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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.

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Nah the original galaxy S has gingerbread. We have a kernel and an ext4 fs now so it shouldnt be as bad as trying to port it over like before.
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If it would be possible that would be great cause I think it could really be done with the right minds in on it.
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I'm getting my linux set back up in the next couple of days. I plan on attacking this as soon as I can. I have successfully compiled GB for a device that shouldn't have seen anything past eclair, so I will do all I can for this one. I have a sh*t ton of homework to do though. This is my first ever Samsung, so there is a BIG learning curve for me.

I came from an Evo 4g so this is DEFINITELY a learning curve for me too! Everything on my evo was easier but this gives me more of a sense of pride. My phone is a beast thanks to the developers!

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

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Sh*t dude.....I had some lib issues that have snagged me up for days. It's tough, but it is possible. The reason I want GB so bad is I have seen what it does for other devices. The main advantage....SPEED!!!! Lots of new badass options too
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I heard it does wonders for the battery also. Do you know this to be true? This is my first android device and I'm all about learning new things. Ever since I got this phone I've been wanting a laptop so I can learn to dev more.
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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*****
Phone: Sidekick 4G
ROM: FreshBlood ROM - Beta
Kernel: Bali 2.2 /w Voodoo

Android Dev Enviroment

Hi,
I have been hunting for days and trying different stuff without luck.
Im trying to find a decent guide on setting up an eviroment for compiling apps.
Nearly all guide relate to ROM building and not application building.
I managed to get Cygwin working, but it would give stupid errors on compiling SDL source, even though other parts of code that reference SDL compile fine.
I put this down to Cygwin, I had simular problems when compiling on PSP.
Going back to an earlier version seemed to solve that problem, but I dont fancy messing about. Already lost 2 days of my life, .
I then tried Linux and Eclispe, that didnt work out either as apparently there is a problem that causes eclipse to be missing Android from the prefs list.
Tried work arounds, but nothing worked.
As I said, spent 2 days trying to solve this. There are to many guides and contradicting info. Even the official Android site is confusing.
I wanted to play around with UAE4Droid. As I have just bought a tablet, that runs UAE4Droid full speed and Im very impressed. Never considered Android before, bought tablet on a Whim, best thing I have bought in ages.
Any help would be great.

You can try MIT Appinventor by Google, it's esay to use!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ADwPLSFeY8 (I don't know how to correctly post the video u.u)

albertgoca93 said:
You can try MIT Appinventor by Google, it's esay to use!
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Thanks for the reply, thats not quite what Im after.

Did you install the ADT plugin in eclipse? This has all the necessary stuff for Android.
Also, a Linux partition is preferable over cgwin or a vm IMO...
Have you tried any of the utilities in the Chef Central section? Tommytommatoe has a great utility for AOL's does most anything you can think of. It also sets up your environment automagically by script. It will add everything to PATH and make sure everything is properly configured.
There are some other goodies in the Chef Central section too!
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imheroldman said:
Did you install the ADT plugin in eclipse? This has all the necessary stuff for Android.
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I did, I also tried the work arounds to.
imheroldman said:
Also, a Linux partition is preferable over cgwin or a vm IMO...
Have you tried any of the utilities in the Chef Central section? Tommytommatoe has a great utility for AOL's does most anything you can think of. It also sets up your environment automagically by script. It will add everything to PATH and make sure everything is properly configured.
There are some other goodies in the Chef Central section too!
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Will check it out, thanks.
EDIT:- cant find anything on there, will keep hunting.

Here is TT's Android utility:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5623817
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Here is TT's Android utility:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5623817
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Cutom back covers and stylus?

Please Trash.

Please lock and trash.

Exit_Only said:
The title says it all. This is a working device tree for the sk4g. A lot of Aries common stuff is needed to make it boot able. The basic stuff is all here. Sense no one wanted to take the time to get it going properly I took it into my own hands.
Now let me be straight with this community. This is a blind device tree. I have built device trees in the past so this one was a little more complex. I would compile this for you guys but my laptop is being repaired (Bad Hard drive) so I figured I would throw out a device tree.
DIRECTIONS:
Download my Device tree
Upload to Github
Sync your github
Sync CM7
Sync Aries-Common
Let it build
IF YOU CANT UNDERSTAND THESE DIRECTIONS THEN DONT TOUCH IT.
Download the CM7 Sidekick4g device tree http://db.tt/0HotqWY8
THIS IS FOR DEVELOPER USE ONLY. ONCE MY LAPTOP IS FIXED I WILL COMPILE A BUILD FOR EVERYONE. NOW WITHOUT DRIVER SOURCE CODE (BE SURE TO THANK SAMSUCK) FOR THE SK4G WE WILL NEVER HAVE A 100% FULLY FUNCTIONING CM7 BUILD
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I haven't seen Ubuntu in a while.. I'll see what you have here in January. I don't have a daily driver SK4g anymore with a sim in it, but I'll give it a peek...

