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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] postall:
He can't, only 11 massages :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marioperez:
Sorry guys!
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] ryeUK:
I have both QTEK 9090 devices and i-mate PDA2K devices which regularly appear with the following message on the screen:

"cannot execute\windows\screenhandler.exe".

My understanding is that this message is because the device has too many programs running...?

Well l only have one program (other than the Start-Up standard 13) - so i have emptied the Start-Up menu - which helps a little - but the issue still happens - actually - it is worse on the M2000 devices...!!

Do others experience this.....?

Does anyone have any utiliities to help performance of Blue Angel....?

Details of a device is as expected.....

Windows Mobile 2003 2nd Edition ver 421.1088 build 14132

ROM 1.22 WWE

ROM Date 10/22/04

Radio version 1.06.00

Protocol version 1337.38

ExtROM 1.22.162WWE
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] siliconaddict:
never seen this error message before

I have a QTEK 9090 since november 2004, in fact I have my 2nd unit this time with a great screen :-), but I have never seen this error message before.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alsager:
Hi everybody, i have JB installed on my device, today i have installed Philz safe Kernel. I couldnt install it through recovery it always faild to find/mount the sdcard directory. So i installed it through odin. After that i have tried to packup my device through the custome recovery but it gives me the message "cannot mount packup path". What is the problem, and how i can solve it. Thanks for your help.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
This isn't another one of those 'can somebody port Sense' threads.
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Please note that this thread is for developer-oriented discussion. If you don't have anything to say to help development, please refrain from posting here.

Also note that ideas are welcome. Just check if the idea you're about to post has already been posted by somebody else.

Right now, it's just multiple people working on this. No team, just individuals.

As of the last edit of this post, there has been little to no progress:

I'm constantly working on builds. The current, and the only goal I'll be striving towards as of now is using a T-Mo HTC One X ROM in combination with RaymanFX's CM10.1 RC2 build.

XDA RC @abcdjdj has reported that he has fixed a lot of errors in his build, and is now stuck at the bootanimation. If you can help him in any way, here is what's wrong with his build. He's using FXP's CM9 as a base and a 4.0 HTC One X with Sense 4 ROM as a port.

The OP will constantly be updated with any progress anyone makes.

We're currently using this XDA thread to help us port the ROM.

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Here's everything I have to share on my build:

PORT: HTC One X, T-Mobile Edition| Android 4.2.2

BASE: Sony Xperia S, nozomi | Android 4.2.2

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ITesters needed. If you can work through adb commands and can provide me with logcats, please leave a post about it in the thread.

And finally, a note to anyone that may be cursing me for working so very slow (because I admit, this is very slow):

Please understand that all this isn't easy for me. I have painfully slow internet, making each download at least one hour, and thus a pain. My time on this project is limited every day, so progress is slow.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
Reserved.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] abcdjdj:
Bro, it may be possible to get Sense on our devices. Even I have been working on getting Sense booted on our device. My status:-

PORTED FROM - HTC ONE X

BASE - FXP 215 CM9

STATUS - Gets past kernel and even loads bootanimation:D. Fixed many errors in the logcat. Gets stuck at bootanimation and even displays a message saying that System is not responding, would you like to close it.:D:D:D

I couldn't manage to fix any more errors in the logcat so I gave up but you have rekindled my spirit to get Sense booting on out device. I will upload my rom soon along with the logcat.

Cheers,

abcdjdj
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
Wow, you actually got the thing to boot?

The only question is how did you manage that based off of a tegra CPU? Would be very interested in seeing that...

On a not-so-very related note, your port was of ICS and Sense 4 , correct?

Am I the only one around here that favors old software? :P
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] abcdjdj:
Not fully booting but I think close to booting. I followed the guide mentioned by you in the OP and one by one eliminated all errors that I could eliminate. I had been working on Sense for around a month during my school holidays but now I am not getting any free time. And yes it is Sense 4 (Android 4.0.4).
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
But isn't the Tegra3 completely different than our FUJI board?

