Let's start!
So, I just want create Development Team for LG GT540 and make CM9 (ICS).
At this moment I have working version ICS, but I don't have a lot of time for this, so I think together we can make more, better and faster.
Look on other guys, for example Samsung Gio, Ace, LG P350, P500 and other cheep phone, they work together and have progress.
I need 3-5 people who know basic android, know how build the ROM from sources and can/want do something for all.
I made organization repository for work and will publish fix and config sources after create Development Team.
The main priority:
- create new kernel 2.6.35.10 from CM repository - https://github.com/mmxtrem/lge-kernel-msm7x27 (I started yet, and maybe in future we will have official support CM7 and kernel);
- create CM9 ROM usable and stable for every day with maximum functionality.
So, welcome! Let's make some rock!
P.S. I think that this idea will continuous like other "about make kernel together by Mur4ik"! Because all want just glory and money, it's woefully.
links
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21770058&postcount=20
Maybe this time it will happen... I know PCFighter had a similar idea for an ICS team so perhaps you two can work together.
Sent from my LG GT540 Swift
Why you don't want help? I saw you did something in kernel.
miroslav_mm said:
Why you don't want help? I saw you did something in kernel.
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My computer is old & slow. Too old & slow I think to build ICS. If you need a tester or anything else...
Sent from my LG GT540 Swift
I am build on laptop in Virtualbox, 1 core, 2gb RAM for Virtualbox, its slow, but working, 10-20hour for build. its not big problem, dont listen other devs, that need super PC, they just want money for upgrade!
One dev from Modaco build ICS on netbook with Atom core.
My C++ programming knowledge is very little, I have the PC for building roms, but that's not enough. I'd like to be a tester, or smthing like that
98% forum's user think that it's very hard!
No, it's not true.
Just need have logic and interest.
One year ago I don't know what is Android, now I am feeling good in gigabytes of sources.
Everyone can do something good for development.
All devs looking on each other, modify source like other, improve, all time finding new information in Google, just one of 100 can write new driver for example.
If we have problem in build, finding in Google, 90% info can find in network, need just understand what you do and understand where is a problem!
Wow, I'm getting more and more motivated. I have some(hopefully enough) C/C++ knowledge, zero knowledge of java, unfortunately, at least basic understanding of Android, and its mechanisms and a will to learn and create. My machine is a desktop pc with AMD Athlon 64 x2 processor(2,8Ghz), 2x1GB DDR2-800 RAM, and a huge hard drive. Unfortunately, I don't have time right now, as I have exams. I should be free in two weeks, and I'll read into the links from the dev topic. My suggestion now is to figure out a good and reliable way for communication between the people on the team.
Sent from my GT.. ah, screw it!
I've a very fast pc.. 3.1 ghz with 640gb about HDD and 6 gb about memory.. but I don't know android about his developting..
Count me in.
Btw. I started to work on msm-3.0 kernel. Which maybee will be useless, when we don't get andreno 200 libs for ICS.
great idea, don't know anything about java or even rom development but or technical stuffs about android but i encourage all of you who can make this possible..
you have my support in mind
I can join, i got the kernel from cm portem to same state as mine in ICS, now just your help miroslav is to do camera and to get ris of gliches - get me on pm for now, I am on holidays till sunday after all i will be on skype etc
I also can help im dont know too much about android building but i learning fast
I have laptop(2,3GHz, 4GB RAM) and virtual box. ICS compiled in 6h
I can help, I got more skill in the development, aosp 2.3 for GS2 and AOSP 4.0.3 for GS2, I can help here.
airbus360 said:
I can help, I got more skill in the development, aosp 2.3 for GS2 and AOSP 4.0.3 for GS2, I can help here.
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Good to see you guys working together.....
Sent from my GT540 using xda premium
i want to help.. i know java and c/c++/c# but i don't know of android... i just need a guide.. an i could help!!
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and my pc is an i7 950 3.33 ghz OC, 6 gb ram and 250 gb partition for linux..
Could i join, i have a prety fast pc and can quickly set up a vmware box for compiling
specs
3cores
4gb ram
prety much unlimited hd space
I love mikes ics rom and i know java already, this would be a nice project for me to learn more about android from
i want to join TeamICS
At the moment i am compiling AOSP 4.0.3
Let's party!!
Wow, amazing guys, everyone is motivated, thats great. I have little knowledge of C, C++ and Android, but if you need tester, count me in. Also my PC is Celeron E3300 @3GHz, 2GB of RAM and 500GB hard.
Nice!
Here will be official git Swift-Team
https://github.com/Swift-Team
Project IceCreamSwift is opened!
Pathes and device folder I will upload later. Manual too.
So, you can fork project, marge, edit, test, after then pull request.
little manual:
https://github.com/Swift-Team/android
P.S.
Write who is a member of team and write github profiles.
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So CM7 was a stellar success for our tiny lil device called Tattoo.
Now that CM7 is over, we'll are eagerly waiting for CM9. I posted this thread to know if Tattoo is going to be supported in the CM9 builds. If anyone of you has an idea of what is going on, you can reply here. Also you can use this thread for dev purposes.
Others here, you can list out what features you want to see on out Tattoos running CM9. This can come of great help to the devs until the actual thread comes up.
So when many devices have got early CM9 builds, why not us? arco68 and KalimochoAz, you there?
The CyanogenMod team already announced that one phone which will not get the upgrade is the Motorola Droid because of it's outdated hardware. You know, Droid is really similar to Tattoo specwise. Same CPU specs, same RAM amount, same internal memory.....
You draw the conclusions.
pretty bleak future for us indeed. but the hero and the G1 are running early builds of it already. so if G1 can do, why not Tattoo?
sunitknandi said:
pretty bleak future for us indeed. but the hero and the G1 are running early builds of it already. so if G1 can do, why not Tattoo?
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Any hope for us. Be patient. They only write about Droid1: http://www.cyanogenmod.com/blog/cm9-progress-update
BilboPC said:
Any hope for us. Be patient. They only write about Droid1: http://www.cyanogenmod.com/blog/cm9-progress-update
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This blog post pretty much confirms that we won't be getting CM9.
Our goal is to provide continued support to all CM7 devices back to the QSD8250 series of devices such as the Nexus One.
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Our device is MUCH less-powerful than the QSD8250, which is a 1.0-1.2GHz CPU and Adreno 200 GPU System-on-a-Chip.
if that is true, wildfire wont get it too.
My guess it it will run. But should be optimized heavily for a smooth experience.
Sent from my HTC Tattoo using XDA App
I'm afraid the low resolution will be the show stopper there.
Maybe possible but it will be light version of ICS a few of the ingredients may be removed.
The screen is 2.8" n this is maybe the drawback...
I have installed ICS on G1. Its horrible ROM, Very Laggy and still needs lot of development for smoother experience. They haven't fixed the rotation problems yet. It looks to me Tatto0 will have a hard time with CM 9 because of its lower quality hardwares.
