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[09-06]SailfishOS & Multirom. How to set up guide

Hi sailors out there
When I'm going to read through the available sailfish threads the question about how to set up multirom & sailfish have been asked many times. So I thought I'm writing this little guide. I describe the procedure along the nexus 4 mako. But it have to be very similar on other devices like nexus 5 for example. The important parts that differs from mako are the kernel and modem image you've to use. I will describe the easiest way in my opinion. Experienced users have more capabilities to reach the goal. I will not describe how to install twrp recovery and unlock bootloader. Both are prequesites. Please use xda search or google to get this. But this little guide want's to be simple as possible. So let's begin .
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Beginning:
First we have to detect you're actual setup and where you want to go. Because nexus 4 is up to date I think the most common goal is to run android 4.4 as primary and sailfish os as secondary. Atm I have only paranoidandroid 4.4 on my device and will show you how to get everything working.
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Requirements / Download following parts:
kernel aosp: http://d-h.st/A99
kernel cm: http://d-h.st/CCn
aosp = android open source rom. Ask in you're rom thread what version you're on with the rom
cm = cyanogen mod rom. Ask in you're rom thread what version you're on with the rom
Modem for nexus4 in version 0.84: http://d-h.st/cIJ
or
through an app in play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bpear.makomodem&hl=de
sailfishOS ea4: http://releases.sailfishos.org/sfa-ea/sailfishos-mako-release-1.0.8.19-EA4.zip
cm 10.1.3: http://get.cm/get/aWH
Multirom manager in play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tassadar.multirommgr&hl=de
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Before we're going on check up the following
1. All zip's you've downloaded have to be transferred on the device
2. Apps from play store are installed
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Installation process
Reboot in twrp recovery
Flash the new kernel
Flash the modem 0.84 in twrp. Or via the modem flasher from playstore. It's you're decision.
Boot back into android
Proof the functionality in android withe the new modem and kernel. Wlan working? Bluetooth? NFC?
Open mutlirom manager. Follow the installation steps.
After some time you'll be back in android. You have now the right modem, kernel and and a twrp multirom version on you're device
After this. Please reboot back into twrp recovery
There select the advanced button.
Then the multirom button
Select add rom and mark up the entry sailfish os
Press next.
Now you can choose two zip files to flash
zip1: Select the cm10.1.3 zip file
zip2: Select the sailfish EA4 zip file
Installation process is beginning.
After this select reboot
You automatically went into multirom where you can cancel the automatic boot process for the primary rom. Then you can select which rom you want to start.
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And the most important thing is to read: http://forum.xda-developers.com/jolla-sailfish/general/qa-sailfish-n4-thread-devices-t2727330 for further question before you ask. I have described there many things to start with sailfish. If you find this useful think about to press the thanks button.

I'm a bit confused why do you insist on updating the modem? I checked my modem version and it is newer so I imagine there is no need to update. Also why use such an old version ov CM?
Just asking because I did all according to your instructions except I used newer CM build and didn't update my modem firmware as it was already newer. But for some reason Sailfish wont boot. It just hangs showing Google at start.

anttimonty said:
I'm a bit confused why do you insist on updating the modem? I checked my modem version and it is newer so I imagine there is no need to update. Also why use such an old version ov CM?
Just asking because I did all according to your instructions except I used newer CM build and didn't update my modem firmware as it was already newer. But for some reason Sailfish wont boot. It just hangs showing Google at start.
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lol. and you ask why it won't work? It gave reasons for the instructions. Also look in the linked q&a thread at the bottom of first post. And here for you the relaese notes. Hope things becomes clear now. enjoy
Release Notes:
This release is based on SailfishOS 1.0.8.19 (Tahkalampi).
The Nexus 4 port is considered to be of alpha quality.
Though depending on your usage it might be stable enough for daily use.
Download & installation instructions:
* Install adb and fastboot
a. Debian/Ubuntu: apt-get install android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot
b. Fedora: yum install android-tools
c. Mac OS X: Install Homebrew from http://brew.sh/, then: brew install android-platform-tools
d. Windows: See http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Doc:_fastboot_intro for instructions
MultiROM ≥v28 ability is in the image. See options of how to layout your MultiROM in #2 post below.
Alternatively, just have it as your primary ROM:
* Install Android 4.2.2 (JDQ39) to your Nexus 4
a. Instructions here: https://developers.google.com/androi...s#instructions
b. Download links can be found here: https://developers.google.com/androi...ges#occamjdq39
* Download CyanogenMod 10.1.3 for your Nexus 4
a. Perform Factory Reset and wipe contents of the /data/ partition in case of leftovers from previous ROMs
b. The file you want to download is cm-10.1.3-mako.zip
c. Download links can be found here: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_mako
* Download the Sailfish OS for Android image for "mako"
a. The file you want to download is http://releases.sailfishos.org/sfa-e...0.8.19-EA4.zip
b. Another flavour filled with demo content: http://releases.sailfishos.org/sfa-e...mo-content.zip
* Install CyanogenMod 10.1.3 on your Nexus 4
a. Follow the instructions at: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_mako
* After flashing the "cm-10.1.3-mako.zip" file, flash the Sailfish OS .zip file in the same way ("on top of it")
* Reboot bootloader, Sailfish OS should boot and be visible
We recommend reading through http://jolla.com/guide/ -- some parts may not apply to Nexus 4
HW Support status:
(Look for Nexus 4 row): https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris
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Also I stated in first post why I only described the way I've did

