Hello everybody,
I'm an Android app developer for some time, but from some time ago until now I have been tweaking the framework, trying to enhance, customize and maybe correcting bugs, so I'm working on the emulator, but I would like to test it on my device (Atrix).
Since I'm a newbie on this matters and I found plenty of threads and sites/blogs, I got a little confused on what are the steps to be made, specially because I would like to build from source as to have my modifications flashed. I'm aware of the hardware implications for my specific device, so I decided to use a reported working rom source code for my device, but i'm a little lost. I thoutgh to be using Cyanogem but I don't know the specifics.
Since I already have the source code AOSP, I think It would be painful to make it work on my device (drivers, kernel, so on...).
I just want (for now) see my framework modifications on device. Anyone could point me to the right direction?
I thought of using this firmware here.
Thank you all.
I am having trouble finding decent instructions for getting the sources for a standard build for Motorola devices, specifically for athene.
I have built for Freescale products before and it usually involves some combination of repo init and patches, but that doesn't seem to be the case for Motorola.
I know the kernel and other sources are available on Github (https://github.com/MotorolaMobilityLL), but I don't see a manifest repository there. Nor can I find a device repo.
The closest thing to instructions I found was this readme (https://github.com/MotorolaMobilityLLC/readme/blob/master/MMI-MPJ24.139-23.4.txt) (xda wont let me post links, I'm too new a user here).
I am starting to suspect that Motorola is being as lazy as possible and only fulfilling the bare minimum of open source obligations, and thus doesn't provide a device repo, or manifest repo, etc.
Is that the case? I am new to running builds for standard phone manufacturers - are ROM developers around here forced to do legwork filling in what the manufacturers refuse to publish?
Or am I just missing the rest of the instructions from somewhere?
I have the same issue, did you ever manage to successfully complete a build? Thanks.
TheGreatCabbage said:
I have the same issue, did you ever manage to successfully complete a build? Thanks.
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Nope, my impression of the situation remains the same, though I have not re-investigated. I would like if someone more knowledgeable confirmed though.
It is a shame, as I would really like a "known good" base to work off of and put in root support and remove unnecessary softwares in a legitimate way.
You *can* build LineageOS for athene: (https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/athene/build)
I ran LineageOS for several months, but eventually switched back to stock. Has some strange issues in regards to texting (seems to only work when making a call).
Thanks for your reply. I've just managed to build Lineage OS for my device, and it seems to work ok.
I was previously using Resurrection Remix OS (which I didn't build, just downloaded a zip) and it worked very well, so if I have any issues with Lineage then I'll try to restore my TWRP backup of RR.
I wish I could use the AOSP codebase directly, though...
I've been wanting to get into porting ROMs, although I'm not too sure how to go about it. I have a few in mind I'd like to attempt to bring to our device. Does anyone have any resources/links/videos on how to go about porting? Everything would be greatly appreciated
Which ROMs do you have in mind? I might be able to help.
P.S: You can look in the LineageOS porting instructions for our device, if that's going to help you!
proudlytm said:
Which ROMs do you have in mind? I might be able to help.
P.S: You can look in the LineageOS porting instructions for our device, if that's going to help you!
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A few of the ones I've been thinking would be a good fit for this phone is the Pure Nexus Project, Slim7 (Want to get a fully working build of that going, love Slim7 haha), OmniRom, and lastly a MIUI port once I get the basics down.
I use macOS, but also have a virtual machine for both Windows 7 & 10 and Ubuntu and Fedora so any guides across any platforms help.
fireball0093 said:
A few of the ones I've been thinking would be a good fit for this phone is the Pure Nexus Project, Slim7 (Want to get a fully working build of that going, love Slim7 haha), OmniRom, and lastly a MIUI port once I get the basics down.
I use macOS, but also have a virtual machine for both Windows 7 & 10 and Ubuntu and Fedora so any guides across any platforms help.
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I know different ROMs use different structures for device trees, but here's a guide to compiling Lineage 14.1 to the G4 Play. This guide is made for Ubuntu 14.04/15.04/16.04, but Fedora might be able to work as well as long as you can get the proper packages installed during the prerequisite steps:
http://wiki.lineageos.org/harpia_build.html
It may not help much with other ROMs, since I'm not sure if the other ROMs support using CM/Lineage based device trees to build, but this will give you the basic instructions on how to download source, get the proprietary blobs/device tree you need, and compile everything to a working zip.
