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Astro Slide - Android / Re: Struck on boot an dm-verity corruption

« on: March 26, 2025, 07:00:04 pm »

Thanks. Thank to your hints I got aware of shymegas / loopback7084s astro_super_tools. I think it really was V07, since I didn´t have the v7b on my harddisk. There is an adb server running, but I was not able to get in, maybe I didn´t permanently allow.

With the astro_super_tools and and mtk-client I have been able to download the current images from the phone. Then I added  setprop ro.adb.secure 0 to build.props in the system partition (had to free some space, there are sufficient unneeded apks...) and flashed it (super.img) with fastboot. (Details in astro_super_tools ReadMe). The wiki also was helpful.

Afterwards adb via USB was working and reading logcat was possible. In logcat output I have noticed an error mentioning com.google.android.gms which I then removed with pm uninstall com.google.android.gms. Suddenly the user interface started I was able to reinit magisk, for some reason it wanted to reinstall the manager app. Then I was able to remove some magisk modules I added some days before.

Great, the Astro is ressurected  . Still some stuff to do, lost my desktops, but that is not that important, at least I have lost no data. Tomorrow I will continue to solve the remaining problems, i.e. sync stuff not working anymore (due to gms). The device boots and I have root, so everything else should be fixable.

Thanks to all who helped with hints, here and in the matrix.

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Astro Slide - Android / Struck on boot an dm-verity corruption [solved]

« on: March 25, 2025, 01:57:14 pm »

After adding a magisk module on my Astro I got an endless "Smartphone wird gestartet" (Smartphone is starting in english). Tried to disable magisk in hope to recover (fastboot flash boot_a boot-mystock-v07.img), no change. Then I have testwise switched to slot b (fastboot --set-active=b), not booting at all. Then switched back to slot a, now I get a dm-verity corrupted error. When bypassing the dm-verity error with the power key the Astro is struck at the starting message "Smartphone wird gestartet".

Any idea how I could recover?

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Astro Slide - Linux / Re: SailOS or Ubuntu Touch or Kali

« on: July 18, 2023, 10:18:59 am »

There's not, and it's also not supported officially. Multi-boot needs to be implemented first.

I'm reluctant to offer instructions because Planet hasn't given me the all-clear to do so, nor is there any stock firmware available for downloading and flashing onto the Astro should the process go wrong.

I realise this is frustrating but be assured Linux support is on the way.

I stress the importance of not messing with firmware, rooting, or other firmware mods unless you have a FULL backup (including NVRAM) and know what you're doing.

Well, in the meanwhile half a year has passed. I also have asked Planet about Linux/Multiboot/Rooted support a while ago, but got no meaningful response. Well, at least after several tries I got a response at all...  They also do not have provided a downloadable firmware, yet, so if we brick our devices there is no way to restore. Any new rumors  on multi-boot/Linux/official root?

Thx

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Astro Slide - Hardware / Re: Screen Protector

« on: April 15, 2023, 05:53:29 am »

Why do you search for a screen protector? My Astro has one delivered good fixed on the set from China/PC in August 2022 and that still has no scratch or any mark on its outer edges.
I got some offers for a Astro screen protector via eMail in the meantime after searching via Google for an Astro sreen protector - Google does not forget nearly anything...

Then there seem to be differences. My Astro did not come with a screen protector on, just the thin printed foil. But screen protectors are available cheaply on amazon or ebay.

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Astro Slide - General Discussion / TPU case

« on: April 03, 2023, 12:16:50 am »

Since the "official" protective packs for the Astro seem not to be expected soon and, well, are fairly overpriced, I have been thinking about a TPU case similar to the Astro Protective case. Has anyone already tried to print one?

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Astro Slide - General Discussion / Bike mount

« on: February 02, 2023, 07:28:44 pm »

