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Since Android has graced our amazing HD2s, I have grown a strong interest in learning more about and experincing Linux.
Recent releases of Android for HD2, while good and getting better, seem to have gone backwards in some areas. I have spent countless hours experimenting, reading, etc. So now, I seek the assistance of the community; specifically that of the Android Chef's - for lack of a better term.
I am asking for a little guidance in how I may become self sufficient and build my own Android ROMs for our HD2s. I am hoping I can solve some of my own issues, and in turn provide my experiance and ROM - if it's up to snuff - back to the community here.
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Would some kind soul point me to the location to Read, download applications, etc or provide some minor instruction on building my own Android ROM. I do not have an aversion to reading and learning on my own, I have just hit a road block as to the direction I should take.
Thank you in advance.
Hatefly.
You can use coffeeshop to make your own android build.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=738770
buzz killington said:
You can use coffeeshop to make your own android build.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=738770
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Unfortunately, Coffeeshop isn't working at the moment. I'm experimenting with something else. I basically am trying to create an android rom the normal way in hopes i'll pick something up from that.
Got my Ubuntu / Virtualbox running and just finished installation. Now to get the Java.jde and .bin working.
Whole thing makes my head spin. Trying to figure out how to get our Kernal involved in the whole thing. I'm pretty sure i got the module thing "kinda" figured out.
Nothing still?
Makes me think these builds magically appeared out of nowhere
I like Linux, but it really depends on what your gonna use it for. I don't have it on my comp as a daily driver but its good if you like to tinker with.
As far as android, is there a kitchen for it? I had a kitchen for my HC Vouge and it was nice..just point and click. I just got my HD2 today and I love it.
Id really like to dive into dev for the Hd2 as far as themes and such go, but general dev,ill leave that for the pros.lol
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smurfgod said:
I like Linux, but it really depends on what your gonna use it for. I don't have it on my comp as a daily driver but its good if you like to tinker with.
As far as android, is there a kitchen for it? I had a kitchen for my HC Vouge and it was nice..just point and click. I just got my HD2 today and I love it.
Id really like to dive into dev for the Hd2 as far as themes and such go, but general dev,ill leave that for the pros.lol
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I'm not really sure how to theme with the android builds on the HD2 quite yet.
And yes, there are a couple kitchens for Android. They say they are not compatable with our HD2, but that has not stopped me from tinkering around with them and trying to learn as much as possible.
Trying to figure out how to actually build my own bootable Android ROM, problem is there is little to know info on how the few people who offer their ROMs actually performed this feat. if there is, I sure as hell have not found it.
I've spent 7+ hours reading and searching today alone. Not counting the last couple weeks.
As it looks like no one is really willing to offer me any help - must be an exclusive club or something - I'm prying I stumble upon a way to make it work.
/sigh... back to Ubuntu I go...
Hi friend, I do just want build my own rom for my hd2.
Unlike u, I even dont know how to start.
If u got any idea of cooking your own Rom, would you assist me at the time.
Dont take this Silly.
Today a new HTC ACE dump file has been released.
shree.cse said:
Hi friend, I do just want build my own rom for my hd2.
Unlike u, I even dont know how to start.
If u got any idea of cooking your own Rom, would you assist me at the time.
Dont take this Silly.
Today a new HTC ACE dump file has been released.
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Sup Shree,
Once I figure it out, or someone gives me a little help with it, i'll let you know. So far I have created two custom ROMs, but they only work for native android devices as far as I know.
I'm confused with the whole file structure and how to integrate our custom kernels and modules into the ROM so we can actually use our hardware.
Oh, and I got coffeeshop to work. Had a problem where ./start.sh wouldn't run from terminal. I got it to run another way though. Now, I'm left with a System.ex2 file I'm not sure what to do with yet, lol.
Some links that may help you get started:
http://htc-linux.org/wiki/index.php?title=HaRET/Documentation
http://htc-linux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Rootfs/Userfriendly
http://htc-linux.org/wiki/index.php?title=QuickDeveloperStartGuide
NOTE: Not that I've gone to the trouble of building my own ROM... yet.