Especially the graphics, those must be out of control on your ROM...

If I were you, I'd at least take the AT&T version of the HOX.

Oh yeah, I forgot to ask: is it the same if I try and port from a MSM8260 board (the same as the Xperia) and the later S4 Qualcomm versions (used in the Xperia T, AT&T One X etc.)? Because porting from a CDMA phone (HTC Rezound) seems to make the work harder...

Thankfully, my summer holidays have just begun, so I have plenty of free time (that's also the reason I started my project). :D

P.S.

Yeah, maybe that's exactly what I should do. Ditch the CDMA phone and start with the Snapdragon S4 One X!

I would prefer Sense 3.x, but oh well, at least Sense4 is also Sense :P
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/sense-4-ported-to-sony-xperia-devices/

I just found this. It's not even that old...

Anyways, I've been thinking if the devs of this would be able to help us.

This development stuff gets boring pretty quick when you do it for the 10th time ;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
[MENTION=3423567]samuel2706[/MENTION], could you give these guys a little hand?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
But he's a HTC Dev... Wouldn't we need something more like a nexus or better yet a Xperia developer?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
Yes,, maybe, but he also could give a little help. Can't he?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] :
Contact the guy who did this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2184706
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
Well, I thought I'd make this thread so that devs could help each other to actually work together and create a working Sense ROM. So naturally, all help is welcome from anyone.

Anyways, I'm on my way to finishing yet another try, this time with the AT&T One X. Fingers crossed that it at least makes it to the bootanimation. :)

EDIT: I see that the easiest way to get Gapps is with including the default /data folder from the original HTC ROM (with vending, youtube etc.). But I have to add that to the updater-script. So, I want to ask, is /dev/block/mmcblk0p14 the data partition on the Nozomi?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] samuel2706:
What's happening?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] abcdjdj:
Hi,

I am porting [or trying to port:p] Sense 4 from HTC One X to Xperia S. I used FXP 214 CM9 as a base. I followed this guide - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2245786

Then I fixed as many errors as I could by checking the logcat and got it till the Bootanimation. But now I need help to get it to boot. So, I have attached the logcat from my latest build.

Thanks for your help,

abcdjdj
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
Maybe copying a few more files could help. Maybe act like your xperia is a HTC device? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1222746

Could be worth a try and play with this copying a bit...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] samuel2706:
Seems to be failing at dalvik; very strange, it doesn't show any major errors on first glance however I'll take a longer look at when I can, however I can link you to this thread that may help you in the meantime Porting
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
What about this one? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2276871

Nice and automated, but the question is, will it work?

I'm trying it with the HOX, just need to wait for it to copy to the phone...

All this seems like a big race -- who will get it working first? :D Hyped!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] samuel2706:
Kinda makes me wish I still had my xperia S I could have given this a real good go at; but instead I have a galaxy s4, so it's going to be mostly logcats and such I can help with, I don't like blind building things; made that mistake before.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
A blind build is better than no build. Unless it makes bricks... :P

Thanks a lot for helping out. :D

Though I'll never understand how a pro HTC dev can go to Sony and then Samsung. ;P

I just hope THIS time my kernel will boot... Cause if it doesn't ... [censored]...

EDIT: Okay, [censored] is happening... Why can't I make this zip flash? I've done it a million times, but all I get is ERROR... ;-;
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ZACHARiAS_:
unfotunatly, i'm not a dev. but i really like the idea. specially if considering porting htc one sense version to our nozomi. i think it would fit like a glove :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
Well you don't need to be a dev to try, right?

I'm no dev either, but I did try (am still trying, mind you).

Anyone else getting any closer? I'm not getting very far...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ZACHARiAS_:
ok. im on vacation now, but when i come back, ill be glad to help you out ;)

cheers.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] greatpatel007:
HTC ONE S rom would do better

try to port HTC One S Rom... because they used same snapdragon s3 processor and few hardware things ... dont worry about the drivers they will be replaced while porting so no issue with that... you have to just properly link that all files which each others .
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
Yes, the S3 version of the HTC One S does have the same chipset, but the screen resolution is qHD, and that makes porting more difficult...

