diff --git a/LDP/inprogress/Linux-Android-HOWTO.sgml b/LDP/inprogress/Linux-Android-HOWTO.sgml index 79f1eea6..7317cac5 100644 --- a/LDP/inprogress/Linux-Android-HOWTO.sgml +++ b/LDP/inprogress/Linux-Android-HOWTO.sgml @@ -111,11 +111,11 @@ on. Nothing special, really: in general, you'll have to be able to find out where options are in your device. I would be glad to provide information, but unfortunately no identical menus or screens can be found across different devices of different brands and different -Android reseases. You will have to figure it out yourself. +Android releases. You will have to figure it out yourself.
Finally: rooting your device might be desirable, but it's not
-necessary as long as this HOWTO is concerned. Root permissions are
+necessary as far as this HOWTO is concerned. Root permissions are
normally forbidden in Android, unless an enlightened vendor decides
otherwise. I will mention a great program that needs root access
(Webkey), but the rest of recommended software will not need it. By
@@ -246,8 +246,8 @@ Some devices may also need this additional step:
Now run the mount command, to see what devices correspond to
-what directories:
+what directories (line-broken for readability):
-User data, programs included, is stored in /data. Using the
+User data, programs included, are stored in /data. Using the
Android shell you can cd to that directory, but you can't
-list its contents as you lack root permissions. Programs are usually
-stored in /data/app, others (typically, paid programs and
+list its contents if you lack root permissions. Programs are usually
+stored in /data/app, but others (typically, paid programs and
programs moved to the external storage) under /mnt/asec.
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ VFAT; directory names are therefore case-insensitive.
An Andbox can easily share its installed programs with another
device, provided that the Android versions are compatible. All you
-need is Ghost Commander.
+need is Ghost Commander. In the next paragraph, you can see how to
+send a file to Alice using Bob's Andbox.
From the ``Home'' position, select ``Applications'' to get a list of
@@ -676,7 +677,7 @@ Andbox, using a cable or Wi-Fi.
-
When you connect your device via USB cable, Linux may see it either as
@@ -779,7 +780,7 @@ of the command: it's not the same as the Linux command cp
-
If you want to keep a directory synchronised between the Linux box and
@@ -828,12 +829,12 @@ Linux:~$ _
-
Let's suppose you copied a bunch of music files to your device. You
-run your music player and open the directory containig the files.
-Surprise: they're not sorted, and are displayed in (apparent) random
+run your music player and open the directory containing the files.
+Surprise: they're not sorted, and are displayed in (apparently) random
order!
@@ -901,7 +902,7 @@ but the above works and is reasonably safe.
-
This is the most traditional way to upload and download files to/from
@@ -956,7 +957,7 @@ Linux:~$ _
-
Another way of getting files from your Andbox is making it a Web
@@ -1597,7 +1598,7 @@ gcc: no input files
That's it! From now on, you can compile programs directly on your
-Android box. Don't expect to be able to compile anything, though.
+Android box. Don't expect to be able to compile every single, though.
@@ -1853,7 +1854,7 @@ user interface!
-Some Anddroid versions let the user take a screenshot natively,
+Some Android versions let the user take a screenshot natively,
usually holding the Power and Volume Down buttons together. For all
others, there's DroidAtScreen:
@@ -1982,7 +1983,7 @@ url="http://www.osmand.net" name="http://www.osmand.net">.
Congratulations! You have now some basic information on how to turn
-your Andbox into something useful, and how to interact with it using
+your Andbox into something even more useful, and how to interact with it using
your trusted GNU/Linux machine.