Porting CWM Partition Size - Blade General

I'm trying to port CWM recovery for my Zte Blade Vec 4g. according to this guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/guide-how-to-build-cwm-based-recovery-t2973804
While editing Boardconfig.mk file I have to write the partition sizes of my phone.
Code:
# fix this up by examining /proc/mtd on a running device
BOARD_BOOTIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE := 0x105c0000
BOARD_RECOVERYIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE := 0x105c0000
BOARD_SYSTEMIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE := 0x105c0000
BOARD_USERDATAIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE := 0x105c0000
BOARD_FLASH_BLOCK_SIZE := 131072
I have to find partition sizes of my phone. They say adb shell cat /proc/mtd" or "adb shell cat /proc/emmc" or "adb shell cat /proc/dumchar_info" to fix this. But I don't have mtd, emmc or dumchar_info. It writes "no such file or directory". How can I fix this problem?

denizyildizi345 said:
I'm trying to port CWM recovery for my Zte Blade Vec 4g. according to this guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/guide-how-to-build-cwm-based-recovery-t2973804
While editing Boardconfig.mk file I have to write the partition sizes of my phone.
Code:
# fix this up by examining /proc/mtd on a running device
BOARD_BOOTIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE := 0x105c0000
BOARD_RECOVERYIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE := 0x105c0000
BOARD_SYSTEMIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE := 0x105c0000
BOARD_USERDATAIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE := 0x105c0000
BOARD_FLASH_BLOCK_SIZE := 131072
I have to find partition sizes of my phone. They say adb shell cat /proc/mtd" or "adb shell cat /proc/emmc" or "adb shell cat /proc/dumchar_info" to fix this. But I don't have mtd, emmc or dumchar_info. It writes "no such file or directory". How can I fix this problem?
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heres how i did it,
If you can dump your .img files for each of these partitions to your computer (i used the dd method and adb shell).
Once these files are on your computer, left click on the .img file, and then click on properties.
A window will pop up, roughly in the middle you will see
Size: 128 MB (134,217,728 bytes)
Size on disk: 128 MB (134,217,728 bytes)
If both "bytes" size are the same then use it, if they aren't (which they should be) then idk what to tell you.
Again the "bytes" or in this example the "134217728" is the partition size.
There are plenty of other ways to find the partition size, but this way was the less technical way especially if you have already pulled the image files.
Hope this helps, hit thanks if it did!

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Having problems executing a hello world (native)

Hello all,
Just got my first android phone. I need to port a tiny C application I have to my phone. It worked when I compiled a static binary but now I'm trying to compile a dynamic one, but before that, I'm trying to run a native hello world on it but not having much luck. When I run it on the emulator, it prints "Hello world" and then segfaults after that. When I run it on the phone, it doesn't even get that far. It says link_image[1995] CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE.
These are my test files
test.c
Code:
#include <stdio.h>
int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
printf ("Hello world!\n");
return 0;
}
Makefile
Code:
APP := test
ROOT:=$(HOME)/Projects/Android
NDK_PLATFORM_VER := 8
INSTALL_DIR := /data/tmp
ANDROID_NDK_ROOT:=$(ROOT)/android-ndk-r5b
ANDROID_NDK_HOST:=linux-x86
ANDROID_SDK_ROOT:=$(ROOT)/android-sdk-linux_x86
PREBUILD:=$(ANDROID_NDK_ROOT)/toolchains/arm-eabi-4.4.0/prebuilt/$(ANDROID_NDK_HOST)
BIN := $(PREBUILD)/bin
CPP := $(BIN)/arm-eabi-g++
CC := $(BIN)/arm-eabi-gcc
CFLAGS := -I$(ANDROID_NDK_ROOT)/platforms/android-$(NDK_PLATFORM_VER)/arch-arm/usr/include -fno-short-enums
LDFLAGS := -Wl,--entry=main,-rpath-link=$(ANDROID_NDK_ROOT)/platforms/android-$(NDK_PLATFORM_VER)/arch-arm/usr/lib,-dynamic-linker=/system/bin/linker -L$(ANDROID_NDK_ROOT)/platforms/android-$(NDK_PLATFORM_VER)/arch-arm/usr/lib
LDFLAGS += -nostdlib -lc -disable-multilib
all: $(APP)
OBJS += $(APP).o
$(APP): $(OBJS)
$(CPP) $(LDFLAGS) -o [email protected] $^
%.o: %.c
$(CC) -c $(INCLUDE) $(CFLAGS) $< -o [email protected]
install: $(APP)
$(ANDROID_SDK_ROOT)/platform-tools/adb push $(APP) $(INSTALL_DIR)/$(APP)
$(ANDROID_SDK_ROOT)/platform-tools/adb shell chmod 777 $(INSTALL_DIR)/$(APP)
shell:
$(ANDROID_SDK_ROOT)/platform-tools/adb shell
run:
$(ANDROID_SDK_ROOT)/platform-tools/adb shell $(INSTALL_DIR)/$(APP)
r: $(APP)
$(ANDROID_SDK_ROOT)/platform-tools/adb push $(APP) $(INSTALL_DIR)/$(APP)
$(ANDROID_SDK_ROOT)/platform-tools/adb shell chmod 777 $(INSTALL_DIR)/$(APP)
$(ANDROID_SDK_ROOT)/platform-tools/adb shell $(INSTALL_DIR)/$(APP)
clean:
@echo "Cleaning up..."
rm -f $(APP).o $(APP)
Output:
Code:
[[email protected] app]$ make run
/home/hacker/Projects/Android/android-sdk-linux_x86/platform-tools/adb shell /data/tmp/test
Hello world!
[1] Segmentation fault /data/tmp/test
[[email protected] app]$
Output (on the phone):
Code:
# /data/local/test
link_image[1995]: failed to link /data/local/test
CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE
#
What am I doing wrong?
I've never been successful with dynamic executables using a plain Makefile. I've always had to use the JNI approach with an appropriate Android.mk configuration. To do this, make an empty directory for your project. Within this directory, make a dir called "jni" and cd to it and copy your "hello.c" source file there. Add an Andriod.mk file that looks like this:
Code:
LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := hello
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := hello.c
include $(BUILD_EXECUTABLE)
Then, with the ndk path set appropriately (ie, on my system):
Code:
export PATH=${PATH}:/usr/src/android-ndk-r4b/build/prebuilt/linux-x86/arm-eabi-4.4.0/bin/
just run the ndk-build script (again, modify to point to your ndk installation):
Code:
/usr/src/android-ndk-r4b/ndk-build
This will produce two additional directories in the dir above "jni": "obj" and "libs". In the libs/armeabi/ dir, you'll find your (non-stripped) executable.
Just curious, where'd you get the Makefile? It looks like it should work, but I can't really see where it is getting it's libc.so.
I got the Makefile from http://betelco.blogspot.com/2010/01/buildingdebugging-android-native-c.html
It's for Cygwin so I made a few changes. The last comment says I should link it against crtend_android.o to prevent the segfaults but that didn't work for me. Maybe I did something wrong. I'm not really a C programmer and the only experience I have is with writing extremely basic apps so, honestly, I don't know much about linking but I'm trying to let that not discourage me from trying. It usually takes me days to get something simple done but it feels great once I manage to get my app to work.
I'll try your approach in a few hours and post back.
Oh, and I thought I should mention my phone is running Froyo at the moment.
Since I'm completely new to writing code on the phone, I thought I should ask if it is a bad idea to push the app to the phone and run it directly or should I really be using the emulator instead (since I'm not an experienced programmer)? I've got a very old PC and the emulator is slow as hell on it so it'll be great if i can avoid that.
I visited that site and read over their comments and modified the makefile at the end to match my system (gentoo linux) and it works fine on my phone (HTC Inspire 4G). I didn't do the "make run" thing, but just "make" and then pushed it to my phone manually and ran it from an adb shell. Worked fine. I'm using the r4b plaform ndk so that might be something. I'll D/L the r5b ndk and check it out.
I tried what you suggested and it works perfectly. Thanks!
Gene Poole said:
I visited that site and read over their comments and modified the makefile at the end to match my system (gentoo linux) and it works fine on my phone (HTC Inspire 4G). I didn't do the "make run" thing, but just "make" and then pushed it to my phone manually and ran it from an adb shell. Worked fine. I'm using the r4b plaform ndk so that might be something. I'll D/L the r5b ndk and check it out.
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I still do have a segmentation fault... I stated all what I did here :
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20936770/android-command-line-executable
Any good idea would be appreciated !
Thx

TWRP Flags for BoardConfig.mk

Check out this script by @yuweng to auto(matically|magically) compile TWRP for your device!
Lately the TWRP Compiling guide, has been seeing a lot of newbies who were struggling with TWRP flags to ensure they compile a usable build. So without delay, here we go!
If no input has been suggested, assume true/false
CREDITS :
@Android-Andi for some explanations here
@SdtBarbarossa for some more explanations here
@yuweng for HUGE amount of explanations provided through PM!
# Automatically implies these:
BOARD_HAS_NO_REAL_SDCARD := true
TW_USE_TOOLBOX := true
TW_EXCLUDE_SUPERSU := true
TW_EXCLUDE_MTP := true
TW_OEM_BUILD := true
# Add EXT4 support
TARGET_USERIMAGES_USE_EXT4 := true
# Disable/enable SELinux. Only suggested when you want to enable SELinux support
TWHAVE_SELINUX := true
# Remove MTP support
TW_EXCLUDE_MTP := true
# No screen timeout
TW_NO_SCREEN_TIMEOUT := true
# disables things like sdcard partitioning and may save you some space if TWRP isn't fitting in your recovery patition
BOARD_HAS_NO_REAL_SDCARD := true
# this enables proper handling of /data/media on devices that have this folder for storage (most Honeycomb and devices that originally shipped with ICS like Galaxy Nexus
RECOVERY_SDCARD_ON_DATA := true
# HTC Dumlock for those devices which need it
TW_INCLUDE_DUMLOCK := true
Partition defines
Code:
TW_INTERNAL_STORAGE_PATH
TW_INTERNAL_STORAGE_MOUNT_POINT
TW_EXTERNAL_STORAGE_PATH
TW_EXTERNAL_STORAGE_MOUNT_POINT
# If your device has recovery as a second ramdisk of boot.img
TW_HAS_NO_RECOVERY_PARTITION := true
# To prevent /boot partition not found error
TW_HAS_NO_BOOT_PARTITION := true
# Removes the 'Reboot bootloader' button
TW_NO_REBOOT_BOOTLOADER := true
# Removes the 'Reboot recovery' button
TW_NO_REBOOT_RECOVERY := true
# Disable the battery percentage for devices where it doesn't work properly
TW_NO_BATT_PERCENT := true
# Same as above, for CPU Temperature
TW_NO_CPU_TEMP := true
# Allows you to map a custom keycode for power button, takes in a number, usually three digits
TW_CUSTOM_POWER_BUTTON := 107
# Always use rm -rf to wipe
TW_ALWAYS_RMRF := true
# Prevent TWRP from unmounting /system
TW_NEVER_UNMOUNT_SYSTEM := true
# Removes USB Storage capability
TW_NO_USB_STORAGE := true
# Inject TWRP as a second ramdisk for Samsung devices, which keep recoveries that way.
TW_INCLUDE_INJECTTWRP := true
TW_INCLUDE_BLOBPACK -- NEED HELP
# Specify a path to the lun file on device
TARGET_USE_CUSTOM_LUN_FILE_PATH := "/sys/class/android_usb/android0/f_mass_storage/lun0/file"
# Not very sure, I guess it allows you to simply pop in the lunfile itself
BOARD_UMS_LUNFILE :=
TW_HAS_DOWNLOAD_MODE -- For Samsung devices
TW_NO_SCREEN_BLANK -- NEED HELP
TW_SDEXT_NO_EXT4 -- Blocks EXT4 FS for SD-EXT partitions
# Forces use of /proc/cpuinfo for determining device id. Look here : https://github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery/blob/android-6.0/data.cpp#l183-l184
TW_FORCE_CPUINFO_FOR_DEVICE_ID := true
# For older devices. See here :https://github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery/blob/android-6.0/Android.mk#l383
TW_NO_EXFAT_FUSE := true
# Decryption support for /data
TW_INCLUDE_CRYPTO -- General decryption modules
# On some device, TWRP backup folder name will show 0000000000 bcos cpuinfo has no serial number. Using this flag then it will use ro.product.model as the folder name instead of all 0000000000
TW_USE_MODEL_HARDWARE_ID_FOR_DEVICE_ID := true
# Set the path to the sysfs entry which controls the brightness
TW_BRIGHTNESS_PATH := /sys/devices/platform/s3c24xx-pwm.0/pwm-backlight.0/backlight/pwm-backlight.0/backlight
# A seconday path for the above
TW_SECONDARY_BRIGHTNESS_PATH :=
# Max brightness to prevent display damage
TW_MAX_BRIGHTNESS := 255
# Default brightness for TWRP
TW_DEFAULT_BRIGHTNESS := 150
# Custom battery readout path, don't use the given path though, it is intended to be used for a full diagnostic.
TW_CUSTOM_BATTERY_PATH := /sys/class/power_supply/battery/batt_attr_text
# CPU temp sysfs path, if it is zero all the time.
TW_CUSTOM_CPU_TEMP_PATH := true
# Remove the ability to encrypt backups with a password
TW_EXCLUDE_ENCRYPTED_BACKUPS := true
# Timezone fixes for some Qcom devices.
TARGET_RECOVERY_QCOM_RTC_FIX
TW_NO_LEGACY_PROPS -- NEED HELP
# Supply a custom init.rc for the recovery
TARGET_RECOVERY_INITRC := device/htc/pico/ramdisk/recovery/init.recovery.rc
# Set the default language, if not english
TW_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE := en-US
# Specify architecture
TARGET_ARCH := arm
# For people who would want to have ToyBox rather than Busybox
TW_USE_TOOLBOX := true
# Remove exFAT formatting binaries
TW_NO_EXFAT := true
# Remove SuperSU and stop TWRP prompts to install it
TW_EXCLUDE_SUPERSU := true
# An awesome way to take screenshots. Back-end improvement, no noticeable user side changes. Screenshots work without it too
TW_INCLUDE_FB2PNG := true
BOARD_USES_BML_OVER_MTD -- NEED HELP
# include Logcat daemon for help in debugging
TWRP_INCLUDE_LOGCAT := true
# See here : https://github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery/blob/android-6.0/Android.mk#L435
TARGET_RECOVERY_DEVICE_MODULES := true
TARGET_USERIMAGES_USE_F2FS -- Include mkfs.f2fs for formatting partitions as F2FS
# Include a custom hardwarekeyboard.cpp . Can't see the point though.
TWRP_CUSTOM_KEYBOARD := device/lge/hammerhead/recovery/hardwarekeyboard.cpp
# Log touch input
TWRP_EVENT_LOGGING := true
# @yuwneg :My experience on MTK tablet, typical is RECOVERY_TOUCHSCREEN_SWAP_XY & RECOVERY_TOUCHSCREEN_FLIP_Y is use is pair as MTK vendor tend to use landscape LCD but a normal portrait Touch Screen !
TW_X_OFFSET -- X-Axis offset for borked displays
TW_Y_OFFSET -- Y-Axis offset for borked displays
# Smartwatch optimisation
TW_ROUND_SCREEN := true
TW_THEME -- New flag, takes in the following : portrait_mdpi, landscape_mdpi, portrait_hdpi,landscape_hdpi,watch_mdpi . It should be caps but when I was compiling a minute ago, it threw me an error and asked to de-caps it. So, see for yourself what works
TW_CUSTOM_THEME -- Use a custom theme like materialised by @z31s1g . Give the path to the contents here.
TWRP_NEW_THEME -- Old is gold. Put false to use the old one.
TW_EXTRA_LANGUAGES -- Set to true and enable localisation
TW_MTP_DEVICE -- Specify a custom device name for MTP
TW_TARGET_USES_QCOM_BSP -- Qcom specific enhancements
TARGET_PREBUILT_KERNEL -- Use a prebuilt kernel rather than building from source
TARGET_RECOVERY_PIXEL_FORMAT -- Use RGBA,RGBX,ARGB and whatever, I don't remember, see the main thread for that info.
TARGET_RECOVERY_OVERSCAN_PERCENT -- Defines the padding to leave around the screen edges
BOARD_USE_CUSTOM_RECOVERY_FONT -- Specify a .ttf file to use as default font
BOARD_CUSTOM_GRAPHICS -- include customised graphics backends if 3.0.0-0 broke stuff for you
TARGET_CUSTOM_KERNEL_HEADERS -- NEED HELP
TW_NEW_ION_HEAP -- NEED HELP
Self Explanatory
Code:
RECOVERY_TOUCHSCREEN_SWAP_XY
RECOVERY_TOUCHSCREEN_FLIP_X
RECOVERY_TOUCHSCREEN_FLIP_Y
RECOVERY_GRAPHICS_FORCE_USE_LINELENGTH -- Fixes slanty graphics
TW_DISABLE_DOUBLE_BUFFERING -- NEED HELP
TARGET_RECOVERY_FORCE_PIXEL_FORMAT -- NEED HELP FOR POSSIBLE INPUTS
BOARD_HAS_FLIPPED_SCREEN -- For people whose screens were mounted the wrong side across
TW_IGNORE_MAJOR_AXIS_0 -- NEED HELP
TW_IGNORE_MT_POSITION_0 -- NEED HELP
TW_IGNORE_ABS_MT_TRACKING_ID -- NEED HELP
TW_INPUT_BLACKLIST -- NEED HELP
TW_WHITELIST_INPUT -- NEED HELP
TARGET_HW_DISK_ENCRYPTION -- NEED HELP
TW_HAVE_X86_ACCELERATED_PIXELFLINGER -- Improvements for x86 based devices
ARCH_ARM_HAVE_NEON -- Take advantage of ARM-NEON optimisations
# remove TrueType fonts
TW_DISABLE_TTF:= true
# building of an OEM friendly TWRP. excludes SuperSu, uses Toolbox instead busybox, disables themeing. MORE INFOS TO BE ADDED
TW_OEM_BUILD := true
# Adds EXT4 formatting binaries
TARGET_USERIMAGES_USE_EXT4 := true
# exclude mtp from twrp (disable if you are not able to fix it device/kernel side, safes some space)
TW_EXCLUDE_MTP := true
# screen will stay awake
TW_NO_SCREEN_TIMEOUT := true
# needed on devices without a recovery partition (some devices have recovery included im boot.img)
TW_HAS_NO_RECOVERY_PARTITION := true
# removes the reboot option to boot into boooader, needed e.g. on samsung devices which use Download mode instead
TW_NO_REBOOT_BOOTLOADER := true
# add an option in reboot menu to reboot into Download Mode
TW_HAS_DOWNLOAD_MODE := true
# some devices don't have a temp sensor, disable in such case to stop spamming recovery.log
TW_NO_CPU_TEMP := true
# recursive delete by default instead fotmatting (available optional inside recovery settings too)
TW_ALWAYS_RMRF := true
# system won't be unmounted,
TW_NEVER_UNMOUNT_SYSTEM := true
# don't blank screen (available optional inside recovery settings too)
TW_NO_SCREEN_BLANK := true
# deprecated, use TW_INCLUDE_CRYPTO instead
TW_INCLUDE_JB_CRYPTO := true
# add support for encryption
TW_INCLUDE_CRYPTO := true
# use a custom init.rc in recovery, add the path. Example:
TARGET_RECOVERY_INITRC := device/samsung/p3100/rootdir/init.twrp.rc
# ToyBox (disables busybox?)
TW_USE_TOOLBOX := true
# exclude SuperSu e.g. to save some space or for different other reasons (supersu still included bx default?)
TW_EXCLUDE_SUPERSU := true
# include f2fs support (make sure your kernel supports f2fs!)
TARGET_USERIMAGES_USE_F2FS := true
# device resolution - deprecated, use TW_THEME instead
DEVICE_RESOLUTION :=
# define the theme for your device resolution, note: you can also use smaller/bigger themes because the theme get scaled for your deviceresolution anyway):
# 240x240 280x280 320x320
TW_THEME := watch_mdpi
# 320x480 480x800 480x854 540x960
TW_THEME := portrait_mdpi
# 720x1280 800x1280 1080x1920 1200x1920 1440x2560 1600x2560
TW_THEME := portrait_hdpi
# 800x480 1024x600 1024x768
TW_THEME := landscape_mdpi
# 1280x800 1920x1200 2560x1600
TW_THEME := landscape_hdpi
# auto copy files placed in device/$VENDOR/$DEVICENAME/recovery/root inside recovery ramdisk (e.g. init.recivery*.rc which get removed from recoveryramdisk by default). example:
TARGET_RECOVERY_DEVICE_DIRS += device/samsung/espresso-common
# path to a prebuild kernel (can be used if you are unable to compile a kernel yourself, e.g. if no kernel source available)
TARGET_PREBUILT_KERNEL := $(LOCAL_PATH)/prebuilt/zImage
# swap x anf y axis for touch
RECOVERY_TOUCHSCREEN_SWAP_XY := true
# flip x axis for touch
RECOVERY_TOUCHSCREEN_FLIP_X := true
# flip y axis for touch,
RECOVERY_TOUCHSCREEN_FLIP_Y := true
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# don't include default init.recovery.usb.rc, provide your own or use needed defines inside init.recovery.$DEVICE.rc
TW_EXCLUDE_DEFAULT_USB_INIT := true
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Thanks sir for the suggestions. I can see I've included the descriptions for most of them already, but I'll be sure to attribute to and add the rest tomorrow. I would be grateful if you could shed some light on the ones I've marked "NEED HELP"
MSF Jarvis said:
Thanks sir for the suggestions. I can see I've included the descriptions for most of them already, but I'll be sure to attribute to and add the rest tomorrow. I would be grateful if you could shed some light on the ones I've marked "NEED HELP"
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I've done those stuff offline from your gist[emoji14]have seen this thread after that but maybe you like the way i showed the defines as it's setup the way you would do in your BoardConfig.mk.
Haven't done those flags i am not sure about myself, maybe @_that or @Dees_Troy can bring light to some of them.
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This thread is a great idea.
