Custom ubuntu for android phones - Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]

As most of you might know it is possible to install ubuntu on phones like the nexus one and the X10. But ubuntu isn' t really usefull in the way it is now (I mean that it isn't usefull on phones). So I thought it should be possible to customize ubuntu for phones so it becomes more touchfriendly, faster etc. (like a UI similar to the netbook version of Ubuntu, with lxde as desktop environment and replacing big programs which use a lot of memory for lighter alternatives). Than ubuntu might actually become really usefull for phones.
What do you guys think? And is there anyone who would like to help creating this customized ubuntu-version?
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I think that would be awesome! I'm not really a developer but I'm great at beta testing!
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Meikrekel said:
What do you guys think? And is there anyone who would like to help creating this customized ubuntu-version?
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Are you asking members to help you in creating this OS?
Or are you asking if someone would create this OS?

Helping to create although I'm new to this I think it is interesting to learn about. It's not like I'm new to ubuntu and stuff, but I'm new to customizing it for phones.
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I would love this for the incredible. 10.10 comes out on October the 10th including the ARM version so I don't know if you want to wait for that plus I don't know what kernels support loop devices. Other problems are drivers and the touch input/onscreen keyboard.

Anything to untether us from Google!

What's wrong with just removing GNOME and installng LXDE? Lol it's not really that hard if you know how to use aptitude.

Ok since xrecovery had been released, we can pick up the work again. we need to figure out how we can make it flashable for xrecovery i think
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[REQ] MIUI for Hero??

I saw a post over in the N1 and Droid forums for this ROM developed over in china.
It looks pretty awesome and I was just wondering if there was anyway or anyone working on porting this for us? Yes it looks a little iPhoney but it's still a nice looking ROM.
You can google MIUI to find the original website, but you'll need to translate it to be able to read all of it.
Sorry if someone already posted about this, did a search though and didn't see anything here. Thanks to anyone who helps or replies.
Just did a quick google, and come to find out it's zenulator's (Dunno who did it) rom and he's wanting everyone porting the rom to different androids to put source link and credit on their threads.
Here's the link to his code:
http://code.google.com/p/zen-droid/downloads/list
And here's the link to the post he put up about credit (and a badass vid of the ui!)
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/zenulator/84360-rom-zen-miui-v2-android-2-2-miui.html
And here's the official link *hint* use google chrome to view, so you can just hit translate to read it!!
http://www.miui.com/index.php
also.. read some of the forum. Damn those folks hatin' on us westerners/english folk (on translation anyways)
Dunno if that can be ported yet because 2.2 JUST became stable for our hero, however I can't say it's at all impossible because he has the source posted. I would be interested in seeing this myself.
Would be awesome if it could be ported. It looks nice and smooth. Something like that could perhaps convince me I don't need sense
runngwlf said:
Would be awesome if it could be ported. It looks nice and smooth. Something like that could perhaps convince me I don't need sense
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If we had this a lot of people would be convinced they don't need sense. I've been using the wildfire port as my daily but this ROM has my mouth watering.
I would definately like to have this on my device!
Awesome ROM, hopefully we hear from Zen soon. *hint hint*
Me too I would like this on my device
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i dont like it..maybe its just me. it looks way to much like the iphone to me. It would be a good to theme it tho..i could deal with that maybe a lil more.
