Hey I'm really really itching to start building a rom. I've read tutorials on how to build, how to modify, and how to port different roms. I have quite a few questions, and I'm hoping someone can donate a little time and knowledge to get me on my way. Here's the details on what time working with. (Please spare the downgrading talk lol)
I have a dell vostro desktop computer, 1gb ram, @1.8ghz.. Revived it from the dead, completely wiped and installed XP professional.. ( trying to upgrade OS, remember I just revived it from it sitting for a few years)
I've installed kitchen and everything to go along with it, everything works great. I've loaded up a rom in the kitchen, that's where I stopped as it was getting late. Here's the questions.
1. It is an aosp rom I've loaded. Can I modify it using the setup I currently have? If not,
2. Do I need abuntu? I've installed abuntu 10.xx via an .exe program,but was told by a very well respected dev that I would need a different abuntu OS.. I can upgrade the abuntu I have to 12.04.. Would this be enough to build or compile from source?
3. Can anyone help with github, or what's needed to be legit and not have the rom locked away like what happened to kingbeats rom?
Thanks in advance to anyone willing to help.
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..... Nobody? Lol
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This should help you get going on building from source.
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/wiki/HTC_One_XL:_Compile_CyanogenMod_(Linux) has the basic instructions.
If you need a little more help with some of the steps, a guy named Redflea over at Rootzwiki has done up this walkthrough: http://goo.gl/Zpht8. It's not written specifically for the One XL, but everything other than the manifest should be the same.
I don't know a whole lot about what it takes to be "legit". I've only ever built for myself.
Build speed is greatly affected by your processor speed and number of cores. Repo sync takes forever especially on a slow connection.
Good luck!
Thanks bro, that looks like a promising start. All the searching I did and I never came across that. I guess I can just dive in and whenever I'm ready to release I'll just ask a bunch of questions and pm a lot of people lol. I'll really have to read and ask the moderators.. I hope they respond to pm's
Edit.. The first link says its blank... I'll try something else
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lauterm said:
This should help you get going on building from source.
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/wiki/HTC_One_XL:_Compile_CyanogenMod_(Linux) has the basic instructions.
If you need a little more help with some of the steps, a guy named Redflea over at Rootzwiki has done up this walkthrough: http://goo.gl/Zpht8. It's not written specifically for the One XL, but everything other than the manifest should be the same.
I don't know a whole lot about what it takes to be "legit". I've only ever built for myself.
Build speed is greatly affected by your processor speed and number of cores. Repo sync takes forever especially on a slow connection.
Good luck!
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Dug around a little bit based off the first link and found the following: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/wiki/HTC_One_XL
Good luck!
YAY TITAN! thanks for diving in. We could all ways use some more devs on our HOX. Anyone willing to sacrifice there time to learn is a hero in my book. Now if I can just get myself around to it
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Perfect time to see this thread. I'm working on one along with Absolutelygrim. Anyone here.know anything about.the MIUI framework?
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subarudroid said:
YAY TITAN! thanks for diving in. We could all ways use some more devs on our HOX. Anyone willing to sacrifice there time to learn is a hero in my book. Now if I can just get myself around to it
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Yea man I'm hoping to help keep development alive for this sick device. One of our very own is being extremely helpful and patient with me through pm.. Almost have a virtual machine setup and I've been reading on compiling from source from these guys. Ima give it a stab.. Very difficult though
I need to install abuntu 12.04 OS onto virtual machine.. VMplayer is setup up and abuntu is downloaded in a huge .iso... Anyone know how to install?
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You can use the wubi installer for 12.04 lts. Then, if you need more space, you can reformat your drive partitions. That's what I did.
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I don't like vm.. but that's just me. I prefer a dual boot.
