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Open source Superuser for Android 6.0

I mostly work with Nexus 6, but since it is so easy to tack on the 5 as well....
Lets just say that this applies equally to Nexus 5 and should be *really* helpful...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/root-t3231211
One thing to be aware of... I haven't even tested to see if it boots and won't be able to until Sunday. I can't imagine why it wouldn't though, since the device specific patch is, literally, trivial (works on 6 and 9).
Bugs, features, etc., please use the issue trackers on my or phhusson's github projects, as it applies to the particular components.

doitright said:
I mostly work with Nexus 6, but since it is so easy to tack on the 5 as well....
Lets just say that this applies equally to Nexus 5 and should be *really* helpful...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/root-t3231211
One thing to be aware of... I haven't even tested to see if it boots and won't be able to until Sunday. I can't imagine why it wouldn't though, since the device specific patch is, literally, trivial (works on 6 and 9).
Bugs, features, etc., please use the issue trackers on my or phhusson's github projects, as it applies to the particular components.
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This should be exciting i can't wait to see what comes of this! Good luck to you! :good:

navy676 said:
This should be exciting i can't wait to see what comes of this! Good luck to you! :good:
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If you try it out, you can find out. I need testers to make sure that everything is working as it is expected to.

doitright said:
If you try it out, you can find out. I need testers to make sure that everything is working as it is expected to.
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Good luck to your work

Compiling Unofficial CyanogenMod 14.1 for Nexus 6

Hello XDA Community,
I am interested in using the unofficial build of CyanogenMod 14.1 available here, but I would like to learn how to compile on my own from the repository provided by the developer. Unfortunately, I do not know how to go about doing this. Could someone please help me out? I have looked at the CyanogenMod Wiki entry for how to compile CyanogenMod for the Nexus 6, but the information is out of date according to what I was told in a post I made on Stack Exchange's Android Q&A site. The only thing that I understand about the build process is that I need to use Linux, so I have set up a virtual machine in VMware running the latest version of Ubuntu. Where do I go from here?
Thank you,
David B.

David B. said:
Hello XDA Community,
I am interested in using the unofficial build of CyanogenMod 14.1 available here, but I would like to learn how to compile on my own from the repository provided by the developer. Unfortunately, I do not know how to go about doing this. Could someone please help me out? I have looked at the CyanogenMod Wiki entry for how to compile CyanogenMod for the Nexus 6, but the information is out of date according to what I was told in a post I made on Stack Exchange's Android Q&A site. The only thing that I understand about the build process is that I need to use Linux, so I have set up a virtual machine in VMware running the latest version of Ubuntu. Where do I go from here?
Thank you,
David B.
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To be honest You will be better off dual booting. Compiling with a VM normally has more issues then not.
Then I would look at Google developer page.
Also keep in mind that compiling from CM means you get all the bugs they never fixed. You would be better off going with AOSP and then finding the features you want to add and then add them yourself.

zelendel said:
To be honest You will be better off dual booting. Compiling with a VM normally has more issues then not.
Then I would look at Google developer page.
Also keep in mind that compiling from CM means you get all the bugs they never fixed. You would be better off going with AOSP and then finding the features you want to add and then add them yourself.
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I would love to build my own CyanogenMod based on AOSP and then merge in the features, but I don't even know how to build directly from AOSP.
Honestly, all I really want is stock with all of the additional developer mode features that CyanogenMod has along with root access. I love the ability to use root without extra apps, and wireless ADB is sweet when I'm too lazy to go get my USB cable. And of course, I want to be able to use future versions of Android on my phone even though 7.0.1 is supposed to be the last version for Shamu. Could I somehow merge those aspects together and just pull patches from AOSP, build, and flash?
Also what's wrong with using a VM to compile? I've read that problems occur if you don't have enough RAM allocated to the VM, but I've assigned it 16GB so that should not be a problem. As for attaching my phone to the VM, I am using VMware, which has better support for removable devices than VirtualBox.
I'm sorry if I misunderstand something you said. It's probably obvious, but I know pretty much nothing about what I am doing which means I'm likely to ask lots of questions that seem ridiculous to those that are well-versed in this sort of thing.

