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4.3 kernel sources released! grab them here

http://www.sammobile.com/2013/11/05/samsung-releases-android-4-3-kernel-source-for-galaxy-s3/

Wow man latest news isn t it?? Using Internet Explorer??

And? Could you explain a bit in how it help us?
Thanks.
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It means we can finally have custom kernels woooooo
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Well, I downloaded the source kernel and I need a clear way how to compile it smoothly. I wonder whether I can flash the kernel via Odin or CWM to a rooted stock I9300XXUGMJ9 firmware or not. Will it work? Any walkthroughs?

ahmedmelm said:
Well, I downloaded the source kernel and I need a clear way how to compile it smoothly. I wonder whether I can flash the kernel via Odin or CWM to a rooted stock I9300XXUGMJ9 firmware or not. Will it work? Any walkthroughs?
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http://source.android.com/source/building.html
Read everything on left hand side
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http://source.android.com/source/building.html
Read everything on left hand side
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That's way cool. But any matter to accelerate the process? Would really compiling this kernel and pushing it to existing ROM work?

What do you think source code is exactly? What is it you think you want?
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I know this is not a Q&A thread but could I ask? Does this release of source kernel code mean, that Samsung finally released the source code for the dreaded mali GPU driver and the FM radio blobs that we so need to make CM roms fully functional and smooth?

granets said:
I know this is not a Q&A thread but could I ask? Does this release of source kernel code mean, that Samsung finally released the source code for the dreaded mali GPU driver and the FM radio blobs that we so need to make CM roms fully functional and smooth?
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No. Read following for explanation.
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Blobs are userspace components which correspond to the HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer). It is this layer which is responsible for communication between the kernel and the operating system. GPU kernel driver is opensource, but the GPU HAL is closed source. This is the case with all the devices, but on our device, much more components of the HAL are closed source like FIMC, FIMG, HWJPEG, TVOUT. Samsung doesn't release the source code for this components because it doesn't necessarily have to. Without the source code, we are forced to use the compiled binary which may or may not work properly. Since we are left without options, we often mess around with the Android framework, making dirty hacks to get them to work. We will not be able to futureproof our device with newer versions of Android unless we have the source code since making edits on compiled binaries is not possible and hence we have to wait for official releases so that we could get newer binaries (blobs). Here is the list of all the blobs that we use on our device. Having proprietary code is not uncommon, but Samsung doesn't release the source code for essential parts of the OS like Graphics subsystem, OMX and DSP, which makes things more complex provided there is no documentation for the SOC, nor they are wiling to help developers.
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dhirend_6d said:
No. Read following for explanation.
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Thanks for the explanation. So basicaly those kernel sources don't mean much. And I was so excited

granets said:
Thanks for the explanation. So basicaly those kernel sources don't mean much. And I was so excited
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They mean as much as every other kernel source release. We still dont have everything we need to make AOSP work properly, but we can now get custom kernels for 4.3 touchwiz roms.

rootSU said:
They mean as much as every other kernel source release. We still dont have everything we need to make AOSP work properly, but we can now get custom kernels for 4.3 touchwiz roms.
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These include the latest mali r3p2. So we have now userspace binaries + kernel source drivers. It makes this possible, which is awesome. It's coming for all exynos4 devices.

[KERNEL] Bacon Official Kernel source

The kernel has been open sourced, by CM, as any OEM should do when device hits retail. That means a great step for us, ROM developers. We may discuss findings for reference on future development here.
Link to source code: https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_kernel_oneplus_msm8974
By the way, it's not only useful for the OnePlus One, seems that it's interesting for Find 7 as they borrow some code from it, worthy to read.

Oh Gr8 news ! Hope we could get custom kernel on OPO soon
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I am hoping we get one soon also.
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SferaDev said:
The kernel has been open sourced, by CM, as any OEM should do when device hits retail. That means a great step for us, ROM developers. We may discuss findings for reference on future development here.
Link to source code: https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_kernel_oneplus_msm8974
By the way, it's not only useful for the OnePlus One, seems that it's interesting for Find 7 as they borrow some code from it, worthy to read.
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Mind putting together the flashable zip of the stock kernel so that users who go custom kernel flashing (Franco for now) can fall back to the stock kernel?

