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[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] gughanbose:
I tried installing these

http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?type=stable&device=ace

and these

http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?type=nightly&device=ace

was not successful with them... Got some "status 0" error... Are these actually for Ace or ! ? Have anyone tried these ! ?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] 5pace:
Ace is actually code word for HTC Desire HD. If you want CM7 on your SGA, get ones by Grif_07 or BehradGH.

Grif_07's: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1263292

BehradGH's: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1258830
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] devilcode:
THIS IS NOT FOR ACE .......CYANOGENMOD ACE is project name for HTC DESIRE HD

Galaxy ace project name is COOPER which is not available yet... and dont try to flash it coz last result will be a bricked ace
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] CallMeVentus:
Fail
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] jrxtepan:
... And always remember to do some research BEFORE flashing... And not after :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] tazlooney89:
trol xD, update-cm-7.1.0-DesireHD-signed.zip, must be read first!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] mdfzhi:
good one. either u were trolling or u were utterly idiot, either one made me lol'ed really hard :p
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blefish:
Hello,

I want to compile Android from source. I want to just build a fully default Gingerbread that would run nice on my phone. I got the Android source, kernel source (kernel-2.6.32-U8800-Froyo) and now I don't know what to do next. I compiled the generic one already (lunch full-eng) and it ran fine on the emulator.

My most important question is, if I make it otapackage and flash it, would it start? If it doesn't, can I recover? What folders/files are essential if I make my own device for example in "device/huawei/u8800"

Also, where can I find a GOOD porting guide? I have found some that are old and not used anymore.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demoneyes905:
Some links

Start by going through source.android.com for the general basics if you havent already.

Also, even though Google removed the PDK (Platform Developer's Kit) from the site, it has been mirrored on kandroid here: http://www.kandroid.org/online-pdk/guide/index.html

The stuff in the the PDK, although inadequate, is still very important and explains how to create the necessary makefiles to add to the build, configuring for a new market, etc. etc.

Also,

watch these two videos over here. These were very helpful in my ROM development:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_H4AlQaNa0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFqELLB1Kk8

Learn to use github. It is helpful for you to keep track of your changes as well as incorporate others works into your own.

http://help.github.com/

Finally, Cyanogenmod repos are your BEST friend. Almost all major AOSP ROM devs owe some sort of thanks to those guys who have done so much. If you want to check out some of the code changes and patches that you want to incorporate look here on their gerrit:

review.cyanogenmod.com

If you want to look at the other changes that are actually in the cyanogenmod builds, best to look at their git repos here:

https://github.com/CyanogenMod

I am still learning right now while I create my ROM but your welcome to PM me if you have any questions :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blefish:
Glad someone helped. Now that ICS is available, I will build that instead. Now, I will follow the kandroid tutorial and add hardware_msm7x30 from cyanogenmod's repos. Then I'll make my own makefiles in the huawei/u8800 and I'll see if that works.

Also, some things I am not still clear. If I am not adding any recovery files, it shouldn't replace it, right? I want to make sure I can recover. However, my phone has a bootloader mode, which should still work, even if other's messed up. And the kernel, if I already have a compiled kernel for android 2.2, should it work for newer versions?

Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demoneyes905:
Well AOSP as far as I know adds the stock recovery into the build so if you have a stock ROM, then you will lose your recovery (unless you change the source to skip the adding of recovery to otapackage).

Your bootloader should be fine. so you will theoretically be able to re-flash a custom recovery with fastboot as long as your bootloader is unlocked (assuming your phone is already rooted and has a custom rom, then it should be unlocked)

If you are using CM7 as base, then you dont have to worry about it as it is configured to NOT replace the recovery during the building and creating the otapackage.

The kernel should not be compatible as there were significant changes from Froyo and you should not use it. By the way, for now, work on the ROM first. Creating a custom kernel from scratch is hard work and should be left as the last task to do (assuming you know linux kernel development). Just use the stock pre-built kernel that comes with the source.

