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Hi all,
i want to start with AOSP 4.2 for our SGS3 i9300 - is anybody interested to develop and publish a AOSP based rom with me?
I'm a real application developer (C,C++,JAVA,PHP,MySQL,some Oracle PLSQL) and now its some cold out - i have time to do
some nice things
I think a team of 2 or 3 developers should be enough to develop on this rom, as we can use a lot from AOSP 4.1.2
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As long as no one has found to help, here a short description of current progress:
- Code is pure based on AOSP 4.2 but some snippets of CyanogenMod to bring up hardware (camera,graphics,audio)
- Device is bootable (no other boot.img required anymore)
- Bootanimation is working
- Mount of partitions is working
- Deodexing is working
- adb, debuggerd and root access is working
Not working: a lot
- Graphic not working perfect, needs a kernel patch or a working gralloc/hwcomposer/hwconverter to work without laggy PMEM)
- Camera can not be activated due to a missing function call (undefined reference, maybe it can be solved with a newer driver)
- Audio: missing speaker device (Code have to reworked to work with stagefright and tinyalsa libs)
- USB/internal SDCard: cant be mounted (error message sounds like the device is mounted twice, have to find the error in init process)
- RIL not working (Java file from CM10 have to be integrated in frameworks/opt/telephony)
Currently, i'm working on the Graphic problem and USB part to bring up the device to a stable UI
Way to go man. Good luck to you!
Good luck ...!! Im waiting
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Good evening,
Well how have you imagined that? Do you have build something like that before or would this be your first attempts to build up a rom from scratch? Do you know what's all necessary to contribute for that?
I would try to help you, but I have clearly to say that I haven't done anything like this before. I'm in the last term of my study of technical computer sciences, working in a company as application programmer for C/C++ and Java(Android). Due to my studies I have also some knowledge about hardware programming, down to read/writing some code in assembler. I would be interested to this if I get introduced to the topic and some help with the necessary tool chain wouldn't hurt too ^^.
greetings
hop3l3ss1990 said:
Good evening,
Well how have you imagined that? Do you have build something like that before or would this be your first attempts to build up a rom from scratch? Do you know what's all necessary to contribute for that?
I would try to help you, but I have clearly to say that I haven't done anything like this before. I'm in the last term of my study of technical computer sciences, working in a company as application programmer for C/C++ and Java(Android). Due to my studies I have also some knowledge about hardware programming, down to read/writing some code in assembler. I would be interested to this if I get introduced to the topic and some help with the necessary tool chain wouldn't hurt too ^^.
greetings
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I have successfully built a rom in year 2010 for the LG-P500 device, based on CM7 and modified it in a strange way, so i included a lot of nice things
written from scratch - this rom was a unicate ... later, i developed the "Phoenix Launcher" for Gingerbread enabled devices, but its development is currently
frozen because its strange to support every or almost every device with a bugless launcher. In the last months i learned a lot about android and have to re-think about
what i'm able to do, and what i want to do. In the summer of 2011 i bought my SGS3, the first thing i was doing was to remove that samsung crap from my device and
have installed AOKP. So now it's time to do my own thing again - i want to have AOSP as i think for me its the best Android solution for myself and want to publish it
to other users who think "thats ok for me" too
In short, it doesnt matter if its your first rom - its enough if you know about basic things like "how is android doing all that nice things", "how to debug code", "how to fix
some bugs (even strange bugs)" and some experience with git and github. All other you can learn in a very short time - i've learned the most of things with try & error
andy572 said:
I have successfully built a rom in year 2010 for the LG-P500 device, based on CM7 and modified it in a strange way, so i included a lot of nice things
written from scratch - this rom was a unicate ... later, i developed the "Phoenix Launcher" for Gingerbread enabled devices, but its development is currently
frozen because its strange to support every or almost every device with a bugless launcher. In the last months i learned a lot about android and have to re-think about
what i'm able to do, and what i want to do. In the summer of 2011 i bought my SGS3, the first thing i was doing was to remove that samsung crap from my device and
have installed AOKP. So now it's time to do my own thing again - i want to have AOSP as i think for me its the best Android solution for myself and want to publish it
to other users who think "thats ok for me" too
In short, it doesnt matter if its your first rom - its enough if you know about basic things like "how is android doing all that nice things", "how to debug code", "how to fix
some bugs (even strange bugs)" and some experience with git and github. All other you can learn in a very short time - i've learned the most of things with try & error
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This all sounds interesting for me and yes I like the idea of developing a own clean rom with some cool additional stuff, too. But what would be the first steps to a new rom? Have you begun with all the administration stuff like setting up a new gitrepo, make a to do list etc...?
