Questions about connecting an Android device to Ubuntu. Questions targeting the device itself are better suited for android.stackexchange.com.
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How to share your Internet Connection with Other PCs and Phones
I have Ubuntu 12.04 on a HP 430 notebook and this has a single wired internet connection and I would like to share this with a LG Optimus One with Android 2.3.3. I followed these instructions and ...
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Connecting Android 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich / Jelly Bean) phone to Ubuntu 12.04
I'm using the US Model 16GB version of the Samsung Galaxy S3 (I747), however, I cannot mount it to my laptop from some reason. I have tried using both FTP and MTP connections, but neither work.
What ...
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Getting MTP to work with a Galaxy Nexus?
I am having quite a bit of problems getting file-transfers working over MTP with the Galaxy Nexus. I am using Kubuntu 11.10 64-bit, and this is what I have done and the results I get:
Added rule for ...
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How to share a wired Internet connection with an Android phone?
I have been trying to share my wired Internet connection with my Android phone. However I could not succeed in doing this. Has anyone of you ever succeeded?
Operating systems that I use are as ...
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Can't return to stock Android
Whenever I try and uncompress the tar file, I get this:
tar (child): nakasi-jro03d-factory-e102ba72.tg: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: ...
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How to transfer files from/to an Android device?
Do you know if there is a ubuntu program (possibly a Nautilus plugin) to transfer files from/to an Android device? What is my mind is a program which does adb push, adb pull, and adb shell ls in the ...
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How do you use an android tablet as a second display?
I've noticed people using a product for Windows and Mac called iDisplay which lets you use your Android or iPad as a secondary display. This seems like a great idea, and something that could be done ...
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Can I run Android apps on Ubuntu?
Is it possible to run Android apps on Ubuntu? And I don't mean inside an emulator, but natively, as you would with any other application installed using the Ubuntu Software Center.
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Android not building on Eclipse neither IntelliJ on 12.04 LTS
You might think this is an Android related question, but, I tried building my Android app on Eclipse in 12.04, and it just dont work. It doesnt generate R.java. The same problem is happening to ...
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Install Android OS along with Ubuntu and Windows
I have Dual Boot of Windows and Ubuntu 11.10, I recently learned that it is possible to install Android OS on Laptops, I also learned that in such cases Android uses its own Bootloader, Now what i ...
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What is Ubuntu For Android?
The question is in the title, but can anyone provide some details on what it is, how it works, and when it will be available?
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Does 'Ubuntu One Mobile' support Ogg Vorbis?
The standard audio-format for music in Rhythmbox is Ogg. For some reason none of my music encoded as OggVorbis shows up in the Ubuntu One Mobile Music application on my Android phone. The MP3s do show ...
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Can I replace the Android OS with Ubuntu on the Zeki 7.0" Android Tablet?
I just ordered this tablet from Target, but I would much rather have Ubuntu on it than Android. Is there any way I can remove Android and install Ubuntu with the necessary drivers? It seems like it ...
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Nexus 7 dual-boot with android?
Is it possible to install Ubuntu in parallel to Android on the Nexus 7 (dual-boot), or not?
If not, how hard would it be to add the feature? It should be just a matter of adding another partition and ...
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Can not connect Android SGSII via USB after ICS upgrade
I got OTA update for my Samsung Galaxy S2 - Android 4 (ICS). However, the adb devices does not show the device. Neither does lsusb. I am using ubuntu inside vmware Fusion on a Mac. If I disconnect the ...
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How to connect MTP devices via USB? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to transfer files from/to an Android device via a GUI?
How does one connect an MTP device to Ubuntu via USB? Many popular devices, such as all Android 4.0 phone, ...
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How to make an android phone use a wi-fi hotspot created on ubuntu [duplicate]
I want to know how to enable an android phone to detect the hotspot created under ubuntu so that the phone can use thse internet through it.
I have learnt that Android does not support ad-hoc.I tried ...
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How to mount a yaffs2 filesystem
I have a .img file that uses the yaffs2 filesystem (an Android partition image) that I want to mount. I can't seem to do it with the mount command. How can I do this? I'm using Ubuntu 12.04.
Also, I ...
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Problems with Eclipse and Android SDK
I installed Eclipse, openjdk6 and downloaded and extracted the sdk manager file.
Now, When I created an Android project I got the following error:
2012-06-06 18:44:40 - contactManager] ...
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Is there a way to share my computer's Internet connection with my Android 2.2.1 through USB?
Is there a way to share my desktop Internet connection with my Android 2.2.1 using the phone data cable?
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How can I stream Music from my home machine to mobile devices?
I currently have ubuntu 10.04 (planning on upgrading soon to 10.10) on a server at home with a large music and video collection.
I own a blackberry bold 9700 on AT&T and an HTC Desire (Android) ...
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How to setup a Wireless Access-Point using my laptop's WiFi card?
want to share my Laptops (running Ubuntu 10.10) Broadband with my Android (Galaxy Mini) running 2.2.1. Since Androids currently do not support ad-hoc networks so the "Create new wireless network.." ...
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What Android emulators are available?
I will like to know some of the android emulators that work really well with Ubuntu 11.10 and above. I want to try 'whatsapp' on Ubuntu through an android emulator. Thanks in advance
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Problems, connecting Android ICS to Ubuntu using MTP
I've followed this tutorial from this blog which very clearly explains how to connect Android phone with ICS to Ubuntu so that one can access phone's sdcard (MTP access).
I passed all the procedure ...
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How to access the SD card through my Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc Phone?
I have a Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc phone and I cannot access its SD card through the USB cable provided.
I have set the USB connection mode to MSC yet when I connect the phone to my computer I cannot ...
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Can I download Ubuntu for Android to my mobile device?
