GerdaOS public alpha

[Luxferre]

So, as it was promised, today our alpha becomes public and everyone (brave enough) is invited to the test.

See official GerdaOS website for all info: https://gerda.tech

[Hossain Mohammed Shoaib]

Thanks Luxferre

On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 5:02 PM Luxferre <subor...@gmail.com> wrote:

So, as it was promised, today our alpha becomes public and everyone (brave enough) is invited to the test.

See official GerdaOS website for all info: https://gerda.tech

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[Ben Amodio]

can anyone who's installed this explain how multitasking works? i didn't see it demo'd in the longest 'teaser' video of all time

[Luxferre]

It was demoed there when the file manager and settings apps were minimized instead of closing.

Press power button:

Slide lid open completely - app is minimized.

Slide lid half-open - screenshot is taken.

Slide lid closed - power button functions normally.

[Hossain Mohammed Shoaib]

yea i want to know that,,,

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[Ben Amodio]

nice! that's a very inventive use of the slide. good work

[Jonny MacBean]

Amazing! I'll try it out tomorrow.

On Sun, 27 Jan 2019, 11:02 Luxferre <subor...@gmail.com wrote:

So, as it was promised, today our alpha becomes public and everyone (brave enough) is invited to the test.

See official GerdaOS website for all info: https://gerda.tech

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[Ben Amodio]

also - can this be used on the single-SIM Nokia 8110? I have a TA-1071

On Sunday, 27 January 2019 11:02:26 UTC, Luxferre wrote:

[Luxferre]

There's no other choice when the set of physical keys is so limited. Of course, this scheme turns on when the screen is turned on. When the screen is off, power button acts normally regardless of the lid position.

Btw, thanks to speeduploop for an initial idea about using the slide lid.

[Luxferre]

This is something I'm not so sure about. Initial test target was TA-1048.

But you can try, this is why public alpha test was launched in the first place.

It must be a matter of persist.radio.multisim.config system property anyway.

[Luxferre]

But I beg you to backup modem partitions (fsg, modem, modemst1, modemst2, rpm). With dd or something.

On Sunday, January 27, 2019 at 1:43:12 PM UTC+2, Ben Amodio wrote:

[Ben Amodio]

i think i'll leave it for someone else to find out! don't want to lose an entire day to restoring my phone if it goes wrong

[AdvancedHACKERniV1]

@Luxferre, did you try "this.hardwareButtons.publish('holdhome');" ?

[Dhruv Sharma]

 Thanks Luxferre. This is really great. Please keep up the brilliant work!

[Dhruv Sharma]

Is there a way to recover our original OS after completing installation?

[Huy Minh Bui]

Vào 18:02:26 UTC+7 Chủ Nhật, ngày 27 tháng 1 năm 2019, Luxferre đã viết:

So, as it was promised, today our alpha becomes public and everyone (brave enough) is invited to the test.

See official GerdaOS website for all info: https://gerda.tech

Is Gerda support J2ME apps yet ??? 

[PuriShnit]

@Luxferre, thanks for the amazing work!

I have a Chinese sample phone (similar to TIM easy 4g), running on KaiOS.
Is there any way I could simply port the GerdaOS for it?

The boot.img I would manually do the changes, the main issue is importing the webapps & other functionality of the System.

I assume most of the KaiOS/b2g is not device specific...

[Luxferre]

The system.gaiamobile.org is very device specific. For instance, undocumented SlideManager and navigator.kaiosExtension/navigator.engmodeExtension APIs are used which are not present in other stock device firmwares.

[PuriShnit]

Does this mean, GerdaOS would need to be built for each device seperately.

Or, can we still use most of the project source for any device, and just patch the device-specific parts...?

My device does run on KaiOS 2.5, but a very old version (probably similar to v10 of 8110), so I would really like to upgrade it + the added Gerda functionality... :)

[Dhruv Sharma]

Is there a way to recover KaiOS if I use the make method?

On Sunday, January 27, 2019 at 4:32:26 PM UTC+5:30, Luxferre wrote:

[Sylvain D]

Many thanks for this alpha Gerda Package! 

I already enjoy the functionalities and smoothness on my french 8110 dual sim. Very easy to install on v13 following the instructions.

Is there a trick to get full access to remote runtime for Webide? Used to work on v13 jailbreaked with the 
adb forward tcp:6000 localfilesystem:/data/local/debugger-socket command

Best regards, 

[diego med]

hello to everything, thanks for adding me to your group, I have a problem with Nokia 8110 ta-1059, with the haste I have put gardaos and I have lost the wifi, can someone send me a dump system.img

Thx

[Hossain Mohammed Shoaib]

V12 or V13?