I think Code debugging and writing some new stuff wouldn't be a problem for me but what are you meaning excactly with "how is android doing all that nice things"? How it build up, deep level architecture? Well, I know how the "normal" Linux system is working, how modules are getting loaded into the kernel... But how this is correctly working on android I have to learn at first and if there is a chance to do that I would do it
Currently on my S3 is SlimBean and till that there is still no update to 4.2 I'm happy with it, but exploring something new would be pretty cool
Do you have an IRC chat room or something like that? I've to go offline now, my girlfriend wants more attention.^^ But If you want, I' m willing to try to contribute to the rom
PS. I'm sorry for my bad English and hope its understandable, but outside from here you can talk to me in German ^^
If you want to help the AOSP experience on our phones the best place to do it is with the CyanogenMod guys. You'll find pretty much everything based on AOSP (including people that port Vanilla AOSP and AOKP) is using a CM kernel.
They're likely working on the merge now in terms of getting CM10.1 out (with Android 4.2) but most of our CM guys are pretty burned out on working with Samsung's subpar reference material to get basic stuff working (mostly HWC). If you think you could help with this, this would be provide a massive boost to the whole community that want to run these phones on an AOSP based ROM and they would be very grateful.
Gotta warn you though it sounds like it'll be an uphill struggle to get the rest of the stuff working right; unless Samsung release some decent sources for HWC.
Currently i have only downloaded the AOSP sources and started to integrate most of the configs. Currently it cant compile because AOSP is not AOKP/CM10
where i got the device and vendor directories, so i have to make some changes in the basic system. if it's compiling to the end, i open a fresh github account
and upload all my modifications. The compile process stops currently on audio,OMX plugins, graphics and camera - most of that are small pieces of changes
i have to make - i think, tomorrow (its monday in germany here) i can upload all and then we can start to develop on
andy572 said:
Currently i have only downloaded the AOSP sources and started to integrate most of the configs. Currently it cant compile because AOSP is not AOKP/CM10
where i got the device and vendor directories, so i have to make some changes in the basic system. if it's compiling to the end, i open a fresh github account
and upload all my modifications. The compile process stops currently on audio,OMX plugins, graphics and camera - most of that are small pieces of changes
i have to make - i think, tomorrow (its monday in germany here) i can upload all and then we can start to develop on
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Wish i could help (just started learning JAVA ) ! gl with this awesome project
Nice to see you here, I remember you from the P500 forums.
Xda user krarvind should be able to give you some useful hints, you will have to contact him through the RD forum as his pm is locked down, or I could possibly put him in contact with you
slaphead20 said:
Xda user krarvind should be able to give you some useful hints, you will have to contact him through the RD forum as his pm is locked down, or I could possibly put him in contact with you
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Thank you, it would be nice if you can contact him
andy572 said:
Thank you, it would be nice if you can contact him
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Ok, will mention it to him
andy572 said:
Currently i have only downloaded the AOSP sources and started to integrate most of the configs. Currently it cant compile because AOSP is not AOKP/CM10
where i got the device and vendor directories, so i have to make some changes in the basic system. if it's compiling to the end, i open a fresh github account
and upload all my modifications. The compile process stops currently on audio,OMX plugins, graphics and camera - most of that are small pieces of changes
i have to make - i think, tomorrow (its monday in germany here) i can upload all and then we can start to develop on
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How it's going forward?
Maybe it could be useful to publish the github link when it's ready and some more information like staus, on first post
In the next days I have some trouble with my exams ( in two weeks I'm completely finished with my studies ^^) but I think if there is something to do I'll find some time to work on.
Good Luck Dude~
I haven't tried AOSP yet.
Hope someday i can give it a go.:silly:
hop3l3ss1990 said:
How it's going forward?
Maybe it could be useful to publish the github link when it's ready and some more information like staus, on first post
In the next days I have some trouble with my exams ( in two weeks I'm completely finished with my studies ^^) but I think if there is something to do I'll find some time to work on.
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current state:
- patched android/build so we can compile the kernel within the main compile process
- patched android/build main.mk file so we can use OpenJDK or Oracle JDK
- added android/vendor/aokp and android/vendor/samsung tree from AOKP (its the most useful directory structure)
- added android/hardware from AOKP so we have all that Exynos things that are needed, even by AOSP
- modified android/frameworks/native/include so a OMX Plugin header can be found
- modified android/libhardware and patched gralloc module
currently it compiles to the Webkit library, most of all apps, libs and binaries are building without errors - the next problem
to solve is the PRODUCT_COPY_FILES ****: nothing of proprietary files are copied to the android/out directory, seems like
a bug in android/build too.
For only 2 days trying to compile to the end without errors its a very good cut
here we go: it compiles to the end and a flashable "JOP40" zip could be created
tryed to flash, but it gives errors in CWM: have to remove the recovery folder and the recovery.sh file from etc folder in the ota zip file, but it doesnt boot up - got a black screen only.
do we need a new or patched kernel instead the CM10 smdk421x one?