David B. said:
I would love to build my own CyanogenMod based on AOSP and then merge in the features, but I don't even know how to build directly from AOSP.
Honestly, all I really want is stock with all of the additional developer mode features that CyanogenMod has along with root access. I love the ability to use root without extra apps, and wireless ADB is sweet when I'm too lazy to go get my USB cable. And of course, I want to be able to use future versions of Android on my phone even though 7.0.1 is supposed to be the last version for Shamu. Could I somehow merge those aspects together and just pull patches from AOSP, build, and flash?
Also what's wrong with using a VM to compile? I've read that problems occur if you don't have enough RAM allocated to the VM, but I've assigned it 16GB so that should not be a problem. As for attaching my phone to the VM, I am using VMware, which has better support for removable devices than VirtualBox.
I'm sorry if I misunderstand something you said. It's probably obvious, but I know pretty much nothing about what I am doing which means I'm likely to ask lots of questions that seem ridiculous to those that are well-versed in this sort of thing.
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You do know that there is an app for SU built into CM right? So it is no extra apps then any other rom.
Could you yes but it will be lots of work due to what CM changes in the source code. It is one of the many reasons (on top of years old bugs that were never fixed) That many teams stopped using them as a source. The Shamu will be supported by 3rd party developers for a while to come.
Normally ram is an issue but other issues also happen.
I dont know anything about having to attach your device to VM as I have never used VM due to advise from the developers here.
Asking questions is not that big of a deal as long as you do your research. There are tons of TUT on the site about setting up a build setup. Just use the search and spend a few days reading. Mainly where the licenses are concerned. Also commit authorship. Which is you make your own rom it is very important.

zelendel said:
You do know that there is an app for SU built into CM right? So it is no extra apps then any other rom.
Could you yes but it will be lots of work due to what CM changes in the source code. It is one of the many reasons (on top of years old bugs that were never fixed) That many teams stopped using them as a source. The Shamu will be supported by 3rd party developers for a while to come.
Normally ram is an issue but other issues also happen.
I dont know anything about having to attach your device to VM as I have never used VM due to advise from the developers here.
Asking questions is not that big of a deal as long as you do your research. There are tons of TUT on the site about setting up a build setup. Just use the search and spend a few days reading. Mainly where the licenses are concerned. Also commit authorship. Which is you make your own rom it is very important.
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Okay, so I have done some research and have a solution for how to use root with stock Android, but as soon as stock Android support is dropped from the Nexus 6 I will have to compile it myself which I am not sure how to do and would like to learn. Do you have any suggestions for what to go to learn since everything I am finding is not about compiling, but is instead about using an existing build?

David B. said:
Okay, so I have done some research and have a solution for how to use root with stock Android, but as soon as stock Android support is dropped from the Nexus 6 I will have to compile it myself which I am not sure how to do and would like to learn. Do you have any suggestions for what to go to learn since everything I am finding is not about compiling, but is instead about using an existing build?
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Here you go
https://source.android.com/source/initializing.html
Mind you getting root is more then adding an app for it. You will also have to do some kernel edits.

zelendel said:
Here you go
https://source.android.com/source/initializing.html
Mind you getting root is more then adding an app for it. You will also have to do some kernel edits.
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Thanks! I also found this. I have not really looked at it too much yet, but it seems like it has the potential to help me with what I want. Why would I need to make kernel edits? I thought all I needed to do was use TWRP to flash SuperSU after flashing the ROM.

David B. said:
Thanks! I also found this. I have not really looked at it too much yet, but it seems like it has the potential to help me with what I want. Why would I need to make kernel edits? I thought all I needed to do was use TWRP to flash SuperSU after flashing the ROM.
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SuperSU edits the kernel when you flash it. Most of what allows root is in the kernel.
Yes that is a great resource. Just take your time and read it. You could have a working set up and build in about 2 days (given the first sync of the source code could take more then 24 hours depending on your connection.

zelendel said:
SuperSU edits the kernel when you flash it. Most of what allows root is in the kernel.
Yes that is a great resource. Just take your time and read it. You could have a working set up and build in about 2 days (given the first sync of the source code could take more then 24 hours depending on your connection.
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One thing that I still cannot figure out after all of this reading is what to do to get AOSP to build for devices that are not officially supported by it. Granted, this is not a problem for the Nexus 6 right now, but it will be eventually, and I want to know how to handle it when it does become an issue. I've started cloning the repository. My connection gets a top download speed of 60Mbps so it should be reasonably fast.

