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I believe that we can all benefit from working on a ICS build for our platform
What I have assessed is that we need to port the drivers for the hardware of the Atrix 2 into a CM9 build.
I am currently interested in redirecting focus from modifying the current releases of motorola's stock ROM which is let's face it glitchy and weak as [email protected]&K. Sd card issues ect. Mine keeps randomly wiping my music files and pictures for no apparent reason. Even game data Like SHADOWGUN goes missing anytime I reboot.
ICS is where the android platform is headed anyway, so why waste anymore of our time on the gingerbread OS they have given us.
I was previously the owner of a Cliq xt which never got the releases that it deserved from motorola. After toying around with Masterminds ROM builds I finally stumbled on a working CM7 platform that was needles to say far superior and launched my user experience far ahead of where it would have been had I waited for something that was never going to happen.
I would personally be happy to sit down a code my ass off all day to help build this ROM. I know there is an Alpha build and CyanogenMod has announced on their blog that they are launching CM9 built on ICS soon enough. I figure if I can get a lil direction from my fellow Users that I would be able to do this on my own.
What I need to know is what Linux (I run UBUNTU) compatible software may I use to examine a CM9 ROM against the current 2.3.6 ROM that exist for the Atrix 2. I will then extract the drivers for the hardware components and transfer them into the CM9 build then use the atrix 2 bootstrapper to jump into recovery and flash it onto my Atrix 2 for testing. If anyone is on board with helping thats fine however all I really need to know is what programs may I use to accomplish this task. I have the SDK and resources for everything already on my system.
The search button is you friend here.
Look in the developer's fourm and you will see that someone has already headed this direction, we just need a working radio to piece it all together from what I understand.
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Both lfaber06 and I are really swamped right now with work and all the other projects we are working on in here, if you would like to help with dev work PM lfaber06 and jimbridgman. He and I have split up most of the dev work in here since there are only 2 of us doing the dev work.
I am working on CM7 right now, and several other hacks that I am not willing to reveal just yet, and lfaber06 has 2 ROMs and is working on the CM9 that is in the dev section.
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Both lfaber06 and I are really swamped right now with work and all the other projects we are working on in here, if you would like to help with dev work PM lfaber06 and jimbridgman. He and I have split up most of the dev work in here since there are only 2 of us doing the dev work.
I am working on CM7 right now, and several other hacks that I am not willing to reveal just yet, and lfaber06 has 2 ROMs and is working on the CM9 that is in the dev section.
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Will do I appreciate it, positiveness goes a long way rather than sarcasm. Keep me updated on the CM7 progress as well. I am also aware that there is work being done on the CM9 alpha and the GSM CMDA issue that's why I brought it up. Moreso to focus others on the task at hand.
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What I need to know is what Linux (I run UBUNTU) compatible software may I use to examine a CM9 ROM against the current 2.3.6 ROM that exist for the Atrix 2. I will then extract the drivers for the hardware components and transfer them into the CM9 build then use the atrix 2 bootstrapper to jump into recovery and flash it onto my Atrix 2 for testing. If anyone is on board with helping thats fine however all I really need to know is what programs may I use to accomplish this task. I have the SDK and resources for everything already on my system.
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Just transferring the driver files won't work as they have to be built specifically for ICS (correct me if I am wrong). Also I use dsixda's Android Kitchen to decompile, edit, and recompile Roms. Look here.
Yeah gb drivers don't work in ICS. So unless your planning on rewriting drivers for our hardware, you'll have better luck with CM7.
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who can make a chinese language rom for us ，we have no rom for ATT，thanks！
Morning everyone,
So I have never ported, or built the AOSP. I have always had an android phone with great support. Well I have the Blaze now and I see there is a need of coders for this one. What is the most common Linux variant that everyone uses? I see that AOSP instructions are based on Ubuntu but I was just curious what everyone else uses. I hope to have an it all set up this weekend and start digging into porting myself. If anyone else has pointers please feel free to ping me! I am new to this but not coding, I do have a BS in CS.
Thanks!
Me ...
i happen to use mint 12, its based off ubuntu so you get all the ease of it, but it doesn't have that nasty unity crud.
the cwm source i have posted is the best thing you can get to a device profile for now, id suggest using that and learn how to port cm7 first as official aosp code doesnt have support for many devices hardware, while cm does
I've already created a git account and have built CM7 before, albeit just to mod an existing profile. I just received my device and am looking forward to trying to port this. Planning on using your CWM sources (saw them in GIT) as my starting point
So, first of all, I'm not entirely sure if this thread belongs in this category, but since it's something pretty wide, I guess it wouldn't hurt.
So I'm looking into flashing Linux into a phone (an sgs2, more precisly). I'm not talking about chroots under android and etc, I'm talking about actually flashing grub, the kernel and every other files that would usually come with a desktop distro. I'm toying a bit with Gentoo, see if I can recompile the whole thing for ARM before probably ending up bricking my device.
Anyways, I want to know if anyone has every tried flashing the whole thing into a phone, be it android, windows phone, etc, and what would you guys think about it.
