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[Q] Custom ROMs for A7(SM-A700FD)

Hey folks i recently bought A7 ,dying to find out Custom ROMs .
rooting n recovery yes i had seen the procedure, its promising n tempting :laugh:
But where can i find the custom roms? am i missing anything?
no one is interested to develop or port?
Earlier i had nexus 4, every ROM i found for it on XDA i flashed em all. thanks for dev's
but with A7 other than scrolling up n down m unable to play wit it :crying:
let me know , if m using the right device for atleast one year else i will sell it off :laugh:as without custom ROMs on a phone i really feel like m using an iPhone:laugh:

Hi,
Well m developing CM12.1 for A7(SM-A700FD) , NO ETA's but yes dont worry you will CM for this device soon its BIG Working in progress

jackeagle said:
Hi,
Well m developing CM12.1 for A7(SM-A700FD) , NO ETA's but yes dont worry you will CM for this device soon its BIG Working in progress
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Thanks man.

wow thats really a good news...
thanks man..i appreciate your efforts that are being invested

Hi!
Any news for A5 (SM-500H)?

jackeagle said:
Hi,
Well m developing CM12.1 for A7(SM-A700FD) , NO ETA's but yes dont worry you will CM for this device soon its BIG Working in progress
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eagerly waiting for first build to test thanks a lot
i was about to sell my phone.

MeGanZz said:
Hi!
Any news for A5 (SM-500H)?
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Well no currently only A7 I cant take more projects with current one lol Already 1 person is interested on it he is not developer but lets see for now no plans on A5
Aashish-kkhckr said:
eagerly waiting for first build to test thanks a lot
i was about to sell my phone.
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Na dont sell such good device you have to just wait since its new platform for Samsung devices hence may take sometime i will make a thread soon keeping things upto date on what is going on and progress of development

jackeagle said:
Well no currently only A7 I cant take more projects with current one lol Already 1 person is interested on it he is not developer but lets see for now no plans on A5
Na dont sell such good device you have to just wait since its new platform for Samsung devices hence may take sometime i will make a thread soon keeping things upto date on what is going on and progress of development
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DO you own galaxy a7 ?

Aashish-kkhckr said:
DO you own galaxy a7 ?
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No but my best buddy @RVR owns it

This is a great news....my son's bought this device today. I just said to him what the ***l you buying this blah!!!....LoL
On the other note....i also seen @RVR releasing custom recovery (TWRP) for this device....both news make me smile a bit....at least we will see more good news to A7 owner....:good:
P.s-hmmmm....once get chance i will flashing the recovery and try playing with my TWRP theme on it....

nageshmv said:
Hey folks i recently bought A7 ,dying to find out Custom ROMs .
rooting n recovery yes i had seen the procedure, its promising n tempting :laugh:
But where can i find the custom roms? am i missing anything?
no one is interested to develop or port?
Earlier i had nexus 4, every ROM i found for it on XDA i flashed em all. thanks for dev's
but with A7 other than scrolling up n down m unable to play wit it :crying:
let me know , if m using the right device for atleast one year else i will sell it off :laugh:as without custom ROMs on a phone i really feel like m using an iPhone:laugh:
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i installed lollipop on my A7 and its just AWESOME!!! you can do it too. its very easy. just google it. if you have any questions, mail me at [email protected]

jackeagle said:
No but my best buddy @RVR owns it
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is there any progress ? why don't you start dedicated thread for it it will attract more developers and people to help

jackeagle said:
Hi,
Well m developing CM12.1 for A7(SM-A700FD) , NO ETA's but yes dont worry you will CM for this device soon its BIG Working in progress
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Very eager to get my hands on it too
Recover is installed and working.
Just let me know if you need someone to test.

jmarceno said:
Very eager to get my hands on it too
Recover is installed and working.
Just let me know if you need someone to test.
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Ya sure its still work in progress the major issue is
1) Kernel Sources are KK based ( So we have to make it compatible with Lollipop , just takes sometime )
2) Adapting Sources to Snap 615 SOC (new to samsung)
Once CM boots i will make a thread here with all and latest updates

jackeagle said:
Ya sure its still work in progress the major issue is
1) Kernel Sources are KK based ( So we have to make it compatible with Lollipop , just takes sometime )
2) Adapting Sources to Snap 615 SOC (new to samsung)
Once CM boots i will make a thread here with all and latest updates
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Mate,
Thank you for the update news....this is awesome news to the A7 owner and your effort is highly appreciated