Ahh ok nevermind got it working once I used the older CM image. Wifi seems not to be working but I guess that is because I didn't downgrade my modem firmware. I guess I'll wait for a more stable builde or better yet buy a Jolla phone. Just like having the nexus 4 as I can test bunch of operating systems on it.

anttimonty said:
Ahh ok nevermind got it working once I used the older CM image. Wifi seems not to be working but I guess that is because I didn't downgrade my modem firmware. I guess I'll wait for a more stable builde or better yet buy a Jolla phone. Just like having the nexus 4 as I can test bunch of operating systems on it.
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yes. that's a great benefit of this device Do you like sailfish?
With modem version 0.84 you have all parts working in sailfish and android

Ok thanks for the hint. I used to be one of the early adopters of Jolla, but couldn't use it as my daily phone so I sold it, but now that the OS has matured I think I maybe swithing back. Even though I still think Nokia N9 had far better UI experience. If only some would port N9 UI to Sailfish

anttimonty said:
Ok thanks for the hint. I used to be one of the early adopters of Jolla, but couldn't use it as my daily phone so I sold it, but now that the OS has matured I think I maybe swithing back. Even though I still think Nokia N9 had far better UI experience. If only some would port N9 UI to Sailfish
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I feel the same, don't know why, but i just loved the N9 and the way the OS worked. I am not saying that sailfish is bad or something, but there Are somethings missing ...

v3ng3anc32002 said:
I feel the same, don't know why, but i just loved the N9 and the way the OS worked. I am not saying that sailfish is bad or something, but there Are somethings missing ...
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They've practically done nothing since pre-release to improve and refine the UI, and so many incredibly basic features are missing (voicemail notifications, global copy and paste etc). The pulley menus are ropey and the active covers feature hasn't really been made use of much. They seem to be mainly concentrating on the Jolla Launcher for Android, which will definitely make them higher profile ... but if all their software engineers and UX guys are working on that instead of Sailfish itself, then it seems like cutting off their nose to spite their face.
I'm not a fan of Android and I can't see myself ever using WP or iOS, but the lack of progress and their production priorities are a bit dispiriting. I'm hoping that they're holding a lot of big and waited for improvements for update 1.1 (October).
Anyway, I'll keep it as my main phone for a bit longer, despite the fact that I have a Z3C coming early next week. Hope to see a decent Sailfish port for it soon.

mudnightoil said:
They've practically done nothing since pre-release to improve and refine the UI, and so many incredibly basic features are missing (voicemail notifications, global copy and paste etc). The pulley menus are ropey and the active covers feature hasn't really been made use of much. They seem to be mainly concentrating on the Jolla Launcher for Android, which will definitely make them higher profile ... but if all their software engineers and UX guys are working on that instead of Sailfish itself, then it seems like cutting off their nose to spite their face.
I'm not a fan of Android and I can't see myself ever using WP or iOS, but the lack of progress and their production priorities are a bit dispiriting. I'm hoping that they're holding a lot of big and waited for improvements for update 1.1 (October).
Anyway, I'll keep it as my main phone for a bit longer, despite the fact that I have a Z3C coming early next week. Hope to see a decent Sailfish port for it soon.
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hope the same for the z1c, but don't how is the chance to see this port (soon or later).

