Hi!
I have a ZTE Racer Phone, and I would like to have pure Ice Cream Sandwich running on it. The only trouble is, I have no idea how to port a rom like ICS.
I have tried porting it from a CM9 ZTE Skate Build, but the rom did not work. I tried several methods, but that did not work, either.
So if you are a ROM Porter, please read below what I need and then please PM me.
I NEED:
* A ROM Porter/Developer with plenty of time
* Someone who is happy to help out for this low-end device
* Pure ICS. No extra apps, no extra addons, just pure ICS.
I can make allowances for builds of ICS Based on CM9, but it must be ICS.
I also need it to work with these specs, and if you can see that it will not work with these specs, you can go ruin someone else's question because anything is possible if you actually try.
SPECS:
Model: Racer
Manufacturer: ZTE
Processor (GHz): 600
Internal Storage: 140Mb
MicroSD Card: 8Gb
3.2Mp Camera
Dedicated Volume Keys
Dedicated on/off/sleep key
Dedicated Call/End Call buttons
resistive Home, menu and back buttons
(Currently Running CyanogenMod-7.0.0-Mooncake)
So would one and/or some of you rom devs/porters please make an ICS ROM for the ZTE Racer?
deanokidd95 said:
Hi!
I have a ZTE Racer Phone, and I would like to have pure Ice Cream Sandwich running on it. The only trouble is, I have no idea how to port a rom like ICS.
I have tried porting it from a CM9 ZTE Skate Build, but the rom did not work. I tried several methods, but that did not work, either.
So if you are a ROM Porter, please read below what I need and then please PM me.
I NEED:
* A ROM Porter/Developer with plenty of time
* Someone who is happy to help out for this low-end device
* Pure ICS. No extra apps, no extra addons, just pure ICS.
I can make allowances for builds of ICS Based on CM9, but it must be ICS.
I also need it to work with these specs, and if you can see that it will not work with these specs, you can go ruin someone else's question because anything is possible if you actually try.
SPECS:
Model: Racer
Manufacturer: ZTE
Processor (GHz): 600
Internal Storage: 140Mb
MicroSD Card: 8Gb
3.2Mp Camera
Dedicated Volume Keys
Dedicated on/off/sleep key
Dedicated Call/End Call buttons
resistive Home, menu and back buttons
(Currently Running CyanogenMod-7.0.0-Mooncake)
So would one and/or some of you rom devs/porters please make an ICS ROM for the ZTE Racer?
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Have you bothered to look at the system requirements for ICS?
Do yaaa have $$$
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zelendel said:
Have you bothered to look at the system requirements for ICS?
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yes, but then again, it is possible. If one low-end device can do it without some requirements, then surely another can.
Then again, maybe I am wrong...
Would you know anyone who can help me, though?
Thx in advance
if it helps I have roughly 50 cents... lol no mate, im broke sorry
ZTE Racer Like LG Optimus me
zelendel said:
Have you bothered to look at the system requirements for ICS?
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Hey
ZTE Racer Like LG p350
http://www.gsmarena.com/zte_racer-3423.php
http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_optimus_me_p350-3735.php
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1765
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Since SDE was released, who wants to build some fresh and shiny android which might be running someday side by side with AVOS (Archos Android)?
What do we need (openembedded?)?
Installation of Other OS:
root: /mnt/storage/rootfs.img
kernel:
Reboot into Recovery Mode (howto)
Recovery System -> Developer Edition Menu -> Flash Kernel and Initramfs
Connect USB and copy "zImage" and "initramfs.cpio.gz" to the Archos
Unmount Archos on PC (safe remove)
Press ok on Archos
Don't you think dev's are already working on this right now?
OpenAS is a site to look at, there are a few in fact and some even on XDA.
your instructions are sort of nothing anyone who has booted the angstrom distribution can see that?
this thread is a bit pointless. your asking for devs to create something they are already working on and you can't help as you don't know how?
no, you just missed the point. I AM (or want to be) a dev, see my other thread about dvb-t support
and now I'm looking for some help and informations.
this thread should be dedicated to building gen8 android (2.2 / 2.3 / ...) roms, I don't care much about angstrom.
