Hi... i have tried many of the cooked roms here and i noticed something...
every one of them are based on rom 5.2.318 (Build 15341.0.0...)
and then i remembered something. i went checking the rom that comes with the Windows Mobile SDK and it is he same 5.2.318 but Build 15342.....
since this is a real rom...maybe someone could use this rom to make a Universal ROM... no?? and better these roms are built for ARM processors because the emulator has to emulate the processor too....
what do you guys think??
If it was that simple, we would be running Photon by now
An emulator image has no support for specific hardware, it is specifically designed to test applications will work on an OS, and even then it's not 100% that it will work on all devices.
It's been discussed to death over the years, it's not possible, sorry.
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I haven't posted much, but I've spent a lot of time on these forums and flashed a few custom roms on my captivate as well. I'm a final-year computer science student and now I want to jump into the android source code.
I have some operating systems experience, I took the OS class at my university and ended up with a C (more due to external factors than the difficulty of the course).
Does anyone have any tips on where to start or how to make sense of the very large source distribution? I installed ubuntu, set up my repo, and downloaded the AOSP FroYo and Gingerbread sources. I think that, for my first project, as a way to learn about what goes into making a ROM, I want to post the AOSP FroYo source to the captivate and just have a pure AOSP build running on my phone. Can anyone point me to some resources or information to help me get started?
Thanks a lot!
how to create ROMs - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928955
and I think someone is already working on AOSP froyo - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=951653
Actually I meant more like resources about how the android source is laid out, which source files to edit to make a custom rom, which source files control which parts of the phone, etc. I've already seen the guide you linked to putting together a custom ROM.
And even if someone is working on AOSP Froyo, I want to do this to learn about how the Android OS works so that I can go on to developing better ROMs
Am I the only one who is unhappy with the slim pickings of ROMs that are available for the SK4G?
Does anyone know anything about an ASOP ROM?
It's AOSP (Android Open Source Project) and you're not the only one not happy with the current SK4G options. I personally want MIUI or CM7, but seeing as we're currently stuck with Froyo, we'll have to see what the devs can cook up.
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For future reference, questions go in the General forum, not the Development Forum.
As for AOSP or MIUI, I know that AyoTeddy and Revolution are currently working on separate MIUI roms, and for AOSP, I'm working on that, but not sure exactly what you want from AOSP that's different from what we have?
If you are unhappy with the selection of ROMS here, you are always welcome to make your own, android is open source for a reason.
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For future reference, questions go in the General forum, not the Development Forum.
As for AOSP or MIUI, I know that AyoTeddy and Revolution are currently working on separate MIUI roms, and for AOSP, I'm working on that, but not sure exactly what you want from AOSP that's different from what we have?
If you are unhappy with the selection of ROMS here, you are always welcome to make your own, android is open source for a reason.
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If they want the real miui we will need some sort of aosp gingerbread to start with and a custom CM7 kernel or something.. Since we dont have either yet I guess we'll have to make the best out of what we have now like we have been. But those wanting a taste of miui may like what I have planned for my next release.
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If they want the real miui we will need some sort of aosp gingerbread to start with and a custom CM7 kernel or something.. Since we dont have either yet I guess we'll have to make the best out of what we have now like we have been. But those wanting a taste of miui may like what I have planned for my next release.
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And so anticipation had set in, i can't wait ayoteddy. im very excited. SMX was great, and SMGC was awesome, and now with this? whewwww. think i better go lay down, lol.
I'm also interested in porting CM7 to Sk4g cause I'm used to when I had G1 and now I'm using Sk4g without it.
I have programming skill and understanding of linux architecture. I've read about android architecture and AOSP and how to build Cyanogen from source. I'm running a tech firm (about 30 employees) - we are developing games that's why I don't have enough time to port it faster but I'm going to do it in a month or two.
So, I need help from experienced dev for android who is willing to build AOSP rom for Sk4g.
Here is what I'm going to do:
1) I'm gonna try to build Kd1 rom from source (there is an opensource code from samsung) and flash it to my Sk4g
2) Change the platform in original source to AOSP 2.2 and remove all TMOBILE apps - then build and flash
3) I'll try to find all hardware specs of the phone to compare with other samsung devices. It can help to exctract proprietary drivers of the phone. I think that the drivers are commonly the same, but I need to identify it.
