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Hi, I posted a similar question about this under the OneRoot thread, but I don't see a lot of activity there anymore, so I was hoping to get more responses in a separate thread. I've scoured this forum and everywhere else on the Net and I haven't seen anyone experience this same issue. Hopefully someone will understand the problem and have some idea how to rectify it.
So, I have an AT&T Samgsung Captivate with the stock 2.1 Android "Eclair" build on it. I do believe there was an AT&T issued OTA update for it not long ago that put the build number up to UCJH7. I followed the instructions for TGA_Gunnman's One Click Root/UnRoot method documented here. Everything seems to work fine, in terms of booting into the recovery mode and selecting the update file. After the phone reboots, however, I do not see the Superuser Permissions app with ninja icon in my Applications area. If I browse the directory tree in my internal SD card in /system/apps, I do see a SuperUser.apk file. However, clicking on that shows me the message "Install blocked: For security, your phone is set to block installation of applications not sourced in Android Market." So it appears that rooting procedure worked, all the necessary parts were installed, but I don't have permission to execute su. I see that the xbin folder has been created, and it does contain busybox, su and something called ipctool. Also, a link does exist in /system/bin between su and /syste/xbin/su. If I use the Terminal Emulator and type "su", the prompt sits there for 10 seconds and says "permission denied".
Any ideas on what could be preventing me from gaining superuser access here?
Thanks for your help,
Mike
Download and install "SuperUser" from the Android market
OK, so here is another strange thing about this. This doesn't seem like it'd be related to my original su permission problem, but you never know. I decided to try to un-root using the one click method. Now, during the un-root script, I see the adb daemon start, but it fails on the push command writing unroot.zip to update.zip in the /sdcard folder; it says that permission is denied!. Of course, after booting into recovery, applying the update file fails, as it wasn't found in /sdcard. I'm not sure how this could have happened, as the root script was able to push the root.zip to sdcard just fine initially. Now, after I open a shell against my phone using adb, I check the permissions for the sdcard folder, and this yields rwxrwxr-x. I'm not sure, but I believe there should be another w flag set for other on sdcard. How the heck could that have been cleared?
It does look like I can copy the update.zip to sdcard manually through Windows Explorer and just manually boot into recovery using volume up + down + power, so I'm not completely dead in the water. Yet, I'd like to fix the permissions for sdcard, or else I can no longer use the one-click method.
id10terror said:
Download and install "SuperUser" from the Android market
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Thanks for advice. I will definitely try this, but I did not see this step listed in the oneclick root method? I do see an .apk file for SuperUser in /system/apps, so it seems like the app is already resident. The problem is that it doesn't show up in my main application area on the phone, and I can't run the app; it says it is blocked.
Even if there was a superuser app in the market, wouldn't I need to enable sideloading to get it (which AFAIK need root access)?
Again, thanks for the advice, I appreciate you taking the time to help.
Mods please move to Q&A
Try adb root before adb push
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Thanks for advice. I will definitely try this, but I did not see this step listed in the oneclick root method? I do see an .apk file for SuperUser in /system/apps, so it seems like the app is already resident. The problem is that it doesn't show up in my main application area on the phone, and I can't run the app; it says it is blocked.
Even if there was a superuser app in the market, wouldn't I need to enable sideloading to get it (which AFAIK need root access)?
Again, thanks for the advice, I appreciate you taking the time to help.
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Its blocked BC u are trying to install it, not run it. Read that error message again.
What happens if you open ROM manager and try to flash clockwork recovery? Or load titanium backup?
End points are HIGHLY important, and if you read your post carefully, you have not yet demonstrated that superuser access is broken, only the icon from which you inferred it is broken. Let me know then we can go from there
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Mods please move to Q&A
Try adb root before adb push
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Thanks, that was one of the first things I tried last night, but that did not work.
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Its blocked BC u are trying to install it, not run it. Read that error message again.