Noob: Is this already out or am I way off?
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kijp15 said:
Noob: Is this already out or am I way off?
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its already out just not for the Hero
Yea. This rom sounds pretty solid that's why. But its cool. Thanks.
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So any word from our all knowing devs?
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So any word from our all knowing devs?
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Would be very difficult to port, as the hardware is so different for our phone
hexskrew said:
Just did a quick google, and come to find out it's zenulator's rom and he's wanting everyone porting the rom to different androids to put source link and credit on their threads.
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its not zenulators rom..
"I enjoyed porting MIUI to my droid and sharing it with everyone else."
he ported the rom not created it..
but what i can't understand is, the hero (well android in general) is so much more diverse in what can be done with it, why make it look like an iphone??? i feel like this is a step backwards in developing.. the iphone has done this already.. why do we want to adopt this now?
bk718 said:
its not zenulators rom..
"I enjoyed porting MIUI to my droid and sharing it with everyone else."
he ported the rom not created it..
but what i can't understand is, the hero (well android in general) is so much more diverse in what can be done with it, why make it look like an iphone??? i feel like this is a step backwards in developing.. the iphone has done this already.. why do we want to adopt this now?
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Personally, I love it. I love the way the iphone look also. I just don't like the functionality of the iphone. But the cartoonish look of it can be pleasing.
Tee Jay
bk718 said:
but what i can't understand is, the hero (well android in general) is so much more diverse in what can be done with it, why make it look like an iphone??? i feel like this is a step backwards in developing.. the iphone has done this already.. why do we want to adopt this now?
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Just because the main framework of the rom is similar to iPhone looks, doesn't mean it can't be themed. We want it based on functionality and speed, not looks.
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I'd trade my hero on cm6 for an iPhone any day. Much much faster than the hero. Now an evo...that's another story
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mdhscanes24 said:
Just because the main framework of the rom is similar to iPhone looks, doesn't mean it can't be themed. We want it based on functionality and speed, not looks.
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Hmm, this is true. We could just get the port, and then theme it like Sense if we wanted... how badass would that be?
Miui is built for hdpi devices. You will have to build it from source and modify it for mdpi.
There is no reason this can't be done. Since its essentially a heavily modified aosp 2.2.
It runs great on my MOTO droid.
I just don't have the time to make it work on the hero.
Also its rumored cyanogen and crew is working on incorporating some of the features into cyanogenmod.
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zenulator said:
Miui is built for hdpi devices. You will have to build it from source and modify it for mdpi.
There is no reason this can't be done. Since its essentially a heavily modified aosp 2.2.
It runs great on my MOTO droid.
I just don't have the time to make it work on the hero.
Also its rumored cyanogen and crew is working on incorporating some of the features into cyanogenmod.
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You are one lucky man to be running this.
I'd like to see Cyanogen use as much of Miui's features as he possibly can.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794871
For anyone interested in tracking the MIUI porting process, DelsaDj and a bunch of devs are on it. It's slow work, though.

