I have some basic questions with just a need of clerance. I'm willing to do the research just need to be nudged in the right direction.
Do I need android SDK installed onto my linux laptop in order to port CWM?
What is a source exactly? A backup of my system files or the code of android verison?
Depends on your meaning of port, but no for the most part you don't need the SDK although some of the tools will be helpful for debugging
Source usually refers to android source and/or custom ROM/kernel or oem source code
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Further questions should be asked in general q&a found here
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Hello devs.i have been on the forum for a while now and have been searching for guidlines on kernel porting. i am trying to port the thunderzap ics kernel for the micromax a110 to my device.my device have no development or source support,.it is of the same SoC as the a110 (mediatek mt6577) so it has sone compatibility.now here is my progress.
i have been able to dump boot and recovery images, port cwm 5.x(quite old), extract the boot.img and zimage. got the initramfs, can read peggy and other related files in the initramfs and i am able to identify most device drivers. now i have the source code for the custom kernel, but i need help locating those drivers from different sources on github, changing neccesary files, finding where to place the drivers and creating some sort of build profile or setup so that i can upgrade the source to newer versions,
thanks
PS. if this thread is in the wrong section .please move it.
Hi,
I can't move your thread, because you need to read read read before posting questions in the following section. The members there will help, but only after someone has educated themselves as much as possible... There's many guides and tutorials to look through here, and if you get stuck on something after doing your homework, then you can ask for help...
> Chef Central > Android
Good luck!
Thanks. i will check there to see if i can find anything i would need.
Awesome! Good luck!
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Hi guys,
So I've always loved flashing ROMs on my phones and tinkering, but I've never really understood how to do it all. I figured I should learn and try to give back to the community, considering the amount of time I spend on here.
I've followed the steps on source.android.com for initializing my build environment. I'm done syncing with the repo, but I can't find a thorough guide on what to do next. I can't use the breakfast command because my phone is not an official device. In the "Building for devices" section, it states that I need to obtain proprietary drivers for my device, but I'm not sure any manufacturers will give away their proprietary drivers
I'm looking to do all this for my Moto X 2013. So my question is, how does CyanogenMod have (some) proprietary drivers for my phone, and would it be possible for me to pull from CM's repo for those drivers? Is there a better forum for me to ask these questions?
If anyone has an idea of where I should look next to do some more research, I'd really appreciate the help!
Hi,
This section has many guides and tutorials. Please do your research and try your hand at it. After you read read read, if you still need help, ask in the thread of the guide you use, or create your own thread and ask for help...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/chef-central/android
Good luck!
I'm using Android 6.0.0 on a bunch of Nexus 6 and Nexus 5x phones, but I think this question likely applies to other recent devices and versions of android (including Lollipop). I'm relatively experienced when it comes to selinux in the server world, and am looking for ways to examine and customize my Android selinux policy. Mind you I have no trouble creating and booting custom boot.img files, where I can alter /init.rc and /sepolicy. Hence, my question is what is the best way to decompile /sepolicy (to see what it is doing), and what is the best way to rebuild it.
Some things I've tried that don't work: Existing tools (sedispol, sesearch) on linux distributions that support selinux do not work, because android uses some weird forked v30 policy file format. The standard tools only go up to version 29, and worse there seems to be a competing candidate for v30 that is incompatible. I've also compiled the AOSP selinux tools on regular linux (https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/selinux), and those seem to work on standard v29 policy files (such as those from stock fedora), but dispol still cannot seem to examine an android sepolicy file. I get errors like "libsepol.avtab_read_item: more than one specifier".
The final thing I could do is take it on faith that if, say, for my nexus 5x I clone https://android.googlesource.com/device/lge/bullhead, that the contents of the sepolicy directory actually corresponds to what is on my phone. I guess I can live with that since I'll just be replacing the sepolicy file with my own customized version. However, I also can't figure out how to build sepolicy, given again this weird v30 output format required.
