[Q] Making a ROM from AOSP (school project) - General Questions and Answers

Hi guys/girls,
I would like to create a Galaxy S (I9000) ROM for a school project from AOSP.
There are a few to I would like to know before I start:
Because I can't work on it for more than 80 hours (including research), would this be do-able for a person with no real programming experience (yet)?
What version of Android do you recommend me to make? (which is the best for a beginner)
Does it cost me money? (drivers from samsungs?)
Will you be able to help me if I can't figure it out with Google/XDA?
My goal is to make it (call/sms/internet) work, not to make it the fastest ROM on XDA or something professional.
Thank you for your answer.

I don't know anything about making roms but I can say this.
The best version would be gingerbread 2.3.5 as its add for the sdk iis the best on the android website.
And no, it wont cost u money if u extract drivers from another rom
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hoe to Port Android to Samsung Omnia i900

hi everybody i want more help plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
i want to make a rom for me from the latest version of Android 2.2 by me
so how can i port Android to Samsung Omnia i900 with haret or any thing
i just want Android on my PPC pllllllllllllllllllz but not this andromnia.net cuz it's really a bad version so is there any one can help me to teach me how can i do that pllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllz and i downloaded the latest NDK android-ndk-r4-windows.zip from the site !!!!!!
thanx ver much
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I hope you're trolling or this is a joke...otherwise you may very well be the worst poster I've ever seen.
There aren't definitive instructions on how to port, you need development knowledge in C++ and Java for the NDK and SDK respectively.
Lol dude, figure a way to write the drivers first, then come back to me and we can port it together.
funny man but how this project is done Andromnia ?????????????
It just ported the OS. Barely anything works on it because drivers haven't been written for it. That means no calling, weak battery life, innacurate touch input etc etc. Sorry, but Android will never see the light of day on the Omnia.
You want android buy an android phone yeesh.
Mikroft said:
You want android buy an android phone yeesh.
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to a point i agree
some news about porting Android?

DUAL Boot Android and ios5

Hi Friends,
Have anybody tried to dual boot android with ios5. It will be great if someone can do this.
While searching came across this
http://code.google.com/p/bootdroid
http://bootdroid.blogspot.in/
Any solutions?
I don't think that's possible.
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You can't run iOS as a rom because its closed source. It would be impossible to port because all the libs are different even though its based off linux
IOS is based off of Mac OSX which is based off of *Unix*
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so the info on the links is just bull**** ?
BUT: it is possible to have your android phone "transformed" to look like ios with miui rom and iphone theme.
that still doesnt give access to the appstore but its as near as we can get to ios looks
Got none of the required devices I would have tried otherwise :/
i have a desire hd but i dont really think this is legit.. probably just some guy hunting payperclicks
This will never be possible. IPhone and android phones havedifferent processor architecture.
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It IS possible to dual boot an iPhone with Android and iOS, the project is called iDroid (idroidproject[.]org) but some of the iPhone jail breakers (like @chronic) are creating a linux-based OS (called Magenta) that replicates iPhone OS 1.0, my source says that it currently runs on ARM7 hardware
Magenta is an implementation of Darwin/BSD on top of the Linux kernel. It is made up of a number of kernel and userland components that work together. It is fully binary compatible with iPhone OS 5.0 (as in, it uses the same binary format).
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The final goal is probably recreating the iPhone OS 1.0 stack. I think this is a pretty feasible goal, considering the fact that there are so many open source libs that can be used to replace the proprietary libs used by Apple. Just as an example:
* CoreGraphics -> Cairo
-> FreeType
-> libpng/jpg
* Celestial -> Various open source media decoding libs.
* UIKit -> Chamelleon
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see my source for the news post: ht.tp://bit[.]ly/KZZ1up (9to5Mac)
More information about Magenta: ht.tp://bit[.]ly/Oo6eV4
Or this for the source code: ht.tp://crna[.]cc/magenta_source.html
The original ios firmware? ? I think its cool, hope they develop for the new ios though. Number one was pretty lame
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Dri94 said:
The original ios firmware? ? I think its cool, hope they develop for the new ios though. Number one was pretty lame
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I think so, they say the aim is to run iOS
The project does not wish to build a platform that can run Apple’s App Store apps; it appears to just aim at running iOS.
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As you can see it isn't for running App Store apps, but if it has root access like a rooted android, then you can just put any app on the device..
Like a Cydia app (for the ones who don't know: Cydia is an App Store that you get when you jailbreak your iPhone)
Dual boot iOS and Android. Hm... why not to try Linux instead? iOS is not flexible as Android and what's the point of it? Also we can start porting Windows 8 and other stuff.
arpitsinghi said:
Hi Friends,
Have anybody tried to dual boot android with ios5. It will be great if someone can do this.
While searching came across this
http://code.google.com/p/bootdroid
http://bootdroid.blogspot.in/
Any solutions?
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iOS 5 is designed to run only on apple's specified hardware design. It is next to impossible to have apple software running on android hardware, but there have been reports of android running on apple hardware. This all involves a lot of lib tweaking, proper execution of binaries, andjust plain coding genius.
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k28king1 said:
iOS 5 is designed to run only on apple's specified hardware design. It is next to impossible to have apple software running on android hardware, but there have been reports of android running on apple hardware. This all involves a lot of lib tweaking, proper execution of binaries, andjust plain coding genius.
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Look at post #9 It IS possible if someone tries to get it on an android with a bit porting of the Magenta-project. And yes it is possible to run android on iPhone (post #9 as well) it is called iDroid (as mentioned in post #9)
here is the source code from cronic, who is an apple dev, who is working on porting it for us, http://crna.cc/ , if any dev is wishing to finish it off with his android intel
why doenst just buy an iPhone ?
android_isda_**** said:
here is the source code from cronic, who is an apple dev, who is working on porting it for us, ht.tp://crna.cc/ , if any dev is wishing to finish it off with his android intel
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That is exactly what's said in post 9! Don't people read the whole topic, or do you just post blindly and hope that someone before you didn't post that ?? Sorry for getting off-topic
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For those asking "why?", I found this thread because I would like an Android tablet, but I'm worried I'll want the latest app or game and it will be only on iOS for too long before going to Android. I'd like the best of both worlds, someday (perhaps when iDroid is out of alpha).
therussman2002 said:
For those asking "why?", I found this thread because I would like an Android tablet, but I'm worried I'll want the latest app or game and it will be only on iOS for too long before going to Android. I'd like the best of both worlds, someday (perhaps when iDroid is out of alpha).
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If you want the best of both worlds, let me give you some suggestions:
Buy a jailbreak-able iPhone (4S or 4 recommended) jailbreak it on iOS 5.1.1 (if that's the current OS) and then with Cydia you can customize your iPhone as much as you want.
Buy both of them (which I have done) and enjoy
But do not expect iDroid to be stable anytime soon, for now..
That was a bit off-topic, sorry, but I hope this helps!