David B. said:
One thing that I still cannot figure out after all of this reading is what to do to get AOSP to build for devices that are not officially supported by it. Granted, this is not a problem for the Nexus 6 right now, but it will be eventually, and I want to know how to handle it when it does become an issue. I've started cloning the repository. My connection gets a top download speed of 60Mbps so it should be reasonably fast.
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At that point you will need to know what you are doing as you will have to make the code changes to make it bootable. I hate to say it but the n6 maybe doa after this as anything after 7.1 will need dual partition setup which the n6 doesn't have

zelendel said:
At that point you will need to know what you are doing as you will have to make the code changes to make it bootable. I hate to say it but the n6 maybe doa after this as anything after 7.1 will need dual partition setup which the n6 doesn't have
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What's stopping the phone from being repartitioned in the same way you repartition a hard drive?

David B. said:
What's stopping the phone from being repartitioned in the same way you repartition a hard drive?
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The main issue is none of the software for the n6 are made to work with it. All the drivers have to be rewritten. Also all of the new Vulcan graphics drivers won't work on the n6. This is why it didn't get all the features of 7.0

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The main issue is none of the software for the n6 are made to work with it. All the drivers have to be rewritten. Also all of the new Vulcan graphics drivers won't work on the n6. This is why it didn't get all the features of 7.0
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I had not heard of this before. I was researching it online a bit and I cannot figure out which features are missing from the Nexus 6 version of Nougat. Also, Nougat has to support older hardware for devices that don't support Vulkan, so there's no reason they can't do that for Android O, and it they don't, surely someone smarter than I will be able to hack it together.

David B. said:
I had not heard of this before. I was researching it online a bit and I cannot figure out which features are missing from the Nexus 6 version of Nougat. Also, Nougat has to support older hardware for devices that don't support Vulkan, so there's no reason they can't do that for Android O, and it they don't, surely someone smarter than I will be able to hack it together.
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That's the thing is android O will only be official supported by devices that can use it. Remember the nexus 6 support ended in October so there won't be an official O release for it.
Will there be a hacked together set up? Oh I'm sure there will be. It will just be without the Vulcan graphics drivers and the new update system which needs the dual partition layout.
The missing features are no background updates, no Vulcan drivers among other things

zelendel said:
That's the thing is android O will only be official supported by devices that can use it. Remember the nexus 6 support ended in October so there won't be an official O release for it.
Will there be a hacked together set up? Oh I'm sure there will be. It will just be without the Vulcan graphics drivers and the new update system which needs the dual partition layout.
The missing features are no background updates, no Vulcan drivers among other things
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Well if the only things I lose are Vulkan and background updates, I am cool with that. It sounds like Vulkan is intended for games, and since I hate mobile gaming, an adapted build that works with the existing graphics drivers is not a concern at all. As for background updates, I would rather not have those because I like to know when my phone receives updates.

David B. said:
Well if the only things I lose are Vulkan and background updates, I am cool with that. It sounds like Vulkan is intended for games, and since I hate mobile gaming, an adapted build that works with the existing graphics drivers is not a concern at all. As for background updates, I would rather not have those because I like to know when my phone receives updates.
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The Vulcan driver will be replacing the graphics drivers for everything soon. I can't think of much as I never use stock software.

zelendel said:
The Vulcan driver will be replacing the graphics drivers for everything soon. I can't think of much as I never use stock software.
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I am sorry, but I am afraid I do not quite understand what it is that you said. What can't you think of?

