yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jugster:
In sweden we have a saying: "Här ligger en hund begraven".

Its equivalent to: "This smells fishy".

Please prove me wrong though!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] konnorrigby:
Kind of what I was thinking. (Not the Swedish part) lol
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C3C076:
Listings look very promising comparing to what we got so far. They must have been done from the real file structure.

All the mediatek stuff including Gemini is there.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrizzly92:
for help we need to get those sources first. also, CM will be a hard brick to work on, this can't be done by one guy, this would be tthe first device runinng a real cyanogenmod, no one did that on a similar device before.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jugster:
We won't get any sources, sorry. If you trace the source (available here:http://forum.faeamobile.com/thread-1011-1-1.html) it is clearly stated that these sources have been acquired "in confidence" and for use with Faea only. There is no intention ever showing those sources to anyone except trusted people. I'm willing to bet "Github" isn't one of those trusted people

He wants only what he says in the topic, help porting CM to this particular device. While this is fine and dandy for those with that particular phone, it's pretty much crap for the rest of us with Mediatek soc. Or business as usual I guess.

Fishy smell confirmed!

Signature? Signature!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrizzly92:
well, then i would say his project is almost dead. you cannot properly debug a code without looking at it yourself or testing on a device. his thread will, if there are users who can really help, grow big with no results at all. a lot of spamming included, though. maybe guy "a" cannot solve an issue, guy "b" could - if he got the sources. reading his first post tells me he is an almost complete newbie in building stuff (if he got the original mediatek sources, launching a ./makemtk [project] will do the trick), but maybe i am wrong with that. nothing more needed for building a ROM. this won't get to the desired finish, so smelly fishes for him, too. BUT i hope he will get a working mod for his device.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stas2z:
ahah, funny, he called it "opensource project" lol ))) how project can be "opensource" if sources are "closed"?

No help to cheater until he share sources.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShawnSun:
Hi,Thanks to all,

I am a fan of Open Source too,and enjoying the benefits that open source brings.

My servers run UBUNTU,my webpages run PHP and MYSQL,SQUID,MEMCACHE....

I love open source,so that's why I tried so hard to make Faea become an open source project,

BUT the reason why Faea can not publish the source code are the limits come from MTK,

I do not think MTK will easily allow Faea or other company to do this.So there is almost no CM for MTK phones at all.

But at least,I have win the trust from Faea and the use of the full source code under limits,I guess this is a big jump.I will keep on trying to make the source code fully open if possible.

I have some skills on C language,Regex,I am familiar with ubuntu server and linux commands,

So I guess I can finish compiling the CM10.1 for Faea F2s with your help.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] konnorrigby:
to be honest none of us will be able to help without sources.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stas2z:
setshd one

there is NO cm for mtk phones at all
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gravasio:
It tourned out that sunshengan is a faea employee because he posted with the official company forum account!

forum . faeamobile . com / thread-1011-2-1.html

I think that we will never see his sources pubblished anywhere!

:(((( Very Sad ;-(((
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrizzly92:
this is wrong. :D i managed to came up with a cyanogenmod build for mt6573. not a "real" cyanogenmod build, BUT it includes looots of cyanogenmod stuff.

btw: no other things like custom lockscreen app included! everything comes from the framework itself and a supporting CMParts.apk, typically for older CM builds.

http://www.generationblood.de/Programme/Rom.jpg

Edit:

if he won't publish anything (nothing against him, if faea and mediatek want it that way) no help from my side.

first of all, XDA is a community from users to users. why should i take the time to help him to get a CM build for this particular device? setting up a working environment for building CM in general for Mediatek devices would help much more and, if sources are available, my next device would probably be a faea device. so, they (and mediatek) will shoot theirself in the knee with this policy.

also, if sources are closed source, take the time and do it yourself. an open source projekt should be open source, building Cyanogenmod without releasing the sourcecode is just stupid.

cyanogenmod is open source, at least partly, so you basically need to release the sourcecode while using it, or am I wrong?

next of all, this just helps a handful guys with this device, while a lot of guys would put alot of effort into this project. no one would really do that.

also, this project would come in handy for every user of mt6575/77/89 devices. you can imagine what range of users and devices could be supported, only with the help of faea.

is it just me or is this whole closed source part just extremely stupid??

i never wanted to swap to mainstream devices but this whole thing just slowly ****s me up.

(nothing against you @ShawnSun, just my personal oppinion about handling those sources, if faea wants to do so. but no support from the community side, at least in my case. i think they all forget who are paying their income - the customers. they could at least give something back to the community.)