Let me start by saying I'm fairly new to Android, and that this probably should go in a general Android forum, but since I'm a Fascinate user, this seems appropriate to me. I've searched, but haven't found a real explanation, and I'm not one to take things as fact without a reasonable explanation.
So it seems like everyone is waiting for an official 2.2 release for the Fascinate, flashing 2.1 ROMs but not capable of upgrading to 2.2+; but I'm wondering why we can't just compile our own OS for our phones? Android is a Linux-like OS, and I know Linux users would never stay on an old version if a newer (better?) version was available. I'm talking down-and-dirty tweak-every-option-by-hand Slackware here. Is the source available for download? If so, why can't we do something with it? Is something in the phone completely locked and unhackable? Is it the fear of having a $500 paperweight? Is it difficult to regain Verizon network connectivity?
Again, forgive the noob question, and thanks in advance for any help you can give me!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=792986
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883004
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=882946
There is currently work being done by jt, birdman, and the other skew of developers trying to develop a working AOSP version of 2.2/2.3. The biggest struggle that they have encountered was the RIL (Radio Interface Layer) binaries. Samsung produced some bogus complex proprietary binaries with no properly working source code. Because this phone is CDMA and not GSM, we can't simply use galaxy s files.
Anyways, the point is that there is work being done to bring it to our phone. They have a working AOSP 2.1 that is currently in alpha stage. Jt basically built his own RIL for this phone to get it working.
If this RIL works, we may end up with 2.3 sooner than later.
eulipion2 said:
Let me start by saying I'm fairly new to Android, and that this probably should go in a general Android forum, but since I'm a Fascinate user, this seems appropriate to me. I've searched, but haven't found a real explanation, and I'm not one to take things as fact without a reasonable explanation.
So it seems like everyone is waiting for an official 2.2 release for the Fascinate, flashing 2.1 ROMs but not capable of upgrading to 2.2+; but I'm wondering why we can't just compile our own OS for our phones? Android is a Linux-like OS, and I know Linux users would never stay on an old version if a newer (better?) version was available. I'm talking down-and-dirty tweak-every-option-by-hand Slackware here. Is the source available for download? If so, why can't we do something with it? Is something in the phone completely locked and unhackable? Is it the fear of having a $500 paperweight? Is it difficult to regain Verizon network connectivity?
Again, forgive the noob question, and thanks in advance for any help you can give me!
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You obviously have not searched hard enough, as this has been discussed in many places. I would suggest you start by searching this forum (edit: or seeing the links and posts above).
I will say, however, that recent achievements by (edit: the developers mentioned above) have made your suggestion quite possible. If you want to get a taste of what is to come, see the aosp alpha sticky located in the development section. The rom still has bugs, but it is a giant step forward for the Fascinate.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=792986
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883004
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=882946
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^^^^^
10char
I must add/point out that the work these guys are doing could easily pave the way for Cyanogenmod- and other well-featured roms to be compiled/ported and used on Fascinate as well.
I've read the above links, but they didn't really quite answer my question. I guess I'm wondering why a Linux-based OS isn't acting/being treated like a Linux-based OS.
Let's say I go out and buy a new computer today. I want to put Linux on it. I get the machine home, download my distro of choice and make an install cd. As I'm installing, I configure the installation either for my specific hardware or I can use a generic profile if my hardware isn't listed.
Now say a new version of the Linux kernel comes out. I can upgrade without having to wait for a version for my hardware. Or if I install MyDistro v1 when I get my machine, and MyDistro v2 comes out the next day, I don't have to wait for someone to develop a version to work with my hardware.
So my question is more of a why can't we upgrade our distro like other Linux variants? Is it because there's no generic replacement for the Samsung RIL? If I were to download the source and do a generic build, or even a specific one, I wouldn't be able to install it because...?
Sorry to be a pain, but I genuinely have no clue. Again, thank you for the insight!
2.2 will boot on the I500 just nothing works. If you would like to help http://opensource.samsung.com/
The source code can be found there. Please feel free to help the development along.
I suggest you read through the reply's to your question and pay special note to those bringing up the RIL as that seems to be the biggest hurdle right now.
I think maybe the answer you are looking for is that it is possible to do it, it's just extremely difficult because Samsung's open source is very shoddy and isn't based on AOS, which is what is used for most other phones.
