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[Q] (Q) [KERNEL] LinuxDX | v001 | 19-09-2011

it works for E15a? or just for E15i? thanks for your answer....

E15a its same thing as E15i ..
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Another Q
does it work with GingerDX or any other custom rom or just stock Eclair?

It's working good only on GingerDX..on other roms it will have problems like bootloops...

I am an idiot
Just checked the original post and saw that doixanh said that he uses it with his GingerDX..so sorry for the spam but another question...do I have to unlock the bootloader or it will work only with the instructions from his post...thanks for the patience everybody and for the good work...once you go DX you never go back keep it up!

sapabg said:
Just checked the original post and saw that doixanh said that he uses it with his GingerDX..so sorry for the spam but another question...do I have to unlock the bootloader or it will work only with the instructions from his post...thanks for the patience everybody and for the good work...once you go DX you never go back keep it up!
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check the original post again and you'll get your answer.
Requirements
Unlocked bootloader
Flashtool 2.9.1
Desire to void your warranty!

Lol kill me please...just can't wait to try it is why...excuse me once again
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so I wan't to use the thread as well
has anyone tried it and what are your impressions ?
i can't believe the devs were so quick at building a kernel

i don't know how, but gingerdx is now blazing fast Waiting for repair wifi and recoveries

and what about the battery
any difference?

st3ch said:
and what about the battery
any difference?
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For me is better.. 5% in 5 hours...

everything is fine only wifi is not working yet...

may try out the kernel but without wifi.. >><<

Everything is clear about the famous "swap". so in other words to use the swap feature of DX's kernel we need to install apps from market to activate
thank you for the clarification
doixanh said:
Did you try this simple thing? My search showed this as the first result.
Everything is clearly explained: what swap is, should we use it, apps to enable swap, even how to know swap is enabled or not.
Isn't that simple for newcomers?
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gxaris said:
Everything is clear about the famous "swap". so in other words to use the swap feature of DX's kernel we need to install apps from market to activate
thank you for the clarification
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Don't forget that u have to create ext.3 / 4 partition to make it work as well..but it may as well reduce the life of your sdcard

sandy_tea said:
Don't forget that u have to create ext.3 / 4 partition to make it work as well..but it may as well reduce the life of your sdcard
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No need.
You can use a swap file too.
Besides, it's not really measurable if it's going to reduce your sdcard lifetime, and even if it does, who would want to have an sdcard for more than two years.

Stockwells porting script question.

As some of you know, stockwell has a miui porting script. I just began to wonder, can it be modified to port other roms from desire z? If someone could alter it a bit try to port one of desire z roms. I have very little knowledge on linux, but someone with more could do it.

Ret4rt and darksage have this script. They can answer to this question.
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julle131 said:
As some of you know, stockwell has a miui porting script. I just began to wonder, can it be modified to port other roms from desire z? If someone could alter it a bit try to port one of desire z roms. I have very little knowledge on linux, but someone with more could do it.
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U could try and just read the script from the github.. U could see the script will automatically add and replace some files and delete unnecessary file from Desire-Z ROM.. U can do it using windows AFAIK... Try using this tutorial
http://www.freeyourandroid.com/guide/porting-android to know exactly what to put to get the phone booting..

Do you have a link to the script?

PaulMilbank said:
Do you have a link to the script?
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https://github.com/stockwell/MIUI-U8800-Port-Script/blob/master/miui_u8800_port.sh
For those who dont know Linux that well (Me too!), u need to figure out those function(rm=remove, cp=copy) and replace it manually in windows..

But updater-script could make it even harder.
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julle131 said:
But updater-script could make it even harder.
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Stockwell make it easy for us actually, if u check that github, there's an "overlay" folder.. Inside is all the file needed to add into the desire-z rom,
including the updater script (/ overlay / META-INF / com / google / android )..

izzoe said:
Stockwell make it easy for us actually, if u check that github, there's an "overlay" folder.. Inside is all the file needed to add into the desire-z rom,
including the updater script (/ overlay / META-INF / com / google / android )..
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Okay. I need to install ubuntu to my pc then amd try.
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Porting Android 4.1, Jelly Bean to Desire HD

Hi Guyz,
This is kind of my Ambitious Project of Porting Jelly Bean to our Desire HD ... while I cannot do this on my own, I would be happy if other developers can help me in this. Most of our TOP DEVS have moved on to the Sensation and One series ... I think others (NOOBS like ME) should take an initiative to learn more about Deving.
I am currently trying to get the device Booted....will let know about the progress ...