I'm not one of those annoying guys who just complaining about others work, I want to get my hands dirty and do some work! I already checked openaos out, there a lot of informations about gen6 and gen7 but not gen8, this is why I started this thread here.
summarizing informations, that's the point.
ok fair enough
it's more likely though someone will do a port and use it over the current android system as apposed to using the SDE. Most dev's will be concentrating on other O/S's such as Ubuntu etc.
I can see why you want to do it but im not sure it will be done this way. We havent even managed to get perm root yet, sadly the archos wont get a lot of love I fear.
we have perm root, just use SDE and put an android in it we can decide everything
edit: either you hack the gen8 and get rid of SDE and archos' android and put whatever you want on it or you stay with SDE and dual boot (sounds a less "brickable" choice to me)
chulri said:
no, you just missed the point. I AM (or want to be) a dev, see my other thread about dvb-t support
and now I'm looking for some help and informations.
this thread should be dedicated to building gen8 android (2.2 / 2.3 / ...) roms, I don't care much about angstrom.
I'm not one of those annoying guys who just complaining about others work, I want to get my hands dirty and do some work! I already checked openaos out, there a lot of informations about gen6 and gen7 but not gen8, this is why I started this thread here.
summarizing informations, that's the point.
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I have no idea what you're talking about, but I say go with your dreams and keep up the good work (whatever work that may be).
Don't let anyone tell you you can't do it (whatever "it" may be). Any contribution to making my A70 better is a + in my book.
chulri said:
we have perm root, just use SDE and put an android in it we can decide everything
edit: either you hack the gen8 and get rid of SDE and archos' android and put whatever you want on it or you stay with SDE and dual boot (sounds a less "brickable" choice to me)
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But it's pointless having android 2.2 / 2.3 running alongside android 2.2 / 2.3
it would be a complete waste of time especially as archos are currently working on it anyway.
It would achieve nothing, the SDE would be much better used running ubuntu/winxp or other, running android as a secondary boot option is a waste of development time and I cant see anyone wanting to do it?
by all means join in getting a good distro to run but not another version of android when all we are missing is root anyway. I think your getting confused as to what SDE is used for.
why would someone want to run ubuntu on this hardware? winxp is out of scope as it doesn't support arm processors.
waz000000 said:
by all means join in getting a good distro to run but not another version of android when all we are missing is root anyway. I think your getting confused as to what SDE is used for.
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why shouldn't we have root in SDE?? The SDE is the only way (so far, gen8 hasn't been hacked yet) to get perm root and custom roms.
why won't you just use SDE to run custom android roms? why it has to be ubuntu or any other bloated linux distribution?
waz000000 said:
But it's pointless having android 2.2 / 2.3 running alongside android 2.2 / 2.3
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no it's not, because archos won't let us do customizations. it would be easy for archos to let us perm root everything but they won't. so what are you going to do to make android comfortablier and less buggy on gen8? a) hack it and flash custom roms and may brick it or b) use sde and flash custom roms without the possibility to brick it
chulri said:
no it's not, because archos won't let us do customizations. it would be easy for archos to let us perm root everything but they won't. so what are you going to do to make android comfortablier and less buggy on gen8? a) hack it and flash custom roms and may brick it or b) use sde and flash custom roms without the possibility to brick it
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Agreed, who cares if you have more then one build of Android on a device? On other devices people have developed their own method of doing this exact thing. SDE is a great idea to let people load custom ROMs onto their device without fear of bricking. Now if someone would just get one developed....
chulri said:
no it's not, because archos won't let us do customizations. it would be easy for archos to let us perm root everything but they won't. so what are you going to do to make android comfortablier and less buggy on gen8? a) hack it and flash custom roms and may brick it or b) use sde and flash custom roms without the possibility to brick it
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Archos have released the source code, the only thing that's missing is Root.
