Questions about connecting an Android device to Ubuntu. Questions targeting the device itself are better suited for android.stackexchange.com.
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adb devices shows no connected devices, but phone shows up via dmesg and lsusb
I'm trying to root my Motorola Photon Q (XT897) but I cannot see it via adb no matter what. USB Debugging is turned on.
Here is my 51-android.rules
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="22b8", ...
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Problem restoring android after trying Ubuntu on Nexus 7
I tried Ubuntu on my Nexus 7, and I now want to restore android on it. I made the procedure described, in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Install and the Ubuntu flash worked well.
But when I want to ...
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Syncing pictures from Android to Ubuntu One duplicates pictures forever [closed]
I'm running Jelly Bean on Android 4.1.2 on a Samsung S3 (GT-I9100) and the Ubuntu One app to sync my photos to the cloud and to my own home server. The problem is that some of my photos get copied ...
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Ubuntu Network Manger keep creating Ad-Hoc Hotspot. No infrastructure. A bug?
I'd like to share my Ubuntu wired connection with a Wifi android tablet. To do that I could use the "Use as Hotspot..." function in System Settings->Network. As I can understand, android has issues ...
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Ubuntu Tablet on ASUS Transformer Prime TF201 [duplicate]
I am a grade 9 student and I use an ASUS TF201 (with a docking keyboard) that is not rooted or unlocked but I'm fed up with Android as I can't do any work on it. For this reason, I want to flash my ...
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How to delete sensitive data on Android phone?
I want to sell an old Android phone. How can I delete sensitive data on my Android phone with a MicroSD card from within Ubuntu, in a secure manner?
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Phone not getting detected in DDMS in Ubuntu 12.04 - 32bit
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 32 bit. I have a Micromax Ninja A87 Android phone running GB 2.3.5. My problem is the phone does not get detected. When I try on a Windows 7 PC, it does get detected.
Here are ...
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How can I see Ubuntu file system, installed on SDcard, FROM Android
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 32bit bootable on my SD card (16GB) giving 6GB for Ubuntu (4 for documents), 10 to Android (FAT32 - boot flags).
How can I open Ubuntu files from Android device?
Ubuntu ...
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How do I stop my PC from autoplaying media files present on my SD card on my Android Phone?
How do I stop my PC from autoplaying media files present on my SD card on my Android Phone? Whenever my USB linkage cord between my PC and my phone is wobbled just a little bit my Ubuntu 12.10 tries ...
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How to Configure Micromax A68
I want to use Micromax A68 to run and test my Android application. Is any body here who know how to configure to Eclipse or drivers for that?
Thanks
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How can I share the internet connection via Wi-Fi Direct?
Android doesn't support ad-hoc wireless connections, but it does support a technology I'm not familiar with called Wi-Fi Direct:
How can I use this to access my Ubuntu laptop's internet connection?
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How can I make dual boot on Motorola Droid RAZR?
I have Motorola Droid RAZR XT910 with Android 4.0.4 and I would like install Ubuntu Touch as second system. How can I make it?
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Can't access my Xperia mini pro (SK17i) on Ubuntu 12.10
I have Ubuntu 12.10 installed on my desktop PC and my Acer Notebook. I have tried connecting my Android Device - Xperia Mini Pro (SK17i) on my Acer Notebook and it is working well. Mass Storage Mode ...
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How to get Rhythmbox to sync album cover art to Android?
I have Rhythmbox syncing quite well with my Android phone. It automatically transcodes from FLAC to M4a and keeps the correct directory structure and track file names. So far so good.
However, the ...
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Can't see my Nexus 4 on Ubuntu 12.10
I have just received my Nexus 4 and I want to plug it in to root it/copy files onto it but somehow I can't see it while I use
$sudo fastboot devices
I am using this version of fastboot on my ubuntu ...
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Android Apps (Google Nexus 7) [closed]
Okay this might be a stupid question but I want to make sure Ubuntu will be able to everything I want before installing as I am quite happy with my CM10.1. Basily I want to know if standard apps like ...
