[Android General] rjt.rockx:
Xperia ROM v2. Many Samsung ROMs are out there, check it out at http://xdaforums.com/android/general/roms-recoveries-karbonn-titanium-s5-t2906329

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@cybercrawler, Sorry, but I cannot guarantee that it is bugless unless I get it to boot properly, you know, with the new Kernel compilation and all, ....

Sorry guys, but I'm not getting it to work. I'm gonna have to learn the whole of Linux before I go on with this. I'm having a hard time here trying to do it with Windows. I had Ubuntu 14, but after my 1 TB Hard Drive failed, I lost all of my work, except the ROM I had uploaded online and a few ROMs in my SD Card.

Status update :

Xperia ROM v3 got wiped out. Sorry, again. I can't continue with it.

MIUI v6 got done by Ajinkya Mishra, but it is still on Jelly Bean 4.3, so a Kitkat version is pending. The one released by him has many bugs, though.

Android L ROM will be done after CarbonForKarbonn, since it needs a new kernel.

Stock ROM got done by Ajinkya Mishra, so I'm not doing that.

By the way, I'm not going to do themed ROMs. What is the use of another user interface if you have no changes made in the core? What good is the Android L ROM (except for a glimpse of Material design) if you don't get Android RunTime instead of Dalvik? What good is a Kitkat themed ROM if you cannot install Android 4.4+ Apps onto it?

I'm not against Ajinkya Mishra of karbonnroms.blogspot.in, but according to me, a new ROM must have changes not just in the User Interface, but also in the core updates. For all I know, you could just use a Cyanogen 10.2.1 ROM for themes and all that. I'm looking for base updates. Just changing the Android version from 4.2.2 to 4.4.4 or 5.1 in build.prop makes no sense to me.

You know, all of this would have been easier if Mediatek had released the source code of their MT6582 processor, or if Karbonn was creating updates for their devices. THEY AREN'T.

@superdragonpt did build a few Kitkat kernels for Mediatek MT6582 devices, but, apparently he is busy, and does not want to be bothered by us, so don't disturb him.

@Entropy512 (of the OmniROM team) explained it here :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2483238&page=7

See post 67, 68, 69 and 70.

I had ported the Xperia ROM v3 successfully, and it even had the new Xperia Nav Bar. But, as I was uploading it, my hard drive broke down. It was in my SD Card, but that build had just a few minor changes over Xperia ROM v2 that could be done with the Xposed Framework and GravityBox. So, I thought it would be better just to discontinue it.

If you guys can find anyone who can help in building a Kitkat kernel for this device, or even learn it yourself and create a working boot.img from that, then Android Version updates for this device can continue. Else, we are stranded with Jelly Bean 4.2.2.

Hope I helped till now !

Ps. : Guys, get someone to build or help me build a new Kitkat boot.img for our device, please. You'll be grateful to yourselves.

If you're wanting to port Jelly Bean 4.2.2 ROMs from other devices to this device, then check this page out : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_devices_using_Mediatek_SoCs#ARMv7_Quad_Core