Hi, I'm trying to build a custom rom for the samsung galaxy tab view and when following the android instructions, It says I need the proprietary binaries. Anyone know where I can find these and what to do with them?
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Hi I realize that there is no custom recovery for the Galaxy SL GT-I9003 so I want to try porting it. I have the essential packages for building Android under Arch Linux and also the SDK installed and configured with Eclipse.
I've read this guide regarding porting ClockworkMod but there are no instructions for Samsung phones that require initramfs. I have downloaded the opensource GT-I9003 package from the Samsung website which contains a kernel and platform tarball.
Could someone guide me as to what changes I need to make to that guide to get it to work? I assume I need to extract some boot.img from the opensource GT-I9003 package but there is nothing clear. Would building the kernel first help? Should I go ahead and check out the CyanogenMod tree anyway?
I'd really appreciate some help here.
Update: There is a progress thread on the port here.
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 which I want to build an image for. I followed the procedures given by http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Build_for_hlte#Prepare_the_device-specific_code and I was able to compile it successfully. But I have an issue, and that is I need to patch the code to get additional functionality. The patch I need to apply is only available for Jelly Bean, and the Cyanogenmod procedures use Kitkat. I tried to manually apply the patch, and I had to remove a number of lines before the image compiled. But when I flash the phone with it, I get an error about NFC adapter. Basically the message says that NFC adapter is disabled. I think I know why it says that. The patch is for allowing extended functionality of NFC adapter, and well you know...It seems like either me or the patch broke the NFC adapter. Most likely it was me I tried to download the Jelly Bean version from Cyanogenmod repo, but the procedures explicitly say not to. And when I tried, I get a repo sync error and the whole thing does not download. So I am trying to do something different. I like to download the phone's source code from Samsung Source code. But that is just the kernel as I understand it. There is a lot of what Cyanogenmod people call "proprietary blob", which they provide a way to extract from the phone. So this is why I am where I am, and I am trying to mix the two together. Please tell me if there is a better way for me. And if not, then I like to know if it is possible for me to replace the Cyanogenmod source that I downloaded from Git repository with the Samsung Source and successfully compile it. I wish I could just download Cyanogenmod's version 10.5; I think they remove the previous version due to resource issues. I am not sure. I have to say Cyanogenmod rocks. My understanding is most developers there and here on this site are really busy. More power to you guys. You are really doing a big service for the open source community. Thank you all.
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Hi,
I was wondering if it's still an issue that Samsung isn't releasing their drivers source code and so we can't develop fully functional roms with latest version of android for our Galaxy s3?
What drivers do current roms for the Galaxy s3 are using?
I came across the http://opensource.samsung.com/ site and I'm trying to downlad the source code for a JB build.
Won't I be able to take the drivers from that build and use it with the latest version of android?
I realize this is a basic question and I'm sure I'm not the first to think of this, I just want to understand what's hloding us back.
Thanks!
I would like to build and flash the Android Lollipop Source for a Samsung S5 device. I do not quite understand how to do that. This is what I have done so far
I have downloaded the Android source for 5.0.1 from source.android.com and the Samsung S5 device source code from opensource.samsung.com.
The Samsung device source code zip contains a kernel zip file, platform zip file and two readme files. I have followed the instructions successfully for building the Kernel.
What are the next steps to be taken in order to build and flash the same for my Samsung S5?
Did you manage to figure it out?
Hells.Guardian said:
I would like to build and flash the Android Lollipop Source for a Samsung S5 device. I do not quite understand how to do that. This is what I have done so far
I have downloaded the Android source for 5.0.1 from source.android.com and the Samsung S5 device source code from opensource.samsung.com.
The Samsung device source code zip contains a kernel zip file, platform zip file and two readme files. I have followed the instructions successfully for building the Kernel.
What are the next steps to be taken in order to build and flash the same for my Samsung S5?
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I'm in a similar situation cant figure out how to go about it.
I am following the Android CustomROM building guide by jackeagle.
But instead of cloning from the CM repositories, I have cloned from the Google repository. Now I'm at that part where we need to download proprietary binaries of the device for which we're developing.
I had read that those proprietary binaries can be extracted from the device, when it is flashed with the stock source it was released with. But unfortunately, I'm unable to understand how I can pull those files using adb.
I'm using Samsung Galaxy S Duos (GT - S7562) (for learning purposes). I don't need a device specific solution. I just want to know in general, how we can pull the device-tree, vendor and kernel for any given device from it.
Thanks in advance.