I'll be trying with an android phone, since it pretty much uses the linux kernel, and so drivers shouldn't be too much of a pain in the ass to recompile. Might also keep the original boot loader until I feel good enough about completely eradicating the base software that the hardware was designed for.
any thoughts/advices/insults/mind farts on the subject welcome
did you hear about Ubuntu for android project? it's based on GB 2.3.6 but ATM i think the project is stuck. you can see more information on Ubuntu page I'm subscribed to information about it 'cause I will love Ubuntu running on my S2 too. but I heard nothing about other available project from other people
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Great Question! that's something about which I am interested as well. However, I think you might try looking around the "Hardware Hacking" thread or post your question there maybe? I'd like to, but I can't...since I am a NOOB!
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did you hear about Ubuntu for android project? it's based on GB 2.3.6 but ATM i think the project is stuck. you can see more information on Ubuntu page I'm subscribed to information about it 'cause I will love Ubuntu running on my S2 too. but I heard nothing about other available project from other people
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Yea that's awesome, I think I saw a couple of videos on youtube with some guys showing Ubuntu running on their phone
I will do it. I will post if something new comes. But I am happy right now with ICS/JB roms. I'll wait for their Ubuntu for android release if they decide to make possible Ubuntu for android phones
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I will do it. I will post if something new comes. But I am happy right now with ICS/JB roms. I'll wait for their Ubuntu for android release if they decide to make possible Ubuntu for android phones
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yea, i think the OP had in mind to bypass android? perhaps? and to use the phone's hardware/kernel parameters in order to boot linux onto it
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yea, i think the OP had in mind to bypass android? perhaps? and to use the phone's hardware/kernel parameters in order to boot linux onto it
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Yeah, I meant getting ride of the underlaying OS and flash linux in place of it.
I think ubuntu uses chroot under android, I haven't seen anything about flashing it into the device.
What I have in mind is not just flashing it on android phones, but about any piece of hardware decent enough to run it (although the existing drivers on android phones would help).
Right now I'm toying a bit with the cross compiler, but I haven't really started any serious project about making it happen.
You can flash backtrack
Yea, that's why I suggested, initially, to take a look at the "Hardware Hacking" forum...otherwise, you can learn about Systems Programming --maybe a good start might be Programming Embedded Systems, 2nd Edition
With C and GNU Development Tools
By Michael Barr, Anthony Massa
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Released: October 2006
Pages: 336
btw: sorry, I can't post links, but you can google on how to get started
also: HIT THE THANKS BUTTON IF I HELPED YOU, too
I've made several attempts at the chroot method of adding Linux to an android device with good results. My ultimate goal is to have my android device load and run Linux when i plug it into a docking station so i can use it as a computer. Back to the topic at hand, to add Linux as the native OS instead of android. I would start by building a root file system for android and attempt to copy it over the existing android rootfs. The process would be identical to building the chroot Linux rootfs. The next thing to do is to acquire the kernel source and re-compile it so you can have all of the modules / drivers you want. I would say that this would be standard and easy peasy stuff right up until you got to the X11 and video hardware acceleration.
If your going to try this, I would look for a device that has the following:
1) Kernel source available - make sure there are good instructions on how to configure and compile
2) Device is easily unlock-able and root-able
3) Has a micro SD card slot
So, first of all, I'm not entirely sure if this thread belongs in this category, but since it's something pretty wide, I guess it wouldn't hurt.
So I'm looking into flashing Linux into a phone (an sgs2, more precisly). I'm not talking about chroots under android and etc, I'm talking about actually flashing grub, the kernel and every other files that would usually come with a desktop distro. I'm toying a bit with Gentoo, see if I can recompile the whole thing for ARM before probably ending up bricking my device.
Anyways, I want to know if anyone has every tried flashing the whole thing into a phone, be it android, windows phone, etc, and what would you guys think about it.
I'll be trying with an android phone, since it pretty much uses the linux kernel, and so drivers shouldn't be too much of a pain in the ass to recompile. Might also keep the original boot loader until I feel good enough about completely eradicating the base software that the hardware was designed for.
any thoughts/advices/insults/mind farts on the subject welcome
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2162316 this can help you?
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I have no intention for hacking or anything i just want to use it for pentest on my systems.
Okay so i downloaded aircrack for ubuntu and extracted the sbin files and the bin files and pasted them into my system/bin and afterwards i went to terminal emulator and typed
su
aircrack-ng
and to my supprise it loaded. I have posted some screenshots.
So i think with some efforts and the right scripts it would work.
So anyone with the knowledge can help out.
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i just uploaded the aircrack-ng file.
I am Very Sorrry. If you downloaded the first file i posted, that wont work, i have posted the correct one. so please download this one
aircrack-1.1-static.rar (1.90 MB)
Okay so i have found a site on which a group of developers were able to create some files to allow the Nexus one & Galaxy S II run in monitor mode.
here is the website.
[[ http://bcmon.blogspot.com/2012/09/working-monitor-mode-on-nexus-one.html ]]
If we are able to get the mytouch into monitor mode, we would be able to run "Aircrack" ont the packets.
