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[Q] How to port a build to hero

so i have a custom build over in the vogue forums but i would love to get it working on the hero, it is basically just a heavily customized version of AOSP so i took asop mod as a base and added my custom changes to it (that part i got) i then signed it and attempted to flash it to my hero, it got about half way through the installation and said i was missing and update script so if anybody can give me advice that would be awesome i would really love to get this build running on my daily phone.

thoughtlesskyle said:
so i have a custom build over in the vogue forums but i would love to get it working on the hero, it is basically just a heavily customized version of AOSP so i took asop mod as a base and added my custom changes to it (that part i got) i then signed it and attempted to flash it to my hero, it got about half way through the installation and said i was missing and update script so if anybody can give me advice that would be awesome i would really love to get this build running on my daily phone.
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When you unzipped the ROM you should have seen some folders and a boot.img. There are some folders in the boot.img that need to be replaced along with the kernel for our phone. So just using a boot.img from another ROM might be the easiest. Otherwise you will have to unpack it, switch out files and repack with a kernel for our phone.
The update script is found in /META-INF/com/google/android/. You should be able to pull it from another ROM.

unCoRrUpTeD said:
When you unzipped the ROM you should have seen some folders and a boot.img. There are some folders in the boot.img that need to be replaced along with the kernel for our phone. So just using a boot.img from another ROM might be the easiest. Otherwise you will have to unpack it, switch out files and repack with a kernel for our phone.
The update script is found in /META-INF/com/google/android/. You should be able to pull it from another ROM.
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ah i deleted the meta-inf folder thats probably what cause the problem
also am i able to have a folder that keeps things in /data like i am on the vogue or does it all have to be in the system?

Possible to flash kernel directly from CWM?

Hi there folks,
I want to flash kernels on the go (Semaphore "regular" and Big Mem version) and using the least applications possible (i.e. without SGS Kernel Flasher, if possible).
So I'm looking for a way to flash them via the CWM .zip installation.
I know (think) that with the proper installation script inside the .zip, it should work OK. In fact, I've found this solution that achieves this, but it doesn't work in our phone (I've tried and the old kernels stays around), so probably I'm looking for something similar to that.
Would you let me know what you think?
PS: I've also found this one too, but obviously the kernel in my case is .tar so it won't directly work with CWM...
Thanks

Just out of curiosity, what's wrong with Kernel Flasher?

Dan_Aykroyd said:
Hi there folks,
I want to flash kernels on the go (Semaphore "regular" and Big Mem version) and using the least applications possible (i.e. without SGS Kernel Flasher, if possible).
So I'm looking for a way to flash them via the CWM .zip installation.
I know (think) that with the proper installation script inside the .zip, it should work OK. In fact, I've found this solution that achieves this, but it doesn't work in our phone (I've tried and the old kernels stays around), so probably I'm looking for something similar to that.
Would you let me know what you think?
PS: I've also found this one too, but obviously the kernel in my case is .tar so it won't directly work with CWM...
Thanks
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I would love to help if you have posted this in the right thread.. this is the development thread!

myrddral said:
Just out of curiosity, what's wrong with Kernel Flasher?
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Nothing, it works great, but I want to minimize the number of installed apps, so it'd be even greater to be able to flash it via CWM
fahad123 said:
I would love to help if you have posted this in the right thread.. this is the development thread!
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Yeah, I thought this belonged here since CWM, flashing kernels and kernel flashing apps would be considered as development tools.
If I was wrong, please forgive and may a mod move it away
Thanks!!!

It is a question, there is a dedicated Question and Answer thread. HMMM WHERE SHOULD I PUT IT?

This might help you?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308448

Thanks!
Jarmezrocks said:
This might help you?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308448
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Thanks James, that was awesome!
Sadly they don't have the Semaphore 1.9.1 kernels (regular and big memory) which are what I use.
Now that I think about... I'll download what they have and try replacing the zImage. Will let you know how it goes!

