Questions tagged [linux]
Use this tag when your issue involves a Linux laptop/PC or addresses Linux-specific topics on your Android device. In the latter case, consider if other tags like e.g. 'command-line' or 'shell' might be better fitting. See the full tag wiki for additional details and hints. Note that questions purely about operating Linux-based OS on Android devices are off-topic.
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Installing Alpine Linux using Fastboot
I have a Lenovo TAB 10 (TB-X103F) with TWRP installed, but no OS.
I am attempting to install alpine linux but to my knowledge, the tablet is unable to boot from EFI, so im confused on what to do next ...
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How Can I Resolve a Persistent Security Breach on My Devices Despite Multiple Measures? [closed]
I’ve been experiencing a severe security breach where individuals have hacked into both my Android and Linux devices. They have access to all my online and offline activities, including my social ...
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fastboot commands are not executed, although device is being recognized
I am trying to flash a TWRP recovery onto a Blackview BV5500 (MT6580) in Manjaro Linux.
Android Platform Tools and Android udev Rules are installed.
I have no access to the system, so I can't unlock ...
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Files inside random directories are not readable by ls or any binary in linux
This is from my Android mobile. I am using a terminal app similar to ubuntu which is installed in my mobile. I am doing copy of my files to laptop and some are being skipped randomly.
When doing ls ...
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Pixel 6: how to flash Sailfish/Ubuntu without a desktop (just unlocked bootloader + On-the-Go flash)?
Ubuntu Touch (alternative to Sailfish): https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/
Sailfish: https://docs.sailfishos.org/Reference/Android_Compatibility/#hardware-support
Definition/instructions of flash: https:...
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How to disable 'Malicious app' warning?
Termux Screenshot
I'm trying to install Ubuntu on my Android 14 OnePlus Pad 2 tablet via Termux app. It's partially installed and viewable via VNC. But 'apt install' or 'apt upgrade' causes a warning ...
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How to see my Android partitions via Linux machine terminal?
When I connect my Android device via USB into a Linux machine (be it Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, etc.) I am unable to find any trace of the device or partitions using cmds fdisk -l, lsblk, etc.
This is ...
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Android Virtual A/B OTA - Post Reboot merge failed during update_engine snapshot merge
So we have been trying Android OTA and AFAIK starting with Android 12 (which is what I am using now), android uses concept of virtual A/B where the super partition is dynamically sized during OTA.
And ...
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Can a "proper" Linux userspace run on an Android kernel?
I've been reading about the challenges of getting Android phones to boot up using a close to mainline Linux kernel, and it got me thinking, manufacturers have their own kernels with all the correct ...
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USB Type-C Port stops working on Google Pixel 6 Pro when flashing Kernel built using official docs
Using the official docs, I built a Kernel for my Pixel 6 Pro codenamed "Raven" or "Raviole".
After flashing the Kernel, the USB Type-C port stopped working. The phone charges fine ...
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Unable to connect via adb on a firewalled Android device
Connecting from Linux, using an older adb (downloaded at tried 1.0.41 just to troubleshoot this - no difference, except that the messages now do include "Connection refused"), and the ...
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Can I mount dead phone's partitions in VM?
Dead phone. Have all partitions saved/read off internal memory including data partitions, all not encrypted, phone was rooted. Android 11 custom ROM, crDroid.
Need to mount data partition if possible, ...
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Termux and Termux11 change root/home directory
as default termux use /data/data/.../home as home directory and we access file in home, but we can't use or see (permission) for other subdirectory, that which make sense application like intelij or ...
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error when compilling TWRP for VTR P10
i'm using manjaro linux
i/m trying to compile TWRP for Huawei p10 vtr-l09
i'm using this repo:
https://github.com/minimal-manifest-twrp/platform_manifest_twrp_omni?tab=readme-ov-file
and this is the ...
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Unlock Unisoc bootloader on Linux
I need a Linux command to unlock my Unisoc bootloader using modified fastboot.
The command ./fastboot devices keeps telling me permission is denied.
joseph@penguin:~/modified_fastboot$ ./fastboot ...
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Intel Atom powered tablet running android. Can It run a Linux Distro?
