Hello,
I just got a Droid Razr M off ebay and found it came with the OTA installed that permanently locks the bootloader... I was hoping to be able to run Cyanogenmod on it but there don't seem to be any current ROM's that are able to run on the stock motorola Kernel (i'm assuming this is the problem?)
I'm basically totally new to modding ROM's and android at this level, but I would be interested in trying to port Cyanogenmod for use with the stock kernel and then installing it through safestrap... I do have some experience with linux and programming so I may be able to get this to work. Anyone know any starting places or if this is an impossible project? Is this even possible? I've heard that Cyanodenmod requires an unlocked bootloader, but then I found an old CM rom that works with the stock kernel. If this is possible, will certain functionality be disabled or what will result from a not-fully-compatible kernel?
Any help or advice is appreciated!
Hi there, I'm new to this forum and this is my first post. I thought I would ask about this instead of trying and possibly bricking my phone.
I'm a semi-experienced Android user. Sometimes the terminology confuses me but I'll get use to it.
Basically, I want to install the latest KK 4.4 Avatar ROM on my i9300. I'm confused to as what files I need? I see people talking about making sure you flash the proper gapps etc?
I'm currently using Googy-Max2 Kernel 2.1.4 on Android Revolution HD SGS3 40.0. Can anyone direct me to the right files needed? Many thanks. I'm sure I'll be sticking around on these forums.
Hello,
I own a Samsung Galaxy Trend Plus and I have a CWM recovery. I recently installed CM11 and there's a huge bug: can't make phone calls. And the development was terminated because of the lack of Broadcom's drivers. :crying: So I was already planning on reinstalling the stock rom, then I did some research online and I found a solution: dual boot! I could have stock rom and CM installed at the same time.
I went searching online and I only found guides/apps/videos for specific devices or for Android and Ubuntu, but I want two android roms. Since my phone isn't very popular, I found out there's no guide for it. :crying:
My question is: is there a way to dual-boot/multi-boot/dual-rom/multi-rom for this device/all android phone in general?
Best regards,
FlyingPancakes
Hey guys,
Got on hands noname Chinese android phone with lollipop on board (even though it says 6.0.1 in settings) and MTK6580 quad processor, 3.10.72 kernel
can I somehow put cyanogen rom from another phone?
Yes, find another phone using that chip: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_devices_using_Mediatek_SoCs
Then go here: http://www.needrom.com and find THAT phone(s) and see if there is a custom rom for THAT phone also using the same kernal 3.10/3.12 etc
Download that rom and port it yourself using the boot.img from YOUR phone using this guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/guide-how-to-port-lollipop-based-roms-t3223938
And get it at least booting on your phone, out of loads I've done on MTK phones, 95% boot up first time, 50% of those have no issues, the other 50% have issues with cameras/wifi/video/phone that can be fixed literally with trial and error of swapping files from your stock rom to the new rom, can take hours/days of trial and error or could take minutes.
Have fun
EDIT: try to use a custom rom from a brand you have at least kinda heard of, doogee, walton, infinix...etc to make it more likely to work well.
robneymcplum said:
Yes, find another phone using that chip: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_devices_using_Mediatek_SoCs
Then go here: http://www.needrom.com and find THAT phone(s) and see if there is a custom rom for THAT phone also using the same kernal 3.10/3.12 etc
Download that rom and port it yourself using the boot.img from YOUR phone using this guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/guide-how-to-port-lollipop-based-roms-t3223938
And get it at least booting on your phone, out of loads I've done on MTK phones, 95% boot up first time, 50% of those have no issues, the other 50% have issues with cameras/wifi/video/phone that can be fixed literally with trial and error of swapping files from your stock rom to the new rom, can take hours/days of trial and error or could take minutes.
Have fun
EDIT: try to use a custom rom from a brand you have at least kinda heard of, doogee, walton, infinix...etc to make it more likely to work well.
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Thank you for your response!
After few hours of research I have found many ROMs that are applicable for my phone. The thing is, I want it to be and look as close to stock android as possible, and as close to most recent version as well.
But still I have few questions:
1)Am I right by saying that kernel 3.10.72 is suitable only for android 5.x?
2)Is it possible to put android 6.x or 7.x?
3)If it is do I need to ugrade kernel?
4)Is it possible to upgrade kernel?
I really hope it's not too much to ask from you.
Regards,
vant2239
Vant2239 said:
Thank you for your response!
After few hours of research I have found many ROMs that are applicable for my phone. The thing is, I want it to be and look as close to stock android as possible, and as close to most recent version as well.
But still I have few questions:
1)Am I right by saying that kernel 3.10.72 is suitable only for android 5.x?
2)Is it possible to put android 6.x or 7.x?
3)If it is do I need to ugrade kernel?
4)Is it possible to upgrade kernel?
I really hope it's not too much to ask from you.
Regards,
vant2239
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Your phone is basically the same as mine, and sadly the kernal has to be the same for every custom ROM, there are no kernel sources so no custom kernels, which means we are both stuck with lollipop
The infinix hot 2 for example, is the same MTK chip and was released with lollipop and kernel 3.10 but then infinix released a stock marshmallow upgrade, with a stock 3.12 kernel so they could get a custom 6.0 rom which im 99% sure we will never get.
If you go here: http://www.needrom.com/author/robneymcplum/ this is me on there, where I have ported the best 5.1.1 roms with our kernel. You will need to port to your phone, which is literally just swapping about 10 files from your stock rom so make a backup of your stock rom or find stock firmware, and get the files from there and use the guide i already posted.
Hope this helps. And if you have never done it, its way, WAY easier than you think it might be
I would like to port a KK rom for my device that is currently running 4.1.2 JB to upgrade it. I've looked and there aren't any roms already out there that have KK core for my phone (ZTE Force).
I'm already rooted and have CWM recovery with a full backup on my SD card, so i'm not too worried about trying out a few ports. My question is this, What exactly do I need to have in the PORT rom? I've looked at dozens of porting guides and am a bit confused. Some say the Base rom and the PORT rom need to be from the same company, in my case ZTE, some don't. Some say the kernels need to match, some don't. Same with Android base version, screen resolution, chipset, etc.
So can anyone tell me definitively what the BASE and PORT roms need to have in common?