As for actually making device trees for other ROMs to use during compilation, that I don't know myself, and was never really able to find out.
I build on Fedora. If you're using Fedora 25, use these steps to set up a build environment: https://gist.github.com/sultanqasim/09f19221c67c71edd099eb86c6a92467
Update News Flash Galaxy note 4 running Oreo 8.1
3-29-18
OMG. I said it here first. 32 bit processors CAN be ported to Oreo. Maybe not trebel yet. Smug emoticon
In just a few days , not even I thought it was possible.
Running Oreo via lineageOS 15.1 with root on my Samsung Galaxy Note 4.
The dev who devotes time to compiling builds @ripee has had his daily downloads of 14.1 for the note 4 has more than doubled. Currently running about 250 users testing builds. SMOKIN.....
Here is the OP
https://forum.xda-developers.com/no...0-unofficial-lineage-15-1-rom-t3760969/page92
Update 2-28-18
OpenGapps 8.1 is released for both arm and arm 64.
That means Oreo can be compiled it 32 bit.
Researching Oreo and Oreo go compiler instructions.
Mebbe I can compile AOSP for my older Note 4 .. So cool
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/arm-unofficial-opengapps-builds-android-t3743495
Updated 1-20-18
Newest musings on top. Oreo Go is currently being modded into an older Sony phone. Awesome
So since I posted this OP...my musings have been correct in these posts.
This came out on XDA, check out the links in it.
https://www.xda-developers.com/android-go-old-android-8-1-oreo/
Android Oreo and android in general is getting closer to Linux . Mainly for the same reasons
I have been installing different distributions of Linux on an older laptop.
1. To learn installing hard to find drivers
2. Learning Linux architecture and commands
3. Learning to build Linux kernel for my device
http:// www.kernel.org
4. Learning to build lineageos14 in general
With these guides
https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/general/guide-build-lineageos-14-1-trltexx-t3567885
Thanks @_mone and @ripee
https://forum.xda-developers.com/chef-central/android/how-to-build-lineageos-14-1-t3551484
Thanks @FSadino
5. Actually compiling lineageOS-14 for my two devices I have access to
Galaxy note 4 Verizon thanks to @ripee for his contribution by building daily's at
https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/snapdragon-dev/rom-lineageos-14-1-t3536401
And my galaxy tab S2 sm-t710
Thanks to @Bonuzz for getting the camera, mic GPS and Bluetooth working, and posting sources
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-s2/development/t710-t715-lineage-14-1-t3713097
Thanks to @Ather for getting Samsung to release their Kernel sources and building a android 7 rom
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-s2/development/kernel-poseidonkernel-v1-0-permissive-t3588069
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-s2/development/rom-poseidonrom-v1-0-deodexedrooted-t3590228
6. Thinking and musing about things
Symlinks, multi boot, and partitions. ( Treble )
In Linux, I have another partition with downloaded files on another drive
When the kernel boots, the directory tree just sees /data even though it's a separate drive
This is because of a symbolic link that mounts the partition as a folder. This prevents me, from deleting that data with permissions
So the Trebel rules tell the vendor to make a separate partition in the drive but the kernel gets a symbolic link to it, and the user (Google) cannot over write the partition with the critical info..when the ROM gets flashed? correct ?
The bootloader has boot path a, or boot path b.
The user files are in protected memory
So with Linux, when I updated my kernel,
The grub bootloader tells me I can use kernel 4.1.x or 4.2.x when I boot
The kernel loads the drivers
And then looks at the symbolic links to mount the drives.
This is somewhere in the /etc files or somewhere
So Trebel has to be a set of decision trees based on symbic links to hardware
Where all the hardware drivers are independent of the kernel
More musings later. Must build....
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Dec 2017 sometime
Thanks to all for viewing my first OP.
I'm just learning about building ROMs, and look forward to this thread to spitball ideas and see what sticks.
If I don't know something its because I am correcting my ignorance.
This won't be an actually development thread, just trying to understand hardware from 30 years of not being in the tech field.
Eventually I will tire or wear out of driving truck, and work with my passion again.
I am a follow the steps kind of mind, so I am learning how the world of Android / Linux works.
If I understand the Trebel development correctly...
https://www.xda-developers.com/goog...ze-android-so-oems-can-update-devices-faster/
IF we can modify the older device drivers to be Trebel compliant, then once they work, then they always should work. And any Trebel ROM can work on Any Trebel Device withOUT compiling over and over.