( i would unsterstand this whole stuff if they would have included a lot of tweaks, theming and other stuff like that, for example samsungs touchwiz, but all those ROM's are just basically an AOSP build with some Framework tweaks.taking credits for that is like copying stuff from wikipedia and saying this is all yours. releasing those framework related files would never hurt anyone - it would even push all those chinese devices.)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luckasfb:
Ok, :silly:

I new the MTK did not open any sources of platform, but have chance for open some parts of sources, witch need for build stable CM

1. part of RIL support (2 SIM support)

2. modifications of dalvik

3. Libraries and sources of OMX and other videocodecs support

4. Libraries and sources of SGX and Adreno videocard support

5. Drivers of devices in CM format structure

6. maybe some other parts ...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stas2z:
we are talking about real cyanogenmod, not about fakes and imitations

---------- Post added at 01:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:20 PM ----------

in other words we need all mediatek changes made in original aosp tree :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gravasio:
faeamobile user deleted the post and resend the same message with Swan user...

Very Sad and unfair...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrizzly92:
so, faea basically want to get help from the community for building an open source cyanogenmod with their closed source policy?

this just sounds grotesque. :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bgcngm:
What about this: MediaTek MT6589 complete source available (news source here). Haven't yet downloaded the file because I'm at work.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrizzly92:
oh, Master Shifu bgcngm is checking out this thread. :eek:

i cannot download this huge file cause of dial-up speed, but if it contains framework parts this could be a good thing. ;)w

edit: refering to the webiste, this sounds like this is some awesome package. ;D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stas2z:
Kernel only
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bgcngm:
Okay, then. Back to square one.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luckasfb:
Yes, there only kernel source (but very cool source)

We wanted the platform source ... :p
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luckasfb:
What files are needed for developers to port the CM from Mediatek without real sources?

I think as long as you need only the current device tree for editing?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] konnorrigby:
We need most things listed in the file filter.py that is in all the sources
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luckasfb:
CWM 6.0.3.6 builded for this phone: https://mega.co.nz/#!KlwRxSzJ!HG4ltU-_AqFEq_BElp0_AVWcpQcsc7WXaC5XT8nZ9cw
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gravasio:
I made this recovery for the F2s, so If someone has some problem/hint feel free to write me :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luckasfb:
You are can share the device, vendor, common three's for F2s?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swampcat:
For all who gave Shawn a warm welcome and tried to help I have to say: Thank you very much for your help so far. :good:

This attempt to start a project on XDA is now officially abondoned!

We will not proceed to port CM10.1 to the Faea F2S! :angel:​
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jugster:
Try again, with correct information.

Signature? Signature!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C3C076:
So... And who's fault is this? It was clearly said what was needed for us to start the project. But not only to start but also to achieve a real progress with it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrizzly92:
that was just a question of time. did someone really thought that this project would get to a working state? you cannot build something like that alone and without sharing at least the needed files to the community.

thread @ faeamobile is closed too, so we shouldn't discuss here and let this project sleep. [MENTION=5008415]C3C076[/MENTION]:

its not the fault of the faea team and not our fault. it is mediatek's open source strategy...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jugster:
Official link or it did not happen.

Signature? Signature!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swampcat:
:cowboy:Someone needs to pay respect & apologize to Shawn BIG TIME!

Just browse to forum.faeamobile.com/thread-1080-1-1.html
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chrizzly92:
http://forum.faeamobile.com/thread-1011-7-1.html

Edit: i never said something...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superdragonpt:
Ok now im getting confused :confused:

So they where asking for testers, and now this?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swampcat:
Well it is all correct. You just have to read it 'to the letter'

It's

not a port

, like we've attempted on XDA for years and failed.

There is nothing to port without a kernel.

....It's a clean build from scratch...

With the exception of a few 'good old goats' of XDA, we met only hostile resistance.

We looked for the other choice and that was directly to CyanogenMod.

So be gratefull we pushed through with CyanogenMod.

It wouldn't be fair to let all the good XDA guys suffer from the few asholes.

As for me, I take a long leave from this deception at XDA to maybe find back my love for this forum.

This way to welcome new members.....is not acceptable for me.

It's not an exception anymore in this forum.

P.S.

1. I do not work for Faea. I'm am (a now very ashamed) XDA member since 2004.

2. If you don't do it yourself, don't demand it from others!. For example gimme proofs, links, signature....

3. Also the lack of excuses from flamers, baters and bashers is even more appalling.

4. Remember Shawn! Don't forget what he, as XDA-Noob, achieved!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superdragonpt:
Where's smoke, there's .......
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bitan92:
God bless your hard work....:good:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twanj:
Well hopefully all the hard work will pay off! Will keep following this topic!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OpenMinded:
I don't want to nag, but according to your details you are only member from 2011 and posted 5 posts.

I think you are exaggerate a bit in terms of how bad this forum is.

The thing is that there are a lot of members that have been around for many years that are kind of tired of noobs spamming the forums with insanely stupid questions, that are anywhere to be found that are greatly irritating to read through and respond to, the more because the forum rules are pretty clear on that.