A flashable .zip would be great

@SferaDev Thanks for this, I will be using this to build a kernel for our devices

Gamma control is out:
0f98e789af8c12ce3687cbe4515b429aa1e031a3 video: mdss: Add predefined gamma selection

I'm a bit confused.
So far, I know of two kernel sources: This one and AOSP-compatible sources released by OnePlus directly (OnePlusTech on github, can't post links at my postcount).
However, there are already custom kernels that claim to only work with CM11S, and others that claim to only work with CM11. I assume the latter are based on this source. So what's the current (official) branch for CM11S?

DrDaxxy said:
I'm a bit confused.
So far, I know of two kernel sources: This one and AOSP-compatible sources released by OnePlus directly (OnePlusTech on github, can't post links at my postcount).
However, there are already custom kernels that claim to only work with CM11S, and others that claim to only work with CM11. I assume the latter are based on this source. So what's the current (official) branch for CM11S?
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OnePlus AOSP is really new and I personally recommend CMs one. Their original intention was to keep as CM as possible...

SferaDev said:
OnePlus AOSP is really new and I personally recommend CMs one. Their original intention was to keep as CM as possible...
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So kernels that don't work with the stock ROM are just based on a newer revision of the kernel in CM's repo, and older revisions in there would boot CM11S just fine?

DrDaxxy said:
So kernels that don't work with the stock ROM are just based on a newer revision of the kernel in CM's repo, and older revisions in there would boot CM11S just fine?
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I haven't faced ANY kernel that doesn't work...

A flashable zip will be great! Can any expert help on this?

CyanogenMod for Pixel v1

FIRST TEST BUILD OUT
Since the MTK variants in the second gen Android One devices have steadfastly been ignored for development, I have taken it upon me to ensure that there is no dearth of top-of-the-line trees for any brave person wanting to build for this device. Here are my sources :
Device Tree : https://github.com/MSF-Jarvis/android_device_google_seedmtk
Common Tree (necessary) : https://github.com/MSF-Jarvis/android_device_google_sprout-common
Kernel Source (untested) : [url]https://github.com/MSF-Jarvis/android_kernel_mediatek_sprout[/URL]
Vendor Tree : https://github.com/MSF-Jarvis/proprietary_vendor_google_seedmtk-2ndgen
NOTE TO TESTERS : Please try getting logcats for me since it is IMPOSSIBLE to do anything without even knowing why something is broken

MSF Jarvis said:
Since the MTK variants in the second gen Android One devices have steadfastly been ignored for development, I have taken it upon me to ensure that there is no dearth of top-of-the-line trees for any brave person wanting to build for this device. Here are my sources :
Device Tree : https://github.com/MSF-Jarvis/android_device_mediatek_sprout
Common Tree (necessary) : https://github.com/MSF-Jarvis/android_device_google_sprout-common
Kernel Source (untested) : https://github.com/MSF-Jarvis/android_kernel_mediatek_sprout
Vendor Tree : https://github.com/MSF-Jarvis/proprietary_vendor_google_sprout-2ndgen
I am currently negotiating for a server with one of my dear friends, and will commence builds as soon as I can wrangle one out from him
Everyone is welcome to help me out with this project. I tried getting @DHARMESH17 onto it but apparently it seems he's not very interested or dedicated to the cause.
And oh, almost forgot, here's a local manifest to prevent manually cloning things : https://github.com/TeamRedux/local_manifests/tree/cm-13.0-sprout
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Bro I am completely interested in it but because of some barriers I was unable to continue the project but now I am completely feee and start development on rom

DHARMESH17 said:
Bro I am completely interested in it but because of some barriers I was unable to continue the project but now I am completely feee and start development on rom
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I would like some proof of your ability with ROM compiling before I let you in on my server.