I recently got my hands onto a Neso N810 i7 (ECS TA80TA1 rebranded) tablet, powered by an Intel Atom Z3735E processor, 1GB of DDR3, and 16GB of internal storage. It runs Android 4.2.2, and given the ...
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Access Pixel 2 XL "taimen" through ADB (while in the process of installing lineageOS)
I followed this guide until fastboot flash boot boot.img included and OK
Then reboot in recovery mode
Then "Now tap Factory Reset, then Format data / factory reset" included and OK
/!\ BUT ...
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How to recover files from Android device on bootloop?
I have an old Android device that is stuck on bootloop. I found on another website that you can use adb for this purpose.
I installed adb and found the device through adb devices command but when I ...
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Android/Linux system is changing the audio drivers on boot with USB mic attached
I have logged the proc/asound/cards for sound drivers below. You can see the first one is before I attach the mic array, the second one is after I attach it at runtime, and the third is after ...
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Export Recorder tracks preserve file dates
I need to copy tracks from the system app Recorder (apk: com.android.soundrecorder) onto Google Drive and/or Linux PC with file dates preserved. I've tried Send and Save options to phone SD and Google ...
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Can't recover Storage Taken By Linux Deploy
I used the Linux Deploy app to install Linux on my phone using root Access. It seems to make a partition on my device to install Linux which took up some storage on my Phone. Now I want to recover ...
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Can I run an Android emulator (with GUI) on a headless Linux server?
I have a hosted server that runs the Ubuntu server, and I was wondering if there was a way to run Android applications and get access to the Android GUI remotely, such as with a remote desktop. Also, ...
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 running Lineage OS not rebooting properly after `adb reboot` unless USB disconnect
I am currently facing an issue with my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 tablet running Lineage OS. Whenever I attempt to reboot the device using the adb reboot command through adb, it enters a strange hanging ...
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FakeGPS apps on android are not affecting on other apps
I downloaded some fakeGPS app. enabled mock location (developer options) but some app won't take the fake location. For example tiner.
The above solutions did not work for me because I was testing on ...
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How to make my PC become an "psudo/fake" external display for android phone via USB ports (without using any USB to HDMI dongles)
I want my Android phone to recognize my PC as its external display (psuedo/fake or virtual displays) via USB connection (USB-C - USB-A cable or TCP connection) without using any USB to HDMI dongles or ...
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ADB | How do I Authorise Amazon FireTV Stick via. USB? - to run shell script on boot
Goal: Follow this tutorial, to run a shell script on boot.
Despite following the tutorial and trying various solutions, I am still unable to authorise the ADB connection. I'd greatly appreciate any ...
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Android: how to use adb commands to block/unblock specific app from using the Internet, on rooted device if needed?
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I want to temporarily block a specific app from using the Internet on my Android device, using a batch file. The device is rooted, so it should be possible via the PC.
The problem
I ...
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Does Termux have media folder?
I am running a Java application using Termux. I need a media folder to store a folder named DSKEYS with pfx key file because the Java application needs that pfx file from media/DSKEYS/.
I could not ...
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Unable to use Ctrl+A+D to exit screen session of Termius
I am using Termius Android app on my phone to SSH connect my server. When I get in a screen session, it can't input Ctrl+A+D to leave this session, only Ctrl + one key can be input.
Also, my program ...
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Hardening android to use it as a Linux Server
I want to convert a set of relatively old Android devices into Linux servers, while avoiding too many device specific actions, to make this an easily repeatable and shareable action.
This means ...
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How to notify Android that MicroSD is mounted?
I manually mount MicroSD like this:
nsenter -t 104 -m mount -t sdfat -o rw,gid=9997,noatime /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 /storage/extSD
As a result, file managers can work with it. But Android still thinks ...
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Anyone know what rooting an android device actually does? [duplicate]
I am wondering about what rooting my android device actually does. I know quite a lot about linux and android, so I think it just uses an exploit to install a su binary onto the android rootfs. I'd ...
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Run avdmanager with sudo
I am running avdmanager create avd from my python script that I start with sudo -E to make my script be able to do priveldged stuff. But for some reason avdmanager created AVD inside /root/.android/...
