How to upgrade the kernel version to 3.xx? - Android

hell_lock said:
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You upgrade a kernel version, by upgrading the kernel updates for that version.

lithid-cm said:
You upgrade a kernel version, by upgrading the kernel updates for that version.
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Can u elaborate sir?
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hell_lock said:
Can u elaborate sir?
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It is pretty self explanatory.if you want a 3.0+ kernel, then merge a 3.0+ kernel into your source. Most aosp kernel track from the linux kernel. I am not going to get into the step by steps about it, that you can google.

lithid-cm said:
It is pretty self explanatory.if you want a 3.0+ kernel, then merge a 3.0+ kernel into your source. Most aosp kernel track from the linux kernel. I am not going to get into the step by steps about it, that you can google.
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But the 3.xx kernel sources are not released for my phone so what should I do?
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hell_lock said:
But the 3.xx kernel sources are not released for my phone so what should I do?
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One of 4 things, Wait, merge from the linux kernel, merge from a 3.0+ device with similar hardware, or cry about it.

lithid-cm said:
One of 4 things, Wait, merge from the linux kernel, merge from a 3.0+ device with similar hardware, or cry about it.
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I will choose option 3. Do u know what files should be changed?
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hell_lock said:
I will choose option 3. Do u know what files should be changed?
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No, pending your source, and the other source, there are way to many different changes that could take place. I would use a tool like beyond compare and diff the folders to see what files are different, then based on your experience, start making changes, compile test, rinse and repeat.

lithid-cm said:
No, pending your source, and the other source, there are way to many different changes that could take place. I would use a tool like beyond compare and diff the folders to see what files are different, then based on your experience, start making changes, compile test, rinse and repeat.
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I am ready to do that.. Can u tell me how can I reduce the chances of hard brick by doing this intensive testing?
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hell_lock said:
I am ready to do that.. Can u tell me how can I reduce the chances of hard brick by doing this intensive testing?
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Before you start working on it, nandroid backup your system. Its just the kernel, so you can always revert via recovery. Though you should already know that.

lithid-cm said:
Before you start working on it, nandroid backup your system. Its just the kernel, so you can always revert via recovery. Though you should already know that.
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One wrong step in kernel can hard brick my phone right? Seniors in my forum have taught me not to mess with a kernel unknowingly cuz it has high chances of hard bricking the phone.
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hell_lock said:
One wrong step in kernel can hard brick my phone right? Seniors in my forum have taught me not to mess with a kernel unknowingly cuz it has high chances of hard bricking the phone.
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That is crap the kernel gets initialized during boot, unless your kernel is flashing a recovery as well, or your using a device without a dedicated recovery?

What do you mean by a dedicated recovery? I am using a samsung phone and we have a recovery mode and a download mode. We have both a permanent cwm and a zip fiw cwm(temporary).
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the dedicated recovery is a partition on is own, so lets say your mtd/emmc is structured like this
boot
recovery (this should be the dedicated recovery)
system
data
therefore you will be able to delete/flash/reflash the boot without affecting the tablet/system/other partitions
There are some devices that have a different recovery structure (tablets based on the rockchip soc)

Thanks for the help you both! I will learn more about partitions in my phone and come back on this thread.
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I guess most Samsung phones doesn't come as a recovery partition, it comes as an extra ramdisk as mentioned here.
Anyways I've flashed boot.img which I've compiled, and the first boot was a bootloop, of course. And after doing some changes, compiled again and flashed, and it was a success. So I don't think Kernels can hard-brick the device (IMO though).

For samsung...as long as you have download mode your in the clear...with download mode you can use Odin or heimdall to flash a working kernel or even stock software to return to stock.
Samsungs do not have a partition for recovery...its its own ramdisk..."recovery-ramdisk.img" so you can lose both recovery and boot with a kernel but with download mode and heimdall all you have to get is a working kernel with a working recovery, open terminal and type "heimdall flash --kernel kernelnamehere.includinganyfileextention" so "heimdall flash --kernel boot.img"
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You guys rightly said! We have a ramdisk included with a zImage in a boot.img. I have also seen cases where the recovery mode doesnt come but the download mode is still intact.
A guy from our forum once flashed a s2 kernel on my Y and he hard bricked it. No modes were opening on his phone but according to the theory given by you guys, atleast the download mode should have been working! Care to explain me why that happened? I think the same thing will happen with me when I use sources of other phone for my kernel.
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So what I read from this thread, if you don't have a recovery dedicated for your device you would hard brick it???
Coz I tried n tested some kernels
They didn't work out -but it was a soft brick
Not a hard brick
I had not made those
Now I'm willing to try once I get some hold on building kernels
And I have a Sony Xperia Neo V
It doesn't have stock recovery like Samsung so if I make or atleast try to make kernels on my own, would I risk my phone getting hard bricked???
Or just soft brick?
Ty for your time!
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Amon Ra????

