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[Q] gingerbread

As of right now, what is holding us back from porting gingerbread to our sidekicks? Is it drivers? Or a 2.3 kernel that runs? I need a list of what needs to be done exactly.
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See here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1557094
And, here:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/22310-wipcm7-for-sidekick-4g/
Hope that helps!

Thank you, but I've seen both of those and followed them to the end. I'm looking for a specific list of what is needed to port gingerbread to our device. As in i may take up the task of porting it
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Would probably be a good idea to continue where windixxi left off since hes the closest person to get ginger working on our phone.

i think i remember Sduvick explaining that the drivers for this device are not exactly generic, so we really need an official Gingerbread kernel from Samsung. i'm pretty sure he tried porting a gb kernel from another device, but without updated drivers for the SK4G, it was basically impossible. that's how i understand it anyway.

Thank you yogi for the info and yes pintek im aware of windxixi great work but i cant figure out his github at all. Its not labeled well.. so more or less its a drivers issue?
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Roundtableprez said:
Thank you yogi for the info and yes pintek im aware of windxixi great work but i cant figure out his github at all. Its not labeled well.. so more or less its a drivers issue?
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Basically? That's what I understood as well.

So instead of trying to port drivers we would have to write new drivers in theory since we don't have a source to build from?
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Roundtableprez said:
So instead of trying to port drivers we would have to write new drivers in theory since we don't have a source to build from?
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It's no small job. Here's sduvick's assessment of the issue:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22765446&postcount=7

Thanks for the reading orange. Gave me the idea that the kernel is going to have to be a makeshift mix and match type thing from kernels from multiple phones.
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Roundtableprez said:
Thanks for the reading orange. Gave me the idea that the kernel is going to have to be a makeshift mix and match type thing from kernels from multiple phones.
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I agree.
As mentioned previously, maybe windixxi can provide some insight as well.
You're probably going to need some experience and knowledge of coding (i.e. C, Python, Java) and access to a Linux rig of some sort as well..

Yes im going to setup a linux enviroment soon i was thinking ubuntu but i havent setup a linux in a while are their any better alternatives?
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Roundtableprez said:
Yes im going to setup a linux enviroment soon i was thinking ubuntu but i havent setup a linux in a while are their any better alternatives?
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I recommend installing a hard drive specifically for your Linux environment and using the bios to switch between your boot OS.
But, I also have Ubuntu installed inside of VirtualBox. It's a bit slow, but it works inside of Windows.

so awesome that Samsung are such *****es about this haha

Sounds like i may be in need of a better computer. Ill see what i can do with what i have and start looking into kernels with stuff we need
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I think there's a kernel guide here you could look at.
A OC/UV Kernel would be fabulous.

Reviewers said:
I think there's a kernel guide here you could look at.
A OC/UV Kernel would be fabulous.
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I might try that to get me back into the groove of things, things are going slow with classes though so nobody should get their hopes up yet. But if i manage to buil an oc/uv kernel sucessfully, then my next project will be working on a gingerbread kernel. Ill keep you guys posted in the weeks to come.
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Thanks man we are in need of some serious love for our devices.
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Roundtableprez said:
Yes im going to setup a linux enviroment soon i was thinking ubuntu but i havent setup a linux in a while are their any better alternatives?
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If you (or other SK4G developers) are interested, I may be able to arrange a build server.

As in a place to host the kernels we build?
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[TUT][DEV]Noobs Tutorial to Compile your own ROMs

Here are some links for those who want to compile cm7, cm9, aokp, aosp, etc for galaxy y:
HTML:
Disclaimer: I am not responsible for what happens to your device if you flash
your builds using the following tutorials.
Some of them may be for other devices but use your common sense and replace
device with Galaxy Y
For most of these you will need:
Ubuntu (any version from 10.04 to 11.10)
Some Linux knowledge
Your Galaxy Y (well, duh)
GT-S5360 Device Repos (working on it)
...etc
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Some of these are taken from outside sources and are duly thanked.
Now, to business....
FIRST OF ALL, SET UP UBUNTU
Inside Windows (no partition required, recommended):
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/windows-installer
OR
Set up a VM:
http://www.freeyourandroid.com/guide/setup-linux-virtual-machine-windows
GOOGLE OFFICIAL
http://source.android.com/source/initializing.html
OFFICIAL CYANOGENMOD:
wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Building_from_source
(Choose any samsung device, does not matter)
AOSP GINGERBREAD:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1183832
CM7:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=915435
http://forums.acsyndicate.net/showthread.php?3270-GUIDE-Compile-from-CM7-Source-(Kanged)-Ubuntu-11-10-12-31-2011
AOSP ICS:
http://www.freeyourandroid.com/guide/compile-ics
CM9:
Coming soon.........
AOKP:
Coming soon.........
AFTER BUILDING:
http://kandroid.org/online-pdk/guide/bring_up.html
SO,
After reading all (or, most of these), you must have noticed how important it is to
make a device tree for galaxy y on github.
So, Please devs lend me a hand in this task

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Wow, great topic.
Thanks bro!