Good luck to you sir. It sounds ambitious, but everyone has to start somewhere.
Maxy
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i also want to try, i know C basics. it helps?
any tips from the expert devs?

I'll happily be a tester once you guys get it up and running (I don't know any programming, sorry)
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i an very skeptic about getting it booting up. but ill try my best.
i will also ask from help from an expert Linux and C programmer
EDIT: wow... i got thankses XD
obviously it didn't boot, and im not an expert so i have no idea whats wrong it kernel / rom.
sorry everyone, i think we should wait for the source code and for an expert developer..

DubelBoom said:
i an very skeptic about getting it booting up. but ill try my best.
i will also ask from help from an expert Linux and C programmer
EDIT: wow... i got thankses XD
obviously it didn't boot, and im not an expert so i have no idea whats wrong it kernel / rom.
sorry everyone, i think we should wait for the source code and for an expert developer..
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One of the biggest issues you have will be the display drivers that on the SDK are made for the worst chip when it comes to Android/linux. I wil be honest with you. Until the source for the ICS kernel is released in a few months you will be fighting to even get the basic things working. Gonna need to spend lots of time fighting in linux for it to happen.

zelendel said:
One of the biggest issues you have will be the display drivers that on the SDK are made for the worst chip when it comes to Android/linux. I wil be honest with you. Until the source for the ICS kernel is released in a few months you will be fighting to even get the basic things working. Gonna need to spend lots of time fighting in linux for it to happen.
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yeah zelendel .. u are right.. display is a problem..
first my DHD was stuck at HTC logo.. after a few changes. it moved past the logo.. i think it booted without any display..
here is the logcat
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yngiqzp70iut3lq/logcat.txt

zelendel said:
One of the biggest issues you have will be the display drivers that on the SDK are made for the worst chip when it comes to Android/linux. I wil be honest with you. Until the source for the ICS kernel is released in a few months you will be fighting to even get the basic things working. Gonna need to spend lots of time fighting in linux for it to happen.
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i tried porting the Galaxy Nexus's rom.
i have no idea what to do so it will boot...

Hey man! Nice initiative!
You read this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28020178&postcount=36
He's already ported it to two devices, so you should be able to get some help there !

riteshbendre said:
yeah zelendel .. u are right.. display is a problem..
first my DHD was stuck at HTC logo.. after a few changes. it moved past the logo.. i think it booted without any display..
here is the logcat
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yngiqzp70iut3lq/logcat.txt
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Read some of log and noticed some htc apps were being used..but why? This is AOSP
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david.degraw54 said:
Read some of log and noticed some htc apps were being used..but why? This is AOSP
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Because it wansnt ported right...he added HTC apps
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The biggest issue might be get gralloc working right...
E/HAL ( 1526): load: module=/system/lib/hw/gralloc.msm7x30.so
E/HAL ( 1526): Cannot load library: link_image[1891]: 1199 could not load needed library 'libQcomUI.so' for 'gralloc.msm7x30.so' (reloc_library[1306]: 1199 cannot locate 'eglGetRenderBufferANDROID'...
That is libs searching other libs, meaning, compiling is the easiest way to fix thoose. but for that.. need source
You can easly get boot withought gralloc and egl... but, that will only bring a lot of fcs

rom stuck on splash screen.
logcat: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22680754/logcat.txt
(i didn't do any changes on ramdisk or boot.img. if one of them is the problem, just say that and when ill figure out how to edit them, i will post here again )
thanks

http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=HOWTO:_Unpack,_Edit,_and_Re-Pack_Boot_Images
Check this link it will help with ramdisk
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im about to edit ramdisk. i haven't did that before. there should be files, with of them i need to edit? how to edit?
and im going tomorrow morning to a 3 days trip. i hope i will edit the ramdisk today

riteshbendre said:
yeah zelendel .. u are right.. display is a problem..
first my DHD was stuck at HTC logo.. after a few changes. it moved past the logo.. i think it booted without any display..
here is the logcat
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yngiqzp70iut3lq/logcat.txt
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Gimme your ROM so far, I'll try to get it working

how is the porting going

f_E_a_R_e_D said:
how is the porting going
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Boot animation is displaying, current error is
Code:
E/mDnsConnector( 1326): Error in NativeDaemonConnector: java.io.IOException: No such file or directory
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quinny899 said:
boot animation is displaying, current error is
Code:
e/mdnsconnector( 1326): Error in nativedaemonconnector: Java.io.ioexception: No such file or directory
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i have a boot
-EDIT- May be a false alarm, stuck on Starting apps...