This should result in an explosion of custom ROMs .
So I am suggesting a repository of drivers per device that are compliant for older devices.
How do we do that?
So here is the Google announcement of Trebel
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2017/05/here-comes-treble-modular-base-for.html?m=1
Here is the developer preview of ”O”
https://developer.android.com/preview/download.html
It details how to install it on your Trebel Device.
Wow. Just Wow.
OH MY GOODNESS. I would love this on my lg g3, oneplus one, and moto e2. WOW.
TotalNoobTrucker said:
If I understand the Trebel development correctly...
https://www.xda-developers.com/goog...ze-android-so-oems-can-update-devices-faster/
IF we can modify the older device drivers to be Trebel compliant, then once they work, then they always should work. And any Trebel ROM can work on Any Trebel Device withOUT compiling over and over.
This should result in an explosion of custom ROMs .
So I am suggesting a repository of drivers per device that are compliant for older devices.
How do we do that?
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How do you wanna to do that ?
Vendor files are NOT open-source so you cannot make them treble enabled sadly.
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How do you wanna to do that ?
Vendor files are NOT open-source so you cannot make them treble enabled sadly.
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So far all it looks like ROM dev is trial and error with people posting guides on repeatable success... (Community)
I haven't built a ROM, ( haven't built a compiler computer yet) plus I drive truck 70 hrs a week..
but have read
https://forum.xda-developers.com/chef-central/android/guide-android-rom-development-t2814763/
And
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/how-to-port-samsung-rom-to-samsung-t3481114/
So what's different in the building process? With Trebel?
Google dev page lists an additional partition for drivers called VENDOR
A file called manifest.xml
And a A/B partition.
So assuming I am building a Lineage OS ROM 14.x
In that compile process, everything is compiled in the ROM
Kernel, Lineage front end, AOSP programs etc.
So somewhere in the compiler process the drivers to my N910V are pulled in from somewhere? Github¿?
If they are not open source, they were pulled from system image via ADB or Android image kitchen and uploaded to where?
So i guess we need a guide on how to build Trebel for non Trebel devices. The folks on the other Trebel thread are doing it on newer devices and getting some exciting results.
There is only a couple of Lineage 15.x builds going, but once someone has the Process down to build a Trebel on non / close to Trebel hardware,
It should be repeatable for ANY Oreo and up compiled ROM.
I may not be able to build yet, but since Trebel is the new path, I want to gather Trebel success and Process here. Maybe make a guide..
In conclusion, the drivers may not be open source, but the code is out there somewhere.
Sent from my Lineage OS 14 Samsung Verizon Note 4 from @ripee
My other device is a Samsung T710 running Posiedon 1.0 . Thanks for a stable rooted tablet @Ather
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TotalNoobTrucker said:
So far all it looks like ROM dev is trial and error with people posting guides on repeatable success... (Community)
I haven't built a ROM, ( haven't built a compiler computer yet) plus I drive truck 70 hrs a week..
but have read
https://forum.xda-developers.com/chef-central/android/guide-android-rom-development-t2814763/
And
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/how-to-port-samsung-rom-to-samsung-t3481114/
So what's different in the building process? With Trebel?
Google dev page lists an additional partition for drivers called VENDOR
A file called manifest.xml
And a A/B partition.
So assuming I am building a Lineage OS ROM 14.x
In that compile process, everything is compiled in the ROM
Kernel, Lineage front end, AOSP programs etc.
So somewhere in the compiler process the drivers to my N910V are pulled in from somewhere? Github¿?
If they are not open source, they were pulled from system image via ADB or Android image kitchen and uploaded to where?
So i guess we need a guide on how to build Trebel for non Trebel devices. The folks on the other Trebel thread are doing it on newer devices and getting some exciting results.
There is only a couple of Lineage 15.x builds going, but once someone has the Process down to build a Trebel on non / close to Trebel hardware,
It should be repeatable for ANY Oreo and up compiled ROM.
I may not be able to build yet, but since Trebel is the new path, I want to gather Trebel success and Process here. Maybe make a guide..
In conclusion, the drivers may not be open source, but the code is out there somewhere.