Also, according to Google:

This means you need to find the correct hardware drivers first. Where to find that is beyond me. Check CM repos. It would be easy if everyone had a Nexus S/ Galaxy Nexus as the drivers are immediately available on source.android.com. Ah...well....:rolleyes:

Personally, I am going to wait a few weeks before dabbling into ICS ROMs. Wait till CM7 comes out with a nightly for my nexus one and then rip the drivers from their ROM and use it for mine :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blefish:
I got ICS source and made the necessary Android.mk, AndroidProducts.mk, BoardConfig.mk and u8800(my device).mk, also vendorsetup.sh . Now, when I am trying to build it doesn't give me an error, more of a suggestion. It says to include "LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := optional" in the hardware/msm7k/liblights/Android.mk. I added that, and tried again. Got that message again, but with other type /libril/Android.mk

About fastboot, I am not sure if my device has that. It can be turned on with volume up and down + power, but it boots to so called "pink screen". When I mount phone using usb to my pc, I can browse the recovery.img and other related stuff. If I have the otapackage, can I just take the recovery out from there or what should I modify in source? Add something to the makefiles?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demoneyes905:
Yeah I am pretty sure you should add the LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS to all of the relevant pre-built files. maybe they made the compiler less harsh in ICS when compared to the one for gingerbread. In gingerbread, it outright crashed the compile and asked you to add the tags.

According to Google engineers, here is the reason why they use these tags:

By the way, I hope you have git setup and the changes you have made are being staged and commited to your repo in github. If you ever make a mistake that hardcore crashes your compile and you dont know what you did, git will be there for you to rollback the changes as well as keep track of everything you have done from commit to commit

As far as I know, CM repos dont have everything complete for a full build of ICS but I could be wrong.

So you are working with AOSP correct?

As for the fastboot every android phone should have a fastboot by default but I believe each phone has a slightly different version. I will post how my fastboot looks like in a bit.

As for the removal of recovery, there should be somewhere in either source, makefiles or argument for the otapackage command that should leave out the recovery when making update.zip. You could just remove the recovery from the update.zip, change the updater-script and repackage it but its not a clean solution and those changes should be done in a uniform manner so you dont repeat this step every time you do a new build.

Where exactly is it, I have yet to know. Still learning much of this myself. :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blefish:
I now completely understand what modes of turning on my phone has... First one is normal, second is recovery, third is update-bootloader(I can access all files with it too) and four being the fastboot. The custom recovery I have on has an issue that it wants to boot to charging mode when I type "adb reboot bootloader". I can get to fastboot with the custom ROM I have on right now though. I think I am safe if I have issues.

I edited msm7k Android.mk to remove libaudio and libgralloc (errors with those), and it compiles to the step where it says it has no rule to make kernel requied by boot.img. I have put into BoardConfig.mk the line TARGET_PREBUILT_KERNEL with my kernel. I don't understand, what's wrong now...

My goal is to simply get it booting up. I'll look into libraries and other later.

-e-

Got the kernel thing sorted out. Copied device.mk from tuna device and edited to fit my device. Also modified full_u8800.mk and made the call to inherit from device.mk. Compiling now and I think I got past that.

-e2-

Got it built successfully. Fastboot won't let it install, because it has no mount points. Added mount points and let's see...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demoneyes905:
Nice to see you are making progress.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blefish:
Got it built, but the fastboot is kinda buggy in my device, maybe custom rom issue. I can't make otapackage, it says "no rule to make target otapackage". I have a possible fix, trying that later.

Otherwise, I read its possible to flash system.img from recovery via advanced restore, update.zip package or advanced flash_image, but I don't know. Will post results.

Sent from my u8800

-e-

Tried make otapackage again. It still says "make: *** No rule to make target `otapackage'. Stop.". Maybe some things are still missing, I don't know. adb flash_image command will always post -1 to me, update.zip didn't work, advanced restore is not for this. I have a compiled image and I can't wait to test it, but I can't flash it...

If nothing works I'll revert to stock ROM and try again.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dastin1015:
If you successfully compiled, take the boot.img and system.img and package them into a zip and use dsixda's kitchen to make it flashable
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeebjp:
Blefish, is it possible for you to share your device/vendor structures somewhere? I just finished setting up a build machine for ICS (using Cyanogenmod's repos in my case), and made a working full-eng image that seems to boot just fine in the emulator, so I'm seemingly all ready to hack around our device's specifics. But I would rather not do duplicate work, so I decided to ask :)

I'm also grabbing Huawei's new 2.6.35-based package to get the new kernel config, can't wait for them to release the actual sources for the update.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blefish:
I'll share them on GitHib once I get a working build. I haven't got much time, and I changed to CM9 alpha now (repo branch ics). Since we got a 2.3 update, my first task is to port the latest clockworkmod recovery and then the ICS.