On the other hand, I am sometimes appalled by the arrogance some members show and the lack of willingness to share knowledge with others when it comes to developing and porting roms for example and the way some devs disallow their work to be used.

But I have also "met" quite some devs here that have been very helpfull.

How many times have I need seen arrogant assholes threatening devs to release stuff. Seriously, those guys should be banned for life.

To conclude I do agree that I don't like the way this thread went, especially the way that suggests that Cyanogen porting is impossible. I have had many situations where people told me it could not be done, it was impossible, too difficult blah blah.

In mosts of those cases, I just don't listen to what they say, believe in what I think is possible and in most cases I just pulled it off.

Leaving those guys amazed, being the poor losers of their scary mind, knowing also that from failing one learns.

So what I would really like to say to people: just start trying and ask questions at the points where you are really stuck, ask for help in a constructive way.

And to all people that counter inspire people to believe things can't be done: please try to turn your feedback around to explain where the difficulties ly and how to address them. Sure, not everybody is cable of everything, but as a wonderful community, we have proven to be able to achieve greater things than manufacturers themselves :).

Let's keep focussing on that!

cheers
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jugster:
I also got a private message from this user telling me how bad I was because I told the truth (paraphrasing). He did not tell me why I was bad, just that I was.

Needles to say I disregarded his message. I have not yet reported him to the authorities but if he sends me more unfounded crap I will.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wrick17:
Umm.... Guys.. I know people are being are being rude, but can we just ignore them and keep this thread clean? Before moderators come and do some bang bang!! :(
[HTC One Mini] Tim3worx:
Well, after trying to install a ROM through TWRP the phone rebooted and froze on the HTC screen. I then go back into bootloader and try to get into recovery but the splash screen pops up and then the phone reboots. I can get into CWM however when trying to sideload any .zips there I get an error. Not really sure what to do at this point. I probably should have stopped playing with it when I fixed it the first time, ha.

Edit: I fixed my problems! Very happy, ended up restoring some of the firmware from the OTA's and TWRP started working again. Just flashed ROM and fully functionally.
[HTC One Mini] jenkins-84:
which ota did you flash? what network provider you on? im having same problems, did you flash ota in twrp?
[HTC One Mini] Tim3worx:
My provider is AT&T. I used the UK OTA from this link http://db.tt/LrIEemZ4 . Its part of this thread in general http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2422885. Basically what was happening is that I had flashed a ROM which didn't work out and so it would just hang on the white HTC screen. I figured no big deal I'll just go into recovery and flash another one I know works. That didn't work out. Any time I tried to go into recovery the TWRP splash screen would pop up for a second then the phone would reboot. Which kind of had me puzzled because I flashed ClockWorkMod for recovery and it would at least get me into recovery but still adb sideload was giving me errors so I flashed TWRP again even though it wasn't working either.. I pulled the boot.img out of the Firmware.zip in the OTA and flashed that with fastboot. At that point I had tried just about everything and was about to give up but to my surprise that seemed to fix it. I was able to go into recovery no problem. Sideloaded the ROM and everything went great. I'll probably not be messing with my phone like that for a bit haha. It was the second night in a row that I had wiped an OS off the phone and struggled to figure out how to get it working. Glad its all good now though. Good luck to you!
[HTC One Mini] angora83:
cant change recovery / device rebooting

Hi, i have a similar problem,

I've unlocked with htcdev everything is fine.

Then I installed Twrp-2.6.0.0.img as recovary.

I'm not able to mount the internal storage, so I had to push the ROMs via ADB.

starting a ROM 1st time seems to be ok.

restart is also ok.

shutdown and power on is rebooting every ~15sec.

I tried to change my bootloader.

fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.3.6-m7ul.img -> volume keys are responding

fastboot boot recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.3.6-m7ul.img -> volume keys are NOT responding

recovery isn't starting until i run following commands:

fastboot flash recovery Twrp-2.6.0.0.img -> volume keys are responding

fastboot boot Twrp-2.6.0.0.img -> volume keys are NOT responding

but after resetting the device + entering recovery it's there

thanks for your ideas/help
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stphP:
Hello,

I'm new to slim bean 4.3. Can you explain me how to add shortcuts on lockscreen such as sms or mail ?

I haven't any option in the interface menu.

Thank you

Stephane
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dark'em:
Go to security, choose lookscreen and you will find it there;)
[Transformer TF300T General] samuraix20:
So I recently got this tablet, rooted it, and installed the 4.3 nightlys (this ROM: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2413878)

I've been bringing it to work so I can just get things done faster reading e-mail and news without distracting during my breaks. At some point, I started to noticed how incredibly slow things loaded up such as trying to load articles from feedly as well as its videos. I later noticed that my wifi was only 2 bars. I figured it was enough but apparently it isn't as things just load up so bloody slow.