Sent from my Lineage OS 14 Samsung Verizon Note 4 from @ripee
My other device is a Samsung T710 running Posiedon 1.0 . Thanks
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The OEM needs to add support for treble there is no treble for non-treble devices.
Treble works like so:
Vendor files are stored in separate partition (Those files are edited to work with treble)
Then android just takes those files from there and work.
The vendor files are not in system.img but in /vendors (the partition is mounted here)
Only a few devices have vendor files open source there is possible to make the device treble supported but 99% of devices have vendor files closed and so its not possible for some dev here to make the device supported.
Also A/B is new partition layout:
You have your system on A but once update is available its downloaded onto B and then it just switch them (Don't read about that much so I canbe wrong here).
Also I have build ROM for xperia P and if I wanted to build 8.0.0 I cannot use treble sadly that would have made my job lot easier.
Hmm.
Haxk20 said:
The OEM needs to add support for treble there is no treble for non-treble devices.
Treble works like so:
Vendor files are stored in separate partition (Those files are edited to work with treble)
Then android just takes those files from there and work.
The vendor files are not in system.img but in /vendors (the partition is mounted here)
Only a few devices have vendor files open source there is possible to make the device treble supported but 99% of devices have vendor files closed and so its not possible for some dev here to make the device supported.
Also A/B is new partition layout:
You have your system on A but once update is available its downloaded onto B and then it just switch them (Don't read about that much so I canbe wrong here).
Also I have build ROM for xperia P and if I wanted to build 8.0.0 I cannot use treble sadly that would have made my job lot easier.
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So where are the Xperia P files you imported into your 8.0 biuld¿ Can't you put them in the vendor folder and see if it boots¿ I presume you have to make a manifest.xml file so the ROM can see the files
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So where are the Xperia P files you imported into your 8.0 biuld¿ Can't you put them in the vendor folder and see if it boots¿ I presume you have to make a manifest.xml file so the ROM can see the files
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I haven't done 8.0.0 build yet cause the device got only CM-12.1 and now trying to port 8.0.0 and no putting the files there will not work:
1. Old devices don't have that partition and evenif I reformat it and add it and edited fstab to see it.
2. The files NEEDS TO BE EDITED TO WORK WITH TREBLE. If it was that easy to make partition put there the files and tadaaa treble device then every old device could get 8.0.0 to run but well I don't see threads about it. It's not that easy you NEED THE SOURCES TO MAKE IT TREBLE ENABLED.
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I haven't done 8.0.0 build yet cause the device got only CM-12.1 and now trying to port 8.0.0 and no putting the files there will not work:
1. Old devices don't have that partition and evenif I reformat it and add it and edited fstab to see it.
2. The files NEEDS TO BE EDITED TO WORK WITH TREBLE. If it was that easy to make partition put there the files and tadaaa treble device then every old device could get 8.0.0 to run but well I don't see threads about it. It's not that easy you NEED THE SOURCES TO MAKE IT TREBLE ENABLED.
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Sadly, I think android 8.1 trebel is 64 bit. My note 4 is a 32bit arm71
So I dunno how it could run on my note 4. However the nexus 6 is the same cpu hardware as the note 4
However the nexus 6p is the 8core with 2 other core chipset, which is 64 bit and supported by 8.1 Trebel
So me thinks the older devices are not able to run trebel
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TotalNoobTrucker said:
Sadly, I think android 8.1 trebel is 64 bit. My note 4 is a 32bit arm71
So I dunno how it could run on my note 4. However the nexus 6 is the same cpu hardware as the note 4
However the nexus 6p is the 8core with 2 other core chipset, which is 64 bit and supported by 8.1 Trebel
So me thinks the older devices are not able to run trebel
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Yeah that's another problem even if there was a way to edit vendor files treble is 64bit only
If I undertand it correctly, there's another layer between the HAL and the android framework, the HIDL, which decribes the interface of the HAL.
Shouldn't we theorically be able to edit that?
The good news is my sm-t710 is a exynos5433 chipset which supports 64bit. So maybe I will get to play with 8.n someday
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If I undertand it correctly, there's another layer between the HAL and the android framework, the HIDL, which decribes the interface of the HAL.
Shouldn't we theorically be able to edit that?