orange808 said:
I haven't seen Ubuntu in a while.. I'll see what you have here in January. I don't have a daily driver SK4g anymore with a sim in it, but I'll give it a peek...
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Ya I got my backup laptop dual booted Ubuntu 11.10 & Windows 7. Its running a weak 1.5ghz AMD E1 processor and 2 GB of ram. I'm not even 100% if my backup laptop could handle a full compile without it crashing. My broken laptop has 8gb RAM and a 1.8ghz AMD E2 Processor (2.3ghz turbo boost) and I got a complete build environment set up on it. I can't wait to get it back :-/

Hell....I have a laptop running dual boot of Windows xp and MacPup 529. NO WAY it'll be able to compile. It'll gasp and ask me, "WTF do you want from me???"
Question...would the Epic 4G have the Samsuck drivers? I saw a CM 7 release and was just wondering.

Exit_Only said:
Ya I got my backup laptop dual booted Ubuntu 11.10 & Windows 7. Its running a weak 1.5ghz AMD E1 processor and 2 GB of ram. I'm not even 100% if my backup laptop could handle a full compile without it crashing. My broken laptop has 8gb RAM and a 1.8ghz AMD E2 Processor (2.3ghz turbo boost) and I got a complete build environment set up on it. I can't wait to get it back :-/
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I know how you feel. My PC just got a generous upgrade for its age. Went from 256MB of RAM to 768MB to 1.5GB. Still stuck on a Celeron at 2.93ghz. And only have 40gb HDD to work with. I can't run much at once. Still lags even with the 1.5GB of RAM. But, eh, can't complain. Computer only cost me $40. Neighbor sold it to me since she didn't use it.
But, anyways, hope this compiles well for you when you get your compile environment back and running. And best of luck.
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Here are a few questions from a non-dev: what drivers are causing problems for getting CM7 running properly on the Sidekick?
Also, how powerful of a PC spec-wise do you need to compile a build of Android?

Ged....from my trolling and the little playing I have done....1) screen. 2)keyboard, 3)jump button, 4) reiserfs. I'm sure there are more issues, but that is where most of the devs have gotten stuck. I tried working on a cm9 build, but couldn't get anywhere with it because of work and family...and I mean nowhere as it I decompressed the base and started looking at it before I got tied up.
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ged92781 said:
Here are a few questions from a non-dev: what drivers are causing problems for getting CM7 running properly on the Sidekick?
Also, how powerful of a PC spec-wise do you need to compile a build of Android?
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ged, xda actually released a YouTube video explaining what is needed to compile.....the link is not posting for some reason. Damn you, Sidekick... ugh.
ANYWAY.... you would need at least 4 gigs of RAM and Ubuntu. You also need to be familiar with the terminal commands and have tons of hard drive space available.
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EDIT: Here it is.........Compile Android
I have enough HD space but not enough memory.

Hey guys, I haven't been much help around here.. and I'm not sure today will change that. If the compile process is easy enough to learn and I can run ubuntu through virtualmachine then I will be more than happy to do this process for you. My computers run 8 & 9 GB ram and have over 500 GB hdd space to play around with.
I have never used ubuntu, thus never used terminal, and have obviously never compiled but I am pretty sharp at following directions and have a pretty good technical discernment. Let me know if you need me
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To be honest I don't even know what a device tree is haha but if its something that will move along development I'll dedicate some time to it
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Tsloble said:
Hey guys, I haven't been much help around here.. and I'm not sure today will change that. If the compile process is easy enough to learn and I can run ubuntu through virtualmachine then I will be more than happy to do this process for you. My computers run 8 & 9 GB ram and have over 500 GB hdd space to play around with.
I have never used ubuntu, thus never used terminal, and have obviously never compiled but I am pretty sharp at following directions and have a pretty good technical discernment. Let me know if you need me
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To be honest I don't even know what a device tree is haha but if its something that will move along development I'll dedicate some time to it
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A device tree is a device specific set of code that is scaled back or up depending on the device and is used for AOSP Development to get AOSP/CM/PA booting correctly. That is the untechie definition

mjsell2 said:
Ged....from my trolling and the little playing I have done....1) screen. 2)keyboard, 3)jump button, 4) reiserfs. I'm sure there are more issues, but that is where most of the devs have gotten stuck. I tried working on a cm9 build, but couldn't get anywhere with it because of work and family...and I mean nowhere as it I decompressed the base and started looking at it before I got tied up.
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Parts of the keyboard will be inop and the jump key will be rendered useless as no other phone has a jump key.