David B. said:
I am sorry, but I am afraid I do not quite understand what it is that you said. What can't you think of?
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There were many features that came with 7.0 like the new advanced doze and some other stuff. I dont use stock software and to be honest most of the stuff from 7.0 wasnt even really worth the update to me.
I have had a nexus since day 1 on and off and this was the first time I wasnt excited about the update. Even less with the new updates coming and google locking android down more as well as them moving most of the new stuff to closed sourced stuff. Heck even just having the bootloader unlocked is causing things not to work.

zelendel said:
There were many features that came with 7.0 like the new advanced doze and some other stuff. I dont use stock software and to be honest most of the stuff from 7.0 wasnt even really worth the update to me.
I have had a nexus since day 1 on and off and this was the first time I wasnt excited about the update. Even less with the new updates coming and google locking android down more as well as them moving most of the new stuff to closed sourced stuff. Heck even just having the bootloader unlocked is causing things not to work.
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Really? What doesn't work with the unlocked bootloader?

David B. said:
Really? What doesn't work with the unlocked bootloader?
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Things like android pay and saftynet. They are now starting to look for unlocked bootloaders. then you have those that are blocking apps due to root or xposed.

oneplus6-6t-Android11-13-Nethunter-Kernel

Feedback Contact: Telegram: https://t.me/nethunter666
Github https://github.com/johanlike/Oneplus6-or-6T-Nethunter-Kernel

Woww seems interesting . But im hardly find it . You must be create this in kernel and rom place of xda

javad79 said:
Woww seems interesting . But im hardly find it . You must be create this in kernel and rom place of xda
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Forum level is not enough, can not post only can be sent here

Amazing work. Will try as soon as I get my Oneplus 6t.

Anyone test this yet? I am interested in getting the Oneplus 6t, but I will only do so if nethunter is able to work for the device.

enragedpaza said:
Anyone test this yet? I am interested in getting the Oneplus 6t, but I will only do so if nethunter is able to work for the device.
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I've installed it on my 6t and can report that this kernel is functional. From what I've seen it's still being updated/worked on by the dev, but as is I can access the nethunter terminal and run commands.

ecera said:
I've installed it on my 6t and can report that this kernel is functional. From what I've seen it's still being updated/worked on by the dev, but as is I can access the nethunter terminal and run commands.
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Thank you for the response. Are there any hiccups you are experiencing? What ROM are you currently using?

enragedpaza said:
Thank you for the response. Are there any hiccups you are experiencing? What ROM are you currently using?
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I'm currently on OOS Ob4. As far as hiccups the kernel is smooth and battery life is actually really good. As far as nethunter itself? One thing I've noticed is that if I run a commands in the Kali terminal let's say airodump-ng and it's running. If for whatever reason my screen times out and turns off for a bit, or even if I switch to another screen real quick to check something. I've noticed that many times the Kali terminal process is killed and well I have to start over again. Not sure if it's Kali itself or even a kernel/OOS issue. Overall though, it is functional and in very early development stages. So I'm sure it only gets better from here.

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I'm currently on OOS Ob4. As far as hiccups the kernel is smooth and battery life is actually really good. As far as nethunter itself? One thing I've noticed is that if I run a commands in the Kali terminal let's say airodump-ng and it's running. If for whatever reason my screen times out and turns off for a bit, or even if I switch to another screen real quick to check something. I've noticed that many times the Kali terminal process is killed and well I have to start over again. Not sure if it's Kali itself or even a kernel/OOS issue. Overall though, it is functional and in very early development stages. So I'm sure it only gets better from here.
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Okay cool, thank you for your response. Looks Like I will be back on android after years of being an iPhone user.

Where are the commits for Kali that you added to the holyangel kernel? I would like to see what changed.
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ecera said:
I'm currently on OOS Ob4. As far as hiccups the kernel is smooth and battery life is actually really good. As far as nethunter itself? One thing I've noticed is that if I run a commands in the Kali terminal let's say airodump-ng and it's running. If for whatever reason my screen times out and turns off for a bit, or even if I switch to another screen real quick to check something. I've noticed that many times the Kali terminal process is killed and well I have to start over again. Not sure if it's Kali itself or even a kernel/OOS issue. Overall though, it is functional and in very early development stages. So I'm sure it only gets better from here.
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Not a big issue, remove nethunter terminal from battery optimization, faced this in my op2 and it took me almost one week to figure out this ****ty reason, btw still using op2

awesome work bro, looking forward to your continued development on this project!

I am yet to see Nethunter work properly on a A/B device. Can you either post a Guide to Nethunter Installation guide in this Thread or create another thread under OP6T Guides???

