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Bash terminal on tablets
I would like to buy a tablet and use it as a netbook to work using a keyboard dock (I still like the touchscreen and stylus options over buying a netbook). I work mostly on linux machines where I need ...
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Mount pendrive in chroot on Android
I have a fedora chroot running on an Android device and want to be able to plug a USB pen drive into the Android device and have it accessible to a user in the fedora chroot.
The pen drive is ...
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What packages can I safely remove from GNU/Linux distro running inside Android? [closed]
To be more detailed, I'm running Archlinux ARM on Android device through chroot. When I need the GUI, I use androidVNC. But Archlinux image file contains all the packages for standalone OS (kernel ...
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How to make Android phone as my wireless dialer, so that i can dial the phone and send / receive SSH, FTP etc?
How can i make the Android mobile phone number +3900000 as incoming dialing number from computer running Linux (ArchLinux, Fedora, CentOS, Ubuntu) using modem. Once the connection is made. How is it ...
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How to root my Motorola Flipside?
I am a relatively new Android user, but I have a bit of experience with Linux.
My new Motorola Flipside MB508 has quite a few unwanted preinstalled applications on it, which I would like to remove. ...
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Tethering CM10 - high latency, high(ish) throughput
I am recently having an issue where tethering my PC (Arch Linux) to my Galaxy S2 has a very strange result.
While tethered, web surfing on my PC is painfully slow - not because of slow download ...
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Linux ADB Driver for LG Viper (LG-LS840)
On most devices I've run across I can plug the device into a Linux machine and no additional drivers are needed in order for ADB to communicate with the device.
However on two LG devices from last ...
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do any android tablets have RNDIS enabled in their stock kernel image?
I have a small linux box running a web server, controlling some devices through various interfaces.
I'm considering using an android tablet for a mounted touch screen GUI/browser. I was wondering if ...
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Questions about phone migration using rsync
I'm planning to get a new android phone and I'm wondering what's considered best practice to move all data and settings. I know that lots of stuff goes to google, but I'd like to migrate app data as ...
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Internet from Ubuntu to andriod via USB [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Use usb as network access for android device?
How to set up reverse tethering over USB?
I tryed many options to do it via wifi, but it still dosn't work (it is long ...
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Loop device possible on Android 2.1 Hero?
I'm trying to get Ubunto running on my Android after failing with Debian.
I couldn't mount the image. Now the Ubunto Tutorial says that the phone must support loop devices. How can I figure that out, ...
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Acer A500 internal storage is not auto-mounted by Ubuntu
I just got my Acer A500 and have problems accessing the it's storage from my ubuntu machines.
If I try it with Win7 in VirtualBox it is automatically mounted without requiring any actions on the ...
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How can I directly, wirelessly copy files between Galaxy S3 and Ubuntu?
I would like to copy files between Galaxy S3 and Ubuntu
without giving away too many privileges - just copying said file
without any rooty system modifications (I want to keep the carrier-warranty ...
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How to establish a LAN directly between an Archos G9 (Android 4.0, WiFi) and a linux box?
I am buying an Archos G9 (Android 4.0). And a Raspberry Pi. I'd like to take them along for trips, and they need to be able to communicate over a network so I can use stuff like VNC etc.
How do I do ...
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Reverse tethering hangs at netcfg (Cyanogen + Linux)
I'm trying to set up reverse-tethering from my Linux computer using the steps outlined in this post:
http://blog.mycila.com/2010/06/reverse-usb-tethering-with-android-22.html
However, when I get to ...
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connect android devices in ad-hoc mode without needing to net connection?
can we get android devices in ad-hoc mode using WIFI-card but without access internet ?
i mean to connect peers to send and receive messages between them but without having internet connection ?
i ...
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Is it possible to flash htc desire on linux (drivers concern)?
I'd like to flash 'HTC desire' and found this:
http://www.jphellemons.nl/post/Cyanogenmod-on-my-HTC-Desire-the-easy-way.aspx
I started to wonder if I'm able to do the flash.. because i use Debian ...
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Sync music tags to PC
My music library is located in my PC, and it is copied to my phone SD using the media player I use in the PC.
Now, I listen to music mostly out of home, using the phone. I think it is safer to keep ...
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Problem installing ubuntu on Galaxy S2 ICS
The Error:
when running the ubuntu install script (ubuntu.sh) I get:
ubuntu.sh[11]:cut not found
This script requires root! Type:su
what I have done so far:
Installed a custom kernel that roots ...
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Connect to Ubuntu Linux VPN
How can I connect my android device (2.3.3 and 4.0) to VPN setup in Ubuntu Linux?
Thanks
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Why can't I get root access from shell?
> adb shell
sh-4.1$ su
Permission denied
I have rooted my phone successfully. I know this because I'm able to install apps on SD card and I have a program called SD Maid that is able to operate ...
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Tethering data allowance from phone to laptop via usb
I don't have a problem doing this, I can use my phone and connect to the data allowance from my sim card and I can also connect my phone to a wireless network. I can then plug my phone into my laptop ...
