added lines to build.prop to disable CarrierIQ, taken from the framework.jar file itself.
birdyi has also modified framework.jar to stop the CarrierIQ objects from being instantiated.
Ideally the best way to be Huawei-free is to use CyanogenMod.
I've removed the Cloud+ apps because of this. I've left some Huawei apps in, but I strongly recommend you install PDroid (the patcher works fine with this ROM) and block the more concerning permissions of Huawei system apps.
Kernel changes
Since the kernel genokolar provided with his port had a problem when a program used the light and proximity sensor at the same time – the proximity sensor would die out until the next restart – I took it upon myself to rebuild the kernel available from his github repository with the config from his latest kernel. After comparing his kernel to the source Huawei put out, I could see no code changes that would cause the proximity sensor to die out. Since I was rebuilding the kernel, I thought I’d make a few changes:
Add in the Lazy CPU governor by Ezekeel
Update a patch by stockwell to disable keypad lights (echo 1 > /sys/module/leds_msm_pmic/parameters/disable_button_leds) - use ButtonLock to control
Reverse genokolar’s decision to always allow NV logging – this can be turned on and off from the service menu on a stock ROM anyway…
Set minimum backlight level to 15, from Franco’s kernel. Warning: I haven’t tried setting it to 15 so I don’t know if that value renders the display practically useless, and I don’t know if Android lets you set it to 15 from its settings!
ButtonLock
Not as revolutionary as I'd like it to be, but useful nevertheless. I've written a quick widget, which looks like the Power Saving one, that turns off the button backlight. Useful for when you're reading books through FBReader.
You need to be using my kernel as it has the disable_button_leds patch. The advantage the disable_button_leds patch has over the chmod 444 method is that it doesn't introduce noticable lag. The widget's source is in the same folder.
When pressing the widget's button for the first time, there is a delay as the Superuser allow/deny dialog box takes its time to come up. After accepting, future launches are instantaneous.
If you need something that this ROM doesn’t provide compared to other stock ROMs, I recommend:
Not using it; or
Using a combination of diff, abootimg, Winmerge (or Beyond Compare) and apktool to compare this with genokolar’s original release, and with birdyi's ROM, and add what you want back in
Installation
Note: You must be running firmware version B522 on your device! If you have B540, you need to downgrade. If you have a firmware version lower than B522 (Froyo?), you must upgrade to B522 first. If you're already running a custom ROM, ignore this.
Take out the SIM card if you want the setup wizard to use Wi-Fi during setup.
Install genokolar’s recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1343276
Place u8800pro-2.3.6-geno-v1-modified.zip on the internal memory card or an external one (I recommend the internal one to ensure you don’t run into U8800Pro CWM bugs with the external).
Get gapps for Gingerbread and place on your memory card. Find the link using every Android user’s favourite search engine.
I highly recommend using PDroid, but it’s up to you whether you want to use it. If you would like to use it, get the patcher from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357056 and point it to u8800pro-2.3.6-geno-v1-modified.zip. Place the PDroid-v1.27-u8800pro-2.3.6-geno-v1-modified.zip file onto your memory card.
Boot into recovery (make sure that fast boot is turned off in Settings->Applications and hold power and volume up while turning the phone on)
Do a data/factory reset.
Install the ZIPs, starting with u8800pro-2.3.6-geno-v1-modified.zip (obviously).
Reboot!
Install the Google apps (those ones not included in CM's gapps ZIP like YouTube) if desired when prompted – but note that the Market will probably close as you’re doing this as it will automatically update itself.
Downloads
ROM: http://www.mediafire.com/?k0g17z1kraw7b67
SHA512: 4988B123488B8B24732401420DE849E8D8E5632C075A4520F176AA1D64DA0ECF946FF4D4E6CEC4D257EE4C4C999200A93C2CB309FD7B5FE50234A1C5700DEB2D
Modified kernel source (I suck at Git - I really need to read that VCS by Example book I have ): http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?a0022t73q2v7r7d
ButtonLock source (Apache licensed, though I must admit I'm more of a GPL person...): attached.
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Extras:
genokolar's 5.0.27 recovery for the U8800Pro with the charging animations from https://github.com/Victor-android/android_device_huawei_u8800pro/tree/master/recovery/res/images:
attached.
Anyone tried it?
ill try it this evening I hope it fixes missed calls....
I have B512 official gingerbread, am I good to go?
Too times was a situation, when phone lost connection with wi-fi spot, he see the network, but can't connect. Help reboot.. else working so far without problems, testing..
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turned off the wi-fi and got the main bug - does not work 3g/2g data transfer, hmm....
bobsido said:
with wi-fi spot, he see the network, but can't connect. Help reboot.. else working so far without problems, testing..
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Interesting. I've had no problems reconnecting to a network that uses WPA2-PSK and another that uses 802.11x authentication.
turned off the wi-fi and got the main bug - does not work 3g/2g data transfer, hmm....
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Are your APNs set correctly? In my case 2G works and I've had HSDPA working because when testing the Weather Clock widget (from B522, when I had it in) it would connect using it - I could see the icon in the status bar - and I had the pleasure of having my balance run down each time - I'm not a rich man
Edit: In build.prop, you can try playing with ro.config.hw_fast_dormancy=3 - genokolar had it set to 2, but I changed it back to 3 from the U8800Pro original ROM because I wouldn't be able to connect to my network otherwise.
Hopefully, it's not the case but it could be hardware differences. genokolar, who's work this is based on, being from China, probably has a Unicom U8800Pro, just like I do...
@Zaic
B512? This is for the U8800Pro. I'd advise you not to flash it. I'd recommend using birdyi's ROM. If you're after a certain improvement from this ROM, tell me and I'll try and isolate it for you (as long as it doesn't involve kernel stuff - I don't know how to build U8800 kernels) so that you can use with birdyi's ROM
I have u8800 pro - 100%
My ROM is original unrooted 2.3.5 B512 its one before the latest release which is B540
My ROM still has access to pink screen, otherwise its the same as B540 I guess
SO what should I do first to install this ROM? roll back to 2.2.2 or was it 2.2.3?
Ah, if you're running 2.3.5 already and in the pink screen mode you see a folder called image when connecting your phone to the computer you're ready to go
Hi!
My compliments for the porting of Android 2.3.6 to U8800Pro!
I am using your rom since yesterday and still now I am not having any kind of problems.
Anyway I notice the same bug of the B512 and B540 roms: put your smartphone on screenoff, then wait about 1 minute and fastly unlock the screen and try to pinch to zoom on the home. Sometimes the multitouch doesn't work on every position of your fingers, it only works correctly if your fingers are in the position of principal axes.
Please try to reproduce this bug.
I am using LauncherPro but this bug is indipendent by the launcher (for example I tried also Zeam Launcher, Go Launcher EX, etc etc).
I hope you can solve this bug, maybe kernel-related.
Regards,
kalo86
Hi,
kalo86 said:
My compliments for the porting of Android 2.3.6 to U8800Pro!
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The honor is genokolar's
I am using your rom since yesterday and still now I am not having any kind of problems.
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Thanks; it's nice to know that it's working OK on somebody else's device other than mine.
Anyway I notice the same bug of the B512 and B540 roms: put your smartphone on screenoff, then wait about 1 minute and fastly unlock the screen and try to pinch to zoom on the home. Sometimes the multitouch doesn't work on every position of your fingers, it only works correctly if your fingers are in the position of principal axes.
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Sorry for asking, but how do you pinch to zoom on the home screen? I'm using Go Launcher Ex and I know that that has the swipe up gesture but I can activate that with one finger, anyway.
In any case, have you applied the Synaptics touchscreen update? For me it has increased the touchscreen performance greatly. I had one problem that when after unlocking, the touchscreen wouldn't respond unless I turned the screen off and tried again. The update solved that.
If you want to try it, open the service menu (*#*#2846579#*#*), go to ProjectMenu->Upgrade->Touch screen version query and see if it says "synaptics". If so, put the original Huawei recovery.img back on and put the synaptics.img file in a folder called update on your SD card. Use the recovery's "touchscreen firmware update" update option and it will automatically reboot when it's done.
Best regards,
qwerty12
Oh, really thank you for this "news" about the synaptics touchscreen update!
I have a synaptics too, then I am going to update the firmware.
Another bug, still present in B512, B540, Cyanogen and U8860 port: unplug your battery from the smartphone, insert it again, power on, then open your file manager and try to read the sdcard content. At 99% my sdcard is not read, then I have to reboot my U8800Pro and magically the sdcard is read.
Thanks to You and Genokolar for our development!
Regards,
kalo86
UPDATE: I updated the synaptics touchpanel but I have always the bug of multitouch. It is reproducible when you unlock the screen after a pause of 1 minute (about), then you open the stock browser and try to zoom with the multitouch. It works only if your fingers are on the principal axes and not in other positions. I have this bug on 4 different U8800 Pro! It cannot be a singular problem.
So, I have tried a lot of roms, based on B512, B540, U8860, CyanogenMod 7.1, I am sure I will try this bug on the next release because it's mabe a kernel bug due to the multitouch field.