The distro is already pretty close to stock even the BT stack is android native allowing us to use wiimote etc.
Archos have done a pretty "pure" android release Cynogen's goal is get a pure android rom working. Stock it's not that far away now?
and what about ISO, windows 7 (mobile), tiny linux, yellow dog, many other great distro's. All im saying is wait until root is achieved (it's being worked on) nd see what happens to the default android then.
Your may be jumping the gun a bit developing something that's not needed
waz000000 said:
But it's pointless having android 2.2 / 2.3 running alongside android 2.2 / 2.3
it would be a complete waste of time especially as archos are currently working on it anyway.
It would achieve nothing, the SDE would be much better used running ubuntu/winxp or other, running android as a secondary boot option is a waste of development time and I cant see anyone wanting to do it?
by all means join in getting a good distro to run but not another version of android when all we are missing is root anyway. I think your getting confused as to what SDE is used for.
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was agreeing with you until this post.
the point is that Archos have up until now done a bit of a shoddy job of their Android builds. We all want the archos tablet running smoothly and as best we can and also would like to have 2.3+ on our devices which is probably unlikely by any official means.
and saying archos are "currently working on it" is a little silly given what forum you are on! (whats the point in people making custom roms for HTC devices... HTC are working on it anyway?!)
@wazalotofzeros
oh come on, are you kidding me? why is it so hard to understand that a rooted android or even custom roms are wanted by a lot of archos users (see archosfans.com)
whats the point of installing any linux distribution instead of android?
why are you telling me its pointless to do custom roms for the Archos Gen8 while there are custom roms for a lot of other android devices?
I give up, please contribute something useful to this topic or stop posting offtopic.
@waz000000,
don't want to participate in this then don't. There is no reason to put down others work though just because you think it is pointless.
Grand Idea
Personally I think this is a grand idea. At first when I saw the SDE I thought that was its whole purpose and that archos would start us off with a basic android version. But when it was released and it came with a barely working linux distro, it turned me off to installing SDE until something better can happen. I wouldn't mind seeing a micro version of ubuntu running on this, but the main problem is going to be the ram. If we are having issues with the ram on android what makes you think we will have better luck on a OS that wasn't intended to run on the archos. But hey more power to you. But on the other hand if we can build our own android firmwares, then we won't be dependent on Archos to decide whether or not to update to the next firmware. And saying Archos is working on it is like saying well the end of the world is coming. When IDK, but its coming!
Seriously. The delayed the launch by 2 months and then didn't deliver on their promise of launching with 2.2. They did come through, but with the crappiest 2.2 firmware I have ever used. Constant crashing, no wifi N, 200 mhz decrease in speed, and only a promise to fix it... eventually.
So the the OP. Go for it. I will help with what I can, but I haven't build a firmware yet except for the easy cook it yourself ones.
laptopfreek0 said:
They did come through, but with the crappiest 2.2 firmware I have ever used. Constant crashing, no wifi N, 200 mhz decrease in speed, and only a promise to fix it... eventually.
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new firmware came out today! works great on my A101, no crashes or freezes so far: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=875393
laptopfreek0 said:
So the the OP. Go for it. I will help with what I can, but I haven't build a firmware yet except for the easy cook it yourself ones.
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Me neither but I'm willing to do if nobody else does, simply because of my DVB-T project in the other thread
€dit I'll give cyanogenmod a try
thefunkygibbon said:
was agreeing with you until this post.
the point is that Archos have up until now done a bit of a shoddy job of their Android builds. We all want the archos tablet running smoothly and as best we can and also would like to have 2.3+ on our devices which is probably unlikely by any official means.
and saying archos are "currently working on it" is a little silly given what forum you are on! (whats the point in people making custom roms for HTC devices... HTC are working on it anyway?!)
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ok fair enough so what would you rather?
a cynogen mod with archos firmware or linux distro (Whatever) and cynogenmod?
im not saying dont work on a custom rom, im saying work on a "proper" custom rom and use the dual boot option for something other than android.
