[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] GalaticStryder:
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Hello, community.

Today I was talking with a friend and he asked me why I didn't place a thread to kindly ask the LeEco community to help me to get a very simple Le Max2 ($190 USD) to start developing for it. So I decided to go ahead and create this little snippet thread on the progress.

Background:

As many of you may know I work with Pro3, my current device, X720 model that I bought in late Jan. and started working on it in May 2017.

There was already some bare development kicking there, mainly from Omni developer and Lineage developers. But I wanted something more and as I had the stock Kernel working via minimal bring-up in LA.HB (marshmallow) branch on EUI 5.9, I went ahead and started polishing that base on top of LA.UM (nougat) branch. The result was nice and I got it booting on the first try... then some months went by and I official support on AOSPA was confirmed with the other teammates that helped me with bug patching and performance improvements in Android side, the final result can be checked at my Paranoid Android 7.3.0 thread.

Some people here may also know me from LG G2 forums as well, just in case.

Future:

I'm aiming at new Kernel base for Max2 just like I did for the Le Pro3 - from scratch -, which is called minimal bring up in a more "developer-friendly" term.

This "new" Kernel base will be thrown on top of my already stable Pro3 Kernel with the needed modifications from the open source X2 Kernel from opensource.le.

My plan is to support stock via LA.HB (marshmallow) Kernel for both devices: Pro3/Max2 again, by using those minimal changes, which can be applied back and forth on any Kernel from Qcom (CAF) and adjusted "to fit" properly - also called "port" - as you wish.

This will probably be a good base for AOSPA's Oreo work and will make to official since I'll own the device myself and thus match our support policy for official builds.

P.S.: I recognize and salute [MENTION=7884203]andr68rus[/MENTION] for his initial efforts on top of my base and I'd like to merge our efforts with the new Kernel and device tree, maybe with a stable Oreo?

Parallel to it, I may resurrect an "old project" for LeEco devices that downloads, modifies and signs the stock ROM called LibertineOS that you can check on Github.

Financial:

Crowdfunding will take place via PayPal donations and I'll post when we reach the value needed to take the most basic device. Taxes and shipping I can back up when it arrives :)

Just send any amount you can to my PayPal account:

You can also click on "Donate to Me" in my XDA profile, works the same way or via this XDA direct link HERE which is the same.

Wallet:

As of 09/29, this is what I currently have:

Current value: $174 USD

Missing value: $0 USD

Expected value: $174 USD

UPDATE: I've confirmed the purchase of the most basic version, any donation now goes directly to helping to pay taxes (not sure how much will it be). This will remain open for the time being to update the progress of shipping and give my initial impressions as soon as I get it. You can also donate to get access to the testing phase of the Kernel as soon as I get it booting, you'll receive a link to a Telegram channel with all those updates regarding my development and such...

Buttons:

For more convenience, I've added $10 USD and $5 USD buttons/links for anyone having problems with the donation method/system.

$10 USD

$5 USD​

Progress:

Daily progress and donators board are available on the #2 post.

Cheers.