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CyanogenMod7 Development Thread

As we all know, the last Thread that involved CM7 Development for the Epic was closed because people got Off-Topic, so I decided to start this one just so we know where developing is going. This is just for those people who don't know how to read Github or don't want to check it every 3 seconds, and are okay with waiting a week for getting an update.
Please PLEASE PLEASE, DO NOT ASK FOR ETA'S! I know that someone will ask, but seriously. DO NOT ASK. It's annoying as hell. If the developers know when a release would happen, they'd tell us. Trust me, they would. But developing for our phone is difficult.
They can't Port something from the Vibrant or the Captivate because their GSM Phones and we're CDMA, meaning we use different signals or some crap like that. But I think it means that 3G and Calls and all of that would be hard to work on, not to mention 4G.
4G is an issue because it's something not many phones have, especially in the Galaxy S line. Remember that we're one of the original Galaxy S Phones, so we have it, and the Captivate, Vibrant, and Fascinate don't. This makes stuff even harder because then the developers have one more thing on their list to work on, that they never had before.
From what I saw last time, nullghost was trying to port the Nexus S 4G .35 Kernel. This is a Gingerbread Kernel. Remember that the Nexus S 4G is a STOCK GINGERBREAD phone, with no TouchWiz. The Kernel is just the thing that connects the software with the hardware, so this might also be hard because we have a keyboard and most other phones don't (I don't know if this really effects it, but from my prior experiences from Android, it does).
Lets say the Kernel gets Ported. The NS4G has 4G (no kidding). Don't quote me, but I think that'd get the camera working because obviously the camera is a piece of hardware, that should get 4G working because the the NS4G has it. GPS should probably work, although I'm sure that works if you use the GPS Status Method, and I'm not too sure about MMS and what the issue is with that.
Now, when I check Github, it appears as if the developers have stopped working? I mean, props to them for all they've done for us, but if I'm reading github properly, it seems as if they've taken a break (please correct me if I'm wrong).
Really. The only big problem we have is with people who won't stop asking for ETA's. Please, just don't ask. You'll cause more problems then you will help if you do get a reply.
And if anybody has any questions about the CM7-A4, feel free to ask them here. You should however check the closed Thread. It might be locked, but there's a reason it's not deleted, you can still read it, so please do.
Remember, no asking for ETA's. Just don't do it. Any questions, check the older Thread and in a few days or weeks what should be this Thread. Also check Github. No ETA's. Keep this on task, no gangster stuff. Kthnxbye.

Nice finally @!!1

Captivating has 3g and EDGE, no LTE.
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iSaint said:
Nice finally @!!1
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I really wanna know where it's all going. I have CM7-A4 on my phone right now, but I need everything to be fixed before I move. You can't be around girls with a phone that doesn't function, so I need this. And stock is better then anything tbh.
marcusant said:
Captivating has 3g and EDGE, no LTE.
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Thanks for the confirmation.

Don't forget that another problem lies not only in the rear facing camera, but the front facing one too. Let's just hope that they keep on it. I thank them as well for all that they've done so far.

You should make the "No ETAs" in the OP bigger and bold in case nubs don't read lol.
Anyway, I'm pretty excited for CM7. I do agree that the Nexus S 4G should help the Epic's 4G issue since they are both WiMax/CDMA. I don't think that would help the front facing camera, but I don't think it'll really be a problem since both the Nexus S and Epic have a VGA .3 MP Front Facing Camera

Original Android <3ers! said:
Please PLEASE PLEASE, DO NOT ASK FOR ETA'S! I know that someone will ask, but seriously. DO NOT ASK. It's annoying as hell. If the developers know when a release would happen, they'd tell us. Trust me, they would. But developing for our phone is difficult.
props for this
They can't Port something from the Vibrant or the Captivate because their GSM Phones and we're CDMA, meaning we use different signals or some crap like that. But I think it means that 3G and Calls and all of that would be hard to work on, not to mention 4G.
its a lot more then just this, but you get the idea
Lets say the Kernel gets Ported. The NS4G has 4G (no kidding). Don't quote me, but I think that'd get the camera working because obviously the camera is a piece of hardware, that should get 4G working because the the NS4G has it. GPS should probably work, although I'm sure that works if you use the GPS Status Method, and I'm not too sure about MMS and what the issue is with that.
uh.. no. the camera is different from the ns4g to the epic. they have all teh wimax stuff they got it all when source for the ns4g dropped. its just a matter of making sure it connects properly now.. oh and works...
Now, when I check Github, it appears as if the developers have stopped working? I mean, props to them for all they've done for us, but if I'm reading github properly, it seems as if they've taken a break (please correct me if I'm wrong).
a break from pushing to github.. in the irc they are lively as ever
Really. The only big problem we have is with people who won't stop asking for ETA's. Please, just don't ask. You'll cause more problems then you will help if you do get a reply.
And if anybody has any questions about the CM7-A4, feel free to ask them here. You should however check the closed Thread. It might be locked, but there's a reason it's not deleted, you can still read it, so please do.
Remember, no asking for ETA's. Just don't do it. Any questions, check the older Thread and in a few days or weeks what should be this Thread. Also check Github. No ETA's. Keep this on task, no gangster stuff. Kthnxbye.
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sweet jesus... this is gunna take a min forgive me
good stuff overall tho

