[Q]AOSP Including or excluding languages - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I just built AOSP from source for my MTK6589 phone. This is my first time building android from scratch, luckily the rom is working great. The only problem I'm having is that there are some languages missing from it (probably changed by the original author of the source code).
How do I go about re-adding these languages?
Is there a config file I can edit before building the rom?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

If your device makefile inherits the full product you should theoretically have all available locales.
To add custom ones you could use the CUSTOM_LOCALES variable in your buildspec.mk file. Look into build/buildspec.mk.default for further details on this file.
Or you add the locales to your device's config, but I can't recall the exact variable name atm.. May you want to look into other device trees for this method. It should be something like PRODUCT_LOCALES I think.
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Thanks! I managed to fix it by editing MTK_PRODUCT_LOCALES in ProjectConfig.mk

oddhap said:
Thanks! I managed to fix it by editing MTK_PRODUCT_LOCALES in ProjectConfig.mk
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Android source code missing mm and mmm

Hello,
I'm new to xda so I cannot post to the developer forums. So I am posting here. Hope that's OK. Xda suggested I post here after searching for an answer to my question.
I'm trying to add an application to the android source code in packages/apps. I have been following several tutorials and they all use the "mm" command to build their app they are adding. But I can't find the "mm" command in any of the android source code that I have downloaded and built.
-- mm: Builds all of the modules in the current directory.
Does anyone know what my problem is? Does mm have to be downloaded separately? When I build android source code, I get a folder containing lots of commands but mm is not there.
Vince
OK I think what I learned was that if I carefully and correctly built the original pristine source code downloaded using repo, then mm would become available. So what this means is I have to build the original pristine code before I add my app to packages/apps so then I can use mm to build my app that I added to packages/app. Whew! What a process. So PROBLEM SOLVED, but really ugly.
Hi
I have the same problem
you mean just make the original platform code , then the mm command can work ?
Isn't it enough to just do:
source build/envsetup.sh
...to make it available?
ripperapid said:
Isn't it enough to just do:
source build/envsetup.sh
...to make it available?
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Yes, that works! Thanks!

[Q] Please help me with this question!!!

OK, sorry for my extreme noob question, but I'm cooking a ROM and in the tutorial is said what I'm gonna ask about.
What's a build??!!??
Yep, stupid question, but read my sig and everything will be clear.
here is
VercettiM said:
OK, sorry for my extreme noob question, but I'm cooking a ROM and in the tutorial is said what I'm gonna ask about.
What's a build??!!??
Yep, stupid question, but read my sig and everything will be clear.
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yeah dude)))
read this
In the field of computer software, the term software build refers either to the process of converting source code files into standalone software artifact(s) that can be run on a computer, or the result of doing so. One of the most important steps of a software build is the compilation process where source code files are converted into executable code.
In software versioning, the build number is often used as a versioning identifier subordinate to, and more finely graded than, the version number. For example, various iterations of an application might be called "Windows Mobile 6.5.5", but in the "Control Panel>Device Information" dialog, the exact iteration will be identified with a longer, unique identifier that includes both the version number and the build number (for example, Windows Mobile 6.5.5 25654).
While for simple programs the process consists of a single file being compiled, for complex software the source code may consist of many files and may be combined in different ways to produce many different versions.
The process of building a computer program is usually managed by a build tool, a program that coordinates and controls other programs. Examples of such a program are make, ant, maven, SCons and Phing. The build utility needs to compile and link the various files, in the correct order. If the source code in a particular file has not changed then it may not need to be recompiled (may not rather than need not because it may itself depend on other files that have changed). Sophisticated build utilities and linkers attempt to refrain from recompiling code that does not need it, to shorten the time required to complete the build. Modern build utilities may be partially integrated into revision control programs like Subversion. A more complex process may involve other programs producing code or data for the build process.
Tiers of Software Builds: manual compiles on individual developer boxes (tier 1), manual compiles on shared build box (tier 2), automated daily compile (tier 3), automated daily install built using installation software (tier 4), automated daily install deployed to QA boxes (tier 5), and automated testing of the build and automatic creation of an install (tier 6).
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nurkamol said:
yeah dude)))
read this
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Thanks, I think I understand it.
VercettiM said:
Thanks, I think I understand it.
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u r wellcome)
hekp me...
hi my name daniel n i am from indonesia
can any body help me to solve my problem,..
i am using HTc HERM200
window mobile ver 5.0 os5.1.195(build 14955.2.3.0)
ROM ver 1.18.257.2
my problem is that my htc using germany language
does any body can help me to change the language packed to english ver.?
pls...... help me to solve my problem
cikuk said:
hi my name daniel n i am from indonesia
can any body help me to solve my problem,..
i am using HTc HERM200
window mobile ver 5.0 os5.1.195(build 14955.2.3.0)
ROM ver 1.18.257.2
my problem is that my htc using germany language
does any body can help me to change the language packed to english ver.?
pls...... help me to solve my problem
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I suggest, you better be upgraded with English ROM, so the translation language can work as a whole ! but if you want try language Pack, you can go to get it at http://melgurth.ovh.org/index.php?page=downloads

