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Ubuntu for Tablets for Nexus 7 [Official Dev Preview]

It's not the desktop Ubuntu I'm talking about, but Ubuntu for tablets which got unveiled a few days ago just got released on the Nexus 7 and Nexus 10! Along with it Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4 got Ubuntu for Phone preview today.
Official Guide for Installation Process(Needs desktop linux environment) - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Install
Download(Official link) - http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-touch-preview/quantal/mwc-demo/
Flash grouper zips from TWRP to install, flashing ubuntu recovery can be skipped.
Like every dev preview, this also has got some bugs-
Runs in portrait mode by default. (no side stage)
Camera, video decoding and audio output do not function.
Greeter screen is misaligned.
No multi-user login.
Can't install this right now as I don't have a Linux machine nearby, will update soon if I get a machine and time! If you install it, please do post here!
For more information on the release and Release Notes - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/ReleaseNotes
For more information on Ubuntu for tablets and its features - http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/tablet

can someone post the .img files? im on windows

lamaboy99 said:
can someone post the .img files? im on windows
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It will be very nice if someone do that! I'll try to get it by tomorrow or day after tomorrow though, if no one posts...

yeah i would love to run this but again windows blows
found it ill upload them when they are done uploading and put together a guide for the other windows users

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-touch-preview/quantal/mwc-demo/
Get the images here.
How to here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2159291

yeah i got it ill be making a guide on how to do flash for windows

I have the files and I can upload them later if nobody does. My upload speed at work is grotesque to say the least. Here is a list of the files though:
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Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
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-a--- 2/20/2013 9:54 PM 5130240 quantal-preinstalled-boot-armel+grouper.img
-a--- 2/20/2013 10:04 PM 78 quantal-preinstalled-boot-armel+grouper.img.md5sum
-a--- 2/20/2013 8:41 PM 504219641 quantal-preinstalled-phablet-armhf.zip
-a--- 2/20/2013 8:41 PM 73 quantal-preinstalled-phablet-armhf.zip.md5sum
-a--- 2/20/2013 10:04 PM 6787072 quantal-preinstalled-recovery-armel+grouper.img
-a--- 2/20/2013 10:04 PM 82 quantal-preinstalled-recovery-armel+grouper.img.md5sum
-a--- 2/20/2013 10:04 PM 94526512 quantal-preinstalled-system-armel+grouper.img
-a--- 2/20/2013 10:04 PM 80 quantal-preinstalled-system-armel+grouper.img.md5sum
It's copying the zip file to the root of the sdcard. I'm following the instruction on this page to the letter and so it is actually hiding everything behind a little program/script called phablet-flash.

swimdude1120 said:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-touch-preview/quantal/mwc-demo/
Get the images here.
How to here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2159291
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Well great! Adding the link to OP. Also the official how-to is here - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Install

Will be interesting to try and get it working on Multirom..

PulseDroid said:
Will be interesting to try and get it working on Multirom..
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I tried and failed Just get a black screen at the moment.
Gonna keep going at it though!

Why in the world are they working on 13.04 but release the touch of 12.10! I'm so confused

bigdog_nick said:
Why in the world are they working on 13.04 but release the touch of 12.10!
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Typical Ubuntu user.

r00t4rd3d said:
Typical Ubuntu user.
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i think he has a valid point - 13.04 is significantly peppier than 12.10.

Re: Ubuntu for Tablets for Nexus 7 Released! [Official Dev Preview]
I want to try this but first can someone post or link me to a way to fully backup and restore my current rom afterwards?
Thanks a bunch.
Edit: Is it possible to backup with rom manager, later flash stock again and restore? Which partition does ubuntu tablet mess with?
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

Re: Ubuntu for Tablets for Nexus 7 Released! [Official Dev Preview]
bigdog_nick said:
Why in the world are they working on 13.04 but release the touch of 12.10! I'm so confused
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I'm guessing 12.10 is more stable. Newer isn't always necessarily better.
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risking a dumb question here, but can the touch preview be installed on Tilapia? it says Grouper, but then it says Nakasi OR Nakasig, should you want to restore Android. but there are no images for Tilapia, only Grouper. I know 3G probably wouldn't work, and that's fine..