Video demonstration
This is a video which I just uploaded on YouTube with the real multitouch bug.
This bug is in 4 different U8800 Pro.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avSdW2V8TLg
kalo86 said:
Another bug, still present in B512, B540, Cyanogen and U8860 port: unplug your battery from the smartphone, insert it again, power on, then open your file manager and try to read the sdcard content. At 99% my sdcard is not read, then I have to reboot my U8800Pro and magically the sdcard is read.
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I really can't reproduce this. I pulled out the battery while it was on, put it back in and started File manager (the one included with Huawei ROMs) and the internal SD card along with my external one were seen fine.
UPDATE: I updated the synaptics touchpanel but I have always the bug of multitouch. It is reproducible when you unlock the screen after a pause of 1 minute (about), then you open the stock browser and try to zoom with the multitouch. It works only if your fingers are on the principal axes and not in other positions. I have this bug on 4 different U8800 Pro! It cannot be a singular problem.
So, I have tried a lot of roms, based on B512, B540, U8860, CyanogenMod 7.1, I am sure I will try this bug on the next release because it's mabe a kernel bug due to the multitouch field.
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Thanks for the video! Unfortunately I don't know how this can be fixed - I'm not a developer! It was only yesterday I tried looking in the driver to see how I can enable more than two finger recognition but I'm not seeing it...
Best regards,
qwerty12
Sorry for disturbing you, but I have a question: do you have the same bug of the multitouch after the lock-screen?
This is a second video about the same problem:
http://youtu.be/64NvbFJD3rs
qwerty12 said:
I really can't reproduce this. I pulled out the battery while it was on, put it back in and started File manager (the one included with Huawei ROMs) and the internal SD card along with my external one were seen fine.
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The same here with sd,full power off device, power on then sd card is not mounted and cpu load is almost 100%. after restart or reinserting sd, problem just dissapear. on every rom i tried. i flashed official V100R001C00B512G001Gb (2.3.5) and then tried CM7; u8800+v100r001c00b540g001gb-rooted_geno-v4.
Is FM Radio working in this ROM?
Yes, Radio is working fine
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Are your APNs set correctly?
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i fix APN settings and 3g/2g start work, thanks.. after reflashing wi-fi start work without problem. but after first reflash don`t work home button. they have response, but nothing happen. i secondary reflash phone, without wipe data/cash and home button start to work correct.. now tests are continuing
kalo86 said:
Sorry for disturbing you, but I have a question: do you have the same bug of the multitouch after the lock-screen?
This is a second video about the same problem:
http://youtu.be/64NvbFJD3rs
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A little bit - after unlocking, I can do the multitouch gesture and phone will respond like it's supposed to but I have seen twice that it has not responded to me; I have to do it twice more...
Barracuda72 said:
Is FM Radio working in this ROM?
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Like kalo86 said, it is indeed
bobsido said:
i fix APN settings and 3g/2g start work, thanks.. after reflashing wi-fi start work without problem. but after first reflash don`t work home button. they have response, but nothing happen. i secondary reflash phone, without wipe data/cash and home button start to work correct.. now tests are continuing
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Please do let me know if you come across more problems
Zaic said:
Anyone tried it?
ill try it this evening I hope it fixes missed calls....
I have B512 official gingerbread, am I good to go?
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So, any missed calls?
If someone wants to help the Community to understand the sdcard mount bug, please have a look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1483519
This is a poll, please vote!
Best regards,
kalo86
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So, any missed calls?
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Haven't had time to install this ROM yet.... but ill report as soon as I know
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We now have a Q&A thread HERE please use this for questions about the project. This thread is for development only!
This project started off in this forum here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390351
However since then the project has grown and just keeps growning! Featuring a ever growing range of distros
The TEAM!
The team consist of:
zacthespack
tuxling
WEM97 [DONATE]
Think you have something to bring to the team? then contact me and we shall talk
What is this all about?/Why put this on my device?
This projects aim is to bring a range of linux distros to your android device through a method known as 'chroot', see it has running a linux distro within a virtual machine on your phone (Although its not! its using native ARM ports and the Android kernel) . You can access this virtual machine and run it on your phone without causing any damage to your device, or having to overwrite anything. Why might you want this? well my apps are designed to make the install and set up process as easy as possible while still giving you some flexibility. Once you have the distro up and running then you can pretty much run and install any linux software you like (so long as there is a arm port or it is not architecturally dependent).
Wait this uses VNC why shouldn't I just VNC to a computer?
VNC is used to access the GUI as at the moment I have not yet implemented a native way of viewing the GUI. But the Linux distro itself is running within the phone and can be controlled via the terminal app so if your a seasoned Linux user you may never even want to use the GUI
What is Chroot?/How does this work?
"A chroot on Unix operating systems is an operation that changes the apparent root directory for the current running process and its children" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chroot
This method of running linux distros with android has been around for some time. I have worked on my scripts to make the process more user friendly and give you far more options from the word go.
The scripts start by mounting the linux image file within the android file system and then mounts the sdcard and if you have it internal memory within the linux file system.
Chroot is then used to change the root directory to that of the mounted linux and a bash shell is then opened to allow you to control linux this is kind of like 'booting' the OS.
The likes of VNC and SSH are then set up when linux is 'booted' to allow you to connect to the GUI if you require it.
Interested?
Ok so you want to get one of the support linux distros on your device, great welcome to the team
But first you will need to find out if your device is compatible with the method before anything else, this method 'should' work with pretty much any device but some ROM's/kernels will not work as they do not have loop device support etc.
HERE is a list of working devices and ROM's/kernels but remember just because its not on the list simply means no one has told me its working, it could still work!
Free Apps/Files
App
The App can be download via google play or the open source version can be download via source forge.
Distro Images
Below are our currently supported distros, click the distro of choice to go to its image download page on our source forge site (including torrent downloads)
Kali Linux
Donation keys
The donation keys allow you to support the project and unlock the configure menu within the launcher, this allows you to set and edit your VNC/SSH settings from within the app instead of on the command line!
This are also*available*to buy on the playstore or via paypal
Or if you donate more than £1 via paypal I shall send you a custom Donate key to unlock the extra features (if you donate more than £5 you will be added to the contribution list here and on the blog)
You can donate via paypal HERE Or my bitcoin wallet is: 13XxX4R2UFSkyCRyPMDXV1fT6VqzFi9d9T
Something not working?
Please first read through the FAQ pages HERE
Then if you still have issues check out the Q&A thread HERE. If you sitll can not find your answer, post in the that thread or email us [email protected]
Love the project?
Well there are plenty of places you can show your support, of cause you can buy the paid apps, but you can also 'follow' the project on a range of social networks and also keep up to date with news on the projects blog!
Main Site
Sourceforge Site (Where all the free apps files are kept )
Facebook page
Twitter page
Google+ page
IRC Channel = #linuxonandroid-dev (This is only for development not support!) #linuxonandroid-help (for help!)
banner for users of the project if you so wish to show your support by having the project in your signature.
If you would like to add this to your signature
You can simply add this code:
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Current Contributors
Project Developers
Zac Powell (myself) aka zacthespack
Martin Møller aka tuxling
William Means aka WEM97
App Translators
Marco Robles - Spanish Translation
Quentin Khan - French Translation
Stefanie Jung - German Translation
Ove Grunnér - Swedish Translation
Nikolay Suknyarov (NikolayS) - Bulgarian Translation
Other Contributors
Johan Vromans
Marshall Levin
Barry flanagan
Device Fund Donators (Those that donated to the device fund that ran from 26/08/2012 till 26/09/2012 and selected a perk)
scottlsteele
aceler
kailuuu
mja747
chrisindie
buki1
mharris867
never__sleep__again
joe95
jmoran1
fedebot
vichev.jordan
apadsethlang
1llu510n157lynx
innovateworld
karrth
AlexanderBalakersky
normenkdindiegogo
MORAZA.E7575
FilipJoelsson
brousch
igray78756
hawkinja
sullytrny
Donators (Those who have donated £5 or more to the project)
Davide Amatobene
Helder Carreiro
Aaron Coakley
Leo Barnard
Gregory Harrison
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Infamous Webs
Matthew Collins
Rene Donker
David Marceau
Roberto Colistete Jr
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Javier Orozco
Jicaraca
Show me some screenshoots!
Ok ok heres a few screen shoots of the apps/distros in actions!
Change logs
App
Code:
11/04/2013
v2.3.1
*Added tip about changing screen size for VNC in Tips page
*Added permission for SuperUser
*Adjusted news layout
*Widgets are now resizeable (Android 3.1 and up)
*Updated translations for German, Spanish and Ukrainian
30/03/2013
v2.3
*Fixed bug that downloaded wrong fedora torrent
*Now building app against newest android version
*Included Kali Linux beta image for donation key users
*More force close fixes (thanks for the reports!)
23/03/2013
v2.2
*Included Fedora beta images for donation key users
*Removed Kickstarter widget, thank you to all those that donated!
*Updated Translation for Portuguese, Ukrainian, German and Norwegian
*Most force closes and crashes fixed!
