I have written HTC several times to get hold of the kernel-source for the hero, but they haven’t been very forthcoming. It seems I’m not the only one: Slashdot
HTC Hero kernel source
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Hitchhikers
The storm had now definitely abated, and what thunder there was now grumbled over more distant hills, like a man saying “And another thing…” twenty minutes after admitting he’s lost the argument.
– Douglas Adams
This is the first quote, in Eoin Colfers sixth book, in the increasingly inaccurate numbered trilogy, about Arthur Dents search for a decent cup of tea, in a universe that rarely makes much sense.
We have travelled through space and time, my friends, to rock this house again
– Tenacious D
That is the second quote. I wast a bit apprehensive before opening the book. Thats gone now, I can’t wait to see what Mr. Colfer has in store for Arthur, Ford, Trillian, Zaphod, Random and me!
Kindle for the rest of us!
Amazons kindle has been released with global 3G radio-bits. In other words, whispernet and instant access to 350.000 books, daily newspapers and magazines in more than 100 countries!
Bricks
At home I have a brick wall in my livingroom.
I covered it with wall paper with pictures of bricks on it, just so I could be the only one that knew.
I tell visitors to touch it, it feels real.
The Dark Side
You are never to young to join the Dark Side!
Paid apps in Android Market in Denmark
At last, rumor has it that HTC and Google finally has gotten their act together and are offering access to paid apps in Android Market.
When the HTC Tattoo hits danish stores Market will be open for paid apps.
Nutella
New ROM for my Android
I’ve flashed my HTC Hero Android phone with a new ROM and a firmware with new and improved bits for the radiostuff.
The new ROM is based on the upcomming update from HTC (should be almost here now) and it is FAST!
I’m just now trying to figure out how to remove apps I don’t use…
(adb shell is a fun way to make a mess :-D)
This is how:
Needed, Android sdk and fastboot and cm-recovery.img. If you are on a windowsmachine you might need to update your usbdrivers, I have no idea how to do that (it works out of the box on all my linuxboxes) but I imagine you need to doubleclick on lots of buttons…
Get the new ROM and maybe even the updated firmware for the radio.
Put both of the zip-files on your sd-card.
Plug in your phone and run
fastboot boot /path/to/cm-recovery.img
wipe your phone (perhaps with a backup first).
Use the menu to install the zipfiles (first the radio, then the ROM) and you are done.
After that I began rm’ing stuf with adb shell to get rid of stuff I never use. YMMV!
openvpn server on a linksys-wrt54gl
First, install dd-wrt (the vpn edition) on the router.
Next, install openvpn on a “real” computer to get access to the openvpn tools. With the tools build the keys:
In Debian do it like this
cd /usr/share/doc/openvpn/examples/easy-rsa/2.0/
#edit vars to reflect reality, then
. ./vars
./clean-all
./build-ca
./build-key-server server
./build-key client1
./build-key client2 # Etc, for other clients
./build-dh
Add the certs and keys in the web.interface like this:
Public Server Cert > ca.crt
Certificate Revoke List (CRL) > (blank)
Public Client Cert > server.crt
Private Client Key > server.key
DH PEM > dh1024.pem
OpenVPN Config > (see below)
OpenVPN TLS Auth > (blank)
This is for the server config file and will give the vpn-network addresses in the 192.168.66.0 scope (and expects that the LAN IP is in the 192.168.1.0 scope):
push “route 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0”
server 192.168.66.0 255.255.255.0
dev tun0
proto udp
keepalive 10 120
dh /tmp/openvpn/dh.pem
ca /tmp/openvpn/ca.crt
cert /tmp/openvpn/cert.pem
key /tmp/openvpn/key.pem
Next, tweak iptables (Administration->Commands->Firewall):
# Replace 1194 with your OpenVPN port number:
iptables -I INPUT 1 -p tcp –dport 1194 -j ACCEPT
iptables -I INPUT 1 -p udp –dport 1194 -j ACCEPT
# Replace 192.168.66.0/24 with your OpenVPN server subnet, this must match the scope from vpnconfig:
iptables -I FORWARD 1 –source 192.168.66.0/24 -j ACCEPT
# These next two lines may or may not be necessary.
# I did not need them, but others did.
# Thus, include them so that this works for more people:
iptables -I FORWARD -i br0 -o tun0 -j ACCEPT
iptables -I FORWARD -i tun0 -o br0 -j ACCEPT
That should be it for the server. Next up is the client-config-file.
remote <IP or host> 1194
client
remote-cert-tls server
dev tun0
proto udp
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
float
ca ca.crt
cert client1.crt
key client1.key
The float option is necessary for a routed openvpn.
EDIT:
When pasting stuff in the webinterface on the router, make sure your browser doesn’t fuck up the EOL’s!
ROOTING THE HTC HERO, PART 2
I’m using the following tools:
android-sdk-linux-1.5r3
cm-hero-recovery.img
fastboot
su
superuser.apk
First step is to install the sdk, I’ve installed it in ~/bin/android-sdk
and I have added the tools folder to my PATH.
I’ve copied fastboot, recovery.img, su and superuser to the tools folder.
Shut the phone down and turn it on by pressing both the powerbutton and the back button.
The phone booted a fastboot bootscreen and I plugged in the usb-cable and ran:
fastboot device
(should return you phones productcode if everything is working)
And then
fastboot boot <path-to>/cm-hero-recovery.img
This boots the the phone with the recoveryimage, I used this oppetunity to make a backup by choosing nandroid backup.
It makes a snapshot of the filesystem on the sdCard and can be used like this to recover your phones original software:
fastboot flash boot <path-to>/boot.img
fastboot flash system <path-to>/system.img
fastboot flash userdata <path-to>/data.img
fastboot reboot
The above steps are “just” prep. Now to actally root the bastard 😉
The adb-tool sends commands and files to the phone, I did this:
adb shell mount /system
adb push su /system/bin/
adb shell chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
adb push Superuser.apk /system/app/
adb shell reboot
All the above keyboardgymnastics was to get paid apps in Market, this will help me do just that:
http://code.google.com/p/market-enabler/downloads/detail?name=MarketEnabler_3.0_beta.apk&can=2&q=
I’m using the following tools:
android-sdk-linux-1.5r3
cm-hero-recovery.img
fastboot
su
superuser.apk
First step is to install the sdk, I’ve installed it in ~/bin/android-sdk
and I have added the tools folder to my PATH.
I’ve copied fastboot, recovery.img, su and superuser to the tools folder.
Shut the phone down and turn it on by pressing both the powerbutton and the back button.
The phone booted a fastboot bootscreen and I plugged in the usb-cable and ran:
fastboot device
(should return you phones productcode if everything is working)
And then
fastboot boot <path-to>/cm-hero-recovery.img
This boots the the phone with the recoveryimage, I used this oppetunity to make a backup by choosing nandroid backup.
It makes a snapshot of the filesystem on the sdCard and can be used like this to recover your phones original software:
fastboot flash boot <path-to>/boot.img
fastboot flash system <path-to>/system.img
fastboot flash userdata <path-to>/data.img
fastboot reboot
The above steps are “just” prep. Now to actally root the bastard 😉
The adb-tool sends commands and files to the phone, I did this:
adb shell mount /system
adb push su /system/bin/
adb shell chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
adb push Superuser.apk /system/app/
adb shell reboot
….waiting for the phone to boot
Then I do:
adb devices
(to make sure the phone is talking with my computer)
adb shell
su
(Click Always allow on the phone)
All the above keyboardgymnastics was to get paid apps in Market, this will help me do just that:
And guess what, it works 🙂
Now to explore what other options a rooted phone gives me 😉