On the Indiegogo page for the Ubuntu Edge, you can see a video of a proof of concept for the Ubuntu Desktop.
She used an app on a stock Nexus 4 (if I remember correctly, she says AOSP) and just launch it like that on Android and sent it to the screen.
Am I the only one who find this more amazing than running Ubuntu Touch on a Android phone ?
If you take a look at the size of the ARM Ubuntu version, you have a 500 MB file and I was wondering how Android can just load like that Ubuntu and run it along Android ?
Cheers.
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I was wondering how Android can just load like that Ubuntu and run it along Android ?
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As you point out, the video demonstrates a fully functional version of Ubuntu for Android. In the IRC channel, Ubuntu VP of engineering stated that U4A requires the Android OS to be modified slightly. I'm hopeful this process is unveiled soon and U4A becomes publicly available. It likely won't be very smooth on current commercially available hardware, and there's not really enough storage on an N4 to make it very practical, but it would still be nice to get a glimpse of computing convergence.
Thank you for your answer, is there any way to have access to this discussion ?
It seems pretty smooth on the video, which is surprising when you know the current hardware limitation on Android ...
For the storage, the cloud allows you to only download the file you need so it might not really be a problem.
I'm currently thinking about building a NAS to use it as a storage and download platform, it might be a custom solution for this problem.
Another option is my linuxonandroid project, see it as ubuntu for android but with just a one man team doing it in the spare time
Big plus side is we support a range of distros and are not limiting to Ubuntu
EDIT
Also note that the nexus 4 is a device I use and our up and coming LoA ROM will be on the Nexus 4 before you know it
The ROMs aim is to basicly do everything Ubuntu for Android can do and more!
Is this the app your talking about? I wanna try it but dont wanna install some bogus app lol
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.****ubuntu&hl=en
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Another option is my linuxonandroid project, see it as ubuntu for android but with just a one man team doing it in the spare time
Big plus side is we support a range of distros and are not limiting to Ubuntu
EDIT
Also note that the nexus 4 is a device I use and our up and coming LoA ROM will be on the Nexus 4 before you know it
The ROMs aim is to basicly do everything Ubuntu for Android can do and more!
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Do you think they are using VM to run their Ubuntu ?
It must require a lot of RAM no ?
Something nice in their video is the share of data between the two OS (mail, contact, music, etc). Is it possible to do that when you do a VM ?
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Is this the app your talking about? I wanna try it but dont wanna install some bogus app lol
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Your link is not valid and I didn't find anything on the Play Store with the name Ubuntu.
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Is this the app your talking about? I wanna try it but dont wanna install some bogus app lol
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.****ubuntu&hl=en
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This is my app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zpwebsites.linuxonandroid
Korgall said:
Do you think they are using VM to run their Ubuntu ?
It must require a lot of RAM no ?
Something nice in their video is the share of data between the two OS (mail, contact, music, etc). Is it possible to do that when you do a VM ?
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Just like my project they do not use a VM, they use native Chroot, which allows Linux to run on the Android kernel from within Android.
SO you get normal access to hardware and kernel features and no performance hit.
Then for the sharing its a mixture of both OS's having access to the same storage so music and files are viewable from both.
For app data shared acrossed it simply requires so work to pass this across from one side to another, something that could be done pretty easy and I have started working on myself
Nice thank you gonna give it a try tonight.
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the play store description says it has instructins on how to install ubuntu 12.04...can I assume I can also install 13.10?
This is Relevant To My Interests
Im interested. Hope this gets updated soon
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zacthespack said:
This is my app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zpwebsites.linuxonandroid
Just like my project they do not use a VM, they use native Chroot, which allows Linux to run on the Android kernel from within Android.
SO you get normal access to hardware and kernel features and no performance hit.
Then for the sharing its a mixture of both OS's having access to the same storage so music and files are viewable from both.