21/02/2013
v2.1.1.1
*Fixed crash on startup
v2.1.1
*Code cleaned up and some of the experience crashes/freezes should be fixed
*Added kickstarter project to about page so you can keep track of progress!
*Added kickstarter project to the splash screen.
10/02/2013
v2.1
*Improved side menu with smaller text and better icons
*Fixed crashes when adding/editing images
*Fixed donation keys not working
*New Portuguese, Chinese translation
25/01/2013
*First bug fix, should take care of alot of the crashing (possible not all)
Please bear with us while we get to the route of these issues and iron out the new app.
If you do get any more crashes do please send in a report and let us know what you where doing when it crashed.
Thank you
24/01/2013
V2 Update!
Huge reworking of the app from the ground app, everything is optimised and new features including:
*Removed 'dashboard' UI in favour of a side opening menu to make switching between menu items much quicker
*Tabs used in Install guides to make moving through the install process easier (you can also swipe from tab to tab)
*New First 'boot' loading screen to give user information about what the app is doing on first boot, which stops freezing
*New way of handling donation keys should stop the app from not seeing a key when its installed (keys DO NOT need updating)
*Fixed ubuntu 10.10 linked to the wrong location
*Moved News to AsyncTask to stop it freezing
*Reworded All text to be easy to translate and fixed all grammar and spelling mistakes
*New File Manager to select image file in launcher
*Updated 1x1 widget to use file manager and improve its usability
*New Finnish, Danish, Korean, Norwegian, Ukrainian, Spanish and German translations
14/10/2012
*Includes new danish translation
*Change Ubuntu 10.10 links to there new location
11/10/2012
*Updated to include backtrack v10 image (See image change log)
01/10/2012
*Added French translation
*Added support for the custom donation keys from the indiegogo device fund
27/09/2012
*Removed old outdated translations
*Included new up to date Finnish and Italian translations
*Added a busybox reinstall option in the launcher menu, this will allow users whos busybox install fails to be set to executable to reinstall busybox
*Removed the device fund ad, we hit $600 and where able to get what we needed, thank you very much to all that donated
27/08/2012
*Changed news feed to our brand new website!
*Added Popup on first launch about our Device Donation Fund! (http://www.indiegogo.com/Linuxonandroid)
19/08/2012
*Fixed Archlinux downloads pointing to Debian downloads(Arch torrents and large image shound now download fine)
16/08/2012
*Allow creation of 1GB SWAP file for Donation users (kernel must support it)
*Added beta Archlinux images for Donation users (once out of beta will be avaible for all)
23/07/2012
*Added a popup window if the terminal app can not be found (the reason behind the app crashes when you try and launch linux)
16/07/2012
*Added 3 new buttons ready for future distros (have a look to see what the next distros will be ;) )
*Removed the links to the donation at the end of the guides
*Added small image 'ad' for the donation keys at the button of the install guides
09/07/2012
*New News section with a news feed right from the blog so you can keep up to date from within the app
*Bulgarian Translation added, thanks to Nikolay Suknyarov (NikolayS)
*Added links to donation keys at the end of the install guides (in free mode only)
03/07/2012
*Complete Linux Installer now free with 'donation' key apps
*App now checks for donation key and unlocks extra features if found (and passes validation)
*Extra features currently include Linux editor (to change screen size and mounts etc.)
11/06/2012
*Added a config screen on the launcher.
*Added a mount editor to the config screen where new mounts can be added.
*Added a option to turn on/off start of SSH and VNC servers.
*Added resolution settings to the config screen.
*Added auto run options, the image can now be mounted automatically when android has booted.
*Added Danish translations.
*The launcher now warn you if the image path is wrong and hide the config and start button.
*Changed the widgets and launcher to use a full image name instead of the path and script name.
*Fixed grammar and spelling for English text
*Added torrent downloads for debian and backtrack
07/05/2012
*Complete rebuild of app (looks the same but will make updates and change ALOT easier to implement)
03/05/2012
*Added torrent links and uploaded 1204 images to v2 and boot script to v7
*Added built in busybox so no longer need to install it yourself! (only working with 1204 v7 boot script, will work with other distros in next update)
*New changelog viewer, not much to see but it will be much easier updating it in the future.
20/04/2012
*Install guide updated to reflect the new Ubuntu images, and the fact that Ubuntu 12.04 is now stable
*Launch button and widgets updated to reflect the changes made in the terminal app (fixed bug that stopped widgets from working)
13/04/2012
*New onclick boot system that lets you set the location of your image file and boot script (so it no longer has to be in sdcard/ubuntu etc.).
*Brand new widgets that also let you set the location of your files
The new boot system was design by Martin Møller who kindly donated it to the project.
31/03/2012
*Includes install guide for Debian
*One click boot for Debian
*Boot widgets still not working will be fixed in next release
30/03/2012
*First release featuring all the features of the paid backtrack and ubuntu apps
Script
Code:
27/09/2012
*Fixed error with script not starting off using the apps busybox which causes errors on devices that dont have another busybox installed
16/08/2012
*Removed SU check, caused cut error on many devices
*Added support to create a 1GB SWAP file and use it
11/07/2012
*Fixed md5 sum file not deleting after checking
*fixed script not using the busybox built into the new app
11/06/2012
*Changed the script so it now look for any of our apps and use busybox from there. If none of the apps are found it will use /system/xbin/busybox instead.
*Changed the shutdown part to use the apps busybox, now it should shutdown for everyone.
*Now we write hosts and resolv.conf file only once when the image first boots. This allow changes to those files to survive restart of the image.
*Plus a lot of small changes to support the new config system.
03/05/2012 - Ubuntu v7 script
*md5 file checking if found in the same directory as the image (md5 file now included in zip of each image file) This can take some time to excute but will make sure the image is not currpt! (will only do it on first use once its checked the md5 file is deleted)
30/04/2012 - Ubuntu v7 script
*Improved error handling
31/03/2012
*Includes Debian boot script V1
Images
Code:
30/03/2013
Kali Linux
*New beta image for Kali linux
23/03/2013
Fedora
*New beta images for fedora
11/10/2012
Backtrack
*Fixed user not being able to use sudo
*Fixed S and M being used as keyboard short cuts
*Backtrack 5 wallpaper included again (by popluar demand!)
*Dare I say it Backtrack should now be completely stable
16/09/2012
Backtrack
*Fixed md5 miss match
16/08/2012
Backtrack
*fixed "error creating child process for terminal" when launching a terminal in backtrack
*Now asks for a password for VNC on first start up
*Removed some typoes in the script
ArchLinux
Core
*Updated to beta
*Internet working
*All updates and fully working pacman
Small
*All changes from Core included
*'Mostly' working vnc GUI
*LXDE Desktop included
*2GB file size
*Known Issues - LXDE dosnt render correctly, VNC does not let you change password, password set to 'backtrac'
Large
*All changes from Core included
*'Mostly' working vnc GUI
*KDE Desktop included
*3.5GB file size
*Known Issues - KDE# dosnt render correctly, VNC does not let you change password, password set to 'backtrac'
04/07/2012
*Debian and Backtrack images updated to fix user issues
11/06/2012
*It now asks if you want to start ssh and vnc at first boot and let you save the choices. (The complete installer app can change ssh/vnc start choices and change vnc resolution later, the free apps can do it by editing a file)
*Resolution and other settings are now saved the same place as the image itself so they are easy to edit. The file is called imagename.img.configs
*The permissions on /sdcard and /external_sd should be fixed now.
*Now the hosts and resolv.conf files are only written once, so changes the user make will now survive a restart.
*Plus a lot of changes to support the new config system, to many to mention.
03/05/2012
*Now boot using a normal user (called ubuntu), on first boot it will ask for you to set your own admin password for using running things as root. (thanks to barryflanagan for this!)
*Images now once again ask if you wish to save the screen size as default
*Ubuntu updated to newest updates
*Images include md5 files to check image
*+Plus possibly other tweaks I cant remember!
20/04/2012
*New Ubuntu 12.04 images. Core, small and full all updated to newest updates from ubuntus main stream
*Full image now include Unity desktop
*Firefox now working on both small and full images
31/03/2012
*Now includes Debian images (core/small/large) V1
I have this feeling you are about to be in high demand if all the ISC Webtop 3.0 videos are accurate. It's looks like Moto killed Ubuntu and replaced it with tablet mirroring mode.
BTW- Played with this on an Epic 4G and really like it. Could have used this last year for the Evo Desktop PC.
Lokifish Marz said:
I have this feeling you are about to be in high demand if all the ISC Webtop 3.0 videos are accurate. It's looks like Moto killed Ubuntu and replaced it with tablet mirroring mode.
BTW- Played with this on an Epic 4G and really like it. Could have used this last year for the Evo Desktop PC.
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really? well thats interesting, bring them on, everyones welcome here
Runnin slow linux on android ? -> lets do Ultralight
Howdy, pardners!
I suggest ARM porting Puppy linux or some other other really light distro to gain maximum performace out of mobile device.
Also there ultra-light desktops . It seems that the best would be Ratpoison or Awesome. These are easy to incorporate into now available port of Ubuntu for android.