Personally, I'm now waiting for FXP to release CM10 with the 3.4 kernel. Seeing as the new One Mini has a 720p screen at 4.3" plus a Qualcomm chipset, it may be a bit easier than porting from a Tegra device, or older chipsets...

Also, I've been zip-porting some AOSP-based ROMs on JB, and booting is the smallest problem. Maybe porting is easier on newer Android versions...?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] greatpatel007:
forward me the link of your rom on which you are talking about that its not booting up ... may be i can do something .. let me try .. link me in private/general
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
Thing is, I delete all my tries after seeing they won't work... So, I'll get to work, I guess :P Slow bandwith, so you'll have to wait quite a while for an upload. (Takes about 12 or more hours to get a finished ROM up...)

Also, I think I MAY know why my builds wouldn't flash. May. So I guess I'll try to fix it in this next build.

Also, does anyone know why my kernels wouldn't boot properly? Not even the recovery notification light goes off, the bootlogo (FXP) is shown.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] bluechelsea:
What about rezound? Similar processor and same resolution.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
That's the one I tried with, tried a few times, but no luck, so I moved onto others.

And having same chipset isn't really important. The way I understand, I can't explain, but I'm not completely wrong with my theory. I think... :P
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] bluechelsea:
Maybe u could give a try with gingerbread
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
That's also what I was thinking, but we have no cm7, and using the stock gingerbread ROM as a base wouldn't be easy...

So yeah, we're limited to cm9 and 10.1...

Wait, does the new One Mini come with 4.2? Nevermind, it does... So I wait for the Mini to get a deodexed ROM here on xda...

In the meantime, back to the Rezound... (I'm worried because its a CDMA device, that could mess a lot with our radios) Hooray for slow internet!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ZACHARiAS_:
Back from Italy. How's this going?

as for the above mentioned, i think trying to port the 2013 htc sense might be more cool, since, i trully believe it would just feel great on SXS

Kudos
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
Not that good. I'm having issues with the kernel. If anyone can help me, I'm doing the Rezound's stock ICS with Sense 3.6. I just can't get it to work, no matter what I do. So I can't see if my ports are actually working or not, since the kernel doesn't work.

Almost agree with you on Sense 5. But we'd need to port from the One (M7), so we'd need CM10 with a working 3.4 kernel. Taking a 3.0 kernel should work in theory, but I'm told that it makes things harder. A lot.

OR, we could wait for the Mini, which launches with 4.2 (which, courtesy of Rayman, is awesome and stable enough for day-to-day use). But it's launching in October, I think (not sure, probably wrong data), and it'll take some time 'till it gets a stock and deodexed ROM...

Right now, I'd ask somebody to repackage that kernel for me... It's probably just my laptop screwing up, but I could be wrong...

EDITs:

Okay, I've been told that the One already has 4.2... So I guess we could work on that...

BUT I've made some progress with Sense 3.6. Now it actually flashes. (So my theory form before was correct)

I've also been told I'm an idiot because I haven't provided a boot.img from my sense ROM.

This is the Sense one: https://app.box.com/s/g1gjl247ld3f7t6pck9f

And this is the Sony CM9 one: https://app.box.com/s/j5hb3egerzqnxv09hkgq

So if anyone can help with that bootclasspath thingy, I'd be grateful.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ZACHARiAS_:
ONE S

hum, wouldnt it be bit more easier to get the sense version from htc one s? its just a thought.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2298253

cheers
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
We would try, but again, qHD=/=720p.

So porting from the one x is actually easier, despite the completely different processor.

Anyone interested in the Desire 500? ;)

So right now, I have this for you: we either wait for the perfect phones to get deodexed roms, or we port from other, older devices.

My main issue with these ports isn't the actual porting, but rather finding good, working, deodexed ROMs and downloading them. They average around 470MB, and I need half an hour to first find the thing and then another hour to download it...