Especially with the update to twrp 3.0 with new flags.
I've been lucky enough to be able to guess/puzzle out/grab from other device trees enough to build and use the recovery on my personal devices, but information like this is very helpful to have consolidated.
Thanks for sharing.
Android-Andi said:
I've done those stuff offline from your gist[emoji14]have seen this thread after that but maybe you like the way i showed the defines as it's setup the way you would do in your BoardConfig.mk.
Haven't done those flags i am not sure about myself, maybe @_that or @Dees_Troy can bring light to some of them.
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Yeah, I just didn't have enough time to beautify it. Will gradually do so.
TW_CUSTOM_THEME := /path/to/theme/
this one is used to replace the stocktheme with a different one (like material-play)
the theme will be directly in ramdisk
TW_INCLUDE_INJECTTWRP := true — adds ability to inject TWRP into some Samsung boot images for Samsung devices that have recovery as a second ramdisk in the boot image
the second flag is quotes by dees_troy!
TW_NEW_ION_HEAP
this has sonething to do with 3.10 kernels and a different naming in /include/linux/ion.h ... like a switch between old heap_mask and new heap_id_mask
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Nice initiative with this thread, this has been oh say 2 years too long in the making haha.
TARGET_RECOVERY_FORCE_PIXEL_FORMAT
Not sure but I would imagine it overrides what TWRP detects nor do I see the difference between it and TARGET_RECOVERY_PIXEL_FORMAT. The only possible varible right now is RGB_565. BGRA_8888, RGBA_8888 and RGBX_8888 are not yet implemented.
TW_INPUT_BLACKLIST
Black list input devices that interfere with touch. For multiple input devices the delimiter is \x0a. You would basically build a special TWRP with TWRP_EVENT_LOGGING := true. Put it on the device and read the more verbose log to see what inputs you want to blacklist.
EDIT: Ah here is a copy of the wording I had in one of my xda posts about the subject and the commit link https://github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery/commit/5742a40b87dfdc26df3bd9fe94197ae414ece546
Usage:
TW_INPUT_BLACKLIST := accelerometer
TW_INPUT_BLACKLIST := "accelerometer\x0agyroscope"
This can be used to fix touch input on devices where an input
device is breaking touch processing in TWRP.
We are using new line chars to separate multiple devices and in
the make file you specify the new line character with \x0a which
is the hex code in ASCII for a new line.
The new line character might be a bit of a pain to use as a
delimeter, but it is highly unlikely that an OEM will ever name
an input device with a new line character in the name.
Change-Id: I255136b7a686909a23e649918c661843153c2853
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and here is an example from my BoardConfig
TW_INPUT_BLACKLIST := "accelerometer\x0admard06\x0alis3dh_acc\x0alis3de_acc"
On a side note is there a link somewhere to fixing graphics issues induced in 3.0? I see a lot of talk about it but nothing substantial.
aicjofs said:
On a side note is there a link somewhere to fixing graphics issues induced in 3.0? I see a lot of talk about it but nothing substantial.
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Not really. Slanty graphics can be fixed with linelength, but as such there's nothing on that front. You might wanna slap a recovery.log onto Dees_Troy at #twrp on webchat.freenode.net though.
Every version has new flags introduced & also flags deprecated...
TARGET_USES_LOGD => Source
TW_SCREEN_BLANK_ON_BOOT ( Deprecated on android-6.0 => Source, on some legacy devices, TWRP will not boot without this flag)
Dees_Troy said:
There are other build flags which you can locate by scanning the Android.mk files in the recovery source. Most of the other build flags are not often used and thus I won't document them all here.
Source
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Use the_silver_searcher, its extremely fast ! :good:
Code:
cd ~/cm/bootable
ag -ia "[URL="https://gerrit.omnirom.org/#/c/16610/"]TW_INCLUDE_JPEG[/URL]" recovery/
recovery/minuitwrp/resources.cpp
34:#ifdef TW_INCLUDE_JPEG
256:#ifdef TW_INCLUDE_JPEG
361:#ifdef TW_INCLUDE_JPEG
367:#ifdef TW_INCLUDE_JPEG
recovery/minuitwrp/Android.mk
61:ifneq ($(TW_INCLUDE_JPEG),)
64: LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DTW_INCLUDE_JPEG
176:ifneq ($(TW_INCLUDE_JPEG),)
recovery/prebuilt/Android.mk
126:ifneq ($(TW_INCLUDE_JPEG),)
Code:
ag -ia "[COLOR="Blue"]TW_FLASH_FROM_STORAGE[/COLOR]" recovery/
recovery/Android.mk
262:#ifeq ($(TW_FLASH_FROM_STORAGE), true) [COLOR="Blue"]Making this the default behavior[/COLOR]
263: LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DTW_FLASH_FROM_STORAGE
As the code says, its already the default therefore you don't need to specify it again on BoardConfig.mk
Code:
ag -ia "[URL="https://gerrit.omnirom.org/#/c/14099/"]TW_INCLUDE_NTFS_3G[/URL]" recovery/
recovery/Android.mk
440:ifeq ($(TW_INCLUDE_NTFS_3G),true)
recovery/prebuilt/Android.mk
201:ifeq ($(TW_INCLUDE_NTFS_3G),true)
At the omnirom gerrit, you'll find all commits though you gotta search for it or try this or this for TWRP related
Code:
ag -ia "[COLOR="blue"]TW_BOARD_CUSTOM_GRAPHICS[/COLOR]" recovery/
recovery/minuitwrp/Android.mk
14:ifneq ($(TW_BOARD_CUSTOM_GRAPHICS),)
16: $(warning * TW_BOARD_CUSTOM_GRAPHICS support has been deprecated in TWRP. *)
Code:
ag -ia "[COLOR="Blue"]TW_DISABLE_TTF[/COLOR]" recovery/
recovery/minuitwrp/Android.mk
165:ifeq ($(TW_DISABLE_TTF), true)
167: $(warning * TW_DISABLE_TTF support has been deprecated in TWRP. *)
recovery/prebuilt/Android.mk
192:ifneq ($(TW_DISABLE_TTF), true)
Code:
BOARD_SUPPRESS_SECURE_ERASE := true
BOARD_SUPPRESS_EMMC_WIPE := true
Source, further explanation here
Code:
__bionic_open_tzdata: couldn't find any tzdata when looking for localtime!
__bionic_open_tzdata: couldn't find any tzdata when looking for GMT!
__bionic_open_tzdata: couldn't find any tzdata when looking for posixr!
Fix tzdata on recovery.log => Source
AIO-TWRP-Compiler on BBQLinux
First step
Refer to here on how to setup BBQLinux either native boot, dual-boot or on VBox... :good:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Download the script & extract it to your HOME or if you are 100% sure that you have already setup a fully working Build Environment on Ubuntu or any other linux distro then remark these lines.
Start Terminal => Edit => Profile Preferences => Colors => unchecked => Use colors from system theme => Built-in schemes => White on Black => Close
BBQLinux => Menu => Administration => BBQLinux Python Switcher => Python 2
BBQLinux => Menu => Administration => BBQLinux Java Switcher => OpenJDK 7
Start the script with below command
Code:
sh twrp
Menu 1
You can use either OmniROM or Cyanogenmod repo to build TWRP
Choose either to use TWRP branch android-5.1 or android-6.0. Typically, for legacy devices with ICS or JB doesn't support TTF so if TWRP android-6.0 doesn't boot then you'll have to use android-5.1 branch.
You can either choose to use Full-Source or Part-Source. Compiled out recovery.img will have exactly the same size & files on ramdisk.
Yes, Part-Source is only using 41 of the projects to build a fully working TWRP. Syncing in progress. After syncing, you can refer to ~/AIO-TWRP-Compiler/sync.log for any error
Typically, when you have already downloaded the base repo, re-syncing it will only take a few seconds
Menu 2
Copy either your boot or recovery.img to ~/AIO-TWRP-Compiler folder
Key-in your vendor name
Key-in your device name
This step is extracting the ro.product.device & ro.product.model from your device directly which is typically require for identification when flashing update.zip from your vendor
Credits to RD osm0sis, the script will auto download osm0sis's unpackbootimg for mkbootimg arguments required for repacking recovery.img . . . :good:
mkbootimg arguments will be display & auto updated to the BoardConfig.mk
Part of the original mkvendor.sh script is adapted for the extraction of boot or recovery.img which also does the git initialization. If the ramdisk can be unpack then the recovery.fstab will be copied to the device tree folder, if not then it will create a basic MTK recovery.fstab, boot.mk & also BOARD_CUSTOM_BOOTIMG_MK. If you're not building for MTK then remove that line from BoardConfig.mk
You will need to add/ remove TWRP flags accordingly & manual edit on the TARGET_CPU_VARIANT either cortex-a7 or cortex-a9 for older MTK, refer to your device spec. Possible values are cortex-a5, cortex-a7, cortex-a8, cortex-a9, cortex-a15, krait, scorpion. Use generic for devices that do not have a CPU similar to any of the supported cpu variants
You will need to manual edit on the recovery.fstab to suit your device or TWRP-ify the extracted stock recovery.fstab
Menu 3
omni.dependencies is only a warning, will continue to build when you choose OmniROM repo
Make 4.1 is only a warning, will continue to build
Java 1.7 is only a warning, will continue to build
When you have build earlier, subsequent build will only take few minutes bcos of CCACHE... :good:
Menu 4
Updated Menu 4 support for Others. Or you can use Flashify or Rashr or above Others to install compiled recovery.img to your device, do check if they are compatible or it will brick your recovery or worse, whole device !
Key-in your device recovery partition path. Above is typical for LG
Done, test TWRP on your device to make sure it is working properly if not then add or remove flags accordingly & use Menu 3 to build again
Menu 5
Choose either Option 1 or 2, Option 2 is recommended & it won't take long if you are using Part-Source.
Menu 6
The script will auto open up a new browser for you to register a new account on github
Your device tree on github
AIO-TWRP-Compiler
bash script itself is self-explanatory. Thanks to the OP, he has offer to take over the maintenance of this script so hit your Thanks button to him... :good: If you found any error/ bug or have any new ideas/ features for this script then pm the OP or do a git pull request... :good:
Above is the detail explanation on the script GUI front-end, here i'll explained what the script actually does.
Menu 1
This menu will create a local_manifest.xml to remove unwanted projects based on your selection. When select Full-Source, it will also create local_manifest.xml to remove existing recovery & replace it with TWRP based on your selection.
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<manifest>
<remove-project name="android_bootable_recovery" />
<project path="bootable/recovery" name="omnirom/android_bootable_recovery" revision="[COLOR="Blue"]android-6.0[/COLOR]" />
</manifest>
Part-Source
It is normal that OmniROM & CM will consistently add new projects to their repo when they introduce new features or functions to it. The beauty of this Part-Source is that even when projects grows, this script will grep -v only the needed projects for building TWRP on any base repo.
This Part-Source is the extreme minimal for building TWRP therefore some of the additional projects are needed when you use particular TWRP flags. As of today ( March 2016 ), it will build a fully working TWRP with only 44 projects on both OmniROM 4.4 & CM 11 base repo. In the future, Teamwin may also add a new feature or function then you will also need to add additional projects to it too or OP will update it based on your feedback. Refer to compile.log for details.