These should together provide fast and small display suitable linux env. for your mobile device!
see ya round!
mrWax said:
Howdy, pardners!
I suggest ARM porting Puppy linux or some other other really light distro to gain maximum performace out of mobile device.
Also there ultra-light desktops . It seems that the best would be Ratpoison or Awesome. These are easy to incorporate into now available port of Ubuntu for android.
These should together provide fast and small display suitable linux env. for your mobile device!
see ya round!
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Yes I think your right, I will look at making my next support distro one of these amazingly light distros, get the most power we can our of our devices
In your opinion, which of these distros is the fastest? I have a single core device so need all the help I can get lol
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In your opinion, which of these distros is the fastest? I have a single core device so need all the help I can get lol
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either ubuntu 12.04 with lxde or debian i would stay away from gnome it takes alot more memory . At the moment i love debian its my 'daily drive'
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either ubuntu 12.04 with lxde or debian i would stay away from gnome it takes alot more memory . At the moment i love debian its my 'daily drive'
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Debian it is! Btw thanks for your work. Its amazing seeing full desktops in your pocket... Amazing work!
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I got Debian to work on a Huawei U8800 Ideos X5 with the Aurora 2.0.4 ROM.
Everything was running smooth and great, but then I logged out from the system to see if I could switch DEs.
From there, all I saw was the wallpaper of the desktop and nothing else.
I exited with the terminal and tried again. Now I get this message:
VNC connection failed!
failed to connect to localhost/127.0.0.1 (port 5900):
connect failed: ECONNREFUSED (Connection refused)
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Is there any way I could reset the cache and try everything again?
ALSO, after the sh-ing debian.sh, this is what I get:
Loop device exists
mount: mounting /dev/block/loop255 on /data/local/mnt failed: Device or resource busy
mount: mounting /sdcard on /data/local/mnt/sdcard failed: No such file or directory
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
Debian is configured with SSH and VNC servers that can be acessed from the IP:
eth0: No such device
vncserver: geometry 800x480 is invalid
Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshd.
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It was different than before, so I thought this would be useful information.
I have no idea what to do at this point.
Andrioid. said:
I got Debian to work on a Huawei U8800 Ideos X5 with the Aurora 2.0.4 ROM.
Everything was running smooth and great, but then I logged out from the system to see if I could switch DEs.
From there, all I saw was the wallpaper of the desktop and nothing else.
I exited with the terminal and tried again. Now I get this message:
Is there any way I could reset the cache and try everything again?
ALSO, after the sh-ing debian.sh, this is what I get:
It was different than before, so I thought this would be useful information.
I have no idea what to do at this point.
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Hmmm looks like you broke vnc I would recommend reinstalling vnc do apt-get remove tightvncserver then apt-get install tightvncserver
then do a restart of your device and try again.
If you want to use a different desktop you need to configure it in in /root/.vnc/xstartup vnc dosnt run right if you log out of a session and thus is broke, didnt think vnc even let you log out but guess it will
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Hmmm looks like you broke vnc I would recommend reinstalling vnc do apt-get remove tightvncserver then apt-get install tightvncserver
then do a restart of your device and try again.
If you want to use a different desktop you need to configure it in in /root/.vnc/xstartup vnc dosnt run right if you log out of a session and thus is broke, didnt think vnc even let you log out but guess it will
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Reinstalled vnc, rebooted phone, still not working.
the speed and responsiveness of debian on a nook tablet / cm7 is great!
however, is there any way to get flash installed/working on debian's iceweasel?
what i was wondering is only, hows the battery?
as far as my lofic go, ubuntu on laptop is a battery drain.. and how if its running on a phone that majority has lower capacity of battery
Andrioid. said:
Reinstalled vnc, rebooted phone, still not working.
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Hmm ok you might have to try using a new image?
con_ritmo said:
the speed and responsiveness of debian on a nook tablet / cm7 is great!
however, is there any way to get flash installed/working on debian's iceweasel?
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flash is not working very well on ARM linux, I do not think there is a official port and other 3rd party trys dont work well
Bilgets said:
what i was wondering is only, hows the battery?
as far as my lofic go, ubuntu on laptop is a battery drain.. and how if its running on a phone that majority has lower capacity of battery
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really battery life not much more used than any other app running the whole time, of cause if you use the GUI none stop it will drain more but you should still get alot of life
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Hmm ok you might have to try using a new image?
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Awesome! It worked! Thanks!
Is there any reason to get the complete linux installer for €2.40?
Andrioid. said:
Awesome! It worked! Thanks!
Is there any reason to get the complete linux installer for €2.40?
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well it includes faster downloads of the files from a server not just source forge, you can boot by clicking a button in yhe app so no more typing commands, you will get all future distros and updates first and the best bit is you get this amazing feeling for helping a developer keep releasing amazing stuff (if i do say so myself )
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well it includes faster downloads of the files from a server not just source forge, you can boot by clicking a button in yhe app so no more typing commands, you will get all future distros and updates first and the best bit is you get this amazing feeling for helping a developer keep releasing amazing stuff (if i do say so myself )
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Alright. I was just wondering if I'm missing out on something. Unfortunately I can't donate. :/
Anyway, here's a picture of Debian running on my phone:
Andrioid. said:
Alright. I was just wondering if I'm missing out on something. Unfortunately I can't donate. :/
Anyway, here's a picture of Debian running on my phone:
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thats quite alright so long as you enjoy the app etc then my work here is done
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METHOD TO INSTALL ADOBE FLASH 11.1.115.81 FOR ANDROID ON KITKAT
TESTED WITH ROOTED & UNLOCKED SPRINT HTC ONE M8 RUNNING 4.4.X
As most of us know, Google officially dropped support for the Android version of Adobe Flash with Jellybean and later. Jellybean (4.1.X - 4.3.X), however, still had whatever API/framework that Flash required to run, so users could install the ICS (4.0.X) version of Flash without any issues. But now with KitKat, those critical APIs/framework have been removed or changed, making Flash act super glitchy, crash, or simply not work.
There was a potential fix created back in 2013, but the download to the special Flash installer was hosted on Google Drive, and ended up being removed by Google.
THIS DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY "HACKED", "MODIFIED", OR "PATCHED" FLASH INSTALLS.
Prerequisites:
1. An Android device running KitKat
2. An internet connection
3. The Android version of Firefox (preferably 29 or newer)
DISCLAIMER: This method has been tested on a ROOTED & UNLOCKED Sprint HTC One M8 running Android 4.4.X KitKat with HTC Software Version 1.54.654.15+.
Step 1: Ensure that any and all existing Flash components are uninstalled. You can do this by installing any version of Flash for ICS and then performing a complete uninstall on it with a tool like Titanium Backup.
Step 2: Download & install the latest version of Firefox for Android (see technical information). If you already have it, then you rock.
Step 3: Download the two Flash installation packages. Don't run them yet. It is critical that both of these be installed in a SPECIFIC ORDER. For now, just download both packages.
-> Direct Download from Adobe: PRE ICS APIS AND RUNTIME & ICS RUNTIME
-> (mirror) ZIP Archive Containing Both Files: Download from Dropbox or Download from MediaFire
Step 4: If you've downloaded the ZIP archive, extract the files to some location on your computer. Move the installers to your Android device.
Step 5: Run the installer for the install_flash_player_pre_ics.apk FIRST.
Step 6: Run the installer for the install_flash_player_ics.apk SECOND. The APK installer should prompt you to update the existing Flash player installed. If it does not declare the installation as an update, then your device did not completely register the pre-ICS installer. If this occurs, then you will most likely be unable to successfully complete the installation.
Step 7: Launch Firefox. If you're a first-time user, I suggest you get customize Firefox to your liking first, since its the only browser you can use if you're a mobile Flash enthusiast. (Yes, I know there's a possible Flash fix with the Dolphin browser, but Dolphin lacks a lot of the functionality and performance that Firefox has. Plus, I'm a big-time Firefox fan.)
Step 8: Once you're familiar with Firefox, go to the Display settings submenu (3-Dot Menu Dropdown -> Settings -> Display).
Step 9: Scroll down to the list where "Plugins" is located (under "Advanced"). Ensure that it's is set to enabled. If it's grayed out, just load a webpage and return to the display settings page.
Now you're done!
To use Flash, go to any webpage with Flash content and it will load automatically. Continue reading below for more information like why this install method works and how Flash will perform.
About the two Flash installers:
The pre-ICS installer is for Android 2.x and 3.x. As far as I know, neither of those versions of Android had the built-in APIs/framework that Flash uses when running on ICS and Jellybean - which means that the pre-ICS installer must include those APIs or an equivalent substitute. If you were to install just the pre-ICS version on your KitKat device, you could technically use Flash, but it would be highly unstable and buggy (as I have observed). Loading Flash content would result in the swf flickering black for a few seconds before Firefox crashes. It seems that the ICS installer simply adds compatibility/stability for Android 4.x.x, rather than completely replacing its pre-ICS runtime. On the other hand, if you were to just install the ICS version, Flash simply wont run. Firefox will load the content region, but it will remain white or black.