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I'm about to try it out in about 30 minutes fellas. I'll report back for sure. We'll see if my stone age computer will even run it hahaha.. As long as it runs, I'll use it even its slow as like a snail. I got nothing but time
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@chummy days.. Its a no go man.. Its giving me this when I loaded the abuntu iso
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Nope.. Told you this computer was old school lol. Oh well, I'm about to upgrade to windows 7, but its 32 bit. I'll keep all this info tucked away till I get my new laptop
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Chummy, I WILL be back bugging you about building, and best believe I'll be pooping out roms :thumbup:
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now that development seems to be moving along lets use this thread to discuss our GB development even though its in the general section
First off can anyone begin with telling us what is needed to get GB started on this phone?
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now that development seems to be moving along lets use this thread to discuss our GB development even though its in the general section
First off can anyone begin with telling us what is needed to get GB started on this phone?
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I thought we had to wait for Samsung on GB? Dont get me wrong I would love to see it and if anyone can get it done that would be great. I also see where your coming from, with all these minds we can maybe get a port from another source.
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I thought we had to wait for Samsung on GB? Dont get me wrong I would love to see it and if anyone can get it done that would be great. I also see where your coming from, with all these minds we can maybe get a port from another source.
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well according to some foreigners GB was released for the galaxy family about 2 to 3 weeks ago
but that was a foreign release not an american release, im not sure if that matters
your rite dX but i think the issue is with drivers... like i'm sure u could get gb running... but would be like having an ipad1 lol... if that makes sense....
Yeah I think only the S2 has gingerbread and that's the only one we can port it from. The issues are usually drivers and most of the time we'll lose battery life.
Nah the original galaxy S has gingerbread. We have a kernel and an ext4 fs now so it shouldnt be as bad as trying to port it over like before.
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Nah the original galaxy S has gingerbread. We have a kernel and an ext4 fs now so it shouldnt be as bad as trying to port it over like before.
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If it would be possible that would be great cause I think it could really be done with the right minds in on it.
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I'm getting my linux set back up in the next couple of days. I plan on attacking this as soon as I can. I have successfully compiled GB for a device that shouldn't have seen anything past eclair, so I will do all I can for this one. I have a sh*t ton of homework to do though. This is my first ever Samsung, so there is a BIG learning curve for me.
I came from an Evo 4g so this is DEFINITELY a learning curve for me too! Everything on my evo was easier but this gives me more of a sense of pride. My phone is a beast thanks to the developers!
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I'm getting my linux set back up in the next couple of days. I plan on attacking this as soon as I can. I have successfully compiled GB for a device that shouldn't have seen anything past eclair, so I will do all I can for this one. I have a sh*t ton of homework to do though. This is my first ever Samsung, so there is a BIG learning curve for me.
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You know were here to test when when you get something going.(as long as its not past odining if we screw up.lol ). But seriously I'm sure the whole community here would support you, I know I do.
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You know were here to test when when you get something going.(as long as its not past odining if we screw up.lol ). But seriously I'm sure the whole community here would support you, I know I do.
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Well, here is where I'm coming from:
While up to this point everything we have, as far as roms, are ports (we don't really have a choice because samsung is stingy with their source codes). While this is great for most of what we use, some parts that are really deep in the code (java, framework, device specific hardware, etc....) will HAVE to be compiled in one way or another. You cant just grab the GB file system and try to slam it into our device...never happen. Far too many parts and pieces rely on each other. So once I can get my stuff straight, I will start a clean repo of the GB source (I already have the samsung kd1 source stuff) and try to merge them the best I can. Then the sh*t hits the fan. Will it compile? Probably not.......Now we have to resort to past experience, help from others that have compiled, and google your ass off!
As an example: Shared libs are a freakin nightmare!! Did you know that things like camera, video, and even some audio stuff use the same exact libs? I didn't either until I started compiling. So if one of these is broken....none of it will work. Probably won't even compile, let alone boot.
I'll support anyone who wants to do something productive with our phone.