Has the quick keys feature been removed from more recent versions of Android? I remember other phones you could press the search key and a letter key and jump to different apps.
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Parts of the keyboard will be inop and the jump key will be rendered useless as no other phone has a jump key.
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ged92781 said:
Has the quick keys feature been removed from more recent versions of Android? I remember other phones you could press the search key and a letter key and jump to different apps.
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That I don't know as I've never owned a phone with a keyboard

Tsloble said:
Hey guys, I haven't been much help around here.. and I'm not sure today will change that. If the compile process is easy enough to learn and I can run ubuntu through virtualmachine then I will be more than happy to do this process for you. My computers run 8 & 9 GB ram and have over 500 GB hdd space to play around with.
I have never used ubuntu, thus never used terminal, and have obviously never compiled but I am pretty sharp at following directions and have a pretty good technical discernment. Let me know if you need me
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Partition your hard drive and boot straight into Linux. At best, you will only be able to devote half your machine's resources to the VM. You don't want to waste resources or deal with the hassle of configuring a VM.
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ged92781 said:
Has the quick keys feature been removed from more recent versions of Android? I remember other phones you could press the search key and a letter key and jump to different apps.
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It's still in there. I use it on my Relay all the time.
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Parts of the keyboard will be inop and the jump key will be rendered useless as no other phone has a jump key.
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Just map it to a search key.
In fact, you should probably map your "Multitasker" key to search on your Sidekick. That way, when the screen is closed, you can press and hold the search key to launch apps--such as a voice search. It still works as a shortcut key when keyboard is open. Get Prehome and double tap home to see recent apps.

my system specs are amd 6 core 1055t overclocked to 3.5ghz with 8 gigs 1600mhz corsair dominator ram, im downloading ubuntu 12.10 desktop to run in virtual, i also had 1.5 TB storage, would that be enough to get started playing with compiling? ive been wanting to try for awhile, just need to grab a few things all im going to try my hand at rom building, i know nothing about it but hey, gotta start somewhere right?

achaps81 said:
my system specs are amd 6 core 1055t overclocked to 3.5ghz with 8 gigs 1600mhz corsair dominator ram, im downloading ubuntu 12.10 desktop to run in virtual, i also had 1.5 TB storage, would that be enough to get started playing with compiling? ive been wanting to try for awhile, just need to grab a few things all im going to try my hand at rom building, i know nothing about it but hey, gotta start somewhere right?
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That is more then enough to compile.

achaps81 said:
my system specs are amd 6 core 1055t overclocked to 3.5ghz with 8 gigs 1600mhz corsair dominator ram, im downloading ubuntu 12.10 desktop to run in virtual, i also had 1.5 TB storage, would that be enough to get started playing with compiling? ive been wanting to try for awhile, just need to grab a few things all im going to try my hand at rom building, i know nothing about it but hey, gotta start somewhere right?
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Nice, dude. Good luck. I'm going to get a new desktop soon. It's going to be minus the optical drive since I already have an external DVD writer. Like a netbook.
We can try and work as a team here and get this going! Mind you, I have zero experience with compiling. I was determined to learn how to use Android kitchen and I did it.
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I can't believe I've only gotten one thanks for this device tree. Does anyone realize how much work and time goes into something like this? This is probably why no devs are developing for this community. I'm not asking for any donations just a thanks button hit by grateful xda members.

Exit_Only said:
I can't believe I've only gotten one thanks for this device tree. Does anyone realize how much work and time goes into something like this? This is probably why no devs are developing for this community. I'm not asking for any donations just a thanks button hit by grateful xda members.
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I hear ya. I extend my thanks to you. No one realizes how hard this and just treat the devs like crap.
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RicAndroid said:
I hear ya. I extend my thanks to you. No one realizes how hard this and just treat the devs like crap.
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Yup. Its crazy.

Self porting interest?

How much interest is there for people to learn how to port a ROM?
I know there are ton's of ROMs out there that are awesome. Some we have and some we don't have. For those of you who want to learn how to port a ROM to our device, would you be interested in a device specific porting tutorial? If so, I will make one.
I know there are TONS of porting guides out there but they aren't very informative on actually what to do. Except for Lens_Flare's and Proxuser's MIUI porting guides. Which are generally helpful enough and that's how I started to learn and then figured out how to do it for just about any ROM.
If there is a large enough interest in learning how to do it for yourself or for the Evita community in general, I will make a VERY detailed NOOB friendly guide.