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Sharing internet between mac mini (with ubuntu) and android
I have an old mac mini on which I istalled Ubuntu. It works quite fine except for few issues.
One of the issues is as follows: I used this Mac Mini as a hot-spot for sharing ethernet -> wi-fi ...
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Nexus 7 installer gets stuck on 'Erasing Boot Partition" help what to do next?
I have tried installing the Ubuntu Touch with the Nexus 7 Ubuntu Core installer on Ubuntu 12.10 64bit in a VMWare virtual machine.
It looks like its stuck on Erasing boot partition.
I have read ...
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Ubuntu Touch running on Android Emulator
As Ubuntu Touch has an underlying Android/CyanogenMod Layer, I would like to ask if it's possible with reasonable effort to run Ubuntu on the Android Emulator which is part of the Android SDK.
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Restoring Android
I have a Samsung Galaxy Nexus device. I tried the Ubuntu Touch out, but now I would like to go back to Android. However, when I run the command sudo ./flash-all.sh I get the following message:
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Ubuntu phone android tv tablet?
I am a bit confused (about Ubuntu touch/phone/android/tv/tablet).
Is the Ubuntu OS for phone the same as Ubuntu for Android
If I have a phone with Ubuntu (touch) on it, how do I use it to connect it ...
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Ubuntu how can i send my audio output, to the mobile which is connected using bluetooth?
My mobile running Android which is using bluetooth connected to my Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit.
My goal is to have following step:
in my Ubuntu desktop i am running music from YouTube
Mobile phone is ...
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Will the Ubuntu tablet OS be flash-able from zip files?
Is it available for nexus only now? Will it be available for other tablets as well in flash-able zip files? Just like custom ROM for android flash from cwm twrp?
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Re-install Android adb [closed]
Tried to install android but adb says its waiting for phone though adb is able to find phone. Tried manual recovery but my is phone hanging.
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Error when installing ubuntu touch developer preview
I installed Ubuntu Phone OS on my Galaxy Nexus. At the last steps an error occured:
Pushing /home/cesare/Scaricati/phablet-flash/95/quantal-preinstalled-phablet-armhf.zip to /sdcard/
protocol failure
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Ubuntu SDK does not install on Ubuntu 12.04 64bit?
Trying to install the ubuntu-sdk on Ubuntu 12.04 64bit using instructions at http://developer.ubuntu.com/get-started/gomobile/ and I get the following errors:
Some packages could not be installed. ...
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Why is native Android application support not being integrated into Ubuntu for tablets/phones? [closed]
I love the idea of Ubuntu for tablets and phones and I want it to succeed soooooo badly, but I don't have much confidence that it will succeed unless there is support for Android apps and Google Play. ...
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installing ubuntu on Andrio 2.2 tablet [duplicate]
Hi I am trying to install Ubuntu on Andriod 2.2, Notion Ink Tablet- Adam.
on the terminal after it says " type exit " for shutting down linux
it goes into a loop.
can anybody help please
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Ubuntu One / Android - How to sync a file daily?
Is there a way to have Ubuntu One for Android Auto sync a text file I leave on my phone?
In /media/u1/Ubuntu One/ on my phone, i have a text file with notes I study. I update it everyday. How do I ...
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Android Mirror - JUC600 for Ubuntu
I was recently reading an article about a device that mirrors an Android device onto a computer. Once connected you can then interact with it via the computers keyboard as well as amplify the screen.
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Ubuntu One for Android without Google play
Is there a way to get the Ubuntu One apk file? My Android device is not supported by Google.
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Ubuntu can't see my Android phone!
I'm on Ubuntu 12.04, and trying to connect my Samsung galaxy Gio (Model # GT-S5660M) with Android 2.3.4 (GINGERBREAD_MR1). When I plug my phone in,via USB, it will charge, however Ubuntu will not ...
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Stream and Control Music from Ubuntu to Android
I have a laptop running Ubuntu 12.10, and an Android 2.3.4 (Samsung Galaxy Fit). I connect my Android to a speaker far away from me.
I want to stream music from my laptop using Rhythmbox to my phone. ...