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Well, here is where I'm coming from:
While up to this point everything we have, as far as roms, are ports (we don't really have a choice because samsung is stingy with their source codes). While this is great for most of what we use, some parts that are really deep in the code (java, framework, device specific hardware, etc....) will HAVE to be compiled in one way or another. You cant just grab the GB file system and try to slam it into our device...never happen. Far too many parts and pieces rely on each other. So once I can get my stuff straight, I will start a clean repo of the GB source (I already have the samsung kd1 source stuff) and try to merge them the best I can. Then the sh*t hits the fan. Will it compile? Probably not.......Now we have to resort to past experience, help from others that have compiled, and google your ass off!
As an example: Shared libs are a freakin nightmare!! Did you know that things like camera, video, and even some audio stuff use the same exact libs? I didn't either until I started compiling. So if one of these is broken....none of it will work. Probably won't even compile, let alone boot.
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Damn bro that sounds like a super challenge. I'm sure the people in this forum could help. Lets just hope others want this like we do. That's wild about those lib files. So if 1 is broke you have to find it and fix it to compile? That's rough.
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Damn bro that sounds like a super challenge. I'm sure the people in this forum could help. Lets just hope others want this like we do. That's wild about those lib files. So if 1 is broke you have to find it and fix it to compile? That's rough.
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Sh*t dude.....I had some lib issues that have snagged me up for days. It's tough, but it is possible. The reason I want GB so bad is I have seen what it does for other devices. The main advantage....SPEED!!!! Lots of new badass options too
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Sh*t dude.....I had some lib issues that have snagged me up for days. It's tough, but it is possible. The reason I want GB so bad is I have seen what it does for other devices. The main advantage....SPEED!!!! Lots of new badass options too
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I heard it does wonders for the battery also. Do you know this to be true? This is my first android device and I'm all about learning new things. Ever since I got this phone I've been wanting a laptop so I can learn to dev more.
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I heard it does wonders for the battery also. Do you know this to be true? This is my first android device and I'm all about learning new things. Ever since I got this phone I've been wanting a laptop so I can learn to dev more.
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Oh absolutely. The key is how the file system reads itself in GB. The cpu just plain 'ol doesn't have to work as hard. Better battery life, faster and smoother overall performance, graphics, etc...... Plus like I said, it has features that froyo just doesn't have. Absolutely no need for task killers anymore. It's all integrated into the system.
And to answer your question, yes. If one part of that lib doesn't jive......compiling just stops, end of story. Now you have to search through all of your source files and TRY to find out what's wrong. Then google google google for any sign of a solution. This is virgin ground when compiling aosp from source. Not easy at all.
That doesn't touch the tip of the iceberg either. Try modifying code (which has to be done sometimes). C, C++, Java, etc.....sh*t can get hairy.
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Oh absolutely. The key is how the file system reads itself in GB. The cpu just plain 'ol doesn't have to work as hard. Better battery life, faster and smoother overall performance, graphics, etc...... Plus like I said, it has features that froyo just doesn't have. Absolutely no need for task killers anymore. It's all integrated into the system.
And to answer your question, yes. If one part of that lib doesn't jive......compiling just stops, end of story. Now you have to search through all of your source files and TRY to find out what's wrong. Then google google google for any sign of a solution. This is virgin ground when compiling aosp from source. Not easy at all.
That doesn't touch the tip of the iceberg either. Try modifying code (which has to be done sometimes). C, C++, Java, etc.....sh*t can get hairy.
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im hopping on the UBUNTU bandwagon today,
its time to start learning some code so we can get GB on this damn thing
and yes i saw that the galaxy s has gb as well not just the gs2
looks like we got hell to go through mad_fitter and anyone else who will join our suicidal mission
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im hopping on the UBUNTU bandwagon today,
its time to start learning some code so we can get GB on this damn thing
and yes i saw that the galaxy s has gb as well not just the gs2
looks like we got hell to go through mad_fitter and anyone else who will join our suicidal mission
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Installing ubuntu 9.10 on a throwaround laptop. I'm down to go at this with u guys!