What happens if you open ROM manager and try to flash clockwork recovery? Or load titanium backup?
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Yeah, you're right, now that I see that error message, I guess it is trying to install it. That's odd, because I thought that the oneclick method would have already installed this app during the recovery boot load?
Regarding ROM manager, funny you should ask, that was the entire genesis of why I'm trying to root, so I can backup my phone and install the custom ROMs. After I installed ROM manager and tried to run it was where I initially noticed I must not have root access. When I try to flash clockwork recovery, the app hangs for (oddly enough) around 10 seconds. I never see any prompt for granting root access to clockwork recovery, nor does it boot into the recovery mode.
Okay I have another idea.
If your goal is to simply make a backup to flash a ROM, try this:
1. Download Cog 2.3b6. Other ROMs may have the file I'm looking for but I know it is here. Also you may be able to search and find this file directly but I'm too lazy to find the link for you lol
2. Open the zip file on your computer and extract /sdcard/update.zip
3. Adb push update.zip /sdcard/update.zip
4. Reboot recovery, reinstall packages, you are in clockwork recovery and can back up your ROM.
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I'd like to try that, except that it appears there is some type of permission snafu on /sdcard. I believe the permissions on that folder *should* be 777, but it is 775 (other has no write access) for some odd reason, and I have no clue how that happened. Hence, when adb tries to push the update.zip to the internal SD folder, it gets permission denied. As I mentioned, not sure if this is related to not being able to execute su, but it is strange nonetheless.
Guys, please disregard what I mentioned earlier about adb and not being able to push the root/unroot.zip to /sdcard. I'm a moron, and I had left the internal SD card mounted to Windows after connecting the phone via USB. Clearly for adb to push/pull off of /sdcard, the internal SD card must *not* be mounted by Windows. My mistake, sorry for the confusion.
The original theme of the thread is still unanswered though, which is how the one-click root could have worked and not installed the SuperUser app onto my phone.
I will try the recommendation earlier in the thread, to download and install the SuperUser app from Android Market to see if that fixes things.
OK, so I downloaded and installed the SuperUser app from the Market, and for whatever reason, this seems to have addressed the issue. I am now prompted to allow applications root privileges. I'm not sure why this was necessary or how it fixed things, perhaps because it overwrote the version of su that was on my phone with a newer one. In any case, it's working.
I did not find a complete solution to this while cruising through the forums but found a partial solution in 2 Posts that when combined helped me fix my issue. I'm not sure if me being a noob I should have known 1 part before starting another but for others who know less or about the same as me here's the solution I had.
MY problem was I deleted some System Apps (also deleted Yahoo apk which messes with the contacts). If you read everything here they will tell you not to delete, but rename. Which some might ignore like I did. I was in a rush and not on my computer (at work; restricted computers) so I could not use Pete's (psouza) Root Tools to restore my apps and instead tried to copy and paste the APK's which mess up my Droid and caused it to constantly boot loop.
When i got home I had no success trying to Run Temp ADB Root Procedure in the Tools while it was boot looping to restore the apps so I was trying Krazykrivda's post to attempt to fix my boot looping which didn't fully correct itself because i never got root until I combined both solutions.
Step 1 I did what KrazyKrivda said in his post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1236465
Directions:
1. Battery Pull
2. Put Battery Back
3. Hold M button on keyboard then power
4. Use vol - button to go to BP TOOLS (don't select yet)
5. Connect via USB to computer with ADB
6. In terminal on computer...
Code:
adb wait-for-device shell
7. On phone use vol + button to select BP Tools.. then wait for your terminal to get you into shell (this will happen while the phone is continuously bootlooping)
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After getting the prompt that the adb shell was successful I opened Pete's Root Tools clicked on Run Temp Adb Procedure then Clicked on Restore My /System/Apps
While the Tool does the restoring the phone will restart so you will have to be quick and repeat steps 3 through 7 so the Root Tools can automatically restore the Apps. Make sure you catch the opportunity to do 3 right before it restarts.