Well does it have all the closed source libraries fron the phone? If not, it wont boot. Dont think i am calling you stupid, you obviously know what you are doing, but maybe you forgot. Idk. Check that. Try running a log cat and debug that.
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b-eock said:
Well does it have all the closed source libraries fron the phone? If not, it wont boot. Dont think i am calling you stupid, you obviously know what you are doing, but maybe you forgot. Idk. Check that. Try running a log cat and debug that.
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Thanks for the hint, yes i have all files included - i cant connect to adb, i see only small colored point on the top left side and a sensor
is red blinking (the one to the right of the speaker.
That would be the proximity sensor near the top front speaker. Cant connect, adb binary in /system/bin or xbin?
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Hello there guys,
As we all know we only have 3? 4? developers for the HOX+ . And they are really doing all they can to help keep the phone upto date.
But as we all know they are all busy and can't update their roms that much any longer.
EDIT: Lloir already has a guide : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2187266 but I don't think he covers how to fix camera and gps and stuff
So! Is it possible to make guide on how to compile the rom from the source? I know tombridden and lloir already made a one post guide on how to build some roms but it was too specific.
I now have an extra machine (a laptop) with 500gb free storage and ubuntu as the main OS. It's quite powerful too with 6gb RAM and i7. So Why not use it to help the community while others are busy? In the meantime I will look around for some guides for other phones but I don't think they will help that much.
And please include the answers to those questions if you make a guide:
1- What to do to fix camera/GPS/wifi/Data/sensors ?
2- What approach should I take when compiling a new ROM. For example: there are no developers for PACMAN , how will it differ during compiling between it and AOKP/CM/AOSP .
I am talking about a rom that wasn't approached by Lloir so he won't have the repos for them. What to do then?
Thanks a lot and I can't wait to help
@Lloir @tombriden @PippoX3 @mike1986. and any other developer out there.
you can start by looking at XDA-University
The reply is correct. All of us moved first steps studying at XDA University.
Anyway the case is more complex than others.
For this device there are really few developers. Other device have a lot of support from constructors, many dev and the team-work result in a lot of kernels/roms to flash for the final user.
If you wanna taste the happyness for build a rom, I'll send you a guide to setup your ubuntu, download the sources and build.
But in this case, where enrc2b is not officially support, the things are more difficult.
You must have a minimal practical with java, cpp, android and kernel code (if so).
For the moment I'm in trouble to build an AOKP 4.2.2 with new kernel. I haven't device to try, 'cause the hard is build&&try continuosly.
Not the fact to have a pc turned on for hours and hours.... and the eyes&&mind open for hours and hours... but the patience to continuously try time after time.
Now I am in a dead point... many users like have S2W enable on new CM kernel... but.... the kernel won't!
Thanks a lot anyway. Thanks to @Lloir, @tombriden, @maxwen and alls who's workin' for this device.
Stay tuned....
PippoX3 said:
The reply is correct. All of us moved first steps studying at XDA University.
Anyway the case is more complex than others.
For this device there are really few developers. Other device have a lot of support from constructors, many dev and the team-work result in a lot of kernels/roms to flash for the final user.
If you wanna taste the happyness for build a rom, I'll send you a guide to setup your ubuntu, download the sources and build.
But in this case, where enrc2b is not officially support, the things are more difficult.
You must have a minimal practical with java, cpp, android and kernel code (if so).
For the moment I'm in trouble to build an AOKP 4.2.2 with new kernel. I haven't device to try, 'cause the hard is build&&try continuosly.
Not the fact to have a pc turned on for hours and hours.... and the eyes&&mind open for hours and hours... but the patience to continuously try time after time.
Now I am in a dead point... many users like have S2W enable on new CM kernel... but.... the kernel won't!
Thanks a lot anyway. Thanks to @Lloir, @tombriden, @maxwen and alls who's workin' for this device.
Stay tuned....
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That's what i did already. I set up the periphals/kernel/device info GITs and now i am looking for the roms, I found CM and stuff but I can't find PURE AOSP , does that mean i must download it and upload it?
I also have Oracle java installed. Do I have to have open JDK?
Ghand0ur said:
That's what i did already. I set up the periphals/kernel/device info GITs and now i am looking for the roms, I found CM and stuff but I can't find PURE AOSP , does that mean i must download it and upload it?
I also have Oracle java installed. Do I have to have open JDK?
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https://github.com/pure-aosp/android
Lloir said:
https://github.com/pure-aosp/android
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Now that we begin to have a solid CM base, will possible to build at least CM for enrc2b for noobs too.
And eventually "port" device/kernel" parts to others platforms. So who like e.g. PA can do...
If you agree, I can paste my personal appoints to a guide, from client setup (Sun java don't works) to the build zip rom.
Updated and corrected to last KK.
PippoX3 said:
Now that we begin to have a solid CM base, will possible to build at least CM for enrc2b for noobs too.
