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RRU For linux?

Just putting it out there.
What are the chances of an RRU that runs under linux (What about running under wine)? I don't have access to a Windows PC at work (Well not strictly true but I choose not to have a Windows desktop). Just thinking how awesome it would be if I could sit in the office, flashing my Kaiser... I doubt I'd ever meet my quarterly objectives though

flash with ur microsd card

XtreMe_G said:
flash with ur microsd card
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Thats a very good point, I will slap myself for starting a pointless thread
Mods feel free to delete.

Please do not delete
Please, do not delete this thread.
Can someone tell me how I must flash Linux on my Kaiser?
I would like to use Debian with a KDE (like) UI.
What do I need and how can I do that?
Thanks

tembares said:
Please, do not delete this thread.
Can someone tell me how I must flash Linux on my Kaiser?
I would like to use Debian with a KDE (like) UI.
What do I need and how can I do that?
Thanks
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He was talking about flashing from a linux machine, not puting a linux ROM on his kaiser.

liquidfork said:
He was talking about flashing from a linux machine, not puting a linux ROM on his kaiser.
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Google Android

xmoo said:
Google Android
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read the OP

xmoo said:
Google Android
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Android isn't linux. Harret is.

No linux on kaiser?
Isn't there a possibility to get Linux on the Kaiser, ofcourse completely working?
I already read the Android working (kind a)-thread and saw Android is 'only' a UI on Linux.
I saw on Debian.org that there is an ARM-package. I downloaded it, but do not know what to do with it.
And how can I get everything getting work on my Kaiser?

tembares said:
Isn't there a possibility to get Linux on the Kaiser, ofcourse completely working?
I already read the Android working (kind a)-thread and saw Android is 'only' a UI on Linux.
I saw on Debian.org that there is an ARM-package. I downloaded it, but do not know what to do with it.
And how can I get everything getting work on my Kaiser?
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When u find this out let us all know. LMAO
now let me be real dude linux will not run on the kaiser until somebody ports it.

This thread has gone 180 from it's original intent and therefore is off-topic.
Please use one of the existing threads about Linux or Android on Kaiser to discuss further.
Thread closed.

[Q] Plasma Active on the tf101 ?

Hey there,
does anyone know how to install Plasma Active on the tf101 and can give me (and others too) a little instruction ?
I tried to install it by myself but atm I have no success
greets
x86

I would very much be interested in this, too. This is what i found out already:
- It is possible in general: h**p://community.kde.org/Plasma/Active/Installation#Install_Plasma_Active_on_ARM_Systems
"The Mer project creates a Plasma Active MMC Image which is build for the armv7hl target devices like the ARM Tegra 2 tablet."
- h**p://merproject.com/
That's how far i've come. Anyone else?

The steps for setting up plama on the TF101 are a little bit of a pain. It requires you to use the CrOS kernel and u-boot to get working properly.

lilstevie said:
The steps for setting up plama on the TF101 are a little bit of a pain. It requires you to use the CrOS kernel and u-boot to get working properly.
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any chance that you give us a short instruction on how to do it ?
or any source for researching purposes ?

x86_BfRL said:
any chance that you give us a short instruction on how to do it ?
or any source for researching purposes ?
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+1 for this!
I would love to see plasma active on the Transformer.
Won't the steps be pretty much the same as described for ubuntu in the wiki:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/How_to_install_Ubuntu_on_an_Asus_EEEPad_Transformer
but replacing the ubuntu.img with a plasma active image?
What methods have you tied x86?

x86_BfRL said:
any chance that you give us a short instruction on how to do it ?
or any source for researching purposes ?
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The instructions for that are found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1202541
But I guess it should be possible to follow one of the ubuntu guides as well just change the image to one of your own choice. At least I will try that when I get my tf101 docking station and basyskom releases a more stable version of their plasma active image.
http://share.basyskom.com/contour/Deployment/latest-basyskom-plasma-active-tegra2-mer.html
I let you know if I succeed, but someone else probably does it before me anyway.

Hey guys ! It's now possible by Ubuntu ! I've installed ubuntu on my TF101, with tegra sound etc working on 12.04, and just installed Plasma Active package that installed all environement and now running in my tf 101 !