So I would appreciate either a pointer to a "howto," or some sort of reference on how to build sepolicy for android, especially those geared towards people who are already use selinux, just don't know how to get the android variants of the tools up and running.
Hello,
Welcome to XDA.
Normally I would just give a link to a better place to ask your question but in your case I will give you the link and a tip for finding what you are going to want to know about this since you are asking about this for the purposes of applying it to many devices.
Ok, to make your search simpler. If you are on your PC or on mobile device using a mobile browser(not an android app that lets you view these forums) look in the top right corner of the page and in the "search all forums" search box, in that box type "SELinux (your model number)" or just "SELinux" this will give you threads that pertain to your devices specifically and SELinux, in them you can find most of what you want.
For more help with questions you can post your questions in the forum linked below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help
The experts there may be able to help.
Remember to register an XDA account so you can post and reply in the forums. Good luck.
Droidriven said:
Hello,
Welcome to XDA.
Normally I would just give a link to a better place to ask your question but in your case I will give you the link and a tip for finding what you are going to want to know about this since you are asking about this for the purposes of applying it to many devices.
Ok, to make your search simpler. If you are on your PC or on mobile device using a mobile browser(not an android app that lets you view these forums) look in the top right corner of the page and in the "search all forums" search box, in that box type "SELinux (your model number)" or just "SELinux" this will give you threads that pertain to your devices specifically and SELinux, in them you can find most of what you want.
For more help with questions you can post your questions in the forum linked below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help
The experts there may be able to help.
Remember to register an XDA account so you can post and reply in the forums. Good luck.
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Thanks for the response. I did search for selinux before posting, and couldn't find anything. This is really a general question about building AOSP, so not that appropriate for any specific device forum. I also browsed the forums, and I think more appropriate than the one you suggested is the software hacking forum (http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking), but since I don't have 10 posts I can't post there.
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Thanks for the response. I did search for selinux before posting, and couldn't find anything. This is really a general question about building AOSP, so not that appropriate for any specific device forum. I also browsed the forums, and I think more appropriate than the one you suggested is the software hacking forum (http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking), but since I don't have 10 posts I can't post there.
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The forum linked below has some off topic threads that you can post in until you get 10
http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/off-topic
Then you can do a search for XDA University and it will give you everything you want to know about android hacking compiling, porting and building.
My internet and power supply is very limited. I want offline access to Open Source Android projects for studying them.
I plan to make a script in Python to mass download Github projects for Android platform.
The first point is what "dork or search term" to use when search searching for Android projects?
Then what would be the best way to download from Github.
I'm thinking of downloading master.zip instead of git clone for easy file management.
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My internet and power supply is very limited. I want offline access to Open Source Android projects for studying them.
I plan to make a script in Python to mass download Github projects for Android platform.
The first point is what "dork or search term" to use when search searching for Android projects?
Then what would be the best way to download from Github.
I'm thinking of downloading master.zip instead of git clone for easy file management.
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Please use the below link to register a XDA Account first, prior to start posting and replying onto our forums.
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When you complete your registration, I invite you to post over your request in the below forum as our team of experts there should be able to help you:
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HI, I've been programming in C++ and C for around 6 years and i've been reverse engineering mostly to mod games in the past.
I recently got some interest into reverse engineering the kernel source of the iPlay 40 to allow to build custom roms like lineageos on it, however I am not sure about the recommended workflow with ghidra, I remember seeing an old thread that had an ida pro script for the symbols but i didn't really found much when it comes to ghidra (which is the best open source option except maybe radare2)
i imagine that what would need to be reverse engineered is the kernel build config and the drivers sources, but i haven't that much exp with kernel reversing that's why i was hoping to find some info here as many people are familiar with it
ps : if I didn't post it in the right forum i'm sorry, i wasn't sure in which one i should post, don't hesitate to move it if it's the wrong place.
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