Code:
# Optional => TARGET_USERIMAGES_USE_F2FS := true
[COLOR="Red"]#[/COLOR]grep -v f2fs-tools ~/x > ~/x.tmp;mv ~/x.tmp ~/x
If you use TARGET_USERIMAGES_USE_F2FS := true then remove the remark #
Code:
# Optional => TW_INCLUDE_NTFS_3G := true
[COLOR="Red"]#[/COLOR]grep -v external/ntfs-3g ~/x > ~/x.tmp;mv ~/x.tmp ~/x
if you use TW_INCLUDE_NTFS_3G := true then remove the remark #
Code:
# Optional => TW_USE_TOOLBOX := true
[COLOR="red"][B]#[/B][/COLOR]grep -v external/toybox ~/x > ~/x.tmp;mv ~/x.tmp ~/x
[COLOR="Red"]#[/COLOR]grep -v external/mksh ~/x > ~/x.tmp;mv ~/x.tmp ~/x
If you use TW_USE_TOOLBOX := true then remove the remark #. toybox available on android-6.0/ cm-13.0 only, don't have such projects on android-4.4 but it'll work, refer to the end for more info.
Code:
# un-remark the below required for x64
[COLOR="Red"]#[/COLOR]grep -v linux-x86/aarch64/aarch64-linux-android-4.8 ~/x > ~/x.tmp;mv ~/x.tmp ~/x
[COLOR="red"]#[/COLOR]grep -v linux-x86/aarch64/aarch64-linux-android-4.9 ~/x > ~/x.tmp;mv ~/x.tmp ~/x
Code:
TARGET_ARCH := arm64
TARGET_CPU_ABI := arm64-v8a
TARGET_CPU_ABI2 := armeabi-v7a
TARGET_ARCH_VARIANT := armv8-a
TARGET_CPU_VARIANT := generic
TARGET_2ND_ARCH := arm
TARGET_2ND_ARCH_VARIANT := armv7-a-neon
TARGET_2ND_CPU_ABI := armeabi-v7a
TARGET_2ND_CPU_ABI2 := armeabi
TARGET_2ND_CPU_VARIANT := cortex-a7
If you are building x64 TWRP then remove the remark # & update BoardConfig.mk accordingly. Take note, not available on android-4.4/ cm-11.0 base repo, use later base repo.
Code:
# un-remark the below required for kernel compiling if not using TARGET_PREBUILT_KERNEL
[COLOR="red"]#[/COLOR]grep -v linux-x86/arm/arm-eabi-4.6 ~/x > ~/x.tmp;mv ~/x.tmp ~/x
[COLOR="red"]#[/COLOR]grep -v linux-x86/arm/arm-eabi-4.7 ~/x > ~/x.tmp;mv ~/x.tmp ~/x
[COLOR="red"]#[/COLOR]grep -v linux-x86/arm/arm-eabi-4.8 ~/x > ~/x.tmp;mv ~/x.tmp ~/x
if you are building your own kernel then remove the remark #
Code:
# Optional for x86 SoC
[COLOR="Red"]#[/COLOR]grep -v linux-x86/x86/i686-linux-android-4.7 ~/x > ~/x.tmp;mv ~/x.tmp ~/x
[COLOR="red"]#[/COLOR]grep -v linux-x86/x86/x86_64-linux-android-4.8 ~/x > ~/x.tmp;mv ~/x.tmp ~/x
[COLOR="red"]#[/COLOR]grep -v linux-x86/x86/x86_64-linux-android-4.9 ~/x > ~/x.tmp;mv ~/x.tmp ~/x
Code:
TARGET_ARCH := [COLOR="blue"]x86[/COLOR]
TARGET_CPU_ABI := armeabi
TARGET_ARCH_VARIANT := [COLOR="blue"]x86[/COLOR]
TARGET_CPU_VARIANT := [COLOR="blue"]x86[/COLOR]
if you are building for Intel SoC then remove the remark # & edit the BoardConfig.mk accordingly
This script has been tested & it works on any base repo from OmniROM android-4.4, 5.0, 5.1 & 6.0 & Cyanogenmod cm-11.0, cm-12.0, cm12.1 & cm13.0 using Full-Source or Part-Source but why use Full-Source to build TWRP when Part-Source works, most importantly, you are not building OmniROM or Cyanogenmod but TWRP.... Using android-4.4/ cm-11.0 base repo has its advantage, compiled TWRP size will be smaller & it can build all version.
If you use android-6.0/ cm-13.0 then obviously you can only build TWRP android-6.0 only, just edit the line 62, 63 for OmniROM or 72, 73 for CM accordingly. Building TWRP android-4.4 on cm-13.0 or on OmniROM android-6.0 will result in a build error ! Later base repo won't build TWRP older version !
Many newbies doesn't know that OmniROM/ CM repo are incremental updates & they create a separate cm11, cm12, cm12.1, cm13 each & sync individually to each of these folders.
Above syncing cm-13.0 & as you can see, it is also using source from cm-10.1, 10.2 & 11. Syncing all to the same ~/omni or ~/cm folder will do.
Sometimes on certain devices, OmniROM android-4.4 or Cyanogenmod cm-11.0 base repo just won't boot then you can try by editing this line to android-5.0 or cm-12.0 & updating it will only take a very short time if you use Part-Source.
Menu 2
Device tree
This script will create a barebone minimal device tree for building TWRP. Anything less will result in a build error. It will create five files which is just sufficient to build a fully working TWRP using prebuilt kernel. It will build kernels too, just update the correct kernel config to BoardConfig.mk & remove the remark # needed projects for building kernels. However, i don't see the needs to build the same kernel with every TWRP new build, it will take a longer time to build, most importantly, you are not building a ROM.
Code:
PRODUCT_MAKEFILES := \
$(LOCAL_DIR)/cm_[COLOR="blue"]device name that you have key-in[/COLOR].mk
AndroidProduct.mk
Code:
TARGET_ARCH := arm
TARGET_CPU_ABI := armeabi
TARGET_ARCH_VARIANT := armv7-a-neon
TARGET_CPU_VARIANT := [COLOR="blue"]cortex-a9[/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]<= You only need to change this to suit your device[/COLOR]
BOARD_RECOVERYIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE := [COLOR="Red"]0x105c0000[/COLOR] [COLOR="red"]<= You need to update this so that build will error out when the size exceed your recovery partition size[/COLOR]
BOARD_FLASH_BLOCK_SIZE := 131072
TARGET_PREBUILT_KERNEL := device/TD2/9300/kernel
BOARD_MKBOOTIMG_ARGS := --base 10000000 --pagesize 2048 --kernel_offset 00008000 --ramdisk_offset 01000000 --tags_offset 00000100
[COLOR="Blue"]#MTK common twrp flags[/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]<= You only need to change the below flags to suit your device[/COLOR]
TW_NO_EXFAT := true
TWHAVE_SELINUX := true
TW_DISABLE_TTF := true [COLOR="red"]<= Will error out on TWRP android-6.0[/COLOR]
[COLOR="red"]#[/COLOR]TW_USE_TOOLBOX := true [COLOR="red"]<= You'll need extra projects for this flag, edit the script accordingly[/COLOR]
TW_NO_EXFAT_FUSE := true
TW_THEME := [URL="https://github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery/blob/android-6.0/gui/Android.mk#l96-L100"]portrait_mdpi[/URL]
[COLOR="red"]#[/COLOR]RECOVERY_SDCARD_ON_DATA := true [COLOR="red"]<= For [URL="https://twrp.me/faq/datamedia.html"]data/media[/URL] device[/COLOR]
TW_USE_MODEL_HARDWARE_ID_FOR_DEVICE_ID := true
TARGET_USE_CUSTOM_LUN_FILE_PATH := "/sys/devices/platform/mt_usb/gadget/lun%d/file"
BoardConfig.mk
Code:
# Inherit device configuration
$(call inherit-product, device/[COLOR="blue"]TD2[/COLOR]/[COLOR="blue"]9300[/COLOR]/device_[COLOR="blue"]9300[/COLOR].mk)
## Device identifier. This must come after all inclusions
PRODUCT_DEVICE := [COLOR="blue"]9300[/COLOR]
PRODUCT_NAME := cm_[COLOR="blue"]9300[/COLOR]
PRODUCT_BRAND := [COLOR="blue"]TD2[/COLOR]
PRODUCT_MODEL := [COLOR="blue"]9300[/COLOR]
PRODUCT_MANUFACTURER := TD2
Code:
$(call inherit-product, build/target/product/[URL="https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_build/blob/cm-11.0/target/product/full_base_telephony.mk"]full_base_telephony.mk[/URL])
# Time Zone data [COLOR="red"]<= This have been disable as some device will not boot, to enable it just remove the remark [B]#[/B] below[/COLOR]
[COLOR="red"]#[/COLOR]PRODUCT_COPY_FILES += \
[COLOR="Red"]#[/COLOR]bionic/libc/zoneinfo/tzdata:recovery/root/system/usr/share/zoneinfo/tzdata
PRODUCT_BUILD_PROP_OVERRIDES += \
PRODUCT_MODEL="i9300" \ [COLOR="Red"]<= This is where Menu 2 will get the ro.product.device & ro.product.model info[/COLOR]
TARGET_DEVICE="bird77_a_cu_ics2"
PRODUCT_NAME := full_[COLOR="Blue"]9300[/COLOR]
PRODUCT_DEVICE := [COLOR="blue"]9300[/COLOR]
device_(device-name).mk & cm.mk will be auto-created based on what you have key-in for the vendor & device name at Menu 2
For building recovery, you don't need to use full.mk, using it will result in need of extra projects on the Part-Source & it will also copy the extra fstab.goldfish & ueventd.goldfish.rc to the root of the ramdisk
Code:
# mount point fstype device [device2]
/boot emmc /dev/bootimg
/recovery emmc /dev/recovery
/system ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p3
/cache ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p4
/data ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p5
/emmc vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p6 flags=display="Phone Storage";settingsstorage
/sdcard vfat /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 flags=display="SD Card";storage;removable
/sd-ext auto /dev/block/mmcblk1p2
/nvram emmc /dev/nvram flags=display="Nvram";backup=1
/uboot emmc /dev/uboot flags=display="Uboot";backup=1
#/boot emmc /dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/by-name/boot flags=display="Boot";backup=1
#/recovery emmc /dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/by-name/recovery flags=display="Recovery";backup=1
#/system ext4 /dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/by-name/system flags=display="System";backup=1
#/cache ext4 /dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/by-name/cache flags=display="Cache"
#/data ext4 /dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/by-name/userdata flags=encryptable=/dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/by-name/metadata
#/nvram emmc /dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/by-name/nvram flags=display="Nvram";backup=1;flashimg=1
#/external_sd auto /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 flags=display="External SDcard";storage;wipeingui;removable;backup=0
#/usbotg auto /dev/block/sda1 flags=display="Usb-Otg";storage;removable;backup=0
#/boot mtd boot
#/recovery mtd recovery
#/cache yaffs2 cache
#/data yaffs2 userdata
#/misc mtd misc
#/system yaffs2 system
#/sdcard vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
#/sd-ext ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
recovery.fstab - Edit or delete whatever that is not relevant to your device. Use osm0sis AIK to unpack your stock recovery.img & TWRP-ify the recovery.fstab... :good:
Code:
#
# Copyright (C) 2013 Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
#
# Sec Class: Intel Confidential (IC)
#
# Android fstab file.
#<src> <mnt_point> <type> <mnt_flags and options> <fs_mgr_flags>
# The filesystem that contains the filesystem checker binary (typically /system) cannot
# specify MF_CHECK, and must come before any filesystems that do specify MF_CHECK
#
/dev/block/platform/soc0/e0000000.noc/by-name/ImcPartID068 /system ext4 defaults defaults
/dev/block/platform/soc0/e0000000.noc/by-name/ImcPartID069 /data ext4 defaults defaults
/dev/block/platform/soc0/e0000000.noc/by-name/ImcPartID070 /cache ext4 defaults defaults
/dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /sdcard vfat defaults defaults
/dev/block/platform/soc0/e0000000.noc/by-name/ImcPartID076 /nvm_fs_partition ext4 defaults defaults
/dev/block/platform/soc0/e0000000.noc/by-name/ImcPartID074 /misc emmc defaults defaults
/dev/block/platform/soc0/e0000000.noc/by-name/ImcPartID071 /boot emmc defaults defaults
/dev/block/platform/soc0/e0000000.noc/by-name/ImcPartID119 /recovery emmc defaults defaults
/dev/block/platform/soc0/e0000000.noc/by-name/ImcPartID120 /recoverym emmc defaults defaults
/dev/block/platform/soc0/e0000000.noc/by-name/ImcPartID001 /mobilevisor emmc defaults defaults
/dev/block/platform/soc0/e0000000.noc/by-name/ImcPartID013 /splash_screen emmc defaults defaults
/dev/block/platform/soc0/e0000000.noc/by-name/ImcPartID115 /mvconfig emmc defaults defaults
/dev/block/platform/soc0/e0000000.noc/by-name/ImcPartID118 /secvm emmc defaults defaults
Most latest Android devices are using fstab version 2 AKA fstab 2 while TWRP is using fstab 1. Eg. Above is my Intel X3 stock recovery.fstab
Code:
# mount point fstype device [device2]
/boot emmc /dev/block/platform/soc0/e0000000.noc/by-name/ImcPartID071
/recovery emmc /dev/block/platform/soc0/e0000000.noc/by-name/ImcPartID119 flags=display=recovery;backup=1
/imei emmc /dev/block/platform/soc0/e0000000.noc/by-name/ImcPartID022 flags=display=imei;backup=1
/mobilevisor emmc /dev/block/platform/soc0/e0000000.noc/by-name/ImcPartID001 flags=display=mobilevisor;backup=1
/mvconfig emmc /dev/block/platform/soc0/e0000000.noc/by-name/ImcPartID115 flags=display=mvconfig;backup=1
/secvm emmc /dev/block/platform/soc0/e0000000.noc/by-name/ImcPartID118 flags=display=secvm;backup=1
/system ext4 /dev/block/platform/soc0/e0000000.noc/by-name/ImcPartID068
/data ext4 /dev/block/platform/soc0/e0000000.noc/by-name/ImcPartID069
/cache ext4 /dev/block/platform/soc0/e0000000.noc/by-name/ImcPartID070
/nvm_fs_partition ext4 /dev/block/platform/soc0/e0000000.noc/by-name/ImcPartID076
/external_sd vfat /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 flags=display="Micro SDCard";storage;removable
/usbotg auto /dev/block/sda1 flags=display=USB-OTG;storage;removable
My TWRP-ify recovery.fstab. Typically, for ext4 partition, you don't need to specify flags=display= & backup=1, it will be taken care of by TWRP, for more info regarding fstab flags then refer to Main Thread for *RECOVERY.FSTAB*... :good:
RD osm0sis's unpackbootimg is able to extract --second <2ndbootloader-filename> & also --second_offset <address>
The repack arguments will be auto-updated to the BoardConfig.mk Thanks to RD osm0sis. Some TWRP flags ref taken from here... :good:
osm0sis's unpackbootimg also support --dt <filename> :good:
Some devices require additional info for factory update.zip then add it accordingly to the device tree, typically is your device_(device-name).mk. Look at other device tree here & here & here for reference. On CM base repo, you can also use mkvendor.sh... :good: However, you will need to manually edit certain files as no DEV has been updating it, currently it will result in a build error even when using Full-Source !
Do take note that even an extra space on some of the lines at BoardConfig.mk will result in a build error !
Menu 3
Below are the commands to build TWRP, thats it !
Code:
cd ~/omni
[COLOR="blue"]OR[/COLOR]
cd ~/cm
prebuilts/misc/linux-x86/ccache/ccache -M 25G
export USE_CCACHE=1
export LC_ALL=C
source build/envsetup.sh
lunch [COLOR="blue"]omni[/COLOR]_S939-eng [COLOR="blue"]<= S939 is the device name[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Blue"]OR[/COLOR]
lunch [COLOR="blue"]cm[/COLOR]_S939-eng
make -j4 recoveryimage
Menu 4
Below command generically will work on most Android devices. Updates : Has updated this menu to support this, just key-in /path-to-your-device-recovery-partition
Code:
adb push [COLOR="blue"]$OUT[/COLOR]/recovery.img /data/local/tmp
adb shell su -c "dd if=/data/local/tmp/recovery.img of=/[COLOR="blue"]path-to-your-device-recovery-partition[/COLOR]"
To use the $OUT path, you must first source it then lunch your device name, refer to previous Menu 3 for info.
Menu 5
Option 1 is make clean
Option 2 is wipe the whole repo base folder except the hidden .repo folder. As mention on the script GUI front-end, after that, use Menu 1 will have all the files extracted out.
Menu 6
This menu is using curl to create github repo.
It is for you to publish your device tree either for diagnostic & debugging when you ask for help. It is also for you to share a working build so that others can refer to it when they make a build of their own or git clone yours & build it themselves.
Preface & Credits
Many newbies make mistake by using other DEV's device tree which is normally meant for building ROMs, using it to build TWRP therefore will result in alot of build errors !
Above script can also be use to build TWRP for any Android devices that uses standard Android header, except for Menu 4 which is specifically for MTK devices only. Just edit the script to add support for your device... :good: Updated support for other devices
This project was actually started way back at 2013 & this is the main reason why TWRP doesn't build is bcos of the tedious, confusing & wrong Build Environment setup, it is all so different on so many different linux distros & OSes version, i went on to developed Easy Magic TWRP.... Now i use Intel device & this script did build a working TWRP for it too.... :laugh:
That's why i strongly recommends BBQLinux for beginners, Thanks to RD codeworkx, i can guarantee that any Build Error is not cause by wrong BE setup as its already built-in on BBQLinux... :good:
The other reason TWRP doesn't boot is bcos of wrong mkbootimg repack arguments, Thanks to RD osm0sis for his awesome unpackbootimg... :good:
Since many newbies are having problems with building TWRP & flooding the TWRP thread here
Dees_Troy said:
This guide isn't going to be a step-by-step, word-for-word type of guide. If you're not familiar with basic Linux commands and/or building in AOSP then you probably won't be able to do this.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Which is actually meant for intermediate users, i've offered to share this script when OP decided to open up a new thread here for TWRP flags.... :good:
Credits Updates
Hacker432 for testing & feedbacks on this script, now it uses the ATC folder so that it'll support other languages other than English & TWRP will boot now when build on cm-12.1 base repo... :good:
OP for giving this script a glamour name ATC aka AIO-TWRP-Compiler... :laugh: :highfive: :good:
My TWRP doesn't boot
Try unpack/ repack your stock 3e recovery.img with AIK, push it to your device & if it doesn't boot then obviously your device is not using standard Android header & so does this script will not build a bootable TWRP. Try google your device info on how they did it, Eg. Sony devices uses BOARD_CUSTOM_BOOTIMG_MK for repacking boot & recovery.img & update it accordingly to your BoardConfig.mk
Code:
adb shell cat /proc/last_kmsg
[COLOR="Blue"]OR[/COLOR]
adb shell cat /proc/last_kmsg > kmsg.txt
[U][COLOR="blue"]On Android-6.0 Marshmallow[/COLOR][/U]
adb shell cat /sys/fs/pstore/console-ramoops
[COLOR="blue"]OR[/COLOR]
adb shell cat /sys/fs/pstore/console-ramoops > kmsg.txt
Source
Extreme minimal, TWRP require this only one flag TW_THEME := to build or it will error out. You will also need other flags as well, refer to the OP. Some devices won't boot when certain TWRP flag is used or not used bcos its not compatible with your device kernel ! Most legacy device doesn't support TTF & TWRP won't boot so you have to build with TWRP android-5.1 with TW_DISABLE_TTF := true flag
Code:
[URL="https://github.com/TeamWin/android_device_kazam_thunder_q45/blob/cm-10.2/BoardConfig.mk#l49"]TW_NO_EXFAT := true[/URL] [COLOR="Red"]<= To disable exfat[/COLOR]
[URL="https://github.com/TeamWin/android_device_kazam_tornado_348/blob/android-4.4/BoardConfig.mk#l50"]TW_NO_EXFAT_FUSE := true[/URL] [COLOR="Red"]<= To disable exfat[/COLOR]
[URL="https://github.com/carliv/device_elephone_p6000/blob/cm-11.0/BoardConfig.mk#l110"]TW_USE_TOOLBOX := true[/URL] [COLOR="red"]<= Using this flag will use toolbox instead of busybox[/COLOR]
Above are some of the flags that can cause TWRP not to boot up. If you are using Part-Source then you need to add additional projects to support these flags as most of them are disabled on the script. Just remove the remarks # from the script for that particular projects. More detail info refer to above post #11 Part-Source.
Refer to the most bottom Bug Report on how to obtain recovery.log, without it nobody is able to help you.
Code:
[URL="https://github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery/blob/android-6.0/minuitwrp/Android.mk#l122-l130"]TARGET_RECOVERY_PIXEL_FORMAT := ABGR_8888[/URL]
TARGET_RECOVERY_PIXEL_FORMAT := RGBX_8888
TARGET_RECOVERY_PIXEL_FORMAT := BGRA_8888
The other reason it doesn't boot is that it actually does boot up but the screen is blank ! Try adb shell & it should work on this scenario.
Try different pixel format one at a time, one of them should work.
Code:
[URL="https://github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery/blob/android-6.0/minuitwrp/Android.mk#l114-l116"]TARGET_RECOVERY_FORCE_PIXEL_FORMAT := RGB_565[/URL]
[URL="https://github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery/blob/android-6.0/minuitwrp/Android.mk#l79"]RECOVERY_GRAPHICS_FORCE_USE_LINELENGTH := true[/URL]
[URL="https://gerrit.omnirom.org/#/c/13948/"]TW_DISABLE_DOUBLE_BUFFERING := true[/URL]
When not setting any pixel format, the default is RGB565 & it should work on most Android devices. You can also try the above when non of them works.
Code:
[URL="https://github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery/blob/android-6.0/minuitwrp/Android.mk#L14-L19"]TW_BOARD_CUSTOM_GRAPHICS[/URL]
If your existing device tree uses this & all the above doesn't work then drop by at TWRP IRC channel to get further help.