[NEED DEVS][ANDROID DEVELOPMENT]Samsung S5230 Star Android Develpoment

Hello boys (and maybe girls here),
I made this post because of the following reason:
A tiny team from the Samsungs S5230 users have came together to port Android to this, wide-spread(in it's time) phone, which all of us love, and like to develop, but the borders of the original TouchWiz 1.0 UI are quite stretch...
So that, we decided to start the porting of Android 1.5 or 1.6 to our so loved phone... Since we are very few, and our knowledge in Android programming is quite chimpanzee, we'd like to ask you, XDA forum members, to help us out.
Our request is that some devs who have free time and the will to help could help us out. So, if you have just a tiny split of will to help us out, PM me, and I'll give you all the inormation we have.
Thanks in advance, the StarDroid dev team.

dude i support you i want android on s5230 to but id ont know how to do it

help us please
yeah.. me as a little part of this team also ask a request of your little help here..
we really really need your help.. =)

HEY, this Samsung device is too slow, I found it has 200 MHz CPU, it is too slow.
If you really want android:
do you found all info about CPU, GPU and all???
Do you have Linux on your PC (laptop) for compilig linux kernel?
Do you have all Samsung's drivers??????
How do you want to boot linux to Samsung? This Samsung phone has no program that boots linux (for example Windows Mobile has cool program HAReT, that boots linux)
No Android. It too hard to port Android to this device.
If you don't know anything about Linux, do not begin this porting project.

Simonas0 said:
HEY, this Samsung device is too slow, I found it has 200 MHz CPU, it is too slow.
If you really want android:
do you found all info about CPU, GPU and all???
Do you have Linux on your PC (laptop) for compilig linux kernel?
Do you have all Samsung's drivers??????
How do you want to boot linux to Samsung? This Samsung phone has no program that boots linux (for example Windows Mobile has cool program HAReT, that boots linux)
No Android. It too hard to port Android to this device.
If you don't know anything about Linux, do not begin this porting project.
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I think you are not right. Samsung Star has the minimum requirements needed to port old version Android.
Samsung Star Full Specifications:
S3C2410 ( CPU )
S3 (System LSI) : Microcontroller
C (Small Classification): MASK ROM
2 (Core) : 32-bit ARM9
410 : ARM 9 Series (920T)
Features : MMU, NAND Flash Boot Loader, ROM/SRAM/SDRAM Control, STN/TFT LCD Control, Touch Panel Control, MMC/SD Card, USB, 10bit ADC
Speed : 200MHz,266MHz

TyMaNaS said:
I think you are not right. Samsung Star has the minimum requirements needed to port old version Android.
Samsung Star Full Specifications:
S3C2410 ( CPU )
S3 (System LSI) : Microcontroller
C (Small Classification): MASK ROM
2 (Core) : 32-bit ARM9
410 : ARM 9 Series (920T)
Features : MMU, NAND Flash Boot Loader, ROM/SRAM/SDRAM Control, STN/TFT LCD Control, Touch Panel Control, MMC/SD Card, USB, 10bit ADC
Speed : 200MHz,266MHz
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these specs remind me htc wildire having 533 mhz processor lol.

I want to know how will u do that what tools, what software ?

just tell me what u r going to do and I may help If I can

s5320 android 1.6???
any news for this mobile?
have 3 phones they wait a long time for a small custom fw ^^
auf deutsch: "sorry mein englisch ist bescheiden... gibts eventuell neuigkeiten zum thema? hab hier drei geräte die schon eine ganze weile auf ein custom warten. wäre schon sinnvoll wenn 1.6 drauf laufen würde." thx

Hey friend ..
It is a java os right and also does it have cpu ,i have checked the features i didnot find one so may be it is a difficult task to port android
i think .. senior devs can help
All d best to your team ..

[ROM] Point Of View Protab 25 with root

Hello everyone!
This is not a very popular tablet, but I wanted to share this if someone wants root on this device. For tablet details go here.
This is not a custom rom, but just a stock rom with root. Since none of the popular tools for rooting didn´t work, I managed to unpack the firmware file and drop the su binary and Superuser.apk in system.img. That´s all. Some more things and tweaks will probably come, when I figure out everything. I´m also working on CWM recovery, so stay tuned.
To flash the rom, just download the archive down there, where you´ll find upgrade tool, usb drivers and PDF instructions to flash the rom.
Download:
ROM: http://db.tt/xuyIWnNp
TOOLS: http://db.tt/jXVZTV6C
Bravesouls upload:
ROM: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BwF_LssfvKwWTWo4bU0zaENxV2c
TOOLS: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BwF_LssfvKwWc0hQWDJ5dHVWMTQ
And another upload on my Google Drive:
ROM: http://goo.gl/aoSzf
TOOLS: http://goo.gl/8mgkF
Cheers!