I am definitely very interested. I started poking around the sense 5 port to see if I could fix bluetooth and quickly figured out that I was in over my head. Would love to see a guide to more than just theming.
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tlazarus said:
I am definitely very interested. I started poking around the sense 5 port to see if I could fix bluetooth and quickly figured out that I was in over my head. Would love to see a guide to more than just theming.
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I wouldn't go that deep just yet if you don't have any knowledge of smali code. That's what porting deals with, and I'm still learning the coding structure for smali. I have knowledge but I'm still learning it. lol
I'm currently working on the bluetooth issue for that specific ROM.
I will put together a guide over the next few days. I'm going to be making it VERY detailed so there will be as little confusion as possible.

Myrder said:
I wouldn't go that deep just yet if you don't have any knowledge of smali code. That's what porting deals with, and I'm still learning the coding structure for smali. I have knowledge but I'm still learning it. lol
I'm currently working on the bluetooth issue for that specific ROM.
I will put together a guide over the next few days. I'm going to be making it VERY detailed so there will be as little confusion as possible.
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I too would love this. If you have any good smali code reference links that you might be able to PM me, I'd love that too

Would love to see you put something together. The guide I follow doesn't cover everything I believe... The first few ROMs ported fine.. The others will hang at boot or fail in twrp etc. Very interested myrder
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Yea do it. I want the new paranoid android xD
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If you make it I'll have my next must read
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Myrder said:
I wouldn't go that deep just yet if you don't have any knowledge of smali code.
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Yeah, I figured that out pretty quickly I actually have some experience reading and interpreting code, although mostly c#. My bigger issue is that unlike with windows, I don't understand what handles hardware and driver management or the boot process of Android. Thus, it is like trying to learn two things at once.
Definitely looking forward to your guide - it is greatly appreciated!
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I definitely could use a guide too. Sense 5 was kind of like dumped on me lol. Since then I been on a crash course to learn how to port read logcats etc... Grinder19,Myrder, chubbzlou,carl1961, and others have really helped me a lot. Is like to see a guide go into more detail on like setting up aroma and such.
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+1
I want to port Paranoid Android 3+

ImagioX1 said:
I definitely could use a guide too. Sense 5 was kind of like dumped on me lol. Since then I been on a crash course to learn how to port read logcats etc... Grinder19,Myrder, chubbzlou,carl1961, and others have really helped me a lot. Is like to see a guide go into more detail on like setting up aroma and such.
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I don't deal with AROMA.. That's something I need to learn my self on. Over the next few days I'll put a guide together. Since I have so many people who want to learn. makes me happy. lol

exad said:
I too would love this. If you have any good smali code reference links that you might be able to PM me, I'd love that too
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Google has many links to learning smali. I do believe codeaurora.com or what ever that website is has a decent reference to it.
InflatedTitan said:
Would love to see you put something together. The guide I follow doesn't cover everything I believe... The first few ROMs ported fine.. The others will hang at boot or fail in twrp etc. Very interested myrder
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If they hang at boot, logcats are helpful. Also going into the system_server itself through shell. As for TWRP fails, best to pull up a terminal and "adb pull /tmp/recovery.log" most of the time it's a certain character in the updater script. I once had a corrupted .zip that I compiled through the android kitchen. Took me awhile to figure out that it was corrupt, lol.
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Yeah, I figured that out pretty quickly I actually have some experience reading and interpreting code, although mostly c#. My bigger issue is that unlike with windows, I don't understand what handles hardware and driver management or the boot process of Android. Thus, it is like trying to learn two things at once.
Definitely looking forward to your guide - it is greatly appreciated!
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The best OS to port android ROMs on is a linux distro, right now I'm on Ubuntu 12.04LTS. Only because I'm having probelms with my TV as my desktop monitor so I'm using my dualboot on my laptop. I stay off when-doze as much as possible unless it's to download music or for school. Don't feel like using VMware for adobe or Word....

Thanks. I did search Google and found great stuff. I only asked in case you stumbled across a site you prefered over others.
I also use ubuntu 12.04 with windows 7 in virtualbox for when windows is needed. I chose 12.04 over 13.04 only because there's a bug with the included kernel that breaks the sound through hdmi for my ati card.
One could even install ubuntu on an external esata drive for decent speed, portability and so as not to mess up any internal storage configuration.
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