Hey guys, just wanted to get some advice from the devs around here on where to start with Rom and kernel development. I love flashing new roms and tweaking my play and transformer but I'd also love to know how it works and do some work myself. My question is where do I start?
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First you may set up your working environement : http://source.android.com/source/initializing.html
Then, on the same site you can dowload the android open source project, or you can dowload team EOS source or any other team sources.
And I can't help you anymore, cause I'm stuck at the same point.
Thanks dude, I've got android SDK and eclipse on my pc and just downloaded some android dev books from kindle app so fingers crossed
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http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Niceeee
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Rightt...same location as it always has been
Let the ICS roms begin! Yay
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Can't wait to get my hands on some ICS roms
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ICS? I thought it was IBS.
I don't flame and usually stay out of wrong section arguments but come on. This isn't development related at all! Now let me get back to ripping apart this SDK image
An SDK isn't the same as the open source for the entire OS.
This only allows devs to update/create apps for ICS, not rebuild the entire OS for other devices.
cough so who gonnna develop this for us? now we on topic gimme ics or ima screammmmmm
Yes but from the SDK you can set up an ICS emulator and extract the files from the system image. People do quicky ports from this in the past just to show a device can run the new OS, but to build a fully functional OS you need the source to be posted.
If you already have the SDK installed just update the packages. No reason to install again.
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http://evervolv.turnertechrepair.info/Clark44/Android4.0-System-Dump.zip
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Get to work devs... make it happen for us if possible
The devs don't have to get to work. Try saying words like please. Their time is valuable.
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No source = no ports, rumours say source will be published right after the nexus prime release, by dec.
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The devs don't have to get to work. Try saying words like please. Their time is valuable.
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Those were my thoughts exactly.
Personally if I couldn't help in an objective I wouldn't demand it to be done for me.
I would imagine GB drivers are compatible for the ICS for backward compatibility (mesh phones and tablets). It wouldn't make sense to require new drivers when the goal is to mesh.
If that's the case, CM7 might just convert over relatively easy. I'm sure there are gonna be issues and they may be forced to wait until the Galaxy S upgrades.
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I would imagine GB drivers are compatible for the ICS for backward compatibility (mesh phones and tablets). It wouldn't make sense to require new drivers when the goal is to mesh.
If that's the case, CM7 might just convert over relatively easy. I'm sure there are gonna be issues and they may be forced to wait until the Galaxy S upgrades.
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That'd be amazing, and I see how that would be a smart choice by Google.
If that's the case though, why wouldn't be able to just take bits and pieces of ICS and make a fully working ROM? If the drivers are the same.
I mean from what I understand the drivers are the only real challenge (and other minor issues), from what I can see for my G-Tablet and Honeycomb..
So recently i have gotten seriously interested in the behind the scenes work that our great devs do here. I want to become a dev. I searched Google for how to compile cm7 for my phone and i got to the wiki. But why? They have a cm7 build for my phone already. What's the point of compiling vs flashing atinm's? What can i do to make it better? Or more personal. I couldn't find any threads on xda about this. Also any guides you would recommend for a wanna be dev ?
Thanks guys
Braiden Haas
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source.android.com
Here you can find everything you want know...
The point is to sync the source and snoop around and see how things work.
From there try and bring improvements and submit upstream.
Syncing/building is the first step.
For something like this, unless you want to hack CM or AOSP, you should just use the official CM builds that are published.
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http://betadan.com/paranoid/paranoidandroid-project-sources/
if ParanoidAndroid is opensource, does that make it easier to build for our hardware?
lfwake08 said:
http://betadan.com/paranoid/paranoidandroid-project-sources/
if ParanoidAndroid is opensource, does that make it easier to build for our hardware?
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once we get kernel source, yes
We don't need kernel source to have that. Idk why people think we need source to do everything. The only good thing about kernel source is oc and uv
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We don't need kernel source to have that. Idk why people think we need source to do everything. The only good thing about kernel source is oc and uv
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umm and libs and drivers aren't different between the tegra 3 and Snapdragon S4?
Yes they are but you don't need source. I come from the att note which doesn't have official ics or source and we had pa. Pa is a aosp rom like cm9 and aokp and we have both of those. Which shows kernel source is not needed
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We don't need kernel source for the initial port, though we probably will to get the port bug free (for example, the CM9 build and multitouch).
I tried downloading the PA source a few days back but it kept erroring out (something about signatures not being trusted or something)
It might just be an SSL error on my PC, I'll have another go at it sometime soon. Seems like an intriguing ROM.
Yea its a cool rom. A team mate ported it to the note and its pretty bug free. I haven't looked at their sources lately but have they released source for pad?
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if i can do anything to help please let me know, im more than happy to be a tester and provide bug reports/logcats or whatever. also thanks for the responses!