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I think so. If you look at the other forum, it seems they're editing only a couple files. The manifest.xml describes what files are the drivers and where to look for them. This is a crucial file, as the drivers are in a separate partition from the system/data partition now. Download one and read it .it's a very simple exchange script
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I think so. If you look at the other forum, it seems they're editing only a couple files. The manifest.xml describes what files are the drivers and where to look for them. This is a crucial file, as the drivers are in a separate partition from the system/data partition now. Download one and read it .it's a very simple exchange script
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As I said above you NEED the vendor file sources then create /vendor partition to add the vendor files there.
Without sources you can't make Treble running.
So if you ever want to play with 8.0 on your phone you should start porting right now.
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I think so. If you look at the other forum, it seems they're editing only a couple files. The manifest.xml describes what files are the drivers and where to look for them. This is a crucial file, as the drivers are in a separate partition from the system/data partition now. Download one and read it .it's a very simple exchange script
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I mean porting as the "hard way" = modifying device tree to work with new sources and patching the sources.
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As I said above you NEED the vendor file sources then create /vendor partition to add the vendor files there.
Without sources you can't make Treble running.
So if you ever want to play with 8.0 on your phone you should start porting right now.
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I mean porting as the "hard way" = modifying device tree to work with new sources and patching the sources.
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I get that to begin the process for non Trebel, that's the idea.
Move all the vendor libraries to the vendor file, and run them through the Google process to make them compliant.
I would have to find a piece of hardware that has the same SoC just to begin.
No wonder the note 4 stalled at 6.0.1, verizion want going to rewrite the code. Just to get to 7. They would rather sell note 8's
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See scenario 2 on
source android com devices architecture hidl-cpp
We need to code o adapt a passthrough HIDL
It's not a matter of editing a file
TotalNoobTrucker said:
I think so. If you look at the other forum, it seems they're editing only a couple files. The manifest.xml describes what files are the drivers and where to look for them. This is a crucial file, as the drivers are in a separate partition from the system/data partition now. Download one and read it .it's a very simple exchange script
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It's not a matter of editing a file to tell Android and the kernel where to look for drivers. We are not "editing" manifest.xml, it is generated during the build process. The whole structure and system calls of the drivers is changed to make them suitable for treble. And that is done by the SoC vendor whomever they may be. You can build Oreo to work on older devices by using your existing drivers, but not by using treble, you have to use your existing kernel, and write your own "hooks" into your existing drivers (better be familiar with hex code), and do a LOT of modifications to the Android code. Treble is not intended as a way for older devices to get custom ROMs, as their pre Oreo kernels and drives are not capable.
A N00b's explanation of Project Treble
Okay so I've seen a lot of confusion about how Project Treble does and does not work, so I'm going to provide a small explanation, simplified to a fault, but it'll do:
In ye olden days (Nougat and back), the Android OS was very tightly integrated with the drivers of the system. This made custom firmware very difficult to port (relatively speaking). Certain drivers were more difficult to make workable and as a result you'd have work in progress ROMs that didn't have WI-FI or cameras working, etc. It really was a pain in the butt.
Project Treble changes all of that. What it does is separate the operating system from the drivers, making porting much easier for devices that support it. The problem is that in order to enable this it would require almost a complete rebuild of these drivers, which would in turn require access to the source code and a LOT of work (hence why companies like OnePlus are releasing devices with Nougat so they don't have to use Treble, which is required on all devices that start with Oreo).
In short, COULD Treble be ported to older devices? Yes; Google and Essential have proven that. Is it feasible? Unless you've got some friends at Samsung/HTC/Xiaomi/insert-other-company-here willing to leak source code, no not really. The only device that I could possibly see getting a Treble port is the HTC HD2, simply because that phone is basically the technological equivalent of a cockroach, and I think they may have actually reverse engineered their drivers to get them to work on so many operating systems. I know I've probably made some mistakes in my explanation, but it's my best way if simplifying how this works so that people don't come along, see Treble and expect an Oreo ROM for their Fire Phone or something
2390 said:
Okay so I've seen a lot of confusion about how Project Treble does and does not work, so I'm going to provide a small explanation, simplified to a fault, but it'll do:
In ye olden days (Nougat and back), the Android OS was very tightly integrated with the drivers of the system. This made custom firmware very difficult to port (relatively speaking). Certain drivers were more difficult to make workable and as a result you'd have work in progress ROMs that didn't have WI-FI or cameras working, etc. It really was a pain in the butt.