[Q] WebOS porting how-to

Hi everyone,
Does anyone know how to install WebOS on say a Samsung Galaxy S (Fascinate to be exact) or make a WebOS ROM so everyone could start picking up the pieces and start making WebOS a reality for all of us Android users.
WebOS may not be very well supported but there is potential but we need to put in an effort to get something back.
Let's do this!
Instead , I think we should port important features of WEB OS to Android.
So, that drawbacks are covered by WEB OS.
We appreciate your enthusiasm, but its much more involved than that.
One group (WebOS Ports) is working on porting to a few devices, including the Galaxy Nexus.
Another group, I think a company, is working on an .apk app to install and work, I assume on any capable Android phone, but right now it only supports the Nexus S, and I don't even know if its out yet...
So my plan is to wait and see.
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Would love to see it on a HP Stream 7
Nomad692000 said:
Would love to see it on a HP Stream 7
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could prove Luna Os
https://pivotce.com/2015/11/06/luneos-update-for-november-2/

[Q] Need immediate assistance for my phone

Hey forum members ,
i have a java based phone which has turned very outdated and its processing is very slow these days.... I have heard that android is an open source technology and is free of cost. So i was wondering whether i can convert my Samsung gt-S5263 (Star II) into an android device. Pls let me know about each and every chances i have......please reply soon.
Samsung star runs on BADA I think...
Bro its really hard and complex process...
Better head over to xda-university.com
For android on non - android devices.
Haha better buy a new device
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Backporting Android L to Nexus 7 2012?

Ive searched far and wide and havent seen anything on this yet. I know how to port on similiar os's, but heard the Android L is different.
So my questions are these:
Besides making sure proper files are pulled, the build prop lines changed and the norm for doing porting, what else should I be paying attention to and what else should be included?
Will I be able to use the N5 modded kernel or will i have to remod or should I mod existing N7 2012 kernel?
If i can port this, will i be able to run this through MultiROM?
Will i have to mod/patch apps to work with ROM or do I have to develop/get developed aps?
Sorry for the questions, I just haven't seen too much technical info yet.
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Any help at all would be nice, even a point in the right direction.
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Well it seems someone already beat me to the punch. Getting ready to download their port. Anybody interested here's the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2799011
Thanks for everybody's answers, they were very helpful?
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Glad to hear you found a working port
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