Compiling Android is long task and I'll do it in weekends, but the recovery should be available sometime, it shouldn't be hard to port that.

Oh yeah, look up stockwell's, dzo's and genokolar's github, they have done the device configuration. You can get much help from there. This weekend I'll propably test the build, I got otapackage command working now (it needed some things I can't write on mobile).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Alucardis666:
http://lifehacker.com/5859207/uploa...to-multiple-file-sharing-hosts-simultaneously

Seems like a great and very useful tool.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
Multiupload already does this.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] black02ss:
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php?/topic/66-[Recovery][Unofficial]-Razr-Bootstrap-Recovery
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ringrover:
mate /

its not tha same recovery in FreserTag thread ...is sticky thread
[Motorola Droid RAZR] stevessvt:
Did a backup, worked perfect.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] nitroglycerine33:
No it is not. It is a recovery that I modified to work properly for the razr.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] quadjacks:
I can confirmed It works flawlessly! Thanks @nitroglycerine33
[Motorola Droid RAZR] garywojdan81:
Nitro comes thru again!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] skoone68:
Works great. Thanks Nitro!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] FrAsErTaG:
Will add this recovery into the one click method in the sticky, pending permission from nitro
[Motorola Droid RAZR] seawolf514:
Just want to be on the safe side, when i make a backup it can be restored without any issue using this recovery am i right?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] black02ss:
While it is unofficial several of us have been successful at backups and restore.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] nitroglycerine33:
It is unofficial because it is not from Koush.

Go ahead and add it to the sticky! Do you want me to start a thread for it?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Samzebian:
does this mean we could restore phones back to stock/ unbrick phones???
[Motorola Droid RAZR] FrAsErTaG:
Not if you are boot looping, recovery must be launched from within the rom.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] fletch33:
maybe we could get hashcode to bring us safestrap. i use ti on my D3 and it is wonderful to have. you can boot into it at start and also you can have a backed up ready to boot original stock OS and then a second rom or whatever you want and you can switch back and forth.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] kholk:
Safestrap should be something like 2ndinit. I can try to port it, but I won't until an rsd recovery solution will come out! :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Droidel:
So once there are custom roms...

Can rom manager be used to flash them or is it via recovery only?

If there was cm7 out for this phone could it be flashed as of now?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] marko!:
Cm7 requires its own kernel so a Dev would need to do extra work porting it to work with a stock kernel.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] stevessvt:
Anyone have a successful restore from a backup made by this?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] rebelwolfdragon:
I installed the apk and the app FCs on me when I try to open. Any ideas? I'm on rooted VZW XT912.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Delacombo:
Get into recovery?

I f'ed up. I installed RAZR bootstrap, successfully created a nandroid backup, but wasn't thinking and did a system restore, cleared advanced/system, cache, etc, and then proceeded to reboot. It wouldn't get past the Moto logo....

How do I get back to the recovery screen to restore from nandroid backup?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] 9100_it:
impossible to sign up to site
[Motorola Droid RAZR] tgeigel:
what's the difference between this recovery and the other recovery???
[Verizon Droid Charge] Bfitz26:
so i have just about all the files i need 1. ep1w stock debloated.tar.md5 i have this i assume i flash this via pda but i was told i need to flash a kernal with this??? is this true... cause i just want to flash gummycharged 2.0 2. i have a file called recovery_charge.odin.md5.tar is this the correct cwm i have been hearing people having issues with the newest version whitch i had previously and could not fix don't want it to happen again. 3.can i just flash my rom of choce via odin like gummycharged odin version or humble 5.0 ?? plus the most recent cwm won't let me download anyway...
[Verizon Droid Charge] wampuscat:
Yea I'd d/l the imeyosen 4 kernel.it is very fast and stable. Also has smartass and interactive x governors, which u have to enable in terminal emulator tho
[Verizon Droid Charge] Bfitz26:
i am not currently rooted but what do i do?? i flash the stock rom reboot and then flash a kernal via odin?? what about cwm?
[Verizon Droid Charge] Bfitz26:
ok looks like i already have this on my desktop but there is no way to flash this i do not have cwm yet that is my biggest hurdle i just want gummy charged... and people were having issues with the lastest cmw..
[Verizon Droid Charge] wampuscat:
Well I can tell ya what I used when i got my charge. The thread in development I think is called root,kernel, cwm. That got me rooted with voodoo.then I just worked my way up from there. Upgraded my radio to ep3 made a huge difference for signal strength.then to ep4. Then I odin'd humble 4 which came with cwm. I then flashed emoysen 4 in cwm. Then flashed humble 5. I haven't had any problems with the cwm version he included.