Since the developers don't have a build that works, they have to work from the ground up with AOS and get every last feature on the fascinate working without using Samsung's code (TouchWiz, widgets, etc).
The links they gave you explain most of it but you have to sift through the posts. There is a dev named jt (amongst others) who is working on a ROM that is upgradable based on AOSP and it looks very promising.
edit: It's also worth noting that when I say "not based on AOS" I mean that it is proprietary software used by Samsung-only phones and is not coded by Google. It still, of course, is based on Android OS. It would be akin to a ROM coded by Samsung for their phones rather than generic ROMs that could be downloaded by other phones.
Perfect, thanks!
Try thinking of it as buying an Ubuntu laptop from dell. Sure its " Ubuntu" but not stock. It so full of bloat and badly written drivers that aren't supplied openly for the user that it would be hell trying get the latest version of ubuntu to run on it.
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For clarification.... so I can wrap my brain around this. Is this situation kinda like having bought a new computer that's running an os, but has no installed device drivers and nowhere to download them from, so they have to be written by hand?
Edit: that last post came thru while I was writing this one, I think it basically answers my question...
So what the devs on here are trying to do is develop a "generic" profile that can work on our phone (as well as others?), creating a solid base to allow users to upgrade and change at-will without having to wait for official releases?
See, that's the part I'm having a hard time with. No generic profile built into the OS to use in the absence of a hardware specific one?
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Try thinking of it as buying an Ubuntu laptop from dell. Sure its " Ubuntu" but not stock. It so full of bloat and badly written drivers that aren't supplied openly for the user that it would be hell trying get the latest version of ubuntu to run on it.
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On a sidenote, I bought a Dell netbook witih Ubuntu. Didn't waste time with Ubuntu, but I chose it because I didn't want MS to get money from a license fee. Installed Mac OS X on it the day it arrived
Ya know, I tried to do the same thing with my inspiron 1525 notebook, with snow leopard 10.6.3 since I have a spare hard drive. Spent a whole day with numerous guides, trying this n that. Got it to actually boot to the desktop once, bit as I was putting the drivers in, it went into KP and from that point on, I could never even reinstall back to the desktop again.
Well, Samsung is giving us a simple/reliable update to Froyo with unique functionality, as soon as possible.
Source: (Twitter, About 12pm 1/2/2011 from Samsungtweets via Cotweet - http://twitter.com/Samsungtweets/samsung-usa )
Samsungtweets We are working to make the Android 2.2/Froyo upgrade available to all U.S Galaxy S owners as soon as possible.
Samsungtweets We want Galaxy S owners to have simple/reliable upgrade. We r running tests due to complexity/unique functionality
EDIT: gave more specific time and source of tweets. Post is meant to be objective, without definition of ASAP for this context.
Swyped w/ XDA App. When in doubt, mumble.
soba49 said:
Well, Samsung is giving us a simple/reliable update to Froyo with unique functionality, as soon as possible.
Source (Twitter, 6 hours ago):
Samsungtweets We are working to make the Android 2.2/Froyo upgrade available to all U.S Galaxy S owners as soon as possible.
Samsungtweets We want Galaxy S owners to have simple/reliable upgrade. We r running tests due to complexity/unique functionality
Swyped w/ XDA App. When in doubt, mumble.
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I'm not sure if this is meant to be funny or not haha. Are those recent tweets?
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They seem to post the same things over and over, of course this is also because people constantly ask when is froyo coming, and every time they say there is no definite date. It is coming soon that that is all they will say; yelling, moaning and crying isn't gonna make it come any sooner, just sit back and it will eventually come.
Hi all,
I want to experiment a little bit with rom development for my Dell Streak. But I am looking for a point to start. For other Roms are several kitchens available which can be used for modding roms but I did not find anything usable so far for the streak.
Is there any kitchen that can be used?
I found the following kitchen here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246 but Steak 7 is listed there but no Streak 5.
Cheers,
TheDemon
Yes, that kitchen does work for the Streak 5, though not all the functions of it are compatible. It is a good place to start. After that, it is just a matter of time and patience. Good luck with it.
That's the one I use as well.