Ashiron said:
Give me full details.
Start to end.
100% success result
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Details as in??

The kernel source has been imported to my Github and I have also set-up Continuous Integration on it through Travis-CI, build progress can be tracked here.
I would like to thank @akhilnarang whose ThugLife scripts have been used to compile the kernel inside the CI. I couldn't include your name in the commits, but the original copyright notice has been retained in the spirit of open source.

I have been informed through Google Plus that @DHARMESH17 has been in the hospital for some time now, and @faddat is currently in China, so the project has been put on hold for now.

Work will begin tomorrow

You can get the stock source to boot on pixel?
A friend of mine has tried, it dosen't boot

akhilnarang said:
You can get the stock source to boot on pixel?
A friend of mine has tried, it dosen't boot
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Kernel source? Of course not, I believe it's specific to the first gen sprout devices, as I found out earlier this day. I guess I'll have to end up messing with the device tree and see if I can sneak in a prebuilt kernel somewhere inside. One query though, since you've made an appearance, if I use a custombootimg.mk for userdebug builds, will it prepare the boot.img as per the recipe given there? Because as TWRP maintainer for the htc pico, I have to force it to use LZMA compression for the ramdisk to make it fit, and for that I set a ifeq into the boardconfig to use the customrecoveryimg.mk I put in the device tree, if build variant is eng. If it will work on boot.img and userdebug, then I may very well be able to fool CM's build system and use a prebuilt kernel.
If I'm not making myself clear, please do hop on to #team-redux on freenode and we'll discuss it at length and hopefully arrive at a solution

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Kernel source? Of course not, I believe it's specific to the first gen sprout devices, as I found out earlier this day. I guess I'll have to end up messing with the device tree and see if I can sneak in a prebuilt kernel somewhere inside. One query though, since you've made an appearance, if I use a custombootimg.mk for userdebug builds, will it prepare the boot.img as per the recipe given there? Because as TWRP maintainer for the htc pico, I have to force it to use LZMA compression for the ramdisk to make it fit, and for that I set a ifeq into the boardconfig to use the customrecoveryimg.mk I put in the device tree, if build variant is eng. If it will work on boot.img and userdebug, then I may very well be able to fool CM's build system and use a prebuilt kernel.
If I'm not making myself clear, please do hop on to #team-redux on freenode and we'll discuss it at length and hopefully arrive at a solution
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No need of fooling any system, you can happily use a prebuilt kernel as it is to build CM

akhilnarang said:
No need of fooling any system, you can happily use a prebuilt kernel as it is to build CM
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Go ahead and try

MSF Jarvis said:
Go ahead and try
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I have, and I often use a prebuilt kernel, no issues. What do you get?
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akhilnarang said:
I have, and I often use a prebuilt kernel, no issues. What do you get?
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AOSP based ROMs are a different story, CyanogenMod raises this exception when you try using a prebuilt kernel :
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Using a prebuilt kernel is deprecated and not allowed
Please add your kernel source to your BoardConfig.mk
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Or something to that tune, been months since I ran a compile for any ROM(Server's late in coming, @faddat is a busy man )

I have got a server now, and will commence builds tomorrow. Stay tuned!

MSF Jarvis said:
AOSP based ROMs are a different story, CyanogenMod raises this exception when you try using a prebuilt kernel :
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Using a prebuilt kernel is deprecated and not allowed
Please add your kernel source to your BoardConfig.mk
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Or something to that tune, been months since I ran a compile for any ROM(Server's late in coming, @faddat is a busy man )
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It still builds, as long as you've specified the PRODUCT_COPY_FILE properly
Anyway, why did you base your trees on the old cm-12.1 trees of Varun
If you're trying cm-13.0 then base on the latest cm-13.0 from CyanogenMod GitHub
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akhilnarang said:
It still builds, as long as you've specified the PRODUCT_COPY_FILE properly
Anyway, why did you base your trees on the old cm-12.1 trees of Varun
If you're trying cm-13.0 then base on the latest cm-13.0 from CyanogenMod GitHub
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I realised that earlier today, so I rebased my updates onto the snapshot trees and pushed it to my Github. The local manifest has been updated with the new branch as well.
About the prebuilt kernel, you use PRODUCT_COPY_FILES for copying the zImage ?? @thewisenerd once mentioned its a terribly ****ty idea, but you're more updated regarding building and ****, so I'll take your word. Just a quick query, what'll be the out location of the kernel? ($OUT/kernel ??)