Sirrocco said:
Hello everyone!
This is not a very popular tablet, but I wanted to share this if someone wants root on this device. For tablet details go here.
This is not a custom rom, but just a stock rom with root. Since none of the popular tools for rooting didn´t work, I managed to unpack the firmware file and drop the su binary and Superuser.apk in system.img. That´s all. Some more things and tweaks will probably come, when I figure out everything. I´m also working on CWM recovery, so stay tuned.
To flash the rom, just download the archive down there, where you´ll find upgrade tool, usb drivers and PDF instructions to flash the rom.
Download:
ROM: http://db.tt/xuyIWnNp
TOOLS: http://db.tt/jXVZTV6C
Cheers!
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Dude, if you were a woman, i'd kiss ya! :highfive:

Can you reupload it on mediafire or rapidshare? Because, it says something like: "Error (509)
This account's public links are generating too much traffic and have been temporarily disabled"! And they closed the links...

Hello Sirrocco,
Great job but always get HTTP/1.1 509 Bandwidth error, plz can u upload it on mediafire or 4shared..with great thanks

It works again! Yay. meanwhile i'm going to put on another DL server so that wont happen again and share it here.
Sirrocco, thx again. If you wish to add these links to your original, go ahead.
Link ROM: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BwF_LssfvKwWTWo4bU0zaENxV2c
LINK TOOLS: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BwF_LssfvKwWc0hQWDJ5dHVWMTQ

Well, installed it, works good ! Thanks !

my hero!
thnaks man... u is the only i can find with this solution...
this tablet no is popular... but is really powerfull n nice...
it run all games i install
n now will be better....
thanks

No problem folks! Sorry for the HTTP/1.1 509 Bandwidth error, I will upload it today on mediafire and post the link.
Cheers!

Nice, thank you.
More would like remove the volume buttons from natification panel, and be very nice, you do not know how to do it?

VAHAB555 said:
Nice, thank you.
More would like remove the volume buttons from natification panel, and be very nice, you do not know how to do it?
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I could probably do it, but then if you would like to change the volume you would have to go all the way through the settings to do it, so I don´t think this is a very good idea..

Sirrocco said:
I could probably do it, but then if you would like to change the volume you would have to go all the way through the settings to do it, so I don´t think this is a very good idea..
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why, when press and hold hardwere button Home/Back, you can change volume +/- ))

VAHAB555 said:
why, when press and hold hardwere button Home/Back, you can change volume +/- ))
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Awesome, I didn´t know that! Thank you!
Then OK, I´ll try to remove those buttons..

Sirrocco said:
Awesome, I didn´t know that! Thank you!
Then OK, I´ll try to remove those buttons..
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Sirrocco,Tnaks you too, and do you have some build.prop tweaks, like, WiFi very fast (my english is bad,sorry ) empty battary 1:20 - 1:30 and pad off, and on NAND memory and SD card, i can not nothing them copy normal, 300 megabytes copied about 40 minutes and 1.76G i never been able to copy, waited for about an hour and did not go copying.

VAHAB555 said:
Sirrocco,Tnaks you too, and do you have some build.prop tweaks, like, WiFi very fast (my english is bad,sorry ) empty battary 1:20 - 1:30 and pad off, and on NAND memory and SD card, i can not nothing them copy normal, 300 megabytes copied about 40 minutes and 1.76G i never been able to copy, waited for about an hour and did not go copying.
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Yeah, your english is very bad, but i think I understood..
I´m not an expert in this Android stuff, on the contrary - I´m just starting to learn this, so don´t expect something big from me. I understand Linux very good, and try to use that knowledge on Android, with a lot of Googleing and reading.. Hopefully, I will come up with nice ROM and CWM Recovery soon and won´t brick my tablet.. :laugh:

Sirrocco said:
Yeah, your english is very bad, but i think I understood..
I´m not an expert in this Android stuff, on the contrary - I´m just starting to learn this, so don´t expect something big from me. I understand Linux very good, and try to use that knowledge on Android, with a lot of Googleing and reading.. Hopefully, I will come up with nice ROM and CWM Recovery soon and won´t brick my tablet.. :laugh:
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CWM for Custom ROM?
Do Jelly Bean 4.1 for our device!

Do you have any idea how i can get adb working with win7 x64 on this device? I've tried with the official adb driver included in POV's firmware updates, but they're not detected as a compatible driver by windows. I'd like to help you in creating your next roms and mods. I know linux well enough, and i develop c/c++ and java. pm me if you're interested.