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Installing ubuntu 9.10 on a throwaround laptop. I'm down to go at this with u guys!
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yayyyyy!! i was waiting for that reply robbbbit hahaha!!
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Oh absolutely. The key is how the file system reads itself in GB. The cpu just plain 'ol doesn't have to work as hard. Better battery life, faster and smoother overall performance, graphics, etc...... Plus like I said, it has features that froyo just doesn't have. Absolutely no need for task killers anymore. It's all integrated into the system.
And to answer your question, yes. If one part of that lib doesn't jive......compiling just stops, end of story. Now you have to search through all of your source files and TRY to find out what's wrong. Then google google google for any sign of a solution. This is virgin ground when compiling aosp from source. Not easy at all.
That doesn't touch the tip of the iceberg either. Try modifying code (which has to be done sometimes). C, C++, Java, etc.....sh*t can get hairy.
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I tried my hand at c++ when I used to have a PSP and I messed around and wrote a few starter programs(hello world, a counter,mp3 player)to get me familiar with code. Yea that stuff makes my brain hurt when trying to fix an error, compiling the mp3 player was hard cause I kept getting errors, took me 2 Days to get it to compile into eboot.pbp for psp and it would still freeze when trying to exit so I never got to finish it.
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What's up XDA. I have officially decided to start developing since the Sidekick 4G doesn't have alot of developers. I was about to start before but I changed my mind because I didn't feel like learning java (which i'm learning now). I already know VB, Python, Lisp, and a little C and I already use Linux Distros all the time. I am working on a Red Gingerbread Themed ROM called FreshBlood. It will probally be released in about 2 weeks. I'm in the 11th grade and don't get out of school until 4:10. I get home about 5:00 and go out straight outside to play basketball, football, or hit a J. On weekends, it's Rockband and CoD modding. Therefore, my projects will take weeks, even months, to complete.
I just need to know a few things:
1. What's the best Linux Distro to setup my workstation
2. I'm using a tutorial I found on google. Where can I find good a tutorial for Java
3. What other tools will I need. I think I have them all
1. although I personally use and prefer archlinux, the guides for compiling refer to dependencies for Ubuntu 9.04,9.10, and 10.04, so those would be the easiest to use if you don't want to have to hunt endlessly for packages.
2. unless you're making an app, you won't be using Java. I would suggest searching around the forum for the mod that you're looking for, and most people will post the source of their mod, or at least explain how they did it. for this you'll need to look at baksmali and smali.
3. you'll need baksmali, smali, adb (android sdk), patience.
It's dangerous to go alone!
Take this http://s.android.com/tech/dalvik/dalvik-bytecode.html
I wish someone would have given me that link before! That would have made things so much easier
Ok, thanks I will be one my computer all weekend, but I won't have my usb with all my Linux Distros.
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It's dangerous to go alone!
Take this
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Wow, this is all overwhelming but I'm pushing to understand it all.
Do research and make about 10 test roms before you even think about releasing a official one .
Basically, the results of desmali'ing a file, is the mnemonics/syntax field of that document. ANything that is not there, should be regular language (method, void, etc, regular java). If you know java, that file + what you know, is desmali files.
You still working on this? Not trying to rush at all. Just curious.
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Just what i needed!
just got this phone a few weeks ago and have been messing around with it!
and im really wanting to start developing on this phone! i love this phone!
but being a beginner this is really helping out! thanks!!
What are the necsccary things you need to develop a rom?
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dw9906 said:
You still working on this? Not trying to rush at all. Just curious.
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Yeah, I'm still working on my first ROM. I'm taking some things I've seen in a Samsung Galaxy S ROM
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Yeah, I'm still working on my first ROM. I'm taking some things I've seen in a Samsung Galaxy S ROM
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Hopefully it's great. I went back to stock until a rom that is more stable is released. I've tried them all. Eventually the touchscreen stops working off and on. And a lot of other issues. Sucks that stock is the best thing for this phone right now. Good luck. I'll give it a try when your done.