Tattoo is a 2 years old phone
Once we made it 2.1/2.2
It great already
And now we even have 2.3
What are we still asking for
As google told before
4.0is for high end
So let's enjoy the extra bonus that we get
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using XDA App
There was a Christmas gift to buzz community from Arco
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20639586&postcount=61
which i think is a good news for Tattoo as well in terms of CM9
i still have hope!
it might not be a perfect version of android 4, but at least we can try and have fun a little bit while we wait for next year's christmas for a new phone!!
Look at this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym4A82ft5pw
It's ICS running on htc g1, the first android phone! I hope we can run it also on our tattoo
mattia29 said:
Look at this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym4A82ft5pw
It's ICS running on htc g1, the first android phone! I hope we can run it also on our tattoo
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Yes, it's running, but as you can see it's too slow, really.
Yes but tattoo has a little better specs than G1
Hey all,
If no-one is looking at porting CM9 to Tattoo, I could have an indicative look at doing it; no promises though; as I am doing it for HD2 at the moment, where I am spending all my time
I may have a go in a few days.
Although I may need some assistance with drivers and kernel later on
arif-ali said:
Hey all,
If no-one is looking at porting CM9 to Tattoo, I could have an indicative look at doing it; no promises though; as I am doing it for HD2 at the moment, where I am spending all my time
I may have a go in a few days.
Although I may need some assistance with drivers and kernel later on
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That's awesome, man. I would done it if I had knowlege
arif-ali said:
Hey all,
If no-one is looking at porting CM9 to Tattoo, I could have an indicative look at doing it; no promises though; as I am doing it for HD2 at the moment, where I am spending all my time
I may have a go in a few days.
Although I may need some assistance with drivers and kernel later on
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Please do it if u have time.
Update on compilation
Hi all,
Everything I do is all open, so you will see what I have done; this also gives others the chance to contribute
If someone wants to see my progress, then you can go to the following git repo
https://github.com/arif-ali/android_device_htc_click
and when I have a build it will be located here
http://cyanogenmod.arif-ali.co.uk/rom/test
So far quite a bit compiles, working on the wpa_supplicant part now. Looks like it may be a hack or need to look somewhere else.
I've had the Tattoo for 2 years now, but don't really know the HW much, so much research will be required. I've just installed nfinityGB, as and when arco built it.
If someone can give any input, it may speed up my work; and it will be appreciated.
Edit 1:
* Got passed the wifi, just got the drivers from gingerbread (for my notes)
Code:
cd system/wlan
git clone git://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_system_wlan_ti.git -b gingerbread
mv android_system_wlan_ti ti
sed -i s/LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS.*/LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS\ :=\ optional/g system/wlan/ti/sta_dk_4_0_4_32/config/Android.mk
* Need http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20737947&postcount=27 for compilation as well
Code:
unzip ../webrtc.zip -d external/webrtc/
Edit 2:
Good News; first compile done.
Bad News; it's 4am in the morning, and I can't be bothered to test
I have no idea if it is going to work or not, and if someone is really adventurous, then feel free to try flashing the file from the following URL in about 20 mins i.e. better to try 04:30 GMT to be on the safe side
http://cyanogenmod.arif-ali.co.uk/rom/test/update-cm9-click-20120101.zip
system is going to be 162M, and gapps can be downloaded from http://cyanogenmod.arif-ali.co.uk/misc/gapps-ics-20111128.zip
Personally, I won't be able to test until tomorrow now
Edit 3:
NVM, this won't work, our system is only 150M; I will give it another go later
I have been working on porting CM9 to the VS910. So far I have gotten it to boot to the lock screen.
What Works
Boot animation
Lock screen
SurfaceFlinger
logcat/adb shell
3d accel is half working. I have gotten SurfaceFlinger to load up and interface the proprietary drivers (from GB) correctly, but HardwareRenderer (java framework) fails because the drivers don't give up a valid config.
What Doesn't Work
Touch screen
HardwareRenderer (fails because HardwareRenderer.chooseEglConfig() returns null value)
Everything else
Currently this ROM is totally unusuable for anything except for development. At this point, I do believe it is possible to get CM9 running, but it will take a good bit of developer effort. It would be helpful for any other developers around here to give some insight on the errors that come up in the adb logs.
How To Build
Follow Google's instructions for setting up a Linux system or VM for Android AOSP building
Follow CM9 build instructions up to brunch command
git clone git://github.com/andyichr/makerom.git to a location, such as ~/android/makerom
Overlay the files in ~/android/makerom/cm9-system/overlay onto the cm9/system directory (this adds vs910 brunch)
Adjust values in makerom.sh to match your own paths (MAKE SURE TO POINT IT AT A VALID KERNEL --I didn't include instructions for building a kernel)
Adjust values in makecm9.sh to match your own paths
Run ~/android/makerom/makecm9.sh to build cm9 (this takes a long time, depending on your system)
If build is successful, run ~/makerom/makerom.sh which will output a ROM which may be flashed to the device for testing
This is very rough work, but it proves that the basic parts of CM9/ICS do function on the Revolution. The cyanogenmod developers have already added some patches to the android source which allow ICS to run using video drivers from Gingerbread. This means it should be possible to get things working.
The current major problem with this ROM is that the HardwareRenderer does not initialize. Immediately after this, the main trebuchet process is killed and the system reboots itself after a while.
I will be happy to do what I can to support the process of porting CM9 to our phones. I read that a couple of other devs may be looking into porting CM7, but I think focusing on 9 might be more worth the effort, since we already have Gingerbread.
I have also attached a logcat to this post which should give developers some idea about what exactly is broken, which will lead to the first steps of debugging and porting.
Any interested developers should fork my repo on github (git://github.com/andyichr/makerom.git) which has the build scripts and patches.
That's about it for now. I very well may have left out some steps along the way. If you try to follow this process and it doesn't work out, let me know and I'll help you out.
ROM Download (very broken --only use for testing and development)
http://www.multiupload.com/GI0MLQYTE0 - Flash this if you want to see ICS boot to the lock screen or help test/debug. It's not useful for much else at this point.
We're getting there! I've already patched the android egl framework code slightly and built a kernel. CM team already patched frameworks/base for 2.3 video drivers. We'll patch what we have to to get this thing running! I am pretty busy but I will follow this thread and I hope for this to be a collaborative, transparent porting process! Good luck!
Nice, get with Mtmichaelson and Cubed, they are working on Cm9 also!
Sent from my VS910 4G using Tapatalk
Great! I saw in the CM7 thread that thecubed put up a git repo. I'm not sure exactly what his development plan is, but I'd be happy to fork his repo and trade patches, logs, etc. The more devs we have on this, the better... it's not a trivial task and I'm sure my wife hates me by now for spending so many hrs on it so far.