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I would also be interested in having a go at building a rom but i know absolutely nothing about the process. How difficult would it be to lets say build a 2.3.7 rom :O, what material would i need to read and what would the actual process involve. Also, i code and design websites for a living so i have a good understanding of code, primarily php and html but would this be of any benefit to rom building ?
You will need to port 2.3.7 before you can build a kitchen for it. Unless you're talking about an unrelated device.
If you dont already know how honestly you likely dont at all. Building a kitchen is just as much work as porting a new rom as it's a ton of scripting to properly automate.
Kitchens arnt magic things that can automatically create entirely new roms, they just take base pieces and rearrange them for you with a nice front end to do it on. It's more or less just what you can achieve with just using tools and doing it manually.
Someone had to take a working rom to use as a base to get a kitchen to work, so in our case we have the various 3xx roms and SD2.3 to work with as bases.
Using a kitchen is the easy part.
For most of us we are limited to what we have access to. Dell has not released any of the drivers except for Froyo. GingerStreak is produced using custom-made drivers. So if you are wanting to create a 2.3.7 Rom, you would need to get past that BIG Hurdle. I'm not saying it can't be done, but it does make it an uphill battle.
Thanks for clearing those questions up.
I did a bit of rom building on my tg01 back on windows a year or so back but that was mainly done inside a kitchen. It wasnt much of a kitchen as there was no ui but im guessing it would be similar. I found it tough but read through guides in my spare time and eventually made myself a barely working sense rom. Unfortunately at this point my tg01 was replaced with my dell streak so i didnt get any further.
Anyway i've never ported anything and the drivers make this near impossible,
so with the above in mind i think i'll be leaving the 2.3.7 rom for now lol . I guess this would also explain why there are so few roms available for the streak.
Maybe dell will release those drivers some day .
So, I have decided to compile and get ubuntu running on our devices. I have the TMO Note 4.
If anyone has a donor device, or can give me some pointers I want to get all this running nicely.
No goal is unobtainable.
I will like to see this if we can get dual boot [emoji14]
and what about miui 6? there is recently released miui 6 patchrom. Do you know miui? I am asking you this because we are two and we want to port it but we have weak knowledge. Maybe you can help us
and this is how miui 6 look like
http://en.miui.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=34895&extra=page=1&page=1&mobile=no
and there are some of thousands official themes for miui
http://en.miui.com/thread-112322-1-1.html
First of all i don`t think it`s nice of you to come in here and state there's no real custom roms out there for the Note 4, there's a lot of movement in the threads and developers work their butt off providing the latest and the best experience for the device. That said, let`s say i`m willing to give you a N910F donor device for development purpose, what have you got to show for it? Being a newbie ( at least your XDA account shows it ) there doesn`t seem much that shows anything worth to mention.
You sure this ain`t a cheap way of getting yourself a Note 4?
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Let's face it, there are too many touch wiz roms, and nothing really "custom" out there for the Note 4.
So, I have decided to compile and get ubuntu running on our devices. I have the TMO Note 4.
If anyone has a donor device, or can give me some pointers I want to get all this running nicely.
No goal is unobtainable.
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intheair86 said:
Let's face it, there are too many touch wiz roms, and nothing really "custom" out there for the Note 4.
So, I have decided to compile and get ubuntu running on our devices. I have the TMO Note 4.
If anyone has a donor device, or can give me some pointers I want to get all this running nicely.
No goal is unobtainable.
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if you already have a TMO n4, why would you need a donor device?
and if dual boot works it's even easier to try it all
but porting Ubuntu does sound like a fun project, maybe you can use cm12 stuff to speed up the porting :fingers-crossed:
and i would love to help but i have no idea about porting and i'm already busy with n4 and s6 edge development
good luck though! :good:
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First of all i don`t think it`s nice of you to come in here and state there's no real custom roms out there for the Note 4, there's a lot of movement in the threads and developers work their butt off providing the latest and the best experience for the device. That said, let`s say i`m willing to give you a N910F donor device for development purpose, what have you got to show for it? Being a newbie ( at least your XDA account shows it ) there doesn`t seem much that shows anything worth to mention.
You sure this ain`t a cheap way of getting yourself a Note 4?