MSF Jarvis said:
I realised that earlier today, so I rebased my updates onto the snapshot trees and pushed it to my Github. The local manifest has been updated with the new branch as well.
About the prebuilt kernel, you use PRODUCT_COPY_FILES for copying the zImage ?? @thewisenerd once mentioned its a terribly ****ty idea, but you're more updated regarding building and ****, so I'll take your word. Just a quick query, what'll be the out location of the kernel? ($OUT/kernel ??)
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Yep
Code:
PRODUCT_COPY_FILES := $(LOCAL_PATH)/kernel:kernel
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@akhilnarang, you free some night? I'll be needing help as far as I can see.
Anyways, ever had a problem with cts/apps/ctsVerifier throwing exceptions? My build refuses to start! Not to mention that repo is also being very hard on me, not syncing projects, throwing exceptions while unpacking and ****. Gonna rebase to nightly level, currently on snapshot 1.

Official TWRP now available : http://forum.xda-developers.com/cro...al-android-development/recovery-twrp-t3353364

MSF Jarvis said:
I would like some proof of your ability with ROM compiling before I let you in on my server.
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Bro still want proof LoL ??

3.10.33 kernel from Nvidia Shield ported to Mi Pad

Hello from Moscow, Russia. I can't write in Firmware section, so I write here.
I'm and my teammate(Dblm) ported 3.10.33 kernel from Nvidia Shield. TWRP works fine with this kernel. But android don't work cuz our graphical blobs are very very old. So may be somebody can find necessary blobs and run android.
zImage: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2...nhPdlJkWkdYQjg
TWRP recovery with this kernel: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2...FhQTHJIa2xVems

reserved

Artemka2008 said:
Hello from Moscow, Russia. I can't write in Firmware section, so I write here.
I'm and my teammate(Dblm) ported 3.10.33 kernel from Nvidia Shield. TWRP works fine with this kernel. But android don't work cuz our graphical blobs are very very old. So may be somebody can find necessary blobs and run android.
zImage: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2ALf4H-2aBrZnhPdlJkWkdYQjg
TWRP recovery with this kernel: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2ALf4H-2aBrZFhQTHJIa2xVems
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Thanks a lot for posting this. It would be more helpful if you could post your source code for the port and the source (the original shield kernel).

drakonizer said:
Thanks a lot for posting this. It would be more helpful if you could post your source code for the port and the source (the original shield kernel).
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At the moment my teammate does not want to publish the source code.
CPU fixed in this build(all 4 cores work)

Artemka2008 said:
At the moment my teammate does not want to publish the source code.
CPU fixed in this build(all 4 cores work)
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I really appreciate your work. Don't get me wrong. But Linux is licensed under GPL. The law requires you to open source your work, and so does XDA. This is why we didn't have a Mi Pad forum till now. To avoid problems and to prevent XDA from banning you or closing this thread, I suggest you either publish your source or remove the link.
None of the devs can help you if you don't release the source code. Please co operate with the open source community.
Thanks for understanding.

drakonizer said:
I really appreciate your work. Don't get me wrong. But Linux is licensed under GPL. The law requires you to open source your work, and so does XDA. This is why we didn't have a Mi Pad forum till now. To avoid problems and to prevent XDA from banning you or closing this thread, I suggest you either publish your source or remove the link.
None of the devs can help you if you don't release the source code. Please co operate with the open source community.
Thanks for understanding.
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ok, I will delete this thread.