Browser tests:
I have tested this method on several web browsers:
-> Stock HTC Browser [✘]-- registers that Flash is installed (it gives an option to enable/disable it), but doesn't actually load Flash content.
-> HTC Internet [✘] (the new version that's available from the play store) -- does not acknowledge the Flash install, but will display swfs as "missing required plugin"
-> Chrome [✘] -- does not even acknowledge that Flash is installed and gives no option to enable/disable it (shows how Google doesn't want Android users running Flash)
-> Firefox [✔] -- runs Flash smoothly (more info on Firefox Flash performance specs below)
-> Dolphin [✘] -- says "Flash Player is incompatible" and gives a download link to a hacked Flash installer that *only* works with Dolphin.
I've also have tested this method on several types of content:
-> Games -- Flash games run fine, but are subject to stuttering and lag depending on how intense the graphics are. Smartphone processors are pitiful compared to desktop CPUs, and Flash for Android has no Stage3D support.
-> Video players -- Flash video players cache and play their content perfectly (tested with desktop YouTube, desktop Dailymotion, and JWplayer, among others)
-> Other things -- everything I've tested ran fine; the only swf that didn't work was extremely large and probably exceeded Flash's/Firefox's RAM allocation or made use of 11.2+ Flash APIs.
When using Firefox, the following things perform well:
-> Quality -- equivalent to Flash for your PC. As far as I can tell, Flash completely abstracts itself from the platform it runs on (PC, mac, Android, etc).
-> Speed -- the HTC One M8 has a high performing CPU and GPU, so it can handle most swfs rather well. Ultimately, though, this depends on the amount of objects being rendered per frame and how detailed they are. MSAA on bitmaps (Right-click swf -> set Quality = high) and tessellation of complex vector shapes are big FPS killers.
However, there are some issues:
-> Interactivity -- still has the double-press glitch. This is a glitch where when you tap on the swf, it registers two clicks - one for when your finger hits the screen, and one for when it leaves. This glitch came up with Jellybean, and I first noticed it on my HTC Evo 4G LTE (running Android 4.1.1). Pressing and holding for a second or two and then lifting your finger seems to sometimes work as a single click.
-> Random freezes -- every now and then, the swf will seem to visually "freeze", even though everything is still running in the background. Simply scrolling up/down fixes this issue and forces Firefox to re-present the swf. These presenting desyncs seem most common when the entire screen updates, which may indicate they are tied to the performance of your phone's CPU/GPU.
-> Invisible freezes -- sometimes if you open a new tab to a webpage that has a swf in it, the swf will start to run in the background and Firefox. Setting plugins to "Tap to Play" fixes this.
Enjoy Flash!
Sir, if I ever meet you, I'll buy you a beer. Goddamn heavy thanks
Hmmm, that's weird, ive installed firefox on gpe and my dads sense 4.4.4 and 4.4.3, installed flash player from the archive, and they both run fine witout the ics pre update, I do get the white base for a second but works fine. I will however install the pre update files and do it again anyway.
OMG - flash works
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
For two years Firefox on my Transformer Prime has crash every single time I attempted to play a flash video of any sort. I downloaded the two installers. Ran them as you described AND flash now plays with no problems in Firefox. Yay!
Nvm
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Works for my unrooted stock HTC M8! :good:
But when I long press, Firefox selects text instead of acting as a single press. Any way around that?
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Works for my unrooted stock HTC M8! :good:
But when I long press, Firefox selects text instead of acting as a single press. Any way around that?
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Yeah, long pressing a flash content area will make Firefox attempt to select it as text, though there doesn't seem to be any way around that right now within Firefox. There are a couple apps out there that allow you to emulate desktop mice clicks, so maybe you could use on of the those.
Hope that helps!
Thanks for this nice tutorial. I'm currently installing Flash on my HTC One M7 running Android 4.4.3 (ARHD 84.0).
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
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i saw a lot people having a lot of small problems i think when they try to move to 5.x !
so in this thread i'll be typing the problems that i saw ....and you can type your problems to help you with it and other members to share what they have got
1-p:i flashed latest tangerine kernel v2.3 but my base-band is gone....
fixed :laugh:
2-p:i flashed the x.x ROM and now i have cyanogen recovery ...and i can't flash tangerine kernel from it and i want(twrp-philz)
solution: don't worry just flash the tangerine.elf via fastboot on your phone and everything is good to go !! you can search for flashing via fastboot and if you can't understand i'm here to help
method2: thanks for @OsGhaly for uploading TWRP & PhilZ imgs .....just flash them with rasher if you want or any app that can do that to download them here (download philz from here )
p.s: try after you flash the ROM to flash the t-kernel so you don't get in this problem again
3-p:i wanna try RRM2P and i want a transparent bar ( too old to flash this ROM )
solution:method 1 thanks to @Dark Passenger there is a toggle in setting --> performance--> enable high end gfx reboot ......................method2: thanks to i don't how !! he give a line to add in build.prop ....how to add this line in build.prop? ,it's easy just install kernel auditor open it, swipe the screen to right, choose edit build.prop and type (persist.sys.force_highendgfx) this in the first line
and (true) in the second line and reboot and enjoy
4-p: i tried the RRM2 and when i exit from recovery and press install su i reboot and i still got no root access ( too old to flash this ROM )
solution: just Google for latest su.zip for lollipop and flash it (i had this problem and it worked with flashing the su.zip) :silly:
5-p: you have touch issues ?
solution:you can try the "Glove Xperia" in case u have touch issues it's available on google play
6-p: i'm facing lagg in some apps after using the ROM for 2-3 days...what should i do?
solution:you can install greenify and greenify apps and system apps too this will help.....if your 5.1.1 support t-kernel(actually all of them support the t-kernel "just the dirty unicorns don's support it!!") you can flash the t-kernel and install app that can modify your cpu settings (like kernel auditor) and edit your cpu settings to get the best out of the phone and to put what suits you .
7-p:the sound on lollipop sound a little bit low what can i do
solution:just flash t-kernel ,,install kernel auditor,,open it,,,swipe the screen to the right,,choose the sound option and increase your speaker gain to (4-6) and you are good to go
method 2: flash viper4android i think for now all 5.1 ROMs are working with viper4android
8-p: i have problem with voice in calls so what should i do?
solution: simply just try to flash the call fix from here and you're good to go(remember flash 5.1 fix for 5.1 ...5.0 fix for 5.0 )
9-p: i don't have a root accesses after flashing the ROM
solution:go to settings>about phone>tap build number like 8-10 times>>go back to settings>> enter devs option >find the root accesses option and put it to apps and adb
10-p:my phone can't go in deep sleep ?!
disable play services location and wake up settings and see what are the apps causing this ...cuz it's absolutely an app action that is preventing phone from getting into deep sleep\try blocking apps that uses play services for location.....
11-p:the adway app is not working anymore
go to system/etc via root explorer....and delete all the files named(host.something) and only keep hosts...re-run the app and activate it and then reboot and you are good to go :fingers-crossed:
12-p: i can't put a lock screen wallpaper on 5.x ROMs?!
just download this app and you will have the ability to change it
13-p: phone laggs alot when taking a phone call on AICP ROM(you can try this on other 5.1 ROMs)
Turn on your heads up notify on and set time tot max.
GO:
-Settings
-AICP Extras
- Heads up notifications (Turn it on)
- and in Time Out set the max (never)
14-p:the FM transmitter have a small range without the headphones and i can't use the app when i plugged it in
Take your standard headphones or whatever you call it and plug it into the 3.5 mm jack halfway so that the phone doesn't recognize the headphones Then transmitter range will be better for sure
15-p: i don't know how to install the xposed on my phone (credits go to @prangr8 )
Download xposed-sdk22-arm-2015.zip from here!
16-p: my phone in a bootloop and in the recovery can't wipe anything and even if i flashed a ROM that didn't help ..recovery can't mount data and i'm stuck at that point
simply wipe everything (even if it says error) then flash this recoveries_SP_4.4.1_signed.zip - 10.62 MB (thanks to @dssmex ) via your recovery and then reboot It will say no OS installed, are you sure you want to reboot?
Still reboot. If it wants to install supersu let it install and then reboot and go to recovery and re-flash the ROM it will work,,,,(thanks to @prangr8 )
tip-1: you want the xperia experience on your 5.x ROM ?
just go here and flash what you need.....for new music app(the update of the walkman) and other update of xperia apps go here ...for xperia home install this as normal apk....
