What is 'Homemade' ? - General Questions and Answers

I am about to embark on upgrading a Samsung p6810 7.7.
I see a Marshmallow omni available and also one called Homemade.
What is Homemade? How does it differ from the Marshmallow? Is it a better bet to bring my 7.7 as up to date as possible?
Forgive my ignorance but 'search' does not seem to like the word homemade.
I also see a rom for the earlier Android 5 but, as a noobie, I cannot see any point in loading a superseded system.
Tony
London UK

Homemade in the rom hacking community means someone literally made it at home, so it's probably buggy. Use lollipop(5.x.x) for now since marshmallow is new and is still buggy.

AbsolutelyProprietary said:
Homemade in the rom hacking community means someone literally made it at home, so it's probably buggy. Use lollipop(5.x.x) for now since marshmallow is new and is still buggy.
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Thanks for that advice - particularly about going for Lollipop.
I struggle with the 'search' on these forums. Could some kind soul point me to the Lollipop software for the p6810 Samsung 7.7
Thanks.
Tony

tonygamble said:
Thanks for that advice - particularly about going for Lollipop.
I struggle with the 'search' on these forums. Could some kind soul point me to the Lollipop software for the p6810 Samsung 7.7
Thanks.
Tony
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Here is the development section for your device. http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-7-7/development
Usually searching in google for your device name and xda shows if there is an available thread on xda.

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[Q] How do I update firmware?

Hello all, I'm trying to update my phone and get some new firmware on it, but I'm very basic when it comes to updating my phone, and I don't want to ruin it in anyway. I have a friend who constantly updates his, and I would like to get mine out of the stone age.
My current phone is the Samsung Galaxy S (SAMSUN-SGH-I896) on Rogers in Canada. The firmware I'm running is 2.1, but I can't seem to update it from my phone in anyway.
Is there a way that I can update my firmware easily? Or can someone point me in the right direction, because everything on these forums looks like french to me.
Thanks in advance.
Daco8 said:
Hello all, I'm trying to update my phone and get some new firmware on it, but I'm very basic when it comes to updating my phone, and I don't want to ruin it in anyway. I have a friend who constantly updates his, and I would like to get mine out of the stone age.
My current phone is the Samsung Galaxy S (SAMSUN-SGH-I896) on Rogers in Canada. The firmware I'm running is 2.1, but I can't seem to update it from my phone in anyway.
Is there a way that I can update my firmware easily? Or can someone point me in the right direction, because everything on these forums looks like french to me.
Thanks in advance.
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Get Kies mini from Samsung. You will be able to update to 2.2 from there.
Please spend a little time searching, reading the stickies and looking around before starting new threads. What you asked is the heart of this forum and investing a little of your time looking for info that's already here rather than expecting personalized service is appreciated.
Please spend a little time searching, reading the stickies and looking around before starting new threads. What you asked is the heart of this forum and investing a little of your time looking for info that's already here rather than expecting personalized service is appreciated.
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The heart of this forum is helping others and modding our phones. It sounds like all he wants to do is update to 2.2. no need to berate him for asking a question and in no way answering it.
to answer the question what the first poster said. Use Kies mini
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
These are very explicit and easy to follow instructions for updating to Froyo(Android 2.2) using Kies. Although the tutorial is for the AT&T version, all steps are the same. If you follow them to the 'T', you should have Froyo on your phone in less than an hour. Good Luck!
Is 2.2 the most up to date version I can get?
Officially released. Yes.
Much appreciated, I work on Macs at work, so I'll have to give this a shot when I get home. Thanks for the help, if anything goes wrong, I'm sure I'll be back on here with questions!
studacris said:
Officially released. Yes.
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Nicely put.
Daco8 said:
Much appreciated, I work on Macs at work, so I'll have to give this a shot when I get home. Thanks for the help, if anything goes wrong, I'm sure I'll be back on here with questions!
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If it does go bad, be back on here searching, not asking questions or starting new threads. While we are here to help, it is annoying to come in asking for help with the same problems that have alrewady beenh solved dozens of times and can be found by doing a search. Nobody in here is paid to be here, so helping yourself is always appreciated. Of course, if you are really stuck, then ask, but it is always better to post to an existing related thread than to start a new one.

Crossing devices?