Artemka2008 said:
ok, I will delete this thread.
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You don't have to delete the thread. It can be used for discussions. You can upload your kernel whenever you feel its appropriate to release your source code.
On a more helpful note: I can't say much without seeing the source code, but if you have ported the kernel drivers as well from shield, you can try using the blobs from Shield itself. You'll probably need to use blobs that match the version of the kernel you are trying to port.

so does that mean that there is a chance for cm12+?

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so does that mean that there is a chance for cm12+?
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Without camera and sound now. I tried to run Android 5.1.1 with our kernel. But I can't find working graphical blobs. I need help with it.
This is my last logcat https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2ALf4H-2aBrX3dCRkthR21wM1U

This is going nowhere until you share the source code with the community as per GPL. How long does your teammate want to drag the process? Release the source code today and start getting feedback from other devs - what's the hold up?

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This is going nowhere until you share the source code with the community as per GPL. How long does your teammate want to drag the process? Release the source code today and start getting feedback from other devs - what's the hold up?
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God, the source code will not help here. You just need to pick up the blobs to run android. With the kernel of today there are no problems.

Artemka2008 said:
God, the source code will not help here. You just need to pick up the blobs to run android. With the kernel of today there are no problems.
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Blobs are heavily linked to the kernel drivers. Without even knowing what kernel you have used as a source for the port (the one for Shield), how can we randomly test blobs and somehow magically fix this? I really don't want to piss you guys off, but the reason why you can do the work you do is because the Linux kernel is open source. And it's stayed that way because people have followed the GPL (with only a few exceptions like Xiaomi). I do not understand why you don't want to release the source code. Nobody is trying or will try to steal your work and claim credits. In the end we all want the same thing - stable Android 5/6/7 on the Mi Pad. Let other people help too.

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Blobs are heavily linked to the kernel drivers. Without even knowing what kernel you have used as a source for the port (the one for Shield), how can we randomly test blobs and somehow magically fix this? I really don't want to piss you guys off, but the reason why you can do the work you do is because the Linux kernel is open source. And it's stayed that way because people have followed the GPL (with only a few exceptions like Xiaomi). I do not understand why you don't want to release the source code. Nobody is trying or will try to steal your work and claim credits. In the end we all want the same thing - stable Android 5/6/7 on the Mi Pad. Let other people help too.
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That's my point exactly. Have you tried asking in the Nvidia Shield xda thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/shield-tablet/development. There's plenty of development going on, you might be able to get some tips and tricks.

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That's my point exactly. Have you tried asking in the Nvidia Shield xda thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/shield-tablet/development. There's plenty of development going on, you might be able to get some tips and tricks.
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Not the point. The shield developers will not be able to help us. Things will become very easy if this shield kernel port works. We will probably be able to use the newer blobs meant for the Shield, which makes development very easy, if this becomes bootable/stable. I really hope the OP manages to get it working. We either need newer blobs from Xiaomi or we need to write wrappers to use the current kitkat blobs (not easy, since Nvidia documentation is nowhere near as detailed as say, Qualcomm) or we need to get this port working well, which would enable us to use most of the blobs from the Shield (provided Xiaomi hasn't gone out of their way to screw with their blobs). The first two ways are practically impossible, which leads me to rest all my hope on this port. Unfortunately without the source code, we will just have to be silent spectators, waiting for some news.

Here's my effort for asking sheild developer- http://forum.xda-developers.com/shield-tablet/help/help-support-xiaomi-mipad-custom-rom-t3512695
I also posted a xiaomi forum link where Sheild Lollipop kernel is accessible for developers. It's available in Xiaomi forum.
Here's the link - http://en.miui.com/thread-439620-1-1.html
I have just shared the information available. Not taking any credit away from developer from 4pda.ru.
Thanks

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Here's my effort for asking sheild developer- http://forum.xda-developers.com/shield-tablet/help/help-support-xiaomi-mipad-custom-rom-t3512695
I also posted a xiaomi forum link where Sheild Lollipop kernel is accessible for developers. It's available in Xiaomi forum.
Here's the link - http://en.miui.com/thread-439620-1-1.html
I have just shared the information available. Not taking any credit away from developer from 4pda.ru.
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I asked LuckyMeAgain to publish on the official website, so it's the same thing. I am ArtemkaVZM on 4pda and arttt on en.miui.com MiuiSmokeRom dev team.