According to the website, we need to Build the KO for our device.
The problem now is, i have no idea of how to create those KO files.
If anyone finds a nice tutorial, pls share it here and i would try and follow it to get the monitor mode working. (that is if possible).
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Guys i have finnally figured out how to put the mytouch 4g in monitor mode.
here are the steps.
Download glacier_Pac_JB_4.2.2-V22.01_20130325-085620.zip
from here : http://d-h.st/5bA
(please flash Gapps)
Then Download this Kernel it was created by coderz ( i have uploaded it so see below.)
Afterwards head towards my other thread here ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2302678 ) and download ubuntu distro the small image.
After the download load open the apk u downloaded from the other thread and select launch and choose ubuntu.
after it has launched, install aircrack.
from this guide ( http://answertohow.blogspot.com/2012/10/how-to-install-aircrack-ng-on-ubuntu.html )
Next head towards here ( http://pkgs.org/ubuntu-12.04/ubuntu-main-i386/iw_3.2-1_i386.deb.html ) for the IW package since its not available
in the ubuntu distro.
Now you are clear to go.
Now type these in the terminal emulator where the image was launched ( please do not open another tab in terminal emulator, use the one that was opened by the ubuntu distro.)
type
Su
Airmon-ng start 6 p2p0
and voila there it is you would see monitor mode started.
Please forgive me if somethings arent clear.
I am so happy to the extent that i cant even type.
What is that?
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What is that?
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I thinks it's something to hack wifi with.
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N_otori0us_ said:
I thinks it's something to hack wifi with.
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Actually its used for penetration testing but when it is used in the wrong way becomes a hacking tool.
So it can be used by someone to gain access to a secured WiFi network?
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So it can be used by someone to gain access to a secured WiFi network?
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yea i guess so. Dont really know much about it.
Which package did u download I can't find one that has bin and Sbin in it?
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I've been building the kernel module, which is what a "KO" as you called it is, into my customized kernel for about a week now. I've also successfully inserted said module into memory and that's about where I end as the binaries that come packaged with the source code aren't linked correctly for the glacier and can't interface correctly and I haven't taken the time to recompile them yet. The plus side is that this may save me having to do that but that also means that if you want the module you have to use my kernel and that is a hazard in and of itself, haha. I lack the post count to post it in the proper forum and I refuse to circumvent that restriction by posting it in the incorrect forum so for the moment I'm hosting it myself.
If you're interested in taking the chance send me a message but I'll tell you now the kernel variation, D3M0N as I've named it, is not for the faint of heart and you could do real damage to your device if you are careless as mine allows overclocking up to 2Ghz and let me tell you it gets hot enough to blister a finger on the metal battery cover. I have it set to run at 1.4 by default so you may want to adjust it to suit your needs and it's designed for 4.2.x ROMs and I can't guarantee it'll work with any other version of Android but I can build the module for any kernel version as long as the source is available as well.
On a final note, the aircrack suite is a hacking tool and hacking is not bad, cracking is the malicious brother of hacking and either way you're responsible for your own actions, not anyone else. That being said, I'm not liable for what you do or don't do. And to clarify, aircrack itself is only useful for WEP secured networks and it is not useful by itself. This isn't directed at anyone in particular but I thought I'd clear up the assumptions I felt were being made because there's no reason for ignorance and the only crime related to ignorance is refusing the ignorant the chance to be educated wherever possible. I hope nobody takes offense to the term ignorant because everyone is ignorant to something and everyone was ignorant at some point.
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I've been building the kernel module, which is what a "KO" as you called it is, into my customized kernel for about a week now. I've also successfully inserted said module into memory and that's about where I end as the binaries that come packaged with the source code aren't linked correctly for the glacier and can't interface correctly and I haven't taken the time to recompile them yet. The plus side is that this may save me having to do that but that also means that if you want the module you have to use my kernel and that is a hazard in and of itself, haha. I lack the post count to post it in the proper forum and I refuse to circumvent that restriction by posting it in the incorrect forum so for the moment I'm hosting it myself.
If you're interested in taking the chance send me a message but I'll tell you now the kernel variation, D3M0N as I've named it, is not for the faint of heart and you could do real damage to your device if you are careless as mine allows overclocking up to 2Ghz and let me tell you it gets hot enough to blister a finger on the metal battery cover. I have it set to run at 1.4 by default so you may want to adjust it to suit your needs and it's designed for 4.2.x ROMs and I can't guarantee it'll work with any other version of Android but I can build the module for any kernel version as long as the source is available as well.
On a final note, the aircrack suite is a hacking tool and hacking is not bad, cracking is the malicious brother of hacking and either way you're responsible for your own actions, not anyone else. That being said, I'm not liable for what you do or don't do. And to clarify, aircrack itself is only useful for WEP secured networks and it is not useful by itself. This isn't directed at anyone in particular but I thought I'd clear up the assumptions I felt were being made because there's no reason for ignorance and the only crime related to ignorance is refusing the ignorant the chance to be educated wherever possible. I hope nobody takes offense to the term ignorant because everyone is ignorant to something and everyone was ignorant at some point.