For app data shared acrossed it simply requires so work to pass this across from one side to another, something that could be done pretty easy and I have started working on myself
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You're a genius :good:
hp420 said:
the play store description says it has instructins on how to install ubuntu 12.04...can I assume I can also install 13.10?
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Currently its just 12.04 on Ubuntus side as we aimed to make alot of changes for our 13 release, but its coming
So the app gives directions on how to VNC into the linux system, but I want to connect my nexus 4 to a bluetooth mouse and keyboard and a monitor using the SlimPort adapter as seen in the Ubuntu Edge U4A video. Do you have or know of any directions on how this can be accomplished with Complete Linux Installer?
Thanks,
Blake
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So the app gives directions on how to VNC into the linux system, but I want to connect my nexus 4 to a bluetooth mouse and keyboard and a monitor using the SlimPort adapter as seen in the Ubuntu Edge U4A video. Do you have or know of any directions on how this can be accomplished with Complete Linux Installer?
Thanks,
Blake
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For the short term you will have to watch this space, but its actually what I am working on as we speak!
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For the short term you will have to watch this space, but its actually what I am working on as we speak!
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Okay, cool. I am extremely interested in this and I am a developer as well, so if there is anything you need tested or anything I can help you work on, please let me know.
I have a rooted Nexus 4 with sock jelly bean on it. I have played with installing Ubuntu Phone on it a few months back, but went back to android as I felt extremely limited in Ubuntu Phone.
I have the SlimPort® SP1002 from Amazon coming today. As I said before I would love to run it without the lag of VNC. Convergence is my main goal and I am so excited about Edge, but I want the Ubuntu for Android app for my Nexus 4 that I saw Leann talk about being already ready toady. Any idea of where/when we can get it?
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For the short term you will have to watch this space, but its actually what I am working on as we speak!
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Will you implement native chroot at some point too?
So now that the Ubuntu Edge campaign has failed, if/when do you think they will release Ubuntu for Android? I am going to get the new Nexus (Nexus 5?) and hopefully they will have it released for that phone.
Related
All locked bootloader possibilties asside, in the best possible senario I'd like to know if the webtop could be replaced by a full Debian (or other distro) install without messing up the way it merges with Android and the 10 foot gui.
Now obviously with the phone still waiting to be released I can't and won't expect an actual answer till some devs can get their hands on a rom. So for now, I just want to hear people's opinions on the matter.
Good idea? Bad idea? Waste of a thread? IMPOSSIBLE PIPE DREAM?! What do you guys think?
Motorola reps have indicated that the Webtop environment is Debian based, the Firefox about window mentions Ubuntu - either way I'm hoping the dpkg package manager is present and adding software is as easy as getting root on the device and then adding some packages. If I can do that I won't care about a "full distro" install, I just want to add a few packages for software I'm interested in. And doing so shouldn't interfere with the custom window manager / webtop features.
If dpkg works this would be great.
I think replacing the distro would be complicated cause a lot of features would go missing. For example the freezing of the session.
One thing I don't understand is why Firefox is used instead of Chrome...
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I'm guessing it's because of Firefox's lower memory footprint when dealing with lots of tabs. Hard to say though. I'd prefer Chrome, but Firefox does make some sense in this environment.
The desktop version of Chrome requires an x86/amd64 processor for the V8 Javascript engine. Obviously there are Android / ARM versions of Chrome in existence but you would need to do some porting / tweaking to get the high-performance Javascript engine working, which is one of the main reasons people like Chrome. So I'm sure it was much easier to just take the work Ubuntu had already done to get Firefox running on Linux/ARM.
I wonder if a ChromeOS port could be posible...?
I really think that Ubuntu 's focus on the new touchscreen interface is going to end up being used a lot in something like this in other Android phones and tablets.
I'm currently writing an article about the Atrix for Techerator.com and I think it's going to give some good insight into what the future holds. Check it out in a week or so.
