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Hi all,
The purpose of this thread is to coordinate our efforts trying to build CM11 for LG L7 II series.
Here we will share ideas, distribute our tasks and basically do whatever we can to have CM11 running as fast and as reliably as possible on our beloved device.
Next thing I believe should be a plan on how to kick off this project. This Wiki page (thanks @kalel29) is probably a good start, but we need to start rolling it. Will be glad to hear any other suggestions from anyone with more experience lifting up such a task.
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ROMs are ready. Here are the official threads for CM11 L7 II devices (by weritos):
CM11 for L7 II single SIM (p710/p712/p713/p714)
CM11 for L7 II dual SIM (p715/p716)
What all "wannabe-developers" must set up is definitely a Linux workbench, like it is just written in THIS thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2302780
This is an all-round starter for everyone I think, also, let me share my personal experience with you - just be very-very careful when installing Linux next to Windows - I losed all my personal data because of some partition details gone wrong.
An other point, is that what we all have seen lately, and sadly: without sharing the sources of our work, the project will be closed by XDA admins, that's what we've seen with the custom kernel of airodsas, and the CM10 of weritos. So whatever we've done, we must synchronize that onto the team's GitHub.
That's all what should be done in the first place, I think. Also, I'd like to offer my graphic skills to make an elegant look to the team, I mean banners, logo, and some other fancy stuff
Maybe this serves you
https://github.com/TeamHackLG/android_device_lge_p710
https://github.com/SinxOner/android_kernel_lge_p710
igna.98 said:
Maybe this serves you
https://github.com/TeamHackLG/android_device_lge_p710
https://github.com/SinxOner/android_kernel_lge_p710
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Thanks. This is for CM10.2. However, I guess that the right way to go is to merge the Vendor/HW dependent stuff from official LG KK into CM11.
shiftyHungary said:
What all "wannabe-developers" must set up is definitely a Linux workbench, like it is just written in THIS thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2302780
This is an all-round starter for everyone I think, also, let me share my personal experience with you - just be very-very careful when installing Linux next to Windows - I losed all my personal data because of some partition details gone wrong.
An other point, is that what we all have seen lately, and sadly: without sharing the sources of our work, the project will be closed by XDA admins, that's what we've seen with the custom kernel of airodsas, and the CM10 of weritos. So whatever we've done, we must synchronize that onto the team's GitHub.
That's all what should be done in the first place, I think. Also, I'd like to offer my graphic skills to make an elegant look to the team, I mean banners, logo, and some other fancy stuff
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Thanks for the useful link. Was going to setup an additional PC with Ubuntu at home next week. Now there are few additional step to perform there.
Ok then,i think that we need to its sync the team in order to work better,by putting schedules or something,also time zones will be important
Developer CM 11
Digdis said:
Hi!! I interested to contribute for this Rom. I've got two years in the world of Android with the configure Build.prop and custimize the clock and run scripts
I waiting for start this project
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Alright then!
So first, we need to see who's on our team, and what each one can contribute.
We need to form the strategy of how to attack this task.
We should allow a few days (I suggest until Monday-Tuesday) for people to setup their development environment (shifty's link is a good starting point). Everyone here also need to setup a github account, as the CM sources are on github.
As for me: I don't have experience building ROMs or developing Android apps, but I do have experience in Linux development (including scripting and a bit of workstation administration). Ready to help any way I can. TZ is GMT+2.
Time zone over here is -6 GMT
Updating repo device....
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I would like to work for this project. I had some knowledge about building roms. And I already got a pc with Linux. So now anyone of us should lead this project and have to assist others and allocate the task for the members. And importantly everyone should update status everyday and make this thread active.
My Time zone IND +5:30GMT
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Time zone
Willing to help, Time Zone GMT +4
Has linux, Ubuntu 14.04
Hi =)
Well, good luck with the build. :laugh:
weritos said:
Hi =)
Well, good luck with the build. :laugh:
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Then share this ROM with us.