After it restores the apps the phone will reboot itself for one last time and you should be good. It'll take a while to fully boot that 1st time.
I hope this helps at least one person solve their problems.
This is a 100% AOSP ICS build for the Lenovo Ideapad K1. It will wipe your entire system. You will lose all data except what is stored on the EXTERNAL sdcard.
Includes
Android ICS 4.0.4
ClockworkMod Recovery 6.0.1.0
Google Apps
Rooted version includes Superuser and busybox
Issues
Video Camera face effects
Rotation Lock Switch (Software switch works)
Downloads
As always flash at your own risk. I'm not responsible for your device.
Nvflash versions
K1_ICS_AOSP_Rooted_R2.zip
dfddf13bf51e357a4964a11a8adbfd53
Mirror
K1_ICS_AOSP_Stock_R2.zip
b359ec6a06289ccf8c6b83f07346be17
Mirror
CWM versions
CWM_K1_ICS_AOSP_Rooted_R2.zip
90341324a0927f3035e92dc81ffb9416
Mirror
CWM_K1_ICS_AOSP_Stock_R2.zip
c026beb4dc2a11defbc3c3bcbec041cc
Mirror
Instructions
Nvflash version
1. Download one of the packages above and extract it to a directory
2. Power off device
3. Press and hold both the Vol + and Vol - buttons
4. While holding both Volume buttons power the tablet on
5. The screen should go black and the two front LED's should remain lit. You are now in APX mode
6. Connect your device to USB
7a) Windows: Install the APX drivers from the 'drivers' folder
Double click the 'flash-windows.bat' file
7b) Linux: run 'chmod +x flash-linux.sh && sudo ./flash-linux.sh' from the extracted directory
CWM version
1. Download one of the CWM_K1_*.zip versions and move to external sdcard
2. Reboot into recovery
3. Install zip from sdcard
4. Choose zip from sdcard
5. Flash the update.
How to boot into recovery
Non-rooted version
1. Make sure you have the Android SDK installed. http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
2. Make sure USB Debugging is enabled on the tablet. Go to Settings > Developers options > and check "USB Debugging"
3. Connect the device to USB
4. Open a terminal or command prompt window and type
Code:
adb shell k1recovery
Rooted version
From a Terminal Application
Run the follow two commands
Code:
su
k1recovery
From adb
1. Make sure you have the Android SDK installed. http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
2. Make sure USB Debugging is enabled on the tablet. Go to Settings > Developers options > and check "USB Debugging"
3. Connect the device to USB
4. Open a terminal or command prompt window and type
Code:
adb shell k1recovery
Changelog
Code:
8/11/2012 R2
-Fixed external sdcard permissions
-Fixed keylayout
-Modifed build.prop to spoof Moto Xoom (App compatibility)
7/31/2012 R1
-Initial Release
Source Code
http://github.com/khanning
So from now on we will be able to flash future updates through recovery without wiping everything?
So from now on we will be able to flash future updates through recovery without wiping everything?
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Exactly, future updates will be CWM flashable .zip's.
All, I just noticed that Google Chrome isn't showing in the market, but Maps is. I swear it was showing up when I was testing previously. Will have to investigate...
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Exactly, future updates will be CWM flashable .zip's.
All, I just noticed that Google Chrome isn't showing in the market, but Maps is. I swear it was showing up when I was testing previously. Will have to investigate...
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I dont know if it's me or because of the ROM. WIth the rooted ROM before AOSP, I was able to install Chrome with a APK downloaded from mobilism but sometimes the pages are fine then just rendered white , for all tabs.
Does anybody use SKYPE ? When I do video chat, my broadcast picture stretched vertically when I broadcast-only (no picture feed from the other side), the picture my friend saw is fine though.
Many thanks for your hard work.
