The kernel is a central component of most computer operating systems. It acts as bridge between applications and the hardware and also manages the systems's resources.
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Android 2.2 Galaxy S SGH-T959 kernel update with netfilter
I can't seem to find a kernel update for this phone that would include netfilter. Does anyone know a different way to install netfilter on this phone?
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l2_hsic prevents my device from Deep Sleep. How to fix it?
I have installed BetterBatteryStats and CPU SPY, because I noticed that I had a faster than normal battery consumption when the tab was left alone.
I made a 30 mins test Wifi OFF, Flight Mode On, ...
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Sound on Power-On
I want a sound to be played when the user presses the power button, Since I am customizing Android for Visually Challenged people this feature might let them know if the tablet has actually powered on ...
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What is the difference between: Rooting, Jailbreak, ROM, Mod, etc.?
What is the difference between:
Rooting
Jailbreaking
ROM
NAND and Nandroid
Operating System
Mod (e.g. CyanogenMod)
Recovery (ClockworkMod, Amon Ra)
Custom Kernel (e.g. LeshaK's kernel)
Firmware
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Updating Siyah Kernel to 1.9.1 on Galxy SIII i9300 ends in black screen after Siyah logo
I currently run Siyah 1.8.9 Kernel with CM 10.1 nightly (20130218), and I've tried to flash Siyah 1.9.1 with both Odin (PC) and through CM recovery. Both ways end up with a black screen after the ...
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LorDModUE - How to configure
I have installed Lordmodue* to under volt my android device by downloading the .zip, booting into recovery mode, browsing the sdcard and selecting the .zip file.
The install was successful and under ...
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How to find PHYS_OFFSET value for mkbootimg
As i was following instructions here. I found a problem that my /proc/config.gz does not contain CONFIG_PHYS_OFFSET setting. But my /proc/iomem contains 40000000-5bffffff : System RAM.
What value i ...
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Samsung S2 kernel change
On my Samsung Galaxy S2, I have Android 4.0.4 running with Kernel 3.0.15-1114882.
I need to change to kernel 3.015-1157945 or 3.015-1056084 .
Is this possible? If yes How?
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What is the method to debug Android kernel from booting in tablet?
I have to test a custom Android build on a tablet and I need to know the method to debug the Android kernel from booting in the tablet?
The tablet has only a screen, 2 USB ports and an HDMI port.
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Custom Kernels on Stock ROMs?
The General Question: Is it possible to install custom kernels on a Rooted Stock ROM?
The Example: I have a Nexus 7 which I have rooted running 4.1.1 (Jelly Bean JRO03D) would it be possible to just ...
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Faster CPU means higher battery consumption?
A friend of mine and I have the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.
His tab is flashed with a custom kernel giving 1.2Ghz instead of the 1Ghz I have by default.
Using antutu benchmark, we saw what we expected, ...
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How to find out if my Device's Kernel has Loop Device Support
I would assume most all of you know why I am asking this, but for those who don't, Loop Device Support of a Kernel on an Android device is utilized to mount a Linux Distro IMG file (Ubuntu or Debian, ...
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Flashing an official Samsung galaxy tab kernel
I have a Galaxy Tab 10.1 (GT-P7510) with Android 3.2 and kernel 2.6.36.3 installed. I'm building a customized kernel using Samsung's official kernel source code for research purposes. I do not need to ...
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get wireless tools in Android devices?
i see this link about enable wireless tools on android.
but i can't understand the way he follow to enable tools on what terminal or adb shells for the device or on linux platform !!
also from ...
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Can I separate device node names by driver in ueventd, like UDEV can in Linux?
I'm setting up a carpc solution running as USB host with two slave devices; a USB modem and an UART I-BUS communications device.
My problem per se is that both these devices eventually show up as ...
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Which custom or official kernel should I use on SGS2?
I'm using SGS2 with latest stock ICS ROM, but it has few bugs which I really hate, so I want to look at custom kernels which could help me in this.