Waiting
Waiting For cyanogenmod Specially ... I Love CM ....
Device : A5

Custom rom for a5???
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sopnohinsobuj said:
Custom rom for a5???
Sent from my SM-A500F using XDA Forums
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He said for now only A7. it's big effort he is putting in .. A5 and rest will follow
@jackeagle u do this for our A7, you have my word for a beer can donation from me :angel:

Hi all, about 30 peoples are waiting for CM to A3, so please if you can(of course after all other projects), build one for us
we all wait(we from 4pda)

jackeagle said:
Ya sure its still work in progress the major issue is
1) Kernel Sources are KK based ( So we have to make it compatible with Lollipop , just takes sometime )
2) Adapting Sources to Snap 615 SOC (new to samsung)
Once CM boots i will make a thread here with all and latest updates
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will be waiting for it........ fingers crossed...

New Kernel Source's

Hi friends. Can you check this kernel source's is real or useless?
https://github.com/nofearnohappy/android_vendor_xiaomi_hermes
https://github.com/lbule/android_device_xiaomi_hermes

This isn't a kernel source, it's a device tree for build CyanogenMod
~ Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Prime ~

SkiFire13 said:
This isn't a kernel source, it's a device tree for build CyanogenMod
~ Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Prime ~
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ho great so cyanogenmod is comming?

tailslol said:
ho great so cyanogenmod is comming?
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We will see, it is very hard to port when kernel is not given. There are people working on it and doing a very good job!
Sadly, the complete kernel (custom kernel with drivers) was leaked for a short period and a few devs have it.. but they are afraid to use or publish it because they don't want to be sued.

tailslol said:
ho great so cyanogenmod is comming?
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For now someone built it but it's very unstable
~ Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Prime ~

Sad news about this device's kernel source.

is this usefull?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/cro...al/marshmallow-source-codes-mediatek-t3218602

chris5932 said:
We will see, it is very hard to port when kernel is not given. There are people working on it and doing a very good job!
Sadly, the complete kernel (custom kernel with drivers) was leaked for a short period and a few devs have it.. but they are afraid to use or publish it because they don't want to be sued.
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Wow didnt know that, really the full source kernel was leaked??? And some devs have it D:?. If its true i hope they decide one day to make a nice ROM build, i guess everyone of us would wait for that

chris5932 said:
We will see, it is very hard to port when kernel is not given. There are people working on it and doing a very good job!
Sadly, the complete kernel (custom kernel with drivers) was leaked for a short period and a few devs have it.. but they are afraid to use or publish it because they don't want to be sued.
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Sued? The ones to be sued are mediatek and/or xiaomi for not complying gpl license

adaltavo said:
Wow didnt know that, really the full source kernel was leaked??? And some devs have it D:?. If its true i hope they decide one day to make a nice ROM build, i guess everyone of us would wait for that
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At least someone has it.. I am not so sure on how many have it. Don't be too excited yet, we might not get it (soon). The source can not just be published to the public, the one who does will face some problems.. (see what happened to incomplete source).

chris5932 said:
At least someone has it.. I am not so sure on how many have it. Don't be too excited yet, we might not get it (soon). The source can not just be published to the public, the one who does will face some problems.. (see what happened to incomplete source).
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May i ask what happened?. And i know is not that easy, what i meant is that he (or they) could make a nice ROM build with that source, maybe as an anonymus guy or something like that, is not necesary to publish full source code. Our another hope is wait for MTK to release it , but it wont be soon, even could never happen

adaltavo said:
May i ask what happened?. And i know is not that easy, what i meant is that he (or they) could make a nice ROM build with that source, maybe as an anonymus guy or something like that, is not necesary to publish full source code. Our another hope is wait for MTK to release it , but it wont be soon, even could never happen
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We can build roms ourselfs, just need proper kernel. Just let me say that much: I have a reliable source that told me someone has it. I don't think (anymore) it was leaked to the public ever, all kernel leaked on git were incomplete.

