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    Anyone unlocked Nexus One in ubuntu?

    Hi,


    I am going to unlock my Nexus one and install a custom ROM (CyanogenMod), I am wondering whether it is possible using Ubuntu or we need to have windows so it can use the USB driver and detect the Nexus one phone?


    Thanks
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    Re: Anyone unlocked Nexus One in ubuntu?

    Quote Originally Posted by legolas_w View Post
    Hi,


    I am going to unlock my Nexus one and install a custom ROM (CyanogenMod), I am wondering whether it is possible using Ubuntu or we need to have windows so it can use the USB driver and detect the Nexus one phone?


    Thanks

    Good question, actually, I was kinda roaming over the same issue...
    ...if only there was an UNDO in real life...

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    Re: Anyone unlocked Nexus One in ubuntu?

    hi,

    Please share your findings about installing custom rom into Nexus one from inside ubuntu. I will do the same if I found any.

    Thanks.
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    Re: Anyone unlocked Nexus One in ubuntu?

    It's very easy, don't worry. Google will easily get you the answers you seek

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    Re: Anyone unlocked Nexus One in ubuntu?

    Quote Originally Posted by NCLI View Post
    It's very easy, don't worry. Google will easily get you the answers you seek
    That's not terribly helpful. Could you give us more info on how you did it, and/or point us at some good links?

    I'm getting stuck unlocking the bootloader, my computer can see the phone in the Device Manager (from the repos) but fastboot in the terminal is stuck on: "< waiting for device >"
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    Re: Anyone unlocked Nexus One in ubuntu?

    Found the info I needed to do this with Ubuntu but even following this I still couldn't successfully get the computer to recognise the phone....?

    Anyone had any luck with this? A detailed run-down would be great.


    I finally gave up and did it on a windows box
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    Re: Anyone unlocked Nexus One in ubuntu?

    Quote Originally Posted by hobo14 View Post
    Found the info I needed to do this with Ubuntu but even following this I still couldn't successfully get the computer to recognise the phone....?

    Anyone had any luck with this? A detailed run-down would be great.


    I finally gave up and did it on a windows box
    You had a windows box to do it, I have none :d

    I will work on the rooting thingy during next week and post the instructions here/.
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    Re: Anyone unlocked Nexus One in ubuntu?

    Quote Originally Posted by legolas_w View Post
    You had a windows box to do it, I have none :d

    I will work on the rooting thingy during next week and post the instructions here/.
    Sorry legolas, I forgot to post a link in the last post

    http://developer.android.com/guide/d...ng/device.html

    I kind of suspect it's not really up to date though.

    0bb4 is the vendor id for HTC, but I had to use 18d1, which I think is the id for Google. Check with lsusb -vv | less

    After you edit the file, use sudo service udev restart
    then unplug and replug the phone into the computer.

    Of course, this didn't work for me, so take it with a pinch of salt...
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    Re: Anyone unlocked Nexus One in ubuntu?

    Here's how to connect the phone to Ubuntu:

    $ sudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
    save these two lines into the file:
    Code:
    SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="18d1", MODE="0666"
    SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0bb4", MODE="0666"
    $ sudo chmod a+rx /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
    $ sudo service udev restart
    plug in the phone, and away you go without any need for a windows box.
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    Re: Anyone unlocked Nexus One in ubuntu?

    Hello everyone and thanks for contributing to this thread.

    I want to flash my phone today. So far I downloaded the following things and performed the following tasks and have some questions which are included below.


    - Downloaded android sdk and installed it (the bin folder is in the path). I can use adb to install software into the phone so I assume that the SDK is fine.

    - Downloaded and installed fastboot (I put its files inside the android sdk bin folder)

    - Downloaded 3 zip files from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=623496 which are CyanogenMod 5.0.3, its radio and its Google Addon.

    - Downloaded the recovery-RA-nexus-v1.5.3.img from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=611829

    Now I want to install these stuff into my phone. I think I should do the following steps, please let me know whether they are correct or not.

    - Use fastboot command to unlock the phone. (how?)
    - use the fastboot command shown below to install the RA
    Code:
    fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-nexus-v1.5.3.img
    The image file path should be correct and it should be accessible to the fastboot command.

    - create a nandroid backup.(how?)
    - install the CyanogenMod. (how?)
    - install the CyanogenMod radio image using the following command:

    Code:
    fastboot flash radio Radio_20100203_2_Signed_PASSION.img
    - install google add-ons (how?)

    I assume that the above steps are all I need to do in order to root the phone and install the CyanogenMod. Please let me know (how?) to do the things I marked and also please let me know whether these are all I should do or some stuff are still missing.

    Thanks
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