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Thats cool. So have you tried your new kernel with the aircrack suit i have uploaded or have you tried airmon or monitor mode with the zips found at the website i posted.
And thanks also for clarifying the hacking concept.
I just want to help in unleashing the power of the mytouch 4g. As i have seen and tested, there are many things that the mytouch 4g can do that people didnt really know about. Like Fm transmitting, this feature works on the mytouch 4g. I tried it myself. All its needs is the apk(if anyone needs it He or She should free to ask and i would send it to him or her). All it needs to work is the stock 2.2 Glacier rom as thats which i tested it on.
So as i have already said. You could pass by the website and download the packages and who knows, it might be easier than you think.
Thanks again for contributing. :good:
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Thats cool. So have you tried your new kernel with the aircrack suit i have uploaded or have you tried airmon or monitor mode with the zips found at the website i posted.
And thanks also for clarifying the hacking concept.
I just want to help in unleashing the power of the mytouch 4g. As i have seen and tested, there are many things that the mytouch 4g can do that people didnt really know about. Like Fm transmitting, this feature works on the mytouch 4g. I tried it myself. All its needs is the apk(if anyone needs it He or She should free to ask and i would send it to him or her). All it needs to work is the stock 2.2 Glacier rom as thats which i tested it on.
So as i have already said. You could pass by the website and download the packages and who knows, it might be easier than you think.
Thanks again for contributing. :good:
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Yes, I did try the binaries from the OP; unfortunately they weren't the solution to my problem. Fortunately they seem to be just fine and my problem was due to an error on my part (I had duplicate binaries in /system/xbin while I was intending to use /system/bin and failed to realize it right away.) I set up an old Netgear router I had lying around and threw a random string in as the WEP key and was able to reverse it in ~12 minutes with the maximum CPU frequency at 1.4Ghz. Not bad at all as far as I'm concerned given that it takes ~5m on my laptop.
I've stabilized the kernel I've been mutilating so it's far safer than I previously alluded to, haven't had a single panic or hard lock in a good 18+ hours and I've been running it to death so my offer still stands for any who'd rather not deal with compiling it themselves. For those that do, my Github is always open: http://github.com/zygh0st/android_kernel_htc_msm7x30-3.0.git
BTW, thanks for starting the discussion; nice to see I'm not the only one who is interested in mobile devices as possible vectors for breaches of security in ways most people wouldn't consider. The next step is to give Reaver a shot, though I think it has a successor at this point but I can't recall the name of it. I doubt it's feasible, at least not on this device since if the time scales in a similar manner you'd be looking at nearly 24 hours but with something like a Note 2 or S4 one would expect to find a significant reduction in time I'd think, but I could be mistaken.
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Yes, I did try the binaries from the OP; unfortunately they weren't the solution to my problem. Fortunately they seem to be just fine and my problem was due to an error on my part (I had duplicate binaries in /system/xbin while I was intending to use /system/bin and failed to realize it right away.) I set up an old Netgear router I had lying around and threw a random string in as the WEP key and was able to reverse it in ~12 minutes with the maximum CPU frequency at 1.4Ghz. Not bad at all as far as I'm concerned given that it takes ~5m on my laptop.
I've stabilized the kernel I've been mutilating so it's far safer than I previously alluded to, haven't had a single panic or hard lock in a good 18+ hours and I've been running it to death so my offer still stands for any who'd rather not deal with compiling it themselves. For those that do, my Github is always open: http://github.com/zygh0st/android_kernel_htc_msm7x30-3.0.git
BTW, thanks for starting the discussion; nice to see I'm not the only one who is interested in mobile devices as possible vectors for breaches of security in ways most people wouldn't consider. The next step is to give Reaver a shot, though I think it has a successor at this point but I can't recall the name of it. I doubt it's feasible, at least not on this device since if the time scales in a similar manner you'd be looking at nearly 24 hours but with something like a Note 2 or S4 one would expect to find a significant reduction in time I'd think, but I could be mistaken.
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Wow Hurray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. My problem now is that i am not using an AOSP Rom but a Sense Rom (Vipertouch) so would this kernel work on it??
Or wait i checked ur github, is that a package for ubuntu?? cause i can see some makefile in it??
Bro if you really want to pen test from your android download dSploit.
It doesn't require custom kernals or anything. Would you like me to find a link?
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I already have that, but it doesnt crack wep passwords.
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Wow Hurray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. My problem now is that i am not using an AOSP Rom but a Sense Rom (Vipertouch) so would this kernel work on it??
Or wait i checked ur github, is that a package for ubuntu?? cause i can see some makefile in it??