VAHAB555 said:
CWM for Custom ROM?
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CWM based on this one:
https://www.sites.google.com/site/dutchtabs/clockworkmod-for-rk2918
But no Jelly Bean or any other ROM from scratch, because I´m not a developer.. Maybe sometimes in the future, cause I don´t have necessary knowledge for this yet..
FREEZX said:
Do you have any idea how i can get adb working with win7 x64 on this device? I've tried with the official adb driver included in POV's firmware updates, but they're not detected as a compatible driver by windows. I'd like to help you in creating your next roms and mods. I know linux well enough, and i develop c/c++ and java. pm me if you're interested.
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Those drivers don´t work, I´ve tried it too. If I figure it out I´ll let you know.. I´m using Windows only for flashing the firmware, that´s why I´m actually trying to get CWM working on this tablet so I don´t have to use Windows any more..
I´m repeating: I´m not a developer, I´m just using Google and doing some hacking to do my work. I don´t code anything. If you´d like to make a custom ROM from source you´ll have to make it alone, because I don´t know much about it for now.

would this work on my craig cmp745d tablet? it has the same cpu and android 4.0.3. looking for away to get root to install ubuntu

cyber440 said:
would this work on my craig cmp745d tablet? it has the same cpu and android 4.0.3. looking for away to get root to install ubuntu
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I'd like to know this too!! Did ya give it a shot? Or still waiting on a reply.

cyber440 said:
would this work on my craig cmp745d tablet? it has the same cpu and android 4.0.3. looking for away to get root to install ubuntu
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It would probably not work, because it´s not the same tablet. You could end up with a bricked tablet.
To all of you guys - I´m sorry I´ve been away for a while. I got a job, and had to move to another town, so had no time to hack the tablet any more. I´ll post some usefull instructions and links if some of you want to start to develop for this tablet.

Cyanogenmod for mediatek devices

Hey guys, We are going to try something new for our china phones - cyanogenmod.
But we need some more devs to get everything going.
For now we have:
-Github tree for Lenovo P700i(mediatek 6577, android 4.0.4, kernel 3.0.8)
-Lens_flare - original port author(may work with system folder and configs)
-some kernel source from other devices like liquid gallant
The main problem is getting adb to work that could help a lot on remaining development. For now even zygote not starting, but all partitions seems mounted successfully.
We need more devs (especially that could assemble working kernel for device), working with p700i may lead to following porting for other mtk devices, as sources are nearly the same.

good project
i am in... :laugh:

We've done our best to deliver robust and delicious custom roms to our device (even using andrea or some other work [which are great], but, well.. android is opensource in the end ).
We hope you could help us with cm development (mostly on kernel part).
At last it would be great to see some light in the mtk darkness..

Hi,
I'm trying to start working on CM for MTK6589 device. (Star S7589)
Kernel sources (for normal Android) can be found (has been released by Acer few weeks ago), but the biggest problem is the "device" folder.
I've written e-mails to few producers (ZOPO, Cubot, THL), and even that I've gotten replies from ZOPO and THL, they don't want to share anything, nor the kernel, nor any other sources.
If you'll get to something, please post it here, or pm me, and if I'd make any step I'll also keep you informed.

Maybe it would be a good idea to sign a petition to Lenovo to "open the source code for the device"? 4pda russian forum would participate in signing such petition. And I assume there will be much more other communities / forums where we can spread this information to join us!
There are two steps to do this:
1. What is a petition website preferrable for such action?
2. To prepare the text for the petition which would be technically correct and would cover all the aspects we are waiting from Lenovo.
Anyone to take responsibilities for any paragraph?
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dmplot said:
1. What is a petition website preferrable for such action?
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As an example of petition I looked at the "Give us Ice Cream Sandwich for HTC Desire HD".
So, the petition site I think is chosen. It is http://www.ipetitions.com/
So, who will take care of technically correct statement for the petition?
There is one more issue: the channels for such information spread. As to my thoughts it might be:
1. xda developers (of course),
2. 4pda russian forum,
3. Lenovo russian forum,
4. Please propose more...

nice to see guys good if we get this working but any chance of mt6575 processors they are capable of running ics so cyanogenmod 9 ?