Project Treble changes all of that. What it does is separate the operating system from the drivers, making porting much easier for devices that support it. The problem is that in order to enable this it would require almost a complete rebuild of these drivers, which would in turn require access to the source code and a LOT of work (hence why companies like OnePlus are releasing devices with Nougat so they don't have to use Treble, which is required on all devices that start with Oreo).
In short, COULD Treble be ported to older devices? Yes; Google and Essential have proven that. Is it feasible? Unless you've got some friends at Samsung/HTC/Xiaomi/insert-other-company-here willing to leak source code, no not really. The only device that I could possibly see getting a Treble port is the HTC HD2, simply because that phone is basically the technological equivalent of a cockroach, and I think they may have actually reverse engineered their drivers to get them to work on so many operating systems. I know I've probably made some mistakes in my explanation, but it's my best way if simplifying how this works so that people don't come along, see Treble and expect an Oreo ROM for their Fire Phone or something
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So who do we know at Samsung/HTC/Xiaomi ?
Haha.
Or better yet who do we ask there? Do they have only internal development? Customer service? How do some Devs get source code? When a company releases a developers version ( thankfully someone had a way to flash a dev version 5.1.1 of my verizion note 4 so it could get a ROM.. ), does the developers edition phone come with the support and access of developers?
The reason I ask. Is I used to have MSDN access when I worked at [email protected]#$0ft . just asking again. What's the path to be a developer from a builder like Samsung?
Good luck with that
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So who do we know at Samsung/HTC/Xiaomi ?
Haha.
Or better yet who do we ask there? Do they have only internal development? Customer service? How do some Devs get source code? When a company releases a developers version ( thankfully someone had a way to flash a dev version 5.1.1 of my verizion note 4 so it could get a ROM.. ), does the developers edition phone come with the support and access of developers?
The reason I ask. Is I used to have MSDN access when I worked at [email protected]#$0ft . just asking again. What's the path to be a developer from a builder like Samsung?
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You're going to have better luck getting blood out of a rock than that. Even when they have "developer" editions of phones they don't give you access to their code, that just means it's totally unlocked for you to f*** up or flash ROMs to. The phone manufacturers get the drivers for the SoC from the manufacturer of the chip, and except in binary form that never leaves and stays in house. Only way you're going to get that is by knowing someone who works at Qualcomm, Samsung, etc. who is willing to risk being fired, sued, thrown in jail, or all of the above for stealing the source code and leaking it to you. When a phone manufacturer releases "source code" if you examine it you will find that those closed source drivers are not included, you can build it but a lot of things won't work. (Besides the fact that it is always outdated code).
Dear fellow developers and users of this great device,
I'm working on mainline support for the p4note device family, I started with the N8010 but this is usable on all the other N80XX devices as well as they are technically all the same aside from the modem.
The current status is that an initial device tree will land in 5.11 with some components still missing but its a good start. I'm working on the rest and also I'm working on Android 11 on top of that.
This post will not be updated any longer, you can find my mainline progress here.
There is also a blog which I'll probably woefully neglect as I'm way too busy with everything in life.
Cheers
An update for my mainline progress, there is kernel logs on the display now! I'm currently working on the touch screen config.
Oh Nice to see.
But i think not many people read the General forum anymore ^^
You might want to mention this in the Dev thread.
Do you have a git repository anywhere? I found a Note 10 8000 hidden in a box and wanted to get a working small working terminal up on the wall at my 3D-Printer/Soldering-workstation, I would be happy to be tinkering around som with the code.
Nevermind, found it.
fldc said:
Do you have a git repository anywhere? I found a Note 10 8000 hidden in a box and wanted to get a working small working terminal up on the wall at my 3D-Printer/Soldering-workstation, I would be happy to be tinkering around som with the code.
Nevermind, found it.
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Hey, great to hear that you want to tinker with it. Remember that I currently work on rev 6 of the hardware, the version info can be found in the atags of the kernel log. You may run into issues with other revisions but it should be fine.
For the wifi settings, you need the correct nvram file. I'm not yet sure whether you can determine it by the version of the hardware, the current way is a macloader in the current hardware repo.
I extracted the touchscreen firmware from the sources and put them in my buildroot repo. The driver will look for a file called maxtouch.fw on boot.
I hope this helps.
Thank you very much for the pointers, I haven't t really been into kernel development since Samsung Galaxy S2 (9100), but getting a proper Linux installation on this device would fit me perfectly so I would happily try things on my side, keep us posted.