Source
Miscellaneous Tips
As mentioned many times, most of the time build error is bcos of wrong BE setup, use BBQLinux & you'll get over it. If you have already build on other distro then refer to here on how to use this script or migrate the source code .repo to BBQLinux.
Code:
[URL="https://github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery/blob/android-5.1/variables.h#l173"]TARGET_USE_CUSTOM_LUN_FILE_PATH[/URL]
[URL="https://github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery/blob/android-5.1/data.cpp#l828"]TW_BRIGHTNESS_PATH[/URL] [COLOR="blue"]<= If not define, TWRP will look for it [URL="https://github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery/blob/android-5.1/data.cpp#l840-l841"]here[/URL][/COLOR]
[URL="https://github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery/blob/android-5.1/data.cpp#l855"]TW_SECONDARY_BRIGHTNESS_PATH[/URL]
[URL="https://github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery/blob/android-5.1/data.cpp#l1076"]TW_MAX_BRIGHTNESS[/URL] [COLOR="blue"]<= If not define, TWRP will [URL="https://github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery/blob/android-5.1/data.cpp#l56-l58"]set it[/URL][/COLOR]
[URL="https://github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery/blob/android-5.1/data.cpp#l967"]TW_CUSTOM_BATTERY_PATH[/URL] [COLOR="Blue"]<= If not define, TWRP will use [URL="https://github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery/blob/android-5.1/data.cpp#l972"]this[/URL] or [URL="https://github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery/blob/android-5.1/data.cpp#l986"]this[/URL] [/COLOR]
[URL="https://github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery/blob/android-5.1/data.cpp#l937"]TW_CUSTOM_CPU_TEMP_PATH[/URL] [COLOR="blue"]<= if not define, TWRP will use [URL="https://github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery/blob/android-5.1/data.cpp#l942"]this[/URL][/COLOR]
TWRP has everything specified to standard Android path unless when it doesn't work then you'll need to find that out yourself. Do take note that some device doesn't support certain feature such as CPU temperature, battery level, mount USB storage & etc then refer to the OP for flags to disable it.
Code:
adb shell su -c "ls -R" > [COLOR="Blue"]myAndroid.txt[/COLOR]
Above command will list out everything on your device.
Code:
adb shell su -c cat /sys/class/power_supply/battery/capacity
[COLOR="blue"]88[/COLOR]
Eg. Say the battery capacity doesn't work then look for that path at myAndroid.txt for something that says battery/capacity & specify it at BoardConfig.mk
Code:
adb shell cat /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp
[COLOR="Blue"]27516[/COLOR]
If CPU temperature doesn't work then look for thermal/temp
Code:
adb shell
su
echo 0 > /sys/devices/platform/i2c-gpio.24/i2c-24/24-002c/backlight/lcd-backlight/brightness
echo 255 > /sys/devices/platform/i2c-gpio.24/i2c-24/24-002c/backlight/lcd-backlight/brightness
If brightness doesn't work, look for lcd-backlight/brightness, Eg. above command should be able to change the level of brightness if that is the correct path as indicated at myAndroid.txt.
Sync corruption
git & repo is like a Super Intelligent Source Code Auto-Resume Downloader when working together . . . :good:
You can stop it at any time, restart it back & it will auto-resume. cm repo & source code is located at ~/cm/.repo, omni at ~/omni/.repo it is a hidden folder & to view hidden folder via File Manager, you need to press Ctrl + h
Sometimes you have corruption then repo sync wouldn't work & normally you just need to delete manifests, manifests.git, manifests.xml with a repo init & repo sync then you'll be back to normal.
If still this doesn't solve the problem then delete everything EXCEPT the folder project-objects & projects, both of this is the actual source code folder.
After this a repo init then repo sync & everything will be back to normal, i guarantee, done this many times, no worries . . . :laugh:
Sometimes when you have severe data corruption, above technique will not work then manually cd ~/cm or ~/omni then repo init then repo sync & see what repo & git has to say then follow the on-screen instructions to remove the corrupted projects.
Scroll back up & see what the error was, remove the corrupted project then repo sync. In this case is rm -rf ~/cm/.repo/projects/prebuilts/clang/linux-x86/host/3.5.git
Subsequent sync show above error. rm -rf ~/cm/.repo/project-objects/CyanogenMod/android_external_icu.git
rm -rf ~/cm/.repo/projects/external/jemalloc.git
rm -rf ~/cm/.repo/projects/system/extras/su.git
rm -rf ~/cm/.repo/projects/external/libcxx.git
rm -rf ~/cm/.repo/projects/external/libcxxabi.git
rm -rf ~/cm/.repo/projects/external/libunwind.git
rm -rf ~/cm/.repo/project-objects/CyanogenMod/android_external_busybox.git
And finally all corrupted projects has been removed, subsequent repo sync & all files will be auto-extracted out.
Corrupted .repo folder
i've make a back up of my .repo folder using tar.gz compression years ago & when extracting out, normally will end with data corruptions except if you use lrzip... :good: You will need to manually remove all the text files such as hooks, pre-auto-gc & commit-msg which is supposed to be a symlink files.
After you force overwrite extraction, a repo init & repo sync will end with above message.
You will need to manually delete all the hooks.txt file found at .repo folder
You will need to manually delete all the commit-msg.txt file
You will need to manually delete all the pre-auto-gc.txt file. You might need to repo sync --force-sync many times to overwrite all the corrupted projects & after that, you won't be getting any of these error messages again.
Syncing work tree error - Doesn't check out all files
This operation must be run in a work tree
Run the below command will give you hint
Code:
repo --trace sync -l
Above hints the corrupted projects so remove it => rm -rf /home/yuweng/cm/.repo/projects/frameworks/ex.git
repo sync still it doesn't extract out all the files so you need to run repo --trace sync -l again. Delete the hinted project => rm -rf /home/yuweng/cm/.repo/projects/frameworks/webview.git
When all error has been fixed, a repo sync & all the files will be extracted out correctly
Source
Bug report
Zip & attach the ~/AIO-TWRP-Compiler/compile.log to your post when replying.
Refer to here on how to submit a proper TWRP bug report . . . :good:
How to obtain recovery log
adb pull /tmp/recovery.log -> Attach to your post
At TWRP -> BackUp -> After Backup go to Advanced -> Copy Log to SDCard
Typically you will find the recovery.log at
Typical Internal SdCard
/emmc/TWRP/BACKUPS/ [Your Device Name] / [Backup date] [ro.mediatek.version.release]
/data/media
/data/media/0
or
Typical External SdCard
/sdcard/TWRP/BACKUPS/ [Your Device Name] / [Backup date] [ro.mediatek.version.release]
Attach it to your post.
At TWRP console (Square button at button) -> You can view the log
If TWRP crash when executing certain menu/ function/ feature then you can use My Master Shifu _that gdb technique for debugging & submit the back trace to Teamwin so that they can fix it... :good:
Try IRC channel to get help directly, prepare all required info such as recovery.log, compile.log & android log, refer to here for the best timing . . .
TWRP FAQ
@yuweng the script has really been thought over for a long time and you also have put in tons of work in it. Thanks for it man!
Thanks bro... :highfive: The script initially includes BE setup for Ubuntu that includes setting up of Python, Java, Make, Git, build packages, adb rules & etc, now its half the size bcos we don't need to do all that on BBQLinux... It has went thru alot of revision, i lost track, one has PhilZ Touch on it, one revision will detect the device info such as graphics resolution, emmc or /data/media device & etc, you can actually do wonders with adb shell, automated alot of stuff for BoardConfig.mk, all in all, this script has about 4 years of work in it...
yuweng said:
Thanks bro... :highfive: The script initially includes BE setup for Ubuntu that includes setting up of Python, Java, Make, Git, build packages, adb rules & etc, now its half the size bcos we don't need to do all that on BBQLinux... It has went thru alot of revision, i lost track, one has PhilZ Touch on it, one revision will detect the device info such as graphics resolution, emmc or /data/media device & etc, you can actually do wonders with adb shell, automated alot of stuff for BoardConfig.mk, all in all, this script has about 4 years of work in it...
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4 YEARS!!!! @Dees_Troy, @bigbiff, @_that this guy deserves a medal! And about the BE Setup, my good friend @thewisenerd had made an Android compiler which included a rather fancy dependencies check in a python program. I'll include it into AIO-TWRP-COMPILER as soon as I finish my school work for the week
Haha, they are all my Master Shifu's & they all have more experience than me on TWRP... :laugh: You are most welcome to add-in new features to it... :good:
yuweng said:
Haha, they are all my Master Shifu's & they all have more experience than me on TWRP... :laugh: You are most welcome to add-in new features to it... :good:
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Experience?? They're encyclopedias on TWRP. But it's worthless if every humbug on the planet wants to compile it and doesn't even know what "ls -R " is supposed to do You're being a great help to everyone. I'll try and get them to try this when I can make it compatible for people who have already downloaded the source
Actually its quite easy but then again any wrong BE setup will result in build error that's why i strongly recommends BBQLinux for starters, its as easy as Ubuntu to setup, i can guarantee many will like the UI, Thanks to RD codeworkx.... :good:
Code:
mkdir ~/omni
cp -[COLOR="Blue"]R[/COLOR]f /path-to-your-existing-omnirom-folder/.repo ~/omni
[COLOR="blue"]OR[/COLOR]
mkdir ~/cm
cp -[COLOR="blue"]R[/COLOR]f /path-to-your-existing-cm-folder/.repo ~/cm
Remark or delete these lines & it'll work...
Updates - Migrating source code .repo to BBQLinux
So far my experience is that only lrzip is able to compress & extract source code .repo folder without data corruption... :good: Just open Ubuntu Nautilus File Manager & delete everything on your cm or omnirom except the hidden folder .repo
This hidden .repo folder is where the actual source code are, zipping it will be enough for migration, a repo init & repo sync will have all the files extracted out on BBQLinux ...
Code:
sudo apt-get install lrzip
cd /path-to-your-existing-[COLOR="Blue"]omnirom[/COLOR]-or-[COLOR="blue"]cm[/COLOR]-folder
lrztar -l .repo [COLOR="Blue"]<= Will take 10 to 20 minutes depending on your PC CPU, RAM & HDD[/COLOR]
[COLOR="blue"][U]To unzip it[/U][/COLOR]
copy [COLOR="Blue"].repo.tar.lrz[/COLOR] to [COLOR="Blue"]~/omni[/COLOR] or [COLOR="blue"]~/cm[/COLOR] folder accordingly
cd [COLOR="Blue"]~/omni[/COLOR] or [COLOR="blue"]~/cm[/COLOR]
lrzuntar .repo.tar.lrz
MSF Jarvis said:
Experience?? They're encyclopedias on TWRP. But it's worthless if every humbug on the planet wants to compile it and doesn't even know what "ls -R " is supposed to do[emoji14]You're being a great help to everyone. I'll try and get them to try this when I can make it compatible for people who have already downloaded the source
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I don't know what it does but I compiled twrp(2.8.7.0 because twrp 3 doesn't want to work with my phone)In one month of work xD
yuweng said:
Actually its quite easy but then again any wrong BE setup will result in build error that's why i strongly recommends BBQLinux for starters, its as easy as Ubuntu to setup, i can guarantee many will like the UI, Thanks to RD codeworkx.... :good:
Code:
mkdir ~/omni
cp -rf /path-to-your-existing-omnirom-repo/.repo ~/omni
[COLOR="blue"]OR[/COLOR]
mkdir ~/cm
cp -rf /path-to-your-existing-cm-repo/.repo ~/cm
Remark or delete these lines & it'll work...