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Makefiles are generally going to be found anywhere that there is code written in C and as far as I know, or recall for that matter but that may not be saying much given my poor memory, the Linux kernel has been written in C since its inception. I tried flashing the kernel with Vipertouch earlier today but it never made it past the bootlogo so I'm going to say that it doesn't play nice (which is expected.) I've spent a little time hunting around for source code to the kernel that Team Venom used but I haven't come across it yet. As soon as I find the source for an ICS/Sense compatible kernel I'll see if I can't crank something out for you. Shouldn't be too hard, I'm just preoccupied and haven't had a good stretch of time to devote to finding what I need but I'm sure it'll be easy to find because one of the Sense ROMs ought to link to a repository I'd think (I hope so anyway, haha)
If you're familiar with compiling the kernel in Ubuntu then you're pretty much familiar with compiling kernels for Android, you'd just need to set up your build environment properly which is trivial in Ubuntu. If you're interested at all, here are a couple of links, one to a thread that I referenced a few times myself and one to XDA University's Guide to building a kernel from source. I'm no expert by any means, at least not with regard to Android specific issues, but my mind and the contents therein are at your service for what it's worth :good:
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Makefiles are generally going to be found anywhere that there is code written in C and as far as I know, or recall for that matter but that may not be saying much given my poor memory, the Linux kernel has been written in C since its inception. I tried flashing the kernel with Vipertouch earlier today but it never made it past the bootlogo so I'm going to say that it doesn't play nice (which is expected.) I've spent a little time hunting around for source code to the kernel that Team Venom used but I haven't come across it yet. As soon as I find the source for an ICS/Sense compatible kernel I'll see if I can't crank something out for you. Shouldn't be too hard, I'm just preoccupied and haven't had a good stretch of time to devote to finding what I need but I'm sure it'll be easy to find because one of the Sense ROMs ought to link to a repository I'd think (I hope so anyway, haha)
If you're familiar with compiling the kernel in Ubuntu then you're pretty much familiar with compiling kernels for Android, you'd just need to set up your build environment properly which is trivial in Ubuntu. If you're interested at all, here are a couple of links, one to a thread that I referenced a few times myself and one to XDA University's Guide to building a kernel from source. I'm no expert by any means, at least not with regard to Android specific issues, but my mind and the contents therein are at your service for what it's worth :good:
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OOOKay. But the only problem is that my pc fell and had developed some kind of fault so at the moment i am PC-less. But i hope to get it repaired soon. but in the meantime can you upload an already compiled version of the kernel so that i and anyone else who is intrested could download?? you know like a flashable zip or something and did you flash the kernel for the vipertouch through the recovery?? If so i dont think it would work. They created the rom in such a way that they change most of the directories so you would have to use thier inbuilt flasher. I guess. last time i tried flashing a bootanimation through recovery but it didnt work. So i guess u use thier inbuilt one.
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OOOKay. But the only problem is that my pc fell and had developed some kind of fault so at the moment i am PC-less. But i hope to get it repaired soon. but in the meantime can you upload an already compiled version of the kernel so that i and anyone else who is intrested could download?? you know like a flashable zip or something and did you flash the kernel for the vipertouch through the recovery?? If so i dont think it would work. They created the rom in such a way that they change most of the directories so you would have to use thier inbuilt flasher. I guess. last time i tried flashing a bootanimation through recovery but it didnt work. So i guess u use thier inbuilt one.
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That's cause bootanimations on sense are in a different location then sense. I think
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Yea. So i guess the kernel also might be in a different directory. And also i have just remembered that i flashed a different kwrnel from the recovery and after the bootanimation, it failed to continue and got stuck. Reason why am saying all this is because, when i enter the root of my device, i see many folders that u wouldnt see in a normal rom (cyanogen, aosp, aokp,) as far as i know. So i guess he should create a flashable zip of the kernel and maybe steady the directories of the rom and maybe it might work.
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Yea. So i guess the kernel also might be in a different directory. And also i have just remembered that i flashed a different kwrnel from the recovery and after the bootanimation, it failed to continue and got stuck. Reason why am saying all this is because, when i enter the root of my device, i see many folders that u wouldnt see in a normal rom (cyanogen, aosp, aokp,) as far as i know. So i guess he should create a flashable zip of the kernel and maybe steady the directories of the rom and maybe it might work.
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Disclaimer: Some of this may come off harsh, it's unintentional I assure you; I've been told by many people I sound like I'm being a jerk when I simply know no other way to present the information than in as simple a form as possible, so reader be warned and do try not to take offense!
Actually, all of the directories you see under / (the root of the filesystem or root for short) DO exist on every Android installation regardless of the version or ROM for the most part. There are a few alterations between major Android versions (think Gingerbread to ICS or ICS to JB) but those are mostly related to the SDCard or external filesystems in general. There are also differences related to specific devices, for example; you won't find /data/media on devices that don't have an internal storage designed to mimic an SDCard (such as the Samsung Galaxy series.)
That being said, the kernel does not reside in a directory at all, it resides on a partition that is mounted as /. The kernel's ramdisk is actually where /init and /init.rc and such actually are and that is why you can't change them and have the changes persist across reboots even if the root partition is remounted as read/write. In addition to this information, one does not simply "move things around" within a deeply rooted filesystem structure like you were rearranging furniture.