If I read correctly, thecubed just got a master repository set up for the revolution, so maybe the files that are needed could be lurking in there? I'll see if I can find the link and post it here.
Here's the link: https://github.com/thecubed
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I know in irc tonight cubed was talking about it. Guess they have to work on a few things but it's coming along. Wish I knew more so I could help out in this to. Guess I could be the Guinea pig.
Sent from my VS910 4G using Tapatalk
aichrist said:
Great! I saw in the CM7 thread that thecubed put up a git repo. I'm not sure exactly what his development plan is, but I'd be happy to fork his repo and trade patches, logs, etc. The more devs we have on this, the better... it's not a trivial task and I'm sure my wife hates me by now for spending so many hrs on it so far.
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Awesome job so far! For a lot of things to work correctly, it's my understanding that you'll need a new kernel. For at least the touchscreen issues, you need the "idc" file in the "/system/usr/idc" directory (not sure if you have that or not, I didn't get a chance to check yet)
Either way, if you'd like to get in contact with me, hop on IRC and I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have.
Excellent work!
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I know in irc tonight cubed was talking about it. Guess they have to work on a few things but it's coming along. Wish I knew more so I could help out in this to. Guess I could be the Guinea pig.
Sent from my VS910 4G using Tapatalk
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Yeah I see thecube's repo at https://github.com/thecubed/android_device_lge_revolution. His CM files are a lot cleaner than mine... I just copied the crespo config and haven't had time to clean it up yet. I'll do some diffs of his vs mine and see about getting things merged. My github repo has some additional files so what I could do is replace my vs910 device folder with a fork of thecube's repo.
I'm not sure whether his files are for CM7 or CM9 (or if it doesn't matter). I'm new to CM porting, but I'm not new to linux or android app development.
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Awesome job so far! For a lot of things to work correctly, it's my understanding that you'll need a new kernel. For at least the touchscreen issues, you need the "idc" file in the "/system/usr/idc" directory (not sure if you have that or not, I didn't get a chance to check yet)
Either way, if you'd like to get in contact with me, hop on IRC and I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have.
Excellent work!
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Thanks for the tip. I'll check that out. So far I've mainly been banging my head on getting the adreno205 drivers working, but it sure would be nice to have touch working. That'd be the next priority.
I'm tempted to switch of 3d acceleration but I am focusing on one thing at a time.
I'll hop on IRC. Which channel are you on specifically?
As always guys, I'm happy to assist in testing. Nor very knowledgeable on coding or porting, but I can definitely put my phone at risk
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wish I knew more about this stuff so I could help
keep up the great work!
crossing fingers, hoping I'll get the chance to start making themes for CM9!
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Thanks for the tip. I'll check that out. So far I've mainly been banging my head on getting the adreno205 drivers working, but it sure would be nice to have touch working. That'd be the next priority.
I'm tempted to switch of 3d acceleration but I am focusing on one thing at a time.
I'll hop on IRC. Which channel are you on specifically?
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Head over to #lgrevolution and I'll be there as IOMonster.
Yep, for ICS we need a lot of work in the KGSL department in kernel for getting proper Adreno support working... Tiamat is working on adding the new KGSL/USB/Genlock support to his MSM7X30 repo here ( http://git.tiamat-dev.com/7x30/htc-kernel-msm7x30/ ) and after that we need to merge our kernel sources with his (boardfiles, includes, configs, etc)
Booting to lockscreen is great, but there's a LOT of work to be done before we can have a "working" ICS by any stretch of the imagination... ICS is a whole new beast, unfortunately...
Cubed beat me to it.
Sent from my VS910 4G using xda premium
thecubed said:
Head over to #lgrevolution and I'll be there as IOMonster.
Yep, for ICS we need a lot of work in the KGSL department in kernel for getting proper Adreno support working... Tiamat is working on adding the new KGSL/USB/Genlock support to his MSM7X30 repo here ( http://git.tiamat-dev.com/7x30/htc-kernel-msm7x30/ ) and after that we need to merge our kernel sources with his (boardfiles, includes, configs, etc)
Booting to lockscreen is great, but there's a LOT of work to be done before we can have a "working" ICS by any stretch of the imagination... ICS is a whole new beast, unfortunately...
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Great --I'll be on the channel as achristianson or achristi.
Thanks so much for all that info.
I'm sure it is a long road to a fully working ICS. I see it as a challenge and will just keep fixing the next broken thing...
I'd be happy to test this. I got a spare revo cuz I had a warranty and this dent on the outer corner was driving me nuts.
Gingerfused Gingervolt 1.3 + Blitz
It's really awesome to see everyone working on this. I really wish I knew more about this stuff to be able to help. All this is really making me wanna read up on this stuff and learn how to do some of it. Until that happens, I'll be more than happy to help out with any testing or in any other way within my capabilities. I got a Revo just sitting there deactived waiting for that ICS goodness.
Thanks a lot for everyone working on this. Those of us that aren't as gifted really aprreciate the work you guys are putting in.
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It's really awesome to see everyone working on this. I really wish I knew more about this stuff to be able to help. All this is really making me wanna read up on this stuff and learn how to do some of it. Until that happens, I'll be more than happy to help out with any testing or in any other way within my capabilities. I got a Revo just sitting there deactived waiting for that ICS goodness.
Thanks a lot for everyone working on this. Those of us that aren't as gifted really aprreciate the work you guys are putting in.
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If you've noticed my post in the CM7 Thread, which somehow 'feels' like it's sparked something off here (maybe just timing, lol), I am beginning to work on this stuff.
Anyone can do it, but the problem is motivation and the willingness to learn something new. You will never learn this stuff unless you're willing to fail and fail again. You learn by mistakes and mistakes sometimes turn into innovation for new things and ideas.
There is a lot of Dev's all of a sudden and I do agree, it's great to see. I was almost about to start looking at the Nexus. When I realized I would lose out on the $130 of extra accessories for my Revo (Car Dock, home dock, extra battery, car charge, etc.), And the fact the the Nexus had no External SD Card, I was like... Nah.. Time to step up and see what I can do to make the Revo a well-supported, up to date, kick-ass device. If LG and Verizon wanna sit on their asses, let'em. We make the phone better anyhow, right? MT, Cubed, and anyone else who has already contributed so much, has made this phone 10X's what it ever was out of the box. And, unlike LG and Verizon, Dev's like MT (and others) don't give us the run around on the next release, but a timeline.
-Cybie
Cybie257 said:
If you've noticed my post in the CM7 Thread, which somehow 'feels' like it's sparked something off here (maybe just timing, lol), I am beginning to work on this stuff.
Anyone can do it, but the problem is motivation and the willingness to learn something new. You will never learn this stuff unless you're willing to fail and fail again. You learn by mistakes and mistakes sometimes turn into innovation for new things and ideas.