And eventually "port" device/kernel" parts to others platforms. So who like e.g. PA can do...
If you agree, I can paste my personal appoints to a guide, from client setup (Sun java don't works) updated and corrected to last KK.
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Go for it. Saves me doing it which I was about to do
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This has been started for people interested in porting other ROM's for the Nubia Z7 Mini (NX507J). If you are interested in seeing/using/asking questions about ROM's that currently exist, please use the thread created by @Seyron here. I previously posted the following information on that thread, but feel a new thread will be better so the other can be used for people with questions about existing ones.
I'm not sure what you mean by a good background for going at it; however, I think having a good understanding of computers and even some basic programming is very helpful. As for myself, everything is self-taught. I'm pretty familiar with mac, PC, and linux. Even if you are completely new at it, there is lots of good information out there - I would just encourage you to start by learning from credible and well established sources. I have only tried porting for nubia Z7 mini - no other android. I previously used the iphone (and am frankly glad I now have android).
It really depends on whether you want to do a simple port (that's how I call it - don't know if there's an official way of calling it) or port from source. If you are doing a simple port, you can use any computer (mac, pc, linux); however, if you want to port/build from source it is by far the easiest to do it from Linux. There are many resources out there for building/porting from linux - most of which are using Ubuntu. I personally use Debian (which incidentally Ubuntu was created from; however, they are now each distinct and different), but you could use most any linux distro as long as you are comfortable using the command line. Also, if you are using linux, make sure you have enough hard drive space available (most recommended is at least 30GB) and have enough RAM (I have 16GB - minimum recommended is 8GB). It's also very helpful if you have a large swap set up as it makes building go faster. Once you have everything put together, compiling/building takes 3-5 hours depending on the specs of your computer. I have a 1.7ghz i5 in my computer and it is slow - 4-5 hour range for me.
For the sources list below, please note I have no affiliation with them and do not know them. Use at your own risk, I assume no responsibility for what may happen to your computer or phone.
I think some of the best (and frankly most detailed) information comes from the android source code website and from XDA-University.
https://source.android.com/index.html
XDA-University
For what I call simple porting, can be done on any computer - this was the site I started with and it seemed to work except that I kept getting boot loop issues. There are many other sites out there with nearly identical information. This person uses a PC, but you can adjust it quite simply for doing this on mac or linux too:
http://seekandroid.info/2014/05/porting-android-roms-for-your-phone.html
The following site/instructions are very interesting as they are different than any other site I found out there with porting instructions. I have not done it this way - primarily because I am concerned about "bricking" my phone. The method this person uses is the same; however, the files that they transfer are opposite to most any other site I've found. I have not used these instruction - be very cautious until someone else can confirm.
http://anythingsyouneed.blogspot.com/2014/06/how-to-port-custom-rom-rom-porting.html
This one seems interesting; however, I have not used anything on this website and have not used one of the Kitchen programs.
http://www.littlegreenrobot.co.uk/tutorials/how-to-cook-your-own-android-rom/
Android - excellent and very detailed. Personally I think most helpful to those with intermediate to advanced programming knowledge. Or at least have the ambition and time to learn.
https://source.android.com/source/building-devices.html
XDA-University - Truly amazing wealth of information, approachable for anyone from absolute beginners to advanced programers.
http://xda-university.com/as-a-developer
http://xda-university.com/as-a-developer/porting-aosp-roms-using-source-code
I've been busy and haven't had a chance to use these pages yet, but it's what I'm going to do next to try and solve the boot loop errors.
http://xda-university.com/as-a-user/zip-based-rom-tweaking
http://xda-university.com/as-a-user/how-to-recover-from-a-bootloop
If anyone has anything to add, please do. I'd be interested in seeing what else people use.
I haven't found the required sources to port from source, so I don't know if that's possible. Neither am I experienced in any of that.
In basic porting I do, however so far it has been unsuccesful for the Z7 Mini.
I have tried to port CM11S from the OPO, but it didn't work out, the phone became stuck in a bootloop, and logcat wasn't working to find out what's the problem of not booting. Might be dual-sim related but that should more likely run into a non-working sim/ril or a lot of crashes, not making it not booting at all.
I do wonder how they got the CM11 / Mokee with eng/ch languages to work. Tried using those as base too but that didn't do the trick.
To build completely from source you need to have the kernel source.
ZTE has not yet released it, but I'm hoping it will be released soon.
You can check here.
On Github there's a repo but it's apparently broken.
Anyway you can build cyanogenmod without having the kernel source (http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Doc:_porting_intro)
As soon as I get my own device I'll try that.
Nice, will follow this thread
I was trying to port the Z7 Max CM11 to the Z7 Mini, still work in progress because i'm new at this...
