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ABOVE IS A PICTURE OF MY K-R42 RUNNING ON UBUBNTU 13.10 SAUCY SALAMANDER
INSTALLING LEWY HFW 1080P AND PICUNTU 4.5
REMEMBER TO REMOVE ANLL SD CARDS AND BACKUP YOUR DATA 1ST,AND YES ALL YOUR DATA ON THE DEVICE WILL BE ERASED DOING THIS.
STEP 1. GO TO THIS FREAKTAB WEBPAGE
http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.p...0-by-lewy20041 : DOWNLOAD THE FILE CALLED 1.2.1 1080P FROM THE FREAKTAB WEBPAGE IT MUST BE THE 1090P VERSION THAT'S ALL I TRIED,EXTRACT THE FILES AND FOLLOW THE INSTALL .txt FILE BY DOUBLE CLICKING IT AND SCROLL DOWN TO INSTALL
NOW FOLLOW LEWY'S GUIDE TO INSTALL,LET IT FINISH INSTALLING AND LEAVE IT ON UNTILL THE COMPUTER PICKS IT UP A HARDWARE FOUND POP UP WILL OR SHOULD APPEAR,THIS MEANS IT WORKED,JUST PULL THE POWER CORD OUT
STEP 2. GO TO THIS:
http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.p...-click-install :AND FOLLOW THE GUIDE TO INSTALL PICUNTU GUIDE, BUT VERY IMPORTANT REMEMBER TO CLICK ERASE NAND BEFORE CLICKING RESTORE BUTTON! THIS IS CRUTIAL IN THIS INSTALL.,ONCE THE FIRMWARE IS INSTALLED AS SOON AS IT FINISHES WITH OK STATEMENT IN THE OPEN WINDOW WAIT LESS THAN 2 SECONDS NO LONGER THIS IS IMPORTANT TO AND RIP OUT THE POWER CORD.
STEP 3. NOW DOWNLOAD THIS FILE FROM THE FREAKTAB WEBPAGE
http://www.freaktab.com/attachment.p...3&d=1381653103 AND EXTRACT IT WHERE YOU CAN REMEMBER WHERE YOU PUT IT
STEP 4. NOW OPEN RK ANDROID TOOL 1.37 YOU HAVE IN THE PICUNTU 4.5 FOLDER YOU DOWNLOADED EARLIER CONNECT THE K-R42 VIA THE USB CABLE TO THE COMPUTER IN ORDER TO FLASH IT,HOLD THE RECOVERY BUTTON BENEATH THE K-R42 AND WITH ALL OTHER CABLES REMOVED PLUG THE POWER CORD IN,AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE ANDROID FLASH TOOL 1.37 SHOULD SAY CONNECTED OR SIMILAR ON IT,RIGHT NOW DESELECT ALL TICKED BOX'S,NOW TICK KERNEL AND THEN ON THE FURTHEST BOX ON THE RIGHT ON THE KERNEL SECTION CLICK ON IT AND NAVIGATE TO WHERE YOU EXTRACTED THE KERNEL.IMG FILE TO EARLIER IN STEP 3. ONCE SELECTED SIMPLY CLICK ON THE FLASH ROM OPTION ONCE COMPLETED AND SAYS OK AT THE END PULL THE POWER CORD OUT WITHIN A SECOND TO 2 SECONDS.
NOW PLUG YOUR K-R42 TV BOX INTO THE TV AGAIN AND MOVE TO THE UPGRADING PICUNTU 45 SECTION AND FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS.
ALL THANKS TO aloksinha2001 & LEWY20041 WITHOUT THEM THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE TO ACCOMPLISH.SO PLEASE DONATE TO THESE GUYS. IF THEY HAVE A DONATE BUTTON.
UPGRADING PICUNTU 4.5.
RIGHT YOUR PICUNTU IS LOADED AND RUNNING SO FOLLOW THESE STEPS AFTER YOU LOGIN THE LOGIN PASSWORD AGAIN IS 12qwaszx
STEP 1. OPEN THE TERMINAL (BLACK COLORED COMMAND WINDOW)APPLICATION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BOTTOM MENU PANEL
STEP 2. TYPE THIS IN THAT COMMAND WINDOW AND HIT RETURN KEY (ENTER)
sudo apt-get update
STEP 3.