can a bad ramdisk brick my phone?
because on all guilds i see they are saying to be careful with editing the ramdisk....

Starting apps may take a while (from my experiance anyway) cause its the first, fresh boot. Screenshots (if you can)? Getting really excited about this already (flashaholic senses are kicking in, lol)
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[SOURCES] Elife E7 - Discovery Elite Kernel Sources

Here is the kernel source for:
General Mobile Discovery Elite
Gionee Elife E7
These two devices using the same kernel source. You should use the defconfig from your own device to compile and use it with shared source.
Source link: http://www.burakgon.com/kernel-sources-for-general-mobile-discovery-elite-and-gionee-elife-e7-is-here/
Have fun while modifying!
XDA:DevDB Information
Gionee Elife E7 - General Mobile Discovery Elite Kernel Sources, a Kernel for the GiONEE Elife E7
Contributors
burakgon
Kernel Special Features:
Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: 1
Stable Release Date: 2014-04-01
Created 2014-04-01
Last Updated 2014-04-05

Thanks a lot burakgon. I knew you were the real deal! Can you please post your ROM as well which is used in discovery mobile? And your flash tools which you promised to release as well?

[OFF TOPIC]
@burakgon Sir i Need General Mobile Discovery Kernel Source... You Made ATOM ROM Having ATOM Kernel For General Mobile Discovery Which Means You Have its Kernel Sources... i Tried Kernel Sources Released By FLY For its Fly-IQ4410 But Those Sources Are Not Complete Lots Of Drivers Are Missing And There is No Hope From Other Rebranded Devices... its An Humble Request Sir
Sorry To Disturb You Here...

Thank You very very much
let my exams complete
i will port cm

if you can provide device tree it will be awesome

yasirmujtaba said:
if you can provide device tree it will be awesome
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I will try

Hi guys.
I am looking forward to support this awesome device. I got the source later i do the recovery and all stuff. Can anyone provide me stock boot.img and recovery.img.

icoolguy1995 said:
Hi guys.
I am looking forward to support this awesome device. I got the source later i do the recovery and all stuff. Can anyone provide me stock boot.img and recovery.img.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2706689

burakgon said:
I will try
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hey burakgon did you got correct sources from gionee
i heard you were talking to gionee support for problems with kernel sources
pls reply

the sources that have been posted here might be correct but they (gionee) use a different (non standard) mkbootimg to pack it. that leads to issues. simply put, take their boot image or recovery, unpack it, without making any changes, repack it. the new file will be smaller in size. and device wont boot up if you flash them.

Ravikirancg said:
the sources that have been posted here might be correct but they (gionee) use a different (non standard) mkbootimg to pack it. that leads to issues. simply put, take their boot image or recovery, unpack it, without making any changes, repack it. the new file will be smaller in size. and device wont boot up if you flash them.
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Ive tried upacking boot.img from my device replaced the zImage which i compiled from sources and again repacked it with the same ramdisk and flashed..The black screen appears. heard that sometimes the smaller size of ramdisk can be the culprit..

GTARaja said:
Ive tried upacking boot.img from my device replaced the zImage which i compiled from sources and again repacked it with the same ramdisk and flashed..The black screen appears. heard that sometimes the smaller size of ramdisk can be the culprit..
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not exactly the size of ramdisk but the offset. we need a custom mkbootimg binary. need to edit mkbootimg.c and then re run make recoverytools. try unmkbootimg.