Works nicely on my n4. Looking for getting gapps to run....

mudnightoil said:
They seem to be mainly concentrating on the Jolla Launcher for Android, which will definitely make them higher profile ... but if all their software engineers and UX guys are working on that instead of Sailfish itself, then it seems like cutting off their nose to spite their face.
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This is just wrong
mudnightoil said:
I have a Z3C coming early next week. Hope to see a decent Sailfish port for it soon.
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I bought a z1c after my N9 broke and I totally regret it. But I'll go on and try using it with Sailfish one day
paulle said:
hope the same for the z1c, but don't how is the chance to see this port (soon or later).
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I tried using the hadk but like some other devices, there are gpu-problems with the z1c (see https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris/gpu).
Keep an eye on IRC logs and on the status matrix in mer wiki
sorry for off-topic

iuno said:
This is just wrong
I bought a z1c after my N9 broke and I totally regret it. But I'll go on and try using it with Sailfish one day
I tried using the hadk but like some other devices, there are gpu-problems with the z1c (see https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris/gpu).
Keep an eye on IRC logs and on the status matrix in mer wiki
sorry for off-topic
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thank you for information, followed your links to look at. It seems there for the z1c is a lot of remaining, we will need patience.

iuno said:
I bought a z1c after my N9 broke and I totally regret it. But I'll go on and try using it with Sailfish one day
I tried using the hadk but like some other devices, there are gpu-problems with the z1c (see https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris/gpu).
Keep an eye on IRC logs and on the status matrix in mer wiki
sorry for off-topic
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Don't think I'll regret getting the Z3C, from a hardware perspective ... held one the other day, as a friend had been gifted one by Sony. It's absolutely superb. Granted, I despise Android .. but for when the Jolla ****s itself / runs out of battery / when GPS or a camera is needed / roaming / skype /outdoor use, I can suffer it until there's a Sailfish port.
Hopefully as work is already under way for the One Plus One, the identical SoC used in the Z3 & Z3C won't be too much additional work.
For all the moaning and groaning about Mediatek, I'm guessing the simplest and best port of Sailfish will probably be for the Meizu MX4, as there'll be an Ubuntu ROM for it, and libhybris is used by Ubuntu Phone ...
Also, hopefully future iterations of the HADK will smooth out some of the problems porters are facing.

mudnightoil said:
Don't think I'll regret getting the Z3C, from a hardware perspective
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it's the same for me...
The SoC in your z3c and 1+1 is actually the same as in z1c, I guess – 8974 vs 8974ac – only higher clocked.
You should not suppose that mediatek SoCs will be easier in general just because of is one working device. Jolla runs a Snapdragon and it works perfectly, most of the devices sailfish is currently ported to run snapdragons – with very different results.

iuno said:
it's the same for me...
The SoC in your z3c and 1+1 is actually the same as in z1c, I guess – 8974 vs 8974ac – only higher clocked.
You should not suppose that mediatek SoCs will be easier in general just because of is one working device. Jolla runs a Snapdragon and it works perfectly, most of the devices sailfish is currently ported to run snapdragons – with very different results.
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I wasn't saying Mediatek in general will be easier (though it's possible), but any device with an official Ubuntu ROM certainly will (should) be - Meizu MX4 (Mediatek) is the first of those.
P.S. The Z3C is fantastic ... though unfortunately in black as opposed to the red I ordered (it's being swapped tomorrow).

Thank you very much for these instructions. i have one question though. In order to download CM 10.1.3, it says to click that link which takes you to download CM installer app. Ive used that app before and as far as I kmow, it doesnt let you choose which version of CM you want to install, instead it just sets you up to install the newest CM 11. I downloaded 10.1.3 from their site. Either way, no big deal.
Also, which kernel do I download to install? Aosp or CM?
Thank you

Still up to date
Hi,
are these steps still up to date or should we follow a different set up guide to install the latest sailfish OS on the Nexus 4? Because most, if not all, the links on the first page end up 404...