All kernel sources I've seen for X10 are not for our device. Another thing is the AOSP sources are very buggy and unfinished.
I finally made progress on my AOSP 5.1 and fixed the slow app launch (maybe you've seen one youtube video posted here - this is my build).
Unfortunately I don't have kernel source for Redmi Note 2 and it is impossible to build a custom kernel, so I'm trying to finish the ROM and will use prebuilt kernel.
If you think it is easy as porting, then you're wrong. Compiling something from source and fixing all bugs is completely different animal.
CM 12.1 also booted, but a lot of work needs to be done there too.

https://github.com/omlet05/MediaTek-HelioX10-Kernel
yay?

tailslol said:
https://github.com/omlet05/MediaTek-HelioX10-Kernel
yay?
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Check the date and please stop posting same thing again and again. This is the original broken half source that was leaked over 2 months ago now.

I.nfraR.ed said:
All kernel sources I've seen for X10 are not for our device. Another thing is the AOSP sources are very buggy and unfinished.
I finally made progress on my AOSP 5.1 and fixed the slow app launch (maybe you've seen one youtube video posted here - this is my build).
Unfortunately I don't have kernel source for Redmi Note 2 and it is impossible to build a custom kernel, so I'm trying to finish the ROM and will use prebuilt kernel.
If you think it is easy as porting, then you're wrong. Compiling something from source and fixing all bugs is completely different animal.
CM 12.1 also booted, but a lot of work needs to be done there too.
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What is time to wake? On miui time is long :/ On our last phone (A820) time to wake is much better.
How aboute "tap to wake"? What is result on antutu? When you publish rom?

AOSP boots up and works faster than MIUI and also has much much better ram management, although it would be good if we could make a custom kernel.
Tap to wake normally needs to be supported in kernel, so the answer is "no".
Antutu score is irrelevant, but normally I get about 48K with the basic model. I've seen higher, seen lower.
It also depends on kernel.
Don't forget that for A820 I have a custom optimized kernel.

Hello
When you share rom? How to progress?

Known XDA rule, don't ask for ETA He'll tell us when ready

bumcykcyk said:
Hello
When you share rom? How to progress?
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It will be shared when it is done.. Ussd/BT working but camera still doesnt

[Q&A] [CM]

As cm13 is available for other laser models but not for ze550kl... Any developer is working on it to make cm for ze550kl? Any light of hope left? 6 months from phone released and no ROM for ze550kl .. Waiting for reply if anyone is seriously working on it

Final Testing CM13(Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow)For ZE550KL/ZE500KL!
Yes I'm trying to port Cm 13!
For ZE550KL/ZE500kl
Wait For A Week!
Its Under Final Testing!

Erfan7788 said:
Yes I'm trying to port Cm 13!
For ZE550KL/ZE500kl
Wait For A Week!
Its Under Final Testing!
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You know that ZE500KL is WAY different than ZE550KL?

Waiting for ze550kl... Hope this one boots

CM13 Will be Available For ZE550KL And ZE500KL!
LuK1337 said:
You know that ZE500KL is WAY different than ZE550KL?
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CM13 will be Available for both device's

Erfan7788 said:
CM13 will be Available for both device's
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Good luck
Sent from my Moto G 2014 LTE using Tapatalk

Thank you a lot. It's one of my dream to get CM 13 on my ZE500KL
Erfan7788 GOOD LUCK!

Pls if u port successfully then upload waiting from last 6 month...

I may be wrong, but it looks like both of CM13 developers are really don't like ZE550KL/500KL/500KG users for some reason. If this is impossible to release it for us, then tell at least why?

Valeev said:
I may be wrong, but it looks like both of CM13 developering are really don't like ZE550KL/500KL/500KG users for some reason. If this is impossible to release it for us, then tell at least why?
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There is very serious issue regarding CM13 for ze550kl.
Generated CM13 kernel does not boot at all & developers are trying to solve this issue.