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first! (to Deca's awesome contribution)

odub303 said:
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at spot #9 maybe
thers a reason this thread got closed and stopped dev.
last i saw we were missing source, something that is a tad important in any porting and working with a different phone.
But keep the dream alive man KEEP IT ALIVE!

EpicCM development is stalled right now until we get the 2.6.35 kernel source drop from Samsung.
Simply put, the Epic is very different on a hardware level than the other SGS phones. The NS4G has far more in common with the NS than it does with the Epic. Their kernel is not useful to us because so much has to be remapped to work with our hardware, not to mention certain device-specific drivers that are only available in the "Victory" branch.
Once we do have that source, the rest should follow very quickly. The platform itself needs very little tweaking.

UberPinguin said:
EpicCM development is stalled right now until we get the 2.6.35 kernel source drop from Samsung.
Simply put, the Epic is very different on a hardware level than the other SGS phones. The NS4G has far more in common with the NS than it does with the Epic. Their kernel is not useful to us because so much has to be remapped to work with our hardware, not to mention certain device-specific drivers that are only available in the "Victory" branch.
Once we do have that source, the rest should follow very quickly. The platform itself needs very little tweaking.
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That ^, seemed to lengthy to type out. I have the device bits all in place and mostly sync'd with the rest of the galaxy s/sprint devices.

EddyBalls said:
Don't forget that another problem lies not only in the rear facing camera, but the front facing one too. Let's just hope that they keep on it. I thank them as well for all that they've done so far.
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But be honest, how many of us ACTUALLY use the front facing camera? And they got it working on the Evo. Again, just some Kernel and Driver fixes should get it if we get the rear camera working.
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You should make the "No ETAs" in the OP bigger and bold in case nubs don't read lol.
Anyway, I'm pretty excited for CM7. I do agree that the Nexus S 4G should help the Epic's 4G issue since they are both WiMax/CDMA. I don't think that would help the front facing camera, but I don't think it'll really be a problem since both the Nexus S and Epic have a VGA .3 MP Front Facing Camera
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Exactly.
shabbypenguin said:
sweet jesus... this is gunna take a min forgive me
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Sorry. I just wanted to get it all out there.
Decad3nce said:
How to port cm7:
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My apologies, I have no idea what that means...

i think the proper way to port cm7 is to have a city wide riot when your team cannot find any loopholes in the code of life to score success
cue youtube links to "flash bang nut shot"
and of course
o' canada...we stand on guard for thee!!!
(everyone sing the national anthem in unison...whee!...go canasian go!)

UberPinguin said:
EpicCM development is stalled right now until we get the 2.6.35 kernel source drop from Samsung.
Simply put, the Epic is very different on a hardware level than the other SGS phones. The NS4G has far more in common with the NS than it does with the Epic. Their kernel is not useful to us because so much has to be remapped to work with our hardware, not to mention certain device-specific drivers that are only available in the "Victory" branch.
Once we do have that source, the rest should follow very quickly. The platform itself needs very little tweaking.
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So all we need is the Source?

Original Android <3ers! said:
So all we need is the Source?
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Yes. Once we have the kernel source, the rest is cake.

I tried to compile from source last night but i kept getting a build.sh error, anyone know whats up there? im building in ubuntu linux 11.04

Art2Fly said:
I tried to compile from source last night but i kept getting a build.sh error, anyone know whats up there? im building in ubuntu linux 11.04
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If you're building from the EpicCM repo, it won't work right now. We're in a transition stage, and a lot of stuff is waiting for the kernel merge before we can fix the build system.

UberPinguin said:
Yes. Once we have the kernel source, the rest is cake.
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Awesome! So we're just waiting for the Epic's gingerbread kernel source and the rest is that easy?! Damn, if the Epic comes out with Gingerbread on the 20th like expected, Samsung will probably drop the source within the next few days. I smell early July to have CM7 if everything goes according to plan!!