This is great, i´m a ZTE v970 MT6577 owner and love the idea. I have kernel for ZTE Grand X V970 already uploaded to github and download the android sources and CM to start building.
The problem is im not a dev or have any kind of formation so I dont know if Im doing rigth. But i will try
I build a cm from scratch to my htc wildfire but I just had to do the steps of the CM tutorials.
Sorry for my inglish

Good luck to you guys, i was lurking on XDA just to search for a few optimizations for my MTK6589 phone (HDC). This quadcore cpu is spreading like wildfire among chinese phones due to its low price, so hopefully you will get some good help for getting started.

i'am hopi will custom rom ICS for my phone lenovo a690 mtk 6575,rom512,ram512
Sent from my Lenovo A690 using xda app-developers app

Short update on the topic:
1. I've made working TWRP recovery for mine Star.
I had to rip it a bit (awfully small recovery partition), but it looks like it's 90-95% working, just without partitioning possibilities. (But backups/recovery of them fully works, as same as other TWRP functions, and offcourse it's all operated by touch.)
2. I've compiled CM10.1, but it doesn't start, so here there is really a lot of work in front.

hey guys I kinda ported cm7 on my mt6575 phone well I luckly got it booted up but only the thing was I was not able to go pass the lockscreen its some thing to do with some touch screen drivers only my power button worked any one know how to deal with the touch screen drivers ?

FenixxPl said:
Short update on the topic:
1. I've made working TWRP recovery for mine Star.
I had to rip it a bit (awfully small recovery partition), but it looks like it's 90-95% working, just without partitioning possibilities. (But backups/recovery of them fully works, as same as other TWRP functions, and offcourse it's all operated by touch.)
2. I've compiled CM10.1, but it doesn't start, so here there is really a lot of work in front.
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Maybe its better to start with CM9 or CM10, since Mediatek (ours) does not support JellyBean 4.2 yet. So getting CM10 on it would be freaking hard.

I also have a mtk phone, i would like to run cyanogend on it one day, iam no developer, im just gonna sit back and watch good luck

LPCRJ™ - Congrats! That's something, I'd say that even something really big, because noone else had even got to that point.
If you can, please share your sources (device/vendor catalogues) on github, then we'll be able to help you more
nathan-96 - Mine has got JellyBean (4.2.1), that's why i try to port the CM10.1, also I'm not sure if kernel 3.4.5 will work with CM9 and I haven't got any other to work on.
Still, mine CM isn't even going past first boot screen, even using hints from Lenovo P700 sources.

FenixxPl said:
LPCRJ™ - Congrats! That's something, I'd say that even something really big, because noone else had even got to that point.
If you can, please share your sources (device/vendor catalogues) on github, then we'll be able to help you more
nathan-96 - Mine has got JellyBean (4.2.1), that's why i try to port the CM10.1, also I'm not sure if kernel 3.4.5 will work with CM9 and I haven't got any other to work on.
Still, mine CM isn't even going past first boot screen, even using hints from Lenovo P700 sources.
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Sorry I thought you had the same mediatek processor as the op, but I read that you have one that, apperiantly, supports JellyBean 4.2. Its indeed a big step.
But we need Logcat's to see why its not passing bootscreen, because you might be closer than everyone's thinking right know.

Xolo Q800 / Fly IQ446 / Gionee GN708W Kernel
Hi friends, I was able to get my hands on the kernel for Xolo Q800 / Fly IQ446 / Gionee GN708W Kernel which are essentially the same phone. They run JB 4.2.1 today, though the kernel is based on 4.1.2. Will this suffice or do we need anything more to get CM working.
http://yadi.sk/d/-zrdnTk_4Iy7c
All these phones are Quadcore MT6589 1.2 GHz processors with 1 GB ram and 4 GB flash. And, roms of these phones can run on each other.
Thanks

amardeepsingh77 - You're my god!
There is literally everything in that source, the "device" catalogue, prebuilder scripts, complete kernel sources, it's kind of unbelieveable!
Now we are possible to really get to work, not just move in the dark

yo guys I was trying to port cm7 but I really wanted to port cm9 so I left porting cm7 because my phone is already running gingerbread here is a thread I found http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2246892 he have actually ported cm9 to mt6575 processor phone though I don't have this phone but I think porting to other mtk phone might become easy using his ways I flashed it on my phone but I had a bootloop I try editing stuff but no success. thanks to PdroidAndroid

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It seems to me that for a start, and 9 will do.
For at least that is what I can bude customize.
Yes and no need for the device in 512 MB, 4.2.
Also, can anyone have an idea for $ agree to help?
Original
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Мне кажется что для начала и 9 сойдёт.
Ибо хоть что то буде что можно будет кастомизировать.
Да и не нужен на девайсах в 512 мб ,4.2.
Также есть идея может кто за $ согласиться помочь?

Next update from the field:
However sources from amardeepsingh77 are awesome, it'll take a lot of time to succeed the build.
Our MTK devices can't be compiled like all others Android devices, because we can't simply use ./build/envsetup.sh, we've got to use makeMtk, and it's got a lot of annoying stuff.
Without that we can't build preloader, and without it I don't think any Cyan or other rom will work.