Hello,
I found the file "P996A03V1.0.0B24_MR_KERNEL.tar.gz" on the following website..
http://opensource.ztedevice.com/
When you select "Smart Phone" and then "ZTE A2017" there is a download link for the file "P996A03V1.0.0B24_MR_KERNEL.tar.gz"
Is this the needed source code for the kernel? A2017 or A2017G? A2017U has already released kernel source, right?
I hope it is something new.. @Unjustified Dev
I don't know if anyone had seen that yet. Good catch. There was only a release of B18 for the A2017U as well. I just rechecked that one, and now there is the B27 release as well.
@Unjustified Dev, that's two new kernel drops to incorporate now.
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Is it right that the kernel sources were leaked recently by someone? they seemed to have disappered, did Mediatek/Xiaomi send a DMCA request? is anyone working with these sources?
Does anyone have any links to source code of people working on AOSP ROMs for the Redmi note 2?
The only sources I know of are on Github. Just search for mt6795 and look for BalcanGSM.
I read a news article from an Italian site. It said an incomplete kernel and baseband were leaked. They said " It's completely useless for ROM developers as it's utterly missing any userspace components. The kernel sources also look very incomplete Compared to normal MediaTek source releases."
So not much use I'm afraid.
Hope that of some use
I wrote the question on wrong thread. So i write it here again.
How come Bule build CM13? Did Xiaomi release the source code?
Where did you see that?
on mokee by Bule on xda, on 4pda and in this http://bbs.ydss.cn/
He just said that he was going to focus on CM13, just that. AFAIK he didn't achieved it yet.
i understand what he said and i know he haven't anything ready yet...but my question is obvious. How is gonna make it?? Source code?
Same as Lokjianming, he will use old lollipop kernel to make propably won't bootable ROM It will be better if everyone who can, help nofearnohappy with his kernel source than trying propably impossible
https://github.com/nofearnohappy/Custom_kernel_hermes_new
Will/has the kernel been released to the public? And if not, are they not obliged to release the kernel as per the GPL license of the AOSP?
Furthermore, I would like to install Lineage on my Swift 2 just like I have on my Swift 1. Is this ever likely to happen?
The kernel source is public: https://bitbucket.org/wileyfox/kernel-wileyfox-msm8937/commits/all
But I think we need also a device tree (?)
BTW I found this: http://www.cyanogenmods.org/forums/topic/lineage-os-13-for-swift-2-marshmallow-rom/
There is no ROM to download and it is not the last 14.1...
Anybody know about or heard of if there will be Lineage for the Swift 2 ?
rivierakid said:
BTW I found this: http://www.cyanogenmods.org/forums/topic/lineage-os-13-for-swift-2-marshmallow-rom/
There is no ROM to download and it is not the last 14.1...
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Builds were non-working and i deleted everything that was. And all the builds were LOS-13th version because the source code for the 7.1 kernel was not available.
If you understand how to build los, then you can search for a device-tree in github.
We need build instructions in order for people to more easily make custom roms. Currently most roms here only provide a repo or two, hardly describing the build process if anything. Not sure if those repos contain all the sources/blobs you need either.
It's not that hard to build and you can always go on th cheap and hire a cloud vps for a few hours, so don't bother with local building unless you have the powerful hardware.
Anyhow, so far what I know is that some people just replace the kernel and firmware, it seems this is called repacking.
Others are building Lineage from source as per their instructions, which are not descriptive when you're porting to a new device.
We need concrete and concise information about how it's done.
Lineage wiki is pretty accurate and if someone ask here I can try to solve his doubt.
I am not the best developer but I know the basics xD
Can you describe the basic workflow?
Which repos to check out, what build scripts are there, how to combine them. Basically a short tutorial on stuff. Also how come you're using 821 kernel from zl1, i know 820 and 821 are alike, but when do you patch the kernel to work for 820, i read that you need some config changes and a different gpu blob.
I am a developer myself, but not an android rom one. Things look really fragmented and chaotic. Besides Lineage wiki, I haven't found anything that resembles docs. I really want to contribute on this and have the hardware to build, just need some info on where to begin.
Thanks for taking your time to reply.
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Can you describe the basic workflow?