FOR MORE STUFF :
- Xperia Z4 Lollipop Theme (Style, Icons, Fonts, etc..) by Mouaz Kaadan from here or by tung91 from here
- Xperia Weather widget (install as normal APK) Download
- Xperia Clocks Widget (install as normal APK) Download
- Xperia Lollipop Media Sounds (Ringtones, notifications, alarms, system sounds) Download
- Xperia experience flow live wallpaper (install as normal APK):
Download V.2.1.A.0.19
OR
Download v.3.0.A.0.6
- Latest Xperia Keyboard v. 6.7.A.0.10 Download (Flash ZIP file or download the APK file and install it as normal APK)
(thanks to @OsGhaly for the searching and links )
- xperia camera here
tip-2:you want leds colors work on your 5.x ROM with music ?
you can try this ..just download the version for the lollipop ROMs
tip-3:do i need to use t-kernel ?
well it's up to you ,,,many users prefer to stay on default kernel others on t-kerenl (i'm on t-kernel side)....t-kernel give some awsome futures and alot of tweaks that may help you to make a performance that suit you ...so you make your choice ....if you want to try it go here
p.s: this thread is for answering and helping people and take some of the load off the deves
if anyone needs help just post here alot of people will help you out
the best and only kernel for 5.1 ROMs :victory: ....here
you need to decide what 5.x ROM is better for you ?! just go here and you will find what you need
these are kernel settings if you like to try them out (but maybe you won't like them )these settings can only be applied on t-kernel
AICP R3 5.1.1 ROM review by me here (there is a new one )
AICP R4 REVIEW here (too old)
RRM3 REVIEW HERE (too old)
how to change to f2fs ! here
if this thread helped in anyway press the thanks button !! :good:
flash- said:
3-p:i wanna try RRM2P and i want a transparent bar
solution: thanks to i don't how !! he give a line to add in build.prop ....how to add this line in build.prop? ,it's easy just install kernel auditor open it, swipe the screen to right, choose edit build.prop and type (persist.sys.force_highendgfx) this in the first line
and (true) in the second line and reboot and enjoy
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Hi please dont promote this method there is a toggle in setting --> performance--> enable high end gfx (still need to reboot)
Please use that thnx.
Need solution for these problems...
1) Tried almost 3-4 Lollipop ROMS...But in all ROMS,after installing RAM consuming apps like FB , Messenger , Whatsapp etc..the phone is too much laggy...When an incoming call comes, the ringtone starts ringing,but the dialer opens only after 5-10 seconds..this is too much irritating..I have to wait till the name of the caller comes but the ringtone starts ringing before itself.....I know this problem is due to over consumption of RAM,but looking for an way to get away from this problem
2) Next important one is audio... In all the lollipop roms, the sound of the loudspeaker sounds like a third class chinese phone..too much noise and no clarity at all..Need an immediate solution for this audio problem. (already tried the sound settings in kernel adiutor like u said in the main post but still too much of noise)
vgowtham97 said:
Need solution for these problems...
1) Tried almost 3-4 Lollipop ROMS...But in all ROMS,after installing RAM consuming apps like FB , Messenger , Whatsapp etc..the phone is too much laggy...When an incoming call comes, the ringtone starts ringing,but the dialer opens only after 5-10 seconds..this is too much irritating..I have to wait till the name of the caller comes but the ringtone starts ringing before itself.....I know this problem is due to over consumption of RAM,but looking for an way to get away from this problem
2) Next important one is audio... In all the lollipop roms, the sound of the loudspeaker sounds like a third class chinese phone..too much noise and no clarity at all..Need an immediate solution for this audio problem. (already tried the sound settings in kernel adiutor like u said in the main post but still too much of noise)
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1- like i said in the op the greenify app will help to reduce the consumption of RAM (try to greenify FB and messenger) and put cpu settings to smartassv2 that will be good ....and by the way i only had this problem when i installed RRM2 ..just in the first day but after greenify and kernel auditor nothing happened to me (on vanir and cm12.1 i didn't face like this problem)
2- this is the only way i think to make the volume up ....but i really didn't get noise on my phone ...you put it between 4-6 right? cuz higher that than that music will be noisy for sure
good luck :good:
flash- said:
7-p:the sound on lollipop sound a little bit low what can i do
solution:just flash t-kernel ,,install kernel auditor,,open it,,,swipe the screen to the right,,choose the sound option and increase your speaker gain to (4-6) and you are good to go
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Or alternatively install Viper4Android and adjust from there. I think you can add that
itsjustbob said:
Or alternatively install Viper4Android and adjust from there. I think you can add that
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that's right but faux sound is more safe than the viper4android cuz you can't make sure it won't give you a bootloop on all the ROMs but faux sound can run on all of them cuz it's a kernel customization
This doubt is not regarding Lollipop..This is a general doubt...
During over RAM usage,some apps are automatically closed right..? But still however less the Free RAM is,some system apps are never closed.
I want messenger to never be closed at any situation. What should I do..?
vgowtham97 said:
This doubt is not regarding Lollipop..This is a general doubt...
During over RAM usage,some apps are automatically closed right..? But still however less the Free RAM is,some system apps are never closed.
I want messenger to never be closed at any situation. What should I do..?
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that's right :good:
then you can just hibernate all other apps expect messenger and you will be good to go
flash- said:
that's right :good:
then you can just hibernate all other apps expect messenger and you will be good to go
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Yes...but every time I lock my phone and unlock it after some time and open messenger app,it starts to reconnect although my internet was always on...
And if I lock my phone, my "online" status gets into "offline"...In messenger, I want my status to be "online" all the time.. (My phone's internet is always on)
Sent from my Xperia SP using XDA Free mobile app
vgowtham97 said:
Yes...but every time I lock my phone and unlock it after some time and open messenger app,it starts to reconnect although my internet was always on...
And if I lock my phone, my "online" status gets into "offline"...In messenger, I want my status to be "online" all the time.. (My phone's internet is always on)
Sent from my Xperia SP using XDA Free mobile app
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what ROM are you using?....are you sure you didn't hibernate the messenger? do you have any apps to boost you RAM or something ?what cpu governor are you using
flash- said:
what ROM are you using?....are you sure you didn't hibernate the messenger? do you have any apps to boost you RAM or something ?what cpu governor are you using
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Using VanirAOSP..
I didn't hibernate the messenger
No,no such apps..
Smartass governor
vgowtham97 said:
Using VanirAOSP..
I didn't hibernate the messenger
No,no such apps..
Smartass governor
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that's weird my friend...i don't face like this problems ...but the idea is i don't think you can stay online when your screen is off
did you stay online like this on stock based ROM ?
flash- said:
that's weird my friend...i don't face like this problems ...but the idea is i don't think you can stay online when your screen is off
did you stay online like this on stock based ROM ?
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No bro...never stayed online when the screen is off..
But asking whether there is a way to do that by keeping messenger always open in background..(like how the phone services are always on)
Sent from my Xperia SP using XDA Free mobile app
vgowtham97 said:
No bro...never stayed online when the screen is off..
But asking whether there is a way to do that by keeping messenger always open in background..(like how the phone services are always on)
Sent from my Xperia SP using XDA Free mobile app
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no,, there is nothing like that i think it's about phone managing your apps and the management of RAM..so there is no way to do that as far as i know
Hi,
could someone please re upload twrp and philz recovery as link isn't working.
thanks
jaretti said:
Hi,
could someone please re upload twrp and philz recovery as link isn't working.
thanks
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i'm sorry ...i have twrp...so i'll uplode it for you right now
edit: links are up to date ...i uploaded twrp and philz
And about headphones? I have traditional samsung headphones and the music and volume don't change with the buttons, when the screen is on, the button works like a "mouse left button" to select an icon....
some suggestions?
Andreus94 said:
And about headphones? I have traditional samsung headphones and the music and volume don't change with the buttons, when the screen is on, the button works like a "mouse left button" to select an icon....
some suggestions?
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I found that CM12.1.1 by Marcelo is the only ROM -so far- that headphone's buttons are working as they should with it
Andreus94 said:
And about headphones? I have traditional samsung headphones and the music and volume don't change with the buttons, when the screen is on, the button works like a "mouse left button" to select an icon....
some suggestions?
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it's not something that you can solve with an app it think my friend (it's from the ROMs ) but like @OsGhaly said you can flash cm12.1 if you need this thing too work so much
good luck :good:
OsGhaly said:
I found that CM12.1.1 by Marcelo is the only ROM -so far- that headphone's buttons are working as they should with it
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flash- said:
it's not something that you can solve with an app it think my friend (it's from the ROMs ) but like @OsGhaly said you can flash cm12.1 if you need this thing too work so much
good luck :good:
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thanks ... I guess then I will sacrifice this function
your headphones work with other ROMs or this is an Lollopop ROM's issue
Hi ! Gentlemen
I found this rom by chance on one of my favorite websites. I wanted to share that with you.
Hello everyone!
For those who think that their smartphone is already a computer, our small team proposes to use your smartphone as the central unit of any screen: monitor, TV or video projector
Like MS Windows Continuum but better
We are developing a new window manager for Android for a new user experience. You can now use multitasking / multi-windows, resizing, folders and shortcuts on the desktop. You will find a "start" menu, application dock, notifications management, etc.
You can display this interface directly on the screen of your phone / tablet but the most interesting is to use it on a second screen connected with or wireless (respectively MHL / DisplayPort / DisplayLink or Miracast or even Chromecast).
The cherry on the cake, you keep the use of your smartphone since we dissociate the displays of the 2 screens and their uses.
Our code is based on CyanogenMod 13.0. We will shortly pass our development branches on LineageOS 14.1. The goal is to maximize compatibility based on this distribution.