After that I'm gonna upgrade to AOSP 2.3 but I don't have enough knowledge right now. Can some experienced devs answer the questions:
1) Are the linux kernels of AOSP 2.2 and 2.3 identical?
2) Can I use device drivers from 2.2 on 2.3?
If someone is interested in this project - please let me know and let's start the job. I think that my progress wouldn't be fast due to lack of time.
Thank you for joining the Sidekick 4G section , & we welcome you but if you want you could pause the game's for the ROM if anything & Question 1 is a no & Question 2 no cause they have to be compiled with the 2.3 kernel .
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jmpz said:
I'm also interested in porting CM7 to Sk4g cause I'm used to when I had G1 and now I'm using Sk4g without it.
I have programming skill and understanding of linux architecture. I've read about android architecture and AOSP and how to build Cyanogen from source. I'm running a tech firm (about 30 employees) - we are developing games that's why I don't have enough time to port it faster but I'm going to do it in a month or two.
So, I need help from experienced dev for android who is willing to build AOSP rom for Sk4g.
Here is what I'm going to do:
1) I'm gonna try to build Kd1 rom from source (there is an opensource code from samsung) and flash it to my Sk4g
2) Change the platform in original source to AOSP 2.2 and remove all TMOBILE apps - then build and flash
3) I'll try to find all hardware specs of the phone to compare with other samsung devices. It can help to exctract proprietary drivers of the phone. I think that the drivers are commonly the same, but I need to identify it.
After that I'm gonna upgrade to AOSP 2.3 but I don't have enough knowledge right now. Can some experienced devs answer the questions:
1) Are the linux kernels of AOSP 2.2 and 2.3 identical?
2) Can I use device drivers from 2.2 on 2.3?
If someone is interested in this project - please let me know and let's start the job. I think that my progress wouldn't be fast due to lack of time.
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Revolution, thanks for relaying my responses.
jmpz, I tried building the source before, but was unable to build it completely, but that was possibly because of some errors with my dependencies. The kernel compiles fine from source, you just need to pull initramfs, or you can get it from Dr. Honk's github.
Thank you for your answers.
So, can anyone enumerate the list of drivers which we should extract from kernel?
I can name these:
1) Keyboard
2) Mic
3) 2 speakers
4) buttons
5) front camera
6) rear camera
7) trackpoint
8) lcd
9) digitizer
10) 3.5 jack
Please correct me and add missing
If I understanding it rightly the key problem is getting proprietary drivers from the kernel. Right?
nope, the key problem is trying to build the system entirely, without any errors, which may be easier with someone following a stock designed build environment. I don't use Ubuntu which is what has the listed dependencies for every tutorial I can find. You can get the drivers out of Dr. Honk's voodoo kernel ramdisk here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1145139
There shouldn't be any problems if you just set up a build environment following the directions in any of the tutorials, then add the platform from the samsung source.
I'm a linuxoid - so these tutorial are for me. Thank you for the link.
By the way, drivers are in Linux Kernel, so I don't think that I need to use Samsung Platform from the source. Instead I wanna use platform from AOSP or Cyanogen. Correct me if I'm wrong.
I think that grabbing drivers from kernel source from samsung would be enough to build the rom.
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I'm also interested in porting CM7 to Sk4g cause I'm used to when I had G1 and now I'm using Sk4g without it.
I have programming skill and understanding of linux architecture. I've read about android architecture and AOSP and how to build Cyanogen from source. I'm running a tech firm (about 30 employees) - we are developing games that's why I don't have enough time to port it faster but I'm going to do it in a month or two.
So, I need help from experienced dev for android who is willing to build AOSP rom for Sk4g.
Here is what I'm going to do:
1) I'm gonna try to build Kd1 rom from source (there is an opensource code from samsung) and flash it to my Sk4g
2) Change the platform in original source to AOSP 2.2 and remove all TMOBILE apps - then build and flash
3) I'll try to find all hardware specs of the phone to compare with other samsung devices. It can help to exctract proprietary drivers of the phone. I think that the drivers are commonly the same, but I need to identify it.