Bluetooth sync from Jolla to Nexus 4
Flashed my Nexus 4 with the factory 4.2.2 from google with radio .48 and then flashed cm-10.1-20131003-SNAPSHOT-TREATFORCOOPER-mako-signed.zip because that seemed to be the 10.1.3 mentioned in the guides to end up flashing the latest sfos from this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/development/rom-sailfish-os-community-port-t2969823.
I didn't try calling, it has 3G network working and wifi is working but I can't seem to get the contacts from my Jolla phone using the Bluetooth sync from the settings.
Anybody has some advice on this?

Just had a good look at the wiki of devices on the mer website and found out the bluetooth is not yet working on the Nexus 4...

Works perfectly on my oneplus one

[Q] Support for LG G3 with Cyanogenmod 12?

Hi, I've read that support for LG G3 is in the works but is or will there be support for the G3 running CM12?
I've just tested this, even bought the version from Play store and for me it doesn't work. Is there a Kernel requirement for FM radio which CM12 may not have? I could supply any log data you request.
Thanks and great work so far.

Yup, i confirm, doesn't work on lg g3. Pitty.

joergherzinger said:
Hi, I've read that support for LG G3 is in the works but is or will there be support for the G3 running CM12?
I've just tested this, even bought the version from Play store and for me it doesn't work. Is there a Kernel requirement for FM radio which CM12 may not have? I could supply any log data you request.
Thanks and great work so far.
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Sorry for my delay. I started a re-coding "marathon" on the weekend and it stretched for a week.
I intend to support the LG G3 as well as I possibly can, on any ROM. I have almost bought a G3 for testing a few times, but haven't gone through with it yet.
The CM12 kernel does not at present include the needed Qualcomm V4L FM radio "IRIS" driver.
I will try to submit the tiny 2 line config file change needed for that and see if they respond.
Someone built an FM friendly kernel and it worked, but there are/were still some audio issues. We can work around this with the new analog mode being added to Spirit2, and this should be properly resolved at some point.

Oh, thats great to hear.
For the Cyanogen part: They actually have a section in their bugtracker for FM Radio [1]. Once you have done that could you post the links to the pull request and the bug entry here. I will follow it and update my phone as soon as the fix is built. If there is anything I can do to help you please let me know.
[1] https://jira.cyanogenmod.org/secure...=+"FM+Radio"+ORDER+BY+priority+DESC&mode=hide

joergherzinger said:
Oh, thats great to hear.
For the Cyanogen part: They actually have a section in their bugtracker for FM Radio [1]. Once you have done that could you post the links to the pull request and the bug entry here. I will follow it and update my phone as soon as the fix is built. If there is anything I can do to help you please let me know.
[1] https://jira.cyanogenmod.org/secure...=+"FM+Radio"+ORDER+BY+priority+DESC&mode=hide
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OK.
Last night I submitted the same patch for Xperia Z1 and it seems well received. First time I ever built a CM ROM and it took a few days to get everything downloaded and built and figure out how to submit CM patches etc.
My response time to posts and emails has increased, and my responses are more brief, because I have decided to spend more time doing what needs to be done and less time talking about it.

WOW great news!!
Thank's very much :victory:

mikereidis said:
OK.
Last night I submitted the same patch for Xperia Z1 and it seems well received. First time I ever built a CM ROM and it took a few days to get everything downloaded and built and figure out how to submit CM patches etc.
My response time to posts and emails has increased, and my responses are more brief, because I have decided to spend more time doing what needs to be done and less time talking about it.
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Great! I'm trying CM12 in my G3 and, despite some typical nightly bugs, it's working quite well. I only really miss FM radio! :fingers-crossed:

Any progress ?

ariek44 said:
Any progress ?
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Is the needed FM driver in the CM12 kernel for LG G3 now ?
And is the remaining problem that the sound sounds horrible ?
See my posts 9001 and 9002 for info on the new March 6 beta release. 9002 has link to the free version to try: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1059296&page=901

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mikereidis said:
Is the needed FM driver in the CM12 kernel for LG G3 now ?
And is the remaining problem that the sound sounds horrible ?
See my posts 9001 and 9002 for info on the new March 6 beta release. 9002 has link to the free version to try: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1059296&page=901
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New beta app says no tuner in current cm12 nightly. Tried flashing a different kernel - resin - but same result.