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The desktop version of Chrome requires an x86/amd64 processor for the V8 Javascript engine. Obviously there are Android / ARM versions of Chrome in existence but you would need to do some porting / tweaking to get the high-performance Javascript engine working, which is one of the main reasons people like Chrome. So I'm sure it was much easier to just take the work Ubuntu had already done to get Firefox running on Linux/ARM.
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You already have webkit in a standard android environment.
If the target arch is armv7+vfp ++, then v8 is on by default.
A full blown chromium would only, probably make sense for a tablet, but not for a phone.
Thanks for correcting me! That's good to know.
I would think full-blown Chromium makes as much sense as full-blown Firefox, which is included.
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Thanks for correcting me! That's good to know.
I would think full-blown Chromium makes as much sense as full-blown Firefox, which is included.
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I agree. Not to mention the convenience of Google Sync.
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I wonder if it will run java?
(MINECRAFT!!!)
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tiwey said:
I wonder if it will run java?
(MINECRAFT!!!)
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I need Java, I'd love to be able to run TunerStudioMS to play with the standalone in my car ( danger to the manifold )
sigh... okay lets make a list
Ubuntu
Pros
never need to bother with drivers
can read all file formats
no viruses? (who gets these anyway lol)
connects to a new wifi the first time, without the need to reset computer 2-3 times
picture gallery has built in .GIF support
loads way faster
Cons
no where near as much support
hard to find stuff for
if you have a problem, nobody irl even knows what it is
all of your favorite programs dont exist for it
youve used windows your whole life, and can pretty much fix everything yourself
PROS
ubuntu is singled handedly the most supported open source OS with the largest community
Easy to find your favourite Apps alternative (you will never find the same, else they will be paid and not open source)
no need to worry about licensing
CONS
not as much popular Apps development available as Android
just browse or post some question in the ubuntu forums, you'll get answer pretty quickly
soraxd said:
someone sell me on ubuntu..
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I didn't realise Ubuntu was a market platform, but I'll try and sell you if you like. If that's you in your avatar then it should be no problem
I use ubuntu all time, only using windows for games. The main reason is because it's very fast, and stays that. Windows becomes slow after time of usage. And it's much more stable.
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MarioWaza said:
I use ubuntu all time, only using windows for games. The main reason is because it's very fast, and stays that. Windows becomes slow after time of usage. And it's much more stable.
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same here
most games i play in Ubuntu using Wine or VM session
very few games i need to boot back to Win7 to play
Linux & Ubuntu has come a loooooooooong way.
and Ubuntu keeps assimilating most of the nice features found in Android
Do you run two hd's or what is the favored set up? I run a live CD at times but never stay on it long due to compatibility issues...I'm in college and the website isn't friendly with Linux so far.
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Do you run two hd's or what is the favored set up? I run a live CD at times but never stay on it long due to compatibility issues...I'm in college and the website isn't friendly with Linux so far.
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i've yet to find see a website that can not be viewed in Linux
99% pages plays & render just fine on Firefox
the other 1% (IE only pages) they run great on Google Chrome
flash & java everything runs great as well
Well I only use my computer for videos, downloading, music, coding, editing and Internet. Ubuntu has all of that for me, plus the fact it isn't a hungry fat man eating my computer. If I were a gamer though, I'd Prolly stick with windows.
$1 gets you a reply
Your Ubuntu, your way
Enjoy the simplicity of Ubuntu's stylish, intuitive interface. Fast, secure and with thousands of apps to choose from, Ubuntu gives you a clean and streamlined experience that you can really make your own.
Ubuntu is brilliant. It's no wonder our users ask how all this can be free. The answer is simple.It’s open source.
Our global community is made up of thousands of people who want to help build the best open-source operating system in the world. They share their time and skills to make sure that Ubuntu keeps getting better and better. From IBM to Google, Firefox to Wikipedia – some of today's best software is based on an open-source model. Shared efforts. Shared principles. No cost.