Will there be a version for the P713 ?
weritos said:
Hi =)
Well, good luck with the build. :laugh:
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My Cyrillic alphabeth reading ain't the best, but I believe it shows a CM11 for L7 II here, which is the purpose of this whole thread. Would you mind sharing it with the people here?
He won't,he will ask for money,it's sad tho becaude he has talent.
weritos said:
Hi =)
Well, good luck with the build. :laugh:
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seriously, with knowledge you have, why you no share or help others to build? that's the purpose of this forum (community) exist, right?
weritos said:
Hi =)
Well, good luck with the build. :laugh:
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Did you really have to rub it in our noses man?
CrashBandicootX said:
Did you really have to rub it in our noses man?
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Of course he had to, that was his intention with the pic, and the CM10 also. Let's forget this whole thing, and focus on our project.
Anyone else see this:
https://9to5google.com/2016/09/19/zte-is-working-to-bring-an-official-cyanogenmod-rom-to-the-axon-7/
Yes, it's been discussed in the CM dev topic.
xtermmin said:
Yes, it's been discussed in the CM dev topic.
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What most are not realizing, is that there are two versions of Cyanogen built operating systems. Cyanogen OS is built by Cyanogen Inc. for the device manufacturer and the other is community driven and is open source. These two operating systems may be identical in how they operate once on the device, but how they are developed is different. The question is which one is actually being developed?
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What most are not realizing, is that there are two versions of Cyanogen built operating systems. Cyanogen OS is built by Cyanogen Inc. for the device manufacturer and the other is community driven and is open source. These two operating systems may be identical in how they operate once on the device, but how they are developed is different. The question is which one is actually being developed?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/axon-7/development/cyanogenmod-13-a2017u-t3457410/page10
If it is a true CyanogenMod rom, that means ZTE would have to release proprietary source codes for open source development. They have not done that as of this writing. So more than likely a Cyanogen operating system will be created for this device totally in house, thereby not allowing for future development by the "open source" community of devs.
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If it is a true CyanogenMod rom, that means ZTE would have to release proprietary source codes for open source development. They have not done that as of this writing. So more than likely a Cyanogen operating system will be created for this device totally in house, thereby not allowing for future development by the "open source" community of devs.
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From what I'm gathering from the discussions on the ZTE Community forums and the Cyanogenmod dev topic I linked, it seems that ZTE is sending their code to Cyanogen employee Steve Kondik to create an official cyanogenmod github for the A7, not that Cyanogen the company is going to create a CyanogenOS for the device.
Only for USA.
rikin93 said:
Only for USA.
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Correction: Only for unlocked bootloaders, as it will not be officially signed by ZTE.
xtermmin said:
From what I'm gathering from the discussions on the ZTE Community forums and the Cyanogenmod dev topic I linked, it seems that ZTE is sending their code to Cyanogen employee Steve Kondik to create an official cyanogenmod github for the A7, not that Cyanogen the company is going to create a CyanogenOS for the device.
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Based on what I have seen and heard, the difference between OS and Mod is nill. They are exactly the same. The difference between the two is how they are developed. One is open source and can be shared by the general public, the other is developed in house for the device manufacturer and proprietary information is kept in house and not shared. The two are quite often just referred to as CyanogenMod, although they are different.
jim262 said:
Based on what I have seen and heard, the difference between OS and Mod is nill. They are exactly the same. The difference between the two is how they are developed. One is open source and can be shared by the general public, the other is developed in house for the device manufacturer and proprietary information is kept in house and not shared. The two are quite often just referred to as CyanogenMod, although they are different.
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There's a huge difference between CyanogenOS and CyanogenMod behind the scenes though. Like you said, CyanogenOS is in-house, but most importantly it tends to include bloatware, especially now that Cyanogen the company is owned by Microsoft. And since it's closed source, people who want to develop custom ROMs will still have no access to the sources that would speed up development. Plus, if there are bugs or features that people want to implement, they can't, and have to wait for Cyanogen to release them. This also means that things such as security patches will have to wait for official rollout by Cyanogen.