Has anyone found a bike mount matching the dimensions of the Astro Slide? I personally like the variants where the phone is being inserted into waterproof bag and this bag the is being attached to the handlebar. Like this one:

https://www.ebay.de/itm/303740909986?hash=item46b85e79a2:g:f1QAAOSwVb5flf9o&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA8PRqu7Bhag5prQmCzSsr9EQ4e56b0IDhJ%2F3Wtj%2BD3bw1Rzk%2FVv00ylF4AHzyeAGhGGq8bw0%2FwQHOgJQTf%2FVwhyJTZUFJI2JgIaRfWUbRWx4gFQCwBPp%2B8gOs1Xe4CgHQaBvNkKi8nxPOlFwX3IoNYAAc1gady8Bxjik6l5p8rJZ2nqzw5EnK0Wi4drtA4RvtOoMrGlWEBQeORTkOtMibxygUS8nQI7mCnl8M1NEFqtlyGZlLjP0bVobalbLu42McV6S8sO7EBEDsN2jWzoP%2Bfxx2YTvXl0RCOXXreCpQIX%2FLZagb0kRoEFmVmv9DztEaeA%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABFBMzO6qysJh

But I have not found bags of this kind matćhing the dimensions of the Astro. Any recommendations?

Thanks

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Cosmo Communicator - Android / Re: [Solved] Airmail crashing after update to V25

« on: April 01, 2021, 06:14:13 pm »

Looks like the Airmail problem has been cause by the Google WebView bug:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2021/3/22/22345696/google-android-apps-crashing-fix-system-webview

Probably the update came automatically so Airmail just started do work normally again.

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Cosmo Communicator - Android / Re: [Solved] Airmail crashing after update to V25

« on: March 23, 2021, 08:38:16 am »

Starnge, without doing anything the crash suddenly does not happen anymore...

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Cosmo Communicator - Android / [Solved] Airmail crashing after update to V25

« on: March 23, 2021, 06:51:44 am »

Hi,
after the update airmail stopped working for me. Since I have updated yesterday and I have noticed the problem today, I cannot tell for sure if this is connected to the update. Airmail crashes when displaying a mail from IMAP. I have not tried yet to clear airmail date / reinstall airmail.

Does this happen for other airmail users?

Thanks.

Mith

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Parts of the logcat that seem to be interesting:

...

03-23 11:26:31.173  2222  3697 D OpenSSLLib: OpensslErr:Module:12(177:); file:external/boringssl/src/crypto/asn1/asn1_lib.c ;Line:168;Function:ASN1_get_object
03-23 11:26:31.173   963  1177 D serial_port: send(fd = 0) write
03-23 11:26:31.173   963  1177 I chatty  : uid=1000(system) Thread-3 identical 22 lines
03-23 11:26:31.173   963  1177 D serial_port: send(fd = 0) write
03-23 11:26:31.173  2222  3709 D OpenSSLLib: OpensslErr:Module:12(177:); file:external/boringssl/src/crypto/asn1/asn1_lib.c ;Line:168;Function:ASN1_get_object

...

03-23 11:08:03.670  9864  9864 F crashpad: -----END CRASHPAD MINIDUMP-----
03-23 11:08:03.705  3074  3074 F libc    : Fatal signal 11 (SIGSEGV), code 1 (SEGV_MAPERR), fault addr 0x0 in tid 3074 (.gemini.airmail), pid 3074 (.gemini.airmail)
03-23 11:08:03.786 10010 10010 F DEBUG   : *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
03-23 11:08:03.786 10010 10010 F DEBUG   : Build fingerprint: 'Planet/Cosmo_Communicator/Cosmo_Communicator:9/PPR1.180610.011/1611025365:user/release-keys'
03-23 11:08:03.786 10010 10010 F DEBUG   : Revision: '0'
03-23 11:08:03.786 10010 10010 F DEBUG   : ABI: 'arm64'
03-23 11:08:03.786 10010 10010 F DEBUG   : pid: 3074, tid: 3074, name: .gemini.airmail  >>> com.gemini.airmail <<<
03-23 11:08:03.786 10010 10010 F DEBUG   : signal 11 (SIGSEGV), code 1 (SEGV_MAPERR), fault addr 0x0
03-23 11:08:03.786 10010 10010 F DEBUG   : Cause: null pointer dereference
03-23 11:08:03.786 10010 10010 F DEBUG   :     x0  0000000000000000  x1  000000751e8061ec  x2  7265646f63654400  x3  726f7463656c6553
03-23 11:08:03.786 10010 10010 F DEBUG   :     x4  0000000000000000  x5  0000000000000000  x6  716e7362646b6452  x7  7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f
03-23 11:08:03.786 10010 10010 F DEBUG   :     x8  0101010101010101  x9  000000751e563000  x10 0000007000027488  x11 0000000000000001
03-23 11:08:03.786 10010 10010 F DEBUG   :     x12 0000000000000000  x13 0000000000000000  x14 4b3d092f234ec266  x15 cae6c696f68e9634
03-23 11:08:03.786 10010 10010 F DEBUG   :     x16 00000075228ac0f0  x17 00000075ba8df2d0  x18 0000000012d53bc8  x19 0000000000000003
03-23 11:08:03.786 10010 10010 F DEBUG   :     x20 0000000000000000  x21 000000700001fe00  x22 0000007ff00acf38  x23 0000007000027488
03-23 11:08:03.786 10010 10010 F DEBUG   :     x24 0000007000027498  x25 0000000000000000  x26 0000007ff00ad1d0  x27 0000000000000000
03-23 11:08:03.786 10010 10010 F DEBUG   :     x28 00000070000b8270  x29 0000007ff00ace90
03-23 11:08:03.786 10010 10010 F DEBUG   :     sp  0000007ff00ace60  lr  00000075218379dc  pc  00000075218379dc
03-23 11:08:03.787 10010 10010 F DEBUG   :
03-23 11:08:03.787 10010 10010 F DEBUG   : backtrace:
03-23 11:08:03.787 10010 10010 F DEBUG   :     #00 pc 00000000034529dc  /data/app/com.android.chrome-xlQJt7_dlyyNeGDpiKwopg==/base.apk (offset 0xa0f000)
--------- beginning of system