[DEV/ROM][FROM SOURCE][CAF GB 2.3.6][build #20][3/21]

Here is my Skyrocket ROM built from Code Aurora Forum source. This is Android 2.3.6. It is not even close to a daily driver and probably never will be.
DO NOT INSTALL THIS UNLESS YOU ARE VERY EXPERIENCED IN DEBUG AND KNOW HOW TO USE 'adb'.
I am posting this to help with the effort to build a community ICS ROM. Perhaps my device tree will help. As such, I do not plan on spending any more time debugging the issues with the rom. I would rather focus on helping the community get an ICS build going.
Link to my device tree: https://github.com/dferg/android_device_msm8660_skyrocket
Link to build instructions: https://github.com/dferg/android_device_msm8660_skyrocket/blob/master/README.md
Link to Code Aurora Forum: https://www.codeaurora.org/xwiki/bin/QAEP
Link to the ROM (build #20): http://d-h.st/gU2
What works?
calls (no audio), sms, 2D graphics, wifi, bluetooth
What doesn't work?
cell data, audio, nfc, int+ext sdcards
Instructions for install:
In CWM, wipe factory
In CWM, install this zip
Reboot + wait up to 3 minutes
If you get the lock screen with no way to unlock, connect to your computer and run "adb reboot". You should then get the proper unlock slider.
Notes:
sdcard is detected incorrectly, so do NOT allow it to attempt a format (it will say 'damaged sdcard'--just ignore this)
Even though it says "No SIM Card" calls in and out will work, although no audio...

Updates: 3/21/12
Added link to build instructions on Github
Pushed commits to Github that simplify the build

reserved...........2

You should be more optimistic
It will work some day, don't think it won't ever be working.
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kr3w1337 said:
You should be more optimistic
It will work some day, don't think it won't ever be working.
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Agreed, and thanks for this
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just for my understanding, what is the hurdle to getting data to work, seems like it is always the hardest thing to enable.

For gb builds on our phone I always see call audio being a hurdle
people who live in glass houses sink ships

nrm5110 said:
For gb builds on our phone I always see call audio being a hurdle
people who live in glass houses sink ships
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Nrm is right. Audio seems to be the biggest hurdle.
This rom makes an LTE connection but the data connection just isn't used. Not sure why, but this problem seems easier than audio (which I have had no luck debugging so far)
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Oh wow, if you get AOSP GB fully operational for the phone (other then call audio, dunno whats up with that), we could get CM7 working fully (with source), and get official!
I really hope you succeed.

Longcat14 said:
Oh wow, if you get AOSP GB fully operational for the phone (other then call audio, dunno whats up with that), we could get CM7 working fully (with source), and get official!
I really hope you succeed.
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He stopped working in this for ICS.

Longcat14 said:
Oh wow, if you get AOSP GB fully operational for the phone (other then call audio, dunno whats up with that), we could get CM7 working fully (with source), and get official!
I really hope you succeed.
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Thanks Longcat. Like alphadog pointed out, I'm not actively working on this one right now in favor of helping out the ICS efforts. But if someone else would like to collaborate or even pick up where I left off, please have at it. My reason for starting this ROM was to eventually get CM7 fully stable, as you suggested.

I wish someone would be able to pick this up I understand the importance of ics but the hurdles with gb seem far fewer than ics and would tide the masses over once I get my other hdd set up with Ubuntu I hope to take a peek
people who live in glass houses sink ships

Id love full cm7 made for this
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droid512 said:
Id love full cm7 made for this
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Fyi code Aurora is different than cm lol
people who live in glass houses sink ships

FYI: I updated the OP with a link to the build instructions. I also pushed changes to my Github that simplifies and cleans up some of the build.

topprospect said:
FYI: I updated the OP with a link to the build instructions. I also pushed changes to my Github that simplifies and cleans up some of the build.
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Just fyi. Eugen373 is working on aosp for t989. Apparently with good results.

billydroid said:
Just fyi. Eugen373 is working on aosp for t989. Apparently with good results.
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Any links on him talking about status of it for us to follow? I checked 989 general and dev real fast. Didn't see anything.

R4INS said:
Any links on him talking about status of it for us to follow? I checked 989 general and dev real fast. Didn't see anything.
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Yes, a link to his post would help. I searched XDA and Github, finding only stuff about Vibrant roms that he has done.

topprospect said:
Yes, a link to his post would help. I searched XDA and Github, finding only stuff about Vibrant roms that he has done.
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It's from twitter, eugen373. Not sure if he has pushed anything to github. You can ask him, he is extremely helpful guy.
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Eugene's Twitter Post
billydroid said:
It's from twitter, eugen373. Not sure if he has pushed anything to github. You can ask him, he is extremely helpful guy.
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Check https://twitter.com/#!/Eugene373. Looks like he is very close,

All is quiet on the development scene

I knew this summer was going to be a hit for the Doubleshot, but it seems all dev action has ceased since then.
Anyone know what's been going on with our device lately?
Just a BS thread to discuss our device. Devs feel free to chime in.
Or if you're secretly working on something and would like to tease us by letting us know what's coming, by all means...
Just remember to include an ETA

Someone we all know is working on something that looks pretty slick but that's ALLLL I'ma sayin'...............
:angel:

xmc_wildchild started school. That's what happened.

