[Android General] 7awliet:
Thread Is A Mess

Hi all,

My friend was just given the Lenovo A5000 and she asked me if I was still building Android ROMs (LG ROMs are my usual thing) because she didn't like the stock VIBE UI 4.4.2 that she's currently on - I said I'll have a look at the Lenovo A5000 groups.

WOW - that's my reaction. It's good and bad. It's good that you have so many ROMs, so much work, and enthusiasm for the A5000, but the bad part is the communication in this thread is ALL OVER THE PLACE. I read though all 78 pages of this thread and there are conflicting instructions in just about every other post, plus the language is so incoherent. So just a tip,

please

try to be clear as best as you can, using a comma in a list won't hurt and numbered steps in a list would be great. Thank You.

Now, as for contributing, reading through all 78 pages, I can say that I've pretty much given up porting Resurrection Remix 5.6.9. Either Ajit Guraya, at www.mtkroms.com, made a mistake in updating the version number, the change log numbers and content (http://forums.mtkroms.com/CHANGELOG.mkdn), or it's just actually his pull of version 5.6.8 and that too without the Camera and OTG fixes included. That is why I'm holding out on porting that ROM, I'd rather build it myself.

Speaking of building, I went to look for the Vendor Tree and Device Tree but I haven't found anything yet for MTK 6582 or even Lenovo A5000 (if there are ones specific for that).

I've messaged Ajit, who - I have to say I love and appreciate his work - amazes me with his age. I asked him a few questions and asked if he could share the Vendor Trees and Devices Trees he uses for MT6582 so that I could build from source. If any of you have a VT & DT that work for A5000 then I would be much appreciated if you could share those.

I've also seen that you're looking to move from kernel 3.4.67 to 3.10.54 (on MM 6.0.1) for more stability and fixes. I've found that kernels 3.4.67, 3.10.48, 3.10.54, 3.10.57, and 3.10.99 are available for MTK 6582, and they do fix many bugs that are in in 3.4.67 (such as GPS, VPN, etc.), however kernel 3.10.54 is what we're interested in regarding Lenovo A5000.

I'm still looking to see if a 6.0.1 ROM exists that is compatible with kernel 3.10.54. I've found 3.4.67, 3.10.48, 3.10.57, and 3.10.99 kernels that 6.0.1 ROMs are compatible with, but I haven't found a 3.10.54 one yet. I do however have one that I don't know the version of yet because I'm currently reinstalling my Linux setup and it's going to take a while.

If any of you have Linux and are willing to help me identify a kernel version then please could you download the boot.img (4.47 MB) from the link below and follow the instructions below.

[Google Drive] boot.img > https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1Ee0JPRAllUMUhlSEc5dU5wd3c

[OneDrive] boot.img > https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=19BE84155CFFCBFB!1185&authkey=!AE5z36UDX5-efTc&ithint=file,img

The following instructions are taken from the Linux method of twistedddx's tutorial (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2266766) and have been clarified:

Instructions:

I'd appreciate it very much if could help me out with this, Thank You so much in advance.

P.S. Kemo, you really need to clean up the first post akhi, I'd be happy to do it.