Phenax said:
New beta app says no tuner in current cm12 nightly. Tried flashing a different kernel - resin - but same result.
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If you have the T-Mobile variant, I do not think FM can ever work for you.
As with the LG G2, only the Sprint and International variants have the FM antenna pin connected as needed to the headset jack for the antenna.
Other variants are purposely and permanently "broken" by shorting the pin to ground.
There was rumor here and there that other variants might work, but I think that was based on Spirit not showing a specific error at one point.
So, AFAICT, only the International D855 and Sprint's model.

joergherzinger said:
Hi, I've read that support for LG G3 is in the works but is or will there be support for the G3 running CM12?
I've just tested this, even bought the version from Play store and for me it doesn't work. Is there a Kernel requirement for FM radio which CM12 may not have? I could supply any log data you request.
Thanks and great work so far.
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I have built a CM12 based kernel that I think should work.
I do not have a G3 so I can not test it.
I can not make any guarantees that it will boot and won't harm anything.
This is a boot.img file. Anyone flashing it should understand how to flash such a file so I won't explain.
I will submit the patches to CM once someone can verify.
md5sum ~/mikes_boot_fm_12-20150307-UNOFFICIAL-d855.img
d8080528d3f37448e57a6da84162d4df
Thanks !

Genius, it works. Sound quality seems fine to me. Just send me the link to the patch you will send in and I can confirm the cm guys, that it is working if you want.
Edit: I just noticed that wake up by double tap does not work. I assume that just because you used a different kernel config to the stock cm one...

joergherzinger said:
Genius, it works. Sound quality seems fine to me. Just send me the link to the patch you will send in and I can confirm the cm guys, that it is working if you want.
Edit: I just noticed that wake up by double tap does not work. I assume that just because you used a different kernel config to the stock cm one...
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Great !
I did not touch the kernel config at all. I used this one, stock as of this morning, AFAICT: https://github.com/CyanogenMod/andr...0/arch/arm/configs/cyanogenmod_d855_defconfig
The config has this, unchanged:
Code:
CONFIG_RADIO_IRIS=y
CONFIG_RADIO_IRIS_TRANSPORT=y
All I did to patch/fix was this:
Code:
cp kernel/motorola/msm8226/drivers/media/radio/radio-iris-transport.c kernel/lge/g3/drivers/media/radio/radio-iris-transport.c
cp kernel/motorola/msm8226/drivers/media/radio/radio-iris.c kernel/lge/g3/drivers/media/radio/radio-iris.c
This copied the Qualcomm fix from the MotoG kernel source that allows radio-iris-transport to work built into the kernel, instead of only as a module.

joergherzinger said:
Genius, it works. Sound quality seems fine to me. Just send me the link to the patch you will send in and I can confirm the cm guys, that it is working if you want.
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Patch is here: http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/90794/

I played around with it a bit more. FM worked like a charm, but several other things didn't work at all. Most importantly Settings crashed for me when I tried to open display settings. I assume that is because my CM is a little more than a week old while your build is just a few days old. I reverted by to my old boot.img but I will test the first nightly with your patch in it.

joergherzinger said:
I played around with it a bit more. FM worked like a charm, but several other things didn't work at all. Most importantly Settings crashed for me when I tried to open display settings. I assume that is because my CM is a little more than a week old while your build is just a few days old. I reverted by to my old boot.img but I will test the first nightly with your patch in it.
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Maybe.
I've seen Settings crash on a few devices/ROMs.
Common AOSP Lollipop ROMs still have lots of problems.
They ALL have a nasty memory leak that gets bigger every time Spirit sends an RDS update to notification shade/remotes/lockscreen. I have to reboot my test phones every day or so to avoid unpredictable restarts when Android system_server fills its' internal table maxed at 51,200.
Stock Lollipop ROMs don't have this problem, so IMO must be some common bug in CM12 I think. (I could/should verify if Nexus/pure AOSP shares this.)