Great!
It worked!
I had to modify the installation script a little and replace the zImages with the corresponding ones and it flashed OK!
Thanks Jamez, you rock!

There are two kind of kernel!
You can flash kernel with odin, like (speedmodkernel o other).
You can flash in Cwm mode! Usually are in zip file and flash it in recovery mode! It must be specify, if you can use odin or cmw!
Pay attention to cm7/miui kernel!
They use a particular filesystem and they aren't compliant to stok rom!

[Q][ROM] Nexus One SLCD Eclair rom wanted

Hi,
as the title states I am looking for an Eclair ROM for the Nexus One with SLCD support.
I tested official ROMs, though couldnt find any which supports the SLCD, which means:
I know how to flash it and the process itself worked, but the display was just off when the mobile booted up. Buttons worked but the touch display didnt.
It needs to be an Android 2.1 or 2.0 and the Hardware is also fixed: Nexus One with SLCD.
I was looking for a week now and couldnt find a suitable ROM.
Any help is welcome, thx in advance.
Cheers, stas

There is none in existence. Nexus didn't come in SLCD variant until Froyo was released.

Would it be possible to get Eclair running on the Nexus One with a homebrew linux kernel? I mean: Is the slcd driver just some kernel issue or do I need something more?
Anyone knows a way of how to make it work?
Cheers, stas

Have you seen this post?
http://blog.akisaarinen.fi/booting-android-21-in-nexus-one-with-slcd
It seems this guy was able to boot his slcd nexus one with eclair.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA

I have seen this post and tried to use a stock eclair rom and unpack the boot.img to replace the kernel with an own one. I took the kernel config off a froyo image and build a kernel. though after repacking and flashing the device didnt boot. I could try to use a froyo kernel with slcd support in an eclair boot.img, would do it tomorrow.
Thanks, stas

I actually managed to boot up android 2.1 but couldnt get the wifi working.
Steps I did:
flash boot.img from froyo
flash system.img from eclair
that way the display was working and the phone booted up. But the wifi didnt work. After some reading I encountered that the kernel modules are located in the system.img and the kernel is as expected in boot.img. Since both are from different branches the module for the wifi didnt match the kernel. So I extracted the appropriate kernel module from froyos system.img and pushed it on the mobile. That way the wifi could be activated but still could not connect to the AP. How ever I leave it for now and try a different approach.
Thanks for your time.

You can try to take any custom kernel for Froyo, look at the files being flashed besides boot.img, grab all those files from Eclair ROM and flash them on Froyo ROM. This way you'll get most of the functionality in the kernel.

[Q] Change kernel?

Just flashed Pacman, and it lags like crazy. Unless I can get ahold of that lagfix zip that everyone's talking about, I will flash to Clean Rom. I've looked for good instructions on how to flash the stock kernel, but can't find any. How would I do this?

Request: Would like some files from someone on stock 3.5.3 with stock kernel.

I'm going to try building a stock-kernel-3.5.3.zip that can be flashed via TWRP for anyone that wants to go back to the stock kernel. I've gone along to a custom kernel that I really like and I was under the mistaken impression that I could restore by restoring boot.img from 3.5.3. I knew there were probably /system/lib/modules that went with the kernels, but I was told otherwise.
Anyway, if you wouldn't mind and you've got a 100% stock 3.5.3 ROM installed with stock kernel, I'd like to get the following files, just one folder, zipped up is fine:
/system/lib/modules/ (the contents of that folder are the files I need). With that I can try to build a stock-kernel-restore.zip file. I've got the boot.img.
Note: I've been a dev of one sort or another for a long time, but I've not done any Android kernel work since pre-marshmallow days and the way TWRP .zip files works, as well as the structure of the install itself (the scripting for the updater) appears to have changed a lot, so I've got a little learning curve ahead of me (unless it's easier than I think). Don't hold your breath waiting for me but I'd greatly appreciate those files.
Many thanks in advance.