Presumably the easiest way is to go through TheMuppets repo and testing them at different points in time by checking commit history.
https://github.com/TheMuppets/proprietary_vendor_nvidia

Harrynowl said:
Presumably the easiest way is to go through TheMuppets repo and testing them at different points in time by checking commit history.
https://github.com/TheMuppets/proprietary_vendor_nvidia
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I think that we have to make a new build. Current builds are useless for us now. I mean available android 5 roms.
This is my last logcat with 5.1.1 Vartom's SlimRom: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2ALf4H-2aBrX3dCRkthR21wM1U

Artemka2008 said:
I think that we have to make a new build. Current builds are useless for us now. I mean available android 5 roms.
This is my last logcat with 5.1.1 Vartom's SlimRom: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2ALf4H-2aBrX3dCRkthR21wM1U
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looks like hwcomposer is the broken blob. Have you tried using the hwcomposer.tegra.so from a Sheild ROM to boot it?

drakonizer said:
looks like hwcomposer is the broken blob. Have you tried using the hwcomposer.tegra.so from a Sheild ROM to boot it?
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All the necessary blobs were taken from Shield. More no such files, which could be replaced.

Question Build Nothing OS source code?

Hello.
I want to compile and flash a custom fork of the Nothing OS. My issue is that I have never compiled and built an android OS before. I have built other OSes before for other devices but that was with instructions. I'd like to understand how I can build the Nothing OS and how I might find out that in the future for other android forks.
I know I need the source code from here and I know I need the devicetree from here. But I do not know how.
Thank you!

snakehater said:
Hello.
I want to compile and flash a custom fork of the Nothing OS. My issue is that I have never compiled and built an android OS before. I have built other OSes before for other devices but that was with instructions. I'd like to understand how I can build the Nothing OS and how I might find out that in the future for other android forks.
I know I need the source code from here and I know I need the devicetree from here. But I do not know how.
Thank you!
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You can't build a closed source rom like NothingOS, they only provided device tree and kernel sources for custom rom development and custom kernel building.

acuicultor said:
You can't build a closed source rom like NothingOS, they only provided device tree and kernel sources for custom rom development and custom kernel building.
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Alright, but, if I were to compile and flash the kernel sources, what would be missing from the system that is proprietary? Would I even have a UI or would it only be the core kernel?

You answered your question, if you build the kernel source you'll get only the kernel which doesn't have any ui itself, you still missing everything from the rom.
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Alright, but, if I were to compile and flash the kernel sources, what would be missing from the system that is proprietary? Would I even have a UI or would it only be the core kernel?
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acuicultor said:
You answered your question, if you build the kernel source you'll get only the kernel which doesn't have any ui itself, you still missing everything from the rom.
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Alright, so basically, this is only a fork from the original android repo, with changes so it runs on the nothing phone, and nothing more?

The kernel just allows the operating system to talk to the hardware so you still need an operating system. Your best bet is to grab a custom ROM if you really want to build from scratch or you can create a magisk mod that customizes the stock ROM.

snakehater said:
Hello.
I want to compile and flash a custom fork of the Nothing OS. My issue is that I have never compiled and built an android OS before. I have built other OSes before for other devices but that was with instructions. I'd like to understand how I can build the Nothing OS and how I might find out that in the future for other android forks.
I know I need the source code from here and I know I need the devicetree from here. But I do not know how.
Thank you!
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Gotta have it working on the OnePlus Nord N200 and I'd be interested