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First time install 13.04 [duplicate]
I have been wanting to make the switch from Windows to Ubuntu for a while now and decided to do a test run by dual booting on my tower. I installed Ubuntu 13.04 as it was the latest version and had no ...
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df shows all space taken, but du doesn't add up
I'm having a problem with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. This is the second time I've encountered this problem in the last 3 weeks.
The first time is described in this closed question on StackOverflow.
The TL;DR ...
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Can I run Ubuntu OS on a Android 4.0 tablet?
I have a cheap Chinese made tablet from Dubai called the Crony Dubai (www.cronydubai.com). It has a micro B, mini HDMI and a USB labeled as "Host" as well as a micro SD slot. It came with a micro B to ...
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Initialising the Build Environment for Android on 64-bit 12.04
I am looking to initialise the build environment for the AOSP codebase (or for that matter, any Android source), and one of the first steps in the process is to;
$ sudo apt-get install git gnupg flex ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 not recognizing android phone
I have a Samsung transform ultra smartphone and I am running Ubuntu 12.10. when I plug my phone in and set it to mass storage mode nothing happens on the Linux end. I was under the impression that it ...
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Why is the Android SDK not packaged in an easy way in Ubuntu? [closed]
Disclaimer: this is not just me saying "This is waay too hard, duh!"
I am asking out of interest.
So, why is an important piece of software like the Android SDK missing from all the repositories and ...
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Failed to run Android SDK manager
I have installed Android SDK in my Eclipse EE IDE. Now I'm trying to open the Android SDK manager but getting error as
Even I tried to see the android console as shown in image, No error shows in ...
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Make laptop files accessible to android device over laptop Wifi antenna?
I would like to be able to access the files on my Ubuntu laptop from my Android phone and tablet. Ideally, I would want to do this over my own secure Wlan and then over sftp or Samba shares.
Since ...
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Can I install 12.10 on Ainol Novo7 Venus?
Is it possible to install Ubuntu on my Ainol Novo7 Venus?
I don't want any tablet-version of ubuntu, because I like ubuntu how it is and think there is no need for a tablet-version (I know there is ...
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How do I upgrade Android on my phone with Ubuntu?
I have a Galaxy Europa running Android v2.2. I want to upgrade it to Gingerbread v2.3. In Windows I would use Samsung Kies for this task. How do I do it in Ubuntu?
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How can I uninstall my current java and install sun java 1.6
I installed jdk using the following command: sudo apt-get install default-jdk but it is the wrong version. I need Java SE 1.6 for building Android. When I try building Android, I get a ...
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How to connect Xdmx and android Xserver?
I run:
$ Xdmx :1 -display 192.168.1.137:0
The output:
(II) dmx: Generation: 1
(II) dmx: DMX version: 1.2.20070424 (DMX Project)
(II) dmx: DMX Build OS: Linux ...
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On Android, can I point a file to a folder on the file system so that it syncs to Ubuntu One?
I have an application that generates a file, and I'd like to have this file automatically sync to Ubuntu One. At the moment, I'm happy for it just to go in the 'Ubuntu One' folder, but being able to ...
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Apps compability with android ann ubuntu desktop on ubuntu phone os [closed]
This question might have beed asked here before but anyway.
As far as i understand Ubuntu OS apps will be able to run desktop programs, but is wont run android apps which existing atm. Is that ...
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Android APK Package ID Editing in Eclipse 3.7
So I found a way to duplicate apps on android recently (i.e. Instagram [multiple accounts], etc.) by switching the Package ID (ex: com.example.apk). I have'nt been able find out how to open an APK in ...
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Ubuntu needs to support Android / MTP devices [closed]
Ubuntu (community) has not done enough to solve MTP issue, for Android devices.
Even (Microsoft) Windows XP fully supports this.
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Unable to start avd in Ubuntu 12.10 - permission denied
I am totally new to ubuntu. I installed adt(eclipse) from developer.android.com ..
It is working fine. But when I try to start an AVD it says : Error:13 - Permission Denied.
I tried to start eclipse ...