Ravikirancg said:
not exactly the size of ramdisk but the offset. we need a custom mkbootimg binary. need to edit mkbootimg.c and then re run make recoverytools. try unmkbootimg.
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ive tried with different offsets from xperia z1 n nexus 5 didnt work.....not tried editing mkbootimg.c...ill try it later...btw can u compile it once for us if u have some spare time

Ravikirancg said:
the sources that have been posted here might be correct but they (gionee) use a different (non standard) mkbootimg to pack it. that leads to issues. simply put, take their boot image or recovery, unpack it, without making any changes, repack it. the new file will be smaller in size. and device wont boot up if you flash them.
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afaik if gionee uses a custom mkbootimg wouldn't they have provided the custom tool to general mobile. if so burakgon could have provided us with same. I at least request him to provide us with general mobile firmware so as to test the theory that they might have made small hardware changes
in general elite.

GTARaja said:
ive tried with different offsets from xperia z1 n nexus 5 didnt work.....not tried editing mkbootimg.c...ill try it later...btw can u compile it once for us if u have some spare time
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surely.. here you go https://www.dropbox.com/s/e62wf141ahcqy7j/mkbootimg
when you repack, keep base address as 0x0.
dhirajranger said:
afaik if gionee uses a custom mkbootimg wouldn't they have provided the custom tool to general mobile. if so burakgon could have provided us with same. I at least request him to provide us with general mobile firmware so as to test the theory that they might have made small hardware changes
in general elite.
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well, I dont know much about Gionee to assume that it would have given the binary. afaik, it didnt even release the kernel sources.. let alone explain these. then again, I hope Gionee is dev friendly and helps us out. but I can assure you of one thing. Gionee does not use the standard methods. It surely has a messed up software on the device. it took me a week to get adb working properly on the terminal. Hell, I still cant get it to boot into fastboot mode..
P.S., It seems they use some signature for signing the recovery. I just unpacked the recovery and repacked it using mkbootimg. Its initial size was about 11mb. the newer one barely had a size of 8.7mb.
P.P.S., If some one is in touch with Gionee or get in touch with them, please pm..

Ravikirancg said:
surely.. here you go https://www.dropbox.com/s/e62wf141ahcqy7j/mkbootimg
when you repack, keep base address as 0x0.
well, I dont know much about Gionee to assume that it would have given the binary. afaik, it didnt even release the kernel sources.. let alone explain these. then again, I hope Gionee is dev friendly and helps us out. but I can assure you of one thing. Gionee does not use the standard methods. It surely has a messed up software on the device. it took me a week to get adb working properly on the terminal. Hell, I still cant get it to boot into fastboot mode..
P.S., It seems they use some signature for signing the recovery. I just unpacked the recovery and repacked it using mkbootimg. Its initial size was about 11mb. the newer one barely had a size of 8.7mb.
P.P.S., If some one is in touch with Gionee or get in touch with them, please pm..
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Missing dt.img??
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AnoopKumar said:
Missing dt.img??
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ah! googled that up.. interesting.. the mkbootimg xperia ZU guys use syncs up with the one I built.. I will test that out..

They use some dtb.img.......
Have a look at dtb.img method
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This source is not good may be missing display driver.. Only giving black screen after booting.
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ah! googled that up.. interesting.. the mkbootimg xperia ZU guys use syncs up with the one I built.. I will test that out..
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You need to generate dt.img for for your complied zImage
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AnoopKumar said:
This source is not good may be missing display driver.. Only giving black screen after booting.
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You need to generate dt.img for for your complied zImage
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yes I did that.. and as you mentioned, I get a white screen.. actually, my kernel itself didnt compile.. but I had some dts files and built a dt.img out of it.. if you built a stock kernel, mind sharinng your dt.img?

Porting CyanogenMod to Desire 820s MT6752

I came across CM12.1 rom for Lenovo K3 Note on needrom. Considering that K3 have the same chipset as ours, I've been thinking that it can be ported to our device.
I've tried to port it past few days but failed. Any developer would come up and try to port it?

What have you done? Device tree something else?

Nope. Just changing libs here and there, according to this guide. I'm still noob in porting roms so I can't do much.

amirarsyad97 said:
I came across CM12.1 rom for Lenovo K3 Note on needrom. Considering that K3 have the same chipset as ours, I've been thinking that it can be ported to our device.
I've tried to port it past few days but failed. Any developer would come up and try to port it?
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Did you edit the updater script?