1st step develop root
2nd step develop custom rom
3rd step install another distro
What im trying to say is, develop a "proper" custom rom and leave the dual boot option for something mind blowing!
as to blazingwolf im not trying to put anyone's work down (apart from the fact there isn't any yet this is pure concept)
I could very easily help you develop a working second rom for this but all im saying is wait a little while and see what happens I cant hint anymore than that!!!!!!!!
waz000000 said:
I could very easily help you develop a working second rom for this but all im saying is wait a little while and see what happens I cant hint anymore than that!!!!!!!!
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who does what and when it gets released?
in the mean time have a look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=610303
i know its different hardware but use a cynogen beta like the I9000 as a base, and work from there, even try the original firmware and look to cook that one.
you will be surprised how almost stock the archos one is
laptopfreek0 said:
Personally I think this is a grand idea. At first when I saw the SDE I thought that was its whole purpose and that archos would start us off with a basic android version. But when it was released and it came with a barely working linux distro, it turned me off to installing SDE until something better can happen. I wouldn't mind seeing a micro version of ubuntu running on this, but the main problem is going to be the ram. If we are having issues with the ram on android what makes you think we will have better luck on a OS that wasn't intended to run on the archos. But hey more power to you. But on the other hand if we can build our own android firmwares, then we won't be dependent on Archos to decide whether or not to update to the next firmware. And saying Archos is working on it is like saying well the end of the world is coming. When IDK, but its coming!
Seriously. The delayed the launch by 2 months and then didn't deliver on their promise of launching with 2.2. They did come through, but with the crappiest 2.2 firmware I have ever used. Constant crashing, no wifi N, 200 mhz decrease in speed, and only a promise to fix it... eventually.
So the the OP. Go for it. I will help with what I can, but I haven't build a firmware yet except for the easy cook it yourself ones.
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the purpose of SDE is to give users a way to dual boot and be able to load "another" operating system. The Angstrom image we provide is just a demo and nothing else. You are free to put anything else, like Android 4.0, Meego, Maemo or whatever else you want...
Ok, this is my first time posting on the forum. A little bit nervous!
My question is...where can I find an android rom, I mean, original, not modified, no crapware, clean like the android AVD.
This rom I am looking for should be a gingerbread...but I am not sure that the OS can be handled by the phone. My phone is a China-made one, 416 mhz processor, 191 MB RAM, ARMv5. Modified to look like an iPhone but I hate that.
Please note that it is android but not iOS.
The android rom that I mentioned above...does it really exist? I google it for the whole day but got no luck.
Otherwise, modifying the rom is my second chance.
I don't want to brick my phone! Data inside the phone was nothing important so I rather loss it.
Thanks a lot if I got that android rom! Note that I don't have clockworkmod because it is not supported.
There is no "universal Rom." every device has a different stock or original Rom. The stock Rom is the unrooted, untouched Rom that you get when you first use the phone. You can't have a universal Rom like ios because every phone is a different size, shape, and different specs. You could root your phone and look for the gingerbread version of your Rom. Hope this helped.
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Samsung galaxy s2
Rom: Jedi knight 6
kernel: Jedi kernel 2
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Nonono, I mean the rom like the AVD. Wasn't android roms will suit the size of the screen of the phone like the apps?
Looks like I need to modify the rom...pros please.
OK, I went to modify the stock rom. I use the AVD's settings.apk, phone.apk, mms.apk, browser.apk, calculator.apk, music.apk, launcher.apk, and lots more...will that brick my phone? I know that is a little risky so I got an update.zip that can rescue my phone.
Yes you will most likely brick your
Device
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Samsung galaxy s2
Rom: Jedi knight 6
kernel: Jedi kernel 2
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And you thought celebrities weren't smart! =P
The pure. Original rom is aosp.... I doubt your device has it
sent from cyanmobile powered Beni
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You can't use avds apks... Please refrain from doing so.
sent from cyanmobile powered Beni
Angjinhang said:
Ok, this is my first time posting on the forum. A little bit nervous!