Oh really? You're phone was bricked is it alright now?

Erfan7788 said:
Yes I'm trying to port Cm 13!
For ZE550KL/ZE500kl
Wait For A Week!
Its Under Final Testing!
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Are you able to boot it for ze550kl ?

Valeev said:
I may be wrong, but it looks like both of CM13 developers are really don't like ZE550KL/500KL/500KG users for some reason. If this is impossible to release it for us, then tell at least why?
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ZE500KL/KG model is not unlockable,
ZE550KL doesn't boot on our sources so since we don't have the device it's not really easy.
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Valeev said:
I may be wrong, but it looks like both of CM13 developers are really don't like ZE550KL/500KL/500KG users for some reason. If this is impossible to release it for us, then tell at least why?
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Clearly they haven't ported CM to your phone out of spite. That's obviously the case here. Clearly. /sarcasm

Shanmugam k said:
Oh really? You're phone was bricked is it alright now?
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ya,it s alright now

Plss release the cm13 for ze550kl soon plsss . I wilk give cash credits for the developer

I wish people would understand that these developers don't just magically have all the Asus phone models. They are all different inside, from CPU to GPU or screen size and partitions. They tend to buy a single model of their choosing for their own private use and then when they see no custom ROMs for their phone they decide to do it themselves. They are not working for Asus. They are every day people like you and me who are nice enough to release what they can for this community. If you wish to see CM or whatever custom ROM on your device you will either have to learn how to port it yourself or buy that specific model phone for someone who is willing to do it for you. Begging them to "make it soon" or "release now" makes you seem ungrateful and childish.
A big thanks to the people who work hard on these ROMs and release them for us to use.

-snip-

I appreciate all of done work by developers and very apologize for being ungrateful. I really understand that if we didn't get CM, we probably never would have it. Once I got answers, I have no more question and I hope for small chance to get it for our devices.
If I could help to them with testing for example, I would like to help, I have ZE550KL. But I have no skills in ROM stuff.

Valeev said:
I appreciate all of done work by developers and very apologize for being ungrateful. I really understand that if we didn't get CM, we probably never would have it. Once I got answers, I have no more question and I hope for small chance to get it for our devices.
If I could help to them with testing for example, I would like to help, I have ZE550KL. But I have no skills in ROM stuff.
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We don't want testers, we want devs instead. People who can compile it on they own and fix it.

Nougat finally here !! But, for nexuses only, lets help ourselves

So , Android nougat is finally here , but unfornately only for nexus for now. I dont know about you guys , but i cant wait for it , so Will anyone port it Today ? Or its already porting ? If Yes , update me about the situation, If not guide me to an tutorial of porting, i dont know many things about porting , but i am willing to try If is there no true devs available, and please guide me to a working tutorial. Thanks !

Kcotias said:
So , Android nougat is finally here , but unfornately only for nexus for now. I dont know about you guys , but i cant wait for it , so Will anyone port it Today ? Or its already porting ? If Yes , update me about the situation, If not guide me to an tutorial of porting, i dont know many things about porting , but i am willing to try If is there no true devs available, and please guide me to a working tutorial. Thanks !
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Lol, we can't build with the aosp source. We have to wait for cm or caf. Be patient

Kcotias said:
So , Android nougat is finally here , but unfornately only for nexus for now. I dont know about you guys , but i cant wait for it , so Will anyone port it Today ? Or its already porting ? If Yes , update me about the situation, If not guide me to an tutorial of porting, i dont know many things about porting , but i am willing to try If is there no true devs available, and please guide me to a working tutorial. Thanks !
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Why you didn't buy a Nexus device then??