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My apologies, you are correct about custom roms. What I meant is we don't have MIUI, Firefox, etc. Yeah skinned versions of Android, yet some people like them.
I want to do something no one else has done, and bring something to the table.
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My apologies, you are correct about custom roms. What I meant is we don't have MIUI, Firefox, etc. Yeah skinned versions of Android, yet some people like them.
I want to do something no one else has done, and bring something to the table.
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I've only ever worked with twizz roms before but have now got a dedicated linux machine. I was trying to teach myself to compile from source but Ubuntu sounds very interesting and would love to be involved but not sure how much help I'd be
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I've only ever worked with twizz roms before but have now got a dedicated linux machine. I was trying to teach myself to compile from source but Ubuntu sounds very interesting and would love to be involved but not sure how much help I'd be
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That's all I have now is my ubuntu laptop.
What I found out is ubuntu touch is based on cm10.1.
They don't have 3g/4g/let working for some systems.
I am reading about how to compile. Hensel why I need a donor device, just in case I super brick. Bricking out my only phine would suck.
I haven't figured out how to pm, so if anyone can talk to me like via Skype, and help me learn. PLEASE!
intheair86 said:
That's all I have now is my ubuntu laptop.
What I found out is ubuntu touch is based on cm10.1.
They don't have 3g/4g/let working for some systems.
I am reading about how to compile. Hensel why I need a donor device, just in case I super brick. Bricking out my only phine would suck.
I haven't figured out how to pm, so if anyone can talk to me like via Skype, and help me learn. PLEASE!
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Why would I donate you a Note 4 to brick it? lol.
Sounds like a fun project according to me. Did not heard ubuntu ported since note 2.
But have not enough money to give away a note 4.
NOTE 4 running Ubuntu/Windows10
Ladies and Gentleman,
John here, I have spent at least 5 days trying to port windows 10 to the Note 4, (turns out its not possible) windows 10 requires secure boot and bypassing this is a pain in the ass, so I've given up.... it is 5/12/2017 and I've arrived very late to this thread but I got my note 4 out of the drawer and decided to turn it into a portable Linux pc, I spent 4 weeks porting Ubuntu to the note 2 in 2015 and dropped the project because there was many issues getting all the drivers to work but so far porting Ubuntu to the note 4 is working well but it needs quite a bit of glitches to be fixed, im trying to get the 4G gsm module to work and the sound but soon this will be working great and I will share my finished product.
Xcion54 said:
Ladies and Gentleman,
John here, I have spent at least 5 days trying to port windows 10 to the Note 4, (turns out its not possible) windows 10 requires secure boot and bypassing this is a pain in the ass, so I've given up.... it is 5/12/2017 and I've arrived very late to this thread but I got my note 4 out of the drawer and decided to turn it into a portable Linux pc, I spent 4 weeks porting Ubuntu to the note 2 in 2015 and dropped the project because there was many issues getting all the drivers to work but so far porting Ubuntu to the note 4 is working well but it needs quite a bit of glitches to be fixed, im trying to get the 4G gsm module to work and the sound but soon this will be working great and I will share my finished product.
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If you are being serious, I have have a N910V and I am trying to get my name out in the dev world. I am willing to help you in your project and confident in my experience at recovering a bricked device enough to say that I would sacrifice my phone for this project. I am still new to compiling sources but with a little guidance I am sure I can help you.
Xcion54 said:
Ladies and Gentleman,
John here, I have spent at least 5 days trying to port windows 10 to the Note 4, (turns out its not possible) windows 10 requires secure boot and bypassing this is a pain in the ass, so I've given up.... it is 5/12/2017 and I've arrived very late to this thread but I got my note 4 out of the drawer and decided to turn it into a portable Linux pc, I spent 4 weeks porting Ubuntu to the note 2 in 2015 and dropped the project because there was many issues getting all the drivers to work but so far porting Ubuntu to the note 4 is working well but it needs quite a bit of glitches to be fixed, im trying to get the 4G gsm module to work and the sound but soon this will be working great and I will share my finished product.
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If you are being serious, I have have a N910V and I am trying to get my name out in the dev world. I am willing to help you in your project and confident in my experience at recovering a bricked device enough to say that I would sacrifice my phone for this project. I am still new to compiling sources but with a little guidance I am sure I can help you.