Which repos to check out, what build scripts are there, how to combine them. Basically a short tutorial on stuff. Also how come you're using 821 kernel from zl1, i know 820 and 821 are alike, but when do you patch the kernel to work for 820, i read that you need some config changes and a different gpu blob.
I am a developer myself, but not an android rom one. Things look really fragmented and chaotic. Besides Lineage wiki, I haven't found anything that resembles docs. I really want to contribute on this and have the hardware to build, just need some info on where to begin.
Thanks for taking your time to reply.
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Thats thanks to codeworkx code. Basically you compile a rom for zl1 and works for zl0.
My workflow is
repo init/sync the rom
Fix libhidl and libbfquio if needed (Dont know why they fix an error creating a bigger one tho)
Take the device tree, vendor and kernel
Adapt the device tree for the rom (Like in cosmic where config is in root not in config folder, boardconfig...)
And just brunch or make or lunch depends on rom xD
Edit: Forgot u need like 200 frameworks/av commits to make zoom work https://github.com/mosimchah/frameworks_av/commits/o8.1 all the january 15th and this one http://gerrit.aicp-rom.com/#/c/54436/
You init the Lineage repos?
What are those libhidl and libfquio about, and how do you fix them?
Vendor is the firmware blobs?
Kernel is obvious
What is a device tree? And how it relates to the kernel?
How did you adapt it to the device?
Different devices have different partion layouts I assume. How do you make the zl1 rom work for both zl0 and zl1? Earlier people were reporting bricks because of flashing roms for zl1 on zl0
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You init the Lineage repos?
What are those libhidl and libfquio about, and how do you fix them?
Vendor is the firmware blobs?
Kernel is obvious
What is a device tree? And how it relates to the kernel?
How did you adapt it to the device?
Different devices have different partion layouts I assume. How do you make the zl1 rom work for both zl0 and zl1? Earlier people were reporting bricks because of flashing roms for zl1 on zl0
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Yout init the rom source you want to compile
You dont need to adapt anything codeworkx already did it for us we just compile zl1 roms with his device tree (Los one) or any of the forked ones (Like Aicp which I recommend).
Libhidl and libbfquio depends on the rom you are building. Libhidl is solved by reverting this changes https://github.com/PixelExperience/system_libhidl/commit/607e961b85eea8969503d8ff8437c014f04f0ca2 and libbfquio by taking this http://gerrit.aicp-rom.com/#/c/56488/
You dont adapt device tree to device you adapt it to the rom you are compiling see how other devs do it in their github (Every rom is different for example in cosmic you rename lineage/aicp.mk to cos.mk and change where to import things)
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Start by picking up a rom you want to compile that has 8.1 source working and better if a msm8996 device is there (zuk z2, oneplus 3...)
Thanks for the info. Will experiment a bit when I have free time. Planning on making an in-depth guide if I succeed and clarify the concepts.
Btw I see that everyone is using kernel 3.18.20, why can't we get a newer kernel? If we have the sources for it and the blobs? Is the reason being that the drivers are not in the mainline kernel so they need to be ported to a newer kernel?
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Thanks for the info. Will experiment a bit when I have free time. Planning on making an in-depth guide if I succeed and clarify the concepts.
Btw I see that everyone is using kernel 3.18.20, why can't we get a newer kernel? If we have the sources for it and the blobs? Is the reason being that the drivers are not in the mainline kernel so they need to be ported to a newer kernel?
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Np
Not sure dont know much about android kernels
As there is no interest nor popularity on this device to stimulate a healthy developer community, I have decided to look into ROM building and what is required. I have followed this three part video in explaining how to build Lineage OS from source to a device. I have made it to part two where I download the Lineage OS source code to my Linux work-space. Where I get stuck is adding the source to the ROM. The question now is How do I attach the Lineage OS source code to the kernel source code for this device?
Information sources...
Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZmjOlUq_3c&t=1s
Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGI3NSJFtKA
Part 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJCgOHtli64&t=153s
Current Kernel source code from Asus https://www.asus.com/ca-en/Phone/ZenFone-4-ZE554KL/HelpDesk_Download/
Just ordered one. I've never built Lineage OS either, but maybe we can work together to figure it out.
