We can install custom roms of android to unlock certain features, install custom recoveries, custom anything at the cost of product support linked to the manufacture of said phone, but im a bit curious of android x86 and what modding capabilities we have with it. Can we modify it like we have to do to get something like LineageOS running on an android phone, or is something like that only possible by compiling the android OS image and modifying that to be LineageOS or whatever custom rom instead?
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I was going through the xdadevelopers forums when I saw that the process of installing ROMs seems of be device dependent. Can someone please explain me why it is so?
More specifically, shouldn't the process of installing a pure Android ROM (AOSP) be the same on every device since all of them are based on the ARM architecture.
I haven't installed an android ROM before, but I am trying to understand why the process isn't similar to installing a Linux based OS on my computer.
I recently bought an Android tablet (HCL ME X1) to experiment with ROMs but later realized that there aren't ROMs for this device. Can someone let me if I can use the ROMs of any other device for this?
Because all different models have different hardware so the rom has to be specific to that device.
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Thanks for the reply stylez.
So I guess if I want to develop a custom ROM (say an AOSP ROM) I will need the device drivers which my vendor wrote.
Is there any way of identifying the vendor specific drivers of my device? I am using an HCL ME X1.
I realize that one can run and install linux on an android device (which is running it's own kernel on top of android's kernel), so wouldn't it be just as possible to run a factory kernel on top of a modded kernel to regain access to device specific features that only the factory kernel can currently utilize (4g, 3d cameras, etc.)? As far as I understand, linux has access to those features and can interface with them (whether it can do anything with them is another topic, but...), so wouldn't this be a viable solution to make custom ICS, JellyBean, Cyanogenmod roms work 100% with each device? Sorry for the lack of specific technical mumbo-jumbo lingo, just a newbie brainstorming here.
Hello... Since I'm not very familiar with cell phones I'm curious about something. With a desktop computer, one can build their own or have a manufacturer type ( Dell, HP and so ) Now if you take the custom build system you basically can decide which OS you want, why can't cell phones be similar to that be able to install whichever OS you like, Or can you? Like in Android is it possible to install just a basic OS onto a phone? one that doesn't have let's say Google ( Google store)? Is there an Android build without Google? Also, does Android have an OS with its own browser, if not, why not? thanks
Dude905 said:
Hello... Since I'm not very familiar with cell phones I'm curious about something. With a desktop computer, one can build their own or have a manufacturer type ( Dell, HP and so ) Now if you take the custom build system you basically can decide which OS you want, why can't cell phones be similar to that be able to install whichever OS you like, Or can you? Like in Android is it possible to install just a basic OS onto a phone? one that doesn't have let's say Google ( Google store)? Is there an Android build without Google? Also, does Android have an OS with its own browser, if not, why not? thanks
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You're thinking about it along the correct route. There are plain, unbranded Android builds known as Vanilla Android. These are the builds you see on Nexus and Pixel devices, built from the AOSP (Android Open Source Project) and have no carrier or OEM bloat.
If you're looking for a lightweight Android OS with no GApps (Google Apps), there are a ton of custom Android builds available, the most popular in the world being LineageOS. However, it should be noted that you can't simply flash a vanilla or custom Android build to your device and expect it to boot and function properly. Android ROMs need to be ported to a specific device. This is due to the vast hardware differences between various manufacturers and models.
To see if any custom Android builds are available for your particular device, search your model device in the Search Plus option. If any custom ROMs, kernels, recoveries, etc., are available for your device, you'll find them here on XDA.
MotoJunkie01 said:
You're thinking about it along the correct route. There are plain, unbranded Android builds known as Vanilla Android. These are the builds you see on Nexus and Pixel devices, built from the AOSP (Android Open Source Project) and have no carrier or OEM bloat.
If you're looking for a lightweight Android OS with no GApps (Google Apps), there are a ton of custom Android builds available, the most popular in the world being LineageOS. However, it should be noted that you can't simply flash a vanilla or custom Android build to your device and expect it to boot and function properly. Android ROMs need to be ported to a specific device. This is due to the vast hardware differences between various manufacturers and models.
To see if any custom Android builds are available for your particular device, search your model device in the Search Plus option. If any custom ROMs, kernels, recoveries, etc., are available for your device, you'll find them here on XDA.
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Thank you for your input it gave me more of an understanding and I will do as suggested
Hello everybody. I love this community and I have been lurking for a long time.
I have noticed on a foreign language forum that some people were offering a custom rom for my android 9 TV box.
The chinese box is based on a s905x3 CPU and has a mediatek wifi chip for which it is hard (if not impossible to find the wifi drivers).
The site claims that the image was made by modifying the stock rom that came with the box. Is this possible or do all custom roms need to be build from the source?
The custom rom I want to make is going to replace the launcher with kodi.
I am prepared to build the whole rom from source but I do have a couple of questions.
Since the mediatek wifi drivers cannot be found how would I go about including the binary for the wifi?
I have noticed that the box that I have uses a .ko (kernel object) module to drive the wifi chip.
Can I include these kernel objects in build? It is a shame that the kernel is built as a 32bit system. Would that mean that I can only compile a 32bit kernel if I were to reuse those kernel modules and binaries?
Another idea is to perhaps use the kernel from coreelec in my build since it seems to include a lot of drivers.
Is it possible to use a kernel from something like coreelec but use the source from AOSP for the rest of my build?
Is there anything else that I should be aware of?
Thank you all!!!!
Can anyone give me any hints to any of the questions?
Essentially I want to swap out the stock launcher for Kodi. What is the easiest way to do so?
Hello friends
As you can see, we download Linux and install it on laptops and tablets with completely different hardware. And we see that after installation, we do not need to download and install any drivers.
Is there an Android firmware - Android ROM that can be installed on all smartphones and use all its features?
Can non-official developers produce such an Android? Especially now that the internal memory of phones is 128 GB or more?
There are GSI ROMs. They can run on any Project Treble supported device. However, some things don't work. For example, there is no Sony camera DRM implementation in official AOSP, so the Sony phone camera won't work on GSI. If you want to use a GSI, I recommend trying Phh-Treble.
Also, when I set up my Microsoft Surface on Linux, I had to mess around with kernel modules to get the touchscreen to work. So, Linux does require some configuration depending on your hardware.
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There are GSI ROMs. They can run on any Project Treble supported device. However, some things don't work. For example, there is no Sony camera DRM implementation in official AOSP, so the Sony phone camera won't work on GSI. If you want to use a GSI, I recommend trying Phh-Treble.
Also, when I set up my Microsoft Surface on Linux, I had to mess around with kernel modules to get the touchscreen to work. So, Linux does require some configuration depending on your hardware.
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Thanks for answering my question.
Please tell me is there any pre-rooted version of GSI?
I think it must available pre-rooted because maybe we need install drivers and reconfigure system files.