On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 6:25 PM diego med <ypsel...@gmail.com> wrote:

hello to everything, thanks for adding me to your group, I have a problem with Nokia 8110 ta-1059, with the haste I have put gardaos and I have lost the wifi, can someone send me a dump system.img

      Thx

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[diego med]

v13

[Hossain Mohammed Shoaib]

just missed i've v12
but my banana on v13 but i can't dump my system 

[Luxferre]

Wi-Fi issue is fixed now. New installer (build d1490fb) available at https://gerda.tech/ website.

[Dhruv Sharma]

Can I access KaiStore from GerdaOS?

[jkelol111]

No, it is disabled for the sake of privacy on GerdaOS.

[Jonny MacBean]

Just tried installing on my TA-1071 (single SIM) using the install zip and Gerda recovery, but the installation almost instantly aborts. The logs say "read on sdcard failed: I/O error". Will try the 'build' method now.

On Sun, 27 Jan 2019 at 11:02, Luxferre <subor...@gmail.com> wrote:

So, as it was promised, today our alpha becomes public and everyone (brave enough) is invited to the test.

See official GerdaOS website for all info: https://gerda.tech

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[Luxferre]

Do you actually have SD card installed in your device?

[Luxferre]

Do you actually have SD card installed in your device?

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[Jonny MacBean]

Yes, it is a crappy one though. I'll try it with a different one.

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[Jonny MacBean]

I can confirm that it works on a single sim 8110 (TA-1071).

Thanks Luxferre!

[Peter Knight]

I can comfirm it works a treet on single sim

[John-David Deubl]

suggestion for  function's

start app's and call's wird the number pad

for example:

1 -3 favorit numbers

4 - 9 favorit app's

---

global search for files, contacts, events....

for example to start the search:

if on homescreen and press the cursor-pad down

---

accept a call without open the slider with db click the "new home"

thank you for developing gerda! 

[Peter Knight]

Has anyone else not got predictive text or have i not enabled something many thanks for a great rom

[I Understand I Exist]

hello to all, i finally got some free time to test this os, so can i put the installer on the sdcard and apply update from the recovery 

[jkelol111]

No, you will need to install Gerda Recovery first

[Peter Knight]

Hi i used the normal recovery on a v12 Nokia 8110 and gerdaos works fine for me it says on website you can install zip under normal recovery but they recommend gerda recovery hope this helps

[I Understand I Exist]

just did it, i have a custom rom now this is great, thanks to all

[DS]

Hi,

Is there a way to key-in emojis in GerdaOS?

[Luxferre]

Hi. Not yet. This is alpha, and more fundamental issues still have to be solved.

Please forget about emojis, iconpacks and other restyling for now until explicitly announced.

[John-David Deubl]

Hello,

how to delete the nokia sound after booting ?

[Ivan]

/system/b2g/webapps/system.gaiamobile.org/application.zip

in application.zip

application/resources/sounds/poweron-sound.ogg

[John-David Deubl]

thank you ivan

[DS]

Alright thanks

[Ivan]

i have replaced my system app with the gerda version. i have some symbols or wide screen black signs when i write something (in this moment i'm writing in blind mode).

[lyf120]

On Sunday, January 27, 2019 at 4:32:26 PM UTC+5:30, Luxferre wrote:
> So, as it was promised, today our alpha becomes public and everyone (brave enough) is invited to the test.
>
>
> See official GerdaOS website for all info: https://gerda.tech

How to rearrange,edit toggles Bluetooth, wifi etc when we press up navi.. key
and navi.. key shortcuts which lunches apps.
is it in luncher app?

[John-David Deubl]

Ahoi,

how to delete stock app's: youtube, google search, KaiOsStore,Radio,GoogleMaps ?

[jkelol111]

I found out the way. Basically, go to r.gerda.tech, click the button and wait for success, press *#*#33284#*#*, use 'adb shell' and look inside the /system/b2g/webapps folder on your device for the app you want to delete (Google app is the one with {204xx...}, KaiStore is kaios-plus.kaiostech.com, ...), then just run (at root shell): 'mount -o remount,rw /system'

Then 'rm -rf' the directory and modify the 'webapps.json' file in /system/b2g/webapps (delete the entry, change the localID to match the order), then reboot and factory reset.

[Ivan]

the black wide screen symbols when typing something or opening the menu on * seems to be solved after the reboot.

i don't know how is possible and i'd like to know how it was solved only rebooting my phone.

so....great functions, i love it! now i can also using multitask and made screenshot.

thank you!

