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Re: more gnuroot debian fun

From owl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: more gnuroot debian fun
Date 2018-11-24 01:40 +0000
Organization O.W.L.
Message-ID <p1114y90ab8903ga.a@rooftop.invalid> (permalink)
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Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> wrote:
> On 2018-11-23, owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>> Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> wrote:
>>> On 2018-11-23, owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>>>> Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 2018-11-23, owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>> Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2018-11-23, owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 2018-11-23, owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 2018-11-23, owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> I had been using AndFTP (iirc JuiceSSH requires payment for scp) to copy
>>>>>>>>>>>> images from my phone to my laptop, and that got tiresome, what with
>>>>>>>>>>>> occasional authentication problems and having to navigate to the DCIM
>>>>>>>>>>>> directory and select images; so I installed ssh/scp into the gnuroot
>>>>>>>>>>>> debian installation on the phone and created a script called cpix.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Now it's just a matter of starting a terminal and typing:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> ./cpix 112318*
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> to copy all photos taken today from my phone to my computer.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> God, I love Linux :)
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Any Android can be enabled to use adb. With adb you can copy anything.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Is this what you're talking about?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> https://developer.android.com/studio/command-line/adb
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> That sounds like a lot of steps.  Do you have to do that every time?
>>>>>>>>>> With scp, I just open a terminal on the phone and type "./cpix <whatever>". 
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> How do you do that? Android don't execute executables at all, you have
>>>>>>>>> to gain root for that?
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Root not required for this:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gnuroot.debian&hl=en_US
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Apparently gnuroot debian's not being maintained anymore and doesn't
>>>>>>>> work with newer android versions.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Works fine on my phone with android 5.1.1.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The developer recommends this:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tech.ula&hl=en_US
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'll have to give it a spin and see.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Well, with adb you just run :adb shell scp ....
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How often do you have to run through the steps outlined in the
>>>>>> developer.android.com link?  Does that ":adb shell ..." command
>>>>>> run on the phone or the computer?
>>>>> 
>>>>> You execute adb on computer and shell command on phone...
>>>>> I think that you don't need to execute anything else once 
>>>>> adb server is running on phone.
>>>>> 
>>>>
>>>> What's the benefit of doing it that way vs just using scp?
>>>>
>>> You don't have to root phone?
>>> 
>>
>> You don't have to root the phone to use scp with gnuroot debian installed.
>> Gnuroot debian installs as a normal app, but gives full Linux.
>>
> And does not works for newer versions, only on ancient 5...
> 

That's not what I said.  I said I'm running 5.1.1.  The developer
of gnuroot debian advises to use UserLand instead for android versions
8.0 and higher. 

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more gnuroot debian fun owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-11-23 15:54 +0000
  Re: more gnuroot debian fun Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-11-23 08:01 -0800
    Re: more gnuroot debian fun owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-11-23 16:21 +0000
      Re: more gnuroot debian fun Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-11-23 08:27 -0800
        Re: more gnuroot debian fun owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-11-23 16:47 +0000
          Re: more gnuroot debian fun Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-11-23 08:59 -0800
          Re: more gnuroot debian fun Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-11-23 09:19 -0800
  Re: more gnuroot debian fun Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-11-23 17:17 +0000
    Re: more gnuroot debian fun Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-11-23 09:34 -0800
    Re: more gnuroot debian fun owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-11-23 18:31 +0000
      Re: more gnuroot debian fun Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-11-23 19:02 +0000
        Re: more gnuroot debian fun owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-11-23 19:19 +0000
          Re: more gnuroot debian fun Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-11-23 19:24 +0000
            Re: more gnuroot debian fun owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-11-23 19:35 +0000
              Re: more gnuroot debian fun Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-11-23 19:45 +0000
                Re: more gnuroot debian fun owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-11-23 22:25 +0000
                Re: more gnuroot debian fun Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-11-23 22:28 +0000
                Re: more gnuroot debian fun owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-11-23 22:42 +0000
                Re: more gnuroot debian fun Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-11-23 23:26 +0000
                Re: more gnuroot debian fun owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-11-24 01:40 +0000
                Re: more gnuroot debian fun Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-11-24 04:50 -0800
                Re: more gnuroot debian fun Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-11-24 01:59 -0800
  Re: more gnuroot debian fun "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2018-11-23 18:35 +0000
    Re: more gnuroot debian fun owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-11-23 18:51 +0000

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