I decided to to download the app, Speed Test, into the tablet and found out I've been downloading at crappy speeds of 900-1100 kbps while my Samsung Galaxy S4, in the same area I'm testing the speed, is running at ridiculous speeds of 26-30 >mbps<.

I actually restore the tablet back to original stock and tested again and same deal. Has anyone got this problem? I'm leading to believe its old hardware which would be incredibly disappointing if that's the case... but maybe there's an update or fix for this terrible wifi?
[Transformer TF300T General] zaki0saad:
Check your Advanced WiFi settings - disable 'WiFi optimisation' and see how that goes. Apparently it slows things down!
[Transformer TF300T General] samuraix20:
I turned off and used it for a few days; same issue. Is there any other possibilities? Any patches or fixes for this? Because if it's really because of old tech, I'm going to sell this and try out Swappa to avoid eBay fees for such a disappointment. :(
[Transformer TF300T General] kaos420:
Maybe you got a bad tablet mine off n router is way faster then that. Loads almost instantly

Sent from inside my mkv.
[Transformer TF300T General] fred99u:
the router/modem combo that Time Warner gave me is junk, don't know what the hell is wrong with it

but other routers at my friends houses seem to do fine

so i'm guessing it's a hardware issue

im going to hook my d-link router up to the modem/router combo (if i can ever figure it out)

oh yeah, if anyone know how to do that (router to router) message me or something
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] joeyt90:
Hi i am looking to root for the 1st time i have seen how to do it, i have already unlocked bootloader for updating reasons.

My question is if i put a rom on for instance JellyBAM can i if i choose to switch between that and the stock android or would i have to re install the stock android.

I enjoy the features of the stock android on my nexus 7 (2013) but am looking to just tweak it a little but i dont want to put the factory image back on if i dont like JellyBAM as it will wipe my device again.

Thanks for any help

Joe
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Username invalid:
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/multirom-for-nexus-7-2013

Flashing a new ROM would only overwrite your current system, system data and cache. Your internal storage where your files, pictures, videos, etc are would be intact.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] joeyt90:
thanks for the reply and answer

to get the stock android system back do you remove the rom you have flashed or do you just flash the stock rom back on?

Thanks for any help again

Also if you flash the stock rom back on where can i download the rom from?
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Username invalid:
The custom recovery automatically wipes the old ROM when you flash a new one.

Stock ROM - https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] joeyt90:
If i flashed a stock rom would it wipe my tablet to new?

I recently had to fastboot the new android os 4.3 (jss15q) and would that be the same way to get it back on after flashing a custom rom? using flash-all.bat?

Thanks for the great help so far!!
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Username invalid:
If just flashed the stock ROM images (system, userdata, cache), your internal storage, custom recovery and kernel would remain.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] joeyt90:
I think i am starting to undertand it all now, so using flash-bat.all just uploads the rom its the unlocking of the bootloader that wipes your memory (which i have already done)

now for a personal opinion what is a good rom to start with for someone who wants to learn but not get chucked in at the deep end (in terms of the changes you can do to the device not the flashing which i know makes no difference which rom you put on its always the same method)

Thanks
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Username invalid:
When you first unlocked the bootloader, it wiped the userdata, cache and internal storage. Flash a new ROM in the recovery replaces the stock system, userdata and cache without wiping your internal storage. You can start off with Minimus or CleanROM which is the closest to stock with minimal changes.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] joeyt90:
Thanks again i have flashed cleanROM and its worked great, but now that i have rooted and installed the rom can i delete the files of my nexus 7 internal storage?

Thanks

Joe
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Username invalid:
Yes, you can wipe your internal storage or format your device in the recovery which would accomplish the same thing.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] joeyt90:
worked a treat although i now cannot stop changing things :D

Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amandreamartino:
Hi guys,

I've tried to install CM10.2 using Philz Recovery. No radio, long boot time, etc. So I decided to go back to my previous backup. I've tried to reboot in recovery using combo key and nothing work. Reboot loop. Vibration, Samsung boot, recovery in upper left corner, black screen and vibration again.

I've managed to get in recovery mode using power button menu in CM and I restored my backup. So I've installed cwm. Nothing change. Cannot get in recovery using combo key. Only through power button menu.

How can I fix? I've already tried to reflash this using Odin, reflash cwm via recovery. I'm not very worried about this because now I've a fully working cm10.2. But it's a little bit furstrating...

Thanks for your help
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HANDSY:
I had a similar issue with no recovery access. Just hung at small blue type in top right corner. I ended up reflashing stock rom via odin and started again . All sorted now.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amandreamartino:
Thanks for your reply!

This will be my last choice if I won't find faster solutions.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HANDSY:
This thread has pre-rooted stock roms odin flashable. Saves a few steps. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=40710278
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amandreamartino:
Anyone else with other ideas?