That is the main thing that i hate about Lenovo's Factory ICS image, i still cant install Chrome or Evernote, or many of my NEEDED apps. I hope that you get this working soon. or at least a temp fix.
Just flashed the rooted aosp, the boot animation is a nice touch. The app compatibility issue seems fully resolved outside of Chrome, pointed out already, which is no biggie for me atleast. I still can sideload Chrome and runs perfectly. Also, so far the dictionary miss-spell issue doesnt seem to be a problem anymore. Maybe its just me but touch responsiveness seems a little better/quicker with this build. Just tried using the command 'k1recovery' to boot into recovery and it keeps giving me an error relating to permissions, saying it cant create /dev/block/mmcblk0p5. Seems like I just need to change the permissions of the /block folder but wasnt sure if I was just not doing something right.
Massive improvements from Lenovo's vanilla ICS still, thanx khanning!
Noticed some graphical glitches. Screen goes black if switching orientations on lockscreen and home screen.
@Khanning88 Can you provide a mirror please? Goo.im is down and shows "Internal server error".
Never mind. It's up again.
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Noticed some graphical glitches. Screen goes black if switching orientations on lockscreen and home screen.
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Yup the screen flashes when switching orientations, for a split second...
That's great. thanks for share.
Flashed this one and works wonderful.
Rebooting to recovery didn't work 1st, but then mounted filesystem as rw and tried the command and could get to recovery.
Got an error "Can't mount backup path" when trying to make a backup. Is it because I didn't have an external sd card.
If yes, is there a way to take a nandroid backup to internal memory?
BTW, thanks again for providing this ROM.
Thanks khanning88 for giving this fabulous AOSP ROM
Does this ROM support the Wifi+3G version?
I found some issues installing apps, including some games, Zinio magazine reader, google earth, etc, all saying incompatible with my device.
I experienced alot of freezes while restoring my backup with titanium backup.
I keep testing if it also occurs in normal use.
Installed AOSP-Rooted. So far, Chrome (already noted as issue in OP), and POGO Games showing up as Incompatible.
Other than that, and possible other apps being incompatible, looks great and installed as easy as can be.
Thanks Khanning!
-Cybie
we need an easy way to enter recovery. Rom Manager button doesn't work.
Reboot recovery from terminal emulator doesn't work either.
Could you implement the nice options when turning the unit off?
several more freezes. obviously not depending on any special app..
erickwan said:
Does this ROM support the Wifi+3G version?
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I'm not sure if 3G works since I have a Wifi version, but if someone with a 3G version could meet me in freenode IRC room #ideapad-k1 I would be happy to work on it. If you aren't familiar with IRC just go to this link and join the chat.
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=ideapad-k1
we need an easy way to enter recovery. Rom Manager button doesn't work.
Reboot recovery from terminal emulator doesn't work either.
Could you implement the nice options when turning the unit off?
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From a terminal app type:
Code:
su
k1recovery
Or from adb type:
Code:
adb shell k1recovery
Either method will reboot the device into recovery. I will work on adding the power menu options later.
several more freezes. obviously not depending on any special app..
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I haven't experienced any "freezes" but when it happens to you could you please document what you were doing and take a logcat to help debug.
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/11930-learn-to-logcat-like-a-pro/
Here is a very simple way to reboot into khanning's CWM recovery.
1. Playstore --> Download/Install aShell app
2. Run App
3. Select Checkbox for "Root" (In Settings, you can set app to start Root as Default)
4. type "k1recovery" into textbox
5. press "start command" button.
Simple, no need to be in "true shell" mode. This app allows you to run shell commands without the terminal. Great for newbies, quicker for anyone.
Hope this helps!
-Cybie
Here is a quick fix for the hardware keys. Just flash the .zip file from recovery. Updated first post with more detailed booting into recovery instructions.