Giving it ago
Cheers for the heads up downloading it on my nexus as i type
seems to be hanging in terminal with this quantal-preinstalled-boot-armel+grouper.img: OK
Pushing /home/shaun/Downloads/phablet-flash/95/quantal-preinstalled-phablet-armhf.zip to /sdcard/autodeploy.zip
how long should it take ;-/

elsworth1983 said:
Cheers for the heads up downloading it on my nexus as i type
seems to be hanging in terminal with this quantal-preinstalled-boot-armel+grouper.img: OK
Pushing /home/shaun/Downloads/phablet-flash/95/quantal-preinstalled-phablet-armhf.zip to /sdcard/autodeploy.zip
how long should it take ;-/
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I'm sittin there myself...wondering if it will reboot it or if is should...
Any progress so far?
EDIT nvm there we go

When it says that the Nexus 7 defaults to portrait mode, does it mean that that is all that is available? Or can it be changed to landscape? The main reason I want this is to try out sidestage.

Has anyone tried this out on the 3G version yet?

4.2.2 Discussion Thread

Any conversation having to do android 4.2.2 goes here. If the ROM you want to talk about has a thread. Then go there!

Here is my PAC rom. can someone please test this? Just flash it like any other 4.2.2 rom. wipe then flash rom and then GAPPS. Please tell me if it boots and if you have time could you obtain a logcat?
http://d-h.st/9jb

Mobile Data seems on my version seems to be connected, but instead of toggling Mobile Data on and off the H just keeps appearing and disappearing.. But it says AT&T in the notification drawer. I will flash your version and try it out once its done downloading.
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camo_flage said:
Here is my PAC rom. can someone please test this? Just flash it like any other 4.2.2 rom. wipe then flash rom and then GAPPS. Please tell me if it boots and if you have time could you obtain a logcat?
http://d-h.st/9jb
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First try, stuck on bootscreen.. flashed rom, gapps then 6/30 kernel, will try reflashing with just rom and gapps initially.
Whats the easiest way to get a logcat? I'm still not too sure how to make those of use but I know they are handy
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Second try, sticks at bootscreen for +10min still. Flashed rom then gapps.
Here is my version that boots, mobile data doesnt work but I can send and recieve texts, and WiFi works... Also no storage.
http://d-h.st/qYQ
Flash ROM zip then gapps, booted within a few minutes for me.

calikevin said:
Mobile Data seems on my version seems to be connected, but instead of toggling Mobile Data on and off the H just keeps appearing and disappearing.. But it says AT&T in the notification drawer. I will flash your version and try it out once its done downloading.
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First try, stuck on bootscreen.. flashed rom, gapps then 6/30 kernel, will try reflashing with just rom and gapps initially.
Whats the easiest way to get a logcat? I'm still not too sure how to make those of use but I know they are handy
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Second try, sticks at bootscreen for +10min still. Flashed rom then gapps.
Here is my version that boots, mobile data doesnt work but I can send and recieve texts, and WiFi works... Also no storage.
http://d-h.st/qYQ
Flash ROM zip then gapps, booted within a few minutes for me.
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Damn must have did something wrong
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Damn must have did something wrong
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Well I think you should contact albinoman to help sort out the issues...for now I will try to build AOKP because you seem to have PAC covered
Also I am going to switch devices to the amaze for the port because the Vivid and the Amaze are 99% the same internally. Unfortunately, the Amaze does not have a PAC rom . Dang I wish homeslice would come back to the Vivid and help us out with this.

Log cat...
Connect to PC
Make sure adb works...
Type adb logcat
Orrr
Type adb logcat > yourfilename
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Calikevin I think you have to start building from source now if you want to fix the issues in PAC
Sent from my Vivid 4G using xda premium

I have built CM10 itself from source, but I have no idea how to go about combining source from the port I want into the CM source, that's still a little advanced for me but I will try and figure it out nonetheless
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Yea that's what I was worried about too.
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I am currently syncing the SlimBean repo right now to get started on combining the source but if anyone has any useful links or advice I would greatly appreciate the input

You guys taking requests?
I'd love to see Vanilla Rootbox...
Sent from my Vivid 4G using Tapatalk 4 Beta

rignfool said:
You guys taking requests?
I'd love to see Vanilla Rootbox...
Sent from my Vivid 4G using Tapatalk 4 Beta
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I don't see why not, I've got a few ideas of my own already, I'm this close to having BAKED holiday built, then I would like to see about Illusion.. I did see Vanilla Rootbox too, I'll check it out.