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Cosmo Communicator - Android / Re: New firmware How to set the default booting partition ?

« on: March 23, 2021, 06:41:41 am »

Hi,
in the boot menu navigate to the desired boot menu entry using Vol+/Vol-. Vol+/Vol- has to be pressed at least once. Then use Cursor left/right to select whether to retain or set the default entry. You can see the change in the Default line below the boot menu. Then use Enter or Esc to confirm the selection.

This howto should have been part of PCs update. Anyways, I am glad we can eventually set the default boot menu entry.

Mith

Posted by Planet Computers

Cosmo Communicator News - March '21
Dear Cosmo backers!
The long awaited Android firmware update for Cosmo is now available. This is the v25 version.
This version includes:

Bootloader improvements - you can now set the default booting partition

But how to do this ?
There is a menu with boot options, but I cannot navigate to the option to select and set the default boot partition. What keys I have to press  to select the default boot partition? Thanks.
Thanks .

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Cosmo Communicator - Android / Airmail 1st/2nd class folder selection

« on: March 11, 2021, 08:59:33 am »

For enabling disabling notifications for imap folders I need to distinguish between 1st and 2nd class folders in airmail. I can enable/disable notifications for folder classes, but I have not found an option to set which folder is 1st class (in german: Hauptordner ) and which folder is 2nd class (in gerrman: Nebenordner) in Airmail.

Anybody knows?
Thanks.

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Cosmo Communicator - Android / Re: Airmail Imap folder abonnement

« on: March 11, 2021, 08:55:28 am »

In the meanwhile I have found out that the folder list gets refreshed when I enter the incoming server settings and then selecting next. So, this problem is solved now.

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Cosmo Communicator - Android / [Solved] Airmail Imap folder abonnement

« on: March 05, 2021, 04:19:00 pm »

I have just added some Imap folders with thunderbird. Does anybody know how to refresh the folder list with airmail? With K9 mail I remember a menu item refresh folders, but I cannot find this with airmail.
Tanks!

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Cosmo Communicator - Linux / Potential Future Debian on Phones Distro?

« on: July 10, 2020, 02:20:35 pm »

Hey, maybe there's another potential option for Debian on our phones......

Work in progress....but it's designed to run on phones.....

https://liliputing.com/2020/07/mobian-is-a-...-on-debian.html

Really depends on getting all hardware features working in Debian with the MTK chipset. I don't know what the status of the Cosmo is, but I never managed to get GPS working on the Gemini. The fingerprint sensor might also be a problem.

Otherwise this looks really nice.

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Cosmo Communicator - Android / Skype incoming calls/messages

« on: July 08, 2020, 03:12:53 pm »

My Cosmo does not ring or show incoming messages when Skype is not the active app running in the foreground. As soon as I return do desktop or have another app in foreground I do not catch incoming Skype calls.

I already have checked all notification settings I can find and also disabled battery optimization and gave overlay permission.

Does Skype work properly for anyone else on the Cosmo?
Anything else I can try?

Thx. Mith