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I also have a N910T and am willing/would love to be a part of this and help get Ubuntu working on my Note 4. I will help in any way I can.. I have been searching for a port of Ubuntu for some time now so I was VERY excited when I saw your OP. I know this might sound odd but the main reason I wanted to run Ubuntu was for native development. In the same situation as @sawdoctor I have also been trying for about a year to compile a kernel but for some reason I just can't figure it out ha. I don't have my computer with me during the day but I have my phone and plenty of time so I was looking for a way to compile the kernel source with my device. And although I obviously don't know that much about development, I figured what better way to start that running Ubuntu. It's crazy to me i couldn't find one single guide or post about how to build a kernel with the phone you want to run it on. Seems like it should be easy ha. I have have tried termux, gnu-root, cc-tools, kbox3,........you name it and I have a TB of it ha. So all rambling aside, just let me know what or if you need anything
Casper1619 said:
If you are being serious, I have have a N910V and I am trying to get my name out in the dev world. I am willing to help you in your project and confident in my experience at recovering a bricked device enough to say that I would sacrifice my phone for this project. I am still new to compiling sources but with a little guidance I am sure I can help you.
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Your Help would be greatly appreciated, currently I'm working in the graphics, the note 4 has a high pixel sensitivity and the Items are very small, resizing things isn't working too well so I'm trying to figure out away to enlarge buttons and Icons
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noob4598 said:
I also have a N910T and am willing/would love to be a part of this and help get Ubuntu working on my Note 4. I will help in any way I can.. I have been searching for a port of Ubuntu for some time now so I was VERY excited when I saw your OP. I know this might sound odd but the main reason I wanted to run Ubuntu was for native development. In the same situation as @sawdoctor I have also been trying for about a year to compile a kernel but for some reason I just can't figure it out ha. I don't have my computer with me during the day but I have my phone and plenty of time so I was looking for a way to compile the kernel source with my device. And although I obviously don't know that much about development, I figured what better way to start that running Ubuntu. It's crazy to me i couldn't find one single guide or post about how to build a kernel with the phone you want to run it on. Seems like it should be easy ha. I have have tried termux, gnu-root, cc-tools, kbox3,........you name it and I have a TB of it ha. So all rambling aside, just let me know what or if you need anything
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I have created a kernel that works ok for now I'm still working on audio and other small glitches that are probably being caused by the kernel I will post kernel and rim soon that way you guys can help me debugging!
Xcion54 said:
Your Help would be greatly appreciated, currently I'm working in the graphics, the note 4 has a high pixel sensitivity and the Items are very small, resizing things isn't working too well so I'm trying to figure out away to enlarge buttons and Icons
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I don't suppose ubuntu has DPI optimizations like android does it?
Casper1619 said:
I don't suppose ubuntu has DPI optimizations like android does it?
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Not at all, Ubuntu isn't sizing things properly and it's almost impossible to use the touchscreen to click buttons, can only be used with a mouse, just getting otg to work was a pain to plug in a mouse, there's some options In Ubuntu for resizing but they don't help that much.
Xcion54 said:
Not at all, Ubuntu isn't sizing things properly and it's almost impossible to use the touchscreen to click buttons, can only be used with a mouse, just getting otg to work was a pain to plug in a mouse, there's some options In Ubuntu for resizing but they don't help that much.
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Hmm. Well maybe resizing everything could be an acceptable approach but if windows and android have different "skins" maybe we could make a custom gnome launcher that works better with the small screen, but as far as the drivers and the kernel, is it stable, and what model have you compiled it for?
Xcion54 said:
Ladies and Gentleman,
John here, I have spent at least 5 days trying to port windows 10 to the Note 4, (turns out its not possible) windows 10 requires secure boot and bypassing this is a pain in the ass, so I've given up.... it is 5/12/2017 and I've arrived very late to this thread but I got my note 4 out of the drawer and decided to turn it into a portable Linux pc, I spent 4 weeks porting Ubuntu to the note 2 in 2015 and dropped the project because there was many issues getting all the drivers to work but so far porting Ubuntu to the note 4 is working well but it needs quite a bit of glitches to be fixed, im trying to get the 4G gsm module to work and the sound but soon this will be working great and I will share my finished product.
