I need help to build cyanogenmod or AOKP rom (android 4.1) for a device that is not yet supported by anyone (I have not found threads on forums about some rom for this device, nor found something of this model on github). That's why I would like to try to build a custom rom for this device, so also learn a little more about android (I have basic knowledge).
I have alcatel sources in this link: http://sourceforge.net/projects/alcatel/files/
I read that first I have to create the device tree to begin building the rom in ubuntu. Could anyone guide me on how to use the sources (android 4.1) alcatel to create the device tree well or that could be the procedure to start with this?
In advance thank you very much.
PS: Any help is welcome, I hope some experienced developer can help me xD
Hello guys,
i have a phone with Android 4.2.2 (Kingzone K1S). Now i will port Kitkat to this phone. I found a similar device the Elephone P8.
I have from both roms the kernels. Can i port now the KitKat Kernel from Elephone to the Kingzone?
Or can i update the kernel from Kingzone directly?
Thanks for answers.
fire855
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seeing this post from you and how you've contributed to the android community. i feel sorry for why do they ignored your post master fire855. thank you very much for your dedication.
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Upgrading Ported Custom ROM
Hello everyone here,
By following this thread so far, I've managed to port a custom ROM successfully for my device from existing Base ROM. Kudos to ArjunrambZ for this helpful thread for noobs like me. But both the ROMs are Android 4.1.1 . Now can anyone help me how to upgrade the version(Example: I want to upgrade to Android 4.4.4) of my Ported ROM? I googled a lot but I couldn't find anything useful/understandable for me. Thank you and thanks to KJ for pushing me in the right direction :cyclops:
ROM structure
Nice guide I haven't actually tried this yet but I have a few questions
As far as i knw porting means running a rom on a device for which it was not created
If this is the case why do we copy only specific folders (apps, fonts, media, framework) . from port rom to base rom? So there r still parts of original rom in new ported rom what is work of those parts? And what is work of parts we copied from port rom?
At 1st i thought the remain of base rom which we didn't replace is device specific i.e it contains drivers, etc am i correct?
Plus i have one more query what if i want to port a completely diff version port rom
For example i have a note 2 and i knw there won't be any lollipop release for it
So what if i want to port lollipop to my device since i have base rom as kitkat and port rom as lollipop, is it possible cross version porting?
Thanks
can i port to different android versions
I have xiaomi mi3 which has almost same SoC as nexus 5 so can i port nexus aosp rom ( android L) to my base Rom(4.4 AOSP)
can i use or follow whole of your method to port+upgrade my rom
i mean my baserom version is 4.2.2
but i want to port 4.4 rom on my device
is it possible
ADB is not detecting my device
after porting rom ADB is not detecting my device and it is showing different device name
so i can't connect with usb reverse tethering kind of app plz help !!
cant find any base rom
I have huawei mediapad 7 youth s7-701u cant find any rom for this device as a base rom what should i do i have the offical firmware
i want to port nokia x rom to my galaxy star pro will this method work
Will this porting method work to port a rom for same device but different carrier? I have a working CM12 rom for my device/carrier and want to port a different rom like Pac .
onex master said:
pls suggest me a system extractor that can extract and compress .dat file
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Why don't you do some xda ?
Here is systems extractor:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/how-to-extract-dat-lollipop-dat-files-t3049185
And compressing it back again is little bit tricky for noobs !(cause geeks are geeks always )
Here is it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/and.../how-to-conver-lollipop-dat-files-to-t2978952
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Why don't you do some xda ?
Here is systems extractor:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/how-to-extract-dat-lollipop-dat-files-t3049185
And compressing it back again is little bit tricky for noobs !(cause geeks are geeks always )
Here is it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/and.../how-to-conver-lollipop-dat-files-to-t2978952
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I already read those posts ...
Just wanted to know if anybody knew some apps that could extract it and compress it
onex master said:
I already read those posts ...
Just wanted to know if anybody knew some apps that could extract it and compress it
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I was also not able to find app which can do both so now
I had decided about building one for my own in next few week
cause right now I'm busy in another project will do it after I will be free
Till then this two link are your answer
TechGeekD said:
I was also not able to find app which can do both so now
I had decided about building one for my own in next few week
cause right now I'm busy in another project will do it after I will be free
Till then this two link are your answer
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looking forward to use your app whenever it will available ..all the best for your current and later projects
IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!!
Hello guys,
First off, I have a rooted Panasonic P81 with a MTK-6592 Chip-set maybe, and its rooted(obviously),
So Can someone tell me how do i port a Rom for my device, like i want miui v6 for my Panasonic P81(which is not available currently). And the base rom which you are telling should be of cyanogenmod, but cyanogen is not available for my device! So what base rom should i take? thanks! and should the port be of the same type as the base? i mean like i have a base of cyanogen (just an example) and i have a port of miui then what should i do?
Help would be highly appreciated,
Thanks a ton!
porting just a specific lib
i want to port the opengl 4.5 capability of nvidia sheild tablet to nexus 9 as both these devices have same gpu kepler k1 opengl4.5 is activated on nvidia's device where as it is disabled on nexus 9 by google which is causing incompatibility with some tegra specific apps can anyone help
i think i have to port libgl.so for that but i have no idea how to do so
Can i port Omnirom 5.1.1 made for samsung galaxy s to samsung galaxy s duos
I tried your method and there were a few problems.
I took cosmic rom for galaxy s duos as the base rom.
I didnt see any set perm files in this base rom , so i could not copy.
Not many files were there in init.d of Omnirom 5.1.1 which i used as port rom as compared yo what you have shown in ur tutorial.
