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Astro Slide - Hardware / Re: Screen Protector

« Last post by spa on September 05, 2024, 12:47:13 am »

In Japan, they sell a lot of products for Astro Slide.

https://www.amazon.co.jp/s?k=astro+slide&crid=1NXTII2CNG0QM&sprefix=%2Caps%2C247&ref=nb_sb_ss_recent_2_0_recent

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Astro Slide - Hardware / Re: Screen Protector

« Last post by Xweld on September 04, 2024, 05:22:29 am »

It's awesome that you managed to find a screen protector that fits the Astro Slide perfectly, especially since it’s not a common model! Finding the right fit can be a hit or miss, but it sounds like that second shop really knew their stuff.

I've had a similar experience when searching for a case for a less common phone model. I ended up finding a great fit at https://inarascases.com/. They have a wide selection, and I was surprised to find exactly what I needed.

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Astro Slide - Android / Re: Rooting the Astro Slide

« Last post by Noppe on August 20, 2024, 01:56:19 am »

Great, glad that worked out for you. Yeah, this stuff isn't really that tough once you get some familiarity and confidence. 

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Astro Slide - Android / Re: Rooting the Astro Slide

« Last post by spa on August 20, 2024, 01:54:11 am »

Thanks Noppe, ZimbiX!
Everything went well. It was so easy that my previous hesitation was futile.

Code: [Select]

D:\>fastboot getvar current-slot
current-slot: b
Finished. Total time: 0.003s

D:\>fastboot flashing unlock
                                                   (bootloader) Start unlock flow

OKAY [ 26.931s]
Finished. Total time: 26.939s

D:\>fastboot flash boot_b boot-v07-magisk-from-app-26300.img
Sending 'boot_b' (40960 KB)                        OKAY [  1.318s]
Writing 'boot_b'                                   OKAY [  0.172s]
Finished. Total time: 2.121s

D:\>fastboot reboot
Rebooting                                          OKAY [  0.003s]
Finished. Total time: 0.009s

D:\>adb shell
Astro:/ $ su
Astro:/ # exit
Astro:/ $ exit


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Astro Slide - Android / Re: Rooting the Astro Slide

« Last post by spa on August 19, 2024, 07:56:34 pm »

Thanks Noppe, ZimbiX. I will retry!

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Astro Slide - Android / Re: Rooting the Astro Slide

« Last post by ZimbiX on August 19, 2024, 07:05:18 am »

@spa Please see the instructions in the wiki: https://github.com/planet-community/planet-devices/wiki/Astro-rooting

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Astro Slide - Android / Re: Rooting the Astro Slide

« Last post by Noppe on August 19, 2024, 06:49:20 am »

A couple of thoughts...

First of all, the images at the beginning of this thread are at this point very old. I would caution you against flashing a very old boot image unless you're confident it matches the version of Android currently installed on your device. If it does not match, you may end up with an unbootable device. I haven't used my Astro Slide in quite a while, so I do not know if the OS was ever updated in a way that would render the images in this thread unusable. Caveat emptor. Perhaps someone more up to date can comment.

Second, you are flashing to boot_a. Do you know for a fact that your device is trying to boot off the A partition and not the B partition? From the factory, boot_a is the boot partition, but if there's been an OS update in the meantime, it may have flipped over to boot_b for boot partition. If you use "fastboot flash boot ...", rather than boot_a or boot_b, it will always end up flashing the current boot partition, whichever one it is.

However, please revisit the first point. If you have indeed had an OS update that moved your boot partition to boot_b, and you flashed an out-of-date image to boot_a, you may have accidentally saved yourself by not overwriting the bootable image with an unbootable one.

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Astro Slide - Android / Re: Rooting the Astro Slide

« Last post by spa on August 19, 2024, 06:40:40 am »

I fastboot flashed the img posted here.
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Code: [Select]

D:\>adb reboot bootloader

D:\>fastboot flashing unlock
                                                   (bootloader) Start unlock flow

OKAY [ 21.063s]
Finished. Total time: 21.071s

D:\>fastboot flash boot_a boot-magisk.img
Sending 'boot_a' (40960 KB)                        OKAY [  1.133s]
Writing 'boot_a'                                   OKAY [  0.195s]
Finished. Total time: 1.404s

D:\>fastboot reboot
Rebooting                                          OKAY [  0.003s]
Finished. Total time: 0.009s
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When I rebooted, I got a warning message and ASTRO started up.
Next, I installed Magisk.
In Csomo, after installing Magisk, additional setup and rebooting was done automatically to complete rooted.
However, with Astro, after installing Magisk, the same does not occur. My Astro is not rooted.
Is there a mistake in my procedure?

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For Sale / Wanted / Wanted: Battery for geminipda

« Last post by FrankS on August 18, 2024, 06:54:56 am »

I need a Battery (Sxx600) for the geminipda. It could be an old or defective one (but a new one would be the best).
  I dropped the geminipda and the ribbon cable broke. 
I could use the ribbon cable from an old battery an repair my battery.
Location to send to is Germany. Thanks for reading...

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Gemini PDA - Linux / Re: worth picking up a Gemini PDA today (2024) for Linux ?

« Last post by PalmtopFan on August 13, 2024, 10:03:04 am »

I'm another one that pulled my Gemini out of a drawer where it has sat for several years, only to taken out occasionally to keep the battery exercised. I've been playing with Gemian, but in 2024 I seem to be struggling with package updates. I followed the excellent sticky at the top of this section, but find the update process is reporting missing this that and the other. Ideally I just want this device to allow me to tinker and experiment with compiling code with gcc using vim and the command line. But apt-get install build-essential just complains about not finding linked packages.

So I'm not really sure how useable the device is in 2024.

It's a great shame that the manufacturer seems to have got itself into such a pickle, seemingly moving onto the next revenue stream before satisfying those that financed the previous one(s). The device is really quite well built compared to many other devices, and when feeling the density of these newer products over the trusty old Psion Series 5mx I still have, it makes you appreciate how much the engineering has moved on. The Series 5mx feels like a plastic empty toy by comparison. Even so, with its monochrome screen and user replaceable AA batteries, it was a wonderful device though. In my opinion, no one seems to have matched it since. It's a pity these Planet devices don't look as if they have the manufacturer's support to partly fill that gap.