Why carry two devices, when you could carry only one? Your next high-end smartphone has far more horsepower than you’ll need on a phone, and more than enough for a laptop. So we’ve brought Android together with Ubuntu, the world’s favourite free operating system, to give you a full productivity desktop that fits in your pocket. Android for the phone experience, Ubuntu for the desktop, all on one device, running at the same time.
So forget the office PC. Just dock your corporate phone and enjoy Ubuntu. Anywhere. One address book. One set of bookmarks. One place for your text messages and email. No more typing on a tiny screen when all you want is a keyboard and a mouse. Seamless integration of your desktop and mobile worlds. Brilliant.
Why use Ubuntu?
Ubuntu is far more than an operating system. With thousands of applications to choose from, it’s completely free and easy to use.
Ubuntu is made for sharing. Use it, modify it, improve it, share it. Anywhere, any time and with any number of people all over the world. No licence required.
Ubuntu operating systems are regularly updated and come in a new, improved, easy-to-install release every six months, so you’re always up to date.
Ubuntu comes with all the support you need and powers the most popular computers - on servers, desktops, notebooks and netbooks and Android phones.
Ubuntu comes with a ready-made community dedicated to building and promoting free systems and software. Join us.
Here is a excellent video from XDA TV at WMC 2012 YOU MUST WATCH THIS: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kipBNiBtjmQ&hd=1
OK now that I’ve got that over and done with, I have got the Android software to run on our Arc, It is actually runs on the same Android kernel as Android , which means you can run Ubuntu and switch to Android and back to Ubuntu.
This is a large image and with the problem with hosts I have decided to upgrade my dropbox account, so that the download will be simple and because of that I will not have a download count, so if you download please click thanks and this will give me an idea of how many downloads have been.
Requirements: Root access no need for unlocked bootloader.
Installation:
You have to download Android VNC viewer free from the market also the terminal app, So first download https://rapidshare.com/files/1497399130/UBUNTU.rar
preferably on your computers and unzip it to a folder on your desktop called UBUNTU, then copy the folder onto the root of the root of your sdcard, that’s it
Now open your terminal and type (_=space)
$Su
#cd_/sdcard/ubuntu
#sh_ubuntu.sh
That’s it may take a while to complete, have a cup of coffee.
Now open vnc viwer
Nickname : ubuntu
Password :ubuntu
Address : localhost
Port :5900
Colour format :24-bit color
Just press connect and that’s you with Ubuntu, I use OTG cable for wireless keyboard and mouse dongle and HDMI cable to my tv, I now have a 43 inch tv computer which works great with keyboard and mouse.
Remember if you download please tick thanks.
Or if you want to buy me a cold beer just klick the donate button.
Reserved
Reserved for future
Wow, nice work man! Will try it later.
Nice. I want to try it on my tv. Can't download now, download link says your account is disabled due to high traffic. Sigh.
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I followed this tutorial to install Ubuntu on my Arc few months back : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390351
Lightweight image is also available to download in that thread.
Just want to say it broke many Neo USB connectivity
This was Neo though
Great work op
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Thanks man appreciate, but I have to root my baby first damn .62 firmware
didnt anantshri already post it for X10?
DooMLoRD said:
didnt anantshri already post it for X10?
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No Doom don't think so, I have not given anyone this code, unless he's released it in the last 2hrs, (lol)
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This can be achieved using the Ubuntu Installer available in Android Market.
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What happens if the kernel is not compatible?
dugzino said:
What happens if the kernel is not compatible?
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All dooms kernels work and ICS beta kernel.
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When I type in the terminal emulator it can't find the sdcard/Ubuntu folder and I checked it from root explorer it is there! I am on fxp 111 cm9 please help
Thanks
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Check if you have mounted the sdcard
cd /mnt/sdcard
If you are unable to change directory then note down the absolute location of the folder using root explorer.
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Does someone already tested it??
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Does someone already tested it??