Galaxy Player 4.2 Developent - Need Help!

Hello fellow users of the SAMSUNG Galaxy Player 4.2!
I just recently received a Galaxy Player 4.2 for free from my brother SerkTheTurk since he got a Moto G, and I am planning to use it as an experimental device for development, since it's not my main device. I've gotten a device tree from SerkTheTurk and I've synced all the repos from CyanogenMod. I just need help on what to do next. I know that Serk made a complete build but it didn't boot. I just need help on what to change on the device tree and kernel files, if anybody can help I will appreciate it a lot. (I'm not super experienced on this topic but I can do work). Thanks! :fingers-crossed:
CenterTurkHD said:
Hello fellow users of the SAMSUNG Galaxy Player 4.2!
I just recently received a Galaxy Player 4.2 for free from my brother SerkTheTurk since he got a Moto G, and I am planning to use it as an experimental device for development, since it's not my main device. I've gotten a device tree from SerkTheTurk and I've synced all the repos from CyanogenMod. I just need help on what to do next. I know that Serk made a complete build but it didn't boot. I just need help on what to change on the device tree and kernel files, if anybody can help I will appreciate it a lot. (I'm not super experienced on this topic but I can do work). Thanks! :fingers-crossed:
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Hey, you can build cm7 from my repositorys here is the readme how to
hoerwer there a still some bugs like no deep sleep
https://github.com/ChaOS-Development/android_device_samsung_hugo/blob/master/README.txt
CenterTurkHD said:
Hello fellow users of the SAMSUNG Galaxy Player 4.2!
I just recently received a Galaxy Player 4.2 for free from my brother SerkTheTurk since he got a Moto G, and I am planning to use it as an experimental device for development, since it's not my main device. I've gotten a device tree from SerkTheTurk and I've synced all the repos from CyanogenMod. I just need help on what to do next. I know that Serk made a complete build but it didn't boot. I just need help on what to change on the device tree and kernel files, if anybody can help I will appreciate it a lot. (I'm not super experienced on this topic but I can do work). Thanks! :fingers-crossed:
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Great to some new devs.
I'm actually porting Android 4.4 "KitKat" to the Player 3.6 and with my help you could port KitKat also to the Player 4.2.
At first you need to get familiar with Androud building, so use Google and read something about it.
PM me for more help or information.
Greetings,
Androthan
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Androthan said:
Great to some new devs.
I'm actually porting Android 4.4 "KitKat" to the Player 3.6 and with my help you could port KitKat also to the Player 4.2.
At first you need to get familiar with Androud building, so use Google and read something about it.
PM me for more help or information.
Greetings,
Androthan
Sent from my Nexus 7 using XDA Free mobile app
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I'm a noob to developing roms but i decided to build a aokp kitkat rom for the galaxy player 4.2. I need someone to direct me to all the repo files for this device(device,kernal, and vendor repos). Someone please help me out because i would love to be running kitkat on my player 4.2. Thanks.
brewsterj98 said:
I'm a noob to developing roms but i decided to build a aokp kitkat rom for the galaxy player 4.2. I need someone to direct me to all the repo files for this device(device,kernal, and vendor repos). Someone please help me out because i would love to be running kitkat on my player 4.2. Thanks.
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I think if there had been any full set of repo files that could build KitKat, other devs would've built it and you would've got KitKat earlier. Right now porting (instead of compiling) is the only hope I can see for GP4.2, but who knows
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AndyYan said:
I think if there had been any full set of repo files that could build KitKat, other devs would've built it and you would've got KitKat earlier. Right now porting (instead of compiling) is the only hope I can see for GP4.2, but who knows
Sent from Google Nexus 4 @ CM11
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I found the repo files but i hit a wall while going to lunch, i get this.
Which would you like? [aosp_arm-eng] 17
build/core/product_config.mk:238: *** _nic.PRODUCTS.[[vendor/aokp/products/bacon.mk]]: "device/oneplus/bacon/full_bacon.mk" does not exist. Stop.