After installation you will find 4 pre-installed applications:
OXI: Launches OXI on the main screen of the device
OXI Remote: Launches OXI on the secondary screen (Android must already be connected to another screen in "mirror" mode, in MHL, DisplayPort, Miracast ...)
We strongly recommend using a Microsoft Wireless Display v2 (available on Amazon, FNAC, etc.) or ActionTech branded adapter, which is fully compatible with OXI and eliminates mouse latency. Feel free to try with your material and give us your feedback.
OXI Control: A small utility if you do not have a Bluetooth keyboard or mouse. Two modes are possible, "Keypad" mode is a simple touchpad and keyboard on the phone, "pad" mode allows to play games requiring tactile use
In some cases, mainly on televisions, the image may not be fully displayed and trimmed. Adjust using this utility until you see the red rectangle around the blue
Youtube video :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLAnO2gXcwt07ZVIfV_kgfdMUtgxGFSDr6&v=eLM_7da1W0E
View Original French Source Frandroid :
http://forum.frandroid.com/topic/254306-alpha-oxi-sur-nexus-5x/
Installation
If your smartphone is already on CyanogenMod13, you will be able to install the OXI ROM without having to reset your smartphone, just install the zip file "on top". If you have a problem with Google Apps, reinstall them via Open GApps immediately after installing OXI.
OXI installs itself as CyanogenMod 13. If you have another favorite tutorial, do not hesitate to follow it, the procedure being similar to all phones.
If you have not already done so, you need a phone with TWRP or another custom recovery to install zip files. To do this, you will have to unlock the bootloader (with consequences on what it implies), flasher via fastboot or another proprietary tool (Odin, spflashtool ...) to set up the recovery custom partition.
Once in recovery, enjoy to backup your system partitions (including EFS).
Perform a complete wipe the phone (you can try if you are on a CM13 compatible rom to not perform wipe)
Install OXI via adb sideload or by dropping and selecting the .zip file.
If necessary, install the Google apps in the same way (download the corresponding .zip from http://opengapps.org/, select Android 6.0.
Restart the phone and you should be ready to test OXI
For more details I invite you to follow for example this tutorialImportant! Instead of applying root, apply OXI and then Google Apps via OpenGApps
Http://forum.frandroid.com/topic/234137-tuto-installation-recovery-custom-et-root-nexus-5x/
DownloadOXI 0.1.4 (26/01/2017) - md5 0304ee4f69fc6894ae1c42b3501ab670Need Vendor MTC20K 6.0 MM
Via mega.nz: https://mega.nz/#!jt91FI4K!oLeUd3mGWvErpz-96cPl0wqEjK5xPHyP_9laMxf-S0M
Via androidfilehost: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=529152257862698698
Warning:
You install this ROM of your own volition and we are not responsible for any direct or indirect damage to your phone, your data or any consequence related to the OXI test. Back up your data before installing as well as the partitions (Golden Rule).
Oxi is in alpha version, stable enough but still small bugs / crash OXI (not Android) and possibly flaws - do not use in production environment.
We are still developing and we will certainly offer here updates according to the returns obtained
The downgrade since CyanogenMod / LineageOS 14.0 / 14.1 is likely to fail without wipe data / system
Below is a list of the current limitations of OXI. We strive to remove these limitations as we develop.
If you find others, it will feed our todo!
Chromecast is supported but will not work with mouse latency optimizations. Same comment on some Miracast implementations in TV.
If you have problems installing new applications or launching them (for permissions), try launching the application first on the phone in the usual way.
There may be minor problems not related to OXI, these are probably related to CyanogenMod 13
Shortcuts on the desktop are only saved when you exit the application
The bluetooth management from OXI does not work (yet)
Some applications (especially some games) do not resize correctly. Some Unity games can even crash when resized, we work on it.
The optimal configuration is full HD (1920x1080) on an external monitor (PC monitor or TV)
Some TVs unfortunately do not indicate their actual size, in this case the applications will potentially be displayed "bigger" than necessary (similar problem with DisplayLink). We are also working on that.
A single instance of an application can be launched in OXI
An application can only be launched in OXI or on the phone but never both.
The ROM does NOT include any Google apps, but you can install them manually (in the same way as CyanogenMod after installing the .zip - do not do it again if you update from CyanogenMod 13)
The overscan tool may need to be forcibly closed (via reboot, recent apps or any other means) if the setting display persists.
SourcesOur code is based on CyanogenMod 13 (Apache 2): https://github.com/CyanogenMod and http://cyanogenmod.org (down ...)
Nexus 5X kernel sources (GPL): https://github.com/cyanogenmod/android_kernel_lge_bullhead
Websites : https://www.auxens.com/
View Original French Source Frandroid :
http://forum.frandroid.com/topic/254306-alpha-oxi-sur-nexus-5x/
I have try this Rom and it's a simple Cyanogenmod 13 6.0 Marshmallow with Oxi system you can switch to cyanogenmod into Oxi Os and invert. I have try with simple chromecast and it's work like a charm
Tell me what you think of this rom in the comments in advance thank you and beg you to believe in my sincere greetings
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I don't know if I have the right or not to share this work that is not mine. I apologize in advance if I have done wrong
sorry
Seems nice, but instead of repeating and saying basic things like "You need to install TWRP first" or "Don't forget to backup" you could introduce the project to us.
I don't know French, thus I have absolutely no idea what is this about. Few of my questions:
1. What is that? Given you wrote "Turn your Nexus 5x in computer", I suppose it's smth like Continuum. But there's not enough details.
2. How does it work? AFAIK Nexus 5X's USB Type-C port doesn't support HDMI out.
3. Which vendor to use with it?
4. Which build of CM13?
5. Is it standalone/different OS, or just skin/modification for CM13 to work better on larger screens?
6. Is there difference between this and app Taskbar combined with Nougat (Freeform mode)?
neth15 said:
Seems nice, but instead of repeating and saying basic things like "You need to install TWRP first" or "Don't forget to backup" you could introduce the project to us.
I don't know French, thus I have absolutely no idea what is this about. Few of my questions:
1. What is that? Given you wrote "Turn your Nexus 5x in computer", I suppose it's smth like Continuum. But there's not enough details.
2. How does it work? AFAIK Nexus 5X's USB Type-C port doesn't support HDMI out.
3. Which vendor to use with it?
4. Which build of CM13?
5. Is it standalone/different OS, or just skin/modification for CM13 to work better on larger screens?
6. Is there difference between this and app Taskbar combined with Nougat (Freeform mode)?
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Like MS Windows Continuum but better
It work with miracast or chromecast for share the screen
it's based on Cyanogenmod 13 but modified
i haven't test this rom but for the vendor i think it's the latest 6.0 Marshmallow
you can go to see the github and website for more info
OP Refresh for more info
Renaf2 said:
OP Refresh for more info
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Much, much better Thanks bro
Don't get me wrong, I just wanted you to put all the functions, screens etc. together. It's easy to just link to the other website, but less effective than describing it
Btw. I guess I'll try it, but first I'll buy the adapter.
neth15 said:
Much, much better Thanks bro
Don't get me wrong, I just wanted you to put all the functions, screens etc. together. It's easy to just link to the other website, but less effective than describing it
Btw. I guess I'll try it, but first I'll buy the adapter.
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If you have a chromecast you can try
Renaf2 said:
If you have a chromecast you can try
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I don't have one. But this app seems pretty good (I have spare computer). Did you try it?
neth15 said:
I don't have one. But this app seems pretty good (I have spare computer). Did you try it?
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No try it at this moment sorry and i have the honor 6x now
I try it in few minutes
The Vendor.img is MTC20K
it's a simple Cyanogenmod Rom with Oxi system into it
Excellent
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i have try that with my chromecast and work like a charm no problem here just cast your screen in quick settings in notification and run oxi remote if you haven't mouse and keyboard you can use oxi control for that you have the keypad for mouse and keyboard and if you want to play you have the pad for that
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Hi everyone! Lead dev here!
I'm really surprised and happy to see that our work traveled to XDA without me posting it Thank you renaf2, no problem to share it here.
I'm not able to write a long message tonight (Murphy's Law, I'm in the country side with low network and no physical keyboard) but don't worry I'm gonna be more present here next week.
First of all I know there is a quite huge bug (and my fault sorry!) with Google Apps in this version. I'm gonna publish a new version around Monday or Tuesday.
Beth15, to answer shortly:
1. (This is the long to answer question! I guess Renaf2 clarifications are really helpful but we have so much more to tell!)
2. With nexus 5x we tried DisplayLink (wired), Chromecast (working but not optimal for latency), Miracast (with Microsoft adapters) and what I call "local mode" (directly on the smartphone screen).
3/4. That's a good question... My focus is more on OXI itself than the system so I can't tell from memory which build is used (I would say MOB31K for the build and last rebase from cm repositories was from early December)
Btw thanks Renaf2 for the clarification on the vendor versions. I will be more precise (including in the French topics) next time, I promise
5. It's a modified Android system working with the OXI app. We don't want to disrupt the "classic" Android behavior and we are really in a "adding something missing" than "transforming it" state of mind. Not just screen display tweaking also.