Cyanogenmod, however, is open source, not controlled by Cyanogen the company at all, bug fixes / features can be added and addressed by the community, security patches can be applied to nightlies quickly, etc.
jim262 said:
If it is a true CyanogenMod rom, that means ZTE would have to release proprietary source codes for open source development. They have not done that as of this writing. So more than likely a Cyanogen operating system will be created for this device totally in house, thereby not allowing for future development by the "open source" community of devs.
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It's been clarified multiple times on the ZTE forum that it will be CyanogenMod, not CyanogenOS. Unless there's some weird, first-time-in-history NDA regarding the HALs / overlay that ZTE provides for the development of CM, they will be open source.
If they did offer open source at least it would alleviate concerns on the Chinese state-sponsored company reputation
Finally, the best hardware of 2016 and all it needs is aosp love... I hope this helps to spur more development or makes it easier for our fantastic developers at XDA.
From what I read from the Employees at ZTE Forums, ZTE currently doesn't want to deal with setting up a place for Devs to access the needed resources for things, so they're basically going to just dump it all on CyanogenMod for them to sort it out. It's easier for the ZTE higher-ups to swallow that way.
Do we have any ETA on this ?
I fear than the OP3 will get more love from the dev, and that the Axon 7 will be forgotten :/
rczrider said:
It's been clarified multiple times on the ZTE forum that it will be CyanogenMod, not CyanogenOS. Unless there's some weird, first-time-in-history NDA regarding the HALs / overlay that ZTE provides for the development of CM, they will be open source.
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Don't count on anything "open" from ZTE. It really doesn't matter what they may say, the reality this phone doesn't have much more than the day it was released.
Araewuir said:
Do we have any ETA on this ?
I fear than the OP3 will get more love from the dev, and that the Axon 7 will be forgotten :/
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The oneplus one still gets more dev support than the Nexus 6p. Oneplus devices get pretty much the best dev support period. That being said, more devs are starting to get the axon 7, but we're never going to be at the oneplus 3 level of support. The oneplus 3 is supported by SultanXDA, flar2, Franco, despair, and dozens more. It had official cm13 support as soon as it was released. It has official support from paranoid Android, elemental x, Franco kernel, PAC rom, dirty unicorns, and pretty much every other rom and kernel you've ever heard of. I love the Axon, but I don't it's ever going to get that kind of support.
jim262 said:
Don't count on anything "open" from ZTE. It really doesn't matter what they may say, the reality this phone doesn't have much more than the day it was released.
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Okay.
xxBrun0xx said:
The oneplus one still gets more dev support than the Nexus 6p. Oneplus devices get pretty much the best dev support period. That being said, more devs are starting to get the axon 7, but we're never going to be at the oneplus 3 level of support. The oneplus 3 is supported by SultanXDA, flar2, Franco, despair, and dozens more. It had official cm13 support as soon as it was released. It has official support from paranoid Android, elemental x, Franco kernel, PAC rom, dirty unicorns, and pretty much every other rom and kernel you've ever heard of. I love the Axon, but I don't it's ever going to get that kind of support.
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I feel like the last phone I owned with that level of support was the Nexus 4.
rczrider said:
Okay.
I feel like the last phone I owned with that level of support was the Nexus 4.
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One Plus released everything before the phone even hit the market, so there was development for the One Plus 3 from the beginning. The Axon, in my opinion, is a very good device, but ZTE has limited development of this product. It is almost as though they are perfectly happy being an iPhone/Apple wannabe.
japzone said:
From what I read from the Employees at ZTE Forums, ZTE currently doesn't want to deal with setting up a place for Devs to access the needed resources for things, so they're basically going to just dump it all on CyanogenMod for them to sort it out. It's easier for the ZTE higher-ups to swallow that way.
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Which is never a good thing. Especially when they admit they don't care.