WP7 For HTC EVO... Well kind of: Launcher 7

Hello all,
I have searched the forums for the EVO 4G and found nothing on this so I thought I'd share.
I recently came across a wonderful home screen replacement in the android market. I was looking for a way to get a simple UI for my phone that didn't use many resources. I began on XDA and then branched out from here. A couple Google searches later, I found an app in the Android Market that replaces your home screen with Windows Phone 7's Metro UI. This UI is simple, easy to use, fast, and above all it works 100% of the time for me. I wanted to share it with you guys because I know there are quite a few people interested in a WP7 port to the EVO. This application is probably as close as we will get for a while and it comes really close to mimicking the UI of WP7 perfectly. You can set custom backgrounds, add any application or non-HTC widget as a tile on the Home Screen, adjust the animations for more eye candy or more performance (although full eye candy works just as fast for me), and many more.
I am going to try and build a ROM with this Homescreen replacing HTC sense to free up both internal and RAM memory. If I can accomplish this using the basic ROM kitchen, I will post another thread about this in the development thread and provide a download.
I have the link to the Android Market page below but if you want to install it straight from your phone, just search for Launcher 7 in the android market. There is a free and a paid version. I have the free, but I am going to buy the paid version very soon. If I make a ROM, it will include the free version for obvious reasons.
Links To Android Market pages:
Free version: https://market.android.com/details?id=info.tikuwarez.launcher3&hl=en
Paid Version: https://market.android.com/details?id=info.tikusoft.launcher7&hl=en
Disclaimer: I did not make this application, nor do I claim any rights to it. All credit goes to the developer,Timo Kujala, for their awesome work on this application. I am not responsible if this messes up your phone (it most likely will not) in any way. I am also not responsible if you get hit by a bus while playing with your new layout lol.
I hope you guys enjoy this awesome little app as much as me and give feedback on whether or not you would like to see a ROM with this as the main launcher.
Nice find!
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Seriously? ...
XDA Search = WP7 Project
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/wp7android-project-now-available-on-the-market/
This is old news.
I highly recommend the OP visit this development team's website and ask permission before using any of their work in a ROM.
http://wp7project.com
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rbrainard said:
Seriously? ...
XDA Search = WP7 Project
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/wp7android-project-now-available-on-the-market/
This is old news.
I highly recommend the OP visit this development team's website and ask permission before using any of their work in a ROM.
http://wp7project.com
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The Op isnt using it in a rom. He specificly stated its an app. All he is doing is free advertisement for the developer. Stop hating!! Lol
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mfknboss said:
The Op isnt using it in a rom. He specificly stated its an app. All he is doing is free advertisement for the developer. Stop hating!! Lol
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Im sure if he does make a rom he would ask permission as he gave credit where its due!
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*cough*
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Thanks for the post but that's a different app... It looks cool too but I'm working with Launcher 7 specifically as far as asking permission from the developer. I am not claiming to be on the cutting edge with this. Launcher 7 itself has been around quite a while. I like the idea of posting other WP7 launchers though so if you have them go on and post them.
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Anyone that would be willing to try the ROM if I built it? I don't want to spend the time if no one wants it.
I'm actually very surprised that there isn't a WP7 Clone ROM out already. I would have thought that if this developer was spending so much time on these various apps... that they would naturally compile them into a ROM.
I would say that OMGB or Salvagemod would be an excellent base for AOSP... or a deodexed stock ROM with minimal bloat or SalvageSense for Sense.
You would simply replace these WP7 apps with those that already reside in the base image and theme to match.
I'm sure I'd play around with it, but could never use it for a daily.
All in all... If I wanted a WP7 look; I'd sell my Evo & buy a WP7 phone.
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Anyone that would be willing to try the ROM if I built it? I don't want to spend the time if no one wants it.
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Hell yeah, I'd try it. I'm playing with WP7Lock and Launcher7 right now.
To other poster, the devs haven't created a rom, because they wanna create something that'll work on all devices, is my understanding.
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Alright cool. I'm starting work on it now. It should be finished by Sunday I would say going by how much free time I will have. I have Ubuntu now and I am figuring out how to work the kitchen. The ROM will originally be just stock rooted Sense (I have yet to determine which dev team's ROM to go with) with the launcher baked in, then the second release, if I have enough interest, will be an AOSP ROM with everything stripped except apps people request and will have Launcher7 as the home screen and the WP7 lock screen. Keep up the good feedback guys.
So, you're thinking first release would be stock sense with launcher7 baked in as the default/only launcher?
I gotta say, I don't quite see the point. I mean, how is that different than than simply setting launcher7 as default launcher? Not trying to come across rude, or anything. Just saying I don't quite see the point, or maybe I misunderstood your intention.?
Very interested in seeing this, though. And yeah, using aosp for this project is a great idea IMHO
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WebOS on Droid Charge