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Works great for me, good work +briandevlin, it was that easy, I thought Id missed something.
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nice. Its just the same way as BT5 from anantshri for the x10. Do like Ubuntu but can't wait for the official code to be released for our awesome devs to get working on our beloved xperias.
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Blackwatch89 said:
nice. Its just the same way as BT5 from anantshri for the x10. Do like Ubuntu but can't wait for the official code to be released for our awesome devs to get working on our beloved xperias.
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Nice to see you about Sammy, all ok with you?
Rapidshare is a nightmare!!!I'm still waiting to download it from yesterday!!!The connection dropped once
redstorml said:
Rapidshare is a nightmare!!!I'm still waiting to download it from yesterday!!!The connection dropped once
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Will put mirror soon.
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For those of you who do penetration testing, InfoSec, or for the (greyhats), I'm planning on trying to recreate the Pwnie Express Pwn Pad as a side project. If you don't know what I'm referring to, take a look at the following link:
http://pwnieexpress.com/collections/pwn-pad/products/pwnpad
I would never pay $800 for a N7 but I will pay the $20 for the wifi adapter and then build my own!
I work full time and am a n00b when it comes to Android development so any help or testing offers are greatly appreciated.
Holy sh*t they really over price that :/
You would need a WiFi adapter capable of doing your task. Most WiFi adapters are not compatible with aircrack-ng etc...
Also I know some programs listed need the drivers for the specific WiFi adapter used. Let's just say its not a beginners job, but hey, research and test and maybe it will be possible.
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How about making this one works first? A great first step for your project.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31731196
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Thanks for the replies guys, I have a working knowledge of several of the tools used (aircrack-ng suite, reaver, john the ripper, etc). I have a few good wifi adapters that support packet injection, however I'm not sure about any Android capability. I think I even have the wifi adapter they sell with the Pwnie Express version but I'll have to take a look. If so, at least I know that specific adapter will work as intended via OTG cable.
adxgrave, thanks for the thread. I know that the aircrack-ng suite does work on the ARM architecture because I've run it from my Raspberry Pi before, however I understand that's not at all close to making it work on the N7. I'll keep digging into this topic this week and get back here with some more information.
Again, thanks for the replies fellas.
lfwake08 said:
Thanks for the replies guys, I have a working knowledge of several of the tools used (aircrack-ng suite, reaver, john the ripper, etc). I have a few good wifi adapters that support packet injection, however I'm not sure about any Android capability. I think I even have the wifi adapter they sell with the Pwnie Express version but I'll have to take a look. If so, at least I know that specific adapter will work as intended via OTG cable.
adxgrave, thanks for the thread. I know that the aircrack-ng suite does work on the ARM architecture because I've run it from my Raspberry Pi before, however I understand that's not at all close to making it work on the N7. I'll keep digging into this topic this week and get back here with some more information.
Again, thanks for the replies fellas.
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Even if android doesn't support air crack, I'm pretty sure it does, as I had the alpha app waaaay in the past, you could just boot up Ubuntu and use air crack from there assuming there are Linux drivers for your adapter. Remember, using air crack to crack pass codes is against the law in many places. *unless perhaps you are trying to crack your own to try to increase your security defences on your network.
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Nexus 7
Me: Is there a beta?
Jonathan Cran (Support <[email protected]>)
We are currently working to have the image available soon. You'll want to have a nexus 7 32GB / 4G in order to load the image .
So I have an Nexus 7 32GB but sadly not the 4G how hard do you guys think it is to remove the 4G part of the rom?
or do I have shell out $300 for the stock Nexus 7 4G still cheaper then buying it together from the Pwnie Express.
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Me: Is there a beta?
Jonathan Cran (Support <[email protected]>)
We are currently working to have the image available soon. You'll want to have a nexus 7 32GB / 4G in order to load the image .