As a Sprint subscriber I'm locked out of the Axon7 until Sprint stop being dickbags about BYOD, which most likely will be never. If that changes, I'll probably buy an A7 if CM actually appears in a timely fashion since Shamu is being dropped by Google very shortly.
...but dumping code on the community and expecting them to make it right is massively annoying at best. It is exactly what Google does with AOSP....The Nougat AOSP is seriously broken and takes a ton of effort to fix enough just to get to compile. The stock AOSP GApps packages are all in varying stages of brokenness as of now. Sure they release the source, but what you get doesn't compile without a ton of forensic work.
Nougat has been on Nexus for over a month (minus Shamu)...and it is not going well.
The Lineage OS is just getting out, and since A (2016) series phones really need a stock android based ROM, it would be very nice to see some developers working for this beautiful device as well. Given how popular this phone is, i think it's a shame there's no stock android ROM for it. We beg you developers, TouchWiz is really annoying!
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It is looking like impossible
i want it too
Mee too
Me too.
Frankestein™ said:
It is looking like impossible
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Why is it Impossible?
Ertogrul said:
Why is it Impossible?
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Exynos + a mid-range device will not probably happen, since Exynos is harder to develop on than Snapdragon and since our phone is not a flagship, not a single good developer will bother. Only way is for some rich guy on here to create a bounty for a LineageOS rom, lol.
inteLzzz said:
Exynos + a mid-range device will not probably happen, since Exynos is harder to develop on than Snapdragon and since our phone is not a flagship, not a single good developer will bother. Only way is for some rich guy on here to create a bounty for a LineageOS rom, lol.
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İ still have hope.
Should I buy it??
Frankestein™ said:
It is looking like impossible
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Hei,
do you think that in near days a rom will be released for this phone?
Or something is blocking it?
Samsung a3 2016 a310f
Thanks
A base pure AOSP rom would be just as good as lineage OS... I know this isn't one of the devices devs pay attention to, but they underestimate them. I would really like a Lineage rom for my SM-A510M.
Me too
there is a option that works but it's unofficial
lineageosrom.com/2017/01/download-lineage-os-for-galaxy-a5.html
lineageosdownloads.com/download-samsung-galaxy-a5-lineage-os/
inteLzzz said:
Exynos + a mid-range device will not probably happen, since Exynos is harder to develop on than Snapdragon and since our phone is not a flagship, not a single good developer will bother. Only way is for some rich guy on here to create a bounty for a LineageOS rom, lol.
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Then the driver model / HAL of Android is still a shameful failure and pressure should be put on Google / OHA in some effective way to finally make it proper, granting the way to to use unified, system version independent driver packages published by hw component manufacturers and a way must be provided to install them into ROM bases without complicated kernel compilation and similar ancient Linux-way methods. The wide compatibility of Dalvik / ART apps was accomplished very well without holding back the development of new features regarding the API, so I think they could be able to come up with a similar wonderful solution overcoming Linux kernel's rigid dependency hell. Then the system updates could finally be in the hands of even simple users, raising Android's flexibility on an attainable ground to the level which it always promised and thus securing the platform's hegemony on mobile devices for the future.
(I'm not a ROM developer, but I have years of experiences in a lot other fields of software development so I know what I'm speaking)
has anyone tried this: customdroidos. com/2017/04/lineage-os-14.1-android-nougat-7.1-unofficial-rom-for-samsung-galaxy-a3-2016.html
or is that no trusted source?
(sorry for the space, not allowed to post links yet)
well, if you read the post there and then follow the link you will end up at xda again, so that should be a safe source?)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/samsung-a-series/general/a310f-lineageos-help-t3570346
SORRY
iRezuri said:
there is a option that works but it's unofficial
lineageosrom.com/2017/01/download-lineage-os-for-galaxy-a5.html
lineageosdownloads.com/download-samsung-galaxy-a5-lineage-os/
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This might work idk lmao sorry i posted in the wrong thread.
I built LineageOS 14.1 for A7 2016.
I only confirmed it booting succesfully, but not others because I don't have much time.