[John-David Deubl]

I think I have found out where new symbols/icons (keyboard *) can be added: /system/b2g/webapps/keyboard.gaiamobile.org/application.zip/keypad_symbols.js

first line into the arrays ['£','¥','€','','','','','','','','','']

but when I edit the file local I don't know how to override the existing file on the phone

adb push do not override.

[speeduploop]

On a ooted phone:

-- first remount /system rw

-- then

---- if you have patched adb you can push the file to its place (you might have to adjust file-permissions!)

---- if you have 'telnet-backdoor' push the file user 'shell' is allowed to (/data/local/tmp works) and then move the file from there to it's place. (file-permissions!)

Simple file-edits I do with 'busybox sed' directly on the phone if I don't want to pull/push or want to script them...

(don't use the non-busybox sed -- that's broken...)

[John-David Deubl]

busybox sed

how it works when the file is into a application.zip ?

[speeduploop]

Ok - if it's in an application.zip you would need to unpack it -- so it's easier to do it on a PC...

As I wrote: if you can't push/pull to/from system -- then take the way via /data/local/tmp

---> you can push/pull this folder's contents and you can copy between /system and /data/local/tmp

[John-David Deubl]

i'am on gerda and root

so when I download and upload the files what must change in the file permissions ?

[speeduploop]

just look at the file permissions of the file on the phone and set them after modify/push to the same values.

ls -la <path/to/file>

will show you permissions, owner and group - after pushing the file to the device you should ensure that they are the same.

adb-pushed files get 'default-values' most of the time - so you have to adjust them.

-- 'chown' for owner:group

-- 'chmod' for permissions

[John-David Deubl]

thank you speeduploop!

it woks

Now we have the option to add more icons, check out the screenshoot.

[DS]

Which fields did you change to get these? I tried to add symbols but when I push to the phone after changing permissions, it does not open the symbols tab entirely.

[John-David Deubl]

this file:  /system/b2g/webapps/keyboard.gaiamobile.org/application.zip/keypad_symbols.js

after the upload, restart your device.

[Peter Knight]

Can anyone tell me how to get predictive text on GerdaOS please thanks

[John-David Deubl]

with # [Abc, ABC, 123, suggestion]

[DS]

I did that but afterward, the symbols menu does not load.

[John-David Deubl]

did you rename the old file before you uploaded the new file? pull the file and check the content

[DS]

I copied the file contents, extracted application.zip and modified keyboard_symbols.js. I made sure permissions were the same and then wrote it back to the path.

[John-David Deubl]

but i think you can't overwrite the file on your phone, so 

- pull the file to your pc and add the icons

- rename the file on your phone/keyboard.gaiamobile.old.org/

- push the file

[DS]

OK i'll try that

[speeduploop]

adjusting permissions should be the last step!

[Luxferre]

New build (f22b57f) is on the website.

- Fixed inconsistency between default search engine setting and real value, and also developer mode setting and bug icon;

- Added ability to replace TTL for tethering to bypass carrier limitations (controlled by gerda.ttl.replace property in /system/build.prop), need volunteers to test this out;

- Added emojis in test mode (all are very black and some aren't readable because of default font limitations);

- Added GAB launcher stub (not functional yet).

[John-David Deubl]

Hello Luxferre,

thank you for your work!

Is there a way to update the system without losing the user settings (Email, Calendar, Contacts)?

[John-David Deubl]

It's possible to use the native Emoticons ?

https://apps.timwhitlock.info/emoji/tables/unicode#block-1-emoticons

[Luxferre]

These are native emoticons, no text modifiers were used. It's the font limitation that they are displayed this way, not modifier.

No, there's no way to update other than full reinstall.

[speeduploop]

This should be a matter of fonts.

Fonts are located at /system/fonts and there are 'named' in some xml-files at /system/etc (but apps could choose them locally)

-- so if you replace the font in the app (or the system-font if the app doesn't choose it's own) -- this should work.

[speeduploop]

and I just found --> /system/fonts/hidden/Keyboard-Symbols.ttf

[Luxferre]

Got it. Thanks a lot. Will keep experimenting.

[John-David Deubl]

I will try to include a other font here and see what happens

https://gitlab.com/project-pris/system/blob/master/src/system/b2g/webapps/sms.gaiamobile.org/src/style/root.css

[John-David Deubl]

#updateWithOutLoseUserSettings

I guess I think something simple, but there are no files where the user settings are stored ?

[DS]

adb pull is saying that I don't have permission

[John-David Deubl]

are you root ?