K1_keylayout_fix.zip
Hello everyone! Just like others here, I've been somewhat spooked by our inability to enter Ouya's Recovery partition at the earliest stage of booting, meaning a bad flash of the Boot partition would leave the device inoperable. When I heard that Ouya's stock firmware updates were possibly bricking a few units out there, I decided to block updates on mine and see if I could transform the Boot partition such that it would become a logical extension of the bootloader. What I ended up with is something close to the "Ouya Safe Recovery" project, where a user should only need to flash Boot one additional time, along with chain-loading support as well.
Chain-loading in this case refers to the booting of ROM kernel images that reside as regular IMG files under the /sdcard and/or /system filesystems. With this capability it is possible to choose an image to run when the Ouya turns on. As an example, one may wish to set up a 2nd/test kernel+ramdisk image to use with your installed ROM, or he may wish to run Tuomas Kulve's Debian project from time-to-time without having to set up the USB cable for Fastboot mode. When dealing with distinctly different ROMs (not just alternate kernels), only one of them may install to the Ouya's built-in storage (e.g., /system); others must have been designed/created to use external storage.
An image for the Recovery partition is available along with the Boot. The former may be helpful if you wish to try out the boot menu before performing the flash of the Boot partition, or are generally okay with bouncing to Recovery before invoking a chain-load. Either of these may be tested from Fastboot mode, but do note that a successful chain-load requires that the image actually be flashed to the Ouya. (Otherwise it just reboots.) The ClockworkMod (CWM) recovery application is available on both images and is accessible from the boot menu.
Additional Information
There are a few things to consider when deciding if this approach makes sense for you:
- Users of the "Ouya Safe Recovery" project may want to stay put unless the dual-boot aspect is of interest. If so then it would be cleanest to choose my Boot image; the Recovery partition (your ROM image) could be left alone.
- The images here are not compatible with Ouya's stock firmware, due to the auto-update nature of Ouya's ROM. Either your flashed Boot image would get overwritten, or an installed non-Ouya Recovery might cause that update to hang. Therefore, you should be prepared to switch to one of the ROMs here at XDA. If you're currently on stock and don't want to switch right away, that's fine; we'll go over how to block updates for the time being.
- The Ouya CM10 ROM is nice in that it provides the IMG file separately, allowing us to handle it as we wish. However, the other ROMs end up placing their boot.img in the main ZIP. This is standard practice for other devices, but we need to be careful ensuring our Boot partition doesn't get reflashed as part of the ROM installation. Therefore, it would be necessary to investigate repackaging the ROM with an alternate updater-script prior to installation. See my StockPlus post on page 2 for more. (This shouldn't affect those who've opted for my Recovery image.)
This feature is based on CWM's initial ramdisk, and includes a new boot menu application that comes up prior to CWM itself. Basically, CWM shows up later if the menu application exits for any reason. The Ouya stock kernel (561) has also been compiled with HDMI's copy protection turned off, and includes two patch sets:
- KExec-HardBoot is the key to chain-loading on our platform. It overcomes standard KExec's lack of hardware reset (and thus failed execution) by triggering a reboot in the middle of the preparation of the new kernel. This ingenious system has been developed by Tasssadar and others over in the Nexus forums. (Be sure to enable CONFIG_TEGRA_HARDBOOT_RECOVERY if interested in compiling a Recovery kernel.)
- HDMI visual stability has been improved with a little hack of mine: a significant relaxing of a timer in the driver. (The latest Android source has corrected the instability with a significant design change, but my hack seems fine enough for this project.) Also picked up specific Android fixes in the area of Framebuffer double-buffering, as that needs to be working for CWM usability.
Installation
If you're on Ouya's stock firmware, then you should make sure that any future updates do not get applied. There is a project here ("Mod Collection For Ouya") that should help. I personally side-loaded the Baxy custom launcher to avoid Ouya's update environment. It is also likely necessary to stay out of the Ouya/Discover store if going the custom launcher route as I believe the store app can trigger an update.