Can anyone do the Amon RA for Vibrant??? My bro have the evo 4g and he told me is better than Tom manager...
its a great recovery, but rom manager does everything we need, and does it well.
hit up amon on twitter, but I doubt he will do it.....
What's wrong with Clockwork?
It's because I don't know how to delete a kernel with the clockworkmod and mybro told me he can do it with amonra... you know how to do it without use Odin to revert to stock the phone???
brainwasher01 said:
It's because I don't know how to delete a kernel with the clockworkmod and mybro told me he can do it with amonra... you know how to do it without use Odin to revert to stock the phone???
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why would you want to delete your kernel? just flash another kernel instead..
shreddintyres said:
why would you want to delete your kernel? just flash another kernel instead..
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+1,
just flash a new kernel on top using SGS kernel flasher, its super easy.
Also, SGS Kernel Flasher can do a backup of current kernel, in case you want to go back after flashing a new one!
Amon_Ra is great (my N1) but CWMR is an awesome recovery...no need to go trying to fix what isn't broken.
I know that, I just want to delete it without flash another one...
brainwasher01 said:
I know that, I just want to delete it without flash another one...
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im confused, why would you want to delete your kernel without flashing a new one. your phone would not boot....
One of us is really confused....guessing its not me
Really dumb to delete a kernel...wtf has happened to these forums?
I'd actually enjoy amon RA also, but cwm serves its purpose well...
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Every Rom comes with a kernel, if you flash another one and you don't like it, you can't go back, you need to flash another one to change it... that's the point I'm talking about...
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Sdobron said:
Really dumb to delete a kernel...wtf has happened to these forums?
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Lol +1.
dude, op, please explain why you wanna delete the kernel with out one replacing it??
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brainwasher01 said:
Every Rom comes with a kernel, if you flash another one and you don't like it, you can't go back, you need to flash another one to change it... that's the point I'm talking about...
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Oookk... Then flash the kernel that came with the Rom ??.. :confusing :
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brainwasher01 said:
Every Rom comes with a kernel, if you flash another one and you don't like it, you can't go back, you need to flash another one to change it... that's the point I'm talking about...
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That's what you're supposed to do...or use sgs kernel flasher and backup the current before you flash...
you're confused man...what rom are you on?
Recovery is part of the kernel from what I remember. There isn't a seperate partition for it. Delete kernel u delete recovery. CWMR boots off SD if I'm not mistaken. I forget these things after 2days of parties XP
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Is this guy trolling us? He's trying to delete a kernel and not flash another one? Thats like taking an engine out of a car... and not replacing it....
anthonys2r said:
Is this guy trolling us? He's trying to delete a kernel and not flash another one? Thats like taking an engine out of a car... and not replacing it....
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+1 on that..LOL

How Do I Remove a Kernel?