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What are the necsccary things you need to develop a rom?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192493
You can find the tools here, good luck!
Man, I just broke my laptop charger so once my battery dies, all development will stop. I won't have the money to buy another one til' next week. But I am going to try to move everything to my phone and see if I can continue some of my work on there. Do anyone know what I can do my phone, if so, how?
Random post. Just need 10 for dev section
*****I'm a beginner ROM Developer, so don't forget to thank and donate*****
Phone: Sidekick 4G
ROM: FreshBlood ROM - Beta
Kernel: Bali 2.2 /w Voodoo
Just out of curiosity, as far as I know this device is capable to run ubuntu (I mean it runs jelly bean, so it can run ubuntu). Here is the question (as a person who has no clue about programming) is it possible to port it, and is anyone onto it?
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I'm sure it's possible but as far as this device goes, I've not heard a thing.
I noticed on silverl's github he has some stuff on there related to it. Knowing him he will get it done. Also I have seen it on other devices and it is difficult to port. Cant just copy and paste with it. You have to have cm and then flash a ubuntu package on top of it. I heard there is no apps for it yet either.
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I noticed on silverl's github he has some stuff on there related to it. Knowing him he will get it done. Also I have seen it on other devices and it is difficult to port. Cant just copy and paste with it. You have to have cm and then flash a ubuntu package on top of it. I heard there is no apps for it yet either.
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Yeah its mostly just a developer preview. We have it on the Nexus 4 and have nightly builds or whatever but its useless as it sits now
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https://github.com/UbuntuTouchDS/
this is great news!
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https://github.com/UbuntuTouchDS/
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I'm a SW dev who's been sponging of the android dev efforts of others for quite some time now (sorry I don't have time to contribute myself!) - the Ubuntu Touch project is quite interesting to me, and I hope to eventually free up some time to contribue. I'm surprised to see it coming, in whatever form, to the DS though :good:
So everyone knows that situation we are in with our kernel.... At the moment, its DECENT, but it is extremely outdated. Although it is enough to keep things working at the moment, who knows what may happen with future OS releases... We have had no official support since the days of gingerbread. Myself and a handful of other developers have been making changes/additions when needed and to the best of our abilities, but with such an outdated kernel, it is getting harder and harder to make necessary changes to work with the existing source.
As of right now, this will be a two man project... Myself and rwaterspf1. Those of you who are not familiar with rwaterspf1, that is the member that recently donated his infuse to me. I got to talking with him and it turns out that he is not a stranger around kernel development in other areas. I am currently talking with a couple other people and may get some assistance from them as well.
We will be attempting to add support for the infuse4g into the Aries kernel. - Which is a updated and supported kernel
This is DAY ONE, and nothing has been done yet. This is the very beginning and for those of you that are not familiar with kernel development, there is alot that goes into it, so do NOT expect this to be completed with a day or two. This will be an ONGOING development thread.
As a disclaimer, I want to make sure that everyone is aware that this may NOT work at all and may just be a huge fail. We will try our best and from the looks of it, I think its definitely something we can figure out.
This is a WORK IN PROGRESS, and we ask that you all support us even in the event of failure.
Progress can be found -> HERE
Efforts as of 4/28/2013
* MTD partition table and file system files added into kernel
* Touchscreen drivers copied over
* Added video driver files and edited existing files
* Edited modem files for infuse compatibilities
* Infuse edits added to sec_jack file for compatibility
You can find rwaterspf1's profile from HERE
There will be numerous benefits if we are able to do this... And hell... who knows.... it may even fix up the 720p recording issue in doing this... No promises though.
I'm willing to try. And I'm last to throw rocks as long as great effort is given. And seeing your roms, don't think you have any other mindset.