Dunno but I've been having gps speedometer issues
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gtmaster303 said:
I knew this summer was going to be a hit for the Doubleshot, but it seems all dev action has ceased since then.
Anyone know what's been going on with our device lately?
Just a BS thread to discuss our device. Devs feel free to chime in.
Or if you're secretly working on something and would like to tease us by letting us know what's coming, by all means...
Just remember to include an ETA
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I know Strapped365 is working on a rom with the LG launcher. I'm sure he will post something on it in a few days when he's done and has time.

soldierexile said:
Dunno but I've been having gps speedometer issues
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What kind of problems?

cybot_x1024 said:
I know Strapped365 is working on a rom with the LG launcher. I'm sure he will post something on it in a few days when he's done and has time.
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Well it still has some issues. The major one is not going to deepsleep. Then the force close from portrait to landscape and back again. I'm racking my brain trying to figure it out though because I've gotten way more Widgets from LG added
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strapped365 said:
Well it still has some issues. The major one is not going to deepsleep. Then the force close from portrait to landscape and back again. I'm racking my brain trying to figure it out though because I've gotten way more Widgets from LG added
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If the ROM is CM-based there's a kernel patch in the Alpha 6 thread

blackknightavalon said:
If the ROM is CM-based there's a kernel patch in the Alpha 6 thread
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Yeah I just flashed that and its showing deep sleep as a usable CPU scale the phone just hasn't went there yet
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I am currently but slowly lol! Learning and trying to port TWRP recovery in our device since 4ext for our device has still a long way.
For those wondering what twrp is
http://teamw.in/project/twrp
Here are some screenies from other devices.
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I still don't have a development box to start developing so that first before the WIP since I would need to pull the whole CM build and compile it just to make this recovery. I don't think my good old vps is enough to do this kind of job and I'm not also considering to reformat my windows PC just for this.

I think it has been a pretty good summer for development on our MT4GS. We've got a nice crop of ICS roms to choose from, either AOSP or CM or several Sense flavors. It's a smorgasbord! :highfive:

Riyal said:
I am currently but slowly lol! Learning and trying to port TWRP recovery in our device since 4ext for our device has still a long way.
For those wondering what twrp is
http://teamw.in/project/twrp
Here are some screenies from other devices.
I still don't have a development box to start developing so that first before the WIP since I would need to pull the whole CM build and compile it just to make this recovery. I don't think my good old vps is enough to do this kind of job and I'm not also considering to reformat my windows PC just for this.
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Do what I used to do and just buy a box for just $300 at a Best Buy and load Linux on it.
Sent from Spaceball One.

gtmaster303 said:
I knew this summer was going to be a hit for the Doubleshot, but it seems all dev action has ceased since then.
Anyone know what's been going on with our device lately?
Just a BS thread to discuss our device. Devs feel free to chime in.
Or if you're secretly working on something and would like to tease us by letting us know what's coming, by all means...
Just remember to include an ETA
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Well Sun_Dream has worked on our phone with a bit of Sense roms if you dig that.
"HTC Doublshot ICS Bliss" sporting Sense 3.6: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896643
and
"Doubleshot Android 4.0.4 Sense4.1+4A Base Ville_U_ICS_40_S_2.31.401.5": http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1832805
Both seem solid, didn't quite test them out as I'm digging XMC's Jellybean.
Should be a lot of development when Sense 4.5 comes out though I sense ports coming.

blackknightavalon said:
Do what I used to do and just buy a box for just $300 at a Best Buy and load Linux on it.
Sent from Spaceball One.
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Still won't be that helpful to me since we got a crappy internet in our country. Pulling a whole CM build would take me like almost a day of non stop downloading to do that
Unlike on a vps I could just pull both cm7 & cm9 in 30minutes

Riyal said:
Still won't be that helpful to me since we got a crappy internet in our country. Pulling a whole CM build would take me like almost a day of non stop downloading to do that
Unlike on a vps I could just pull both cm7 & cm9 in 30minutes
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Ouch. Happy devving.
Sent from Spaceball One.

Riyal said:
I still don't have a development box to start developing so that first before the WIP since I would need to pull the whole CM build and compile it just to make this recovery. I don't think my good old vps is enough to do this kind of job and I'm not also considering to reformat my windows PC just for this.
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"Just for this"????
Why? You afraid of your computer being *actually useful*???

Riyal said:
Still won't be that helpful to me since we got a crappy internet in our country. Pulling a whole CM build would take me like almost a day of non stop downloading to do that
Unlike on a vps I could just pull both cm7 & cm9 in 30minutes
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If it helps I could give you teamviewer access on a virtual machine on my PC to access its resources when I'm not using it. Its not the best available but I'm sure it can help.
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lbcoder said:
"Just for this"????
Why? You afraid of your computer being *actually useful*???
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People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones...