I have the lineage OS sorce code ready to compile on my system. I just need to know how to add the nesary kernel with it. Any ideas?
Any progress?
Sent from my [device_name] using XDA-Developers Legacy app
Nope! Unless you have anything to contribute.
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As there is no interest nor popularity on this device to stimulate a healthy developer community, I have decided to look into ROM building and what is required. I have followed this three part video in explaining how to build Lineage OS from source to a device. I have made it to part two where I download the Lineage OS source code to my Linux work-space. Where I get stuck is adding the source to the ROM. The question now is How do I attach the Lineage OS source code to the kernel source code for this device?
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I also looked into building Lineage, seems like it's going to be more than I'm willing to commit to, so I'll share what I found in hopes that it will help you or anyone else move forward with this.
I found this restored CM wiki page on the subject: fat-tire.github.io/porting-intro.html (Sorry, can't make it clickable since I'm new)
The gist seems to be that you need to make three directories in the lineage source (note z01kd appears to be the codename for the Zenfone 4 based on the build.prop file I pulled from my phone)
device/asus/z01kd - Device file tree
kernel/asus/z01kd - Kernel
vendor/asus/z01kd - Proprietary blobs
In the above CM guide, it says to use ./build/tools/device/mkvendor.sh to generate the Device file tree from a boot.img file extracted from an update.zip (from Asus) or extracted from the phone, but that didn't work with the version I was trying to do (15.1), mkvendor.sh wasn't there at all. So I explored option #2 which was to fork an existing device file tree repo from a similar device and tweak it for the device you want to port and I found that the Zenfone Max Pro M1 (X00TD) (github.com/LineageOS/android_device_asus_X00TD) is the closest lineage supported device that we could copy from (at least that I could find). It looks like you might even be able to use the same kernel as that device (github.com/LineageOS/android_kernel_asus_sdm660) because the SOCs are pretty close (Snapdragon 630 vs Snapdragon 636), but you may need to use the stock kernel that you linked to in your original post, not sure.
There's a part in the lineage docs about building from source (only for supported devices) (wiki.lineageos.org/devices/X00TD/build#extract-proprietary-blobs) about extracting proprietary blobs (wiki.lineageos.org/extracting_blobs_from_zips.html) for the vendor/asus/z01kd folder. It said that you could use a lineage update.zip, but I was able to do it with the Asus update.zip. Don't know if that will work or not, but it seems like the only option since the Zenfone 4 doesn't have a lineage update.zip to pull proprietary blobs from.
And that's about as far as I got
Once you have those three folders set up and properly configured you should in theory be able to build it.
Update 9/3/2018
I just found the device file tree and kernel for Zenfone 4 that @shakalaca used to build TWRP. Looks like there are some different naming conventions from what lineage would expect (omni_Z01K.mk vs lineage.mk), but a lot of the stuff looks to be the same (eg BoardConfig.mk) and the files that do have a different name look like they're roughly equivalent.
github.com/TeamWin/android_device_asus_Z01K - Zenfone 4 TWRP device file tree
github.com/shakalaca/android_kernel_asus_ze554kl - Zenfone 4 TWRP kernel
Between these and the above X00TD device file tree and kernel links, we should be able to get pretty close to a working config.
What if you compile what you have and see if it boots on your device?
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What if you compile what you have and see if it boots on your device?
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Sorry...I already deleted the environment I had set up, to reclaim the 50+ GB of disk space.
If it's any consolation, I never made it far enough for it to build successfully.
I am trying to build Lineage OS too
In this guide(https://forum.xda-developers.com/chef-central/android/guide-android-rom-development-t2814763)
It says we need three files(device tree,kernel,vendor) to build it.
We have kernel and device tree from github(https://github.com/TeamWin/android_device_asus_Z01K)
but we still need vendor from our device,and the commend under this guide(https://www.isthnew.com/archives/build-lineageos.html) says that we can get vendor files by running "extract-files.sh".
But where can we find that?
(Sorry for my bad English
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try to look here.https://forum.xda-developers.com/pr.../tool-capire-le-treble-terble-vendor-t3774629
I have tried that CLT project,but it didn't work
Maybe use this?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/axon-7/development/tool-party-v0-1-vendor-partition-t3831517