So, do you have any idea how the existing ROM's were ported then? If they weren't from source, we should be able to port others without getting the boot loop error - in theory. Not finding the kernel source is the main reason (besides finding the time) why I haven't worked on porting others. I also cannot find the vendor tree for the phone - which incidentally, may well be part of the kernel source. If you can port CM without source the others should be equally possible. Personally, I'm not interested in a CM based ROM (although a couple I listed in the other thread that I tried porting were CM based); I'm more interested in an AOSP based ROM. I wonder why ZTE has been so slow to release the kernel? Especially since they've released all the others (albeit not the other Z7's) and they have been so popular.
Also, as I stated in the other thread, I was able to get a couple to boot, but they were stuck in boot loop issues. I forgot to use logcat to see what the issue was.
@voetbalremco I agree with you, how did they get MoKee and MIUI to work? I tried using MoKee as base too - though didn't try MIUI. Does anyone know if it's possible to extract the kernel from the current stock ROM?
pierg75 said:
To build completely from source you need to have the kernel source.
ZTE has not yet released it, but I'm hoping it will be released soon.
You can check here.
On Github there's a repo but it's apparently broken.
Anyway you can build cyanogenmod without having the kernel source (http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Doc:_porting_intro)
As soon as I get my own device I'll try that.
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pedrud said:
So, do you have any idea how the existing ROM's were ported then? If they weren't from source, we should be able to port others without getting the boot loop error
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There are different ways to port a Rom...or you build it from scratch, so you compile everything. And for that you need source for every component.
Or you can use the various kitchens (this one for example) to repack and tweak an existent rom.
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Does anyone know if it's possible to extract the kernel from the current stock ROM?
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You can do it with the kitchen above or using one of the tools available (like this one for example.
Probably everything can be done with dd (as mentioned in the cyanogenmod guide).
Hopefully my device will be her soon, so I can also try these as well
pierg75 said:
There are different ways to port a Rom...or you build it from scratch, so you compile everything. And for that you need source for every component.
Or you can use the various kitchens (this one for example) to repack and tweak an existent rom.
You can do it with the kitchen above or using one of the tools available (like this one for example.
Probably everything can be done with dd (as mentioned in the cyanogenmod guide).
Hopefully my device will be her soon, so I can also try these as well
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Thanks for the resources! I think combining those two, plus the info on the CM website, and what's on XDA-University; I should be able to get this figured out. Now all I need to do is find the time.
Today my phone arrived! Tomorrow I'll pick it up and start to do some tests.
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Here it is Kernel source code for NX507J
github.com/ztemt/Z7Mini_NX507J_H128_kernel
felipebarney said:
Here it is Kernel source code for NX507J
github.com/ztemt/Z7Mini_NX507J_H128_kernel
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I thought that was the kernel that was either incomplete or broken. Do you know otherwise? I had seen it previously, but had read there were errors with it. If not, that's great! I also wonder if it has the "fixes" that ZTE has made for wifi, BT, etc in the recent updates.
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I thought that was the kernel that was either incomplete or broken. Do you know otherwise? I had seen it previously, but had read there were errors with it. If not, that's great! I also wonder if it has the "fixes" that ZTE has made for wifi, BT, etc in the recent updates.
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I found on the nubia.cn, but i don't know if this have issues... Anyway last updated was 22 days ago, I hope they have fixed...
felipebarney said:
I found on the nubia.cn, but i don't know if this have issues... Anyway last updated was 22 days ago, I hope they have fixed...
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Can you post the link where you originally found it? Thanks.
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Can you post the link where you originally found it? Thanks.
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bbs.nubia.cn/thread-266348-1-1.html
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bbs.nubia.cn/thread-266348-1-1.html
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Thanks. Although, one person commented on the thread that it is nubia development and isn't open source yet. Won't know for sure and I'm not totally sure how to tell from looking at it. May have to keep waiting - or at least dig a little deeper. Thanks again.
So I started to try to build something with CM-11.
I thought I could put my steps here, in case someone else needs them (or has a better way to do it):
1) Get the repo uility:
Code:
mkdir ~/bin
PATH=~/bin:$PATH
curl http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/bin/repo
chmod a+x ~/bin/repo
2) Initialize the repository:
Code:
repo init -u git://github.com/CyanogenMod/android.git -b cm-11.0
3) Sync the repository:
Code:
repo sync
This will take a while (the repo is pretty big).
I've taken some infos from the phone (build.prop, partitioning, kernel, boot.img).
I'll continue as soon as the repo is sync'ed.
Repo sync'ed, now build the environment:
Code:
. build/envsetup.sh
At this point we have to build the structure as explained here
Make sure you have the boot.img extracted (see previous posts about a tool).
Make sure you have the utility "unpackbootimg" installed.
I downloaded from https://github.com/osm0sis/mkbootimg/blob/master/unpackbootimg.c and compiled with:
Code:
gcc -o unpackbootimg unpackbootimg.c
Put it in your $PATH.