Ok so where I'm at now. I have figured out I didn't need to use anything from the EVO Shift to get this LG launcher up and running. So its not a port anymore ( so it lost andromaus settings which were cool but caused wakelocks ), its more so a launcher replacement, all other cm9 functions work like they should. So right now I'm trying to figure out how to post it, and here are my posting options I can either
1. Just package all the launcher and widgets as a flash over for any CLEAN INSTALL OF AOSP/AOKP ( will need testers for AOKP ). And a certain set of gapps so the gallery don't get broken
Or
2. I can just pre package everything into a CM build ( gapps and all ) so nothing gets broken. Its your call here is a couple screen shots. And if anyone wants to give it a try just pm me ill get you a dropbox link
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strapped365 said:
Ok so where I'm at now. I have figured out I didn't need to use anything from the EVO Shift to get this LG launcher up and running. So its not a port anymore ( so it lost andromaus settings which were cool but caused wakelocks ), its more so a launcher replacement, all other cm9 functions work like they should. So right now I'm trying to figure out how to post it, and here are my posting options I can either
1. Just package all the launcher and widgets as a flash over for any CLEAN INSTALL OF AOSP/AOKP ( will need testers for AOKP ). And a certain set of gapps so the gallery don't get broken
Or
2. I can just pre package everything into a CM build ( gapps and all ) so nothing gets broken. Its your call here is a couple screen shots. And if anyone wants to give it a try just pm me ill get you a dropbox link
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I don't know about other people, but personally I'd go with option 2. You will have a lot less bugs to deal with and give yourself more time to focus on improving it and adding features. I don't know what you think about that but that's what I'd go with
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Can we get paranoid android ported for a2?

Hey guys just wanting to know if anyone knows if we can port the paranoid android ROM to the atrix 2 ? There cm10 ROM for galaxy s3 is above all IMHO mainly for user fun
So can we contact them to port for the atrix 2 or can someone port it them self's?
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You are not the first to ask, so please stop asking this question - or do it yourself.
It will come if/when it comes. And I highly doubt that somebody without an A2 will port it for us - but feel free to request that of them.
Btw, I have put some time into porting PA, then I dropped it for a while - since our phone does not play nicely with ports - but I plan on returning to it again.
If someone seriously wants to work on this, PM me.
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alteredlikeness said:
You are not the first to ask, so please stop asking this question - or do it yourself.
It will come if/when it comes. And I highly doubt that somebody without an A2 will port it for us - but feel free to request that of them.
Btw, I have put some time into porting PA, then I dropped it for a while - since our phone does not play nicely with ports - but I plan on returning to it again.
If someone seriously wants to work on this, PM me.
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Why did u drop the project? Dint it run properly?

siddhesh1609 said:
Why did u drop the project? Dint it run properly?
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No, what he was saying is that porting roms without a compile, to our phone just does not seem to end well for any of the devs.
We have had way more success with compiling ROMs from scratch since ICS has showed up for us.
In GB I had compiled several ROMs and had a ton of issues getting them to work well. I then gave up for a while. I had cm7 working for a while with kexec, but that got to be a real pia.
I waited until ICS came out to try again, and I am 98% done with my CM10 compiled version, which I have been working on for almost 2 months now, so..... Long story short compiles are good on the A2, ports are not so good.
BTW a port means to take a working version from another phone with very close hardware to another and "port" it to work on the other phone. We have used the razr and bionic as starting points since they are very close relatives, but we have still had issues. It can also mean to take the code for something like aosp/aokp/cm, and get all the files together that are needed to make the rom work for a phone and start editing code, and then compile it, similar to what wang and I have done with cm10.
I will let alteredlikeness tell you what his thoughts were on his speciic PA port, but this is just a general thing with us.

siddhesh1609 said:
Why did u drop the project? Dint it run properly?
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Yea, what jim said..
And I just really wanted to get PA on my phone - but I need a bigger linux partition on my computer to compile from source - so I decided to just try to port it (tried from 2 diff phones actaully), and I couldn't get past the boot animation or adb recognized after about a million different approaches.
I will still pursue this, but I agree with jim- gotta compile not port
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We got a lot of issues to work out, but cogeary and I are doing all we can to bring this to the A2.
One of the major issues is that my phone thinks it's a tablet... that screenshot was originally 768x1366.. and I can only see a small 540x960 window of that over-sized UI (need to turn on 360 rotation and flip the phone to see other areas of the screen)... besides that, there's no wifi, soft keys, or phone call audio - so, it's not usable yet.
This is not an invitation to PM about timelines or progress - so please don't. This is just to let everyone know that cogeary and I are working on this (and an excuse as to why I'm not updating Numa). Thanks to cogeary for answering my call to take on this beast..
If anyone's curious, the idea of porting it is dead - I deleted my Wubi install and installed Ubuntu as a guest in VirtualBox on Win7 for a quick way to get a larger partition - compiling it fresh from source..
...more screenies...