** Don't have a product spec for: 'aokp_bacon'
** Do you have the right repo manifest?
im not sure which option to choose either but i get the same thing with every one. I pm'd some developers about it and hopefully they can tell me somthing.
brewsterj98 said:
I found the repo files but i hit a wall while going to lunch, i get this.
Which would you like? [aosp_arm-eng] 17
build/core/product_config.mk:238: *** _nic.PRODUCTS.[[vendor/aokp/products/bacon.mk]]: "device/oneplus/bacon/full_bacon.mk" does not exist. Stop.
** Don't have a product spec for: 'aokp_bacon'
** Do you have the right repo manifest?
im not sure which option to choose either but i get the same thing with every one. I pm'd some developers about it and hopefully they can tell me somthing.
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You are using the repo files for the Oneplus ONE...(codename bacon). The galaxy player 4.2's codename is "hugo". There are no 4.4 repo files for the 4.2
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so my only hope is to port?
or could i somehow build a repo file for it?
You are going to have to follow the official CM guide to port cm to a new device...to make a device, vendor and kernel tree...then you can use that to try and build AOKP...
EDIT: Here it is... http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Doc:_porting_intro If you dont find the method difficult, you can also ask Androthan for help as he has ported cm11 to the galaxy player 3.6, which is very similar to the 4.2.
Sent from my XT760
Another Guide
drakonizer said:
You are going to have to follow the official CM guide to port cm to a new device...to make a device, vendor and kernel tree...then you can use that to try and build AOKP...
EDIT: Here it is... http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Doc:_porting_intro If you dont find the method difficult, you can also ask Androthan for help as he has ported cm11 to the galaxy player 3.6, which is very similar to the 4.2.
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Can you point me to a guide that explains more and goes more in-depth about the process?
There are a limited number of guides for this process, this being the best imo. You should understand a few things if you're planning to undertake this project.
1. You cannot expect a guide for everything. Use google for any info that you need and ask devs. Search xda for threads that explain a similar problem.
2. If you don't have knowledge about the Android Build Process, some basic C knowledge, and have not even built a ROM that already has /device, /vendor etc. , I'd recommend not doing this, because even the best of devs reach problems while porting ROMs.
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drakonizer said:
There are a limited number of guides for this process, this being the best imo. You should understand a few things if you're planning to undertake this project.
1. You cannot expect a guide for everything. Use google for any info that you need and ask devs. Search xda for threads that explain a similar problem.
2. If you don't have knowledge about the Android Build Process, some basic C knowledge, and have not even built a ROM that already has /device, /vendor etc. , I'd recommend not doing this, because even the best of devs reach problems while porting ROMs.
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No, I have the knowledge(studied a bunch of stuff for hours and already have android build enviroment set up and i have a github account to access the files i need also, I have also ported using the android kitchen and a few other methods too never perfectly but i think porting it the official way would have a better result.) its just that i haven't tried porting through this method. I was following the guide all the way up until it said to get certain stuff from a file we pulled from my device using the terminal but i could never find the file. I know that repos and such go into a working folder or directory its just some stuff i just cant find.
Oh okay great then
Btw, porting with android kitchen and the whole copy paste the files from one ROM to the other to get port a custom ROM is TOTALLY different from what you're trying to do here.
I suggest you fork a repo from Androthan's CM11 for the 3.6 and start renaming it for us (our codename is "hugo", their's is "aalto" but the vendor is the same). If you can mention clearly what file you're not getting, and/or other problems you're facing, you can expect some help from the devs of the Galaxy Player (including all the players) community
Sent from my XT760