I'm happy that the Vivid development is still alive. Installed the rom, and its running smoothly. Rogers variant.

arzzzae said:
I'm happy that the Vivid development is still alive. Installed the rom, and its running smoothly. Rogers variant.
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Check the link in my sig for the most updated Slim release

calikevin said:
Check the link in my sig for the most updated Slim release
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Will do! Anyways, how do I decrease the overall font size for 4.2.2? It seems missing from the settings.
Edit: Seems like the whole "display" under the settings is missing.
Edit #2: Nevermind, I'm stupid. Found it.

Yea, still working in figuring out the Display force close, it would seem that an entire chunk of android 4.2.2 is missing from the ROM, probably has to do with the vivid.. 4.2.2 has Daydream, and its there in this ROM too but you usually need to go to Display settings to see the options and ours isn't there, but I was able to access the Daydream settings by going through the DashClock settings. Very odd, hopefully sultan or albinoman have some ideas about that
Sent from my SlimBean Vivid 4G using Tapatalk 4 Beta

android1234567 said:
You can delete the useless device trees by modifying the default.xml file (platform manifest) located in .repo/manifests
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After adding an htc holiday device folder to the .git folder and trying to run git commit -a I keep running into this same error, any idea?
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fatal: 'git status --porcelain' failed in submodule device/htc/holiday

calikevin said:
After adding an htc holiday device folder to the .git folder and trying to run git commit -a I keep running into this same error, any idea?
Code:
fatal: 'git status --porcelain' failed in submodule device/htc/holiday
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Don't mess with the .git folders. The only file you have to modify to alter the entire source is .repo/manifests/default.xml
You can add and remove device trees by modifying that file, and you can change where existing device trees are fetched from (i.e. you can make an existing device tree be fetched from a different GitHub account instead).

android1234567 said:
Don't mess with the .git folders. The only file you have to modify to alter the entire source is .repo/manifests/default.xml
You can add and remove device trees by modifying that file, and you can change where existing device trees are fetched from (i.e. you can make an existing device tree be fetched from a different GitHub account instead).
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Thank you!
So for instance.. this is in the default xml for Baked-
Code:
<remote name="baked"
fetch="git://github.com/TeamBAKED/" />
If I change that address to my github address, I will be able to repo sync and git commit from my own repo, and be able to upload the device trees you were trying to take a look at?
And it's safe to take out every one of these except holiday since that's all I'm building for?
Code:
<project path="device/htc/m7ul" name="device_htc_m7ul" remote="baked" revision="jb-4.2" />

My wife has and A&T HTC Vivid phone. She is a huge Instagram fan and was quite excited to see the new video clip feature that was recently introduced to the application. Her phone was running stock ICS and, unfortunately, Instagram video is not functional for anything less than Android Jellybean (at least that is my understanding). The video button doesn't appear in the application under ICS. I don't like messing with my wife's phone but I was forced to make the move to Jellybean.
First stop was PAC-man 4.1.2. The video option shows up in Instagram and videos can be recorded. However, when trying to apply filters the video won't play back properly (either dosn't play back, choppy, or pixelated) and 90+% of the time it ends up causing the phone to freeze/reboot. Not good.
Next stop was the new CM10.1 AOSP 4.2.2 rom. I noticed that video recording had been fixed with this rom. The video option shows up in Instagram and videos can be recorded, same as in PAC-man. The good news is that filters can somewhat be applied and the video will play back better with this rom. There are still issues with the play back causing some of the frames to dance around the screen, however, it no longers crahes the phone. It has crashed the Instagram application but, in general, things can somewhat work but not to the degree to which they should (and definitely not to the degree my wife would find acceptable). I have recorded and played back video using the stock camera app and everything functions smoothly with no hiccups so it is seems that the problem lies in how Instagram is interfacing with the playback capabilities of the phone, using a series of calls that the playback mechanism doesn't quite like. What, if anything, can I do to provide feedback to the developers of CM10.1 that would give them some indication of how Instagram is trying to work with the play back capabilities of the phone? Would a logcat give some indication? What kind of debugging would I need to turn on (if any)?
As a frame of reference, I use CM10.1 4.2.2 Maguro on my Samsung Galaxy Nexus phone. I have the Instagram app installed and the video recording capabilities work smoothly and without an issues within it. Applying filters to videos works perfectly and I haven't had a single crash. I know that this is different hardware but if there is anything that can be leveraged from that rom please let me know.
I must say that development of CM10.1 is moving along at a very rapid pace and, for the most part, it is functioning extremenly well and stable on my wife's phone. The only thing I noticed was that CM10.1 lagged only slightly when compared with PAC-man when responding to screen swipes. I'm sure this will improve with time and I am quite thankful to those developing it for breathing added life into this phone.
Again, I would like to get Instagram working smoothly with the HTC Vivid so suggestions as to what I need to provide to the developers would be greatly appreciated. I haven't made enough posts to the xda-developers forums so I am unable to post to the development threads. Any feedback I create will need to go thru here so hopefully I can get some assistance to get it to the right developers.
Edit: the new 0715 cm 10.1 has fixed the instagram video issues when applying filters to a video. Everything seems to be running smoothly now. My wife is asleep and doesn't know this yet, but I'm sure she'll be quite happy in the morning. Many thanks to the developers. Great job!
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