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if you finished your project, i'd love to try it on my device.
Hey bro. Any progress? i just ran across a kde plasma active installer for nexus 7 that uses multirom to flash linux to ext sd. Would it maybe be possible to adapt the script to our device being that we have EFIDroid and Multisystem?
I've been working on porting Halium (needs for Ubuntu touch now) to my device, I haven't gotten the graphics to work yet but with the work I've got done so far we could get the graphics working then get other OSes that support Halium working (I.e. plasma os, sailfish, and possibly even post market os) if your still trying to get this working let me know and I'll contribute what I can to help, I still DD my n910p cause I like the form factor of my note 4, hate the glitchy issues that sprint forced into its software though. I have gotten Ubuntu to boot to a headless system setup, but that's not useful for what my end game is, its just a step in the right direction.
Hello everyone, I have recently started trying to port UBPorts (formerly Ubuntu Touch) to my trltespr, I get the code to start compiling but I keep hitting errors.
https://forums.ubports.com/topic/477/porting-to-samsung-galaxy-note-4-sm-n910p
Is the link, in case anyone wants to follow. I created this thread to see if anyone else is trying to do the same thing as well as serve as a general progress update. Im sorry if this is in the wrong spot, but seeing as UBPorts isnt exactly and android OS I wasnt sure where to put it. I know some people may ask why, the simple answer, Im tired of Android and want something different. I am also contemplating porting Halium, if anyone has any interest in helping with either port, or is currently trying and would like to consolidate their efforts with me, please let me know, Ill update this post as well as the thread I linked with updates on what Im doing and how its all going.
Thanks for Reading.
Sorry for the double post, but I managed to get Halium to compile, the kernel to boot, and thats about it so far, running into an issue with getting the rest on the phone, I can post the files and any info to get Halium working if anyone wants it, but that is gonna be when I have a working gui (features are a different story)
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Halum is booting into pre-boot, it is having trouble from there though. It mounts the images (system.img and rootfs.img) just fine in the pre-boot environment, however if I try to continue the boot process from there, the phone kicks me out, then refuses any new attempts to connect. I am working on getting my git repo synced with my local repos so anyone that wants to help can do so.
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I managed to get all the files on the phone, phone successfully gets to pre-boot environment and that is where everything falls apart, I'm trying to figure out the root cause of the issue, however its going to be slow going with the Holiday season apon us (those who celebrate at least) I will update when I have something to update with (hopefully a partially working port, but no promises)
Sorry for a third post, I hope mods are understanding since I haven't received any replies to this thread.
So Update since it's been awhile, I now have halium able to boot, I get ssh access and when I ssh in it says Ubuntu 16.04, that's the good news. The bad news now, I still get no GUI on the phone screen, and it appears to be a mount issue which I am working on. I can release the files I have now if anyone wants them, however I prefer to wait till I have a working GUI.
Poll Time,
Once I get ubports to boot and give me a GUI should I work on getting a Ubuntu dock setup working or try and port something like LuneOS, Plasma Mobile, or even sailfish to the note 4? Let me know your thoughts as well as any thoughts you have for ubports on a note 4.
Cheers
Do you try ubports / halium 7.1... Msybe with sources here: https://github.com/underscoremone/unified_android_device_samsung_trlte
Don't know, but maybe you get more support from community
I actually have made a lot of progress from my last post on here. I am actually in the telegram groups which have given me a lot of useful info, I am still trying to get the GUI working though. Thank you for the reply and keep an eye out for a update in the next few weeks (depending on my free time)
jasousa said:
Do you try ubports / halium 7.1... Msybe with sources here: https://github.com/underscoremone/unified_android_device_samsung_trlte
Don't know, but maybe you get more support from community
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I'm in the same stage... trying get GUI. SSH is OK. My device is samsung galaxy J5 2016
Telegram, in fact, is the best place to get help, and the guys behind the ubports and halium are very good.
Regards
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Update:
I have managed to get Ubuntu to boot and bring up SSH, still no GUI but the android container does start and stay running now. I have a list of things I can try from here to see if I can get a GUI that with any luck I can get working today (depending on RL) I am hoping to have this working and giving me a GUI by the U.S. Christmas holiday. I will post the files as they are now if anyone is interested.