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shocklads said:
Wow, great topic.
Thanks bro!
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Pressing it is easier than saying it You are quite welcome.
BTW did anyone try it?
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Havent you tried this?
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So this is tutorial or just reference link?
Real dev i think know this.
But for newbie like me it's help and sori never try this one. Far from my knowledge.

soraci said:
Havent you tried this?
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I Have tried only cm7 and aosp gb.
Was asking whether anyone else had tried the others.

And did it worked?

Andromeduh said:
And did it worked?
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AOSP Gingerbread is currently compiling.
Cm7 is too buggy, not booting
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really very nice thread...........
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manoranjan2050 said:
really very nice thread...........
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Thank you very much!
I will update the thread tomorrow.
And I will release aosp gb next week.
It is quite hard mustering support when you have barely 10 posts.
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Good luck..
Will we follower and tester..

can anyone give me devices folder for Sgy s5360 ? for aosp build

dranzer006 said:
can anyone give me devices folder for Sgy s5360 ? for aosp build
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It is incomplete but will be ready in a week
https://github.com/sdadier/android_device_samsung_totoro
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[Q]Compiling a custom ROM

I want to compile a custom ROM for my ace device, specifically this one.
I've followed some tutorials on compiling Jelly Bean, but I have no idea what I'm doing, especially with repos. I have never worked with repos before, so when trying to sync with Google's, it downloads gigabytes of files for other platforms and devices that I simply don't need. I just want to sync to a user's git, and compile from there. Does this make sense?
Can someone with more experience in this help me out?
I'm very sorry if this is the wrong place for asking.

Follow this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762641
Hit thanks if I helped you!
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gangstaboy13 said:
Follow this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762641
Hit thanks if I helped you!
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That's what I followed, but when I repo sync it downloads GBs of files I don't need. For some reason it doesn't download JB only.

Install make command on my Android??

Is it possible to manually install/build the make command on an android device. Before you suggest it, botbrew doesn't want to work for my Nexus 5 or TMO SGS4. Thanks in advanced!
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Don't see why you need make. There's an apk here ( http://botbrew.com/). Don't know if this is possible, if you want to compile stuff why not cross-compile?

beekay201 said:
Don't see why you need make. There's an apk here ( http://botbrew.com/). Don't know if this is possible, if you want to compile stuff why not cross-compile?
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Not brew spews all kinds of errors and won't work. How would I cross compile the make command for my phone or utils and or packages in general??
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codecaine21 said:
Not brew spews all kinds of errors and won't work. How would I cross compile the make command for my phone or utils and or packages in general??
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What do you want to do? Build stuff? Do you have a bunch of makefiles you need running? I think that you'd still need a toolchain to build stuff, not just make.
My suggestion was to cross compile stuff on your PC that runs on your PHONE.

beekay201 said:
What do you want to do? Build stuff? Do you have a bunch of makefiles you need running? I think that you'd still need a toolchain to build stuff, not just make.
My suggestion was to cross compile stuff on your PC that runs on your PHONE.
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Exactly what I want to do. Build a program from source. A C program tarball. But yes I have make files and all that good stuff. I can easily build on my Linux box but not my phone.
How do I go about building a toolchain and cross compiling? Do you have any links handy?
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I think the NDK is what I'm looking for. I hope it can cross compile lakes with make files, multiple c programs and shared object files.
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[Q] porting parinoid android to tf700

How can I port pa 4.45 stable from the nexus 7 (2012)? I think that an asop based rom would do better for porting Asus apps.
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kansasboy001 said:
How can I port pa 4.45 stable from the nexus 7 (2012)? I think that an asop based rom would do better for porting Asus apps.
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With great difficulty.
You should look at building it from the PA sources on their github instead.

sbdags said:
With great difficulty.
You should look at building it from the PA sources on their github instead.
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OK, how would I go about doing so?
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kansasboy001 said:
OK, how would I go about doing so?
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You will need to install linux to start preferably on a machine as dual boot or stand alone or in a virtual machine.
Do a google search for building android roms from source on github. It'll have way more info on how to do it than I could possible type out for you here.
It'll be quite journey for you
You need to clone some repos on git and then you can start to build for the TF700.

sbdags said:
You will need to install linux to start preferably on a machine as dual boot or stand alone or in a virtual machine.
Do a google search for building android roms from source on github. It'll have way more info on how to do it than I could possible type out for you here.
It'll be quite journey for you
You need to clone some repos on git and then you can start to build for the TF700.
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Ok, I will start when I get back home from vacation. I already have Linux on my desktop there.
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I was just looking around in the asopa legacy git and saw that they already have a device tree for the tf201, would it be less work to edit that to make it compatible with the tf700 than forking from cm?
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kansasboy001 said:
I was just looking around in the asopa legacy git and saw that they already have a device tree for the tf201, would it be less work to edit that to make it compatible with the tf700 than forking from cm?
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Probably not, depending on how old it is, but you can use it as a reference. Also compare the TF201 trees of PA and CM to see if there are any PA-specific things to be done.