AndroidDevices said:
I am yet to see Nethunter work properly on a A/B device. Can you either post a Guide to Nethunter Installation guide in this Thread or create another thread under OP6T Guides???
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Video tutorial：
https://youtu.be/lOZSHSiQSWI

yzsroot said:
Video tutorial：
https://youtu.be/lOZSHSiQSWI
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Would be nice if it was in English!

It's unfortunate that you will discontinue the project. Looked promising. :crying: I hope you change your mind and continue working on it.

I hope you reconsider your decision to discontinue this project, you brought something really important to the community and we are all grateful for it. I hope you can rise above those who made you feel that way because they're jealous and continue this project.

I also hope you think about it again when emotions settle. If you continue your development there will be many grateful users, as there already are, for sure! You did not promise to make no mistakes, you did not promise to be a perfect developer, you just tried to share your work and thats totally fine, if not even so crucial for the XDA community. You seem like someone who is still learning and growing on his efforts and thats great, XDA really needs people like you. Of course, one should always be open for constructive criticism, but you really dont have to justify yourself for anything. Degredation and making fun of your work isn't constructive, of course. Those two do definitely not belong here and it's sad to see that happening.

So anyone able to do a COMPLETE installation of Kali Nethunter on ANY A/B Device Successfully yet? I tried on OG Pixel XL, Pixel 2 XL, OP6, OP6t, Moto Z2 Force, etc, etc... English Instructions would be greatly appreciated!

I want to express how grateful I am that you even undertook this project. I am a net/data security consultant and I use various tools/OS's etc in my profession, and have used nethunter (still do) on my nexus 6. I hope you reconsider your choice to give up on the development. Most people that comment here, or anywhere on the internet, are uninformed, ignorant, and uneducated. It's individuals like you that provide a much needed service to the scene, and even if you do not decide to continue development, I greatly appreciate the effort you put into it thus far bro.

Custom ROM/Developer?

Hi guys! Just want to ask regarding custom ROM developer for our device as I noticed that there is only one developer that is working as of now. And based on his thread his not willing to work with anyone.
My question is any chance that there for other developer to work on our device? Coming from my previous device(mia1) lineage is well supported, little bit worried plus this is also my first time using miui and I'm not impressed. But hardware is top notch plus no moving parts ,this is a good device.
This question is just query without any demand to anyone. Thank you.

I'm using Pixel Experience GSI bro, and straight up not having a good time, but still better than miui (it's my personal taste). At this point, consider how this device had been out, i dont think we see any official roms any time soon

Unfortunately, the smartphone doesn't get the attention it deserves. But hope dies last.

vannrith said:
I'm using Pixel Experience GSI bro, and straight up not having a good time, but still better than miui (it's my personal taste). At this point, consider how this device had been out, i dont think we see any official roms any time soon
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What do you mean by not having a good time? Full of bugs and broken features?

Kadyo said:
Hi guys! Just want to ask regarding custom ROM developer for our device as I noticed that there is only one developer that is working as of now. And based on his thread his not willing to work with anyone.
My question is any chance that there for other developer to work on our device? Coming from my previous device(mia1) lineage is well supported, little bit worried plus this is also my first time using miui and I'm not impressed. But hardware is top notch plus no moving parts ,this is a good device.
This question is just query without any demand to anyone. Thank you.
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Why not try the Lineage ROM? We're very lucky to have an active dev working on it!
Saying that I would love to see a Pixel ROM at some point, but I'm not complaining...

Warrimonk said:
What do you mean by not having a good time? Full of bugs and broken features?
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what bugged me the most is the fingerprint scanning and no face unlock.

qmtd said:
Why not try the Lineage ROM? We're very lucky to have an active dev working on it!
Saying that I would love to see a Pixel ROM at some point, but I'm not complaining...
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Im just waiting for the selinux fix and I'll try.

Boeserfleck said:
Unfortunately, the smartphone doesn't get the attention it deserves. But hope dies last.[/QUOTE
Yes you're right. I think mi 9 lite is superior than mi 9 se(small battery) and mi9t(moving front camera. Only downside is the processor,but you will not notice the difference in day to day task. Hopefully some devs will notice our device as this one should be the mia3. If @Flex can help us,that will be great. No 1 contributor to mia1.
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I really hope we get an Official LineAge OS very soon!

prefor said:
I really hope we get an Official LineAge OS very soon!
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Patiently waiting for this to happen .