i got a rooted phone. how do i remove a kernel from my phone without flashing another rom?
Flash another kernel.
why do you remove kernel??
if you remove it must be brick.
You mean "change" kernel??
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ragepekr said:
why do you remove kernel??
if you remove it must be brick.
You mean "change" kernel??
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well, i want to install the unity v9 kernel on my rooted phone running virtuous unity. in case something goes wrong with this kernel, i want to be able to remove it. but since you say you can only change it, how can i revert back (or change) to the kernel i had previously on my rom?
Make a nandroid backup so if you want to revert to your previous setup just restore the backup. You could also download the original kernel that came with your rom so you can flash back.
jr67 said:
Make a nandroid backup so if you want to revert to your previous setup just restore the backup. You could also download the original kernel that came with your rom so you can flash back.
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hi jr67... i got a question.. i already installed the unity v9 kernel. so how can i adjust it?
binlad said:
hi jr67... i got a question.. i already installed the unity v9 kernel. so how can i adjust it?
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What are you wanting to adjust? The only way to adjust a kernel is ti do it when its compiled from source code.
You cant remove a Kernel. You can ONLY change it.
Make a nandroid backup of your current kernel and flash a new kernel.If anything goes wrong just revert it.
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why do you remove kernel??
if you remove it must be brick.
You mean "change" kernel??
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If i remove my kernel how work my arc s ?
Flashing the rom over itself (without wiping data) will keep your user apps intact and restore the kernel that came with the rom.
In the future it's a good idea to do a backup any time you flash a new rom or kernel. You can always delete old backups to save space.
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If you're talking about overclocking, undervolting, governors, etc. read the Unity v9 Kernel thread. I also recommend reading droidphile's excellent cpu tweaking faq/tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1369817
2 kernels
Hi all.. I hve flashed siyah 6.0 kernel and the rom is alliance jb. my prewive kernel is dorimanx after flashed siyah kernel I have checked the kernel in setting about phone it shows 3.1.0- r57-siyah-dorimanx v7.38-ics-jb-sg2-pwr-core... if check using cwm it shows dorimanx kernel only... I need siyah kernel wht to do now
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hello! i am using PA3.99 n i flashed a franco kernel over it......so i want to go back to my PA rom kernel.....how should i?
muzaffarkhan95 said:
hello! i am using PA3.99 n i flashed a franco kernel over it......so i want to go back to my PA rom kernel.....how should i?
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Extract kernel out of parom.zip, then flash in fastboot
fastboot erase boot
fastboot flash boot.img
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Nexus 4
demkantor said:
Extract kernel out of parom.zip, then flash in fastboot
fastboot erase boot
fastboot flash boot.img
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sorry can u please please explain me in detail...i dint get you!
muzaffarkhan95 said:
sorry can u please please explain me in detail...i dint get you!
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Take the ROM you originally downloaded and use 7zip to extract the contents. Inside here you should find the kernel (boot.img) but not always in .img format so if you don't see it let me know.
Then use fastboot to flash this kernel to your phone, more info on that here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277112
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demkantor said:
Take the ROM you originally downloaded and use 7zip to extract the contents. Inside here you should find the kernel (boot.img) but not always in .img format so if you don't see it let me know.
Then use fastboot to flash this kernel to your phone, more info on that here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277112
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cant i flash that PA kernel in CWM recovery?
Sure if there is a recovery flashable .zip out there, you'll have to search for one or create your own. If you search my other threads i have one on creating flashable .zips but it will be more work than just flashing in fastboot.
Let me know if you need a hand either way
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demkantor said:
Sure if there is a recovery flashable .zip out there, you'll have to search for one or create your own. If you search my other threads i have one on creating flashable .zips but it will be more work than just flashing in fastboot.
Let me know if you need a hand either way
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see i have extract files from the rom i am using, in my pc! so i got a file name boot....u can see it in the image
Good, at this point the fastest/easiest way is to flash with fastboot
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[KERNEL][PLAY][CDMA R800x][Stock 2.3.3 Rom] Stock with Overclock 1.6GHz