My question is...where can I find an android rom, I mean, original, not modified, no crapware, clean like the android AVD.
This rom I am looking for should be a gingerbread...but I am not sure that the OS can be handled by the phone. My phone is a China-made one, 416 mhz processor, 191 MB RAM, ARMv5. Modified to look like an iPhone but I hate that.
Please note that it is android but not iOS.
The android rom that I mentioned above...does it really exist? I google it for the whole day but got no luck.
Otherwise, modifying the rom is my second chance.
I don't want to brick my phone! Data inside the phone was nothing important so I rather loss it.
Thanks a lot if I got that android rom! Note that I don't have clockworkmod because it is not supported.
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when everyone will be able to install the fckn OS he wants on his fckn phone, it will be a better world...for the moment there are very few devices with official aosp support (read: only nexus)...I bought an xperia s because it was the only non-nexus device in aosp project, but it seems that google kicked it out...your only hope is community...try to search more on forums...
and listen to me: buy a nexus
Ok, I gave up... China made phones are not so good at finding custom roms as they also don't have clockworkmod. So, I started modifying one by one, from the music (changed to musixmatch), email (use the avd's one), camera (use procapture free), launcher (use 360 launcher pro with android 4.0 theme) and now it looks like a device which looks like aosp! Decided to change the app icons in the update.zip to make it fantastic!
I'm a complete noob in Android development, but I'm a quick learner, so bear with me.
I was thinking that the TRIM feature of the Android 4.3 is kind of important to have, but I'm missing it out with Android 4.2.1 on my Xolo Q700.
My device has a MediaTek MT6589M chipset with quad-core Cortex-A7 CPU and PowerVR SGX 544MP GPU. There's a gig of RAM.
I looked all over the internet and couldn't find a ROM that takes me to 4.3, so I decided I'll try to port it to my device.
I know that Google provides the source code for Android 4.3, so is there any way I could port it to my device?
I'd be glad if you helped, expect me to bug you with questions because I really want this to happen.
Leave links to useful instructions too, if you can!
umanghome said:
I'm a complete noob in Android development, but I'm a quick learner, so bear with me.
I was thinking that the TRIM feature of the Android 4.3 is kind of important to have, but I'm missing it out with Android 4.2.1 on my Xolo Q700.
My device has a MediaTek MT6589M chipset with quad-core Cortex-A7 CPU and PowerVR SGX 544MP GPU. There's a gig of RAM.
I looked all over the internet and couldn't find a ROM that takes me to 4.3, so I decided I'll try to port it to my device.
I know that Google provides the source code for Android 4.3, so is there any way I could port it to my device?
I'd be glad if you helped, expect me to bug you with questions because I really want this to happen.
Leave links to useful instructions too, if you can!
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Welcome to the Android development world,
Well firstly, is there a ROM available for your device?
If there is, porting a 4.3 ROM would be possible, and made easy.
Ronny927 said:
Welcome to the Android development world,
Well firstly, is there a ROM available for your device?
If there is, porting a 4.3 ROM would be possible, and made easy.
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I don't think so. Can I extract the company-provided ROM from my phone? There might be a recovery ROM somewhere on the internet, I can find it if there's no option to extract the one in my phone right now.
Is it really possible to port 4.3?
Is this thread closed?
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umanghome said:
I'm a complete noob in Android development, but I'm a quick learner, so bear with me.
I was thinking that the TRIM feature of the Android 4.3 is kind of important to have, but I'm missing it out with Android 4.2.1 on my Xolo Q700.
My device has a MediaTek MT6589M chipset with quad-core Cortex-A7 CPU and PowerVR SGX 544MP GPU. There's a gig of RAM.
I looked all over the internet and couldn't find a ROM that takes me to 4.3, so I decided I'll try to port it to my device.
I know that Google provides the source code for Android 4.3, so is there any way I could port it to my device?
I'd be glad if you helped, expect me to bug you with questions because I really want this to happen.