[DS]

I have rooted the phone

[John-David Deubl]

I copied the file contents, extracted application.zip and modified keyboard_symbols.js. I made sure permissions were the same and then wrote it back to the path.

how do you pulled the file ?

[Peter Knight]

hi John-David i just update to latest gerda from the first gerda alpha build doing a dirty flash and i still have everything the same contacts apps ect

[Peter Knight]

Hi Luxferre I have updated to latest Gerda do I need to reflash recovery or is recovery still the same mate thanks for this OS it rocks mate

[Luxferre]

The recovery is still the same.

BTW, some folks from 4PDA already tested Wi-Fi tethering TTL mangling feature on some greedy providers - it works. So now, with the recent build, you can bypass carrier limitations on tethered traffic.

[I Understand I Exist]

Luxferre you are a life saver, imma test this right now 

[I Understand I Exist]

btw, how can i access the running apps menu

[random se]

Upgraded from d1490fb without issues....

But I can't find the changes made in any code repository? Where?

[Lux Ferre]

In the feature/deckard_platform Git branch. It's not yet ready to be merged into master.

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[the hacker]

Can some one help me out !! Plz

 I have a Jio phone F30C and there is somthing wrong

last night I flashed the phone just for test ....mistakenly i chose worng rawprograme and patch file after flashing I press the power key to turn on the phone . when the phone trun on i saw that the jio logo was going and the phone trun off automatically and restarting again and again .

next time i flashed the phone  successfully with miraclebox v2.54 cracked 

1."First  In qualcomm Read/format Flash section I Unticked the auto programmer "

2."then i connected the phone with pressing the up and down volume key "

3."then i ticked on read partions after that i cliked the start button and its start to read the partions "

4."after that i ticked the wipe selected button and start to wipe the data by clicke start button again "

5."after that i go to the flashing section and then unticked the auto where the firehose was selected "

6."and then choose the right programmer file then the rawprograme unsparse without QCN and at the last i choose the patch0"

7."then i choose the "" EDl mode And ticked the new method "" and again I connected the phone then i start the flash by clicking the strat button "

And after that the phone turns on normally but when i put the sim on the phone that there is  nothing showing any thing not  detecting the sim card after that i tried with QFIL flasher and flashed the rom successfully but again no detecting the jio sim I tried that so many times but i failed ......i put vodafone sim on the phone but again nothing showing 

PLEASE HELP me to solve this problem so that the normally again....plz some one help me

 

On Sunday, January 27, 2019 at 4:32:26 PM UTC+5:30, Luxferre wrote:

So, as it was promised, today our alpha becomes public and everyone (brave enough) is invited to the test.

See official GerdaOS website for all info: https://gerda.tech

[the hacker]

I think some how he radio is off 

I also check the radio by dailing *#*#4636*#*# there is showing that" raido not availabe "

[DS]

Has anyone tried GerdaOS in India?

I would like to know if anyone has faced any problems just in case, since it was released by Jio.

Thanks

[Luxferre]

New alpha build 702d409 is on the website.

New features:

- (experimental) Window list of minimized windows when pressing and holding Power from the main menu or desktop;

- easter egg - CHIP-8 platform emulator called DALE-8 (fully written by me, not ported from anywhere) - try and run any game with .ch8 extension from the file manager (only standard 64x32 CHIP-8 games are supported, if the game doesn't work correctly, try renaming it to .s.ch8, that will turn on shift instruction quirk);

- overclocking patch by Speeduploop installed by default - now it's really smoother (but the thermal flag can be controlled in build.prop with gerda.perf.disable_thermal_control parameter);

- disabled acknowledgment reaction to stealth-ping SMS (no alert in this build yet);

- disabled remote OTA SIM card reprogramming for privacy purposes.

Enjoy.

[Sylvain D]

Thank you Luxferre aka Gerdaos enlightner!

Great improvements!

and thanks to all geniuses contributors.

I just need to search a little furthermore over the net to enjoy the easter egg. I didn't find yet the correct .ch8 file!

But isn't that the essence of easter eggs?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_hunt

[Luxferre]

As I said:

If .ch8 file loads incorrectly, rename it to .s.ch8;

If it loads incorrectly afterwards, rename it to .l.ch8 (lowercase L);

If it loads incorrectly even afterwards, rename it to .ls.ch8.

Only basic CHIP-8 format is supported, no SuperChip or MegaChip.

[Peter Knight]

Hi Luxfurre

i have downloaded a couple of ch8
demos but when i click on open in file manager it does nothing what am i doing wrong

great Rom by the way the new revision is great especially the speed increase