What is this:
This is the Verizon Xperia Play R800x Stock Kernel for 2.3.3 WITH OVERCLOCK TO 1.6GHz.
What works:
Absolutely EVERYTHING!
What doesn't work:
You tell me.
Who deserves credit:
KeiranFTW <-- This Guy
and all our other developers which always have helpful info when I google something!
Story:
KeiranFTW made this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1400127
but WiFi was broken for R800x.
So I fixed it!
How? Used his kernel with stock ramdisk.
How to use:
1. Download file attached to this post: r800x-stock-overclock.img
2. You must have unlocked bootloader.
3. using fastboot type in the following command:
Code:
fastboot -i 0x0fce flash boot r800x-stock-overclock.img
4. This will not erase your data.
5. This has only been tested on R800x with stock 2.3.3.
Note:
The original kernel had recovery added (by pressing back button on boot), this one does not have that recovery.
You can use this recovery instead: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pvy.CWMinstaler, after installing press VOLUME DOWN after bot to enter recovery.
RESERVED
Great job! Any chance of getting the recovery back in the kernel tho? Either way, again, great job!
Bravo good sir, bravo, keep up the good work!
Pax
zektor said:
Great job! Any chance of getting the recovery back in the kernel tho? Either way, again, great job!
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Sorry, probably not ... is there anything that the recovery in kernel does that the one that gets installed with the app doesn't?
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hatcyl said:
Sorry, probably not ... is there anything that the recovery in kernel does that the one that gets installed with the app doesn't?
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It's kinda nice having it in the ramdisk, because then you never have to worry about it (because it works on boot, no matter what )
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It's kinda nice having it in the ramdisk, because then you never have to worry about it (because it works on boot, no matter what )
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I see, that makes sense ... If you flash a custom ROM and it goes wrong you'll have to get back to a PC to fix it if you don't have recovery in the kernel.
Ok, I can try ... But I've never done that before so any pointers would be great.
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hatcyl said:
I see, that makes sense ... If you flash a custom ROM and it goes wrong you'll have to get back to a PC to fix it if you don't have recovery in the kernel.
Ok, I can try ... But I've never done that before so any pointers would be great.
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Just split DooMKernel CDMA boot.img into zImage and ramdisk and kindly use his ram disk
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KeiranFTW said:
Just split DooMKernel CDMA boot.img into zImage and ramdisk and kindly use his ram disk
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Doesn't using dooms ramdisk break wifi when coming from another kernel?
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paxChristos said:
Doesn't using dooms ramdisk break wifi when coming from another kernel?
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No, it shouldn't, if you remove his WiFi modules
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paxChristos said:
Doesn't using dooms ramdisk break wifi when coming from another kernel?
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That is what I was thinking ... We would be back at square one.
For learning purposes I will go in there and figure out what they change to get recovery on the kernel ... If I can add just that to the ramdisk then it shouldn't break WiFi.
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hatcyl said:
That is what I was thinking ... We would be back at square one.
For learning purposes I will go in there and figure out what they change to get recovery on the kernel ... If I can add just that to the ramdisk then it shouldn't break WiFi.
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As far as I know you need to faf around with busy box, put recovery executable, make bootrec script, make bootrec script run...
Its all annoying v/
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KeiranFTW said:
As far as I know you need to faf around with busy box, put recovery executable, make bootrec script, make bootrec script run...
Its all annoying v/
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Wow, sound like a pain :sly:
Thanks for the info ... I'll see how far I can get ... It's going to be hard considering I'm still getting used to using Linux.
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hatcyl said:
Wow, sound like a pain :sly:
Thanks for the info ... I'll see how far I can get ... It's going to be hard considering I'm still getting used to using Linux.
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You will get addicted to Linux, I can't stand windows on my laptop, its too slow.
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KeiranFTW said:
You will get addicted to Linux, I can't stand windows on my laptop, its too slow.
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Yupp, I can't stand windows anymore either
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Yupp, I can't stand windows anymore either
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I've always wanted to try Linux, but I've got a Dell Dimension E510 with an integrated sound card that uses special software to enable surround sound. Gotta have my surround for Netflix, ya know!
hatcyl said:
Sorry, probably not ... is there anything that the recovery in kernel does that the one that gets installed with the app doesn't?
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Well, yeah. If the /system directory is wiped you essentially wipe the recovery.img that the app installs, whereas the recovery would still be available (when inside the kernel) provided the boot partition is still there
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Well, yeah. If the /system directory is wiped you essentially wipe the recovery.img that the app installs, whereas the recovery would still be available (when inside the kernel) provided the boot partition is still there
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Yeah, I made that connection on post 7.
But yeah, that is an extremely good reason to out recovery in the kernel.
I'll try, but no promises!
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hatcyl said:
Yeah, I made that connection on post 7.
But yeah, that is an extremely good reason to out recovery in the kernel.
I'll try, but no promises!
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If anyone is still following, I haven't even used my personal computer since the last post.
So the kernel with recovery probably won't happen at all.
Sorry guys!
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hatcyl said:
If anyone is still following, I haven't even used my personal computer since the last post.
So the kernel with recovery probably won't happen at all.
Sorry guys!
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Is anyone still interested in this? I am...... never really cared for ICS as I game too much and have been having consant issues with DoomKernel and wifi constantly dropping, looking for alternative Kernels.....