But all that jumping around aside. I think you can Odin the radio straight to ep4 and Odin to humble 4 and after that do whatever you want in cwm.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Bfitz26:
so technically i can just flash the humble 5.0 odin file without being rooted and it will give me root and cwm haven't rooted yet or any rom for that matter i was just wanting to flash one rom and i am good to go such as gummy charge 2.0 odin or humble i don't plan on flashing a whole lot..
[Verizon Droid Charge] wampuscat:
Well I can't remember if humble 5 has a kernel. I know it didn't when i d/l it. Unless the post has been updated. That's why i said go humble 4 first .it includes imoysen 3 .1 kernel I believe

And I'll say in my personal experience humble 5 is the most stable with best battery I've ran yet. And I've flashed every single rom there is for the charge. But it varies from phone to phone
[Verizon Droid Charge] Bfitz26:
so with no root i can just flash humble 4.0 and i am rooted with kernal and i am done??
[Verizon Droid Charge] wampuscat:
I may need someone else to chime in cuz i didn't do it this way. But i think Odin with a rooted rom and kernel does it. I'm about 90 percent sure of that . Somebody? Anybody?

Also its worth it to upgrade ur radio to at ep4.

Just remember use the PDA button only in Odin
[Verizon Droid Charge] Bfitz26:
would like some assurance of a better possibility i guess technically i flash the stock ep1w debloated rom boot up, power off back to odin flash that cwm version you mentioned earlier in the thread do a backup in cwm and then flash via cwm.... correct.. don't mean to make things complicated..
[Verizon Droid Charge] wampuscat:
That's it exactly. Also I'd recommend reading the how to at the top of development section called how to fix your phone. And download those files just in case you ever get stuck. It saved me once.

Edit ...actually you could Odin straight to humble 4

---------- Post added at 11:03 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:52 AM ----------

Just for the read, figured I'd show you how i rooted mine. Read the OP ... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1092114
[Verizon Droid Charge] Bfitz26:
ok i flashed the stock edw1 i think its called super user installed now i want to install gummy but don't have cwm how do i go about flashing gummy 2.0
[Verizon Droid Charge] wampuscat:
Should be able to Odin one of these. latest is 8/17 .make sure u Odin a gb radio too. They have better reception and less data drops. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1112804

I'd recommend humble. Its been alot more stable than gummy was for me. Tho gummy has a few more settings u can tweak thru tsm parts. Sometimes the juice isn't worth the squeeze

---------- Post added at 11:46 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:38 AM ----------

I suggest go ahead and flash this radio. Don't touch it while its flashing and put battery back in after its in download mode before you hit start on Odin as extra precaution. Hiccups during radio flashes are bout the only way to actually brick a phone ....or so I've read. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1339214
[Verizon Droid Charge] Bfitz26:
Thanks guys flashed humble 4.0 working so much better than stock... Can't flash 5.0 requires a kernal rather not install cwm for previous precautions just wish I could find the newest gummy charged Odin for 2.0 or 2.1
[Verizon Droid Charge] wampuscat:
Humble came with cwm on it didn't it. D/l quickboot. It a free app, make it easy to boot into recovery. Just wipe cache and dalvic and flash imoseyon 4 then put humble 5 on it. Better to do it now before you get everything see up the way u want it