Update Edit:
I finally got the Ubuntu Touch boot screen, It hangs there ATM which I will be working on shortly, I still have a long ways to go before I'd consider it "complete" but I hope it will be completed enough to use as a daily test platform, I could use people to help with testing if anyone is interested.
So Big Update:
I got past the boot screen, I now have a full GUI with working WiFi and working touchscreen. Not much else is working. I could definitely use people to test this distro, so if you are interested in using Ubuntu Touch on a Galaxy Note 4 PM me and I'll get you setup for testing. I only have a sprint variant of the note 4 but if you have a different variant it shouldn't take much to get that working as well.
So the list for anyone interested/curious
Working:
WiFi (doesn't auto-connect)
Touchscreen
GUI
File Access
USB networking
Not Working:
Cellular (ofono is having permission errors)
Bluetooth (haven't looked at yet)
S-Pen (kernel disables it for some reason)
Rotation (sensor values aren't seen)
Audio (haven't looked at yet)
Status Light (works with hybris-boot, not halium-boot)
Vibration/Haptic Feedback (works with hybris-boot, not halium-boot)
I'm sure I forgot something, but that's off the top of my head. I welcome anyone volunteering to help move items from not working to working, if not then I will eventually get there, but don't expect this to be a complete ROM until next year at the earliest.
tigerpro357 said:
So the list for anyone interested/curious
but don't expect this to be a complete ROM until next year at the earliest.
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Does any other stylus respond as a Wacom device?
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Does any other stylus respond as a Wacom device?
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Sorry for the delayed answer, I only have the S Pen so I cant say for sure.* The capacitive stylus' that you can buy basically anywhere do work though.* I haven't really had time to continue my work on this port, I have made some progress as I can get rotation to work, and there is a lot of things that work in the terminal however they don't carry over to the GUI for some reason.* I can release the files here if you want to try other stylus' and let me know what works for you.
Hello; I have an old Note 4, T-Mobile (US) variant that I'd like to do something interesting with and UBPorts seemed promising. Then I found your thread. How are things going with this project? I would love to test this for you on my device if you think it might be working. Thanks for the all the good work!
There is a T-Mobile port in progress already, there are a couple things left to resolve for this port as well, how would you like to get started?
Its always nice to se new things for our phones.
This one is really a breakthrough for the Note 4
Having a Ubuntu touch working on Note 4 is a whole new level in development in Android phones.
We are very lucky to have so charismatic devs among us, even better if they are working on our phones.
For that, we are thank full @tigerpro357, for what you are doing here.
I know its just the first steps, I know that these are just the beginning, but they are showing us what wonderful things we can expect in the future.
Thank you ,
KUDOS
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I'm not really sure... I guess I'd just like to flash it on the phone and see what happens, what works and doesn't.
ccellist said:
Hello; I have an old Note 4, T-Mobile (US) variant that I'd like to do something interesting with and UBPorts seemed promising. Then I found your thread. How are things going with this project? I would love to test this for you on my device if you think it might be working. Thanks for the all the good work!
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I'm not really sure... I guess I'd just like to flash it on the phone and see what happens, what works and doesn't.
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Ok, I can tell you whats currently not working, or working, I will advise you this is currently not ready to be a daily driven ROM, in call audio doesnt work, YT causes crashes, camera causes crashes (cause I havent finished applying the patch to my repos) theres a couple other things as well, I need to make a propper list for everything rather than go off memory
Thanks so much for the info. Not to worry, I wasn't planning on using it as a daily driver, I really just want to play around with it, kick the tires so to speak.
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Its always nice to se new things for our phones.
This one is really a breakthrough for the Note 4
Having a Ubuntu touch working on Note 4 is a whole new level in development in Android phones.
We are very lucky to have so charismatic devs among us, even better if they are working on our phones.
For that, we are thank full @tigerpro357, for what you are doing here.
I know its just the first steps, I know that these are just the beginning, but they are showing us what wonderful things we can expect in the future.
Thank you ,
KUDOS
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Very nice
UT on note4... You guys are amazing.
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