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Anyone interested in gb

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?

dsexton702 said:
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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GDofWR420 said:
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.

Eric-1987 said:
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!

mad_fitter said:
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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GDofWR420 said:
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.

mad_fitter said:
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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GDofWR420 said:
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

mad_fitter said:
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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GDofWR420 said:
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.

mad_fitter said:
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

dsexton702 said:
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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robbbbit said:
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!!

mad_fitter said:
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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New Entry Level Dev

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.

chaostic_2k1 said:
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

Fresh Jr13 said:
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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LostInNorth805 said:
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*****
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ROM: FreshBlood ROM - Beta
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[Q] ICS source released

http://www.androidcentral.com/ice-cream-sandwich-source-code-now-being-pushed-git-servers
Question about the process.
So if you have source available what does it take to adopt for Infuse? Is it a huge endavour and might never happen or it's something feasable?

I fear we would need some help from Samsung for a relatively working port to be possible, please correct me if I am wrong though. If it was possible it would probably be along the lines of CM7 as in there would still be Bluetooth issues and such because of our unique hardware. I love my Infuse and hope we can get a semi working port, but I will probably be jumping ship when devices start rolling out with ICS.

At a minimum:
1. Get AOSP working with our bootloaders.
2. Get our drivers integrated into the source.
3. Get the kernel configured correctly.
There are going to be other issues to consider as well. For example, the ICS launcher is hardware accelerated. Depending on how other implement it our hardware might not be able to handle it.
Just as an example: compiling the ICS launcher from scratch at the GB 2.3.3 level produces over 800 errors. I've narrowed most of them down to the HA features of the ICS API. Google has released a "support package" to help with development, but I don't know how much it is going to help because it hasn't finished downloading yet

The Infuse can definitly handle it, its just the probability is becoming zero, the Infuse is being sold for 1 penny online now. I am pretty sure they are in the first stages of getting rid of our infuse from the market.
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jefffeely said:
At a minimum:
1. Get AOSP working with our bootloaders.
2. Get our drivers integrated into the source.
3. Get the kernel configured correctly.
There are going to be other issues to consider as well. For example, the ICS launcher is hardware accelerated. Depending on how other implement it our hardware might not be able to handle it.
Just as an example: compiling the ICS launcher from scratch at the GB 2.3.3 level produces over 800 errors. I've narrowed most of them down to the HA features of the ICS API. Google has released a "support package" to help with development, but I don't know how much it is going to help because it hasn't finished downloading yet
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Gosh are you going to be a new dev lol.

Ryanscool said:
Gosh are you going to be a new dev lol.
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I'm trying lol. I've made some roms and played with modifying the kernel a bit. It is fun stuff.

getting rid of our infuse from the market
Ryanscool said:
... the Infuse is being sold for 1 penny online now. I am pretty sure they are in the first stages of getting rid of our infuse from the market.
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correct me if I'm wrong, but there has been no action on Samsung/AT&T related to I997 since its release, and in a matter of few weeks it flew from $ 200 to free/$0.01, weird way of doing business

But the HTC hero is getting ics ported to it right now as we speak...isn't that cool...:-/
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ramonqc said:
correct me if I'm wrong, but there has been no action on Samsung/AT&T related to I997 since its release, and in a matter of few weeks it flew from $ 200 to free/$0.01, weird way of doing business
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It's not $0.01. It's $50. Try again trollzo.

rhcp4ever said:
It's not $0.01. It's $50. Try again trollzo.
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Lol, exactly. If that penny thing were true, it was a one week special.
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Kevinr678 said:
Lol, exactly. If that penny thing were true, it was a one week special.
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A one week special that i gladly jumped on.

Help with building ROM?