And to get to the real information you're after, the reason your device fails to boot when you flash an incompatible kernel is because the kernel and the ROM, for lack of a better example, don't know how to speak to one another and one get's pissed off and they stop talking; or in other cases one gets severe dementia and repeats itself indefinitely (bootloops anyone?). Oh, and the bootanimation.zip is in the same place on every Android device. You don't need to flash it at all, it goes in /system/media/ but you'll have to remount /system as read/write first (which is why flashable zips are convenient, you don't have to mess with it and you're going to have to reboot anyway to see your new animation, right?)
And in closing, the directory structure of Team Venom's ROM and every other ROM that exists is about 99% the same. You may not have seen it before, but there's no need to drag out Shrodinger's poor cat is there? I assure you it's been there lurking in the shadows What I need is the source code to a kernel that is known to work with ICS/Sense ROMs, and as I previously stated in another post I simply haven't looked that hard yet. I have an errand or two to run this early afternoon, but you have my word I'll do my best to try and get a working kernel to you by 0500 GMT, which is midnight for me. That gives me 12 hours from now, too easy And it'll be flashable, I'm a lazy person to be honest so I have a script that compiles the kernel, builds the ramdisk, makes the boot image from the two, creates a flashable zip, uploads said zip to the device, creates a script for recovery (I use TWRP 2.5.0.0 FYI) to flash the zip and reboot, and then reboots the device into recovery. That way I only have to press return once
I hope you found some of that useful and if you'd like any more information I'd be happy to give you all that I have, it's kind of an uncontrollable thing with me so be mindful of what you ask because you will get a wash of info in return and my stop button seems to work sparingly, haha. Have a good day!
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Disclaimer: Some of this may come off harsh, it's unintentional I assure you; I've been told by many people I sound like I'm being a jerk when I simply know no other way to present the information than in as simple a form as possible, so reader be warned and do try not to take offense!
Actually, all of the directories you see under / (the root of the filesystem or root for short) DO exist on every Android installation regardless of the version or ROM for the most part. There are a few alterations between major Android versions (think Gingerbread to ICS or ICS to JB) but those are mostly related to the SDCard or external filesystems in general. There are also differences related to specific devices, for example; you won't find /data/media on devices that don't have an internal storage designed to mimic an SDCard (such as the Samsung Galaxy series.)
That being said, the kernel does not reside in a directory at all, it resides on a partition that is mounted as /. The kernel's ramdisk is actually where /init and /init.rc and such actually are and that is why you can't change them and have the changes persist across reboots even if the root partition is remounted as read/write. In addition to this information, one does not simply "move things around" within a deeply rooted filesystem structure like you were rearranging furniture.
And to get to the real information you're after, the reason your device fails to boot when you flash an incompatible kernel is because the kernel and the ROM, for lack of a better example, don't know how to speak to one another and one get's pissed off and they stop talking; or in other cases one gets severe dementia and repeats itself indefinitely (bootloops anyone?). Oh, and the bootanimation.zip is in the same place on every Android device. You don't need to flash it at all, it goes in /system/media/ but you'll have to remount /system as read/write first (which is why flashable zips are convenient, you don't have to mess with it and you're going to have to reboot anyway to see your new animation, right?)
And in closing, the directory structure of Team Venom's ROM and every other ROM that exists is about 99% the same. You may not have seen it before, but there's no need to drag out Shrodinger's poor cat is there? I assure you it's been there lurking in the shadows What I need is the source code to a kernel that is known to work with ICS/Sense ROMs, and as I previously stated in another post I simply haven't looked that hard yet. I have an errand or two to run this early afternoon, but you have my word I'll do my best to try and get a working kernel to you by 0500 GMT, which is midnight for me. That gives me 12 hours from now, too easy And it'll be flashable, I'm a lazy person to be honest so I have a script that compiles the kernel, builds the ramdisk, makes the boot image from the two, creates a flashable zip, uploads said zip to the device, creates a script for recovery (I use TWRP 2.5.0.0 FYI) to flash the zip and reboot, and then reboots the device into recovery. That way I only have to press return once
I hope you found some of that useful and if you'd like any more information I'd be happy to give you all that I have, it's kind of an uncontrollable thing with me so be mindful of what you ask because you will get a wash of info in return and my stop button seems to work sparingly, haha. Have a good day!
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Thanks very much for your contribution. And dont feel bad or anything for your answers. I love to read especially when they are things that have to do with ICT or electronic Gadgets. So am cool with that.
And once again, thanks for your help and time,this could be a break through or a start to a new life for the mytouch 4g.
With this, we [ you (zygh0st), Notorious, me and some other young developers] could come out with a rom which has the necessary drivers and files to run Most Linux/Ubuntu/ Debian Distros and apps without any difficulties, Reason is that, the Linux/Debian?Ubuntu Images Available now lack some drivers and abilities to do certain things. SOme of which is Wireless tools in Ubuntu. ( I tried searching for wireless tools for these images but there wasn't any, the ones available were those for i386 and amd64. But those images needed one for armel.) So as i said this could be the beginning a very big project for a rom that fully supports Distros and has all the drivers for pentesting.
