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Cosmo Communicator - Android / Voice assistant

« on: February 22, 2020, 06:40:45 pm »

I've made a step forward, or at least half a step; opening the Planet Voice Assistant app brought a request for a new permission  usage stats or somesuch.  Granted that, all now well on the launching Google Assistant side of the house.  Only problem is, it can't hear anything.  I tried from the Google search bar and Chrome; all appear deaf.

EDIT:  Having posted this, I thought I'd try a restart; seems to have done the trick.

Does it also work from the CoDi? For me, voice assistant works without issues when invoked via Fn+spacebar but the button on the CoDi does not work (and I misremember how is it supposed to work - when I press it, is it supposed to make a sound?)

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Gemini PDA - Android / Android Noob: How do I backup/restore my Gemini?

« on: June 19, 2018, 04:42:44 pm »

Titanium Backup backs up applications and their configuration and data. It does do batches, so you can back up all user apps, or changed apps/configs. And you can bulk restore. I find it's ideal if you're using apps where the author occasionally produces bad releases and you want to roll back. Or you're upgrading your phone and it might go wrong.

Hm, I guess I will have to investigate. But what about the settings on the phone, that needs to be backed up differently?

Or is TWRP a solution? That should be able to do backups od whole partitions, no?

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Gemini PDA - Android / Safe and unsafe flashing / dual boot with rooted Android

« on: June 19, 2018, 04:34:23 pm »

I went ahead and tried it, I guess things went as expected. Process:

copy Gemini_Dual_Boot.txt as Gemini_Dual_Boot_Rooted.txt
edit Gemini_Dual_Boot_Rooted.txt: replace "boot.img" with "patched_boot.img"
follow Flashing instructions, except that un-check all the boxes except "boot", and use Download Only option.

Flash device, boot: now it's rooted.

Can't see that I would have lost anything in the process; software and accounts remain on Android side, and Debian side seems the same also.

Are there "official" or recommended ways to root the Gemini? So far, I was recommended Magisk, but not specifically for Gemini.

From the Gemini Firmware :" Rooted Android firmware
With Gemini you have the option to easily root your device. Please bear in mind that rooting an Android device comes with associated risks, and some application might not work correctly. You can search the Internet for more information, we suggest that you proceed only if you know what you are doing.
If you know what you are  doing and you want to continue, then you can use the "Gemini_Android_Rooted.txt" scatter file to flash the rooted Android firmware. Please complete the process by installing Magisk Manager"

So since this is from Planet it is for Gemini.

Yes indeed. IT worked. Only TWRP breaks OTA updates.

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Gemini PDA - Android / Android Noob: How do I backup/restore my Gemini?

« on: June 19, 2018, 10:44:35 am »

Back in the N900 days, I would backap the whole system partittion (2GB of it!) and reflash it to have everything (including installed applications) restored. It really was a one point backup. Is anything like that possible with Android? From whatI have looked into Titanium Backup, that did not seem to be the case.

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Gemini PDA - Android / Safe and unsafe flashing / dual boot with rooted Android

« on: June 18, 2018, 05:36:36 am »

I went ahead and tried it, I guess things went as expected. Process:

copy Gemini_Dual_Boot.txt as Gemini_Dual_Boot_Rooted.txt
edit Gemini_Dual_Boot_Rooted.txt: replace "boot.img" with "patched_boot.img"
follow Flashing instructions, except that un-check all the boxes except "boot", and use Download Only option.

Flash device, boot: now it's rooted.

Can't see that I would have lost anything in the process; software and accounts remain on Android side, and Debian side seems the same also.

Are there "official" or recommended ways to root the Gemini? So far, I was recommended Magisk, but not specifically for Gemini.