alteredlikeness said:
It's coming...
We got a lot of issues to work out, but cogeary and I are doing all we can to bring this to the A2.
One of the major issues is that my phone thinks it's a tablet... that screenshot was originally 768x1366.. and I can only see a small 540x960 window of that over-sized UI (need to turn on 360 rotation and flip the phone to see other areas of the screen)... besides that, there's no wifi, soft keys, or phone call audio - so, it's not usable yet.
This is not an invitation to PM about timelines or progress - so please don't. This is just to let everyone know that cogeary and I are working on this (and an excuse as to why I'm not updating Numa). Thanks to cogeary for answering my call to take on this beast..
If anyone's curious, the idea of porting it is dead - I deleted my Wubi install and installed Ubuntu as a guest in VirtualBox on Win7 for a quick way to get a larger partition - compiling it fresh from source..
...more screenies...
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Dude !!!! :highfive:

alteredlikeness said:
It's coming...
We got a lot of issues to work out, but cogeary and I are doing all we can to bring this to the A2.
One of the major issues is that my phone thinks it's a tablet... that screenshot was originally 768x1366.. and I can only see a small 540x960 window of that over-sized UI (need to turn on 360 rotation and flip the phone to see other areas of the screen)... besides that, there's no wifi, soft keys, or phone call audio - so, it's not usable yet.
This is not an invitation to PM about timelines or progress - so please don't. This is just to let everyone know that cogeary and I are working on this (and an excuse as to why I'm not updating Numa). Thanks to cogeary for answering my call to take on this beast..
If anyone's curious, the idea of porting it is dead - I deleted my Wubi install and installed Ubuntu as a guest in VirtualBox on Win7 for a quick way to get a larger partition - compiling it fresh from source..
...more screenies...
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Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. I can't describe your awesomeness

brianmoyano said:
Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. I can't describe your awesomeness
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Sure you can...
Big progress in the last couple days for a usable alpha build - fixed the oversized issue, soft keys, touch sensors, and phone call audio (a sloppy fix IMO, but.. eh, it works - but, as I said earlier, my main intention was just to get this working on my phone)
Still no wifi, and got the common moto cm10 bugs, like the stuttering boot, rotation shrinkage & shrunken screenshot, data is a kinda buggy (works, but two bars), probably other bugs... still not a daily by any means.
And, the Paranoid settings can be a bit tricky.. not sure yet if it's buggy, or it's just me. I will probably be sending out a few test samples to some senior members soon.. watch your inboxes! (and don't call me, I'll call you... well, a few of you can if I forget - but you know who you are)
Big thanks again to cogeary and jimbridgman for their support (and some good old dumb luck/strategy) - now I can get a little more sleep at night.. :silly:
"Life... loathe it or ignore it, you can't like it." - Marvin, the Paranoid Android from Douglas Adam's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (check out the books before the movie, if so inclined)

alteredlikeness said:
Sure you can...
Big progress in the last couple days for a usable alpha build - fixed the oversized issue, soft keys, touch sensors, and phone call audio (a sloppy fix IMO, but.. eh, it works - but, as I said earlier, my main intention was just to get this working on my phone)
Still no wifi, and got the common moto cm10 bugs, like the stuttering boot, rotation shrinkage & shrunken screenshot, data is a kinda buggy (works, but two bars), probably other bugs... still not a daily by any means.
And, the Paranoid settings can be a bit tricky.. not sure yet if it's buggy, or it's just me. I will probably be sending out a few test samples to some senior members soon.. watch your inboxes! (and don't call me, I'll call you... well, a few of you can if I forget - but you know who you are)
Big thanks again to cogeary and jimbridgman for their support (and some good old dumb luck/strategy) - now I can get a little more sleep at night.. :silly:
"Life... loathe it or ignore it, you can't like it." - Marvin, the Paranoid Android from Douglas Adam's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (check out the books before the movie, if so inclined)
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Well, you're awesome man.
Do you need something? It would be nice to help