There is a lot of Dev's all of a sudden and I do agree, it's great to see. I was almost about to start looking at the Nexus. When I realized I would lose out on the $130 of extra accessories for my Revo (Car Dock, home dock, extra battery, car charge, etc.), And the fact the the Nexus had no External SD Card, I was like... Nah.. Time to step up and see what I can do to make the Revo a well-supported, up to date, kick-ass device. If LG and Verizon wanna sit on their asses, let'em. We make the phone better anyhow, right? MT, Cubed, and anyone else who has already contributed so much, has made this phone 10X's what it ever was out of the box. And, unlike LG and Verizon, Dev's like MT (and others) don't give us the run around on the next release, but a timeline.
-Cybie
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Exactly how i feel. Forget LG and Verizon. You guys are the ones taking these average phones into something great. I definitely gave up on getting any real support from either of them.
I really want to start getting into this. I have a little bit of time on my hands and will definitely be reading up on all this. I think you sparked something with your post lol. I know other people like MT and theCubed were already working on some things but I think you definitely added a little spark lol. Very happy to see other people jumping on board to help out. Hopefully I can too
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Exactly how i feel. Forget LG and Verizon. You guys are the ones taking these average phones into something great. I definitely gave up on getting any real support from either of them.
I really want to start getting into this. I have a little bit of time on my hands and will definitely be reading up on all this. I think you sparked something with your post lol. I know other people like MT and theCubed were already working on some things but I think you definitely added a little spark lol. Very happy to see other people jumping on board to help out. Hopefully I can too
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Yup! The motivation for me has been that support by LG and VZ is diminishing. This is the beauty of open source, though. Now the community can support it.
I believe the Revolution really is a good phone. It's got a good GPU and CPU. It's not dual-core, no, but with a good ROM on there, it can be much more efficient than a dual-core phone that is loaded with crapware.
Cybie did inspire me to put my work up sooner so that we can all focus on it and not duplicate our efforts as much.
thecubed said:
Head over to #lgrevolution and I'll be there as IOMonster.
Yep, for ICS we need a lot of work in the KGSL department in kernel for getting proper Adreno support working... Tiamat is working on adding the new KGSL/USB/Genlock support to his MSM7X30 repo here ( http://git.tiamat-dev.com/7x30/htc-kernel-msm7x30/ ) and after that we need to merge our kernel sources with his (boardfiles, includes, configs, etc)
Booting to lockscreen is great, but there's a LOT of work to be done before we can have a "working" ICS by any stretch of the imagination... ICS is a whole new beast, unfortunately...
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OK so I was doing more debugging last night in the EGL/SurfaceFlinger/HardwareRenderer code. I also looked at some of Tiamat's work on the MSM7X30 kernel.
I can see now what you mean with regard to merging parts of that kernel into our own. I am assuming that kernel is being crafted to work with ICS-friendly EGL blobs for the adreno205. Is that correct? If so, then that kernel would have code that would be required to talk to the binary blob EGL drivers for Adreno205 that we would pull from some device that has the same chip and has official proprietary drivers for ICS available. I believe the HTC Droid Incredible 2 is one such device. Is this roughly what you were thinking?
I initially had thought of going down a different path: Instead of using newer ICS proprietary drivers and updating our kernel to support it, I was planning on keeping the kernel we have and the binary drivers we have, which are already made to work with each other. The work then required to get ICS working would be to change parts of the ICS userspace code such that they'd work with our older drivers. I don't have the links on hand, but I believe this is possible because I read about others taking this strategy on other devices that do not have ICS support officially but do have proper GB support. It also makes sense to me logically that the userspace code could be changed to our heart's content to work with older drivers, since we have full access to that source code. One option that I read about that we could potentially do is write a wrapper for the *adreno200*so librares that would implement the newer API that ICS is expecting and would translate the calls into the older API that is supported in our GB proprietary drivers.
It looks to me like we have two possible ways forward with regard to getting hardware acceleration working: upgrading the kernel and drivers to have "proper" ICS support, or patching ICS userspace code to work with GB drivers and kernel. I believe that patching the ICS userspace code would get us up and running faster while upgrading the kernel and adding newer drivers would be the better long-term solution.
Here are a couple of patches that people have already implemented to support older EGL blobs/kernels:
https://github.com/VorkTeam/android_frameworks_base/commit/429e922fb6f2660fc40472e939175688af52b1d2
https://gist.github.com/CyanogenMod...mmit/5d689bd02531f8ff256b3b1eddcaa8040c9f3559
https://gist.github.com/CyanogenMod...mmit/f8e2430be2d6b3e88afd7190f6712f3bc1df0cbf
Let me know what you think.
Also, what do you think about using the BOARD_USES_QCOM_HARDWARE := true directive to our CM board configuration? I noticed references to the QCOM_HARDWARE flags all over the video code. It seems we would want this since we are using a QCOM video chip. The only problem is the build failed for me when I added this flag. There's an issue about it on github: https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_hardware_qcom_display/issues/3#issuecomment-3457179.
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OK so I was doing more debugging last night in the EGL/SurfaceFlinger/HardwareRenderer code. I also looked at some of Tiamat's work on the MSM7X30 kernel.
I can see now what you mean with regard to merging parts of that kernel into our own. I am assuming that kernel is being crafted to work with ICS-friendly EGL blobs for the adreno205. Is that correct? If so, then that kernel would have code that would be required to talk to the binary blob EGL drivers for Adreno205 that we would pull from some device that has the same chip and has official proprietary drivers for ICS available. I believe the HTC Droid Incredible 2 is one such device. Is this roughly what you were thinking?
I initially had thought of going down a different path: Instead of using newer ICS proprietary drivers and updating our kernel to support it, I was planning on keeping the kernel we have and the binary drivers we have, which are already made to work with each other. The work then required to get ICS working would be to change parts of the ICS userspace code such that they'd work with our older drivers. I don't have the links on hand, but I believe this is possible because I read about others taking this strategy on other devices that do not have ICS support officially but do have proper GB support. It also makes sense to me logically that the userspace code could be changed to our heart's content to work with older drivers, since we have full access to that source code. One option that I read about that we could potentially do is write a wrapper for the *adreno200*so librares that would implement the newer API that ICS is expecting and would translate the calls into the older API that is supported in our GB proprietary drivers.
It looks to me like we have two possible ways forward with regard to getting hardware acceleration working: upgrading the kernel and drivers to have "proper" ICS support, or patching ICS userspace code to work with GB drivers and kernel. I believe that patching the ICS userspace code would get us up and running faster while upgrading the kernel and adding newer drivers would be the better long-term solution.
