I was wondering if its possible to install some distro of linux on this phone. The dream would be manjaro with plasma mobile, but I'm not too picky.
I'm somewhat new to all this, but I've been reading and learning as much as I can. It seems like the process for the LG V30 is pretty complicated considering I have the VS996 on Pie. If I'm going to put in the effort for it I would rather move to a nice linux distro than rooted android.
Thanks in advance!
empitol said:
I was wondering if its possible to install some distro of linux on this phone. The dream would be manjaro with plasma mobile, but I'm not too picky.
I'm somewhat new to all this, but I've been reading and learning as much as I can. It seems like the process for the LG V30 is pretty complicated considering I have the VS996 on Pie. If I'm going to put in the effort for it I would rather move to a nice linux distro than rooted android.
Thanks in advance!
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No unfortunately there is no such thing for the V30.
I would recommend using latest Android 12 or 11 ROMs if you plan to use custom ROMs. But do note that both Volte and Vowifi don't work on aosp ROMs.
empitol said:
I was wondering if its possible to install some distro of linux on this phone. The dream would be manjaro with plasma mobile, but I'm not too picky.
I'm somewhat new to all this, but I've been reading and learning as much as I can. It seems like the process for the LG V30 is pretty complicated considering I have the VS996 on Pie. If I'm going to put in the effort for it I would rather move to a nice linux distro than rooted android.
Thanks in advance!
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If you're willing to put in the effort you can try porting postmarketOS, though you should use LG's kernel since mainline support isn't quite there yet.
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Hi all. I've been looking into developing and such for android and most of the stuff and guides out there are for Windows. Is developing a ROM for my phone, the DX, possible on a mac? And how much of a pain in the butt would it be?
I'm just curious as I have hours of free time every day and need something to do.
xCHPx said:
Hi all. I've been looking into developing and such for android and most of the stuff and guides out there are for Windows. Is developing a ROM for my phone, the DX, possible on a mac? And how much of a pain in the butt would it be?
I'm just curious as I have hours of free time every day and need something to do.
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It's possible. Building from the AOSP source is supported by Google on the Mac, the Windows stuff can be done with Wine.
http://www.winehq.org/
Thijs96 said:
It's possible. Building from the AOSP source is supported by Google on the Mac, the Windows stuff can be done with Wine.
http://www.winehq.org/
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Okay I'll see if I can do anything and what once exams are done. Thanks.
hi wonder been about this me too.
ty information is exciting!
Am new here programmer with mac with java with android and very excited with learning!
I'm sure this is a stupid noob question, but:
Can I build from source on a Chromebook without running Ubuntu in a box? If so, can anyone point me in the direction of a resource for that? I'm only asking because the wifi only Chromebooks are pretty cheap - cheaper than I am likely to find a macbook.
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I'm sure this is a stupid noob question, but:
Can I build from source on a Chromebook without running Ubuntu in a box? If so, can anyone point me in the direction of a resource for that? I'm only asking because the wifi only Chromebooks are pretty cheap - cheaper than I am likely to find a macbook.
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You are very unlikely to find your answer here. What exactly are you wanting to do? Install a different OS on it?
Sounds like he wants to build Android from source code which is usually done it a Linux system. I'm not sure the answer, but it seems like you should be able to. Unless Chrome is not as powerful since it is browser based system.
I don't know if this is correct but....
I would assume that you can't because chromebooks are not powerful at all. There's almost nothing that eye popping about the specs of chromebooks. On top of that, there isn't much you can do with a chromebook because it is a browser-based operating system. If you really want to build from source just buy a cheap DIY computer from Newegg or something and install Linux on it.
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You can't do what you want right out of the box on a chromebook. But you can open em up and flip a switch which will allow you to load linux or ubuntu on them. Only caveat is that the one I have is an alpha tester model they gave to us (the company I work for had a deal with google) so jot sure if that I the case wih the newest ones.
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austontatious said:
I'm sure this is a stupid noob question, but:
Can I build from source on a Chromebook without running Ubuntu in a box? If so, can anyone point me in the direction of a resource for that? I'm only asking because the wifi only Chromebooks are pretty cheap - cheaper than I am likely to find a macbook.
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As long as you're able to get to a unix/linux based terminal/shell, you *should* be able to compile the Android OS.
Now there are a few caveats to the process, I recall hearing a 64 bit instead of a 32 bit system was required for gingerbread and above, plus there might be some other operating system dependencies. There might also be a RAM requirement.
Also, it can take an hour or two on many modern computer builds. This might take a very long time on a laptop or stripped down laptop such as a chromebook.
I've only compiled inside Ubuntu as that is the recommended OS by Google in their directions. I've compiled using Ubuntu as main booting OS and with Ubuntu being booted inside a VM on a Windows Host.
Best place to start is with Google's official directions for compiling AOSP: http://source.android.com/source/initializing.html
I found this link by searching google.com using the terms: android complie source code
The requirements and notes Google's mentions in their directions:
"Note: The source download is approximately 6GB in size. You will need 25GB free to complete a single build, and up to 80GB (or more) for a full set of builds."
"The Android build is routinely tested in house on recent versions of Ubuntu LTS (10.04), but most distributions should have the required build tools available. Reports of successes or failures on other distributions are welcome.
Note: It is also possible to build Android in a virtual machine. If you are running Linux in a virtual machine, you will need at least 16GB of RAM/swap and 30GB or more of disk space in order to build the Android tree"
Hope that helps! Good luck!
Thanks for the help! So it looks like I could *maybe* do the build on a chromebook, but regardless I wouldn't want to. Correct?
austontatious said:
Thanks for the help! So it looks like I could *maybe* do the build on a chromebook, but regardless I wouldn't want to. Correct?