That's cool! Finally with all the good roms coming in for the a2 I now have a reason to hold back from sellin ma a2 away! thanks devs! :thumbup:
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To the creator of pa rom for our beloved atrix 2 first of all thank you... is it going to be a pacman version of pure PHablet rom?:highfive: in anycase i m happy
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jimbridgman said:
No, what he was saying is that porting roms without a compile, to our phone just does not seem to end well for any of the devs.
We have had way more success with compiling ROMs from scratch since ICS has showed up for us.
In GB I had compiled several ROMs and had a ton of issues getting them to work well. I then gave up for a while. I had cm7 working for a while with kexec, but that got to be a real pia.
I waited until ICS came out to try again, and I am 98% done with my CM10 compiled version, which I have been working on for almost 2 months now, so..... Long story short compiles are good on the A2, ports are not so good.
BTW a port means to take a working version from another phone with very close hardware to another and "port" it to work on the other phone. We have used the razr and bionic as starting points since they are very close relatives, but we have still had issues. It can also mean to take the code for something like aosp/aokp/cm, and get all the files together that are needed to make the rom work for a phone and start editing code, and then compile it, similar to what wang and I have done with cm10.
I will let alteredlikeness tell you what his thoughts were on his speciic PA port, but this is just a general thing with us.
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So if I m not wrong you devs need to do most of the things from scratch as in compiling the resources from repositories...
RESPECT !!!

siddhesh1609 said:
To the creator of pa rom for our beloved atrix 2 first of all thank you... is it going to be a pacman version of pure PHablet rom?:highfive: in anycase i m happy
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So if I m not wrong you devs need to do most of the things from scratch as in compiling the resources from repositories...
RESPECT !!!
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Ya...... yes that's y things are buggy and take a long time to get right.... and y we all go NUTS when updates are "requested" or even "questioned"...
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alteredlikeness said:
It's coming...
We got a lot of issues to work out, but cogeary and I are doing all we can to bring this to the A2.
One of the major issues is that my phone thinks it's a tablet... that screenshot was originally 768x1366.. and I can only see a small 540x960 window of that over-sized UI (need to turn on 360 rotation and flip the phone to see other areas of the screen)... besides that, there's no wifi, soft keys, or phone call audio - so, it's not usable yet.
This is not an invitation to PM about timelines or progress - so please don't. This is just to let everyone know that cogeary and I are working on this (and an excuse as to why I'm not updating Numa). Thanks to cogeary for answering my call to take on this beast..
If anyone's curious, the idea of porting it is dead - I deleted my Wubi install and installed Ubuntu as a guest in VirtualBox on Win7 for a quick way to get a larger partition - compiling it fresh from source..
...more screenies...
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Dude so pleased you did it I moved on to a galaxy s3 but still have my a2 and use it a lot but mate thanks huge for doing this for the a2 community
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Kernel Development

Development has begun! Find the new thread here!
Hey P9 users,
I see that you guys don't have much development going for you guys. How would y'all like it if I cooked up a kernel? Things I will need:
Patience because I don't have the device:
I will not add anything that could possibly brick your phone. All of my kernels are not like most that you see out there in the forums. It's more of an optimized kernel rather than a custom kernel.
Testers (follows suite with not actually having the device):
Self explanatory from above. There shouldn't be any problems, but if one does arise, I will need logs.
Hype and honesty:
Just kidding about the hype part, but the second part is what is really important. If you feel no difference after flashing the kernel, then let me know! I'd much rather you guys tell me it sucks instead of riding a bandwagon.

i would be pleased to test a optimized kernel!

paratox said:
i would be pleased to test a optimized kernel!
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Alrighty, got something fresh out the oven. Doesn't have much changed, except for the fact that it's compiled with Linaro 4.9 and has a lot of compiler optimizations. If this boots and runs fine, I will create a development thread.
abyss-caf-huawei-p9-nightly-20160822.img
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If it does not boot, flash the stock kernel image or @paulobrien's updated kernel
Installation is the same as any other kernel:
paulobrien said:
You now have a new boot image (abyss-caf-huawei-p9-nightly-20160822.img). All that's left is to flash it to your device! Reboot to bootloader (either using 'adb reboot bootloader' or by powering on with volume down held).
Flash using 'fastboot flash boot abyss-caf-huawei-p9-nightly-20160822.img'
Then reboot using 'fastboot reboot'. Job done! In the About screen of settings you should see the date of the abyss-caf kernel and details of your my build machine.
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Lovely, let's get stuff going! Would love to see more active development for the P9 (which agreed really are quite stagnant).

I working on something too, but it takes too much time.

emilrune said:
Lovely, let's get stuff going! Would love to see more active development for the P9 (which agreed really are quite stagnant).
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Yes! Such a great device with little development is quite a shame.
dkionline said:
I working on something too, but it takes too much time.
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Have to agree. It took a lot longer for me to set up this kernel for building. Very interesting, but I've got it under my control
I just need to know if this boots. If it does, I will start to overhaul it with more advanced changes

Care to tease us with some of your more Advanced stuff?

the problem is, what works with biglittle and what not. some snapdragon optimizing is not same as kirin. Im still in contact with zz for zzmove.
Maybe its easy to test and give u logcat?

