Semi Port Toolkit (A Almost Automated Solution for ROM Porters) - Lenovo A6000/Plus Guides, News, & Discussion

Possible Release. I am planning to release a tool called Semi Port Toolkit (for Windows PC's only).
You can follow and even contribute
https://github.com/Nischay-Pro/Semi-Port-Tool
Aim :
To simplify the development process of Porting Roms but assisting in porting. Apply Bug Patches or Custom PORTing options, in-app Build Editing. Basically automate certain tasks.
Targeted Platforms :
Windows (Written in .net 4.5 so no XP Support)
Linux (Possible with Mono 3.6 - Confirmed via Travis CI and Ubuntu Dockers)
Targeted Users :
Basically Developers who Port stuff
Even newbies who want to quickly port a ROM.
Possible Expansion :
Yes, supports multiple ROMS, fixes and even devices.
Infact a user who knows how to fix certain issues in a particular ROM Model (Example CM13 - Sensor Isssue) can quickly generate a small script (There is a tool which allows you to make the fix without even writing a single line of code via a GUI APP)
which then can be given or shared to Developers. A Simple drag drop installs the custom fix script which the developer can integrate.
My question is do you guys want it? Is it worth it? Will you use it?
Support :
I shall support it as long as the developers and the community show interest in the project. I shall also try my best to include more devices but starting of with Lenovo A6000 / Plus -> Since it's my phone

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Yup

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Yeah, who won't. I would definitely, atleast, try to port a few for our device. But, the big question is, "How successful would this be..??" This wouldn't be a easy task for sure. And, as I expect, there will be a lot of bugs. And by "lot", I mean a "LOT" lot. And, fixing those would be a comparatively tough task.
Also, some of those "geeky-heads" like to do this the old school way. The feel to manually do the porting is a complete different experience and achievement in itself.
But, still I'm definitely gonna give it a try. So, Best of Luck for its future.

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sasukay said:
Yeah, who won't. I would definitely, atleast, try to port a few for our device. But, the big question is, "How successful would this be..??" This wouldn't be a easy task for sure. And, as I expect, there will be a lot of bugs. And by "lot", I mean a "LOT" lot. And, fixing those would be a comparatively tough task.
Also, some of those "geeky-heads" like to do this the old school way. The feel to manually do the porting is a complete different experience and achievement in itself.
But, still I'm definitely gonna give it a try. So, Best of Luck for its future.
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I have ported devices but can you share your knowledge of porting devices. Like what files do you generally look for porting.
Bugs will always be a problem. To simplify the process a log is generated and stored. Which is synced with all developers. This is used to find the sweet spot of PORTing the ROM's. For ex : The minimum number of files to have a basic functional PORT. Something like that.

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Some images of my work.

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Kingg01 said:
Some images of my work.
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:good: It's a wonderful tool
When it will be available for download :good::good::good:

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kabtshino said:
:good: It's a wonderful tool
When it will be available for download :good::good::good:
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The Beta could be available soon. Right now all it does is port ROM's for Lenovo A6000 Plus. But I still need to make it better. I mean I got a success rate (Without Bootloop) of 60% out of 10 installations. Which is quite good enough.

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Now we can port roms for our a6000 ?

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wow really nice tools but how about the compatibility for other devices A6000 with 1Gb RAM ? its still can use the same ROM with the A6k+ ?

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Sparco21 said:
Now we can port roms for our a6000 ?
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Remember this tool assists in porting by reducing the number of steps. A bit of manual work is still needed to be done by the porter

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mark.dx said:
wow really nice tools but how about the compatibility for other devices A6000 with 1Gb RAM ? its still can use the same ROM with the A6k+ ?
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It should work. That depends on the Base and Port ROMs.

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When will share download link and instructions how to port rom ? and from what phones we can port roms ?

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Sparco21 said:
When will share download link and instructions how to port rom ? and from what phones we can port roms ?
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If you are interested in testing it. You may use the compiled sources found in the Debug folder of Github. For now it can port Lenovo A6000 (Plus). It's recommended to port from same chipsets. (Easiest) but it supports porting from rest of the phones also.
Instructions shall be posted soon after a Pre-Beta is released for Closed Beta Testing.

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Kingg01 said:
The Beta could be available soon. Right now all it does is port ROM's for Lenovo A6000 Plus. But I still need to make it better. I mean I got a success rate (Without Bootloop) of 60% out of 10 installations. Which is quite good enough.
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60% success rate is good enough for me. Great work ?
Sent from my Lenovo A6000 using XDA-Developers mobile app

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mshoaib7 said:
60% success rate is good enough for me. Great work ?
Sent from my Lenovo A6000 using XDA-Developers mobile app
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I just need talented PORT'ers to share their methods of porting to newbie PORT'ers.
Also for those people who frequently update their ROMS (Your RR ROM) I provide with a special tool to generate incremental patches for the ROM (Instead of flashing the entire ROM) and also allows you to configure your own methodology of porting.
Lets say you generally copy ABC and DEF Folders from BASE to PORT. You can write a configuration file to automate it in such a way that this tool can read the configuration file and auto port it. Thus repetitive tasks are reduced considerably. If you don't like writing scripts there is a GUI which helps you write the configuration files without you writing a single line of code.

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Say hello to Plugins and Tools. Now you can install plugins.

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@Kingg01 Hell yeah! Bring it on. You've got some great work man, I'm definitely going to try it. I've ported some ROMs for my Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime which is with the same chipset as A6000 nd most of the things are same. The problem comes with the bugs but this tool might help in that.
Btw I own both phones.

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Anyone, please try to ported VIBE UI 3.0 or 3.5 for a6000 ?