On 11/30/2013 09:22 AM, David Marceau wrote: > Hi Jupiter, > > On 11/30/2013 05:25 AM, jupiter wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am new to Ubuntu mobile, sorry for asking basic questions. >> >> Are the features currently available for Ubuntu on Nexus 4 including >> Chromium, VLC, bash terminal and USB mount on laptop running on any >> distributions of Linux to allow file transfer between Nexus 4 and the >> other Linux hosts (Currently Nexus 4 Android cannot be mounted to the >> Linux hosts)? > To get the best experience with your Nexus 4, it is recommended to have > Ubuntu Saucy version on your desktop for starters. > > Everything GNU/Linux that you are used to doing at the terminal can be > done from the Ubuntu Phone terminal and from adb shell on your desktop > computer. > > File transfer is a piece of cake from your favourite GUI file manager as > soon as you plug your nexus 4 into your desktop computer. You can also > do scp, adb pull/push as usual from the terminal. It is actually > mounted, but the actual descriptor for the mount is VERYLONG so doing a > straight cp is a bit challenging but doable. > >> >> Can I compile C / C++ or Python applications on Ubuntu desktop and >> running them on both Ubuntu desktop and mobile on Nexus 4? > You can compile apps for your phone through ubuntu-sdk. RTFM. It's the > qtcreator gui that once your nexus 4 is plugged, it recognizes it and > you can build, install and run on your device directly. > Build->Ubuntu->Run on device. Build->Run runs the same app on the desktop. > > One other recommendation is to get the sources for qtmultimedia in order > to see their examples for bridging c++ with QML which seems to be > trendy. I found the camera-app particularly useful as an example. > >> >> Where can I buy a dock system to connect Nexus4, keyboard and mouse >> (not to use wireless keyboard and wireless mouse)? >> > There are no docks with a wired keyboard. Your only option is OTG for a > wired keyboard/mouse. It should be possible to do OTG. The hardware is > built for it, but it was not enabled in Android 4.2.2. > http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fosmon-Adapter-Samsung-Galaxy-Skyrocket/dp/B009HU8ZO2 > http://google-nexus-phone.blogspot.ca/2012/12/nexus-4-does-not-support-otg-connection.html > This link says that you can't OTG connect to nexus4, but the hardware > should be able to support it. I understand there was a tweak done in > Android 4.3 that does turn on the OTG connectivity, but there is no > reason why it couldn't be backported into Android 4.2.2 & Ubuntu Phone > if it's not there. Once primary reason for wanting usb otg is to dock > and wire up a classic keyboard to your phone. As it stands, I prefer to > directly connect the phone to the desktop computer and then adb shell > access into the nexus 4. As a developer has been adequate. One > recommendation is to get the terminal to resize to your desktop window > in order to type in long commands and not have a command wrap on the > same line when it's too long. Tweak your desktop to include the sd > alias as described here. > http://askubuntu.com/questions/372649/while-testing-ubuntu-touch-how-can-i-make-adb-shell-have-the-correct-terminal > > One other thing. You might want to dual-boot your phone. I wrote an > easy to follow recipe here: > http://askubuntu.com/questions/360585/nexus-4-ubuntu-dual-boot/383371#383371 > > I hope it helps. > > Cheers, > David Marceau > > >> Thank you. >> >> Kind regards, >> >> jupiter >> >
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