drakonizer said:
Oh okay great then
Btw, porting with android kitchen and the whole copy paste the files from one ROM to the other to get port a custom ROM is TOTALLY different from what you're trying to do here.
I suggest you fork a repo from Androthan's CM11 for the 3.6 and start renaming it for us (our codename is "hugo", their's is "aalto" but the vendor is the same). If you can mention clearly what file you're not getting, and/or other problems you're facing, you can expect some help from the devs of the Galaxy Player (including all the players) community
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ok i have forked the cm11 files for the 3.6 now how should i go about renaming it?(sorry for the noob question)
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ok i have forked the cm11 files for the 3.6 now how should i go about renaming it?(sorry for the noob question)
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and this is where i got lost into the guide.
[So, if you have previously installed adb onto your computer, you can use the following command to pull this file to your computer:
adb pull /system/build.prop
Once you have the file...
Write down the value of the ro.product.manufacturer parameter. This will be your vendor name. The [vendor] is the name of the manufacturer/vendor of the device. CM has established naming conventions for most major vendors, such as samsung, htc, lge, etc. Note that in these directory names, the vendor is always lowercase and contains no spaces.
Write down the value of the ro.product.device parameter. This will be your device codename. The [codename] corresponds to the project code name of the device itself. This is almost never the sales name of the device. If you have built CM before (and again, you better have!), you should be familiar with the concept of a code name for each device. Like the vendor name, the codename is always lowercase and contains no spaces.]
Where does the pulled build.prop go? and are there any specific linux programs i would need to edit this file or any other files throughout the tortorial? I have gedit installed and its met my needs so far but do i need something more advanced to accomplish my goal?
got the repo renamed.
brewsterj98 said:
ok i have forked the cm11 files for the 3.6 now how should i go about renaming it?(sorry for the noob question)
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and this is where i got lost into the guide.
[So, if you have previously installed adb onto your computer, you can use the following command to pull this file to your computer:
adb pull /system/build.prop
Once you have the file...
Write down the value of the ro.product.manufacturer parameter. This will be your vendor name. The [vendor] is the name of the manufacturer/vendor of the device. CM has established naming conventions for most major vendors, such as samsung, htc, lge, etc. Note that in these directory names, the vendor is always lowercase and contains no spaces.
Write down the value of the ro.product.device parameter. This will be your device codename. The [codename] corresponds to the project code name of the device itself. This is almost never the sales name of the device. If you have built CM before (and again, you better have!), you should be familiar with the concept of a code name for each device. Like the vendor name, the codename is always lowercase and contains no spaces.]
Where does the pulled build.prop go? and are there any specific linux programs i would need to edit this file or any other files throughout the tortorial? I have gedit installed and its met my needs so far but do i need something more advanced to accomplish my goal?
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The vendor for our device is "samsung" and the codename is "hugo"
Just fyi...when you are in the linux terminal...whichever directory you are in is where the pulled build.prop goes.
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I know I tried t post about me rereading the guide and understanding what it meant and that i have moved further into the guide but it never posted on here but i guess this whole thing was just a waste of time.
dude you should try porting from the galaxy sl i9003 because of the similar cpu stats
you would also need to create a boot image and an odin flashable recovery v 6+
Guys, I'll rewrite the stock kernel for you for booting KitKat, just give me 1-2 weeks
has this been done yet. Not to be a stickler, but this is the holdup for advancing this device. I can port the rom, just need an updated kernel with a recovery that supports. Thanks in advance.