I'm interested to find out if it is possible to run a rom from another device on my Conquer 4G. I've looked at the specs on it, and they are nearly identical to that of the Galaxy S. Anyone know if that would be possible, or would I be better off just dropping my phone in the pool and bricking it that way?
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I'm interested to find out if it is possible to run a rom from another device on my Conquer 4G. I've looked at the specs on it, and they are nearly identical to that of the Galaxy S. Anyone know if that would be possible, or would I be better off just dropping my phone in the pool and bricking it that way?
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"Nearly" isn't always good enough. It may work, but some features may cause it to freeze, or crash. Unless the components are virtually identical and even then, there may be issues relating to the product id's that are supported on one device but not the other. Someone here with specific knowledge of the devices in question may find this post and give more useful info.
k.
The ROM could be ported over to your device fairly easily.
Sent from my SII(i777) SuperNexus 4.1.2 10/17/12 build
Shawn said:
The ROM could be ported over to your device fairly easily.
Sent from my SII(i777) SuperNexus 4.1.2 10/17/12 build
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Any guides or information on how I might go about doing this? I'm totally a noob at doing roms, and I would really like to learn. There really aren't many roms for my phone (Conquer 4G), so I'd love to be able to adapt some of the roms from other devices for use with my phone.
Evil20071 said:
Any guides or information on how I might go about doing this? I'm totally a noob at doing roms, and I would really like to learn. There really aren't many roms for my phone (Conquer 4G), so I'd love to be able to adapt some of the roms from other devices for use with my phone.
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Choosing which ROM to port is part of the same problem I'm having with my Zenithink tablet. As for info on porting, there's no shortage of that on xda, but I haven't had much luck with the search engine here. Best to Google the site.
ie; Google search, "porting rom site:forum.xda-developers.com"
without the double quotations marks.
I'd dig through my links to help out, but I haven't enough brownie points yet to post links on here.
k.
kickofthecat said:
Choosing which ROM to port is part of the same problem I'm having with my Zenithink tablet. As for info on porting, there's no shortage of that on xda, but I haven't had much luck with the search engine here. Best to Google the site.
ie; Google search, "porting rom site:forum.xda-developers.com"
without the double quotations marks.
I'd dig through my links to help out, but I haven't enough brownie points yet to post links on here.
k.
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I found one link here on the site, but I got confused on it rather quickly. I'm going to have to read it and make sure to ask questions where applicable because there are alot of really nice roms out there for other phones (The Galaxy S for instance) that I would love to try with my phone.

[Q] Will the S2 Source Release Help Our Skyrockets?

I heard over on Android Authority that Samsung has release its JellyBean source code for the i1900. I know our phones have a different processor, so it's not going to work on our phones, but given that they share at least a name, should I be hopeful that there could be some goodness in there to help move our Skyrocket's along with JellyBean (e.g. CyanogenMod 10.1), or even hopes of an official JellyBean release from Samsung?
http://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-releases-android-jelly-bean-source-code-galaxy-s2-137715/
There is already a Samsung JB leak in Development forum, you should have taken a look there.
Trinition said:
I heard over on Android Authority that Samsung has release its JellyBean source code for the i1900. I know our phones have a different processor, so it's not going to work on our phones, but given that they share at least a name, should I be hopeful that there could be some goodness in there to help move our Skyrocket's along with JellyBean (e.g. CyanogenMod 10.1), or even hopes of an official JellyBean release from Samsung?
http://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-releases-android-jelly-bean-source-code-galaxy-s2-137715/
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Do you read any of our threads before posting useless new threads?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2
Should have done a search? I did, thanks. Searched for "jelly bean source". No hits. So I posted.
And a leaked *compiled* ROM does not equal source. Now it does answer my question about the Skyrocket getting Jelly Bean, and further implies there will eventually be a source delivery. That does not mean that the regular S2 Jelly Bean source available now can't offer a more immediate impact.
Also note that the UCLK4 thread in the development forum is slightly over one day old as of now. At the time I posted this thread, it was about 12 hours old. And the one in the General section was started after.
In fact, I saw the S2 news at AA much earlier yesterday but decided to wait to ask so others with more knowledge and experience could preemptively answer my question. But, via my search, I didn't find my answer.
So, yes, I agree my thread is now irrelevant. But at the time, it was hardly as clear as the smug replies in this thread suggest.
Sorry for my rudeness in response to yours. I know you guys have to put up with a lot of newbs. But the robotic and condescending dismissals are just as annoying to see over and over again, especially after I *did* do my due diligence.
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I didn't mean anything harsh in my reply, but answered half of your question, a half that seemed to me the most important one (our phone having official Samsung JB).
To answer one more thing: the sources are good for some things, namely if your goal is to patch the new kernel to the old driver binaries (the kind of work that's necessary for old and non-supported phones to run the latest OS found on their latest siblings with the same chipset) - but if your goal is to run the full OS with official latest drivers that it's built to run with, without precompiled binaries the source is good for nothing. And the patching work is futile if the official release is a month-two away.

