[Android Software Development] lingfude:
Hi everyone,

In this thread you will find my KITKAT custom Rom and Kernel for BQ Aquaris 4.5.

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NOTE:

I don't have this phone (BQ Aquaris 4.5) so, if you have any problem with this Rom, please attach an Logcat and Kmsg.

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KitKat 4.4.2 custom ROM (ported from Newman N1 KK 4.4.2 by me)

Release of Stable v1.1 2015-03-21 (SDCard update)

Fixed: Touchpanel lag on some models that use GT9XX driver

Fixed: Rear Camera on all models

Fixed: Google Sync and Play Store

User Customizable AROMA Installer

Single/Dual SIM Selection

Root Selection (Choose to apply last version of Root Supersu, or stay un-rooted)

Need wipe of Chache, Dalvik cache and Data before installation.

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Release of Stable v1 2015-02-19 (SDCard update)

New Compilation Flags and MOD Flags: Neon; Cortex a9; arm v7; Linaro's 4.7+ / 4.9.x Flags; fgcse-las; etc

Add: CPU Governors: Sakuractive (Optimized HotPlug Governor) (cherry-pick from superdragonpt source)

Add: I/O Schedulers: ROW and SIO (cherry-pick from superdragonpt source)

Add: Completely Fair Scheduler (CFS): Responsiveness Tweeks (cherry-pick from superdragonpt source)

Add: Dynamic management of dirty page writebacks (Fully controlled via Settings > Performance Control) (cherry-pick from superdragonpt source)

Change: Increase Swappiness to 70 (60 > 70) (cherry-pick from superdragonpt source)

Change: Disable Gentle Fair Sleepers (Better UI responsiveness) (cherry-pick from superdragonpt source)

Change: Minimum Readahead increased to 32Kb (16 > 32) (cherry-pick from superdragonpt source)

Change: Maximum Readahead increased to 1024Kb (128 > 1024) (cherry-pick from superdragonpt source)

Removed: Motorola's FLEX Info

Mod: Modified KK Permissions to allow apps/data to read/write from External SD Card (Google Removed External SD Card access on KK)

Add: Insecure ADB

User Customizable AROMA Installer

Single/Dual SIM Selection

Root Selection (Choose to apply last version of Root Supersu, or stay un-rooted)

Need wipe of Chache, Dalvik cache and Data before installation.

Touchpanel patch for some Aquaris models

For those who have problems with Touchpanel (too slow), go to Download section, download and install patch "Touchpanel_GT9xx-LF_KK_Fix.zip".

Install this patch from Recovery.

Release of Beta1 2015-01-19 (SDCard update)

Mod: Modified KK Permissions to allow apps/data to read/write from External SD Card (Google Removed External SD Card access on KK)

Add: Insecure ADB

Known problems

Rear Camera Autofocus and image quality

Front Camera

About the Rom

Rom based on the Official Release by Motorola XT919 / XT920 (Combo-Chip MT6628)

Ported from Newman N1

Many fixes were needed to make it work on our Combo-Chip (MT6620 - Responsible for the Radio / GPS / WiFi / etc)

Includes New Custom KitKat Kernel 3.4.67

GPL Compliance (kernel sources)

Kernel 3.4.67 source code
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Credits

Me for finding the Motorola XT919 / XT920 kernel source code :D

Special Thanks to superdragonpt for the KK 4.4.2 ROM and many kernel fixes

Special Thanks to qus1 for the initial Help / RAW Original Motorola Rom

Thanks to dsixda for the ROM kitchen

Thanks to brut.all and iBotPeaches for the apktool

Thanks to bgcngm for the Unpack/repack MT65xx Scripts

Thanks to Chainfire for the Supersu

Thanks to tvcastro for the CTR Recoverys
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DISCLAIMER

I will NOT be responsible for any damages, bricks or any type of problems that you cause to your phone.

Flash at your own risk and always make a backup first.

DO NOT LEECH MY DOWNLOADS, PLEASE LINK YOUR PAGE TO THIS THREAD.
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If you like my work, you can easily show your appreciation by pressing "Thanks" button or maybe Donate and buy me a beer. ;)

XDA:DevDB Information

[ROM] [KERNEL] [KitKat 4.4.2] BQ Aquaris 4.5 (MT6577) | Malata i8 | Zyrex ZA985, ROM for the Android General

Contributors

lingfude

Source Code: https://github.com/lingfude/BQ-Aquaris-4.5-KK-Kernel-3.4.67

ROM OS Version: 4.4.x KitKat

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x

Version Information

Status: Stable

Current Stable Version: 1.1

Stable Release Date: 2015-03-21

Current Beta Version: 1

Beta Release Date: 2015-02-19

Created 2015-02-11

Last Updated 2015-03-21