Questions about connecting an Android device to Ubuntu. Questions targeting the device itself are better suited for android.stackexchange.com.
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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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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 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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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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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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Sharing 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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What IDEs are there for Android development?
I recently bought my first Android phone (HTC Legend). Now I want to develop for it!! :)
Is it possible under Ubuntu and what is the best tool? Eclipse or IntelliJ or maybe something else?
UPD: It ...
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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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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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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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How to sync tasks between Ubuntu and Android?
I was using first Tasque and then GTG on Ubuntu and Astrid on Android with Remember The Milk as the backend. Recently, Astrid has dropped support for Remember The Milk, and both Tasque and GTG's ...
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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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Android 3D acceleration in androVM with primusrun?
I have been trying an Android Virtual Machine called androVM on an Ubuntu 12.04 32 bit laptop with Intel/Nvidia hybrid graphics configuration as the guest OS (details on the graphic cards below). I ...
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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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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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Sync calendar and contacts with Android smartphone
I use Thunderbird with Lighting calendar addon, which stores calendar data in iCalendar format.
How can I synchronize this calendar and Thunderbird contacts with Android based smartphone (HTC ...
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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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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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“Unable to mount Android, Error initialising camera: -60: Could not lock the device” when connecting a Samsung Galaxy S2 via MTP
Whenever I connect my Samsung Galaxy S2 phone (running Android 4.0) via USB using an MTP connection one of two messages always pops up, either:
Unable to mount Android: Error initialising camera: ...
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Android SDK having trouble with ADB
So, I installed the Android SDK, Eclipse, and the ADT. Upon firing up Eclipse the first time after setting up the ADT, this error popped up:
[2012-05-29 12:11:06 - adb] ...
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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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How to make possible to install Samsung Kies?
I am not sure where this question is set to proper place or not. If not then please guide me to that place.
I have a Samsung Galaxy SII, and doing Android development.
A couple of days before I was ...
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How does one use Ubuntu for Android?
I have heard a lot about this new Ubuntu For Android but how can the average man download and install this neat new feature!!
Thanks
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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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Will it be possible to run android apps on ubuntu phone?
I know that the basic question of running android apps on ubuntu has already been answered, but mostly for ubuntu desktop. What I was wondering is, if there will be a way to download and run android ...
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Is there an Android remote app compatible with LibreOffice Impress under Ubuntu?
I have an upcoming presentation I want to make in LibreOffice Impress on my Ubuntu 12.10 laptop. I was wondering if I could get ahold of an Android app which would act like a remote control, allowing ...
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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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Is it possible to install Android's .apk file?
Was just wondering it would be nice to have a convenient way of installing android's .apk apps in Ubuntu somehow.
Somebody has a clue about it?
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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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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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How do I correctly group albums in Banshee?
I use Banshee to manage & play my music (most of which came from emusic and CDs). I consistently have problems getting songs from the same album to appear as one album. This is particularly a ...
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Sync Music from Banshee via SSH to Android Device
i want to transfer my music to my android device via ssh. I do that wireless because i do not always want to plugin the cable to sync some files. Is there a way banshee can recognize my android device ...
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Mounting Nexus 7 on Ubuntu 12.04 through USB? [duplicate]
Please help me troubleshoot. I would like to transfer files between my Ubuntu 12.04 and Nexus 7 (Android 4.2) I have first followed this link post carefully without success, rolled back all changed. ...
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How to use Whatsapp mobile application in Ubuntu Linux?
In my Android I have "Whatsapp" application running. But mobile freak I am not, and specially the mobile keyboards.
So how can I run my same application, same account from my Ubuntu desktop PC?
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will 32 bit Ubuntu will work fine on 64 bit machine? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
amd64, i386 (32bit / 64bit) - Which version to choose?
i am getting some problems in 64 bit Ubuntu..i want to install ia32-libs for Android SDK but it is not installing, ...
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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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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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Where can I download Ubuntu One for Android as an APK?
The Android on my phone is modded, does not have Google Marketplace and I don't want to install it.
Where can I download an APK to install Ubuntu One on Android?
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Sync notes between Android phone and Ubuntu?
I want a note taking app on my Ubuntu running laptop and an app on my Android phone which can sync with each other, through online means or manually syncing. So far the only thing I've seen is the ...
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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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Why can I not see my USB connected Android device over SSH?
I have a computer running Mythbuntu 11.04, and it has Banshee 2.0 installed on it. I also have an Android phone that I use as a music player.
I want to get Banshee and Android talking to each other ...
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How to connect a Nexus 10 to transfer files?
This is a similar question to How to connect Nexus 7 with Ubuntu , But the solution given there doesnt work.
How can I connect Nexus 10 on ubuntu. It gives me an error (actually tries to access the ...
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What's the Linux equivalent to Windows batch files?
I have a batch file which I use to create an .apk file on my Windows machine.
Now I need to be able to create the .apk file in Ubuntu but I don't know how translate my .bat file to a script to be able ...
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display xubuntu desktop on android tablet
I want to use my android tablet as a secondary display for my Xubuntu laptop, not to mirror the laptop but as an additional desktop -- I do not need to drag windows from one to the other, and it is ...
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How can I stream my audio output with VLC to my Android device?
I want to use my Android device like a wireless headset, I want to stream my audio output with VLC and listen to that with an Android app. How can I make this happen with VLC? and what app can I use ...
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Getting files to/from android phone
I am having trouble to access the filesystem on my phone (it's a samsung / google galaxy nexus). It just worked in previous version of Ubuntu, but now it appears empty whether it is mounted with MTP ...
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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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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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Stream video from ubuntu server to Android device
I have a ubuntu 12.04 headless server. I got alot of video on the server. Most of it is in x264 in .mkv. I have a samsung nexus phone, and a nexus 7 tablet.
Whats my options when it comes to ...