If there is anyone interested in this, try it.
DOWNLOAD
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-aqd7CvOrmNVWNVVDRlTjI0bmc
jjjhitel said:
I built LineageOS 14.1 for A7 2016.
I only confirmed it booting succesfully, but not others because I don't have much time.
If there is anyone interested in this, try it.
DOWNLOAD
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-aqd7CvOrmNVWNVVDRlTjI0bmc
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Good news. Maybe someone will continue to work on it for A510. :good:
jjjhitel said:
I built LineageOS 14.1 for A7 2016.
I only confirmed it booting succesfully, but not others because I don't have much time.
If there is anyone interested in this, try it.
DOWNLOAD
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-aqd7CvOrmNVWNVVDRlTjI0bmc
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Finally let's hope it works. Anyone tested it yet ?
You might already know about 'Blloc', if not, they're a minimalist OS/mobile/Pc UI makers. Their approach on their personal Android OS seems very cool and useful for this generation of people, that is, they want us to use our phone less and still keep all the smart phone features. Please do check it out on their official website, and hopefully if any of the developers are drawn to it, we get a working build as well? I'm sure this is the way forward going about making our huge phones look beautiful on this skin, while using them only to be productive. Thank you
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You might already know about 'Blloc', if not, they're a minimalist OS/mobile/Pc UI makers. Their approach on their personal Android OS seems very cool and useful for this generation of people, that is, they want us to use our phone less and still keep all the smart phone features. Please do check it out on their official website, and hopefully if any of the developers are drawn to it, we get a working build as well? I'm sure this is the way forward going about making our huge phones look beautiful on this skin, while using them only to be productive. Thank you
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we need a linux based os like ubuntu touch or pure os
markmywordz said:
we need a linux based os like ubuntu touch or pure os
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Oh, okay. They have a list of flagship phones on their site, and they're providing sources and support for development I guess. If anyone is interested, you could check them out.
bythelaw said:
Oh, okay. They have a list of flagship phones on their site, and they're providing sources and support for development I guess. If anyone is interested, you could check them out.
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sure.
Hi,
I am wondering if there is a common way on this forum to express support for the development of a specific custom ROM for a phone? Is there a commonly accepted way to do this? (Came here to see if I could +1 a LineageOs thread for the Zenfone 9)
Rik
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haha is this a +1 of my wish to be able to give a +1 ?
Hey mate,
I was thinking to contact developers and pay them to build lineage OS and make it official!
Or the other alternative is Learn how to build it and submit it for review on LOS website..
If you have any suggestions?
cool, no idea how to go about that, but I would be happy to contribute as well. I'm sure others would be too - I am on a forum where there are multiple threads dedicated to finding a good small deGoogled phone (community.e.foundation). There must be a place where people can put up amounts for a development like this, right? Sort of like a Kickstarter for a bit of development? I will ask on the other forum too
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cool, no idea how to go about that, but I would be happy to contribute as well. I'm sure others would be too - I am on a forum where there are multiple threads dedicated to finding a good small deGoogled phone (community.e.foundation). There must be a place where people can put up amounts for a development like this, right? Sort of like a Kickstarter for a bit of development? I will ask on the other forum too
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The problem with LineageOS is that when there is no more maintainer for a specific model the phone just goes to rubbish, no more security patch... same for the other custom rom... eOS depends on LOS repositories and even if lineage stop supporting a specific device eOS will keep updating their all supported devices... That's why I really like eOS. It doesn't matter if some features are unavailable... a phone is supposed to be used for call, text. Nowadays, everything seems to be sophisticated however it doesn't need to be... I'll start asking some recognised developers if they are willing to work on a LOS build for the zf9 for some money participation... maybe start a crowdfunding of an alternative without fraud!!
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Hi bro,
Sorry got no time at the moment I ended up using a one plus 6 with eOS... I haven't started anything yet. I might need some help to organise something about crowdfunding..
Good luck and let us know if you have some ideas. Thank's