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Installing sqlite on a rooted Android phone.

Phil — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:16:23 +0000

Many rooting tools install the sqlite3 binary by default, but the pre-rooted rom on my SGS seems to be an exception, so here is a guide to install it manually.

You will need the SDK tools on your computer for this to work!

Connect the phone, bring up a shell and get root permissions:

$ adb shell
/ $ su
#

Find the device for the system partition:

# mount
rootfs / rootfs ro,relatime 0 0
proc /proc proc rw,relatime 0 0
sys /sys sysfs rw,relatime 0 0
/dev/block/stl11 /cache ext4 rw,noatime,barrier=0,data=writeback,noauto_da_alloc 0 0
/dev/block/stl10 /dbdata ext4 rw,noatime,barrier=0,nodelalloc,data=ordered,noauto_da_alloc 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data ext4 rw,noatime,barrier=1,data=ordered,noauto_da_alloc 0 0
tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,relatime,mode=600 0 0
none /acct cgroup rw,relatime,cpuacct 0 0
/dev/block/stl6 /mnt/.lfs j4fs rw,relatime 0 0
tmpfs /mnt/asec tmpfs rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000 0 0
none /dev/cpuctl cgroup rw,relatime,cpu 0 0
/dev/block/stl9 /system rfs ro,relatime,vfat,log_off,check=no,gid/uid/rwx,iocharset=utf8 0 0
/dev/block/stl3 /efs rfs rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,vfat,llw,check=no,gid/uid/rwx,iocharset=utf8 0 0
/dev/block/vold/179:1 /mnt/sdcard vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,nodiratime,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0002,dmask=0002,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0
/dev/block/vold/179:9 /mnt/sdcard/external_sd vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,nodiratime,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0002,dmask=0002,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0
/dev/block/vold/179:9 /mnt/secure/asec vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,nodiratime,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0002,dmask=0002,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0
tmpfs /mnt/sdcard/external_sd/.android_secure tmpfs ro,relatime,size=0k,mode=000 0 0

The important bit here is /dev/block/stl9 /system rfs which is needed for the next step.

Remount the file system rw (replace rfs and /dev/block/stl9 with the values from the output of mount):

# mount -o remount,rw -t rfs /dev/block/stl9 /system

Next, in a separate terminal copy the sqlite3 binary to the phone (can be obtained from the Super One Click package http://www.shortfuse.org/):

$ adb push sqlite3 /sdcard/
42 KB/s (24120 bytes in 0.557s)

Back in the original terminal, move the binary to /system/bin and set permissions:

# cp /sdcard/sqlite3 /system/bin
# chmod 4755 /system/bin/sqlite3

Finally, remount the /system filesystem read only again:

# mount -o remount,ro -t rfs /dev/block/stl9 /system

Funny Google in-line search results

Phil — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:29:16 +0000

Here are a few amusing in-line searches on Google and Google images:

Especially funny how several pictures of horses appear here.

More horses!

The internet obviously hold Sarah Jessica Parker in quite high regard!

Ubuntu 10.10 “Maverick Meerkat” goes final, download now and avoid the queues!

Phil — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 09:12:58 +0000

Last night a base-files update for Ubuntu 10.10-RC went live which removes all the development branding and essentially takes you to the release build.

With the last few releases the download rates on release day have been incredibly slow, so avoid the wait and download now.

I’ve been using the development build for around a month without issue on 1 server and a couple of desktops, it seams solid and stable, worth updating right away.

What’s new (that I noticed)….

For desktop: slightly tweaked UI, Gnome 2.32, brand new software centre which also unifies the .deb installation, probably lots more (see ubuntu.com).

For server: PHP is now version 5.3.3, MySQL updated to 5.1.49, Apache updated to 2.2.16.

For all: Kernel updated to 2.6.35

iPhone 4 vs HTC Evo

Phil — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:23:23 +0000

Great video!

Click here to view the embedded video.

This is really clever!

Phil — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 08:41:27 +0000

Apple iPad ads in San Francisco have been replaced all over the city, very cleverly done! You have to pause and read the content!

Click here to view the embedded video.

Awesome Windows 7 Ad!

Phil — Thu, 06 May 2010 10:42:59 +0000

Click here to view the embedded video.

HTML 5 demo on the iPad

Phil — Wed, 05 May 2010 09:53:13 +0000

Here is an amusing demo of HTML 5 on the iPad, no need for Flash says Jobs!

Click here to view the embedded video.

FTTC coming to Sittingbourne this year!

Phil — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:37:39 +0000

I’ve just noticed that the FTTC rollout is coming to Sittingbourne, expected to be available by the end of the summer.
This is great news as we struggle to get 2Mbit where we live currently!

It’s a nice surprise that they have chosen Sittingbourne so early in the rollout as we were one of the last places to even get the 21CN. They’ve obviously realised how many of us live in new houses almost on the distance limit for ADSL, well done BT

A list of the exchanges that will get FTTC in the current rollout phase can be found here:

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/...

How to print from your iPad!

Phil — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:41:44 +0000

Testing your website on the iPad

Phil — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:42:46 +0000

Here is a great site for iPad site testing!

http://www.bradcolbow.com/archive.php...