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I'm sorry I've looked at paranoid android before and for some reason I was confusing it with Coredroid.
I haz a stupid.
However, kernel source will make building an AOSP kernel much easier. Right now we're using the One S kernel source and while it works for the most part, there are still some niggling issues as can be seen in the AOKP and CM9 threads.
But hell yeah build that thang!
Yea in that aspect source will be great but since the kernel for cm9 seems good it'll work for now. But if any one does do this good luck they put their code everywhere and if you miss one strand it won't work
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tips?
if i was possibly considering the idea of maybe taking a stab at this port, anyone have any tips or good reference information? i have a little java experience but am comfortable with the SDK & adb and such.
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if i was possibly considering the idea of maybe taking a stab at this port, anyone have any tips or good reference information? i have a little java experience but am comfortable with the SDK & adb and such.
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learn how to build from source first
then learn how to merge cm9 commits into a local clone of paranoidandroid repo
then build it, and upload your device tree to git for others to work on
Learn smali coding it is the work of the devil but that's where most of the code is
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right on, thank you gentlemen! ill start digging a bit and see what happens..
the guys over on the one S forums already have a stable build-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1729811
since we share the same chipset could i use their rom as a starting point or i would still have to build from PA source? i really appreciate it guys sorry for my rookieness
also to those of you stateside- happy independence day! go have a beer and a burger
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the guys over on the one S forums already have a stable build-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1729811
since we share the same chipset could i use their rom as a starting point or i would still have to build from PA source? i really appreciate it guys sorry for my rookieness
also to those of you stateside- happy independence day! go have a beer and a burger
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It has been a starting point for our cm9, and miui, and I think aokp also.
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Learn smali coding it is the work of the devil but that's where most of the code is
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god, i was hoping nobody would ever mention smali again!
i got the one s PA dev to help me work it out, hackfest will begin late tonight. thanks again fellas
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hey just to update everyone i have a working pa now ill be testing the next couple hours before release
wow u guys are awesome. i was looking at the s3 forums and im a bit jealous because of the amount of development they seem to have so soon but i love this phone and im glad u guys are doing this for us. wish i could help, if u need any testers lmk.
definitely keeping an eye on this thread, that rom looked sick
Hi everyone!
OK, I got this idea a few days back, and now it's starting to form
I thought that all the developers for ARMv6 devices (like myself) should come together and work with each other on a GitHub organization to share all the changes in the code to make ICS and Jelly Bean work on ARMv6 devices. Tell me what you think. Also if you a developer interested, PM me
Thanks!
Rashed
I think its a great idea!!! The guys back at the galaxy prevail forums on androidforums would be real excited!!!
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It would great, i think. because 1 rom with many developers and bugfree is better, than 10 roms with few developers and many bugs.
Go for it!!
However, it may well involve ugly stuff like that .c file I posted. Another project worth a look is Bellagio's omx-ffmpeg library on SourceForge.
Great idea man, thumbs up
Thanks for the feedback
Now to find devs willing to collaborate....
Rashed97 said:
Thanks for the feedback
Now to find devs willing to collaborate....
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you will find devs don't worry
*descretly bumps*
What happened to the ffdshow project
Swyped on my blade
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What do you think.about kernel code of alcatel d990
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please support rom for mtk6573.... please!
hatova said:
please support rom for mtk6573.... please!
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We don't have type device
Sorry you are on your own
Without a device we can't really do anything
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Sony xperia x8 is a armv6 device
So u should try developing with x8 devs
Ics & Jb are stable for x8 but u can help them to increase performance
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Help me!
Can port my rom???? Help!
With tweak kernel and higher!
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mtk6573
GB
180mb system rom.
256mb ram
duo sim
This is for developers to get together and develop stuff together, not people to whine about porting this and that
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Paranoid Android
What about Paranoid Android?
Great. I agree. I am not a developer but I can theme.
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I am in!
Rashed97 said:
Hi everyone!
OK, I got this idea a few days back, and now it's starting to form
I thought that all the developers for ARMv6 devices (like myself) should come together and work with each other on a GitHub organization to share all the changes in the code to make ICS and Jelly Bean work on ARMv6 devices. Tell me what you think. Also if you a developer interested, PM me
Thanks!
Rashed
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Its a brilliant Idea BRO.GOD BLESS & TC. Cheers :good:.
I am looking for a tutorial that explains the editing/building process of a ROM within an Ubuntu environment. I have successfully compiled 4.2.2 from source in 12.04. I would like to add to this ROM other features. I was curious if there is a native way about doing this other than using the ROM kitchen. I feel like I have googled for hours and still can't find that gem of a tutorial. Does anyone have suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
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Maybe this is something you'd be interested in.