At this point you can download your chosen image (Boot or Recovery) and unzip to get the IMG file. Boot your Ouya to a working Root/BusyBox environment (ROM or Recovery), and then transfer the IMG to the Ouya. (An example using ADB would be "adb push boot102513.img /sdcard/boot102513.img".)
Bring up the Ouya command prompt (e.g., "adb shell") and run these commands to get started:
su [command not present on CWM - that's okay]
cd /dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name
ls
You should see the various 3-letter partition names from that last command. Your command prompt should also contain the "#" character to denote root-level access. This next step will save off your current ROM image, both because we may end up overwriting it, and because the saved file will end up as your main bootable kernel for the chain-loader. Run:
cat LNX > /sdcard/kernel.img
(If configured for "Ouya Safe Recovery," then replace the preceding "LNX" with "SOS".)
We are near the flashing stage. Check to make sure your Ouya has a reliable source of power, preferrably from an uninterruptable power supply. Recall that a bad flash of my boot image can leave the device inoperable, but I feel the risk is very low provided the following directions are heeded. Fortunately the flash process only takes a few seconds.
For the Boot image option, verify by running:
md5sum /sdcard/boot102513.img
Do not proceed unless you get "e4b1b1ad553e55ad0b2ce3fb8f5bf623".
Again for the Boot image option, flash to the Ouya by running:
dd if=/sdcard/boot102513.img of=LNX
For the Recovery image option, verify by running:
md5sum /sdcard/rcvy102513.img
Do not proceed unless you get "dda0811a7e8e82a7d4ad3fa4c3ae35e4".
Again for the Recovery image option, flash to the Ouya by running:
dd if=/sdcard/rcvy102513.img of=SOS
You may optionally verify (post-flash) by running "md5sum" on the partition name. Finish up with these commands:
sync
reboot
Usage / Configuration
The menu should come up, defaulting to "kernel.img" for the Boot image and "CWM" for Recovery. That default will then launch after ten seconds of inactivity. You may also briefly press the Ouya power button during the wait to advance through the options. The option list is 1) kernel.img, 2) kernelA1.img, 3) kernelA2.img, 4) CWM, and 5) Recovery Partition.
The defaults from above should be fine for most everyone, but it is possible to fine-tune them. An optional configuration file (/sdcard/bootmenu_b.cfg for Boot, /sdcard/bootmenu_r.cfg for Recovery) may be established to specify the default menu entry as well as the inactivity timeout. As an example, the following command would make Recovery start kernelA1.img after five seconds:
echo "2 5" > /sdcard/bootmenu_r.cfg
It is hoped that the menu would never hang. If it does, then waiting a full minute should allow CWM to start. Otherwise, it may be necessary to attach a wired/USB keyboard and type in the Alt-SysRq-X sequence, similar to Ctrl-Alt-Delete on a PC. The sequence might have to be done early on in the menu startup process, and should blink the Ouya light and place it in Fastboot mode.
The menu may unexpectedly place you in CWM, which would indicate an issue with a chain-load. The reason may be due to a missing or corrupt IMG file. Otherwise you should be able to determine why by checking /tmp/bootmenu.log against the attached source code.
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I hope this project will be of help to others!
An additional support forum that everyone should be able to post at is available: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2450711.
Wow, really great. Thanks a lot for your effort
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nchantmnt said:
Wow, really great. Thanks a lot for your effort
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My pleasure, nchantmnt. Hope your new Ouya is helping you feel at home!
Yes im happy it already arrived, but after a second miscarriage and lots of stress because of a lawsuit with our neighbour i didn't have time nor nerves to play or code. Seriously this year sucks
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Yes im happy it already arrived, but after a second miscarriage and lots of stress because of a lawsuit with our neighbour i didn't have time nor nerves to play or code. Seriously this year sucks
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Gosh, I'm very sorry to hear that. Do think ahead to the upcoming holiday season, and may it be a time to reflect and anticipate a fruitful 2014.
@Hal9k+1 - THANK YOU!