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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Building a personal ROM

Hi ive been using Android phones for a couple years now and been addicted to flashing every rom available for each device from day one. With my N5 i found a rom, PSX which "almost" cured me of that addiction. Now with that shutting down and going all private I'm thinking I might give making my own rom a go.
Now I'm not to experienced in the linux side of things but I understand there are at least two ways of going about this. 1- Build from source, best done on a linux machine I assume (which I dont have.). 2- Use a Kitchen to modify an existing rom to my liking.
If anyone can point in the right direction to a noob friendly guide on how to do this or some of there own pointers on the easiest way to get started I would appreciate it. I do not intend to release it to the public just purely for my own learning experience, but it may help me have more constructive input into helping other people with problems instead of relying on already overloaded Devs.
Cheers

Heres a guide on how to compile CM for the nexus 5: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Build_for_hammerhead
The process applies to pretty much any rom. Its basically:
-setup linux build environment
-download rom source
-add device specific stuff (device tree, vendor tree, kernel source)
-compile

Chromium_ said:
Heres a guide on how to compile CM for the nexus 5: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Build_for_hammerhead
The process applies to pretty much any rom. Its basically:
-setup linux build environment
-download rom source
-add device specific stuff (device tree, vendor tree, kernel source)
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Thanks i'm just going through setting up linux on a virtual machine using virtualbox. Is there a prefered/easier linux distro to use or just go with ubuntu (I've always liked the look of mint whenever i've looked at linux).

goatimus said:
Thanks i'm just going through setting up linux on a virtual machine using virtualbox. Is there a prefered/easier linux distro to use or just go with ubuntu (I've always liked the look of mint whenever i've looked at linux).
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I would go with Ubuntu personally (just because its popular and theres lots of support online), but other distros should work fine as well.

Use Ubuntu 13.10... And building from source is nic to learn how it all works. Kitchen is just an easy way to do things in winblows.. Stick to building. Also hang out in the cyanogenmod and cyanogenmod-dev irc channels for questions.
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goatimus said:
Thanks i'm just going through setting up linux on a virtual machine using virtualbox. Is there a prefered/easier linux distro to use or just go with ubuntu (I've always liked the look of mint whenever i've looked at linux).
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You can use Linux Mint, it's based off of Ubuntu and has it's lighter, that and you can easily install it alongside windows.

Chromium_ said:
Heres a guide on how to compile CM for the nexus 5: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Build_for_hammerhead
The process applies to pretty much any rom. Its basically:
-setup linux build environment
-download rom source
-add device specific stuff (device tree, vendor tree, kernel source)
-compile
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LOL. Don't make it sound so easy. It would be pretty cool to start a how to build thread. I've wanted to for a while and just need some other like minded folks who don't mind trying and failing. Setting up the repo looks easy enough but the rest will be fun to try. Breakfast, brunch, lunch? These are the things that I need to learn. How many people wanna try this besides those already posting in this thread?

theesotericone said:
LOL. Don't make it sound so easy. It would be pretty cool to start a how to build thread. I've wanted to for a while and just need some other like minded folks who don't mind trying and failing. Setting up the repo looks easy enough but the rest will be fun to try. Breakfast, brunch, lunch? These are the things that I need to learn. How many people wanna try this besides those already posting in this thread?
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Actually to be honest, building android for an officially supported device (such as the nexus 5) isn't too difficult. Like I said originally, the process is basically just cloning a few repos that are already readily available and then compiling. There's little to no actual programming required. However building for a device that is not officially supported can be tough. You're going to find yourself having to create missing pieces of the device tree and fixing tons of build errors.
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Chromium_ said:
Actually to be honest, building android for an officially supported device (such as the nexus 5) isn't too difficult. Like I said originally, the process is basically just cloning a few repos that are already readily available and then compiling. There's little to no actual programming required. However building for a device that is not officially supported can be tough. You're going to find yourself having to create missing pieces of the device tree and fixing tons of build errors.
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How many failed builds did you get your first time around? I'm on my third attempt right now. First failed because I built it with the wrong java version. Second because of this I think:
$ system/build/tools/releasetools/common.py
Change: java -Xmx2048m to java -Xmx1024m or java -Xmx512m
All in all you right though. It really wasn't that hard. A little over 4 hours to sync everything and have two failed builds. I don't know what I've been so hesitant about. Thanks for the encouragement.
EDIT: Third fail. lol Failing on this:
[CODETraceback (most recent call last):
File "../../base/android/jni_generator/jni_generator.py", line 1070, in <module>
sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
File "../../base/android/jni_generator/jni_generator.py", line 1066, in main
options.optimize_generation)
File "../../base/android/jni_generator/jni_generator.py", line 1001, in GenerateJNIHeader
jni_from_javap = JNIFromJavaP.CreateFromClass(input_file, namespace)
File "../../base/android/jni_generator/jni_generator.py", line 514, in CreateFromClass
jni_from_javap = JNIFromJavaP(stdout.split('\n'), namespace)
File "../../base/android/jni_generator/jni_generator.py", line 457, in __init__
contents[1]).group('class_name')
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group'
make: *** [/home/matt/android/system/out/target/product/hammerhead/obj/GYP/shared_intermediates/ui/gl/jni/Surface_jni.h] Error 1
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
target StaticLib: libc_nomalloc (/home/matt/android/system/out/target/product/hammerhead/obj/STATIC_LIBRARIES/libc_nomalloc_intermediates/libc_nomalloc.a)[/CODE]
Bueller? lol I'll figure it out but if anyone wants to help figure that out faster I'd take any tips I can get.