Screen flicker with New GMapps 7.0
Am getting a screen flicker 80% of the time during maps session (not lighting, actual flicker of maps). It is to the point of not being able to use maps at all. Anyone else?
Assuming not alone:
Appear to have solved it with "Disable HW Overlays", so can only assume this is related to the soft reboots, and associated memory map issue, as I would be surprised that GMaps wouldn't play well with 4.2.2.

[Q] Switching between Android 4.1 and 4.2+ roms

Hello all,
Just lately I've done a lot of toing and froing between Android 4.1, 4.3 and 4.4, and I'm finding the whole sdcard/0 folder malarkey a complete pain. It seems as though my file structure is getting more and more messed up, and I appear to have folders called things like sdcard/0/download/0/download/0 etc. etc.
Some file explorers appear to not let you interrogate the whole file structure, and I am beginning to find it difficult to access files that I know are present, simply because I don't know what convoluted path to take.
I can't be the first person who was swapped backwards and forwards between different Android versions, and so I was wondering what the solution is?
Thanks,
Ackoman

Search for mega wipe on here.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1832326&page=3
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Want to develop my own ROM, but don't know where to start.

I have been using custom roms on my Nexus 6 for a while now, but really want to try to develop my own. I have some programming experience, but would like to know if anyone has any guides on how to get started. I would mainly like it to be for my personal use, with only the features I need. I would like it to be AOSP based too. If anyone could offer any help it would be much appreciated.

Learn to build AOSP for your phone first, and how to use git, then go from there.
Sent from my Nexus 6

@wilder_mason
1st, get a Linux computer if you don't already have one.
2nd, go here > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2974055

cam30era said:
@wilder_mason
1st, get a Linux computer if you don't already have one.
2nd, go here > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2974055
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Thanks. I am installing ubuntu right now.

The hardest part is troubleshooting a build failure. You can find step-by-step instructions on the internet, but going through logs and troubleshooting is a PITA. You have to start somewhere and going through the troubleshooting process will give you loads of experience. I've seen people progress very fast once they get their feet wet. Good luck :good:

wilder_mason said:
Thanks. I am installing ubuntu right now.
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Many of us prefer Linux Mint. Close to Windows and stable. There are many good tuts for building from source. Look for tuts from Scrosler, FHEM and Syko. They all enter twined and and do tuts for N6.
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I dual boot Mint and Win 10. No problems even after upgrade from Win 8.1 to Win 10.
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FHEM also has a tut I think for building your own GIT.

prdog1 said:
Many of us prefer Linux Mint. Close to Windows and stable. There are many good tuts for building from source. Look for tuts from Scrosler, FHEM and Syko. They all enter twined and and do tuts for N6.
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I dual boot Mint and Win 10. No problems even after upgrade from Win 8.1 to Win 10.
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FHEM also has a tut I think for building your own GIT.
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I went from Ubuntu to Mint. I think I prefer Ubuntu. In fact Mint makes me want to buy a new laptop and stick windows on it.

danarama said:
I went from Ubuntu to Mint. I think I prefer Ubuntu. In fact Mint makes me want to buy a new laptop and stick windows on it.
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Using to build roms and kernels we found Mint to be more stable. Been running it for months. Had to rebuild Ubuntu every few days. Lol

prdog1 said:
Using to build roms and kernels we found Mint to be more stable. Been running it for months. Had to rebuild Ubuntu every few days. Lol
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Never had an issue building on Ubuntu at all. Built on many versions since Gingerbread. I never set mint up as a build environment. Mint is basically Ubuntu anyway so they should build identically. But I find Mint unstable in everyday use. Particularly the use of browsers

??? Kali NetHunter ??? Hack Hack Hack ???

