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[Q] (Q) How to port roms?

I have been looking at roms for my device for quite a while. Some are ports of s4 and xperia stock roms. How to port the latest version of android to my device? I read up on some guides and they all state that the port rom can be any working rom for my device and the base rom should be from any device which has a similar chipset. But there aren't many devices in the market with MTK6589 chipset and the existing ones don't have android 4.3. My question is , how did people manage to port the s4 stock rom to a mediate device. (the s4 has an exynos chipset). And how do people manage to port the latest android versions to their devices.
This may be a noob question but I searched through the forums and couldn't find anything much helpful.
PLS:I have some experience with Linux and its commands but don't know much of coding.

Avvio L500

Hi.. well can you made a llolipop rom for avvio l500 5" pulgadas
1gb ram 4 rom qualcomm snapdragon 400 1.2ghz andreno 305..
Or can you tell me a similar rom...this phone is made in colombia..thanks

Hello,
Welcome to XDA.
If you want a custom ROM made for your device because there are none already available then you will have to ask around in the forums to find someone willing, they will have to have one of the devices to get he ROM working properly, you may have to donate a device for them to do. Or you could learn to Port ROMs for yourself or even learn to build a ROM from source if the source for your device is available.

Post your device information here to help porting

Hi all,
I am requesting every user to post the following info about their device the are using to help porters in porting roms from other device.
The following information should be posted.
1. Your device name.
2. Android version
3. Kernel version (this is most important)
4. GPU ( which GPU it has such as Mali 400, Mali 450, etc).
5. CPU (which CPU it has such as MT6572, Snaapdragon 650 etc).
You can get this info by installing CPU-Z or AIDA64 from playstore.
As for porting the most important things are
1. Kernel version must be same
2. Your processor must be of same manufacturer such as MediaTek
3. Its Gpu must be same.
By this success of porting is 70 to 90 percent so please i request you all to post your above given device info here.
This will become a list and will help porters to find right devices for porting.

Starting myself
My device is Qmobile X35
Android version 4.4.2
Kernel version 3.4.67
GPU is Mali-400MP1
CPU is MT6572
I have ported miui8, cm12.1, cm13, ressurection remix 5.5.9 and 5.6.7 on my device successfully.
Now i m going to port pure stock android lolipop on my device if i find same kernel version to my device with lolipop rom.
I hope this list will help a lot as it will have full list of all devices info.

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http://forum.xda-developers.com/and...lp-porting-t3466033/post68793035#post68793035
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Getting into rom development?

Hello everyone, I'd like to ask the following question(s).
Background: I've got experience in programming Java, C#, Python and I've messed around other programming languages before.
I'd like to get into the entire ROM building / compiling / 'cooking' scene but I am clueless as where I could start. I've a Zuk Z2(plus) with an unlocked bootloader and TWRP 3.1.0-3 installed.
Rom: AOSPExtended V4.4
Kernel: DarkMoon Experimental 178
Mod(s): shox_Audio_Mod V1.4
Gapps: Opengapps micro
Root: Magisk V13.2
I've been testing lots of roms recently, and now I am getting interested in (as mentioned above) compiling my own roms and maybe even port a rom myself? I'd start out with testing on my Zuk Z2(plus) since I can recover this device from any kind of software-brick. The main reason I'd like to mess around in this scene is because I've got an older tablet laying around with a MTK SOC, but with android 4.4.4 and I'd like to be able to update this
Tablet I'd like to upgrade (eventually): Cube T9 (currently only supports android 4.4.4)
I'd like to create a ROM based on one of these tablets: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/BOBARRY-10-inch-screen-for-T109-only-a-screen/32801822243.html
It might be completely fake hardware specs, I only hope that the SOC and the android version are correct (Maybe someone can confirm this for me)?
It's the only other tablet I've found running the MT8752 SOC and an android version higher then 4.x.x.
Any idea's tips or places where I could start best? I am open to all suggestions so please comment below

building a custom rom

hi,
so i'm trying to build a custom rom for my device asus zenfone go (zb500kl) but my low-end pc can't do it and i'm a noob so if you can help me out with this
here's my phone's kernel source:
https://github.com/LWJGLRobot/android_kernel_asus_x00ad/tree/cm-14.1
msm8916 kernel:
https://github.com/LWJGLRobot/ZB500KL_X00AD_KERNEL
android_device_asus_msm8916-common :
https://github.com/LineageOS/android_device_asus_msm8916-common/tree/cm-14.1
vendor tree:
https://github.com/TheMuppets/proprietary_vendor_asus/tree/lineage-15.1/X00TD/proprietary
this all needed stuff right ?
i really need a custom rom because ZenUI sucks
I'm ready for any risk on my device, i already made a backup using twrp

med99 said:
hi,
so i'm trying to build a custom rom for my device asus zenfone go (zb500kl) but my low-end pc can't do it and i'm a noob so if you can help me out with this
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You know , even low end PCs can do the job sometimes , I remember , I tried to build AOSP Extended for my Nextbit Robin with a laptop , my config was :
• 2Gigs of Ram
• Intel Core 2 Duo
• An old Intel graphic card
• Running a 32-bit Linux
I successfully cloned the source , and I start building , but it failed because I needed 64-bit Libraries.
So give it a try , it will take time but it may work.