Boeserfleck said:
Unfortunately, the smartphone doesn't get the attention it deserves. But hope dies last.
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what bugged me the most is the fingerprint scanning and no face unlock.
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Have you been able to modify the icons space in the statusbar?

I'm trying to make the rom bliss for pyxis, but to no sucess at the moment.

NaassomDourado said:
I'm trying to make the rom bliss for pyxis, but to no sucess at the moment.
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I'm also working on a rom for the device. There sure is a steep learning curve. At the moment, building roms that are based on Android 10 are quite a pain due to the fact that Xiaomi has not released the Android Q kernel source for pyxis. They're still on Pie.

Echo2124 said:
I'm also working on a rom for the device. There sure is a steep learning curve. At the moment, building roms that are based on Android 10 are quite a pain due to the fact that Xiaomi has not released the Android Q kernel source for pyxis. They're still on Pie.
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Yeah, and the trees are for Q, it would be nice to be able to build P

[ROM] [Work in Progress] [Mantis] LineageOS 14.1 for Fire TV Stick 4K

Hi community!
There is a WIP (Work in Progress) ROM being mainly developed by @Rortiz2 and @diegocr: https://github.com/LOSMantis
Current ROM Status:
- Not Stable
Not Working:
- Sound
- OMX
- Maybe more...
Developers out there that would like to join development are welcome!...
Notice: This is a WIP ROM. It needs to be compile from the source (build steps could be adapted from the Nexus Player https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/fugu/build) if someone wants to try it out. Ready to flash builds would maybe be available when the ROM is more stable. Please do not ask for ETA, it is being developed in the spare time of the developers!

michael.santos said:
Hi community!
Anyone already seen this project on github: https://github.com/LOSMantis ?
It is a shame that this project are not being discussed here on XDA so more devs could help on this project...
Hope this post will "awake" some devs (maybe @Pretoriano80?) for this project...
This can be the project that will free our Fire TV Stick 4k from the crappy FireOS!
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'I believe @diegocr and @Rotiz2 were working on it some and couldn't get the sound to work. Not sure if actively though...

This can be the project that will free our Fire TV Stick 4k from the crappy FireOS!
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FireOS is very well maintained, even the oldest fireTVs/sticks getting still proper updates...

Sus_i said:
FireOS is very well maintained, even the oldest fireTVs/sticks getting still proper updates...
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Yes, but full of bloatware, with some blocking mechanisms or black listed apps, no Google Play Store...
We are not allowed to change the home app easily, to use the standard Android settings without Amazon home app, not install already purchased apps on the Google Play Store and so on...

With root you can disable remove the "bloatware", although personally i dont think there is much i dont use. The fireOS TV is fairly smooth and easy to navigate. The android TV version is worse (IMO, I have a NVidea). You can disable the NIMH app, although i have yet to find any app it is blocking. The play store for androidTV is horrible. LauncherX is fairly easy to install. As with tank and sloan, i would expect issues with roms.

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Rortiz2 said:
Can you and other people (that did this aswell) stop creating threads like this?
We're working on mantis yes but this takes its time...
For now all is working except OMX and Audio so it's not worth to release anything.
We will create the ROM thread when it's enough usable.
Just wait...
Regards.
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Hi Rortiz2,
Why are you so mad about this thread? We did not ask for a working ROM or any release dates and we appreciate all your time and dedication to the project...
As I wrote in the subject, this is a WIP (Work in Progress) ROM... Have seen so many threads like this in other forums here on XDA where the ROM only boots but nothing works...
I have created this thread to allow other devs to join the project (if nobody talks about it, than nobody knows that a project already exists and can not help).
But if you would like to do this project alone, just tell me an I will delete this thread...
Best regards,
Michael

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I got really excited when I saw this thread. I cannot wait for stock Android for the Firestick 4K. I will 100% donate to the dev's who get this working!!