Wanna Hack something with your Mobile ?
No you can't hack anything, I was just kidding hehe, Let's get into the topic.
What is Kali NetHunter?
The Kali Linux NetHunter project is the first Open Source Android penetration testing platform for Nexus devices, created as a joint effort between the Kali community member “BinkyBear” and Offensive Security. NetHunter supports Wireless 802.11 frame injection, one-click MANA Evil Access Point setups, HID keyboard (Teensy like attacks), as well as BadUSB MITM attacks – and is built upon the sturdy shoulders of the Kali Linux distribution and toolsets.
for more info visit https://www.kali.org/kali-linux-nethunter/
Right now it's only official for Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 7, Nexus 9, Nexus 10 or OnePlus One. So I just made a Unofficial one for our P2. Let's start....
Prerequisite:
¥ Root access.
¥ 100 to 500 mb minimum free storage according to your Chroot preference.
¥ Terminal emulator
¥ Meefik Busybox
Installation Procedure:
# Install Meefik busybox
# Download the zip file from the link below and extract it to internal storage
# Open Terminal emulator app and type su and grant root access
# Now type" sh /sdcard/install_nh/nethunter.sh"
# Now wait for installation process to complete [11 success]
# Now the nethunter app will open automatically
# Don't do anything or touch anything [1 or 2,3 mins]
# Wait until the app closes automatically and shows "Done"
# Now type "exit" in the Terminal emulator app, it will close it.
# Open the NetHunter app and install Chroot [full recommended ~400mb]
# After install Chroot Full go the Terminal and type "apt-get update" and after that "apt-get upgrade".
# In case you install Chroot minimal type "apt-get install kali-linux-nethunter" then type "apt-get update" and finally "apt-get upgrade" .
# Or you could install manually each desired package after installing minimal Chroot if you don't want all the NetHunter package
# You are done, Have fun
Disclaimer:
I'm not responsible for any harm you make to your device, Proceed at your own Risk. Hit like if you like my work.
Download link:
https://mega.nz/#!5bZBEDgB!5RbIvQeXLUHM_S7qDa-YE8J0UJWfRLAFezfFzmts_z8
Credits
Offensive security team
Source
https://github.com/offensive-security/kali-nethunter
Thread closed cuz Chroot server seems to be down all time. Thread will be open once chroot server is up.

Thanks bro..
For making I am waiting for so long..
And u made it.. :good:
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Link not working

Shreyash01 said:
Thanks bro..
For making I am waiting for so long..
And u made it.. :good:
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My Pleasure, Have fun ✌

Shreyash01 said:
Thanks bro..
For making I am waiting for so long..
And u made it.. :good:
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I will check it out now. I too got the error, I will upload it to mega and share the link.

Shreyash01 said:
Thanks bro..
For making I am waiting for so long..
And u made it.. :good:
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updated link
https://mega.nz/#!5bZBEDgB!5RbIvQeXLUHM_S7qDa-YE8J0UJWfRLAFezfFzmts_z8

Its showing error while installing chroot

Shreyash01 said:
Its showing error while installing chroot
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I guess your network speed is slow, try again later with high speed network connection.

Same error for me. With lte and with wifi
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I will try installing from here...
https://build.nethunter.com

iniro said:
Same error for me. With lte and with wifi
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I will try installing from here...
https://build.nethunter.com
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only reason can be server down or network speed slow. that's great try it.

Chroot not downloading..
I tried from data and WiFi..

Shreyash01 said:
Chroot not downloading..
I tried from data and WiFi..
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not sure with what is causing this error.

Can u provide chroot link

Shreyash01 said:
Can u provide chroot link
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I don't have any link for downloading chroot, I made it with the NetHunter app itself.

Chroot is not downloading so is there any way to uninstall all Kali files

Shreyash01 said:
Chroot is not downloading so is there any way to uninstall all Kali files
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Uninstall the app one by one (kali nethunter apps)✌

Attention guys,
Request any app, theme or Mod thread moved to guides and discussion page.

F U C K Y O U A L L said:
**** hack
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#### ✌

Thread will be closed cuz Chroot server seems to be down all time. Thread will be open once chroot server is up.

Thread closed as per OP request