With the announcement of webOS moving to a open source platform, am I the only one wishing for a port of webOS to the Charges' hardware? Sure its not the most powerful phone or neither does it have the strongest developer base, but I'm still hoping for it one day. This is coming from a person who had a Palm Pre Plus prior to my D'Charge, so therefore I'm very familiar with the way webOS works and I still today miss it the fluidity of the platform. So let me know, am I alone?
In theory, I suppose it could be done, as WebOS is also Linux based. However, it would take a LOT of work-I think the time put into such a project would not equal the number of people who would want to use it.
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+1 I'd love to see that, but CM7 and/or ICS comes first!
I think most people would rather see ICS ported first...
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I think most people would rather see ICS ported first...
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In all honesty I would like to see ICS before I would like to see WebOS, but I feel like these ports would be coming from different teams. From one corner their will be developers working to get ICS to all non-nexus devices and in the other corner their will be people working to get WebOS on android devices and once its done here it will be picked up by other developers and tweaked to work on the particular device they're developing for.
imnuts said:
I think most people would rather see ICS ported first...
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Is it true your working on ics now?
Gears Of War 3!
GT = SAVAG3K1D911
Like the OP I too am a webOS convert. WebOS definitely has its strong point over Android ( no tomatos please ). But until HP gets their act together and decides on a reliable direction webOS has no chance or future.
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Call me crazy but I would also like to see a wp7 port as well. I'm really liking the look of it and all the wp7 apps in our market don't do a good enough job of recreating it, unless you dish out some money.
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Lockett said:
Call me crazy but I would also like to see a wp7 port as well. I'm really liking the look of it and all the wp7 apps in our market don't do a good enough job of recreating it, unless you dish out some money.
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Wp7 isn't open source
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Lockett said:
Call me crazy but I would also like to see a wp7 port as well. I'm really liking the look of it and all the wp7 apps in our market don't do a good enough job of recreating it, unless you dish out some money.
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WP7 is impossible. One, it's closed source. Two, it's not Linux based, unlike webOS and Android.
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Yea, I knew it was going to be impossible. They did manage to dual boot Android and WP7 on the HD2. One can dream though, right? Lol
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Lockett said:
Yea, I knew it was going to be impossible. They did manage to dual boot Android and WP7 on the HD2. One can dream though, right? Lol
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you can port other version of windows phone on devices that ship with it, but not on ones that dont
unless you like getting sued my MS
i think on this device priority is some form of working aosp anyway, not webos
starbuckk said:
Like the OP I too am a webOS convert. WebOS definitely has its strong point over Android ( no tomatos please ). But until HP gets their act together and decides on a reliable direction webOS has no chance or future.
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I guess we'll have to wait and see, I even dusted off the old Pre Plus today and played with it for awhile and when I went back to my D'Charge I kept catching myself swiping up to get out of my email.
g.davis17 said:
In all honesty I would like to see ICS before I would like to see WebOS, but I feel like these ports would be coming from different teams. From one corner their will be developers working to get ICS to all non-nexus devices and in the other corner their will be people working to get WebOS on android devices and once its done here it will be picked up by other developers and tweaked to work on the particular device they're developing for.
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just not enough developers over here...HTC is big in the development department...they have lots of development going on over there, not so much for our Samsung. Then again we got sicker screens and thinner devices..
g.davis17 said:
I guess we'll have to wait and see, I even dusted off the old Pre Plus today and played with it for awhile and when I went back to my D'Charge I kept catching myself swiping up to get out of my email.
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Indeed. I still try to swipe delete emails and text messages.
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With the release of Isis (the open-source webOS browser), is there any chance of it being ported to the Charge, or Android in general?
Also webOS. I would love to have webOS on this phone.
not going to happen
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not going to happen
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why not?
Well it is possible but a dev would have to take an interest in it and considering this phone has kinda died out with the exception of a few that's not likely to happen
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WebOS is going to be outdated soon.

[Q] new uses of our old O1, ideas and projects

Hi everyone!!!
Like some of you I bought a new phone, but my O1 stills in perfect conditions...
Considering its quite old and not of much monetary value (at least in my country) selling it is kind of hard.
So I was wondering if there's any alternative interesting use for my O1... Perhaps as a web server? Or a kind of joystick or remote?
This thread is to give ideas and suggestions about a new life/use for old O1s
***UPDATE***
This seems to be already a popular a the best option IMO http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2084746
At this point there's no release, but it's quite promising
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Put it in a drawer and wait for Ubuntu, hope it works on an EXT partition...
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windwarrior said:
Hi everyone!!!
Like some of you I bought a new phone, but my O1 stills in perfect conditions...
Considering its quite old and not of much monetary value (at least in my country) selling it is kind of hard.
So I was wondering if there's any alternative interesting use for my O1... Perhaps as a web server? Or a kind of joystick or remote?
This thread is to give ideas and suggestions about a new life/use for old O1s
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Like someone else did here, use it just for navigation. Uninstall all useless apps make it barebone to have ultimate battery life with any froyo/gb rom.
vlt96 said:
Put it in a drawer and wait for Ubuntu, hope it works on an EXT partition...
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I think I could that anyway with my new phone... The thing is to give it a new use, not just a smartphone with another OS...
Perhaps it would be interesting if I used ubuntu in my desktop and so there would be awesome functions I suppose
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(GIVE UP) Looking to break out in kernel building