The main headache for me at the moment is I ...
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Is there any userspace NFS client for stock android kernel(Galaxy Tab)?
I have tried kernel-mode things but it is not going to work.
Actually i've reached my limit for seeing errors in one day:
mount: unknown filesystem type 'nfs'
mount.nfs: No such device
and many ...
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Where are custom kernels being flashed to in internal memory?
I've unzipped zip files for custom kernels and noticed that the majority of the files that are being applied are in a /kernel folder. However that folder is unlisted when listing the root directories ...
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Flashing a New Kernel
If I'm going to flash a new Kernel with ROM Manager Pro, do I need to reinstall my MOD, delete my data, or delete my cache?
I am running CM 6.1 and want to flash one of ChevyNo1's kernels but will ...
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Extract boot.img
I have pulled boot.img from my phone's CWM backup. How do I extract it? I tried split_bootimg.pl. But throws an error -
Android Magic not found in boot.img. Giving up.
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Why are some files under /proc are universally readable?
Why are some files under /proc are universally readable by anyone using adb?
e.g.
/proc/<pid>/statm
/proc/<pid>/maps
/proc/<pid>/smaps
We can even cat the content of these files, ...
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My phone reboots after a kernel oops, what can I do?
I use the CyanogenMod firmware on my phone (CM7.2 on a HTC Wildfire) and when I take photos it sometimes reboots. I found out that a kernel oops happens due to a null pointer dereference in the ...
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How to change the display refresh rate of an android device
I am creating a custom ROM for my android device (MT6577 + ICS 4.0.4).The base ROM I'm using is the stock ROM of the device. My device's display refresh rate is pre-configured at 30Hz. Now, I want to ...
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Get root or re-install the OS without a USB cable?
Usually, the guides for getting root or re-installing the OS on an Android device (I have a Samsung Galaxy S, which I'm mostly inetersted about) tell to flash the device from another computer through ...
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Where to find the Kernel Source code for my Samsung Epic 4g device? [closed]
I'm trying to recompile a module for my Android device (I'm pretty new to both kernel level stuff and android stuff)
I have an Epic 4G CM9 with a Kernel 2.6.35.7-g502e35e, pinky-ghost@cyyanogenmod#1
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How to get setting information before booting Android devices like in BIOS?
Is there any method by which we could get the system information before booting android OS.
Like wise in PC/laptop, we can get into BIOS setting before booting and get the system information. Do ...
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Install zImage on Android 2.2 devcie
How do I install zImage on Android 2.2 device? I have one galaxy tab 7.0 and one NVIDIA Tegra 250 delvel kit.
I was trying to using fastboot on NVIDIA Tegra 250 but I failed.
I could load zImage ...
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Andoid can't detect MeeGo file system
I have Asus EeePc laptop in which there is two drive partition
first of 246Gb
second of 4Gb
The first drive have MeeGo OS and other drive contain Android x86 OS for asus.
The Problem is that ...
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Upgrading Kernel
I am somehow confused about the kernel and how it plays out. I have a couple of questions:
Let's assume my device kernel reports its kernel as 3.0.8 (using uname -r). How can I figure out what ...
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How to install kernel module for android?
I currently have a custom kernel and ROM installed on my android device. The kernel I'm using comes with a separate download with kernel modules that you are to install yourself if you want. However ...
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My Huawei u8160(Vodafone 858) supports usb-host although not working?
I have a Huawei u8160 running Psyke83's Cyanogenmod 7.2 14/8/2012 which had a package with it to apply usb-host mode kernel called usbhost1-cm-7-20120814-MADTEAM-u8160.zip.
So I flashed the zip using ...
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Create Defy Kernel Backup
I own a Motorola Defy and it is running 2.2.2.
I was wondering if i could create a backup of my kernel by any means!
Is there any software/application/method which can help me achieve this?
Thanks
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Why are there so many different Android kernels (technical answer please)
Isn't Android a common kernel that is used across all devices? For example CentOS will install on Dell, HP, and a variety of other hardware. Sure there are different modules but it's still CentOS ...