Then run the commands to create the directory structure:
Code:
./build/tools/device/mkvendor.sh nubia NX507J ../original/boot.img
"nubia" and "NX507J" come from the build.prop, respectively
Code:
ro.product.manufacturer=nubia
ro.product.device=NX507J
The result from the mkvendor.sh is:
Code:
[...]
Use the following command to set up your build environment:
lunch cm_NX507J-eng
And use the follwowing command to build a recovery:
. build/tools/device/makerecoveries.sh cm_NX507J-eng
...to be continued
pierg75 said:
So I started to try to build something with CM-11.
I thought I could put my steps here, in case someone else needs them (or has a better way to do it):
1) Get the repo uility:
Code:
mkdir ~/bin
PATH=~/bin:$PATH
curl http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/bin/repo
chmod a+x ~/bin/repo
2) Initialize the repository:
Code:
repo init -u git://github.com/CyanogenMod/android.git -b cm-11.0
3) Sync the repository:
Code:
repo sync
This will take a while (the repo is pretty big).
I've taken some infos from the phone (build.prop, partitioning, kernel, boot.img).
I'll continue as soon as the repo is sync'ed.
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This is great! Thanks. Are you using a PC or Linux and what OS? Those are the next steps that I want to take. I'm interested in doing it with carbon, omni, and maybe paranoid.
pedrud said:
This is great! Thanks. Are you using a PC or Linux and what OS? Those are the next steps that I want to take. I'm interested in doing it with carbon, omni, and maybe paranoid.
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Obviously I'm using Linux
No windows here
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Obviously I'm using Linux
No windows here
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That's what I assumed, but hey, you never know. You know what they say when you make assumptions... What distro are you using?
Fedora and Debian...BTW I added few more steps in the previous message.
pierg75 said:
Fedora and Debian...BTW I added few more steps in the previous message.
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Did you see the post by yiphoming on the other thread that CM11 already exists? Any other ROM's you're interested in?
NEED HELP
Hello guys, I'm working on a generic tree for our beloved device Honor 7, but not getting enough success, so each and every of you are invited to help me create a new device tree for AOSP 5.1 ROM or CM 12.1, so that we can taste the Stock Android too.
The benefits of these ROMs are that the device will get more fast and stable as there will be minimum apps and bloatwares installed.
So, it is a humble request, that whosoever have any knowledge about creating a tree from scratch please help me.
I have created a skeleton of the tree but it is not a success too as there are many things we still have to consider.
@sminki and @kenshiwara, we will setup an organization on GitHub so everyone can contribute there only.
Hi,
It will be wonderfull to have CM on our honor7.
Sorry mate. You haven't seen my troubles over the last few weeks then
After my H7 'died', I got a warranty replacement phone, and unlocking was proving impossible, each day was bringing more frustration and anger so i've sold it!
That's it, i'm out of the "honor" business for good (hence the "unsupported" bit on the recovery and kernel threads), but as a parting "gift", here's a few things that may help "the cause".
Sorry, the length of this post got out of control! :silly:
device tree starting point:
https://github.com/TeamWin/android_device_huawei_p8 - it's similar enough, that with a little editing and boom, we had our recovery*
https://github.com/debbiche/android_device_huawei_p8 - another fuller "tree" (wip), again the p8 is similar enough to use as a base
https://github.com/Gibbon99/android_device_huawei_hwgemini - mediapad x2 - another kirin
if you're insane, you could get the dtb files (iirc - i got these from compiling the source) and decompile, but this contains EVERYTHING, theses files are huge, many hundred kb and would take days to get the info out you need (if there is any!)
cm
have a look at codeworkx H6 git, it's the closest device you'll find that has CM actually running on it, albeit CM11 (and abandoned!)
https://github.com/codeworkx/proprietary_vendor_huawei
https://github.com/codeworkx/android_device_huawei_h60-common
other things:
osm0sis' kitchen out of the many boot image unpack/repack tools, this worked the best with huawei boot/recovery images
* with this in mind, anyone running Linux can pull apart my recovery, fix the issues in default.prop, add extra partitions to fstab and repack it. then post it for everyone else to use.
with the sh!tty way fastboot is on these phones, and the way modem binaries get patched, you're going to have to look for a way to write these in recovery (scripted with dd i imagine) so that everyone can use without having the ballache that is B100,B121,B140 etc etc to get to a version that will work with your ROM. this for me is where it's all going to hurt! (and end with bricks!)
final thing - the kernel source is terrible, it is so far removed from AOSP that simple things that you could normally just drop in, like cpu governors won't work. unless you really know C++ and how to debug it's gonna be near stock (like mine funnily enough!)
Good luck chaps :good: it's gonna be a hell of a ride!
sminki said:
Sorry mate. You haven't seen my troubles over the last few weeks then
After my H7 'died', I got a warranty replacement phone, and unlocking was proving impossible, each day was bringing more frustration and anger so i've sold it!