I'll be trying a new build tomorrow, hopefully. If anyone has any pure, deodexed rom links for a 720p HTC phone, please let me know, this searching thing takes it's toll...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] prohibeat:
Have you tried to ask Sense wizards from other device forums for help?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
Actually, no. Not until I'm 100% sure of it.

I just found a One Mini deodexed dump (thanks to [MENTION=4645794]CNexus[/MENTION]), but it's a whopping 1 gigabyte zip. So that's Sense 5 on CM10.1 for you.

So yeah, it'll take me about 4 hours to download it, any I'll work on it in the morning. Once that's done, I'll try and eliminate every error I can, hopefully at least until the boot animation.

THEN, I'll ask for help. I'm no coder or developer, but I'll do my best to try and figure these things out before asking somebody about them.

Possible problems may arise when doing the kernel, because right now, I don't have my linux machine. Actually, I'll never have it back again (be damned, weather and old leaky windows!!). Also can't install Ubuntu on my windows machine because it's a family computer, and my family doesn't know much about computers. Or about the existence of Linux, even.

I could try and boot the thing from a CD, but this thing's processor is so weird, I can only find 10GB linux images that support it. So if anyone can help, please PM me.

Also, I just remembered I'm responsible for the actual OP here, so I'll work on that while this thing downloads. And after the download finishes, I could go to my sister's to repack the kernel...

How have you all been doing? Anyone even still trying? Just asking, to see if it really can happen that only a real noob is interested in this :P
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
I am wondering here, what the screen resolution has to do with the porting? I am no developer/porter, but I have some knowledge, but this still bugs me. Because drawable images could be resized up or down. Most files should depend on processor and RAM, right? The only thing I can think of is screen-related stuff, but can't they be picked up from different sources? Pardon my questions, is it that I got a bit confused...

Also, [MENTION=4275152]someone755[/MENTION] , you can dual boot the Family PC with Windows and Linux (whichever distribution you are using). Tell them what to do when they start the PC (pressing one or two buttons isn't hard, even for a non tech-savvy).
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
The screen resolution is important because, as I understand, the image(s) are stretched. They don't go back to 720p, so it looks weird. And/or makes the video/display drivers go crazy. Or something. I understood that it's complicated, and it'd take me an essay to explain :P

And I would do that with my family PC, but the CPU is some weird 32-bit thing and is supported by very rare, mostly really old linux distros. (I once got Backtrack 5 to boot, but I never got Ubuntu 10 to boot, even though BT is based off of Ubuntu 10...) And even if I do find those images, they'd take a lot to download (BT is huge for my internet. Even 500MB is xD).

And even if I do get to download the image, I could run it off a flash drive. Never actually install it (dual-boot), mainly because of my parents. They usually need this PC when I'm not around, and a 60-year old man won't really remember to do what I told him in time to do it (dual boot gives you 10 seconds to select the OS you want to boot. My dad's slower than that.) :P

So my best bet is to go to my sister's tomorrow, download an Ubuntu image (her internet is at least 10 times faster) and boot it from a flash drive there. (Plus maybe play a game or two, her PC is a monster ;) )

Just as I'm writing this, the M4 ROM has finished downloading. So that's a good thing. I'll have a working ZIP with a kernel by Monday. (Going away from technology tomorrow, come back Sunday night. I'm working my bottom off for this :P)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] CNexus:
Screen resolution is what determines the size of all app png's...since these are ROMs straight from the OEM, they are packed with apps for a target resolution and so they have certain sizes

If you port from a device with a different resolution than your own, you would need to resize the entire thing. Meaning all apps, all frameworks, everything, using dimensions for your device.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
I see. Well, good luck :)

Yeah, but... I mean, can't you port like, apps from Sense vX from device X, that has a 720p screen, and the other Sense vX files (all the very rest) from device Y,that has a S3 processor?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] CNexus:
Porting apps? That's a completely different question than porting a rom.

Yes, you can port apps, but you would need to resize them because even if the app was logically functional, it would be visually messed up. Also, porting Sense apps to non-Sense roms is a difficult thing to do.