Well, it doesn't look too good. They seem to want this as a loadable module, which you explicitly stated different in your commit message. Any ideas an what to do next?

joergherzinger said:
Well, it doesn't look too good. They seem to want this as a loadable module, which you explicitly stated different in your commit message. Any ideas an what to do next?
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Yes, I think so, it's just taking me a long time to do it.
The patches I provided WORK. The complaint was that IF they re-configure the kernel to use modules, then the kernel will not build and he did not like that.
Many kernels have removed modules now and it is rare to go back to modules, so I find this a bit strange, but I am not the one maintaining kernels.
The patches were not really "developed" by me. I just grabbed the very similar files from the MotoG CM12 kernel thinking they would not complain; it was just aligning the code between CM12 kernels.
My plan since the patches were rejected is to use the files from (I think) a Sony CM12 kernel that I think should work with or without modules.
But I have had a LOT of trouble getting d855 kernels and ROMs to build since my initial changes that worked AND it can take hours to build a new ROM and I still have not figured out how to build just the kernel, which is much faster.
This is the problem I had last night and the night before and I am not a ROM dev so it takes time for me to figure out what is wrong or how to fix (maybe a "make clean" or similar"):
creating userdata.img...
Running: mkf2fsuserimg.sh /tmp/tmpqdNGFw 12297699328
in mkf2fsuserimg.sh PATH=/home/m/android/system/out/host/linux-x86/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-amd64/bin:/home/m/android/system/out/host/linux-x86/bin:/home/m/android/system/prebuilts/gcc/linux-x86/arm/arm-linux-androideabi-4.8/bin:/home/m/android/system/prebuilts/gcc/linux-x86/:/home/m/android/system/prebuilts/gcc/linux-x86/arm/arm-eabi-4.8/bin:/home/m/android/system/development/scripts:/home/m/android/system/prebuilts/devtools/tools:/home/m/android/system/prebuilts/android-emulator/linux-x86_64:/home/m/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0_25/bin:/home/m/b:/home/m/b/android-studio//bin/:/home/m/b/android-sdk//platform-tools/:/home/m/b/android-sdk//tools/:/home/m/b/android-sdk//build-tools/21.1.2/:/home/m/b/android-ndk-r10//build/tools/:/home/m/b/android-ndk-r10//
make_f2fs -l 12297699328 /tmp/tmpqdNGFw
/home/m/android/system/out/host/linux-x86/bin/mkf2fsuserimg.sh: line 31: 23180 Segmentation fault $MAKE_F2FS_CMD
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./build/tools/releasetools/add_img_to_target_files", line 261, in <module>
main(sys.argv[1:])
File "./build/tools/releasetools/add_img_to_target_files", line 255, in main
AddImagesToTargetFiles(args[0])
File "./build/tools/releasetools/add_img_to_target_files", line 241, in AddImagesToTargetFiles
AddUserdata(output_zip)
File "./build/tools/releasetools/add_img_to_target_files", line 156, in AddUserdata
assert succ, "build userdata.img image failed"
AssertionError: build userdata.img image failed
make: *** [/home/m/android/system/out/target/product/d855/obj/PACKAGING/target_files_intermediates/cm_d855-target_files-079aa1bcfa.zip] Error 1
make: *** Deleting file `/home/m/android/system/out/target/product/d855/obj/PACKAGING/target_files_intermediates/cm_d855-target_files-079aa1bcfa.zip'
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With troubles like these, and ROM builds taking hours and my lack of a G3 to test, this is moving slowly.
Add the fact that I am exhausted from the last few months of MORE major changes to Spirit2, some time spent with my family and looking into Android Auto and things move even more slowly.
...And the build guide for G3 seems to have disappeared too: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Build_Guides#vendor=%22LG%22;
...And... any chance you know the OFFICIAL CM12 way of switching between module and non-module kernels ? I know the defconfig "CONFIG_MODULES=y" thing, but I'm not sure if other changes are needed. I can do a "make menuconfig" but I'm not sure if I should write .config to the defconfig. "make config" gives a million options; I tried that and produced a kernel that probably won't even boot on a G3.
Perhaps I should post in a G3 forum section asking for help.
I posted on that patch now: http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/90794/

Hi, I don't understand half you are talking about
I'm just an user who wants CM12 and FmRadio.
That being said, I can read this changelog in 777 kernel thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development/kernel-777-kernel-t3003115). Did anyone try this "radio" builds?
02/08/15
- R6
- Fix Powersuspend
- CM kernel updates
- Synaptic touch firmware update
- Separate d855 builds with fm radio module
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(EDIT: Tried by myself. Radio works with 777 kernel. However, audio quality is quite bad.)
Second, I would like to test any beta kernels, spirit app, or whatever in my G3 D855, in order to help making it work. Please tell me how can I do it.
Thank you very much!