Hey guys... I'm still itching to get in the heart of development. So beings I'm limited on computer hardware, I want to take baby steps and try to pump out a couple kernels... Now my computer is 32 bit. I've read numerous threads, articles and how tos about kernel building, there are definitely a few that build on 32 bit..
I am dual booting windows XP and Ubuntu 12.10.. I've installed the SDK, JDK, and NDK.. Also have the OneXL kernel source downloaded ready to roll.
I guess my question is, is there anyone willing to mentor me and show me a bit on how its done? The tutorials are fairly vague, and most are missing crucial starting points for beginners in Ubuntu. I'm willing to do team viewer, gtalk, hell even messaging and calls. I want to build an aosp kernel and a sense kernel..
So Im begging the community for someone to step up and and help a fella out
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InflatedTitan said:
Hey guys... I'm still itching to get in the heart of development. So beings I'm limited on computer hardware, I want to take baby steps and try to pump out a couple kernels... Now my computer is 32 bit. I've read numerous threads, articles and how tos about kernel building, there are definitely a few that build on 32 bit..
I am dual booting windows XP and Ubuntu 12.10.. I've installed the SDK, JDK, and NDK.. Also have the OneXL kernel source downloaded ready to roll.
I guess my question is, is there anyone willing to mentor me and show me a bit on how its done? The tutorials are fairly vague, and most are missing crucial starting points for beginners in Ubuntu. I'm willing to do team viewer, gtalk, hell even messaging and calls. I want to build an aosp kernel and a sense kernel..
So Im begging the community for someone to step up and and help a fella out
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Good luck mate - hope someone gives you a hand. Great that you want to do stuff for the rest of us here.
InflatedTitan said:
Hey guys... I'm still itching to get in the heart of development. So beings I'm limited on computer hardware, I want to take baby steps and try to pump out a couple kernels... Now my computer is 32 bit. I've read numerous threads, articles and how tos about kernel building, there are definitely a few that build on 32 bit..
I am dual booting windows XP and Ubuntu 12.10.. I've installed the SDK, JDK, and NDK.. Also have the OneXL kernel source downloaded ready to roll.
I guess my question is, is there anyone willing to mentor me and show me a bit on how its done? The tutorials are fairly vague, and most are missing crucial starting points for beginners in Ubuntu. I'm willing to do team viewer, gtalk, hell even messaging and calls. I want to build an aosp kernel and a sense kernel..
So Im begging the community for someone to step up and and help a fella out
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I'm not sure how long it'll take you to find someone, I'm no de but while you're waiting. Maybe pickup a Linux book. Coding helps too. Specifically c since you get more control at the hardware level.
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Oh well... I guess I'll just teach myself.
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Oh well... I guess I'll just teach myself.
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I would start first by sending some kernel devs like flar2 or Zarboz a pm asking them for some of the most critical pointers or tips anyway.
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I've been using xda university and they have a lot of good links for free online schools for c and c+,++
Ya we are fortunate to have guys like flar2 and others who are very helpful. I think they are always looking for beta testers as well.
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InflatedTitan said:
Hey guys... I'm still itching to get in the heart of development. So beings I'm limited on computer hardware, I want to take baby steps and try to pump out a couple kernels... Now my computer is 32 bit. I've read numerous threads, articles and how tos about kernel building, there are definitely a few that build on 32 bit..
I am dual booting windows XP and Ubuntu 12.10.. I've installed the SDK, JDK, and NDK.. Also have the OneXL kernel source downloaded ready to roll.
I guess my question is, is there anyone willing to mentor me and show me a bit on how its done? The tutorials are fairly vague, and most are missing crucial starting points for beginners in Ubuntu. I'm willing to do team viewer, gtalk, hell even messaging and calls. I want to build an aosp kernel and a sense kernel..
So Im begging the community for someone to step up and and help a fella out
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I am currently learning C/C++ at the moment... if you want to swap resources that you find, would love to do that
I'd really love to be able to develop as well but I've hit the same road blocks you have as well....
Picked up java and c++ a few months back. Would love to help out. Ooh, maybe we can start a team....toobearly? I have a 64bit PC running Linux mint
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If you just want to build a kernel, check out my guide here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1847344
If you have any questions about those steps, feel free to shoot me a PM or join in IRC chat (channel #cyanogenmod-evita on webchat.freenode.net). Just mention my username (rohan32) and I'll be pinged to come help out