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How to create a soft link between root partition and ext3 partition(on SD)
I am trying to create symbolic links of /data/sdext2/app/* on /data/app.
This is what I did in adb shell
ln -sf /data/sdext2/app/* /data/app/
But it is telling "link failed No such file or directory".
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execute linux commands on android froyo [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I use shell commands and interact with the Linux system underneath?
I want execute linux commands on my android (Froyo).
How can i do it? any idea?
Should I ...
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VNC client with mouse capture
Been using Ubuntu over chroot on my Asus sl101 eee pad slider.
Works nice but I would like mouse integration like in virtual box etc.
Any VNC apps out there that will capture/integrate my mouse so ...
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Use 3G connection on my Android in Ubuntu
I would like to use the 3G connection on my android with my Ubuntu. Is there any method to do so?
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How to play/record sound from Debian chroot?
There's big file with ext2 with ARM Debian where I can chroot to.
There's functional mplayer (I can -ao pcm or -vo yuv4mpegpipe) there.
How to record/play sound (or video) from this Debian? Is there ...
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Cannot access local storage on HTC Desire HD with Linux
If I set my new HTC Desire HD to connect to PC in disk drive mode, a Windows computer can see the internal storage as a Removable Disk. If I attempt the same with my Linux system, "HTC Android Phone" ...
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adb devices show phone in debug mod but not in fastboot mod
When debugging mode adb devices , it will show my HTC magic.
But when the phone is in fastboot mod , I can't see my HTC magic in adb devices.
I am using ubuntu 10.10 ,
my ...
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Compiling Error
i'm trying to port the Ubuntu touch on my HTC One X but when it is compiling i get this annoying error
make: *** No rule to make target ...
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Android Emulator (API 10) Camera Not Working - ADT Bundle Linux
The Camera on my Android API 10 Virtual Device isn't working. While creating the AVD there are three options I found for Back Camera:
NoneWebcam0Emulated
I tried all options 1, 2 and 3 to no avail. ...
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Jelly Bean use As Mass Storage Device [duplicate]
I have Samsung Tab 2 7.0 running in Android 4.1.1. How can I use the device as mass storage device when plugging it to my Ubuntu machine?
Thanks
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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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I cannot use a USB cable to access my version 2.3.6 phone's SD card with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
I have a problem. Googling shows that other people have similar problems, but unfortunately the solutions that worked for them didn't work so me, so I'm going to have to ask myself.
I have a (rooted) ...
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how to know the name of interface for WIFI DIRECT in android? [closed]
i need to know what is the name of wireless interface for wifi direct at android platform.
it seems that wlan0 the most interface used, but how exactly do i know it ?
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if this linux command applicable for android WIFI DIRECT? [duplicate]
i found resources talk about Wifi direct commands in linux at this link.
i am wondered if these commands are applicable for android WIFI DIRECT ???
i need to access WIFI direct from terminal using ...
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ADB unable to connect my Nexus 7 on Ubuntu
I want to be able to connect my Nexus 7 in order to test my applications from Eclipse on the physical device.
I followed this Google guide.
My /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules file contains this :
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How to recover Samsung Galaxy Fit using software that works on Ubuntu?
I tried to install the new Jelly Bean on my Samsung Galaxy Fit, but it got stuck during installation with an error on /tmp/slideloadpackage.zip. Now, my original Android OS lost.
How can I recover ...
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How do I get my Android Phone to connect its internal SD to my PC via USB?
For some reason my Galaxy Y GT-55360T phone running Android 2.3.6, won't connect its SD card to my Ubuntu 12.10-running PC when I plug the USB cable into it. It did before, I have no idea what I did ...
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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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Strange behavior while pouring musics to my Galaxy Nexus
If you asked me this looks very odd. But when I attempt to copy some music albums from my pc down to my Galaxy Nexus, something strange happens. No matter what I do all the musics get moved to the ...
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Why can't e2fsck from Ubuntu check some Android partitions?
I have a Toshiba AC100 computer. It used to have Android installed, but then I installed Ubuntu onto one of the flash drive partitions. Some other partitions from Android remained untouched.
They can ...
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Samsung Galaxy Ace USB debugging on Ubuntu
I've encountered a problem with my SGA device on Ubuntu 12.04: I cannot connect it to ddms. The device is not detected at wall, not even storage mode is not working.
Are there any USB drivers for ...
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How to get Banshee to see Xoom via MTP?
I just bought a Canadian region Xoom, and have been able to access it via MTP using Gnomad2, but Banshee refuses to recognize it, despite having the libmtp extension installed. Any advice would be ...
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Is there any easy way to get GNU build tools on Android? If not… why not?
With the growing number of Android devices in all sorts of different form factors (dev boards like Raspberry Pi/ODroid, Android-on-a-stick, etc), it seems like it would be great to be able to actually ...
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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 ...