Port of lineageOS

Hello Guys,
Today I woke up with a new idea; I want to port LineageOS to the LG V20 version H990DS. I was tinkering with this idea for about one year, but never actually wanted to make the step. Until today. I used LineageOS and CyanogenMod since 2012.
The reason why I want to create the first port is because I have the time at the moment, so why not help the community? I do have four years of programming skills C/C++. Run Linux as daily driver etc... Do know how to use git, linux, autotools etc... The tricky part however is: I never compiled a Lineage OS rom from source and I don't think the compiling would be a problem, but the LG V20 H990DS isn't officially supported. My question is: Where do I start to program? How can I compile and build a working Lineage OS for the LG H990DS. Are there any good website I can read from?
I saw this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGI3NSJFtKA&feature=youtu.be
https://forum.xda-developers.com/chef-central/android/how-to-build-lineageos-14-1-t3551484
http://www.lineageosrom.com/2017/01/how-to-build-lineageos-rom-for-any.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/6iie9l/how_to_compile_lineage_os_141_for_unsupported/
https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/684qkp/help_noob_compile_lineageos/
So to make it easy: I want to program a working LineageOS for the LG H990DS, but don't have any understanding about where to start. I do have four years of programming skills, not so much, but know C and C++ well.
Thanks in advance,
Maurice
English isn't my native language, sorry for grammars.

someone help this man up.

Did you check the existing LineageOS thread?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/dev-cm14-t3509953/post74550386#post74550386
If you want to help, I'd suggest asking him if there's anything you can do.

Thank you for your response. I do watch that thread, because I want lineageOS for the h990ds device. The problem however is that I don't want to jump right into the code. I want to know what I am doing with each line of code. At the moment I think I have to change some things in the kernel so that it can boot, but I don't know if that's true. And there is so many documentation about how to compile lineageOS, which I don't want to do. I want to program and compile lineageOS. Every tutorial skips the program parts and just compiles lineageOS.
So maybe a good programmer can give my some advice? Where to start and where can I find some documentation?
Best regards,
Maurice

Welcome!
First off, I recommend using Ubuntu 16.04 (I personally use 16.10 however). Be sure to follow the guide you linked from chef central carefully.
For the dual SIM variant, I don't believe any current source exists. Although with the similar hardware and if you have decent skills, you could get it going.
Take a look at the existing v20 trees:
V20-common: https://github.com/LineageOS/android_device_lge_v20-common
Msm8996-common: https://github.com/LineageOS/android_device_lge_msm8996-common
H918 (as a reference): https://github.com/LineageOS/android_device_lge_h918
Kernel: https://github.com/LineageOS/android_kernel_lge_msm8996
Vendor: https://github.com/TheMuppets/proprietary_vendor_lge
Those are the basics to check out. Now I did see someone converted the H918 tree to H990. Here's a link to that for reference: https://github.com/android-device-lge-h990/android_device_lge_h990
You will definitely need to make a custom defconfig in kernel sources. The device tree changes should be rather easy. You'll need to pull vendor files from stock and import the drivers and dts files from stock kernel source. If/when you get a working kernel and device trees there's a 99% chance you will need to Port other drivers and vendor files as stock files don't play nice in aosp. If I were you, I'd start looking through commit history on GitHub to see how the other devices we're brought up. That is how I learned everything.
Also, git will be your best friend when bringing up large projects, like kernel. Learn git, get comfortable with it. Cherry-picking and merging is what keeps us going.
Best of luck!

I suppose you could say there are dueling work-in-progress H990 trees since the other one is: https://github.com/x86cpu/android_device_lge_h990
The one you pointed to is mine. I was hoping for some collaboration with @x86cpu on there (in theory @x86cpu also has permissions to modify that repository, assuming I've set things up correctly). While the initial steps have been done, it is not finished! Some issues are left for getting LineageOS operational on H990 devices.
Of crucial note the modem fix in its current form is unacceptable to LineageOS (despite working). I've got two variants of one solution almost ready, but they're yet ready.

Thank you for your answer and I will look into it. I sure hope that I can help you some day, but first I want to understand the repository. After that I will help you both to code.
Really thank you and I will do my best to catch up with you.
As for the Ubuntu version. I personally use arch Linux (with plasma), because I like it more than Ubuntu. I don't think that's a problem and else I will compile the Ubuntu programs to arch. And I know my way around got. Use it for about 4 years now and now what merging/branching rebasing etc means and know how to use it.