If you are talking more about customizing kernels, feel free to shoot me a message about that too. I don't know as much as I'd like to but i can definitely help you out whenever im free with anything you have questions about regarding android or whatever.
And that goes for anyone... I'm always willing to help anyone who wants to learn how to get started. I myself was in your same shoes only a year back, and not trying to sound pretentious, but look at me now compared to where i was just a year ago. I consider myself pretty knowledgable about most stuff for the most part and I didn't have anyone to teach me regularly, so imagine what you can do with someone who can I know how it feels to be in your shoes, and I'd love to help you guys out since I know how it feels like a struggle to you
Wow rohan! That is freaking awesome! Thanks! Nice talking to you on irc as well
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Rohan this is awesome... I've been searching xda and Google and I must say your guide is probably the most detailed... I appreciate it more than you know...
As my original post had stated, I'm extremely limited because of my computer... (The wife won't let me do phone tasks on the laptop lol)
So I've seen a few pages using 32 bit to compile ROMs and kernels... I know mine won't do Roms, I know it'll probably melt the processor lol.... But I should be able to at least compile a kernel with 32 bit? Are the commands the same or would I have to do something different? I'm having trouble just getting started... Terminal in ubuntu is a bit trickier than windows and I can't seem to get the paths right even to my home folder... FML lol...
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InflatedTitan said:
Rohan this is awesome... I've been searching xda and Google and I must say your guide is probably the most detailed... I appreciate it more than you know...
As my original post had stated, I'm extremely limited because of my computer... (The wife won't let me do phone tasks on the laptop lol)
So I've seen a few pages using 32 bit to compile ROMs and kernels... I know mine won't do Roms, I know it'll probably melt the processor lol.... But I should be able to at least compile a kernel with 32 bit? Are the commands the same or would I have to do something different? I'm having trouble just getting started... Terminal in ubuntu is a bit trickier than windows and I can't seem to get the paths right even to my home folder... FML lol...
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Lol I know what you mean, I'm not a big ubuntu fan on its new version, good thing is with linux there is so many diff os built around same tools. I like using Mint instead of ubuntu , what's tricky is all the different packs to unload
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Uh so I'm getting this pretty much can't be done unless your running some distro of linux??
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Since android is linux based I think most devs use some sort of linux. A lot of these devs are like coding genius.
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So I think the first step for me would be making myself at home in linux...something I would not find too easy to do.
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ImagioX1 said:
So I think the first step for me would be making myself at home in linux...something I would not find too easy to do.
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Well, you could do what I did. Grab a distro, and get acustom to it. I prefer it over Windows now. I only use Windows when I need to use certain windows application. But most of the time I can use Wine (windows emulator in linux). I use linux mint, which is based off of ubuntu and uses the debian system. Fedora is another good. I suggest trying out different distrso by doing the live usb run. If you like it, partition your drive and dual boot windows...it is really simple
I just got ubuntu all setup in vmware. Ready to go now.
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Hmm I could be wrong but I don't think vmware works well with the process. I know to use jet downgrade tool you have to be running it solo. I think you can install it in windows but I do believe you have to boot into it vs vmware. Now you got me curious , I'm gonna try a couple things .
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Hmm I could be wrong but I don't think vmware works well with the process. I know to use jet downgrade tool you have to be running it solo. I think you can install it in windows but I do believe you have to boot into it vs vmware. Now you got me curious , I'm gonna try a couple things .
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I don't see why a vm would be a problem but if so, can always boot usb with persistent storage
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DESERT.TECH said:
Hmm I could be wrong but I don't think vmware works well with the process. I know to use jet downgrade tool you have to be running it solo. I think you can install it in windows but I do believe you have to boot into it vs vmware. Now you got me curious , I'm gonna try a couple things .
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I remember something to that effect in the jet thread myself, but I understood it have to do with having to connect to the phone. But I don't see a problem when it comes to compiling a kernel and such.
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