[Q] Developers-Related question

Hi,
Im developing my kernel for Neo V. And after three days of soft bricking my neo v, i unbricked it with success to know and understand fully how flashtool works.
I have started sourcing and building but am still unsure of many things. Firstly, after building the kernel, may i ask how to build to boot.img? I dont seem to find a universal ramdisk source code but anyways it will be based on ICS. Please help if you know. Also, please preach me on making the boot.img work as it has failed me before in my previous works ive done privately.
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Toolchain also
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Tried searching for guides?on how to proceed further?
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Hi,
Im developing my kernel for Neo V. And after three days of soft bricking my neo v, i unbricked it with success to know and understand fully how flashtool works.
I have started sourcing and building but am still unsure of many things. Firstly, after building the kernel, may i ask how to build to boot.img? I dont seem to find a universal ramdisk source code but anyways it will be based on ICS. Please help if you know. Also, please preach me on making the boot.img work as it has failed me before in my previous works ive done privately.
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This might help you mate http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1748297
Not these! i need to inject my zImage into the boot.img. doesent work even if i try. just does not flash. flashtool keeps failing.
brunomars said:
Not these! i need to inject my zImage into the boot.img. doesent work even if i try. just does not flash. flashtool keeps failing.
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there is a bug in the semc S1 bootloader... sometimes if the boot.img isnt of a correct size then the device will not boot... the workaround is to add a "filler" file (which is say 512KB file with junk data) to the ramdisk so as to increase the size of the final boot.img file...
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Ghostfreak NB said:
there is a bug in the semc S1 bootloader... sometimes if the boot.img isnt of a correct size then the device will not boot... the workaround is to add a "filler" file (which is say 512KB file with junk data) to the ramdisk so as to increase the size of the final boot.img file...
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Shall add CWM
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Almost every custom kernel includes a recovery!
So you should as well do it!
Just my suggestion
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Check it out its out

[Suggestion]{xperia mini} Cm10.1 with legacy hacks???