After that I'm gonna upgrade to AOSP 2.3 but I don't have enough knowledge right now. Can some experienced devs answer the questions:
1) Are the linux kernels of AOSP 2.2 and 2.3 identical?
2) Can I use device drivers from 2.2 on 2.3?
If someone is interested in this project - please let me know and let's start the job. I think that my progress wouldn't be fast due to lack of time.
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I 100% support your efforts. I want Cyanogen on the SK4G badly, but I'm not sure what kind of help a non-programmer like me could do, but do have some experience with flashing phones and such, so if there is anything you need let me know.
If you do get rolling heavily on this, I'd be willing to donate monetarily to your efforts.
If anyone can get CyanogenMod 7 on the Sidekick they would definetely get a donation from me. Id be thrilled. Glad to see its going to be worked on.
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Dear forum,
What can I put on a Huawei Honor 4x Che2-L11 that is currently running Android 6.0 ?
I would prefer to install CM, but there is no version for the Ch2-L11, not even a development version. I found two custom ROMs online, and tried one of them. It would have been fine except that the SIM cards were not working, because these ROMs were made with an older firmware version. (Read more about this issue by searching for MoDaCo custom rom Che2-L11.)
Can anybody recommend either (A) a way to install CM on a Che2-L11, maybe point me to some developer community where there is already work done on that front, or (B) a place where I can find custom ROMs for the Che2-L11?
For the time being, I will be exploring the Honor 4x and its capabilities, while reading your forum to look for advice. I'll certainly try installing the Ubuntu on-top-of Android, which I assume has a similar function and usefulness as cygwin in Windows.
Bob1900 said:
Dear forum,
What can I put on a Huawei Honor 4x Che2-L11 that is currently running Android 6.0 ?
I would prefer to install CM, but there is no version for the Ch2-L11, not even a development version. I found two custom ROMs online, and tried one of them. It would have been fine except that the SIM cards were not working, because these ROMs were made with an older firmware version. (Read more about this issue by searching for MoDaCo custom rom Che2-L11.)
Can anybody recommend either (A) a way to install CM on a Che2-L11, maybe point me to some developer community where there is already work done on that front, or (B) a place where I can find custom ROMs for the Che2-L11?
For the time being, I will be exploring the Honor 4x and its capabilities, while reading your forum to look for advice. I'll certainly try installing the Ubuntu on-top-of Android, which I assume has a similar function and usefulness as cygwin in Windows.
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Do a google search for:
"Custom ROMs for (your model number)"
If that doesn't give you any results then nothing exists for you phone, in that case, you'll have to build a custom ROM for yourself or port a custom ROM from a similar device to work with yours.
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HELP
Ive searched high and low for a rom for Prestigio PMP 5588 HD Multipad and it seams no one has made a rom for this device I found a few guide on how to make custom roms but they are a for popular models and they mostly start with a ported rom
I don't have that option as no one has developed a rom for my device yet so I was going have a crack at making my own rom for this device they guide seam quite easy and I can code so should be to hard to get project started
My aim is to build a rom with best android build I can for this device be nice if I can build rom out of a version of nougat to use with this device but I cannot find any guides on starting a project like this.
Ive installed android kitchen and note++ to work on the project
Now I know I need to backup my current rom and kernel before I start but after that I not sure weather I can get copy of the latest version of Cyanogenmod then either backup my device drivers and then edit the Cyanogenmod rom with my drivers to get started and then do some advanced editing as project progresses or do I need to take a copy of my backup rom and edit this with files from Cyanogenmod rom to create my own rom and then go massive bug fixing mission anyone that can point me in right direction be helping me and loads of other that have this device that would like to upgrade being stuck on 4.2.1 sucks and cannot run most app on this version of android
Thanks in advance
Hi !
As you have noticed , there are several threads on xda for building custom roms . One of them https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2195858
Try to ask there , we cannot actually assist you directly on this matter , the community there is much wider
Good luck !