That's it, i'm out of the "honor" business for good (hence the "unsupported" bit on the recovery and kernel threads), but as a parting "gift", here's a few things that may help "the cause".
Sorry, the length of this post got out of control! :silly:
device tree starting point:
https://github.com/TeamWin/android_device_huawei_p8 - it's similar enough, that with a little editing and boom, we had our recovery*
https://github.com/debbiche/android_device_huawei_p8 - another fuller "tree" (wip), again the p8 is similar enough to use as a base
https://github.com/Gibbon99/android_device_huawei_hwgemini - mediapad x2 - another kirin
if you're insane, you could get the dtb files (iirc - i got these from compiling the source) and decompile, but this contains EVERYTHING, theses files are huge, many hundred kb and would take days to get the info out you need (if there is any!)
cm
have a look at codeworkx H6 git, it's the closest device you'll find that has CM actually running on it, albeit CM11 (and abandoned!)
https://github.com/codeworkx/proprietary_vendor_huawei
https://github.com/codeworkx/android_device_huawei_h60-common
other things:
osm0sis' kitchen out of the many boot image unpack/repack tools, this worked the best with huawei boot/recovery images
* with this in mind, anyone running Linux can pull apart my recovery, fix the issues in default.prop, add extra partitions to fstab and repack it. then post it for everyone else to use.
with the sh!tty way fastboot is on these phones, and the way modem binaries get patched, you're going to have to look for a way to write these in recovery (scripted with dd i imagine) so that everyone can use without having the ballache that is B100,B121,B140 etc etc to get to a version that will work with your ROM. this for me is where it's all going to hurt! (and end with bricks!)
final thing - the kernel source is terrible, it is so far removed from AOSP that simple things that you could normally just drop in, like cpu governors won't work. unless you really know C++ and how to debug it's gonna be near stock (like mine funnily enough!)
Good luck chaps :good: it's gonna be a hell of a ride!
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Thanks, this will help enough and I was not aware of your troubles
I got a device tree working with CM12.1 and USB debugging, but Mali was a showstopper. Now I'm fighting with CM13 instead... Generally, the B313 ROM is far less hacky, but we lose the open source kernel for a while until they release one.
I will set up a GitHub tree with what I have when I get CM13 compiling again, however keep in mind that you need to patch the boot.img manually to use the closed-source B313 kernel until Huawei releases the source for that, which probably won't happen at the very least until it's fully in OTA. I'd love some help from someone who is more experienced, especially with the Mali drivers which are the worst of pains.
EDIT: I got CM13 compiling again. Let's hope for the best.
EDIT2: Mali works! Sadly, that currently depends on Huawei's libgui.so which brings in a huge chunk of Huawei's patched libraries - otherwise, it segfaults in strange places. Any ideas?
Is there any whatsapp group of honor 7.I want to join it.
udayraj99 said:
Is there any whatsapp group of honor 7.I want to join it.
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Stop spamming
Omg I think I will never receive a Custom ROM for PLK-UL00 as they didn't release source code for that and device tree is way far
Mee too
omkarpranavxxx said:
Omg I think I will never receive a Custom ROM for PLK-UL00 as they didn't release source code for that and device tree is way far
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As an indian user evwn i feel i made wrong choice....should have gone for one plus x
asiekierka said:
I got a device tree working with CM12.1 and USB debugging, but Mali was a showstopper. Now I'm fighting with CM13 instead... Generally, the B313 ROM is far less hacky, but we lose the open source kernel for a while until they release one.
I will set up a GitHub tree with what I have when I get CM13 compiling again, however keep in mind that you need to patch the boot.img manually to use the closed-source B313 kernel until Huawei releases the source for that, which probably won't happen at the very least until it's fully in OTA. I'd love some help from someone who is more experienced, especially with the Mali drivers which are the worst of pains.
EDIT: I got CM13 compiling again. Let's hope for the best.
EDIT2: Mali works! Sadly, that currently depends on Huawei's libgui.so which brings in a huge chunk of Huawei's patched libraries - otherwise, it segfaults in strange places. Any ideas?
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Hello, did any of the CM compiled fully to be a flashable zip? if yes, then have you flashed it and took logcat?
Nishadan said:
As an indian user evwn i feel i made wrong choice....should have gone for one plus x
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Yup lesson learnt snapdragon or nothing frm now on
maybe you know
I post link - http://download-c.huawei.com/downlo...oadId=62086&version=204465&siteCode=worldwide
Honor 7 Open Source（PLK-L01_Android5_0_2_EMUI3_1_kernel_EN)
Any progress?
I hope I can do something,it is nice to see cm for honor 7.
Since it has been a while that any Info came out of this thread I have to ask.. Is anyone still working the tree?