So I have an Nexus 7 32GB but sadly not the 4G how hard do you guys think it is to remove the 4G part of the rom?
or do I have shell out $300 for the stock Nexus 7 4G still cheaper then buying it together from the Pwnie Express.
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They said 4g? Weird there is no 4g nexus 7.... Only 3g
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Looking at the screenshots, it is just using a Ubuntu chroot to accomplish everything, so you should theoretically just be able to do a Backtrack chroot and hook up a WiFi adapter the same way. I'll try it out when I get home
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FitAmp said:
They said 4g? Weird there is no 4g nexus 7.... Only 3g
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Ya very true they must have made a typo
Jonathan Cran replied:
sorry, you're totally right, the GSM / 3G / HSPA+ model. Not planning to support the non-3G version at this point, but it should work without modification.
Guys, so, straight to the point, has anyone been able to airodump in nexus7 using ubuntu?
Thanks
Phk said:
Guys, so, straight to the point, has anyone been able to airodump in nexus7 using ubuntu?
Thanks
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I've been trying to get the chroot to detect wlan1 before bothering with airodump, aircrack, reaver, etc. Probably just missing something stupid
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kali
Flippy125 said:
Looking at the screenshots, it is just using a Ubuntu chroot to accomplish everything, so you should theoretically just be able to do a Backtrack chroot and hook up a WiFi adapter the same way. I'll try it out when I get home
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It would be cool after they release the code if kali linux could be mixed with android or dual booting would be awesome.
I am trying to get kali arm (backtrack 6) to install with multirom but no luck so far.
I am pumped about getting these tools
Phk said:
Guys, so, straight to the point, has anyone been able to airodump in nexus7 using ubuntu?
Thanks
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Basically unless someone can get the atheros drivers working on the nexus 7 all this discussion is useless. Pawnpad has already done that.
Everything else is simple as you can use deploy linux to run kali or your own distribution for all the tools.
The broadcom drivers could be ported (they already work well on the samsung S2)
However much better to have the atheros usb adapter as the range is much greater.
Thaijames said:
Basically unless someone can get the atheros drivers working on the nexus 7 all this discussion is useless. Pawnpad has already done that.
Everything else is simple as you can use deploy linux to run kali or your own distribution for all the tools.
The broadcom drivers could be ported (they already work well on the samsung S2)
However much better to have the atheros usb adapter as the range is much greater.
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Ok, i wouldn't mind buying an atheros usb adapter for N7.
But i need to be sure that i can get or compile the drivers for it.
Has anyone managed to get the drivers from PwnPad release and knows the correct NIC to buy?
Thanks
gamephreaker said:
It would be cool after they release the code if kali linux could be mixed with android or dual booting would be awesome.
I am trying to get kali arm (backtrack 6) to install with multirom but no luck so far.
I am pumped about getting these tools
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no need for multirom. simply install linux deploy from google play and inside the program choose kali linux as the distribution that you want to use.
Linux will run on top of android and use the Nexus 7 connectivity. However you can't inject or monitor, however you can presently do almost everything else like use metasploit, arpspoofing, etc...
Phk said:
Has anyone managed to get the drivers from PwnPad release and knows the correct NIC to buy?
Thanks
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They haven't released the image yet. Keep checking their website under "Community Releases"
Thaijames said:
no need for multirom. simply install linux deploy from google play and inside the program choose kali linux as the distribution that you want to use.
Linux will run on top of android and use the Nexus 7 connectivity. However you can't inject or monitor, however you can presently do almost everything else like use metasploit, arpspoofing, etc...
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Couldn't you just plug in an Alfa and use that instead of the built-in wifi?
The Android sticks have USB WiFi and USB-LAN support out of the box. Funny they throw in a few $5 accessories and repackaged it as $800. Wow.
When I test work, I like to test with a mobile devices since they run on batteries and typically a "worst case scenario". If you can connect with a less powerful device then everything else should be good to go.