Ty for taking your time, i really hope more developers will come. Im waiting on Cyanogenmod and a good kernel i hope yours will turn out great.
I miss having my HTC One X with root but for now i live with a stock huawei experience with Nova launcher and theme and i disabled many things with debloater.
I wish more developers would get their hands on it since the phone is cheap, i bought it for 2300kr = 275 dollars here in Denmark, and for 275 dollars you get a lot.

emilrune said:
Care to tease us with some of your more Advanced stuff?
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Depends what people are looking for . I am limited and slowed because I don't own the device, but it is possible to add hotplugs and governors easily. Features like KCAL control, double tap to wake, etc. can eventually be implemented with the help of you guys and logs.
dkionline said:
the problem is, what works with biglittle and what not. some snapdragon optimizing is not same as kirin. Im still in contact with zz for zzmove.
Maybe its easy to test and give u logcat?
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Whether it is Kirin or Qualcomm really does not affect the what can go into the kernel as much as it would affect ROM optimizing. Certain CAF kernel patches that are supposedly specific for Snapdragon devices can also be implemented into kernels for other devices as well. The Snapdragon 652 is the closest non-kirin relative to Kirin 955, so porting patches from a 652 kernel would be best.

Hugajohan said:
Ty for taking your time, i really hope more developers will come. Im waiting on Cyanogenmod and a good kernel i hope yours will turn out great.
I miss having my HTC One X with root but for now i live with a stock huawei experience with Nova launcher and theme and i disabled many things with debloater.
I wish more developers would get their hands on it since the phone is cheap, i bought it for 2300kr = 275 dollars here in Denmark, and for 275 dollars you get a lot.
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It is a hard device to get in North America. I think the Honor 8 is the first one to break grounds over here in the states (Canada is even more limited than the US so not even sure if I can find one here).

I think whole community would be thankful even for this topic. This is a fairly new device and would be lovely to see some development for it...

furkey said:
I think whole community would be thankful even for this topic. This is a fairly new device and would be lovely to see some development for it...
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I'm hoping to break the ice in terms of development, but I really need someone to test what I posted earlier before I can continue :silly:. I need to know if it boots so I know i'm on the right track.

kwoktopus said:
I'm hoping to break the ice in terms of development, but I really need someone to test what I posted earlier before I can continue :silly:. I need to know if it boots so I know i'm on the right track.
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I think that is the easy part. Since the q&a part is the skipped part among other parts, it would be easier to find once you post in the development section
If I wouldn't buy the phone TODAY (yes I bought it today ) I would be gladly test it out but it is like a principle for me that I use the phone as it is for a couple of months.

furkey said:
I think that is the easy part. Since the q&a part is the skipped part among other parts, it would be easier to find once you post in the development section
If I wouldn't buy the phone TODAY (yes I bought it today ) I would be gladly test it out but it is like a principle for me that I use the phone as it is for a couple of months.
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That's a very good principle that I USE to have as well :laugh:! Enjoy your device while it still feels foreign to you! I hate how after I use the phone for a couple of months it feels old to me.
My current principle is to make sure things are stable before I post in development, so I will wait until I have confirmation that this boots first :fingers-crossed:

kwoktopus said:
That's a very good principle that I USE to have as well :laugh:! Enjoy your device while it still feels foreign to you! I hate how after I use the phone for a couple of months it feels old to me.
My current principle is to make sure things are stable before I post in development, so I will wait until I have confirmation that this boots first :fingers-crossed:
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It's my first phone with 2.5 D display and it is blazing fast right now However I am addicted to flashing things and I am afraid I will touch my phone's virginity with this old addiction I will hold on to that principle as long as I can
However, it breaks my heart when I have a look to development section since ,as I told before, my rom addiction. I believe it can be (I mean your kernel) a little push for other developers to cook some roms
And for the last, It would be beyond perfect if you could port stockish android like CM or other roms

furkey said:
It's my first phone with 2.5 D display and it is blazing fast right now However I am addicted to flashing things and I am afraid I will touch my phone's virginity with this old addiction I will hold on to that principle as long as I can
However, it breaks my heart when I have a look to development section since ,as I told before, my rom addiction. I believe it can be (I mean your kernel) a little push for other developers to cook some roms
And for the last, It would be beyond perfect if you could port stockish android like CM or other roms
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I will definitely need the device in order to build any AOSP roms, it's a nightmare without it. Also, I am a Linux developer (C based), and have limited knowledge in device tree bring up.

kwoktopus said:
Alrighty, got something fresh out the oven. Doesn't have much changed, except for the fact that it's compiled with Linaro 4.9 and has a lot of compiler optimizations. If this boots and runs fine, I will create a development thread.
abyss-caf-huawei-p9-nightly-20160822.img
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If it does not boot, flash the stock kernel image or @paulobrien's updated kernel
Installation is the same as any other kernel:
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It boots perfectly!
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lightlance7 said:
It boots perfectly!
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Development is full speed ahead now, see you guys in development section

Faptastic development kudos! Will see you all in the dev section