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definitely looking forward to this, man ! thank you for all your hard work on this phone . without you and others, this phone would be pretty lame . so thank you .
Your a hero scott !
Even though now I am not with the infuse anymore. Everyday I come back to thank you because you kept the infuse going all along the ride. Thank you scott. Your an inspiration and hopefully someday we will all chip in and buy you a new phone ! :thumbup:
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You are awesome for attempting this. Thank you. If you need my help in anyway, just let me know.
And btw, i got the new beanstalk boot animation started. But its still a ways to go. And no, the forecast doesn't call for tacos.
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If anyone here can pull this off, its you Scott. You have been an instrumental part of EVERY great thing we have for our Infuse, as noted by your mention in 99.9% of the custom ROMs. You have my support regardless of its success :thumbup:
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You are awesome for attempting this. Thank you. If you need my help in anyway, just let me know.
And btw, i got the new beanstalk boot animation started. But its still a ways to go. And no, the forecast doesn't call for tacos.
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Looking forward to seeing how this goes keep in mind I'm here and willing to test beta or other wise, you should Omw from past experience with me testing your builds I'm thorough and can troubleshoot most things on my own (after installing and mildly with code) and you should know how to reach me
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Always a happy tester here
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There will definitely be testers needed in the up coming days here... At the moment we literally just started and are working on moving over the infuse specific files we will need to add into the aries kernel tree for our device. Hope to have this booting within a couple days...
PS... Thank you for the donation Alexis .... Its funny how you mentioned about the energy drinks because more then likely thats exactly where itll go...
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There will definitely be testers needed in the up coming days here... At the moment we literally just started and are working on moving over the infuse specific files we will need to add into the aries kernel tree for our device. Hope to have this booting within a couple days...
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I'll be happy to test if needed
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indeed . if you need a tester, i am happy to help out .
I'll help testing as well.
BTW, you should call it KernelAngus.
Edit: Just wanted to make sure I said thanks again for your dedication, effort and generosity.
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Scott, as always I am way open for testing. I'm still running the Beanstalk build with the kernel modifications and WiFi drivers you let me test. Best. Build. Ever.
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I'm here to help
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Thanks for all the support. Ill keep everyone in mind. Also, I reached out to one of the Cyanogenmod developers for some advice and he gave me some assistance as for what will be needed... Feeling pretty confident, but like i said... definitely not going to be a quick job.
Scott I've said it before but I'll say it again you are awesome! If anyone can pull this off it's you. I'm willing to beta test like all the others. Thanks a million for making my phone amazing.
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Scott if you need me just send me a message I am more than willing to help :3
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I'm willing to test the kernel.
720p, MHL and proper Bluetooth drivers would make this device capable of becoming official, but how old can the device be and still be capable of all new releases?
Always in to help and do what I can to try and get things working right. Scott is the man on the infuse as of late, but we can't forget who started all this...
Good luck guys!
How much interest is there for people to learn how to port a ROM?
I know there are ton's of ROMs out there that are awesome. Some we have and some we don't have. For those of you who want to learn how to port a ROM to our device, would you be interested in a device specific porting tutorial? If so, I will make one.
I know there are TONS of porting guides out there but they aren't very informative on actually what to do. Except for Lens_Flare's and Proxuser's MIUI porting guides. Which are generally helpful enough and that's how I started to learn and then figured out how to do it for just about any ROM.
If there is a large enough interest in learning how to do it for yourself or for the Evita community in general, I will make a VERY detailed NOOB friendly guide.
I am definitely very interested. I started poking around the sense 5 port to see if I could fix bluetooth and quickly figured out that I was in over my head. Would love to see a guide to more than just theming.
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I am definitely very interested. I started poking around the sense 5 port to see if I could fix bluetooth and quickly figured out that I was in over my head. Would love to see a guide to more than just theming.