[Q] how to use Samsung Open Source files and JB AOSP (4.1.2_r2.1)?

Hello all,
I'm trying hard to figure out how one goes about compiling Android JB AOSP (4.1.2_r2.1) platform for the samsung galaxy s2 (GT-I9100M), with the source code that samsung gives you?
I've setup ubuntu 14, and I see how I can run . build/envsetup.sh, and then lunch.
I get all the options to build, and I see where the saumsung scripts are located, in device/samsung.
I've downloaded the open source file GT-I9100M_BMC_JB_Opensource.zip, and compiled the Kernel.
Now its time to build the platform. I see the folder structure, but I see no instructions.
When I unzip the Platform, I see build, external, vendor, and device, which has the folder "smdk_common".
If I put all files in the corisponding locations within the AOSP, I get errors, as there's only a folder "alsa-lib". (sound drivers).
And if I were to compare what's in here to whats in the AOSP device/samsung folders, there's lots more info.
Do I need to copy files from the default AOSP device/samsung folders and modify to suite my needs or?
Can anyone point me to how-tos? I've been trying to figure this out for days!
I see a lot of how tos on building with existing ROMS, and using kitchen, etc.
But I just want to build samsung from scratch FIRST...
OK, so doing a lot more research, both here and google, I obviously need to create a device tree OFF of the files that samsung has released to everyone. Surely someone has done this already?
I see there are a few GIT repositories that have device trees, but they are based upon existing files, etc.
I'm looking to find a device tree that has all the basics, OR a "template" one i can try and work with samsungs...
technobuddha said:
OK, so doing a lot more research, both here and google, I obviously need to create a device tree OFF of the files that samsung has released to everyone. Surely someone has done this already?
I see there are a few GIT repositories that have device trees, but they are based upon existing files, etc.
I'm looking to find a device tree that has all the basics, OR a "template" one i can try and work with samsungs...
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Hi,
did you succeeded in your approach to build a device tree with the Samsung-opensource-files? if yes then I'll be very interested in the way you do it as I'm on the same status for a Samsung device which has absolutely no support in the hole internet (except one thread here in XDA
BR
SP
No I didn't.
and I got no help what so ever from the people here at xda-developers.
I even approached some of the people who compile the roms, and got no response from them.
I suspect the only help you'll ever get from these forums is if you ask for help from EXISTING roms,
or you're an "existing" developer that has years of experience.
this place is not for new developers at all.
a lot of brown nosing going on here..
good luck in your search!
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Hi,
did you succeeded in your approach to build a device tree with the Samsung-opensource-files? if yes then I'll be very interested in the way you do it as I'm on the same status for a Samsung device which has absolutely no support in the hole internet (except one thread here in XDA
BR
SP
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technobuddha said:
No I didn't.
and I got no help what so ever from the people here at xda-developers.
I even approached some of the people who compile the roms, and got no response from them.
I suspect the only help you'll ever get from these forums is if you ask for help from EXISTING roms,
or you're an "existing" developer that has years of experience.
this place is not for new developers at all.
a lot of brown nosing going on here..
good luck in your search!
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OK, thanks for your response. Thats also my experiance more ore less I have found (with some exceptions which really try to help).
So I'll try to work on it, and if I succseed, I'll make a guide... maybe it will help then others
BR
SP
what phone is it?
and yea, if you need any help,just ask me.
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OK, thanks for your response. Thats also my experiance more ore less I have found (with some exceptions which really try to help).
So I'll try to work on it, and if I succseed, I'll make a guide... maybe it will help then others
BR
SP
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Its the Samsung sg-i8200 (s3 mini value edition)
The previous phone was supported very well (i8190) but the i8200 has a complete new hardwarebase and its really garbage...
send with my Oneplus One (bacon) SlimKat Tapatalk

[Q] Building an AOSP ROM for device with Cyanogenmod Device Tree

So I am trying to build AOSP 5.0 for Redmi 1s. I downloaded the AOSP source. I also downloaded the device tree and vendor tree from github. Now what changes I have to make to build AOSP????
You need to edit the make files, edit .sh and vendor.
I used this answer to get my AOSP running on my G2 using CM sources. It's not very hard to manage this because CM is not quite different in these aspect, but you need to know some stuff about programming and solve the errors. Good luck.
GalaticStryder said:
You need to edit the make files, edit .sh and vendor.
I used this answer to get my AOSP running on my G2 using CM sources. It's not very hard to manage this because CM is not quite different in these aspect, but you need to know some stuff about programming and solve the errors. Good luck.
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Can you explain...cause I can't understand that post

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