Cyanogenmod for Exynos S7s

Morning all,
I'm looking into the possibility of getting Cyanogenmod (likely 13) running on the S7.
I've recently found that I have a lot of time on my hands and as I'm a fan of the ROM it would be fun getting it up and working.
I'm posting this to gauge popularity as well as attract insight from experienced developers, I'm going to start development next week (PC issues = replacement) so any help is much appreciated
BUMP!
Good luck...
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Join Date: Sep 2015
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why the hell are you posting in dev section ? turn /brain on
It's a dev item, this will be updated as the ROM is developed.. doesn't really fit into 'questions and answers'
I suppose a mod can move it into 'discussions' to suit your requirements
ha3kser said:
It's a dev item, this will be updated as the ROM is developed.. doesn't really fit into 'questions and answers'
I suppose a mod can move it into 'discussions' to suit your requirements
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where is this question on top of the topic a "dev item" ? where is the development you sharing ?
development section is ONLY for development, not for questions around CM13 or other stuff...
another thing of CM is not asking for ETA
saphirrot said:
where is this question on top of the topic a "dev item" ? where is the development you sharing ?
development section is ONLY for development, not for questions around CM13 or other stuff...
another thing of CM is not asking for ETA
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I give up, clearly you know how the internet works best so you have won this round *standing ovations please*
I'll be back once I have put something together...
I am in if there will be good camera app, or native one.
He is willing to port cm3 to S7. He is testing how people would react to it before dedicating some of his time into the development.
@ha3kser Go ahead. I will test it since alpha stages to help you out.
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as much as i want to see s7 supported by cyanogenmod, this really don't belong to tgw dev forum
I dont know how to help you but im interested in Cyanogenmod for Exynos S7s I have the SM-G930F Buildnummer MMB29K.G930FXXU1APD1 .
Can someone just close this thread already?
optionalmgrr.la said:
as much as i want to see s7 supported by cyanogenmod, this really don't belong to tgw dev forum
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Check out this guy: http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-...st-cyanogenmod-13-g935f-t3382412/post67090343
Yu have my full support bro
Cm on exynos will be great
I would love to see someone give the S7 a go for Cyanogenmod development. Hope everything goes well and good luck
P.s. Maybe try to enquire with arter97 and see if he can give any advice
I would test it, too. Would be great to have cyanogenmod on the s7
Pumped Up!
Yes, would love a CM on my Exynos S7!
@ha3kser I personally own an International Unlocked variant of the Galaxy S7 Model Number: SM-G930F from the Middle East and I support your cause and wish you good luck. Nevertheless In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can
- Nikos Kazantzakis
I'd love to see this happening aswell!

Discussions about Android 7 vs Android 6 for SGS7?

Many previous Samsung flagship phones have had TERRIBLE user experiences with new major Android releases. My S7 (Exynos on Tmobile) has been prompting me to download and install Android 7, and I don't want to! Not while I'm not convinced it's gonna be a worse experience over the now smooth Android 6 it is currently running. My last phone was the S4, and the upgrade from Android 4 to 5 was terrible for everyone. I ran a Danvd 4.4.4 and that's about as good as it got for the S4.
I also don't trust Google to get any major Android revision right until Android x.1 Not gonna be a Google beta tester for my daily driver!
So, I am looking around here to see if there is any discussion about the upgrade from Android 6 to Android 7, from Samsung, and I'm a bit surprised to not see one.
Am I missing something?
So does everyone love Android 7.0 or should folks be waiting for Android 7.1 ?
You're not looking very far if you can't find any discussion about Nougat 7.0, that's just about all people are discussing now
If you don't like it, flash back to MM with ODIN
Nougat is IMO quicker and more optimised than MM now, better settings UI, better in just about everything, I flashed back to MM a while ago and didn't enjoy it one little bit, big clunky and childish compared to Nougat
one response with a bit of snark..... so... you don't know then, right? thanks.
Not looking to root, so flashing Nougat for a try and then flashing back is not possible.
This would specifically be a topic on accepting the factory upgrade to Nougat from Marshmallow; where most of the opinions here about Nougat are discussed in threads about custom ROMs.
In years past, this specific kind of discussion would have its own thread. Hunting for opinions on this throughout 100s of threads is just not going to work.
One snarky response because of the retarded question
Go read some threads, you obviously haven't
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One snarky response because of the retarded question
Go read some threads, you obviously haven't
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You are an asshole. Already did plenty of looking around, and there are no threads to facilitate discussion on how well received the general rollout is. You don't understand the ask, so just move along if you don't like a question.
For those interested:
Here is some pertinent stuff. It's mostly beta discussion.... Feb rollout by around post count 80
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/how-to/samsung-s7-nougat-final-ota-t3532213
The usual stuff: Not much love at all for Samsung's Nougat rollout. Lot's of reports of annoying bugs, bad batter life, etc.
Also, there is some better discussions about the wide Nougat rollouts in US-carrier-specific sub-forums.
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You are an asshole.
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My attitude mirrors that of the person I am talking to, take a look in the mirror.
Dude, STFU! What are you, 12 years old? I asked some simple questions, and you started right out with your juvenile ****. grow up!
Moderators, could you please close and remove this useless thread? Thanks to this asshat!
Dude? And you're calling me 12? lmao
Next time you start a thread, make sure you've read a few first
You wonder why no-one else has replied here, why your thread isn't a huge hit? Because it is attempting to start a subject being discussed all over the S7 forums in multiple threads already, but you would have known that if you'd read a few first.
You really think you can come late in the game to a forum as huge as XDA, to the busy S7 forums, where MM has been already upgraded to Nougat for most people, and think you are going to be the first to start a thread about MM vs Nougat?
Those sort of threads started at the beginning of the Nougat beta programme last year
Come on 'dude', even if you couldn't be bothered to look, you could have worked out for yourself that wasn't going to be the case.
I guess your description of this thread being useless is correct though, so congrats on that :good:
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