Hi I'm interested in building ROMs for our tf300. I've tried building ROMs before both on my desire HD and this last weekend for the tf300t, but I've always run into problems: especially when I wanna build a ROM for a device that isn't officially supported.
For instance, I would like to unofficially build carbon ROM for the tf300t.
I know how to setup the computer in Linux and its all setup. I know how to repo init. I know how to repo sync.
Now for the hard part. Correct me if I'm wrong. In order to build an unofficial ROM I would need to pull the device tree and vendor tree, right, and put them into the repo that I repo synced earlier? Then I would need to update the local manifest to include those device and vendor trees?
I have several questions about it.
First, where can I get the device and vendor trees? It seems as if drgravy has some good trees, maybe I can use those?
Second, would those device and vendor trees have the 4.2 BL support or is that a different change?
Third, would I need to change the repo to build a proper kernel for the tf300t or would the device tree or vendor tree include the kernel source? Any help would be awesome.
Also in replying to this please don't just post a link. I've read a lot about the process, I just had some specific questions.
Thanks
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im trying to build the kernel from androids googlesource website, and want to know which defconfig i need to use to start the build
tegra3_android_defconfig
tegra_android_defconfig
tegra3_defconfig
tegra_defconfig
i couldnt find a grouper specific one
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im trying to build the kernel from androids googlesource website, and want to know which defconfig i need to use to start the build
tegra3_android_defconfig
tegra_android_defconfig
tegra3_defconfig
tegra_defconfig
i couldnt find a grouper specific one
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tegra3_android_defconfig seems to be the one.
Yes, I am trying to rebuild their from source. But, when I have testing on running. There are found red splash when I click them on screen. May I know what the caused of this ?
Thanks.
Ok, The problem has resolved now .
AOSP's guide to building kernels is quite useful. I actually used it earlier today.
http://source.android.com/source/building-kernels.html
It contains building instructions (obviously) as well as the proper defconfig for all AOSP devices.
I'm trying to build unofficial Dirty Unicorns for the TF300T. I've been using this tutorial to set up my build environment:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/chef-central/android/tutorial-compile-lollipop-ubuntu-t2929410
I've managed to sync their repos and all that, and I've come to the device tree. I wasn't able to find an equivalent tree on Google's website like the Nexus 7. So my question is, where can I find the tree(s) for my Transformer? Is building for a device really as simple as combining the repo, device trees, and blobs? That's what this tutorial implies. Or am I likely to end up with a crappy build?
Wow.
you might be able to find the device tree from the omni rom guys. Last time I tried to do this it was for my ME301. I was able to download the device tree from the Omonirom gerrit page. Poke around the Omnirom guys site and thread and see if they have it. Here ya go. This is the cyanogen github page. it looks like they list both the tf300t kernel and the device tree for cyanogen mod ROM
https://github.com/CyanogenMod?utf8=✓&query=tf300t
That might be a start
Here is the wiki page for building Cyanogen Mod for the tf300t and it might explain some steps better
how to build a cyanogenmod from source for unsupported devices.All the custom rom's building instruction say that "Your device should already be running the branch of CyanogenMod you wish to build your own version of for the extract-files.sh script to function properly. If you are savvy enough to pull the files yourself off the device by examining the script, you may do that as well without flashing CyanogenMod first."
But where is the first proprietary blobs came from??
How can we get the proprietary blobs for other devices for the first time build?
I dnt understand anything...I'm trying to build a fresh cm12.1 rom for my device galaxy j5..plz guide me in ryt way if am wrong
ganesh varma said:
how to build a cyanogenmod from source for unsupported devices.All the custom rom's building instruction say that "Your device should already be running the branch of CyanogenMod you wish to build your own version of for the extract-files.sh script to function properly. If you are savvy enough to pull the files yourself off the device by examining the script, you may do that as well without flashing CyanogenMod first."
But where is the first proprietary blobs came from??
How can we get the proprietary blobs for other devices for the first time build?
I dnt understand anything...I'm trying to build a fresh cm12.1 rom for my device galaxy j5..plz guide me in ryt way if am wrong
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Hello,
Thanks for using XDA Assist.
You can take a look at [GUIDE][COMPLETE] Android ROM Development From Source To End
Also read http://www.netmite.com/android/mydroid/development/pdk/docs/
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Hello,
I recently compiled CyanogenMod 14.1 for my Android device using the official sources and want to compile Omni 7.1 for the same device and use the device tree and kernel from the official CM sources because there's no device tree for Omni. Is there a way to "convert" the CM device tree to work with the Omni sources? My exact problem is the compiler doesn't know my device so I can't run something like "brunch [device]" or "make [device]", although I already downloaded all device-specific repositories to the same subdirectory as I'd do it on CM.
Thanks in advance,
Oebbler
Oebbler1 said:
Hello,
I recently compiled CyanogenMod 14.1 for my Android device using the official sources and want to compile Omni 7.1 for the same device and use the device tree and kernel from the official CM sources because there's no device tree for Omni. Is there a way to "convert" the CM device tree to work with the Omni sources? My exact problem is the compiler doesn't know my device so I can't run something like "brunch [device]" or "make [device]", although I already downloaded all device-specific repositories to the same subdirectory as I'd do it on CM.
Thanks in advance,
Oebbler
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You have to go to your android_device_manufacturer_yourphonecodename repo and rename cm.mk to omni_codename.mk, open it and change cm_codename to omni_codename.
You have also to rename cm.dependencies to omni.dependencies, but the repos included in that file may not be in omnirom source, so you would need to manually sync those repos in your android sorce tree.
You might have to make other minor changes, take a look at the rest of code in that repo.
For further info: https://docs.omnirom.org/Porting_Omni_To_Your_Device
Thank you, but I think I won't succeed in building Omni for my device because I always get strange errors.
Probs will get annoyed, cmsdk, cmhw, and cm encryption are significantly annoying. Also they moved their build dir, generally include useless common subtrees, and named dtbtool with CM suffix. Their build tree might be the most significant hindrance to unified building on Android, not only for the many unnecessary additions and dependencies they have for devices, but also they generally lack a community presence to answer or respond to users, so a lot of us get stuck with cleaning up their mess.
Notice how TWRP has a community presence here and are helpful. I'm not hating on cm, they have been doing this longer than most of us, but for ease id recommend using your rom choices tree.
Also the immensely significant annoyance of having to track devicesettings and the unwillingnes to nuke cmactions, combine it with cmsdk, or at least remove it's dependency in most trees is almost certainly going to cause you errors.
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I want to build my unofficial build for my phone, HTC Desire 816. But I have a limited data plan, and I worried I will running out of my data by downloading a huge source code with unnecessary files for other architectures, phones etc. And I'm just need the ARM and important files.
Also I got these repos from Tarkzim's forum at LineageOS unofficial for HTC Desire 816:
Device tree
Kernel
Vendor
Well, I didn't have any experience at Android development. So maybe can someone give me a guide too?
I'm just know the preparations on the documentation and it's ready, but the steps are confusing for me.
Or maybe if peoples are have their time maybe can someone make the official build?
Maybe it such out of BlissROMs, but I really want to Blissify my phone. Because LineageOS are too plain, no good features like smart charging etc. It just looks a normal Android build from AOSP source.