6. It's different for multiple reasons: remote display, session conservation, no requirement for apps developers, enhanced latency in wireless, better window management... And we're working on a lot of other features
I will write more soon!
If you have any question feel free to ask, I'll be glad to answer!
0x4A4A said:
Hi everyone! Lead dev here!
I'm really surprised and happy to see that our work traveled to XDA without me posting it Thank you renaf2, no problem to share it here.
I'm not able to write a long message tonight (Murphy's Law, I'm in the country side with low network and no physical keyboard) but don't worry I'm gonna be more present here next week.
First of all I know there is a quite huge bug (and my fault sorry!) with Google Apps in this version. I'm gonna publish a new version around Monday or Tuesday.
Beth15, to answer shortly:
1. (This is the long to answer question! I guess Renaf2 clarifications are really helpful but we have so much more to tell!)
2. With nexus 5x we tried DisplayLink (wired), Chromecast (working but not optimal for latency), Miracast (with Microsoft adapters) and what I call "local mode" (directly on the smartphone screen).
3/4. That's a good question... My focus is more on OXI itself than the system so I can't tell from memory which build is used (I would say MOB31K for the build and last rebase from cm repositories was from early December)
Btw thanks Renaf2 for the clarification on the vendor versions. I will be more precise (including in the French topics) next time, I promise
5. It's a modified Android system working with the OXI app. We don't want to disrupt the "classic" Android behavior and we are really in a "adding something missing" than "transforming it" state of mind. Not just screen display tweaking also.
6. It's different for multiple reasons: remote display, session conservation, no requirement for apps developers, enhanced latency in wireless, better window management... And we're working on a lot of other features
I will write more soon!
If you have any question feel free to ask, I'll be glad to answer!
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You can open a new theard in apropriate section and i ask to delete this theard if you want no problem i just want to share your interesting and great work
I'm happy to meet you
Sinon je suis aussi sur frandroid meme pseudo mais je n'y vais plus je suis a la source maintenant sur xda c'est mieux pour apprendre
Hi everyone !
Sorry, I was really busy those days to be able to post around here (and right now I can't post in the proper forums sections), and trying to port it to Nougat (not so easy )
You can find an update for Nexus 5X on the main topic, with a bit more info : https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/rom-oxi-smartphone-computer-oneplus3-t3558293
0x4A4A said:
Hi everyone !
Sorry, I was really busy those days to be able to post around here (and right now I can't post in the proper forums sections), and trying to port it to Nougat (not so easy )
You can find an update for Nexus 5X on the main topic, with a bit more info : https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/rom-oxi-smartphone-computer-oneplus3-t3558293
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Oh yeah thank you so much for your hard work bro
Renaf2 said:
Hi ! Gentlemen
I found this rom by chance on one of my favorite websites. I wanted to share that with you.
Hello everyone!
For those who think that their smartphone is already a computer, our small team proposes to use your smartphone as the central unit of any screen: monitor, TV or video projector
Like MS Windows Continuum but better
We are developing a new window manager for Android for a new user experience. You can now use multitasking / multi-windows, resizing, folders and shortcuts on the desktop. You will find a "start" menu, application dock, notifications management, etc.
You can display this interface directly on the screen of your phone / tablet but the most interesting is to use it on a second screen connected with or wireless (respectively MHL / DisplayPort / DisplayLink or Miracast or even Chromecast).
The cherry on the cake, you keep the use of your smartphone since we dissociate the displays of the 2 screens and their uses.
Our code is based on CyanogenMod 13.0. We will shortly pass our development branches on LineageOS 14.1. The goal is to maximize compatibility based on this distribution.
After installation you will find 4 pre-installed applications:
OXI: Launches OXI on the main screen of the device
OXI Remote: Launches OXI on the secondary screen (Android must already be connected to another screen in "mirror" mode, in MHL, DisplayPort, Miracast ...)
We strongly recommend using a Microsoft Wireless Display v2 (available on Amazon, FNAC, etc.) or ActionTech branded adapter, which is fully compatible with OXI and eliminates mouse latency. Feel free to try with your material and give us your feedback.
OXI Control: A small utility if you do not have a Bluetooth keyboard or mouse. Two modes are possible, "Keypad" mode is a simple touchpad and keyboard on the phone, "pad" mode allows to play games requiring tactile use
In some cases, mainly on televisions, the image may not be fully displayed and trimmed. Adjust using this utility until you see the red rectangle around the blue
Youtube video :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLAnO2gXcwt07ZVIfV_kgfdMUtgxGFSDr6&v=eLM_7da1W0E
View Original French Source Frandroid :
http://forum.frandroid.com/topic/254306-alpha-oxi-sur-nexus-5x/
Installation
If your smartphone is already on CyanogenMod13, you will be able to install the OXI ROM without having to reset your smartphone, just install the zip file "on top". If you have a problem with Google Apps, reinstall them via Open GApps immediately after installing OXI.
OXI installs itself as CyanogenMod 13. If you have another favorite tutorial, do not hesitate to follow it, the procedure being similar to all phones.
If you have not already done so, you need a phone with TWRP or another custom recovery to install zip files. To do this, you will have to unlock the bootloader (with consequences on what it implies), flasher via fastboot or another proprietary tool (Odin, spflashtool ...) to set up the recovery custom partition.
Once in recovery, enjoy to backup your system partitions (including EFS).
Perform a complete wipe the phone (you can try if you are on a CM13 compatible rom to not perform wipe)
Install OXI via adb sideload or by dropping and selecting the .zip file.
If necessary, install the Google apps in the same way (download the corresponding .zip from http://opengapps.org/, select Android 6.0.
Restart the phone and you should be ready to test OXI
For more details I invite you to follow for example this tutorialImportant! Instead of applying root, apply OXI and then Google Apps via OpenGApps
Http://forum.frandroid.com/topic/234137-tuto-installation-recovery-custom-et-root-nexus-5x/
DownloadOXI 0.1.4 (26/01/2017) - md5 0304ee4f69fc6894ae1c42b3501ab670Need Vendor MTC20K 6.0 MM
Via mega.nz: https://mega.nz/#!jt91FI4K!oLeUd3mGWvErpz-96cPl0wqEjK5xPHyP_9laMxf-S0M
Via androidfilehost: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=529152257862698698
Warning:
You install this ROM of your own volition and we are not responsible for any direct or indirect damage to your phone, your data or any consequence related to the OXI test. Back up your data before installing as well as the partitions (Golden Rule).
Oxi is in alpha version, stable enough but still small bugs / crash OXI (not Android) and possibly flaws - do not use in production environment.
We are still developing and we will certainly offer here updates according to the returns obtained
The downgrade since CyanogenMod / LineageOS 14.0 / 14.1 is likely to fail without wipe data / system
Below is a list of the current limitations of OXI. We strive to remove these limitations as we develop.
If you find others, it will feed our todo!
Chromecast is supported but will not work with mouse latency optimizations. Same comment on some Miracast implementations in TV.
If you have problems installing new applications or launching them (for permissions), try launching the application first on the phone in the usual way.
There may be minor problems not related to OXI, these are probably related to CyanogenMod 13
Shortcuts on the desktop are only saved when you exit the application
The bluetooth management from OXI does not work (yet)
Some applications (especially some games) do not resize correctly. Some Unity games can even crash when resized, we work on it.
The optimal configuration is full HD (1920x1080) on an external monitor (PC monitor or TV)
Some TVs unfortunately do not indicate their actual size, in this case the applications will potentially be displayed "bigger" than necessary (similar problem with DisplayLink). We are also working on that.
A single instance of an application can be launched in OXI
An application can only be launched in OXI or on the phone but never both.
The ROM does NOT include any Google apps, but you can install them manually (in the same way as CyanogenMod after installing the .zip - do not do it again if you update from CyanogenMod 13)
The overscan tool may need to be forcibly closed (via reboot, recent apps or any other means) if the setting display persists.
SourcesOur code is based on CyanogenMod 13 (Apache 2): https://github.com/CyanogenMod and http://cyanogenmod.org (down ...)
Nexus 5X kernel sources (GPL): https://github.com/cyanogenmod/android_kernel_lge_bullhead
Websites : https://www.auxens.com/
View Original French Source Frandroid :
http://forum.frandroid.com/topic/254306-alpha-oxi-sur-nexus-5x/
I have try this Rom and it's a simple Cyanogenmod 13 6.0 Marshmallow with Oxi system you can switch to cyanogenmod into Oxi Os and invert. I have try with simple chromecast and it's work like a charm
Tell me what you think of this rom in the comments in advance thank you and beg you to believe in my sincere greetings
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For Moderators :
I don't know if I have the right or not to share this work that is not mine. I apologize in advance if I have done wrong
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Love the idea but the UI looks awful, i don't dig it, not one bit... I like the idea that you want to bring this to other devices, because so far the only ones that have this feature are all lumias, samsung s8 and the new huawei. I offer to help with the UI, to make it prettier.