Its nice to see people willing to help. I got Linux installed on virtual box last night, of to work now will continue tonight with it.
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theesotericone said:
LOL. Don't make it sound so easy. It would be pretty cool to start a how to build thread. I've wanted to for a while and just need some other like minded folks who don't mind trying and failing. Setting up the repo looks easy enough but the rest will be fun to try. Breakfast, brunch, lunch? These are the things that I need to learn. How many people wanna try this besides those already posting in this thread?
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I would love to make a complete guide for newbies with next to no knowledge like me. I will get myself familiar with the process to building from source and they may look into it. I don't have massive amounts of time to dedicate to it though with the other things I like doing (ps3, dogs and kids.)
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goatimus said:
I would love to make a complete guide for newbies with next to no knowledge like me. I will get myself familiar with the process to building from source and they may look into it. I don't have massive amounts of time to dedicate to it though with the other things I like doing (ps3, dogs and kids.)
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I don't have a lot of time either. That's why I think a rolling guide would be the way to go. Some guys from my old device did just that last year and it worked really well. Here's the thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1798056
Something along those lines is what I'm thinking. Let users who want to actually learn instead of just request get involved and help each other. Pretty sure that's was the whole point of XDA back in the day. I still think it can be. Off to bed for me but let's keep addressing the idea.

Your right the point of xda is to be part of a community willing to learn and share knowledge. I'm not sure when it became a place to demand stuff for your device and to ***** and moan at devs for something not working. If everyone could get back to the original xda ethos then maybe ROMs would be better quicker with lots of people helping instead of just taking.
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goatimus said:
Your right the point of xda is to be part of a community willing to learn and share knowledge. I'm not sure when it became a place to demand stuff for your device and to ***** and moan at devs for something not working. If everyone could get back to the original xda ethos then maybe ROMs would be better quicker with lots of people helping instead of just taking.
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I'm not sure but I was once told you need at least 8 GB of RAM to build android from source, just wanted to let you know
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Jimlarck said:
I'm not sure but I was once told you need at least 8 GB of RAM to build android from source, just wanted to let you know
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Not true.
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Chromium_ said:
Not true.
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I mean, you can always use swap space but in theory you should have at least 8 GB of RAM. At least that's what people have told me.
EDIT: Yup, http://source.android.com/source/building.html. It's actually 16GB but I was close.

Jimlarck said:
I mean, you can always use swap space but in theory you should have at least 8 GB of RAM. At least that's what people have told me.
EDIT: Yup, http://source.android.com/source/building.html. It's actually 16GB but I was close.
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That's odd. I build with my laptop with 6gb of ram and a 1gb swap partition. And I've seen others building with really old PCs with way less ram than that. It'll take longer, but it should still work.
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Chromium_ said:
That's odd. I build with my laptop with 6gb of ram and a 1gb swap partition. And I've seen others building with really old PCs with way less ram than that. It'll take longer, but it should still work.
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Depends on what they're building, and their build conditions really. It should work with 8GB but anything lower than that has a probability of failing (aside from it taking longer)
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I only have 6gb but I'll still be trying to build just got to wait till I get home. How more likely is it to fail due to lack of ram.
I have only assigned 3gb of ram in a virtual environment I think I may need to leave windows and fully install Linux.
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I've been wanting to get into this for a while. Looked into some guides but never made a go at it. I'm guessing I'll need to set up my pc as dual boot for WIndows 7 and Ubuntu? I would assume you can't compile using an Unbuntu disc but that the OS has to actually be installed????