@emdroidle I could help

[HELP] Porting rom to SM-T230NU

hello all. you may remember me from building kernels (beast-kernel) for this device well im now trying to build for the device again as i still own the device and would really like to get rid of touchwiz.
i downloaded the cm source but now have a problem . the local-manifest is no longer on the androidfile host. i need the manifest to further proceed in building it

beany23 said:
hello all. you may remember me from building kernels (beast-kernel) for this device well im now trying to build for the device again as i still own the device and would really like to get rid of touchwiz.
i downloaded the cm source but now have a problem . the local-manifest is no longer on the androidfile host. i need the manifest to further proceed in building it
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You have 2 choices: or you find a source started yet, but with a lot of work to do (like, search in github for degaswifi) or you start from scratch, and to help yourself a little more, look for some other marvell pxa device/kernel sources.

Building my own Kernel for Android 4.4.4 on my note 3 (The journey)

Hello XDA community,
After months of struggling im in desperate need of your help.
What is my goal?
To compile our own kernel so we can mess around with Qualcomm's trustzone.
Where did it all start?
It all started a few months ago back in November 2021 when me and a friend read a blog about a Trustzone exploit in Qualcomm's MSM8974 processor. (link to the blog)
Big noobs as we where, we where getting hyped an bought ourselves a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 with a MSM8974 processor. After messing around with the device we learned more and more about android and the workings of the software. We first started to root the phone and play around with ADB. After that we found that we can use Frida aswell. But all of it didn't lead to the result we wanted. So we started to dig deeper in to the write-up of the blog. We soon came to the conclusion that we where not even close to doing the right thing.
What happend next?
After we came to the conclusion that ADB and Frida is not enough we understood we need to build our own kernel for this exploit to work. So we do what we always do and that was start googling and watch YouTube. By doing that we found 2 different kernels:
Lineage 18.1
SM-N9005_EUR_LL_Opensource
We where over the moon because inside the folders we found the the files that need to be replaced for the exploit to work. So we replaced the files and try to compile the kernel by using this YouTube tutorial. Everything seemed to go well, we made the
Code:
make msm8974_sec_defconfig
and we run
Code:
make menuconfig
so far so good. the last and final step should be to run
Code:
make
to compile the kernel. And that is where it went wrong an ran in to a error.
Then what?
Then we started to compare the original files with the modified files and we found out that it wasn't just a few modifications in the code but the code was different. So we did what we always do, go back to the source. So back at the blog we thought maybe its because they modified a Nexus 5 at android 4.4.4.
Now what?
Now im trying to find the source of a android 4.4.4 kernel of msm8974 so we can compare those files to the modified files. So if anyone has useful info or knows where to find a kernel for android 4.4.4 for a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (SM-N9005).
TLDR;
Im looking for a source of android 4.4.4. for a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (SM-N9005) (hlte)

Well, unfortunately today almost no one uses android 4.4.4. even that have the exact same device, I am using Android 11 on my phone.
I recommend not wasting your time on a kernel for Android 4.4.4. And if you really want to make a kernel for this device I need one for Android 10 and above.
Also I think making a kernel for AOSPs like LineageOS or HavocOS or crDroid ETC is much easier.

A.M.2.K.M said:
Well, unfortunately today almost no one uses android 4.4.4. even that have the exact same device, I am using Android 11 on my phone.
I recommend not wasting your time on a kernel for Android 4.4.4. And if you really want to make a kernel for this device I need one for Android 10 and above.
Also I think making a kernel for AOSPs like LineageOS or HavocOS or crDroid ETC is much easier.
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Thanks for your response I will look in to it. not sure if it will be easier because the files that needed to be changed are:
arch/arm/mach-msm/scm.c
arch/arm/mach-msm/include/mach/scm.h
drivers/misc/qseecom.c

SwAgLaNdeR said:
Thanks for your response I will look in to it. not sure if it will be easier because the files that needed to be changed are:
arch/arm/mach-msm/scm.c
arch/arm/mach-msm/include/mach/scm.h
drivers/misc/qseecom.c
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Well, I don't know much about kernels.
I said it's easier because I thought it's a pure and raw operating system. But now according to your post it turns out it's not easier.

Plus almost no developers left for this now very old model .