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I wouldn't go that deep just yet if you don't have any knowledge of smali code. That's what porting deals with, and I'm still learning the coding structure for smali. I have knowledge but I'm still learning it. lol
I'm currently working on the bluetooth issue for that specific ROM.
I will put together a guide over the next few days. I'm going to be making it VERY detailed so there will be as little confusion as possible.
Myrder said:
I wouldn't go that deep just yet if you don't have any knowledge of smali code. That's what porting deals with, and I'm still learning the coding structure for smali. I have knowledge but I'm still learning it. lol
I'm currently working on the bluetooth issue for that specific ROM.
I will put together a guide over the next few days. I'm going to be making it VERY detailed so there will be as little confusion as possible.
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I too would love this. If you have any good smali code reference links that you might be able to PM me, I'd love that too
Would love to see you put something together. The guide I follow doesn't cover everything I believe... The first few ROMs ported fine.. The others will hang at boot or fail in twrp etc. Very interested myrder
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Yea do it. I want the new paranoid android xD
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If you make it I'll have my next must read
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Myrder said:
I wouldn't go that deep just yet if you don't have any knowledge of smali code.
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Yeah, I figured that out pretty quickly I actually have some experience reading and interpreting code, although mostly c#. My bigger issue is that unlike with windows, I don't understand what handles hardware and driver management or the boot process of Android. Thus, it is like trying to learn two things at once.
Definitely looking forward to your guide - it is greatly appreciated!
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I definitely could use a guide too. Sense 5 was kind of like dumped on me lol. Since then I been on a crash course to learn how to port read logcats etc... Grinder19,Myrder, chubbzlou,carl1961, and others have really helped me a lot. Is like to see a guide go into more detail on like setting up aroma and such.
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+1
I want to port Paranoid Android 3+
ImagioX1 said:
I definitely could use a guide too. Sense 5 was kind of like dumped on me lol. Since then I been on a crash course to learn how to port read logcats etc... Grinder19,Myrder, chubbzlou,carl1961, and others have really helped me a lot. Is like to see a guide go into more detail on like setting up aroma and such.
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I don't deal with AROMA.. That's something I need to learn my self on. Over the next few days I'll put a guide together. Since I have so many people who want to learn. makes me happy. lol
exad said:
I too would love this. If you have any good smali code reference links that you might be able to PM me, I'd love that too
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Google has many links to learning smali. I do believe codeaurora.com or what ever that website is has a decent reference to it.
InflatedTitan said:
Would love to see you put something together. The guide I follow doesn't cover everything I believe... The first few ROMs ported fine.. The others will hang at boot or fail in twrp etc. Very interested myrder
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If they hang at boot, logcats are helpful. Also going into the system_server itself through shell. As for TWRP fails, best to pull up a terminal and "adb pull /tmp/recovery.log" most of the time it's a certain character in the updater script. I once had a corrupted .zip that I compiled through the android kitchen. Took me awhile to figure out that it was corrupt, lol.
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Yeah, I figured that out pretty quickly I actually have some experience reading and interpreting code, although mostly c#. My bigger issue is that unlike with windows, I don't understand what handles hardware and driver management or the boot process of Android. Thus, it is like trying to learn two things at once.
Definitely looking forward to your guide - it is greatly appreciated!
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The best OS to port android ROMs on is a linux distro, right now I'm on Ubuntu 12.04LTS. Only because I'm having probelms with my TV as my desktop monitor so I'm using my dualboot on my laptop. I stay off when-doze as much as possible unless it's to download music or for school. Don't feel like using VMware for adobe or Word....
Thanks. I did search Google and found great stuff. I only asked in case you stumbled across a site you prefered over others.
I also use ubuntu 12.04 with windows 7 in virtualbox for when windows is needed. I chose 12.04 over 13.04 only because there's a bug with the included kernel that breaks the sound through hdmi for my ati card.
One could even install ubuntu on an external esata drive for decent speed, portability and so as not to mess up any internal storage configuration.
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