Guys is there any CM10.1 rom built including legacy hacks(not expecting a near near source build). Too many strange looking names of roms(ported)......
Also which rom has the highest benchmarks???
Is 3.4 kernel stable with most of the things working????
Also is rooting possible for mini's 4.0.2.A.0.84 stock build without flashing previous firmware(*.62 or *.42) ???
Coming from HTC. Dont know **** about Sony
Can this be done in series?
1. Unlock boot loader
2. Flash recovery
3. Install a custom Rom.
Don't know **** about Sony.
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goateegauti said:
Guys is there any CM10.1 rom built including legacy hacks(not expecting a near near source build). Too many strange looking names of roms(ported)......
Also which rom has the highest benchmarks???
Is 3.4 kernel stable with most of the things working????
Also is rooting possible for mini's 4.0.2.A.0.84 stock build without flashing previous firmware(*.62 or *.42) ???
Coming from HTC. Dont know **** about Sony
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1- not sure what "built including legacy hacks" means.
2- usually we dont care much about benchmark.
3- everything is working with 3.x kernel except fmradio.
4- not sure about rooting for gb or ics stock rom for lock bootloader, but if u unlock it, rooting is just as simple as flash custom kernel and flash superuser or supersu from cwm recovery. Even some of the custom kernel already include autoroot script.
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1- not sure what "built including legacy hacks" means.
2- usually we dont care much about benchmark.
3- everything is working with 3.x kernel except fmradio.
4- not sure about rooting for gb or ics stock rom for lock bootloader, but if u unlock it, rooting is just as simple as flash custom kernel and flash superuser or supersu from cwm recovery. Even some of the custom kernel already include autoroot script.
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Is there any touch recovery like 4ext or Twrp?
I meant dirty hacks to get some things to work like they are supposed to.
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Sony phones dont have separate/dedicated recovery partitions .So usually custom kernels bundle two or more ramdisks which double up as recovery ..It also means flash_image doesnt work ...Dont try ...We have TWRP on some kernels but it's just a hassle imo ...
If you are planning to unlock bootloader then you dont need to revert to .42/.58 ,
In any case you dont need to fall back for rooting
There are two rooting methods ,one using some custom installer
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2219781
and one using the Cydia Impactor
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2399464
If you are planning to go JB ,you need to have ICS Bootloader which means the .587 firmware has to be flashed with flashtool
karandpr said:
Sony phones dont have separate/dedicated recovery partitions .So usually custom kernels bundle two or more ramdisks which double up as recovery ..It also means flash_image doesnt work ...Dont try ...We have TWRP on some kernels but it's just a hassle imo ...
If you are planning to unlock bootloader then you dont need to revert to .42/.58 ,
In any case you dont need to fall back for rooting
There are two rooting methods ,one using some custom installer
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2219781
and one using the Cydia Impactor
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2399464
If you are planning to go JB ,you need to have ICS Bootloader which means the .587 firmware has to be flashed with flashtool
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Then is there any way that we could flash boot.IMG(which contains recovery) through fast boot?
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goateegauti said:
Then is there any way that we could flash boot.IMG(which contains recovery) through fast boot?
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Lol ...
Thats the ONLY way to flash boot.img ..having unlocked bootloader means access to fastboot to allow custom boot.img...
Fastboot flash boot xyzasdf.img
If you are in locked bootloader ,the recovery lies in /system and is accessed via a custom script...
You can't use flash_image and/or dd to flash kernels in android system or recoveries ...locked or unlocked bootloader...custom kernels has to be flashed using fastboot....it's a limitation of Sony device ...considering you mentioned HTC and 4ext ,you probably had a HTC desire and used flash_image and dd,and the kernels could be flashed using recovery...Not so on Sony devices...
karandpr said:
Lol ...
Thats the ONLY way to flash boot.img ..having unlocked bootloader means access to fastboot to allow custom boot.img...
Fastboot flash boot xyzasdf.img
If you are in locked bootloader ,the recovery lies in /system and is accessed via a custom script...
You can't use flash_image and/or dd to flash kernels in android system or recoveries ...locked or unlocked bootloader...custom kernels has to be flashed using fastboot....it's a limitation of Sony device ...considering you mentioned HTC and 4ext ,you probably had a HTC desire and used flash_image and dd,and the kernels could be flashed using recovery...Not so on Sony devices...
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Fcuk!!!!
I don't know anything about Sony. Having problems with drivers right now. What do u recommend? Official cm builds or builds present in android development. Also which recovery must be used?
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Fcuk!!!!
I don't know anything about Sony. Having problems with drivers right now. What do u recommend? Official cm builds or builds present in android development. Also which recovery must be used?
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Not sure what you mean ..FXP are the official CM team ,the android dev builds are newer...
Like I said ,you dont have much choice in recovery...
Every boot.img has a recovery...most of them are cwm ,so. Stick with them ...
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Not sure what you mean ..FXP are the official CM team ,the android dev builds are newer...
Like I said ,you dont have much choice in recovery...
Every boot.img has a recovery...most of them are cwm ,so. Stick with them ...
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So u mean while I am in recovery I can change the recovery itself by flashing a ROM??
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So now what combo should I download to install recovery for smultron running on stock?
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Figured it out. As easy as changing under wear.
Htc: developer friendly
Sony: noob friendly
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I doubt that...
The development in the Xperia MDPI section is outrageous...
We have GB to JB 10.2 and ubuntu touch and gecko OS...
You can flash one Rom everyday and still dont run out of roms to flash...
sry. delete bcuz as u said u figured it out (and it didnt saw 2nd site)
have fun with ur great sony ERICSSON - device (and great software xperience as said above )
sry
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I doubt that...
The development in the Xperia MDPI section is outrageous...
We have GB to JB 10.2 and ubuntu touch and gecko OS...
You can flash one Rom everyday and still dont run out of roms to flash...
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Had used HTC explorer and desire HD( only for a short period). Explorer is way far more smooth than xperia mini which is running at 600mhz.
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Had used HTC explorer and desire HD( only for a short period). Explorer is way far more smooth than xperia mini which is running at 600mhz.
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Stock ICS is bit sluggish but GB is just liquid smooth ...
I did use Stock Explorer and it was slow as hell ...nowhere near Xperia mini ...
MDPI processors are far superior with Neon support ..
Probably you should reflash stock firmware...
whatsapp not working
plz help me ...as my whatsapp after installing it is unable to verify my phone no.bcz of inbuilt 3rd party task killer in cm10.1mango.so hw to make whatsapp work.
raghavtej said:
plz help me ...as my whatsapp after installing it is unable to verify my phone no.bcz of inbuilt 3rd party task killer in cm10.1mango.so hw to make whatsapp work.
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If you can speak english i'm willing to help
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whatsapp verification not working after installation
hi boss.as i said earlier i m unable to use my whatsapp in cm10.1 mango device.plz help me to work it out
raghavtej said:
hi boss.as i said earlier i m unable to use my whatsapp in cm10.1 mango device.plz help me to work it out
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Are you using a modified version of whatsapp?
If not you should be able to install it.
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