Here are a couple of patches that people have already implemented to support older EGL blobs/kernels:
https://github.com/VorkTeam/android_frameworks_base/commit/429e922fb6f2660fc40472e939175688af52b1d2
https://gist.github.com/CyanogenMod...mmit/5d689bd02531f8ff256b3b1eddcaa8040c9f3559
https://gist.github.com/CyanogenMod...mmit/f8e2430be2d6b3e88afd7190f6712f3bc1df0cbf
Let me know what you think.
Also, what do you think about using the BOARD_USES_QCOM_HARDWARE := true directive to our CM board configuration? I noticed references to the QCOM_HARDWARE flags all over the video code. It seems we would want this since we are using a QCOM video chip. The only problem is the build failed for me when I added this flag. There's an issue about it on github: https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_hardware_qcom_display/issues/3#issuecomment-3457179.
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You guys are great! I hope this is doable, keep up the hard work..
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Hi guys/girls,
I would like to create a Galaxy S (I9000) ROM for a school project from AOSP.
There are a few to I would like to know before I start:
Because I can't work on it for more than 80 hours (including research), would this be do-able for a person with no real programming experience (yet)?
What version of Android do you recommend me to make? (which is the best for a beginner)
Does it cost me money? (drivers from samsungs?)
Will you be able to help me if I can't figure it out with Google/XDA?
My goal is to make it work, not to make it the fastest ROM on XDA or something professional.
Thank you for your answer.
No one?
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Hi,
Sounds like an exiting project. I think the easiest way to get started would be to use dsixda's Android Kitchen.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1257297
Interesting, i'll follow this thread
I would say no to less than 80 hours, especially if you have no experience.
Download any rom from here modify bootanimation and some
Minor GUI elements as well as add some apks and submit it. Nobody's gonna know a thing (since this is a school project)
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I would say no to less than 80 hours, especially if you have no experience.
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Hmm okay thank you for the answer, that was my main point..
Then I'll have to figure something out for a new subject, because I can't just do what Gcuhiha sais (60-100 hours min-max and you can do that in 5 min) and Dsixda's Android Kitchen sounds great but not for this sort of project, from what I read about it and saw on video it's not really advanced and you're finished kinda soon. I do have to write a report about it on how I did it and that kind of things and ofcourse I can't say I pressed 1 and 2 and installed it..
Is making an app different? I mean is it possible to make one in ~80 hours? (for the samsung galaxy s GT I9000)
For making a simple game, i.e. Snake.
The reason why I said no is that compiling Android from aosp source is a massive project. It took some of the most experienced developers months just to get cm7 working on the i9000. The codes for the drivers are a nightmare to work out, and not something that you want to deal with in a 80 hour time scale. You might well have something working by the end, but it's going to be buggy to the point that it might not be useable.
As for building a stock ROM like someone else has suggested, now that's easy. The framework is already there, so all you are really doing is some theming, adding a few extra apps and may be tweaking some kernel values. It's not really cheating, but probably not very satisfying.
As for writing your own app, well that should definitely be doable, especially if you make use of tools like app builder. Android programming is a lot like java, so knowing that will help, but not necessary. High level programming language is very similar to normal English.
Knowledge is Power. Guard it well.
Since Android 4.4 has low system requirements, do you think anyone will make a rom for our device?
as for NEON, Tonyp managed to make 4.3 work so I'm guessing it is possible with 4.4?
KittKatt would be awesome!
I sure hope someone will... I think it might run a lot better than jellybean versions considering the memory requirements... I just hope that not too much has changed 'under the hood' to make it work with current drivers. LG will never release new drivers.
To anyone who tries: Good luck and well done!!
Tonyp's 2 cents about kitkat
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...postcount=1086
this is a main topic on o2x forum... use a search a bit before opening a new thread
Well, we hope so...if pengus77 and tonyp doesn't hit a roadblock with android 4.4 sources. Well be satisfied with we have right now. Android 4.3 for our phones is doing great.
Wrong thread.
Really hope for a 4.4 ROM that would be GREAT
Out there are alredy custom AOSP roms on the nexus 4 i think and the HTC one i read that on google
But i reckon it will be possible for most devices with cyanogenmod
You all do realize that this ain't such an easy thing to accomplish? Aside the "low memory requirement" that 4.4 offers, it is still a long shot. First of all, there's the thing with the drivers that we are stuck on since android 4.0, LG's final update. tonyp and pengus have done an amazing job regarding this, but as all of you might know, tony is upgrading. I'm not sure if to the N5 or Z1Mini, but regardless in one of his posts on the "The Rom" thread he stated that he yet does not know what to do with his love-hate o2x. Second of all, even cyanogenmod stated that they won't be updating older devices regardless of the 512mb requirement. Then there's NEON and the fact that even Google abandoned our Tegra. Other than that, I am more than satisfied with his 10.2 rom, and I'm currently using it as a daily driver. Other than that, install linux, sync repos and cook roms. This community has yet to die. Oh, or theme. Theming works well.
I may be new to the O2X community, but I read a lot.
NoDze said:
You all do realize that this ain't such an easy thing to accomplish? Aside the "low memory requirement" that 4.4 offers, it is still a long shot. First of all, there's the thing with the drivers that we are stuck on since android 4.0, LG's final update. tonyp and pengus have done an amazing job regarding this, but as all of you might know, tony is upgrading. I'm not sure if to the N5 or Z1Mini, but regardless in one of his posts on the "The Rom" thread he stated that he yet does not know what to do with his love-hate o2x. Second of all, even cyanogenmod stated that they won't be updating older devices regardless of the 512mb requirement. Then there's NEON and the fact that even Google abandoned our Tegra. Other than that, I am more than satisfied with his 10.2 rom, and I'm currently using it as a daily driver. Other than that, install linux, sync repos and cook roms. This community has yet to die. Oh, or theme. Theming works well.
I may be new to the O2X community, but I read a lot.
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I would love to learn how to code / cook ROMs but from what I've worked out you need to have a dedicated machine for the job?
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I would love to learn how to code / cook ROMs but from what I've worked out you need to have a dedicated machine for the job?
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Well, you do at least need a machine with linux dual boot. Cooking is far easier today than it was just a few years ago, I mean tony has a tutorial for cooking your own CM10 build, but yeah, it all depends on linux. There's a lot to download, also (I remember AOSP sources from 4.0 to be like 2 gigs. Or was it 2.3? Don't know, it was for the Optimus GT540 some time ago). All in all, it does take time, patience and some luck. I mean, every recognized contributor earned the title simply by trying. Try, fail, but don't brick and you'll do it
Issue is Linux has never worked well for me (force closes everyware! Which version would you recommend?
Guys anybody follow the XDA portal ? 5-6 phones (HI END PHONES which 2x is not since years ) are getting kit kat roms latest Moto X early one X and GS4 coming rly soon if it doesnt alredy have
Hello, what is on our LG 2X worker kit kat?
Sorry for my English
Magadaga said:
Hello, what is on our LG 2X worker kit kat?