Rortiz2 said:
It's ok, leave the thread here. If somebody wants to help there's no problem.
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Just throwing out an idea here but would getting some kind of test build out help? Perhaps getting some catlogs from the community could help find a solution? Again just throwing an idea out.

AngryManMLS said:
Just throwing out an idea here but would getting some kind of test build out help? Perhaps getting some catlogs from the community could help find a solution? Again just throwing an idea out.
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+1 for a test build, I've got a bricked 4k that boots both the hacked bootloader and TWRP, but whatever image I install has no display...
So I would like to try anything else even if stuff is broken on it (just to see if I can get a display).
thx.

michael.santos said:
Hi community!
Anyone already seen this project on github: https://github.com/LOSMantis ?
It is a shame that this project are not being discussed here on XDA so more devs could help on this project...
Hope this post will "awake" some devs (maybe @Pretoriano80?) for this project...
This can be the project that will free our Fire TV Stick 4k from the crappy FireOS!
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It's at developer's discretion to discuss or release test builds here and considering that this particular rom still has some major bugs (call them deal breakers if you want), then i personally agree with the devs not releasing it yet.
Also, i didn't tested personally, but probably a custom rom like this may also break some features available on stock rom.
This being said, i'm sure that it will be released as soon as the guys behind it will consider it stable enough.
P. S. BTW, thread title is misleading and probably aldo violates XDA rules.

Pretoriano80 said:
It's at developer's discretion to discuss or release test builds here and considering that this particular rom still has some major bugs (call them deal breakers if you want), then i personally agree with the devs not releasing it yet.
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I totally understand and respect that. I did bring up having some kind of developer/user test build done just in case that could help further along getting said bugs fixed by getting catlogs that might help narrow down what is causing the issues. But if the devs feel that doing that would only slow things down (or even not help at all) then I respect that decision.
Also, i didn't tested personally, but probably a custom rom like this may also break some features available on stock rom.
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That's the nature of things when it comes to Lineage OS ROMs (and AOSP in general). Sometimes devs are able to get the ROMs to have nearly all the functionality of the device working... and sometimes not. But I generally prefer Lineage myself due to the overall experience being faster since LOS tends to not have all the bloat that stock ROMs sometimes have - especially Amazon devices which feel so bloated down with garbage I will never use.

Pretoriano80 said:
It's at developer's discretion to discuss or release test builds here and considering that this particular rom still has some major bugs (call them deal breakers if you want), then i personally agree with the devs not releasing it yet.
Also, i didn't tested personally, but probably a custom rom like this may also break some features available on stock rom.
This being said, i'm sure that it will be released as soon as the guys behind it will consider it stable enough.
P. S. BTW, thread title is misleading and probably aldo violates XDA rules.
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Hi Pretoriano80,
As I already replied to one of the devs, I never asked for a release date or ROM for flashing. The title also is marked as WIP (Work in Progress), that means that the ROM is in development and not ready for use...
I have seen that you already made a great job with the custom kernel. Thanks! Would you also like to help this project as it seems it also can use your kernel? Kernel dev with ROM devs would be the best team!
Thanks again to all devs that work hard for releasing new stuff for the Amazon devices...

How's the progress so far?

Looks like nothing much: https://github.com/LOSMantis/android_vendor_amazon_mantis
Too bad !!

dead project ?

I made a test build (with many warnings). Also I used the kernel from @Pretoriano80.
You can download it here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=324510
Please note that I couldn't test this out yet, so be careful of what you do. (Will try it out for myself soon)

Ungeskriptet said:
I made a test build (with many warnings). Also I used the kernel from @Pretoriano80.
You can download it here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=324510
Please note that I couldn't test this out yet, so be careful of what you do. (Will try it out for myself soon)
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it's not worth to test since it's a dead project, it would be more usefull to begin a new project developing LineageOS 16 rom , At least we will be able to use the new Android/Google TV UI.

robin994 said:
it's not worth to test since it's a dead project, it would be more usefull to begin a new project developing LineageOS 16 rom , At least we will be able to use the new Android/Google TV UI.
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LineageOS 16 won't ever be able to happen for the Mantis version because it doesn't support treble, the most it could do is LOS 14.1 since it's a legacy device.