GtrCraft said:
Lol, we can't build with the aosp source. We have to wait for cm or caf. Be patient
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This is not true at all. You can take the AOSP source, the Moto kernel source, all the binaries you need and then spend some days to get this running.

domenukk said:
This is not true at all. You can take the AOSP source, the Moto kernel source, all the binaries you need and then spend some days to get this running.
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Ok, go ahead then and make it

GtrCraft said:
Ok, go ahead then and make it
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Not saying it's time well spent or that I want to do it, just saying it's possible. Resources are available here on xda and elsewhere like http://www.xda-developers.com/xda-university-how-to-port-aosp-roms-from-source/ or you can do it exactly as if you were porting cm, https://forum.cyanogenmod.org/topic/15492-general-cyanogenmod-porting-discussion/ or https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Doc:_porting_intro .
As there already is a cm port for Marshmallow, you could try to see what they did and reapply those changes to aosp.
However probably some stuff changed so finding an Android 7 rom for a phone with very similar hardware and replacing the kernel might be a better idea. All in all as I said it's days of work or even weeks. It's just not true that it can't be done.

Already running Nougat on my nexus 6 and I gotta say there's not much that changed.
Like all the other major updates from GB, ICS,JB, KK ,LP & MM , its over rated.
By tomorrow people will be complaining about N ,like always.
I really hate when major updates happen cause it seems like people are running around like chickens without heads asking when will we receive N. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EE21MBRWQxvR9xM-iVSBrGs_Pljd4YgYsw/view?usp=docslist_api
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You are forgetting proprietary drivers. Until there aren't drivers compiled for 7.0 you can't build neither a working rom. Be patient and wait for Motorola to release a working rom, at least a soak one. If you can't, buy a Nexus device.

Lineage OS?

Do you think we will have a lineageos build for huawei nova?

That would be great, but first we need a rom base for any rom....

After my exams in february I would like to try porting Lineage OS to our huawei nova...but thats not a promise, it's an "Let's try and hope.."

Too bad there was not activity on this phone yet.
I really really hoped this gonna replace my Nexus 5 ( the >5 inch / 70cm width trend sucks - phones are just too big!) - but nooope..
I had it already in the hands, good that I didn't bought it. But I maybe would if someone would work on it :laugh:

Once huawei releases kernel source I will start working on it.

gsantner said:
Too bad there was not activity on this phone yet.
I really really hoped this gonna replace my Nexus 5 ( the >5 inch / 70cm width trend sucks - phones are just too big!) - but nooope..
I had it already in the hands, good that I didn't bought it. But I maybe would if someone would work on it [emoji23]
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I'm a flash aholic... But for now i can wait, this phone impressed in so many ways till now, no need to hurry.
For this time there is the incredible screen on time and with su and xposed i have all i need for now. I will just sit and wait [emoji12]

Grarak said:
Once huawei releases kernel source I will start working on it.
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Did they release those for previous phones too?
I figured since this is a snapdragon device the chance for roms will be much higher. Since they don't really release anything for their own chipsets iirc.

K-putt said:
Did they release those for previous phones too?
I figured since this is a snapdragon device the chance for roms will be much higher. Since they don't really release anything for their own chipsets iirc.
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I think they released the kernel for many phones in the past..but you can also extract it from the stock firmware..so that shouldn't be a problem to build lineage for this device, but it takes time.. ?

Xelfmade said:
I think they released the kernel for many phones in the past..but you can also extract it from the stock firmware..so that shouldn't be a problem to build lineage for this device, but it takes time.. ?
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No you can't
You guys can try to email [email protected] and bug them to release the kernel sources

Hello everyone, i really want by this phone too, but the poor number of post in this forum afraid me ?
I found that : http://consumer.huawei.com/en/opensource/detail/index.htm?siteCode=worldwide&productCode=Smartphones&fileType=openSourceSoftware&pageSize=10&curPage=1
Is it source which are requierd for build ROM ?

Grarak said:
No you can't
You guys can try to email [email protected] and bug them to release the kernel sources
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Ofcourse you can, I needed the stock kernel for building TWRP..

Hey my device is very much heating on flashing the lineage os
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Xelfmade said:
Ofcourse you can, I needed the stock kernel for building TWRP..
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Then good luck building a rom with prebuilt kernel

shm2210 said:
Hey my device is very much heating on flashing the lineage os
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Wich phone do you use?

https://forum.xda-developers.com/nova-plus/development/source-release-huawei-nova-nova-plus-t3548956
The sources

@Grarak you're right I mixed two diffrent things there..
Can you PM me? I would like to work with you together..

any update guys? i'm hating EMUI