Sorry for my English
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check its thread in the development section, it's promising.
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Rom Port Team Effort
Hello P880 community.
This post has the purpose to put together a group of users / developers, who are willing to participate into bringing a different set of roms into our community.
These set of roms that I'm thinking, can range from complete Sense ports to more customized and maybe less popular roms (like ColorOS, LiGux, FlymeOS, FluidUI, etc..).
What's valid on this thread:
- CM / AOSP (any base we already have) themed (like Samsung TouchUI, Optimus, Blur, etc..). So you can grab any rom (with author authorization), theme it (i mean, not just shove an apk as default theme, I mean neat theming ).
- Ports from other devices (evert port needs to have clear authors permission to port it).
- All users are very welcome, everyone can participate, users with porting / developing skills are needed as well.
The idea is simple, we're not going to use this thread to post the work, this is just a thread to talk about possible projects.
We can start by listing which devices are hardware compatible and the port is "easily" possible.
Roms that can be used as a base for eventual future ports.
CM10.2 - thanks to laufersteppenwolf for compiling this build promptly for this purpose
http://goo.im/devs/laufersteppenwolf/CM10.2//cm-10.2-20140305-UNOFFICIAL-p880.zip
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I strongly recommend the use of MultiRom for testing ports and other roms. That way you can maintain your working rom and whenver feeling adventurous you can without going through the hassle of backup / restore / yada yada yada that we are all too familiar with.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2655988
- - List of Devices with hardware similar / close / identical to the 4X - -
- HTC One X
- HTC One X +
- More ??
- Possible roms to port:
Right now would be nice to see a OEM rom, such a touchwiz or Sense
Work in Progress
N/A available
(awaiting sugestions
So, what do you guys think? ? Any users with good porting skills ? I know we have good developers! Ideas? Sugestions?
Write away
A few guides from XDA - They may not be all you need to get the job done, but a LOT of important information is written here. Don't forget to thanks their authors
Guides / Tutorials
How to Port Roms by @saywhatt
How to Port Manufacturer Rom. by @GalaxyUser
How to port Stock/GB/CM7/CM9/ICS/CM10/JB Based ROMs by @Peteragent5
PS - Every work that is possible to port and if someone decides to invest time in it, it needs explicit authors permission.
Sure if a few people want a particular rom i can bring it to our device, but i would much prefer helping first time rom builders do this own their own then they can maintain it also
JoinTheRealms said:
Sure if a few people want a particular rom i can bring it to our device, but i would much prefer helping first time rom builders do this own their own then they can maintain it also
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Well, I though about some sort of "voting" to bring a "specific" rom.
Personally, I'd love to have Sense on our device. I had two HTC's before and I miss that Sense interface :b
But far as I'm aware, isn't an easy thing to port.
About your offer, this thread stands mostly with learning. The idea is everyone being able to contribute and more users start bringing roms as their first times. So, thank you so much for lending your help and know how, I'm sure we'll have a fine list of possible ports and then we can talk about how to port them over
Everyone can ask for help and the idea is to everyone who is able to - help.
I like the idea of this thread, but what would also be quite usefull is a list of available ROMs and their maintainer(s).
Also the list should include ROMs someone is working on ATM, so it cannot happpen that 2 devs are working on the same ROM
However, your idea is good, but porting a ROM not from sorce is quite hard, and might need some smali "hacking" in order to resolve bugs.
But well, we're a community, and I guess we can help each other if needed, right
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I like the idea of this thread, but what would also be quite usefull is a list of available ROMs and their maintainer(s).
Also the list should include ROMs someone is working on ATM, so it cannot happpen that 2 devs are working on the same ROM
However, your idea is good, but porting a ROM not from sorce is quite hard, and might need some smali "hacking" in order to resolve bugs.
But well, we're a community, and I guess we can help each other if needed, right
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That's correct! :good:
The main point is to learn helping each other who knows in a month or so, today's whiners are tomorrow's contributors
Jokes aside, the first post will be edited in order to structure and add information.
I'm gonna start with compatible devices (the ones that allow porting in a easy way). Ideas? Besides the HTC One X ? I'm guessing the grouper (N7 2012) besides having the same soc, doesn't have the same screen...
PS - (this would be better with an experienced porter) - Maybe we could start with a easy one, and go on from there
I know we have "how to port" threads all around xda ,but each port is different so we can't use "one hat to fit them all" ... or a ring to rule them all, so we should treat each port differently.
However.. I'm gonna put some xda links about porting to bring some light into the matter for who is "new" on this subject... or for whom's feeling adventurous and can't wait to have "their" rom on "our" device
Oh yes finally, have been waiting for a thread like this for a long time me as well would love to see a sense rom on this phone
cm/aosp roms are not that hard to port most of the time u only need the same screen resolution for it to work. (ported a nexus s touchwiz rom over to my old lg optimus 2x) but would have loved to see some oem roms ported over as well, even though it would be a lot harder to port over. but as a wonderful community as this is we might be able to pull it off
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That's correct! :good:
The main point is to learn helping each other who knows in a month or so, today's whiners are tomorrow's contributors
Jokes aside, the first post will be edited in order to structure and add information.
I'm gonna start with compatible devices (the ones that allow porting in a easy way). Ideas? Besides the HTC One X ? I'm guessing the grouper (N7 2012) besides having the same soc, doesn't have the same screen...
PS - (this would be better with an experienced porter) - Maybe we could start with a easy one, and go on from there
I know we have "how to port" threads all around xda ,but each port is different so we can't use "one hat to fit them all" ... or a ring to rule them all, so we should treat each port differently.
However.. I'm gonna put some xda links about porting to bring some light into the matter for who is "new" on this subject... or for whom's feeling adventurous and can't wait to have "their" rom on "our" device
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You can add the HOX+ to the list as well
About porting, you need to seperate it in two halfs, porting from source, and "winzipping". TBH, I'm no fas of winzipping at all, but some stuff (like sense or TW) can only be winzipped...
BTW, if you need a 2nd/3rd post, just let me know
Personally, I'd like to see a GFlex or even better, a G2 (/mini) ROM for our phone (KitKat, of course )
This thread has potential
I'm new to this forum,so i dont know whats going on about roms,i see there are few devs working full time.
I think this is the best way to go: Port ALL open source roms,such as we have already,but we need them all.
Second,make a badass kernel,with all features and customizations,possibly 3.4.
Third,and just a suggestion,Make a community ROM?
I really like this thread,and i even more like this OX4 community,you all get along,and i've missed that,i was on a forum that has no frendly people whatsoever.
And,about the roms,the idea is awesome,but i always think of the clash of clans rule,max everything out before going on a higher level.
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Regarding stock roms, it's an interesting thing, but I'm guessing stock roms are more trouble to port comparing to AOSP or CM.