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Mount a MicroSD to all namespaces on Android 11
I'm trying to mount a MicroSD. As I understand it, this should be done in the global namespace. Root - Magisk.
I tried:
su --mm -c mount -t sdfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /storage/0123-4567
nsenter -t 1 -...
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How to mount full image backup properly?
Did a full backup mmcblk0.img of a Redmi Note 7 (codename lavender) running Android 10.
However, I'm not sure how exactly to mount it or view files. Worth noting that I was suffering from an ...
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How to dig deep into mmcblk0? [duplicate]
I've got an old backup file: mmcblk0.img
I'm wondering if there is any specific tool that can work with this file, as no standard partition tool has been able to view it. I think there's a chance it ...
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VM acceleration is not working on another VM for Android Emulator
We want to run our instrumented tests on Gitlab. We've created a Linux runner(amd64,Ubuntu 22.04) to execute connectedAndroidTest gradle task. However we've come across some obstacles.
I have two ...
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Attempting to extract .img files from a Samsung Rom, how?
So far i have extracted the files out of system.img and cache.img, but the others dont work, they dont seem to be ext4 or something, i tried 2 roms of different phones and tablets, i was able to ...
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Final steps to repair corrupted F2FS SD Card - How to fix "can't read superblock"
[I modified the question to reflect the progress]
The TLDR version is, the card is adopted storage that says corrupted f2fs.
I used the process detailed Here but when I tried to mount the decrypted SD ...
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Why does the emulator perform so many writes?
I'm using the Android Emulator from IntelliJ on Kubuntu. I noticed in plasma-systemmonitor that qemu-system-x86_64 continuously does on the order of a few MB/s of disk writes even as I'm not using the ...
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How do I have a Mediatek USB driver for Linux to flash a smart phone?
I am a Linux beginner, I just wanted to know how I properly download and use a "Mediatek USB driver".
I am using a Linux Mint MATE, and I cannot turn on the USB debugging of that phone ...
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adb server stutters ubuntu desktop
My environment is:
Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS (xubuntu to be more specific),
NVidia driver 470.103.01,
Android SDK 33
When I start adb server by running some adb commands, the UI, mouse and other things ...
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Some tablets respond to pings, others don't
There are dozens of tablets on my table that are all connected to the same 5GHz Wi-Fi network. All IP addresses were given by DHCP in subnet 192.168.34.0/24. I want to find the ip addresses of all of ...
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Why can't I turn on Wi-Fi on the Waydroid emulator?
I just installed the Android emulator called Waydroid on Ubuntu 22.04. Almost everything seems to work as expected, except that I'm completely unable to turn on Wi-Fi usage. Whenever I toggle Wi-Fi on ...
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Android camera access [duplicate]
I mean if when one app is using camera in background , is using another camera app at the same time possible??
Some people say it depends on how the applications is coded.
Also the app “sound ...
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Rooting android phone [duplicate]
In rooted android , apps can have root permission so they can do everything.
I want to know if an app perform factory reset of command rm-rf,
Will it reset everything including system partition?
Cuz ...
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Required Img files for heimdall root
Folks, I'm trying to root a phone with Heimdall (on Linux).
Completed steps so far:
Downloaded Factory Firmware
patched it with Magisk
setup heimdall
downloaded PIT from phone
backed up phone with ...
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Frame buffer not working in Android emulator when accessed from Linux
I am running Linux with kernel from Android SDK in an Android emulator. When writing from /dev/urandom to /dev/fb0, nothing is drawn in the emulator window.
Why? Can you help me with this problem?
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How can I get a ubuntu desktop on my Galaxy S8 Ultra?
I have installed UserLand and selected Ubuntu but all I see is this (note that I am in DEX mode on a Galaxy S8 Ultra):
All the tutorials say I have to set a VNC username and password but it never ...
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How to install Google Play or other repo's on Waydroid?
Having just installed waydroid, how is the Google Play Store installed?
nicholas@mordor:~$
nicholas@mordor:~$ sudo waydroid shell
/system/bin/sh: No controlling tty: open /dev/tty: No such file or ...