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Assuming you were able to get everything setup on the Chromebook, at bare minimum it would take a few hours, if not much much longer to complete the compile based on Chromebook hardware and Google expectations as outlined in my previous post.
An alternative, would be to ssh into a build box from the chromebook and compile using this method. This would probably be an approach I would be willing to take. Just throwing out another idea as there are a few reasonable alternatives.
In my experience, compiling AOSP is one of the more hardware intensive tasks I perform on my desktop .. if not the most intensive.
Hope that helps!
I was just browsing on the internet, when I came across this: http://www.muktware.com/news/3275/soon-you-will-be-running-android-your-pcs
Android running as-is on weak netbooks? Yes please!
Basically it sounds like the popularity of Android influenced the decision. Android has reached the masses more than any version of Linux has. This will mean good things down the road for Android and Linux.
Yep, and because of this merge Android might work seamlessly on x86, which means netbooks might be able to run it. (I'd say having Android might be a bit better than, let's say Ubuntu, because it's more "well known" by the consumer market.)
Gimme libre office, eclipse and visual for android and I'm good to go.
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Great news.
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Kailkti said:
Gimme libre office, eclipse and visual for android and I'm good to go.
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LibreOffice is already working on an Android port. Its still very early on but it looks like they have a the desktop GUI somewhat working. Hopefully they offer a beta soon or at least a way for someone to compile one.
http://androidcommunity.com/libreoffice-android-port-progresses-to-prototype-20120206/
i wouldn't mind trying out libreoffice in that state, if anyone knows where to get it....
I've got an idea with this. (Not much android development knowlege).
Would this "enable" dualbooting other linux distros?
I can see this really helping the popularity of Linux. Yay.
Is it possible to port/install Windows Phone 8 on an Android based device?
No. But Android W8 themes/Roms have been made. Basically modifies the look of android to achieve the look of W8
I'm not really focused on the look, rather the OS itself. Much like one could flash iOS onto an Android device.
You mean the menus as opposed to the live tiles? IOS can't be done either.
I'm talking about replacing the Android OS (kernel, /system, /data, all partitions) with the Windows Phone 8 OS. Not just the UI, but the whole thing.
@xlxcrossing he's wanting to replace the entire OS, not just the UI. Like putting Ubuntu on a Windows PC.
As for the original question, it could, in theory, be possible. However, it would be extremely difficult due to WP8 being closed source, and not based on Linux. You would pretty much have to start from scratch, and many parts of it would most likely be broken and unfixable. It would be hard to find a dev willing to take it on. It's not the same as porting AOSP or even Ubuntu Touch.
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@_phoey Thanks for the answer. Has Ubuntu Touch been ported yet? Or can I just go to Ubuntu's website and snag it there?
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I found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2199491
But it's tools to build. Something I'm unable to do (not lack of wanting to learn, but unstable internet to setup buildbox).
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@_phoey Thanks for the answer. Has Ubuntu Touch been ported yet? Or can I just go to Ubuntu's website and snag it there?
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I found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2199491
But it's tools to build. Something I'm unable to do (not lack of wanting to learn, but unstable internet to setup buildbox).
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I think that someone here began work on it, but never got it to a stable state. I also have an unstable internet connection, and am also lacking a somewhat modern PC with enough memory and storage to build on, or I would attempt it.
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@xlxcrossing he's wanting to replace the entire OS, not just the UI. Like putting Ubuntu on a Windows PC.
As for the original question, it could, in theory, be possible. However, it would be extremely difficult due to WP8 being closed source, and not based on Linux. You would pretty much have to start from scratch, and many parts of it would most likely be broken and unfixable. It would be hard to find a dev willing to take it on. It's not the same as porting AOSP or even Ubuntu Touch.
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I Knew that, he made a comment about the "look" being different from the "OS itself" in regards to me telling him there are themes that transform it into Windows 8. My first answer was the short version of yours, which was no.
xlxcrossing said:
I Knew that, he made a comment about the "look" being different from the "OS itself" in regards to me telling him there are themes that transform it into Windows 8. My first answer was the short version of yours, which was no.
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With all due respect, your original answers seemed rather vague and easily misunderstood. They led me to believe that you were thinking he was just wanting a theme, not the entire OS. My apologies for misunderstanding.
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With all due respect, your original answers seemed rather vague and easily misunderstood. They led me to believe that you were thinking he was just wanting a theme, not the entire OS. My apologies for misunderstanding.
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Not really. He said he wanted WP8 which I understood completely. But why would someone want that but then not care about how it looks? His response is what was confusing, so I ushered him in a direction to get the Windows 8 "experience" on his phone without the actual port which at this time as you've already stated doesn't exist. So in review I helped him to go toward what he wanted as opposed to describing why something isn't available. Vague and to-the-point are separate things.
I'm building LineageOS 14.1from source, and it's 3 But none the less moving EVER so slowly but surely still progressing. I was hoping someone here might be able to extract proprietary blobs for me, or coach me through it. I FINALLY, JUST got done with repo sync. And reading through the tutorial is like trying to decipher a new language, while controlling traffic while in extremely dense fog... Some light please?
Am I going to see your ROM someday? When?
jhford said:
Am I going to see your ROM someday? When?
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@Blacknes. You're probably the most knowledgeable person I can ask about this now. Hope you don't mind. I had a V521 several years ago but broke it and have been using Nexus 7 debs since then. So, I've forgotten a lot. I recently bought a mint V521, because it's faster, better display, and better battery. It's on stock V521 20n OS and I want to root it and install TWRP before deciding on a custom ROM, if ever. I understand that I have to roll back the OS to 20h or 20f in order for dirty cow to root it. I've tried LGUP several times and it errors out. Can you help? Thanks