I remember on the HTC Sensation forums the headaches sense brought to many developers and porters, the bunch of files that needed to be edited, kernel changes (aosp kernel is different from stock / sense kernel in that case).. so Stock roms are maybe harder to port fully.
Right now we have some apks from the G2 (lock screen, messaging, etc..), maybe someone will port some things from the Flex, but the whole base.. hum
@DeHuMaNiZeD , thanks for your reply
The other roms based of AOSP and CM, in my opinion, unless they're different (modded, themed, customized - etc..) but if not, if they are "clean" roms with no changes, then - we have them already I believe you'll agree. (Unless the idea is to test something).
A 3.4 kernel would be something, but perhaps a developer can shed some light here - what benefits would we have from a 3.4 kernel ?
A community rom is indeed long due. This thread is a different subject because it's about *several* roms, ports and tutorials, maybe you would like to create a thread here on General about that? You can start with votes (i believe it's a proper way to do it) with which base should we use (Cm, AOSP, Stock, etc..), included apps (or not), possibly aroma maybe and so on
DeHuMaNiZeD said:
This thread has potential
I'm new to this forum,so i dont know whats going on about roms,i see there are few devs working full time.
I think this is the best way to go: Port ALL open source roms,such as we have already,but we need them all.
Second,make a badass kernel,with all features and customizations,possibly 3.4.
Third,and just a suggestion,Make a community ROM?
I really like this thread,and i even more like this OX4 community,you all get along,and i've missed that,i was on a forum that has no frendly people whatsoever.
And,about the roms,the idea is awesome,but i always think of the clash of clans rule,max everything out before going on a higher level.
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Well, this sounds quite good, but the real problem is: this is a hell lot of work. Also, it needs resources. The sourcecode of a ROM is ~25-30GB. When it's compiled it's about double the size, and takes my PC (8 cores @ 4GHz) about 75Min to compile. Not to mention the time 'til the sources are Downloaded. My 500GB HDD is near to its limit very soon, so sooner or later I will need a new HDD, then I might be able to get another ROM ported, but right now, hard...
Also, why do you need a 3.4 kernel?
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Regarding stock roms, it's an interesting thing, but I'm guessing stock roms are more trouble to port comparing to AOSP or CM.
I remember on the HTC Sensation forums the headaches sense brought to many developers and porters, the bunch of files that needed to be edited, kernel changes (aosp kernel is different from stock / sense kernel in that case).. so Stock roms are maybe harder to port fully.
Right now we have some apks from the G2 (lock screen, messaging, etc..), maybe someone will port some things from the Flex, but the whole base.. hum
@DeHuMaNiZeD , thanks for your reply
The other roms based of AOSP and CM, in my opinion, unless they're different (modded, themed, customized - etc..) but if not, if they are "clean" roms with no changes, then - we have them already I believe you'll agree. (Unless the idea is to test something).
A 3.4 kernel would be something, but perhaps a developer can shed some light here - what benefits would we have from a 3.4 kernel ?
A community rom is indeed long due. This thread is a different subject because it's about *several* roms, ports and tutorials, maybe you would like to create a thread here on General about that? You can start with votes (i believe it's a proper way to do it) with which base should we use (Cm, AOSP, Stock, etc..), included apps (or not), possibly aroma maybe and so on
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For stock ROMs to work, it's your best bet to use AOSP as your base, and then look for what's missing/broken. This, however, means you need an AOSP base first to work with. And AOSP is not always the easiest thing to get properly running.
About the benefits of an 3.4 kernel: None IMO. All you get is a higher version-number, and that's it. We actually already have some 3.4 features backported, and also tweaked the 3.1 kernel quite a lot. So the actual benefits are all in your head (well, except you count bugs as benefits )
Community ROM? Meh, what for? We have so many ROMs already, so everyone should find the one that suits him/her best
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Well, this sounds quite good, but the real problem is: this is a hell lot of work. Also, it needs resources. The sourcecode of a ROM is ~25-30GB. When it's compiled it's about double the size, and takes my PC (8 cores @ 4GHz) about 75Min to compile. Not to mention the time 'til the sources are Downloaded. My 500GB HDD is near to its limit very soon, so sooner or later I will need a new HDD, then I might be able to get another ROM ported, but right now, hard...
Also, why do you need a 3.4 kernel?
For stock ROMs to work, it's your best bet to use AOSP as your base, and then look for what's missing/broken. This, however, means you need an AOSP base first to work with. And AOSP is not always the easiest thing to get properly running.
About the benefits of an 3.4 kernel: None IMO. All you get is a higher version-number, and that's it. We actually already have some 3.4 features backported, and also tweaked the 3.1 kernel quite a lot. So the actual benefits are all in your head (well, except you count bugs as benefits )
Community ROM? Meh, what for? We have so many ROMs already, so everyone should find the one that suits him/her best
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Why dont you set up that build server,i think they're cheap atm,or someone could borrow you? It would take a lot less time and effort. that's why i think offical rom support is important,once it's merged to the build bot,its their responsibility.
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DeHuMaNiZeD said:
Why dont you set up that build server,i think they're cheap atm,or someone could borrow you? It would take a lot less time and effort. that's why i think offical rom support is important,once it's merged to the build bot,its their responsibility.
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It's not as easy as you might think
I do have access to a buildserver, however I only have 100GB as it's a shared one, so this is genious for official builds, or quick tests/ports. But it isn't ideal for the long terms.
Also, having it official doesn't mean you're done you need to update it, and also fix it when it's broken. 'cause when it's broken, it can mess up the whole build process of the buildbot
But in general, you're right, having it official does help a lot
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Does anyone of you have a link to the latest CM10.2 (Android 4.3) for our device?
It seems like it's not anymore on get.cm and I wanted to start porting a TouchWiz (Note 3) ROM to our phone when I have free time
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I can't find them either, but I'm on a tablet so I can't look properly.
@laufersteppenwolf, do you have any *spare* 4.3 build?
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I can't find them either, but I'm on a tablet so I can't look properly.
@laufersteppenwolf, do you have any *spare* 4.3 build?
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LOL, no, I do not, but gimme a few hours and I'll have one
Syncing right now
laufersteppenwolf said:
LOL, no, I do not, but gimme a few hours and I'll have one
Syncing right now
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Thank you
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BTW, did anyone tried to port a ROM this way? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2245786
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Nope, I actually never "winzipped" a ROM
Lot of things to comment on here. Very good initiative I have to admit. I'm sure I'll have more ideas as the discussion evolves.
Similar hardware: You can add HOX+ as laufer said. Very minor differences are there only.
What I would personally prefer is TouchWiz, at least Nature UX 2.0, but new S5 UI is also really awesome. I liked Sense till 4.5, but 5.0+ versions are now out of my 'inner circles'. Especially what I don't like is the UI.