I was so nervous flashing CWM and StockPlus as there is no real way to fix things if something goes wrong. This should give people more confidence when flashing their Ouya.
I understand the process using ADB...my question is: can this be used from CWM somehow?
PS. I assume new kernel will always be flashable from CWM, the hack does not require 561 specifically.
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I understand the process using ADB...my question is: can this be used from CWM somehow?
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Hi Ipse_Tase - I do hope the feature will be helpful to you and others.
As I think about your question, I suppose I could have have created a ZIP that would have been installed by CWM. Similarly I could have worked through some form of installation shell script. But for an important operation such as flashing, I prefer the one-at-a-time approach of the interactive shell.
Note that CWM does have an ADB service running with it. Your Ouya would show up as a different device while in CWM, so you'd need to enter Device Manager (Windows) and point the unknown device to the same ADB driver as used for the main ROM.
Alternatively you could skip ADB for this Ouya Boot Menu installation and set up an SSH server on your main ROM. I personally have installed "SSH Server" (Ice Cold Apps). I recall two screens to set up (does require the trackpad in cases), where I enabled automatic start on both, and also set the port number to 2222. After an Ouya reboot I had SSH/SCP capability and could use PuTTY/pscp from Windows.
Hal9k+1...fast reply, thank you.
Just to put my ever-so-senile brain at ease: so I run StockPlus 519r1, and WHILE in the ROM, I start ADB and follow your instructions .
OR...I enter CWM, make sure I get the right ADB drivers installed for THAT instance and go from there.
For a developer, I'm sure it's easier and more familiar to run ADB commands - for people like me (5%-over-the average-user) a CVM option to flash a zip and do all this would be more in-line with the abilities to hack.
I have rooted 4-5 devices so far and the only time I type any ADB commands is at root/unlock time - sometimes not even then (Nexus 4 and the Root Toolkit).
So if you ever consider creating a recovery flashable file, it would help many. Probably not me, as by then I would have done the ADB trick
Sounds like great work! I was hoping to implement something like this myself, but I haven't made any more time for OUYA-related development in a while (due to positive life events/busyness)
I will definitely take a look at your work when I have time!
~Troop
Ipse_Tase said:
Hal9k+1...fast reply, thank you.
Just to put my ever-so-senile brain at ease: so I run StockPlus 519r1, and WHILE in the ROM, I start ADB and follow your instructions .
OR...I enter CWM, make sure I get the right ADB drivers installed for THAT instance and go from there.
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You got it! You don't need to worry about booting to the other partition prior to flashing. That is a given partition (LNX/SOS) is no longer being accessed once the image is booted. For CWM's ADB, you'd simply point Windows to the same INF file that you originally used. Hope this helps.
StockPlus Installation
Well, I finally retired this old stock 393 ROM I was on, and moved to StockPlus 519r2. I was not able to install it the normal way given my Boot image is in place here. So I ended up modifying "updater-script" under META-INF/com/google/android, and then repackaged prior to running the install procedure. I'm attaching my changed version in case it helps anyone, and please note that it makes StockPlus the main image (kernel.img).
(You'll need to right-click to save the attachment. Once done it will need to be renamed such that it does not include the ".txt" suffix.)
The Windows "7-Zip" utility is helpful for packaging. You may start by right-clicking the downloaded ZIP, then 7-Zip --> Extract to "OUYA_[...]". Enter the newly created directory, get to the updater-script, and replace it with mine. Now back up to the area with META-INF, system, and boot.img, still in the new directory. Select all three under Windows (Ctrl+Click), right click that area, and then 7-Zip --> Add to "OUYA_[...].zip". Be sure this new ZIP is the one that makes it to the Ouya.
Still haven't tried this out yet, but I hope to soon.