Gibz97 said:
Did you edit the updater script?
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Yes. I'm actually having problem in repacking system.new.dat files. The same as the guy face here. Finding the solution require me to learn Linux. I'm still new at Linux, so I need some time to learn.
Other than that is okay (perhaps). I followed some other guides like http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/guide-how-to-port-lollipop-based-roms-t3223938 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2707438.
Oh and one more thing, the rom is ported by @Cheshkin. I've tried to seek his permission to port the rom through pm, but still no answer. So I cannot post the rom here (if I done porting it) without his permission.

amirarsyad97 said:
Yes. I'm actually having problem in repacking system.new.dat files. The same as the guy face here. Finding the solution require me to learn Linux. I'm still new at Linux, so I need some time to learn.
Other than that is okay (perhaps). I followed some other guides like http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/guide-how-to-port-lollipop-based-roms-t3223938 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2707438.
Oh and one more thing, the rom is ported by @Cheshkin. I've tried to seek his permission to port the rom through pm, but still no answer. So I cannot post the rom here (if I done porting it) without his permission.
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If you have an idea for kernel, I'll help you

amirarsyad97 said:
Yes. I'm actually having problem in repacking system.new.dat files. The same as the guy face here. Finding the solution require me to learn Linux. I'm still new at Linux, so I need some time to learn.
Other than that is okay (perhaps). I followed some other guides like http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/guide-how-to-port-lollipop-based-roms-t3223938 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2707438.
Oh and one more thing, the rom is ported by @Cheshkin. I've tried to seek his permission to port the rom through pm, but still no answer. So I cannot post the rom here (if I done porting it) without his permission.
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Let's wait for the response then

Would be graet to see CM to release this device's potential. Especially since HTC is taking it's sweet time with 6.0 update and 5.1 was officially skipped.
Anyway if you would need some testers I would gladly help.

Good news! The permission has been granted. I will try my best to port this rom.

And what with 820n?
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Dragonfail said:
And what with 820n?
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We don't have 64-bit kernel sources for 820n MSM chipset

Hi @amirarsyad97, so did you manage to extract system files?

Gibz97 said:
Hi @amirarsyad97, so did you manage to extract system files?
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I already did, but I can't repack it. So instead I tried looking for other roms while staying away from dat files - cm12.1 ulefone be touch 2 and blisspop k3 note.
Now I'm having problems with the kernel. The rom won't boot at all, the worse I can't get the dmesg.
I don't have much free time to explore kernels in detail. If anybody can help me with porting the kernel, it would be a pleasure.

amirarsyad97 said:
I already did, but I can't repack it. So instead I tried looking for other roms while staying away from dat files - cm12.1 ulefone be touch 2 and blisspop k3 note.
Now I'm having problems with the kernel. The rom won't boot at all, the worse I can't get the dmesg.
I don't have much free time to explore kernels in detail. If anybody can help me with porting the kernel, it would be a pleasure.
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I will try porting the kernel using the kitkat kernel as base when I find time

Unfortunately, I did not succeed, I could not even get into the bootanimation. Hope someone can help us.
I am now trying to squeeze the Lollipop system partition so that we can liberate some more free space for the internal storage, hope it works

That would be the coolest thing???

Hello guys hope you have been doing great, Was too busy with school, exams and stuff.
Good news!! I have finally managed to boot into CM 12.1 after I successfully ported it today.
It's lightning fast but has some bugs: USB, bluetooth and Sim don't work currently and it needs some resizing of the framework images.
I will try to work on it until Sunday and hopefully someone else can take over with modifying it

Gibz97 said:
Hello guys hope you have been doing great, Was too busy with school, exams and stuff.
Good news!! I have finally managed to boot into CM 12.1 after I successfully ported it today.
It's lightning fast but has some bugs: USB, bluetooth and Sim don't work currently and it needs some resizing of the framework images.
I will try to work on it until Sunday and hopefully someone else can take over with modifying it
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I was wondering how you can make the kernel work. Anyway good work!

amirarsyad97 said:
I was wondering how you can make the kernel work. Anyway good work!
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Use this kernel and build.prop and use the original system (don't replace with stock files) https://mega.nz/#!c4USzSTL!rXmsjMYaxR9ECwNeiMjissLPuFRLBWBUSLIuwiBFwQk
Almost everything works right now except Bluetooth, camera and Sim

Great work keep it up
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