I still continued and zipped the rom and it was installed but ,NOW ITS STUCK ON BOOT!!!!!!
Its bricked , right ?
Where did i go wrong?
SAMSUNG GALAXY S DUOS AND SAMSUNG GALAXY S SEEM TO BE ALMOST SIMILAR IN SPECS.
So i still beleive i can port it.
PLSSSSS........... HELP........................
I want to Port a lollipop ROM but there are .dat files in there . How can I Port it?
Porting rom for ideatab a1000
Hi guys,
I am 14 using Lenovo Ideatab A1000 on Allegro rom. I want to port CM 10 or PA for my tablet. I want To know that what device's rom should I use as Port Rom and could I have any big issues while porting this?
Thanks
Mithil
Hello respected developers,
We all now know that cyanogenmod has successfully been able to develop for Mediatek Devices by building official CyanogenMod ROM for Android One (MT6582) device. Now I want a help if anybody would like a new student.
I want to port this ROm to my Intex Aqua i14 which is also a MT6582 device and has Android 4.4.2 which is almost AOSP.
So can anybody guide me so that I can go ahead with my project I am intended to move ahead with?
Millions of thanks to the helpers.
Page of CyanogenMod Source for Android One :- https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_device_google_sprout
And Kernel Source :- https://github.com/varunchitre15/android_kernel_mediatek_sprout
Shinichi Kudo said:
Hello respected developers,
We all now know that cyanogenmod has successfully been able to develop for Mediatek Devices by building official CyanogenMod ROM for Android One (MT6582) device. Now I want a help if anybody would like a new student.
I want to port this ROm to my Intex Aqua i14 which is also a MT6582 device and has Android 4.4.2 which is almost AOSP.
So can anybody guide me so that I can go ahead with my project I am intended to move ahead with?
Millions of thanks to the helpers.
Page of CyanogenMod Source for Android One :- https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_device_google_sprout
And Kernel Source :- https://github.com/varunchitre15/android_kernel_mediatek_sprout
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The porting process is very easy but the tricky part is that you need to find ROM's with the SAME specs and with the SAME chipset
You''ll need Cygwin and Anroid Kitchen
You can follow this guide http://fabosums.blogspot.co.at/2014/02/port-any-rom-to-mtk-device-in-5-mins.html
Good luck and let me know if it works :good:
Android one got its kernel source released, and so the developer was able to successfully build cm11/from source, and fix all bugs
Most mtk phones don't have kernel source
Also android one's boot.img is apparently different from normal mediatek boot.img format
Anyway, cm can't do much about it
Ask your respective devices developer to build cm for it, if he can
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Did you ported the ROM ??
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I found that all rom for micromax a311 are cyanogen based... I tried lollipop all cm based based roms have same bug on data and network im fed up with it.. Now using miui 8 .. But it is kitkat i want to try lollipop or above.. Without any data or network problem.. Any suggestion
Hi surjit I think your new to to this thing.The answer is in your question... All Android ROMs greater than or equal to Android 5.0 are based on Cyanogenmod.(ONLY applies to devices with no source codes/mtk) Because we have to take a device specific ROM and convert it into a310/11 specific ROM. As most mtk device's with mtk have only cm's official rom,we take it and port it and all other ports are made out of that ported ROM.you'll find all non cm based ROMs to be below Android 5.0 because they are ported from Micromax's stock ROM. They seem to be pretty bugless. Hit thanks if you understood.
Jaisal Srivastava said:
Hi surjit I think your new to to this thing.The answer is in your question... All Android ROMs greater than or equal to Android 5.0 are based on Cyanogenmod.(ONLY applies to devices with no source codes/mtk) Because we have to take a device specific ROM and convert it into a310/11 specific ROM. As most mtk device's with mtk have only cm's official rom,we take it and port it and all other ports are made out of that ported ROM.you'll find all non cm based ROMs to be below Android 5.0 because they are ported from Micromax's stock ROM. They seem to be pretty bugless. Hit thanks if you understood.
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Thanks for ur valuable information...
Jaisal Srivastava said:
Hi surjit I think your new to to this thing.The answer is in your question... All Android ROMs greater than or equal to Android 5.0 are based on Cyanogenmod.(ONLY applies to devices with no source codes/mtk) Because we have to take a device specific ROM and convert it into a310/11 specific ROM. As most mtk device's with mtk have only cm's official rom,we take it and port it and all other ports are made out of that ported ROM.you'll find all non cm based ROMs to be below Android 5.0 because they are ported from Micromax's stock ROM. They seem to be pretty bugless. Hit thanks if you understood.
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Hi Jaisal,
What is the most stable ROM for Micromax Canvas Nitro A310? I installed resurrection remix after trying CM13 & I am issues with BT, Wifi & GPS in the RR ROM.
Cheers,
Rajesh
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Hi Jaisal,
What is the most stable ROM for Micromax Canvas Nitro A310? I installed resurrection remix after trying CM13 & I am issues with BT, Wifi & GPS in the RR ROM.
Cheers,
Rajesh
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Hi Rajesh,
I think there is no MM ROM out there which completely stable I mean 2/3G switch for dual sim users is a major bug. Though I never faced any bug with GPS on the RR ROM yeah it was slow to lock down but worked. WiFi is not a bug its like this in MM builds for MTK due to lack of source codes.The Best stable ROM which never gave out issues is RR lollipop vr 2 by bikaram007. I use it as a daily driver.
( The bugs are VPN and YouTube 5 second. Which are solved and have a workaround)
Note if you do not find the YouTube 5 second fix ask me to upload it.
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Regards
Jaisal Srivastava