Leave links to useful instructions too, if you can!
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Dude ,For porting/devloping 4.3/4.4 rom for xolo q700 needs Kernel sources of mtk6589 too , google releases the 4.43/4.4 sources but without OEM kernel sources its not possible for now! Mediatek is not releasing the sources ,thats the main reason!
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Welcome The World Of Developer!!
Don't I was a noobie too (a yr ago).Anyway,Porting Android 4.3 kitkat is not till possible because we lack resources.Wait a month or 2..It will soon come...
Well, I'm working hard on a entirely pure custom GB rom and I don't know If the best it is use the stock firmware or cyanogenmod, anyway, I really like the freedom of cyanogenmod gives to his users, and I like to try, but I can't see on list devices of CM wiki my device, an Xperia U ST25i, after all I saw this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-u/general/guide-how-to-build-cm9-cm10-cm10-1-t2315488, I almost cry, because I always wanted to use cyanogenmod on my Xperia...
BUT one day I write this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41714663#post41714663. I wanna know that there is some risk of bricks if I build a cyanogenmod... I'm really scared... Could someone take this doubt for me? Maybe someday I will help you guys too.
And I really like to try some lowend versions of Android (< 2.0) is that possible to do on my device?
Thank you, and sorry about my english. See ya :fingers-crossed:
victorcqueirozg said:
Well, I'm working hard on a entirely pure custom GB rom and I don't know If the best it is use the stock firmware or cyanogenmod, anyway, I really like the freedom of cyanogenmod gives to his users, and I like to try, but I can't see on list devices of CM wiki my device, an Xperia U ST25i, after all I saw this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-u/general/guide-how-to-build-cm9-cm10-cm10-1-t2315488, I almost cry, because I always wanted to use cyanogenmod on my Xperia...
BUT one day I write this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41714663#post41714663. I wanna know that there is some risk of bricks if I build a cyanogenmod... I'm really scared... Could someone take this doubt for me? Maybe someday I will help you guys too.
And I really like to try some lowend versions of Android (< 2.0) is that possible to do on my device?
Thank you, and sorry about my english. See ya :fingers-crossed:
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1- You'll probably be my hero if you bring CM7 to the U
2- That brick looks like the partitions were set incorrectly in the configuration and something ended up over a bootloader partition... a full JTAG backup would probably have fixed it
3- Probably, but it's not worth it IMHO -- Android had less features and stricter expectations about hardware back then, while performance wise stock 2.3.7 with AOSP keyboard and some services disabled already easily gets over 120MB RAM free...
Ryccardo said:
1- You'll probably be my hero if you bring CM7 to the U
2- That brick looks like the partitions were set incorrectly in the configuration and something ended up over a bootloader partition... a full JTAG backup would probably have fixed it
3- Probably, but it's not worth it IMHO -- Android had less features and stricter expectations about hardware back then, while performance wise stock 2.3.7 with AOSP keyboard and some services disabled already easily gets over 120MB RAM free...
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Understood, there is some FULL stable CM for XU?
It could work with my Galaxy Mini? http://produto.mercadolivre.com.br/...ad-mode-fix-galaxy-s-s2-s3-s4-note-note-2-_JM
Hey.
I know I have old phone, I'm going to buy 6P in future and use this for testing.
So, my phone is Huawei G730-U10
You cannot get kernel source so forget about newer Android versions.
Its running Android 4.2.2 with EMUI 2.0
Processor is MT6582 or MTK6582 call it whatever you want.
I want to get custom ROM for it, I already have coloros and miui but they're full of bugs.
Most likely CyanogenMod but I couldn't find JB CM for mt6582 to port it. I'd like to get any of roms like CM, ParanoidAndroid and others.
If not possible at least give this phone full look and feel of Lollipop or Marshmallow. I can't even recompile framework because of Huawei thingies in it (It's exceeding too many bytes).
Help will be greatly appreciated, if it's too hard I'm ready to pay some amount of money (Not too crazy like 15$)
Anyone out there?
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