Few suggestions:
FlymeOS (from Meizu MX) - I got 2.0 booting last summer, but had touchkey issues (they were freezing the device lol) and never released it. Nobody ever booted 2.0+ on other Android devices yet.
Porting LG roms might be the best start, I think porting full Optimus G system wouldn't be that hard. Just a pain in the *ss merging process.
What we mainly need is same screen size (unless you wanna resizing 100+ apps ). Similar SoC is a good extra, but that's very limited. Also, it's better to avoid Qualcomm SoCs to port from, it's extremely hard, there are a lot of code changes in low-level code which just make the device get into deep segfault cycles. :cyclops: Even Exynos is easier to port from, trust me. I got SGS3 leaked 4.2 booting on the O4X last autumn.
Big issue we have to note: In 4.2, Google radically changed graphics libraries code. We have old, 4.1.2 blobs and those need hacks in libgui.so and libsurfaceflinger.so to function properly (in 4.4+ libEGL.so, libGLES_v1_CM.so and libGLES_v2.so also need a change). Here comes the problem: Manufacturers do change these libraries, mainly adding Wi-Fi display and HDMI support code which other blobs rely on. Of course we can't just replace these libs, graphics wouldn't function that way. Either we have to guess those function signatures and reimplement some stub in the code, or use new blobs, i.e. what I did in Omni. But y'all now those are not perfect _yet_.
Regarding newer kernels: If, I emphasize, IF it's properly ported, it would cause a noticeable effect on overall performance, battery life, etc. What do I mean by proper porting: All machine-specific code must be updated to Nvidia/Google upstream, no excuses! I don't say anything for sure, I didn't check it much, but kholk didn't do this merge. His kernel still uses 3.1 files with slight modifications to be 3.4-compatible. What I mean would be a very long and painful process, but would surely benefit after all. 3.4 has no Android branch, mainline Nvidia Tegra kernel does only have Linux support, it might be even harder. 3.10 is maintained by Google for Android, issues I have found so far: No graphics driver support for T2 and T3, have to forward-port it and I didn't find core Android components like wakelocks, earlysuspend, etc. Weird.
A little related story: I initially started working on MultiROM so I can test and port different roms while I can keep a stable rom for myself and there'd be no need for reflash then. That's what I can suggest. Use MultiROM, it has so many capabilities! Maybe it's better with kernel sharing so you don't have to wait for hardboot on every reboot (which one needs a lot if porting). @MidnightDevil you could add this to the OP maybe.
MidnightDevil said:
I can't find them either, but I'm on a tablet so I can't look properly.
@laufersteppenwolf, do you have any *spare* 4.3 build?
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Here you are! Compiled this because wanted to start porting from Note 2, but finally worked on Omni more and abandoned it.
{fd}ware said:
BTW, did anyone tried to port a ROM this way? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2245786
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That's way too generic unfortunately.
Quick suggestion for you port: Use Note 2 base with Note 3 features. Note 2 has the same resolution and you won't need to resize.
Adam77Root said:
Lot of things to comment on here. Very good initiative I have to admit. I'm sure I'll have more ideas as the discussion evolves.
Similar hardware: You can add HOX+ as laufer said. Very minor differences are there only.
What I would personally prefer is TouchWiz, at least Nature UX 2.0, but new S5 UI is also really awesome. I liked Sense till 4.5, but 5.0+ versions are now out of my 'inner circles'. Especially what I don't like is the UI.
Few suggestions:
FlymeOS (from Meizu MX) - I got 2.0 booting last summer, but had touchkey issues (they were freezing the device lol) and never released it. Nobody ever booted 2.0+ on other Android devices yet.
Porting LG roms might be the best start, I think porting full Optimus G system wouldn't be that hard. Just a pain in the *ss merging process.
What we mainly need is same screen size (unless you wanna resizing 100+ apps ). Similar SoC is a good extra, but that's very limited. Also, it's better to avoid Qualcomm SoCs to port from, it's extremely hard, there are a lot of code changes in low-level code which just make the device get into deep segfault cycles. :cyclops: Even Exynos is easier to port from, trust me. I got SGS3 leaked 4.2 booting on the O4X last autumn.
Big issue we have to note: In 4.2, Google radically changed graphics libraries code. We have old, 4.1.2 blobs and those need hacks in libgui.so and libsurfaceflinger.so to function properly (in 4.4+ libEGL.so, libGLES_v1_CM.so and libGLES_v2.so also need a change). Here comes the problem: Manufacturers do change these libraries, mainly adding Wi-Fi display and HDMI support code which other blobs rely on. Of course we can't just replace these libs, graphics wouldn't function that way. Either we have to guess those function signatures and reimplement some stub in the code, or use new blobs, i.e. what I did in Omni. But y'all now those are not perfect _yet_.
Regarding newer kernels: If, I emphasize, IF it's properly ported, it would cause a noticeable effect on overall performance, battery life, etc. What do I mean by proper porting: All machine-specific code must be updated to Nvidia/Google upstream, no excuses! I don't say anything for sure, I didn't check it much, but kholk didn't do this merge. His kernel still uses 3.1 files with slight modifications to be 3.4-compatible. What I mean would be a very long and painful process, but would surely benefit after all. 3.4 has no Android branch, mainline Nvidia Tegra kernel does only have Linux support, it might be even harder. 3.10 is maintained by Google for Android, issues I have found so far: No graphics driver support for T2 and T3, have to forward-port it and I didn't find core Android components like wakelocks, earlysuspend, etc. Weird.
A little related story: I initially started working on MultiROM so I can test and port different roms while I can keep a stable rom for myself and there'd be no need for reflash then. That's what I can suggest. Use MultiROM, it has so many capabilities! Maybe it's better with kernel sharing so you don't have to wait for hardboot on every reboot (which one needs a lot if porting). @MidnightDevil you could add this to the OP maybe.
Here you are! Compiled this because wanted to start porting from Note 2, but finally worked on Omni more and abandoned it.
That's way too generic unfortunately.
Quick suggestion for you port: Use Note 2 base with Note 3 features. Note 2 has the same resolution and you won't need to resize.
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Dang, you've beaten me but mine's as fresh as it could be
HERE you guys go, for all who need the newest CM10.2
laufersteppenwolf said:
Dang, you've beaten me but mine's as fresh as it could be
HERE you guys go, for all who need the newest CM10.2
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Just don't delete the sources, you might need them in the close future.
I think we should create a schedule about what to do. As you all know, good buildings all have good grounding. So let's get started from the very beginning I say. First fix remaining bugs in MultiROM, then create a unified kernel so users don't have to choose. Very likely this is not possible as people think different so just make all kernels hardboot compatible. After these we have a solid base for starting all the work. Of course this cannot be done if not everybody is involved. Both devs and users should share a part in this magnificent journey.
(High expectations, I know. )
Sent from my OmniROM-powered LG Optimus 4X HD