My question is already in the title. I want to buy a tablet but I want to work with OpenOffice as well. So in combination with a monitor and a dock it would be possible.
But can I download Ubuntu for ...
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Sharing files with Android devices (How do I mount an HP Touchpad, Cyanogen Mod 9?)
I've recently installed Cyanogen Mod 9 on my HP Touchpad tablet, but I'm encountering problems when trying to access it from my Ubuntu laptop (Ubuntu 11.10, Gnome-Shell, Nautilus).
I've first tried ...
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Galaxy Note II MTP on Ubuntu 12.04
I bought a branding new Galaxy Note II and I tried to mount its storage to my ubuntu laptop.
As you know, Android 4.0+ uses MTP by default. Android 4.1 doesn't support USB Mass Storage anymore! So ...
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How to install Android SDK?
How to install Android SDK from android-sdk_r10-linux_x86.tgz in Ubuntu 10.10 for using in Eclipse IDE?
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Galaxy S not detected, how do I make it work?
Can anyone please provide the necessary steps to connect a Samsung Galaxy S with Ubuntu 10.10 please? I was thinking that perhaps it could detect something, but it doesn't, Anyone succeeded ?
Thanks
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My 'Sync Preferences' are not being saved when I disconnect my Android smartphone from Banshee
When I set up my sync preferences for my Android phone, everything works fine and my media is successfully transferred, but when I unplug the phone (after pressing the eject button and being told it ...
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How to install ia32-lib on 64 Bit System?
I am new on Ubuntu and setting android environment.I googled too much for this problem but nothing is helping !! when I open eclipse and test android sample project I get a error saying "R cannot be ...
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Can't transfer file from Ubuntu to Samsung Galaxy tab 10.1 (Honeycomb 3.2) [closed]
Ever since I upgraded to Honeycomb 3.2, I can't seem to transfer file in Ubuntu.
I have tried turning on and off the USB Debugging Mode. When the debugging mode is turn on, the device doesn't even ...
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How do I connect a Nexus 7 to transfer files?
I want to move some files from my PC to Nexus 7. The tablet is connected to my PC's USB port and it is successfully charging. Unfortunately, the PC is not detecting the devices - what I expected is to ...
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How to use android 2.1 phone as remote audio receiver?
I have an unused HTC Hero Android phone (running Android OS 2.1), I would like to connect it to audio amplifier and leave it connected for months, so I could use this android phone as remote ...
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Are there any applications to manage SMS messaging on an Android from Ubuntu?
I have an Android phone because I'm awesome. I would like to be more awesome though. I would like to be able to send and receive text messages (SMS/MMS/etc) from my desktop when I'm near it, mainly ...
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Plans to make Android Apps run on Ubuntu abandoned?
I remember a longer time ago there was an anouncement that some Ubuntu developers were planing to bring the possibility to Ubuntu to run Android Apps on an Ubuntu and planned to write an environment ...
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Can an Android phone control Ubuntu like a remote?
I am looking at making a budget media centre. I am new to Linux and have not yet installed it but think I can manage. I want to use Ubuntu and would like to use my Android phones to control or work as ...
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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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Can not access files in any folder on Samsung Galaxy SII
When I connect my Samsung Galaxy SII with USB cable my DCIM folder looks empty although I can see my files on phone. Do you have any idea what would be the problem?
On computer:
On phone:
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Best way to sync music to Galaxy Nexus (MTP)?
The Galaxy Nexus uses MTP which makes general use a bit of a pain. Luckily, Ubuntu comes with some drivers preinstalled so I can access my phones memory easily through nautilus, however Rhythmbox and ...
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Will “Ubuntu for Android” (12.04) work with the Samsung Galaxy S2?
I'm trying to buy a new Android phone and I own an Ubuntu 12.04 computer...
I have the choice of a Google Galaxy Nexus, Samsung Galaxy S2 and an HTC Sensation XL.
I am aware that the HTC already ...
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Can I share my internet(lan) through Wifi(adhoc) connection via a laptop?
Is there a way I can share my lan internet connection through my wifi when I has an mesh connection from my android through the Open Garden Wifi Tethering App(A WiFi Tether AP Mesh Client)?
Link to: ...
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Access to my files on Android
I am thinking of subscribing to Dropbox which is slightly more costly than Ubuntu one but I need access to my files on the go, and I prefer to use my smartphone to my netbook most of the time as I ...
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Some Ubuntu 13.04 applications cannot access files on MTP-mounted systems. Why?
Ubuntu 13.04 comes with MTP support to access files on newer Android devices. My Nexus 10 works OK: after plugging in, I can access the N10 files with Nautilus, and I can copy from and to the device. ...
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Getting MTP to work with a Galaxy tab 2 7.0?
I'm trying to get MTP with the galaxy tab 2 7.0 working on my ubuntu installation. Such that I can access the files.
I tried to do what is described here:
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Manually Upload Files from Android
I can't find a way of uploading non-media or photo files from my android 2.2 phone to my U1 cloud. When I select "upload file" the choose a file option only allows media or photos. Is there a way ...
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How to install Ubuntu in Android Tablet? Can I remove the Android OS from the EEE Pad transformer?
I bought Android Asus EEE Pad Transformer and I don't like this OS. It's all hidden how Linux should be.
How do you remove the existing OS, there is no jack such as USB nor it has any boot menu nor ...
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Change name of mobile android device
I have 2x HTC EVO Android devices. Both devices show up as Pictures-PC36100. I have to open the folder and then open a picture inside to figure out which phone the folder belongs to. Is there ...
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Samsung Galaxy S2 in download mode breaks lsusb
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2. To update it the official way, you need Windows and Samsung Kies (an application that does the updating). The unofficial way lets you do it with a Linux-native application ...