I missed out on news over the holidays though and just noticed this:
Announcing Ubuntu and Android dual boot developer preview
http://developer.ubuntu.com/2013/12/announcing-ubuntu-and-android-dual-boot-developer-preview/
I'm curious of their dual boot implementation and how it compares and if we can synergize with their approach, but haven't looked into the details of how theirs works yet (its sounds like it uses a custom recovery image, and they have the ability to trigger it to reboot into Ubuntu from an Android app and vice versa, which is cool)
It'd be awesome to be able to multi-boot an Ouya ROM, an Android ROM (CyanogenMod), and Ubuntu with that kind of ease.
EDIT: This may be more our speed though: (MultiROM)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011403
(did you pull anything from there? Sounds like they have a modified TWRP that can flash zips to the other ROM slots, which is something I was also hoping to implement)
~Troop
Thanks, Trooper. Good to see Ubuntu moving further along in the mobile world.
I briefly looked at MultiROM since it originated from the KExec-HardBoot work, but decided not to go in that direction. The main reason is that I decided not to pursue the setup/learning of an Android build environment, but also because it wasn't clear how I'd deal with our lack of a touchscreen and lack of volume up/down buttons. I ended up creating a small application that fits within Ouya's CWM framework and starts up before CWM itself; it monitors the power button for click events and writes to the framebuffer memory region using regular Linux calls.
I'm not too concerned about the dual-boot aspect of this new Ubuntu, but the lack of touchscreen could be a hindrance if mouse/keyboard were not a viable substitute. Whether this Ubuntu is designed to work from external storage is another question, since our /system and /data would be occupied by Android. But in general I think we could boot it from my framework, and if my Boot image were selected over the Recovery one, then the Ubuntu kernel could reside in Recovery and also be bootable from the Android side with the "reboot recovery" command.
Best of luck, and hope you'll have a chance to try it all!
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Hello guys,
I hope someone can help me with this problem...
So the thing is - yesterday I finally got OneUI 3 and Android 11 update (yay?). But ofcourse as soon as the phone rebooted and optimised all the apps and came back to main screen it rebooted after a minute or so...everytime. As soon as I enter my pin and unlock the phone it reboots after a short period.
The same problem happened when I de-bloated the phone a while ago via ADB - but I then enabled back all the apps except facebook and some "safe to debloat apps" which were not even system apps and it has since worked for almost a year. But here we go again....
I even "re enabled/installed" all the apps I could list in ADB ( so basically all the apps on the phone) and then went to wipe cache - but still no go.
I am also wondering if there is a posibility to somehow mount storage just to copy some files to my computer (which are important, and my latest backup is around a month old) and then I'll gladly do a a factory reset - no problem.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
If you're able to use ADB to enable/install apps, then you should be able to use "adb pull path/to/files" to copy the files to your computer. You could reboot into recovery mode and see if your computer pulls up the storage that way too. Also, if you have TWRP, you can use the file system to copy files to an external SD card. So you have a few options to get your files.
You can also create a back-up of specific apps (and their data) using "adb backup -f MyBackUpName.ab com.corp.AppName".
TacoDeMuerte said:
If you're able to use ADB to enable/install apps, then you should be able to use "adb pull path/to/files" to copy the files to your computer. You could reboot into recovery mode and see if your computer pulls up the storage that way too. Also, if you have TWRP, you can use the file system to copy files to an external SD card. So you have a few options to get your files.
You can also create a back-up of specific apps (and their data) using "adb backup -f MyBackUpName.ab com.corp.AppName".
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Hello, thanks for the reply and helping out.
But all the commands and stuff is kinda useless because the phone reboots sooner than in 30 seconds after getting to the main screen. When I boot to recovery the storage doesn't get mounted.......
And I would've had TWRP but the phone is still under warranty so that's a shame, because on my backup phone I have it (and so did on all the previous ones) and it would be great. But IIRC if I install TWRP now, the phone needs to be wiped.
FFS samsung, what is this....because I now read a couple threads and posts on social media people having exactly same problem, and some didn't do anything with ADB prior to update. shame...