But until then we would be waiting for the kernel.
Thanks Again Buddy.:good:
Alrighty, well I had a little bit of unforeseeable life happen and I had to tend to that. That being said, undoubtedly it hasn't gone unnoticed that my given deadline is well, dead. It's proven a little harder than I anticipated to get the drivers to compile with 2.6.35 than it was with 3.0 and I haven't sorted it out in the short amount of time I've had this weekend. I'll have some time this evening, barring any additional cataclysms of course; so I plan to try and get it knocked out then. For those running JB, I've decided not to release my currently working (and I use the term working loosely) as I've discovered it causes an interesting issue that I'm having trouble tracking down and it may end with me having to start over from scratch unless I can find it. It works in its current state, however, and it may be an issue unrelated to the kernel itself but whenever I switch to a different one it goes away so I'd rather not risk putting something out there that is known to have frustrating issues. Bugs are one thing but when you press unlock and nothing happens for close to 45 seconds, that's just broken. Anyway, I feel like I'm threadjacking so this will be the last mention of it I make here and to get back onto topic, if anyone would like to try and succeed where I haven't yet I'd be glad to lend a hand with integrating the driver especially since I have the changes required to get it to compile cleanly with kernel version 3.0; though it was really only a single section of code that needed to be changed at all. Once again, my apologies for the delays but better to take time and do it right than to smash it together and hope the tape holds.
So, i opened this therad because there no persons pushing and Developing custom AOSP Roms for the Galaxy Tab 3.
I'm opening it here because the Android Developing forum is a bit AFK.
Also, my first question is,
Why we are not using the Android x86 source, put a little bit from samsung open source and Tab 3 binaries it, and compile it?
Its so hard?
We are the xda-developers, we can do it!
Curious..
superboom said:
Also, my first question is,
Why we are not using the Android x86 source, put a little bit from samsung open source and Tab 3 binaries it, and compile it?
Its so hard?
We are the xda-developers, we can do it!
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Yes, I'm asking myself the same, the Galaxy Tab 3 is such a famous device and out since July, but still there are nearly no ROMs out. Are there any ROMs planned or will this device soon be moved to the low activity section? CyanogenMod officially supported the Galaxy tab and the galaxy tab 2, but it doesn't seem like they are planning to support the galaxy tab 3?
Is there a special reason for that?, I'm just wondering?
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Yes, I'm asking myself the same, the Galaxy Tab 3 is such a famous device and out since July, but still there are nearly no ROMs out. Are there any ROMs planned or will this device soon be moved to the low activity section? CyanogenMod officially supported the Galaxy tab and the galaxy tab 2, but it doesn't seem like they are planning to support the galaxy tab 3?
Is there a special reason for that?, I'm just wondering?
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you know why we need developers who want to put some time in this device and at the moment we don't have much dev's around here so wait...
Willing to get my hands dirty...
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you know why we need developers who want to put some time in this device and at the moment we don't have much dev's around here so wait...
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The most device development I've done to date has been a simple android app, but I'm willing to get dirty on this one. I just came into possession of one of these devices over xmas, and I never let a good device go to waste. I do have 17 years of programming experience in multiple languages including C++ and Java, and a lot of web-based languages, so I'm hoping to come up to speed relatively quickly.
I'll poke around here and on the net over the next few days and see if I can teach myself, but if someone could point me in the direction of some quick start tutorials for building custom roms, I'll get started.
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The most device development I've done to date has been a simple android app, but I'm willing to get dirty on this one. I just came into possession of one of these devices over xmas, and I never let a good device go to waste. I do have 17 years of programming experience in multiple languages including C++ and Java, and a lot of web-based languages, so I'm hoping to come up to speed relatively quickly.
I'll poke around here and on the net over the next few days and see if I can teach myself, but if someone could point me in the direction of some quick start tutorials for building custom roms, I'll get started.
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Anthony, I think one thing that is holding people back on this device is a good recovery. The ones available now are painfully slow. I'm guessing there is some power saving mode on the x86 chip that needs to be tweaked to get it performing well. Once that was fixed, it would be a lot easier to experiment with ROMs. -- Bud
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Anthony and all, hi and hello. Thinking of shaking the rust off, as I also just came into possession of a GTab3, 10.1 inch, over this holiday season. I haven't built anything in a long time, but anyone who ran a Vibrant a couple years ago around here, should recognize my handle. I maintained a rom for the Vibrant for quite a while, from Froyo to ICS, then life got busy.
Popping into here today, I'm kinda sad to see there's not much if any in the way of development on this device. Happy to have root, thats a start. cduced was right, we do need a better recovery option, at least one that is faster, though what we have now is workable. TWRP may be slow, but it's something. We were always hung up on doing pure aosp source build for the Vibrant, because Sammy is not known for making their kernel source easily and readily available. Working from an existing zip to kang it is easy, but really thats just the same rom, maybe stripped and repackaged. A source build is the desirable outcome.