I normaly do not ask for etas but in this case it would be useful if the thread is abandoned that we could know the reasons and Problems so maybe someone else could join in with a different approach
cycovision said:
Since it has been a while that any Info came out of this thread I have to ask.. Is anyone still working the tree?
I normaly do not ask for etas but in this case it would be useful if the thread is abandoned that we could know the reasons and Problems so maybe someone else could join in with a different approach
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I'm a bit busy to continue my work on the tree, but after my exams I will continue to work on tree with Android 6.0 source. Hope it goes well.
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I'm a bit busy to continue my work on the tree, but after my exams I will continue to work on tree with Android 6.0 source. Hope it goes well.
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good luck with your exams
Until then you can use this
New ROM for Honor 7 PLK-L01.
DigiGoon said:
Until then you can use this
New ROM for Honor 7 PLK-L01.
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Can we get a kitkat rom if your work with the device tree is done ? I really do miss kitkat[emoji20]
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muhammad Shohayeb said:
Can we get a kitkat rom if your work with the device tree is done ? I really do miss kitkat[emoji20]
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I will be developing AOSP 6.0, if others can give it a try then maybe we can get it.
Hello all, where would I start in making a working twrp for this phone?
Does anyone know if Motorola has released the device tree/source code for this phone so we can make the roms? LineageOS would be ideal.
Well, I have the same phone. Couldn't find ROMs for it.
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Hello all, where would I start in making a working twrp for this phone?
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look in this forum here, there are a couple floating around for it, I've made one, that I was able to fully flash to mine and has touch (Android 10. there's another that is 11 on here too by another poster), but as there are multiple display options out there it seems for how they were made, that is the sticking point, as not all will behave properly when booted into a recovery like mode it seems. I have tried installing it over bootloader and it will have touch then, but when flashed to recovery the touch never activates properly. So it all likely comes to that, as we'll need combine them in, properly applying proper checks for each display type and having it use the proper driver files, since can't load them all at once or it breaks things.
Working shrp for Borneo
thebestofall007 said:
Hello all, where would I start in making a working twrp for this phone?
Does anyone know if Motorola has released the device tree/source code for this phone so we can make the roms? LineageOS would be ideal.
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First place to start: twrpdtgen
Read the "readme"
Also check out:
[DEV]How to compile TWRP touch recovery
Device tree made from A10. Should still be relevant for A11.
Kernel for A10. Unfortunately I don't think Moto released the one for A11 yet. You can ask on their GitHub and devs might consider your request.
TWRP for A11. Touch is working.
Edit : here's a link for the device tree (in text) from A11
maybe this will work
thebestofall007 said:
Hello all, where would I start in making a working twrp for this phone?
Does anyone know if Motorola has released the device tree/source code for this phone so we can make the roms? LineageOS would be ideal.
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maybe this will help probably https://github.com/MotorolaMobilityLLC/kernel-msm
UPDATE: I have a telegram account where we are discussing how to make a custom lineage OS. I'm at the gathering stage and in the process of porting a device tree. For starters I want to start with lineage OS 18 because its the same android version the stock OS is, to be on the safe side, and that I've never done ROMS before.
Moto G Power 2021
I now have a device tree with the help of AOSPdtgen from the stock ROM from mirrors.lolinet: https://github.com/thebestofall007/android_device_motorola_borneo
I have started the build and got the first error:
https://imgur.com/a/XZoqy8B
I've looked this error up and they say it's because of the ram, but the error recurs at the same point. I have 16gb of swap, too.
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I have started the build and got the first error:
https://imgur.com/a/XZoqy8B
I've looked this error up and they say it's because of the ram, but the error recurs at the same point. I have 16gb of swap, too.
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you need alot of ram to build a rom for android 36GB of RAM or more will be beater to it wont crash
KILLFIREY1389 said:
you need alot of ram to build a rom for android 36GB of RAM or more will be beater to it wont crash
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The error turned out to be entries in the proprietary-files.text file that needed to be deleted.
@thebestofall007 If you'll suceed. please take in consideration to build \e\ (aka deGoogled Lineage) too.
Here's a couple of interesting links that may help:
https://doc.e.foundation/support-topics/build-e
https://community.e.foundation/t/howto-building-e-roms-a-beginners-guide/26371
Last but not least, we've also suggested them (check here) to setup a "build (V)Machine" by modding this colab notebook to made it device agnostic:
https://github.com/viam1-dev/colab_lineage_build
Hope can "inspire" you.
Thanks in advance.
Does anyone have a complete list of sources so far? I have some experience in the past building ROMs for Android 5 and I wouldn't mind trying. I have a lot of computer resources to dedicate to building as well.
Device tree: https://github.com/thebestofall007/android_device_motorola_borneo-old
Does anyone know if there is a kernel source? I looked on the Moto github and couldn't find one. Is everyone using prebuilt for the time being? Also, do we need a vendor tree?
Thanks