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Ok guys, so can anyone send a link to ebay or amazon to a wifi dongle that works with injection in ubuntu\bt?
Even better, how can I know which ones have drivers for arm ?
Sorry to say not looking at stacking os I want to get it native booting
Thaijames said:
no need for multirom. simply install linux deploy from google play and inside the program choose kali linux as the distribution that you want to use.
Linux will run on top of android and use the Nexus 7 connectivity. However you can't inject or monitor, however you can presently do almost everything else like use metasploit, arpspoofing, etc...
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Root is coming soon to Chromecast
https://twitter.com/gtvhacker/status/360858375187210240
munchy_cool said:
Root is coming soon to Chromecast
https://twitter.com/gtvhacker/status/360858375187210240
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I hope they can get it running on the q an get the q back working
Nice
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I wonder how they plan on rooting as it does not run android and the usb port carries no data
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I wonder how they plan on rooting as it does not run android and the usb port carries no data
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Root isn't specific to android but I'm not sure how the actual process will work... I'd imagine it requires a jtag.
cammykool said:
I wonder how they plan on rooting as it does not run android and the usb port carries no data
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GTVHackers are saying it is Android.
http://gtvhacker.com/index.php/Google_Chromecast#Software
i sure hope it doesnt require a jtag no way in hell im taking mine apart.
cammykool said:
i sure hope it doesnt require a jtag no way in hell im taking mine apart.
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connecting a jtag port isn't difficult, the chromecast is only $35 too if something goes wrong. I'm hoping that the usb can function as a usb hub if it is hacked via jtag, if so then maybe we'll get a proper android rom and maybe a linux distribution.
hajj_3 said:
connecting a jtag port isn't difficult, the chromecast is only $35 too if something goes wrong. I'm hoping that the usb can function as a usb hub if it is hacked via jtag, if so then maybe we'll get a proper android rom and maybe a linux distribution.
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would you hook it up to those UART pins?
cammykool said:
would you hook it up to those UART pins?
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that's what I would guess first. But gtvhacker said only the bootloader outputs to it briefly.
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Runs android..
So if it has the NDK we can run the XBMC app and still have the chrome cast system run in the background and have the best of both worlds. Awesomesauce.
It makes sense that it runs Android, it's a real OS that can run apps unlike Chrome OS. However, it would not make sense to call it Android as Android is a religion that is polarizing. No diehard Apple fan or even casual iPhone user would be caught dead with an Android device.
Chrome, on the other hand, is agnostic and works across platforms.
The name choice was political.
TabGuy said:
It makes sense that it runs Android, it's a real OS that can run apps unlike Chrome OS.
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Chrome OS as found on a Chromebook has a few apps like a video player, they are mostly offline versions of webapps, but still standalone apps.
TabGuy said:
It makes sense that it runs Android, it's a real OS that can run apps unlike Chrome OS.
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Define app.
I have a rdp app on my chromebook that I can use on networks without internet perfectly fine. My text editing app works smoothly even without network. The ssh client works well too.
And, unlike android, with dev mode enabled I can run any gnu/Linux app I want without installing a second os in a chroot.
I personally prefer chrome os over android. Having a real Linux os tends to come in handy.
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frmorrison said:
Chrome OS as found on a Chromebook has a few apps like a video player, they are mostly offline versions of webapps, but still standalone apps.
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you just got the wrong guy worked up bro.
http://blog.gtvhacker.com/2013/chromecast-exploiting-the-newest-device-by-google/
bootloader exploited
So apparently the os is based on android, but with dalvik and everything else replaced by a chrome binary.
So, its android, but its not android at all (no android app will ever run on it without replacing the os with android)
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i really just wanna see a screen-share so i can just push my phone or tablet screen to the tv. [having my phone plugged in on the table. playing shadow gun with my moga pro streaming to the tv]
What are the benefits to root the chromecast?
brakke97 said:
What are the benefits to root the chromecast?
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Bragging rites...