NOW TYPE THIS
sudo apt-get update
SO NOW PRESS ENTER (RETURN KEY)
IT SHOULD UPGRADE UBUNTU 13.04, WHICH IS WHAT THE PICUNTU 4.5 VERSION IS TO UBUNTU 13.10 SAUCY, BUT IF IT DOESN'T CARYY ON REGARDLESS
SO NOW TYPE THIS IF THE UPGRADE NEVER WORKED
sudo apt-get install update-manager-core
NOW HIT ENTER (RETURN KEY)
NOW TYPE IN THIS
sudo do-release-upgrade
IT SHOULD UPGRADE NOW,IF NOT I CAN'T HELP I AM NOT EXPERIENCED ENOUGH UNFORTUNATELY
STEP 4. AFTER IT UPGRADES (THIS TAKES IF I REMEMBER RIGHT? 2 TO 4 HOURS TO COMPLETE,AFTER WHICH IT WILL SHOW THE STANDARD PICUNTU COMMAND START (THE WRITING ENDS WITH $ SYMBOL)
TYPE THIS AFTER THE $ SYMBOL AND THEN HIT RETURN (ENTER)
sudo /touch reboot
YOUR SYSTEM WILL REBOOT ALLOW IT TO CONTINUE BOOTING UNTIL LOGIN,ONCE AT LOGIN SIMPLY FIND THE LITTLE MENU IN THE FAR RIGHT TOP CORNER,IT'S ON A MENU BAR,I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH TAB BUT SELECT THE TAB GIVING OPTIONS LIKE UBUNTU,KDE,....AND SELECT THE TAB THAT IS MARKED KDE OR LDE SOMETHING SIMILAR,THEN TYPE THE PICUNTU PASSWORD AS12qwaszx THEN PRESS THE RETURN (ENTER KEY).
THIS WILL LOG YOU INTO UBUNTU SAUCY SALAMANDER 13.10 ENJOY.
TO CHECK THE VERSION OF UBUNTU TO SEE IF YOU HAVE 13.10 INSTALLED OPEN THE CMMAND TERMINAL APP AGAIN AND TYPE THIS
lsb_release -a
SOME DETAILS ABOUT YOUR INSTALLATION SHOULD SHOW UP NOW TELLING YOU IT'S ON 13.10 CODENAME SAUCY.
:CLAP:CLAP:CLAP:CLAP:CLAP:CLAP:CLAP:CLAP:BANANA:BA NANA:BANANA:BANANA:CLAP:CLAP:CLAP:CLAP:CLAP:CLAP:C LAP
GUYS I AM NO DEVELOPER I AM AN END USER WHO WORKED IT THROUGH TRIAL AND ERROR AND SHEER DETERMINATION TO UPGRADE AND IT PAID OFF,AND PLEASE FORGIVE ME ANY LAPSES IN EXPLAINING THIS TUTORIAL AS 4 DAYS AGO I WAS A BEGINNER AND HAD NEVER EVEN SEEN LINUX RUNNIG WITHIN THE DESKTOP.I COMPLETELY MESSED UP THE INSTALLATION MAYBE 5 TIMES OR MORE, BEFORE REALIZING HOW TO FULLY ACCOMPLISH IT,I WROTE THIS TUTORIAL SO THAT YOU GUYS WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A GOOD LINUX MACHINE AND NOT HAVE TO SUFFER THE SAME AS I DID IN ACCOMPLISHING HE TASK OF MAKING AN INSTALLATION THAT DOESN'T MAKE THE SYSTEM INCAPABLE OF BOOTING.
PROS
THE OS WORKS EXCEPTIONALY WELL ALMOST FLAWLESS IN FACT
THE BROWSER SPEED OF NAVIGATION AND SCROLLING HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALY
ALL APPS INSTALLED IN SYNAPTIC APPEAR TO INSTALL FASTER AND WORK AS FAR AS I CAN TELL
AND TERMINAL IS RESTORED TO ALLOW COPY/PASTE I THINK AS MINE DOES THIS?
IT SEEMS FAR BETTER PERFORMANCE WISE GENERALY PERFORMS SWIFTLY AND OPENS EVERYTHING FASTER ESPECIALLY IN MULTI TASKIN IT SEEMS ALMOST DOUBLE THE SPEED.
YOU CAN VIEW THE MULTICORE CPU USAGE FROM WITHIN THE OPERATING SYSTEM,IT GIVES WHAT I BELIEVE ARE CORRECT READINGS.
ADD TO DESKTOP OPTION WORKS FOR MAKING DESKTOP SHORTCUTS FROM THEAPPLICATIONS MENU AND FOLDERS.
CONS
CAN'T BACKUP IT LOOSES WIFI AS WELL AFTER STOPPING PART WAY IN BUILT IN BACKUP TOOL AT A USB 2.0 WAKEUP LINE IN THE DETAILS PANE.HOPING HELP MIGHT BE GIVEN HERE
IT CAN'T USE ETHERNET STILL
FLASH PLAYER STILL DOESN'T WORK HOWEVER I CAN USE VIDEO PLAYBACK AFTER MESSING IN PICUNTU 4.5 SEE IF I CAN'T GET IT ON THIS TO.
ALL UBUNTU SOFTWARE NORMALLY FOUND ARE EITHER MISSING OR HIDDEN EG.SOFTWARE CENTRE/SOFTWARE UPDATE ETC ETC.
XBMC UNAVAILABLE FOR SAUCY SALAMANDER SO FAR.
"!!!!WARNING: I AND NONE OF THE MENTIONED PEOPLE I THANKED ARE IN ANY WAY RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGE OR NEGATIVITY RESULTING FROM YOU BRICKING OR DAMAGING THE HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE ON YOUR DEVICE,USE AT YOUR OWN RISK,YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!!!"