If the device has the same resolution, then no, no resizing is necessary.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
No lol. I wasn't clear, sorry. I meant, when you port a ROM you need to port everything: Apps, framework, and the rest. When I said port apps as in the /system/app and the framework-res from a Sense ROM, and the rest of another Sense ROM, being the first one from a device with a 720p screen and the rest of system from a S3 device.

Like:

Drawable-related stuff (apps, SystemUI, framework-res): Needs to be got from a 720p or higher screen phone, or images will look messed up.

Other hardware-related stuff (Camera, sound, RAM, processor, etc, etc): Ported from a device with a Snapdragon S3 phone...

All of that will get to a ported ROM that's what this thread is about.

I know porting apps from Sense to non Sense is almost impossible, but I mean from getting two different parts from two different "sources" to try to make it easier... Again, I don't know how it works, so pardon my ignorance in this...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
I think that those that do know are rare. :P

But I knew mentioning someone smart wold help clear things up. Thanks again, CNexus!

On an unrelated note, I got Lubuntu to boot on an old laptop of my sister's. WiFi doesn't work, looks like the hardware is too old... Woot! :D

EDIT: Also, it's slow. A LOT. Plus, since internet doesn't work, and 7z isn't included in Lubuntu distros, I can't quite do anything with the kernel. So much for that. I wonder if my local PC store has any Linux-running PCs to test :P

EDIT2: I might have forgotten about the fact that system dumps do not include kernels.

Any idea when or if we'll get a Mini kernel?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] CNexus:
[MENTION=1615671]Zarboz[/MENTION] is working on getting the boot.img dumped...for now, just use the info from the international m7 boot.img, I used that and booted the M4 dump with no issues
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
Thanks again!

May I ask, what did you boot it on? An emulator? Certainly not a phone...?

Also, I saw your work on the US GS3, the sense 5 port. Then how did you port that? The screen resolutions are again 720 and 1080p, did you go and resize the whole thing?

EDIT: What boot.img can I use? Will this one do it or do I need the international version's? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2236418

And, does anyone know, is there a difference between extracting Sony boot images in Windows or Linux? Since I use 7-zip in both, is it really the same?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ZACHARiAS_:
afaik, it's da same. but go for linux.

you do need a linux computer. i do recommend once you get a pretty decent computer to install xubuntu. lightness/functionality/look ratio are best. but you could try some others, like crunchbang. super light. but you'll still need cpu power to compile stuff.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Gallardo994:
Best speed is achieved with no DE running at all. Max - xterm inside xorg. I'd recommend Debian 7 without any GUI or ArchLinux (if you're skilled enough). That would save your time while compiling some stuff.

Powered by GSR with Android 4.1.2 on the board.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
Not skilled enough yet, I like GUIs :P

But the laptop isn't working well in any case, it seems that even BIOS has issues rendering... (Since when does Intel make CPUs as bad as this? And it's dual-core! Doesn't have a lot of RAM, though, so that might be the issue.)

I'll be trying on my other sister's PC tomorrow (she doesn't let me, but she's going on vacation, so I can sneak in :P). Hope THAT works... If it doesn't, the project is on hold until I can get a decent PC...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] someone755:
Okay, Debian is smooth-er than Android's butter :P

It just runs, maybe with a few network drops, but at least it connects after a minute or two. (Or I have to pull a trick to get it back, but Ubuntu wouldn't even turn the network on!)

So I have the kernel here, waiting for those platform-tools to download, so I can ADB the starting errors.

I just hope the kernel isn't completely broken, since I did a lot of experimenting with that kernel ramdisk stuff... Now all I got to do is Dmesg the errors :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Gallardo994:
Desktop linux is always running better than android even on the same hardware. Sad but true.

Though you need to run adb under your root account or you've gotta edit some lines so a simple user can have an access to the USB device. No drivers needed to identify Xperia S or any other android device.

Powered by GSR with Android 4.1.2 on the board.