Though I haven't begun looking into things for this baby yet, and my adb and build tools are far out of date, I am very interested in working towards a better set of options for this device. 4.2.2 still? I can't believe Sammy hasn't released a 4.3 update, that's sad, but goes to show the lack of support they give their devices, to anyone who's been there you know, but you also know, determined devs can make it a better world.
Anthony, and anyone else interested in trying to improve this device, feel free to PM me, I'm thinkin' we should make a Google Hangout or something, make it easier to communicate.
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Anthony and all, hi and hello. Thinking of shaking the rust off, as I also just came into possession of a GTab3, 10.1 inch, over this holiday season. I haven't built anything in a long time, but anyone who ran a Vibrant a couple years ago around here, should recognize my handle. I maintained a rom for the Vibrant for quite a while, from Froyo to ICS, then life got busy.
Popping into here today, I'm kinda sad to see there's not much if any in the way of development on this device. Happy to have root, thats a start. cduced was right, we do need a better recovery option, at least one that is faster, though what we have now is workable. TWRP may be slow, but it's something. We were always hung up on doing pure aosp source build for the Vibrant, because Sammy is not known for making their kernel source easily and readily available. Working from an existing zip to kang it is easy, but really thats just the same rom, maybe stripped and repackaged. A source build is the desirable outcome.
Though I haven't begun looking into things for this baby yet, and my adb and build tools are far out of date, I am very interested in working towards a better set of options for this device. 4.2.2 still? I can't believe Sammy hasn't released a 4.3 update, that's sad, but goes to show the lack of support they give their devices, to anyone who's been there you know, but you also know, determined devs can make it a better world.
Anthony, and anyone else interested in trying to improve this device, feel free to PM me, I'm thinkin' we should make a Google Hangout or something, make it easier to communicate.
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Hey I want aosp on this device too! At the very least, id like a custom kernel that I can overclock to reduce lag. Ive never created a rom, but I dont think roms are the issue...id be interested in porting roms that already exists...x-note for multiwindow features, or pac-rom for a highly customized device.
Are you still up for the projects? Lets heat these forums up!!!
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Hey I want aosp on this device too! At the very least, id like a custom kernel that I can overclock to reduce lag. Ive never created a rom, but I dont think roms are the issue...id be interested in porting roms that already exists...x-note for multiwindow features, or pac-rom for a highly customized device.
Are you still up for the projects? Lets heat these forums up!!!
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Thanks guys for give it a try, I'm like the other owner don't understand why there is no interest for this devise didn't check before buy and now start to regret
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Thanks guys for give it a try, I'm like the other owner don't understand why there is no interest for this devise didn't check before buy and now start to regret
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There are some devs now they just relesed 2 but there tw based there trying it just takes awile because of lack of devs.
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There are some devs now they just relesed 2 but there tw based there trying it just takes awile because of lack of devs.
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It's ok I have already seen and tried them :laugh:. I understand the concept of work on something new and the lack of dev it's just that I was surprised because I thought tab 3 was like the others tabs so the development was more evolve.no problem.
Not to knock it, but whats been released in the threads, is nothing more than the deodexed build already up there, with some bloat removed. Even the install scripts have, or had, the same text as the original. So really, nothing new. I am looking into possibly kernel cooking for this device, that seems like a good point to start.
No promises at this point, I'm looking into it though.
Truth, Zen4 Style
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Not to knock it, but whats been released in the threads, is nothing more than the deodexed build already up there, with some bloat removed. Even the install scripts have, or had, the same text as the original. So really, nothing new. I am looking into possibly kernel cooking for this device, that seems like a good point to start.
No promises at this point, I'm looking into it though.
Truth, Zen4 Style
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This is true but there is finally a bit of interest and may come up with some new goodies..... the reason they all have the same updater.script is because of the recoveries.... they need a little more work to get them to work with the x86 architecture
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Not to knock it, but whats been released in the threads, is nothing more than the deodexed build already up there, with some bloat removed. Even the install scripts have, or had, the same text as the original. So really, nothing new. I am looking into possibly kernel cooking for this device, that seems like a good point to start.
No promises at this point, I'm looking into it though.
Truth, Zen4 Style
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Hey PM me with any test builds of the kernels please.
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I think someone has to pm restl3ss!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49126542&postcount=90
Let's see what can we do here!
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I think someone has to pm restl3ss!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49126542&postcount=90
Let's see what can we do here!
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Dont understand your post.... the link goes to one of his posts
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Because in this post (if i'm not wrong) he tells that is making a recovery with 4 guys more.
something needed here xD.
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Because in this post (if i'm not wrong) he tells that is making a recovery with 4 guys more.
something needed here xD.
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Lol.... I see yeah... I am also in the process of building recovery but its a long time coming. Right now im reading a lot of material on how to build from source as that the route of the prob. Its this damb x86 architecture
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Maybe.... we can port something from here
http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/06/micromax/
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If anyone have time, pm me and we can discuss about. I'm not a developer, but we can discuss ideas how to bring cm to the device