I don't think gummy 2 comes in Odin format

Don't just say thanks, hit thanks. Its appreciated
[Verizon Droid Charge] Bfitz26:
I keep forgetting the app has a thanks button now :-)
[Verizon Droid Charge] blueis300:
Love that quickboot app and its on my home page.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Bfitz26:
How can you tell if cwm is installed other than attempting to boot into recovery
[Verizon Droid Charge] wampuscat:
I guess installing rom manager free would do it. Open it up, grant su

Then on top line it tells latest cwm version available and current installed version
[Verizon Droid Charge] wampuscat:
I use quickboot plus. It includes a Hotboot option
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] sohail77:
hi!!!!!!!

can someone tell me where can i get wp7 theme for our sg3
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] SpaceCaker:
You can download launcher 7 from market is exactly same as wp
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] dilzo:
Not exactly. I think he means everythind e.g. text, launcher, nortification bar, and the animations.
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] ak700:
Here's the link for the WP7 theme.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1031139

This will give you the notification bar etc. But if you are searching for something hardcore like the signal icon on the left mod ,or animations well it hasent been made:p Yeah you can try the launcher in the above post to recreate even better.
[Motorola Atrix 2] Coldheat1906:
Which of the two phones are better in your opinion?

I currently have a Galaxy S2 but am having a little HW issues with the Micro SD Card, and was thinking of getting an Atrix 2... Should I?

Thanks,

Coldheat1906
[Motorola Atrix 2] svtfmook:
the sgs2 is the better phone. atrix 2 is the better choice

however, the sgs 2 is not worth the price tag
[Motorola Atrix 2] cheetablaze:
Atrix 2 Pro

- qhd non pentile

- very solid build

- 49.99 at Best Buy

- Faster download speeds than SGS II *based off of my tests*

- FM Radio

- LED notification

SGS II Pro

- SAMOLED "If you like it"

- Very solid pictures, better OEM camera app

- Lighter feel if you don't like the heavier weight

- 149.00 at Best Buy

- Does not have the micro sd card bug that the Atrix 2 has

- Rooted, custom roms, tons of XDA support

I tried keeping six pro's for each so it doesn't seem biased

Atrix 2 Cons

- Micro SD card issues

- Runs out of the app space

- Camera OEM app is horrible, download "Camera Zoom FX" to fix

- Internal SD card is R/O "Root to see it"

- Still waiting for unlockable bootloader "Not really a con, just gotta be patient"

- No image or video stabilization, did a picture/video compare with both devices and Moto needs to put some more work into the software and hardware "IMO"

SGS II Cons

- No LED Notifications "I miss this"

- No FM radio

- not qhd "missing this also"

- Lighter usually means plastic rather than metal on case "gotta get a case"

- Download speeds are not as good as the Atrix 2 for some reason

- Image stabilization on pictures, but not on video "Iphone 4S has both"

Also tried keeping six cons for each...

I really love the Atrix 2 and the SGS II, they have their ups and downs. I can confidently say that if the A2 didn't have the micro sd card issue, I would kept it. I went looking through my picture gallery and 10-15 out of 100 pictures were unable be viewed. I also really do miss the qhd, the SGS II was blurry, i almost thought i needed glasses. However internet surfing is butter smooth compared to the A2. However the A2 is only 49 bucks at Best Buy if money is an issue. Lots of decisions to make my friend.

Black Friday deals:

Best Buy has the Atrix for Free

Sams Club has the SGS II for .96 cents

Radio Shack has the SGS II for 49.99

Good luck and god bless!
[Motorola Atrix 2] Coldheat1906:
Thank you very much for the input, I will really have to consider everything!!
[Motorola Atrix 2] fire159:
- Micro SD card issues !!!

what is this issues !?

i just hear from u this issues ?
[Motorola Atrix 2] hlb96:
I went from SGS2 to Atrix 2 and could not be happier. The custom roms will come in time. I could not justify the price difference, $149.99 or $49.99, I saved a 100 bucks and am glad I did. I also got the Buy Back for $30 at BB. I will probably switch this out at 6 Months, I will get $300 for the phone and early termination will be $265, which means I basically rented this phone.

IMHO the SGS2 is not $100 better than the Atrix 2. I like the smaller form factor and the feel of this phone in my hand better.