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Compiling ICS Kernel for Galaxy S3 with USB Gadget Drivers (HID Gadget)
Im not sure if this is more of a stack overflow question but ill see how we go here first.
I have been trying for the past few days to compile my own kernel for the GS3 (without any modifications ...
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Is the kernel flashed automatically from CWM?
By this, I mean, while flashing a firmware (update.zip) from ClockworkMod recovery, is boot.img also flashed or do I need to use fastboot separately?
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What are the technical differences between bootloader, recovery, kernel and ROM? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the difference between: Rooting, Jailbreak, ROM, Mod, etc.?
I'd love a reference (or an explanation if anyone has the time) on what characterizes these different ...
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Samsung Galaxy S2 bricked?
I own a galaxy sII. 3 weeks back, I downloaded and flashed the MIUI ICS rom on my phone. A week later I tried to update the ROM through ROM Manager. Everything went fine except when after flashing the ...
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Where can I get the stock Android Kernel configuration for Galaxy S3 running ICS?
Question: We are trying to find the kernel configuration on a currently running Samsung Galaxy S2, with Android 4.0.3 (Ice-Cream Sandwich). We do not wish to root the phone. We checked /proc/config.gz ...
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Can someone recommend a ROM and kernel for the Galaxy S2 that works fully? [closed]
I have installed a kernel and ROM onto my Samsung Galaxy S2. However, it's been giving me a lot of problems. First the Compass didn't work, then when the compass was fixed by installing a patch the ...
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rmt_storage keeps polling and spam logcat
In logcat I can see rmt_storage keeps doing something every 2/3 seconds
I/rmt_storage(15279): rmt_storage open success
I/rmt_storage(15279): rmt_storage shared memory ioctl success
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Boot custom kernel via phone
I can currently boot a custom kernel (without flashing it) for test purposes by using fastboot on my computer via:
cmd> fastboot boot customkernel.img
Which works great. I've found great kernels ...
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Cannot turn on LG GT540 due to kernel panic
I cannot turn on my LG GT540. When I try to turn it on it displays a message which says:
Linux Kernel Panic Process swapper (pid : 1 )
What does this mean? How can I fix it?
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What parts of the regular Linux graphics driver architecture is used in Android?
For example, could the Nouveau driver be used and provide hardware accelerated drawing when Android is compiled for x86?
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Android USB Gadget Driver
I am trying to get Ethernet over USB working for my Nexus S. I am running Ice Cream Sandwich v4.0.3 and have rebuilt the kernel with USB Gadget support turned on. When I connect the phone to my ...
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Can you install custom kernels on DroidX running CyanogenMod?
Can you install custom kernels on DroidX running CyanogenMod?
Or does the locked bootloader prevent that?
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Which kernel versions does the udev exploit work?
Which kernel versions does the udev exploit work? Upon googling this, I found articles claiming that it works on Android 2.1 and maybe 2.2, but there is no information about the kernel versions.
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Kernel HTC Hero
I have an HTC Hero GSM with CyanogenMod 7.1.0 (stable). Before i had elelinux mod (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10956118)
This thing is, after installing CyanogenMod i still have ...
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Can I flash a kernel without flashing a ROM?
Does flashing a new kernel require flashing a new ROM?
Will flashing a new kernel wipe the data? Because if so, I might as well flash a new ROM.
How can I see which kernels are compatible with ...
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What is special/different about CyanogenMod's kernel? (especially compared to. DroidX GB kernel)
In an Phandroid article announcing the first successful attempt to run CyanogenMod on DroidX thanks to cvpcs's breakthrough, I noticed the following quote:
CyanogenMod 7 will unfortunately be ...
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Does Cyanogendmod Kernel support loop devices?
Since I am failing to mount a Nandroid image and since I have read that the Kernel needs to support loop devices for that I need to know if anybody has managed to mount a loop device on CM7 or ...