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I use Ubuntu and I had several issues
Luckily I can compile without problems now
Thanks for your work
Inviato dal mio HUAWEI Y550-L03 utilizzando Tapatalk
AIO TWRP Compiler wiki
@yuweng, I have started writing down the wiki for this script at the Github repository. Would be grateful if you started writing the things you have mentioned here in that as well, and I'll proof-read it later on and also keep writing things myself

LiME - Loadable Kernel Module (LKM)

Hi guys.
I have been trying to dump the memory ram of a Galaxy S5 (Au version).
I have a problem on the final step.
When I try to run insmod, it reports as follows:
insmod lime.ko “path=tcp:9999 format=lime”
insmod: init_module 'lime.ko' failed (Function not implemented)
The phone details:
- Galaxy S5
- Android version 5.0
- Baseband version: G900IDVU1BOJ2
- Chipset: MSM8974PRO-AC
I am using two platforms of Linux , neither of them work, (Kali Sana 2.0 and Ubuntu 15.10 Willy)
The version of the tools are as follows:
- Java = java-8-openjdk-amd64
- NDK = android-ndk-r11c
- SDK = Android Studio 2.0
- Cross Compiler = arm-linux-androideabi-4.9 (It comes with NDK) and I have tried with arm-eabi-4.6
The phone does not contain the /proc/config.gz, instead I found on the Samsung's website two versions for the same chipset in Australia, but neither with the same baseband (I don not if that affects). So the generate .config using the code source I ran:
make msm8974_sec_defconfig VARIANT_DEFCONFIG=msm8974pro_sec_klte_eur_defconfig SELINUX_DEFCONFIG=selinux_defconfig
#
# configuration written to .config
#
The makefile for Lime that I have been using is:
obj-m := lime.o
lime-objs := main.o tcp.o disk.o
KDIR_GOLD := /home/osboxes/workspace/Kernel
KVER := $(shell uname -r)
PWD := $(shell pwd)
CCPATH := /home/osboxes/workspace/arm-eabi/arm-eabi-4.6/bin
default:
# cross-compile for Android emulator
$(MAKE) ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=$(CCPATH)/arm-eabi- -C $(KDIR_GOLD) M="$(PWD)" modules
$(CCPATH)/arm-eabi-strip --strip-unneeded lime.ko
# compile for local system
$(MAKE) -C /lib/modules/$(KVER)/build M="$(PWD)" modules
strip --strip-unneeded lime.ko
mv lime.ko lime-$(KVER).ko
$(MAKE) tidy
tidy:
rm -f *.o *.mod.c Module.symvers Module.markers modules.order \.*.o.cmd \.*.ko.cmd \.*.o.d
rm -rf \.tmp_versions
clean:
$(MAKE) tidy
rm -f *.ko
I appreciate any help in this matter.
PS. I will be trying more options

[GUIDE] How to make a device-tree for your phone

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Welcome in this new tutorial! In this thread, i'll try to explain you how to create a device-tree. This is one of the most important part in the rom porting. So let's start right now!​
Warning: i took as example an Samsung phone and 7.0 rom.
1. Understanding the device tree structure
Let's begin with folders :
Bluetooth | This folder contains some files and C headers to define Bluetooth features of the phone (default Bluetooth name, Bluetooth library name (.hcd), WBS forcing, low energy support)
CMHW | CyanogenMod Hardware, it contains few Java classes to make some basic features work such as vibrator intensity, display color calibration, etc...
Configs | This folder contains sub-folders that contains few files from stock firmware for audio, WiFi, GPS, key-layout, NFC, etc... They are sometimes edited or kept stock (audio is often edited)
Include | This contains all C headers that needs to be edited from phone hardware (example: samsung_audio.h from hardware/samsung/, this is edited to define good number of capture, speakers devices.)
Init | Init folder contains a simple C or C++ function to select the good variant of the phone that runs the ROM. (example: SM-A310FD is dual-sim. So this function will enable dual-sim if it detects the FD model)
Libshims | This is an optional folder, all devices don't obligatory need it. It contains empty functions (abstract) like an API for phone features (Wikipedia)
Overlay | This folder is a important part. It contains XML configuration files for framework, apps, etc... It's important to keep framework aligned with stock one (using apktool)
Ramdisk | This folder contains as base the stock ramdisk extracted from kernel. It will be edited depending of permissions, services, etc...
RIL | This contain a Java function to make work the radio features (switching network, handle call, detect SIM card, etc...)
Sepolicy | (not on photo) This folder contains .te files that contains permissions for camera, audio, apps, etc...
Files :
Android.mk | This makefile is present in a lot of folder, it just makes the device-tree detectable by the building script if the user called the command with the good device name to build
BoardConfig.mk | This second makefile is one of the most important, it contains all board defines (partition size, include path, overlay path, CPU, SoC, etc...)
Lineage.mk | This file is the first read by the building script, it just contains the product name, codename, manufacturer but also if it's a phone or a tablet and it link the device.mk
device.mk | This file contains all package, apps, permissions and libraries to use or to copy. It also contain phone size to build apps (ex: xhdpi)
extract-files.sh + setup-makefiles.sh | There's shell script are called to create a vendor (they pull needed files from proprietary-files.txt from ADB into a vendor folder)
proprietary-files.txt | This text file have one file on each line. It determine all needed files from stock firmware to make AOSP work (audio libraries, graphical lib (such as OpenGL, MALI driver), etc...)
system.prop | This file contains properties that will be copied in the build.prop. It contains some settings such as RIL classes/libraries/support, WLAN interface to use, display size, etc...)
2. Basic files
Now we finished explaining the structure. Let's get ready for the basic files​
A. The Android.mk
Code:
# Here we define a variable called "LOCAL_PATH" that just contain the path to the device tree (ex: /device/samsung/a3xeltexx)
LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
# Here we open an if statement that will be true if the user requested to build that device.
ifneq ($(filter a3xeltexx,$(TARGET_DEVICE)),)
# Here we call other makefiles in the device-tree
include $(call all-subdir-makefiles,$(LOCAL_PATH))
# Here we clean variables
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
# Here we close the if statement.
endif
B. The Lineage.mk
Code:
# Note: the lineage.mk can also be called slim.mk, pa.mk, aoscp.mk, etc...
# Depending on the ROM to build. LineageOS based roms will use lineage.mk
# Inherit device configuration
$(call inherit-product, device/samsung/a3xeltexx/device.mk)
# Inherit from the common Open Source product configuration
$(call inherit-product, $(SRC_TARGET_DIR)/product/aosp_base_telephony.mk)
# Inherit common CM phone.
$(call inherit-product, vendor/cm/config/common_full_phone.mk)
# Set those variables here to overwrite the inherited values.
PRODUCT_NAME := lineage_a3xeltexx
PRODUCT_DEVICE := a3xeltexx
PRODUCT_BRAND := samsung
PRODUCT_MANUFACTURER := samsung
C. Proprietary-files.txt
Code:
# Note: the proprietary-files.txt contains files needed to make the phone or features working.
# Consider below values as example.
# Scaler CSC
lib/libexynosscaler.so
lib/libexynosgscaler.so
lib/libexynosutils.so
# Gralloc
lib/hw/gralloc.exynos5.so
# GPS
bin/gpsd
bin/gps.cer
lib/hw/gps.default.so
lib/libwrappergps.so
lib/libfloatingfeature.so
# Graphics
vendor/lib/egl/libGLES_mali.so
# etc.... There is much more files to pull :D
D. System.prop
Code:
# Note: again, consider below values as example.
# Note 2: system.prop need to define HWUI and Dalvik values that you can find in stock firmware.
# media
media.stagefright.legacyencoder=1
media.stagefright.less-secure=1
# Graphics
ro.opengles.version=196609
ro.sf.lcd_density=320
# HWC
debug.hwc.force_gpu=1
3. The BoardConfig
Let's now talk about the BoardConfig.mk​
Code:
# This is a example. It's uncomplete.
# You can refer to GitHub to see complete BoardConfig.mk
# Platform
# Here we define our manufacturer, based board (exynos5), target board (exynos7580), our slsi variant
BOARD_VENDOR := samsung
TARGET_BOARD_PLATFORM := exynos5
TARGET_SOC := exynos7580
TARGET_SLSI_VARIANT := cm
# Arch
# Here we define our CPU
TARGET_BOARD_SUFFIX := _32
TARGET_ARCH := arm
TARGET_ARCH_VARIANT := armv7-a-neon
TARGET_CPU_ABI := armeabi-v7a
TARGET_CPU_ABI2 := armeabi
TARGET_CPU_VARIANT := cortex-a53
TARGET_CPU_CORTEX_A53 := true
# Bootloader
TARGET_BOOTLOADER_BOARD_NAME := universal7580
# Define device codename we support
TARGET_OTA_ASSERT_DEVICE := a3xelte,a3xeltexx,a3xelteub,a3xeltedo,a3xeltekx
# Define device-tree path
DEVICE_PATH := device/samsung/a3xeltexx
# Include path
TARGET_SPECIFIC_HEADER_PATH += $(DEVICE_PATH)/include
# Bluetooth
BOARD_BLUETOOTH_BDROID_BUILDCFG_INCLUDE_DIR := $(DEVICE_PATH)/bluetooth
# Hardware
BOARD_HARDWARE_CLASS += $(DEVICE_PATH)/cmhw
# Init
TARGET_INIT_VENDOR_LIB := libinit_sec
TARGET_UNIFIED_DEVICE := true
# Kernel
TARGET_KERNEL_CONFIG := lineage-a3xeltexx_defconfig
TARGET_KERNEL_SOURCE := kernel/samsung/a3xeltexx
TARGET_KERNEL_ARCH := arm64
TARGET_KERNEL_HEADER_ARCH := arm64
# Extracted with libbootimg
BOARD_CUSTOM_BOOTIMG_MK := hardware/samsung/mkbootimg.mk
BOARD_KERNEL_SEPARATED_DT := true
BOARD_MKBOOTIMG_ARGS := --kernel_offset 0x00008000 --ramdisk_offset 0x01000000 --tags_offset 0x00000100 --board SRPOJ08A000KU
TARGET_CUSTOM_DTBTOOL := dtbhtoolExynos
# Partitions sizes
BOARD_HAS_NO_MISC_PARTITION := false
TARGET_USERIMAGES_USE_EXT4 := true
BOARD_BOOTIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE := 33554432 # 32MB
BOARD_RECOVERYIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE := 39845888 # 38MB
BOARD_CACHEIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE := 209715200 # 200MB
BOARD_SYSTEMIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE := 3145728000 # 3GB
BOARD_USERDATAIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE := 12096372736 # 11GB
BOARD_FLASH_BLOCK_SIZE := 4096
# .dat compression
BLOCK_BASED_OTA := true
# PowerHAL
TARGET_POWERHAL_VARIANT := samsung
# Properties
TARGET_SYSTEM_PROP += $(DEVICE_PATH)/system.prop
# Charger
BACKLIGHT_PATH := /sys/devices/14800000.dsim/backlight/panel/brightness
# Recovery
TARGET_RECOVERY_FSTAB := $(DEVICE_PATH)/ramdisk/fstab.samsungexynos7580
# Radio
BOARD_RIL_CLASS := ../../../$(DEVICE_PATH)/ril
BOARD_MODEM_TYPE := tss310
# NFC
BOARD_NFC_CHIPSET := pn547
# Here we include the vendor
-include vendor/samsung/a3xeltexx/BoardConfigVendor.mk
3. The device.mk
Let's now talk about the device.mk​
Code:
# Note: this is an example. This is uncomplete
# Include layers
DEVICE_PACKAGE_OVERLAYS += device/samsung/a3xeltexx/overlay
# Define screen size for prebuilt apps
PRODUCT_AAPT_CONFIG := xlarge
PRODUCT_AAPT_PREF_CONFIG := xhdpi
PRODUCT_AAPT_PREBUILT_DPI := hdpi mdpi
# Use dtbhtoolExynos to build dt.img
PRODUCT_PACKAGES += \
dtbhtoolExynos
# Screen size for boot animation
TARGET_SCREEN_HEIGHT := 1280
TARGET_SCREEN_WIDTH := 720
# Copying audio files
PRODUCT_COPY_FILES += \
$(LOCAL_PATH)/configs/audio/audio_policy.conf:system/etc/audio_policy.conf \
$(LOCAL_PATH)/configs/audio/mixer_paths.xml:system/etc/mixer_paths.xml
# Copying bluetooth files
PRODUCT_COPY_FILES += \
$(LOCAL_PATH)/bluetooth/bt_vendor.conf:system/etc/bluetooth/bt_vendor.conf
# Copying GPS config files
PRODUCT_COPY_FILES += \
$(LOCAL_PATH)/configs/gps/gps.conf:system/etc/gps.conf \
$(LOCAL_PATH)/configs/gps/gps.xml:system/etc/gps.xml
# Advertise we support theres features
PRODUCT_COPY_FILES += \
frameworks/native/data/etc/android.hardware.ethernet.xml:system/etc/permissions/android.hardware.ethernet.xml \
frameworks/native/data/etc/android.hardware.sensor.compass.xml:system/etc/permissions/android.hardware.sensor.compass.xml \
frameworks/native/data/etc/android.hardware.sensor.gyroscope.xml:system/etc/permissions/android.hardware.sensor.gyroscope.xml \
frameworks/native/data/etc/android.hardware.sensor.heartrate.xml:system/etc/permissions/android.hardware.sensor.heartrate.xml \
frameworks/native/data/etc/android.hardware.sensor.light.xml:system/etc/permissions/android.hardware.sensor.light.xml \
frameworks/native/data/etc/android.hardware.sensor.stepcounter.xml:system/etc/permissions/android.hardware.sensor.stepcounter.xml \
frameworks/native/data/etc/android.hardware.sensor.stepdetector.xml:system/etc/permissions/android.hardware.sensor.stepdetector.xml \
frameworks/native/data/etc/android.hardware.nfc.xml:system/etc/permissions/android.hardware.nfc.xml \
frameworks/native/data/etc/android.hardware.nfc.hce.xml:system/etc/permissions/android.hardware.nfc.hce.xml \
frameworks/native/data/etc/com.android.nfc_extras.xml:system/etc/permissions/com.android.nfc_extras.xml
# Include our GPS shim
PRODUCT_PACKAGES += \
libshim_gpsd
# Include our edited ramdisk
PRODUCT_PACKAGES += \
fstab.samsungexynos7580 \
init.baseband.rc \
init.samsung.rc \
init.samsungexynos7580.rc \
init.samsungexynos7580.usb.rc \
init.wifi.rc \
ueventd.samsungexynos7580.rc \
init.battery.rc
5. Details
Well, it's finished.
There is so much things to explain, and i maybe didn't explained well.
I really recommend you to check and look device-trees on GitHub.
Also, i didn't explained how to fill include, etc...
For that part, i recommend you to use a device-tree near from your device, you copy it, then you adapt it to your device (change codename, manufacturer, screen size, CPU, etc....)
Making a device-tree is a lot of copy from other device-tree, github commits, etc...
Hope you enjoy this tutorial.
Feel free to post any question, i'll answer to all!
Thanks for this awesome guide ! Some good reading for those who want learn android development like me
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Nice guide Kmx! You are the best
Thanks for that great guide kmx!
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Great and very usefull guide thanks, something for me and others to try and learn more, and hopefully succeed
The guide i was looking for
nice work !
Pretty useful, but it really doesn't cover on how to extract a skeleton tree from the device itself; for example a new device without any similar devices would need a basic skeleton. If you'd cover those things, it would make you guide that much greater, thanks!
Is it possible to modify the screen xdpi and ydpi values via the device tree (directly or indirectly)?
I am trying to fix those values for a custom rom and can't find any information about how to change those values or what other values are used to calculate them.
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androj said:
Thanks for your replay and a happy new year to you, too.
However I think you misunderstood me. The PRODUCT_AAPT_PREF_CONFIG is already set in my device tree (in my case to mdpi as the tablet has 147dpi).
What I am searching is a way to set the horizontal and vertical dpi settings that end up in the xdpi and ydpi settings.
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Honestly I don't know, maybe you search for this :
ro.sf.lcd_density in system.prop
Can you see my device tree & vendor tree
I made it myself
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-fu4flbMzrwZCrXll6E7aT8mpqTfOXLh/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10p8xxul_9wiUl8B1OShYRG9aX5iif7xV/view?usp=drivesdk
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ahmed gamal 1m said:
Can you see my device tree & vendor tree
I made it myself
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-fu4flbMzrwZCrXll6E7aT8mpqTfOXLh/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10p8xxul_9wiUl8B1OShYRG9aX5iif7xV/view?usp=drivesdk
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Could you use Git instead?
It will make your life really easier
Thx for this tutorial.
Hey, I am attempting to port lineagos 14.1 to the Samsung Galaxy D710, but I am struggling to get the modified i9100 device tree I assembled recognized during breakfast. I have a local manifest (roomservice.xml) that links all of the repos I'm using (and this works, everything syncs properly when I use repo sync).
But when I try
Code:
breakfast d710
I get the error
** Don't have a product spec for: 'lineage_d710'
** Do you have the right repo manifest?
I am a total noob at this, but is there any way I can get my custom device tree recognized?
Here is the git link: https://github.com/RipCityBassWorks/android_device_samsung_d710
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where can I find all the files for sepolicy ?
related to this: I can see using PRODUCT_COPY_FILES to stage files to the root directory. but where is the directory structure created? Such as /firmware ... etc? I am trying to add a directory to the root fs. When I just create a new directory such as /foo the build fails. I want the new directory to be permanent part of the build process so solutions like unpack - modify - repack is less than satisfactory. Thanks
l-0-w said:
3. The device.mk
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The index should be 4? isn't it
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Thanks for your great guide, I find that there are many diffierent variables in the example *.mk from the variables in my phone's device-tree. So I want to know if there are any way to query the unknown variables? is there wiki or doc? Thanks!

Pixel (2016) Partition Names, Numbers and Sizes

I thought it might be helpful to others to document some test results after rooting my Google Pixel (2016) phone with Magisk (v20.4) and Magisk Manager (v8.0.4), and using various commands with a terminal emulator (Termux) on my phone, and with terminal and adb on my Linux (Ubuntu) computer with phone connected.
Command outputs appear to refer to the number (#) of blocks. By presupposing that each of these blocks has 1,024 bytes, I calculated partition sizes in MB and GB, and compared the values to the sizes of the files copied using adb pull /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name. The values matched exactly, and the total size of all of the partitions came to 32 GB, which is the size of my phone’s internal storage.
I found 62 different partitions on my phone, and combining several command outputs enabled me to produce the following table.
Partition NamePartition NumberNumber of BlocksPartition Size MBPartition Size GBaboot_asda174,0964.2aboot_bsda184,0964.2apdp_asda292560.3apdp_bsda302560.3board_infosdf1160.0boot_asda1932,76833.6boot_bsda2032,76833.6bootlocker_asda15120.5bootlocker_bsda25120.5cdtsdd1240.0cmnlib32_asda132560.3cmnlib32_bsda142560.3cmnlib64_asda152560.3cmnlib64_bsda162560.3ddrsdd111,0241.0devcfg_asda231280.1devcfg_bsda241280.1devinfosdf440.0devinfobaksdd540.0dipsdd71,0241.0dposdd640.0frpsde15120.5fscsdd840.0fsgsdf32,0482.1hosd_asda2132,76833.6hosd_bsda2232,76833.6hyp_asda115120.5hyp_bsda125120.5keymaster_asda35120.5keymaster_bsda45120.5metadatasde516,38416.8mfgsdf22360.3miscsdd11,0241.0modem_asda2571,68073.4modem_bsda2671,76073.4modemst1sdd92,0482.1modemst2sdd102,0482.1msadp_asda272560.3msadp_bsda282560.3persistsdd332,76833.6pg1fssde34,0964.2pg2fssde42,0482.1pmic_asda95120.5pmic_bsda105120.5ramdumpsde26,1446.3reserve0sda364,8204.9reserve3sdd139,0209.2reserve4sde67,6367.8reserve5sdf55,8246.0rpm_asda75120.5rpm_bsda85120.5secsdd41280.1ssdsdd280.0system_asda332,097,1522,147.52.1 GBsystem_bsda342,097,1522,147.52.1 GBtz_asda52,0482.1tz_bsda62,0482.1userdatasda3526,038,27226,663.226.7 GBvendor_asda31307,200314.60.3 GBvendor_bsda32307,200314.60.3 GBxbl_asdb14,0524.1xbl_bsdc14,0524.1TOTALS-31,248,12031,998.132 GB
Partition NamePartition NumberNumber of BlocksPartition Size MBPartition Size GBsda-31,145,98431,893.531.9 GBsdb-4,0964.2sdc-4,0964.2sdd-49,15250.3sde-36,86437.7sdf-8,1928.4TOTALS-31,248,38431,998.332 GB
The sda partition is the main part of the phone's internal storage, but could sdb, sdc, sdd, sde and sdf partitions be held on separate disks or boards?
Commands used via Phone and Terminal Emulator:
uname (with -a appended)
sudo cat /proc/partitions
tsu
sudo cat /proc/partitions
su
cd /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name
ls -all
Commands used via Computer Terminal and ADB: (I found it easier to temporarily boot TWRP using fastboot boot twrp-3.4.0-0-sailfish.img).
adb ls /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name
adb shell ls /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name
adb shell ls -all /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name
adb pull /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name (see below)
adb shell uname (with -a appended)
adb shell
cat /proc/partitions
The adb pull command copied 34.5 GB files (took 18 mins) into a ‘by-name’ file in my adb folder. The files in 'by-name' included boot (33.6 MB), system (2.1 GB) and vendor (314.6 MB) files (approx 2.5 GB) that were not included in the command outputs, which instead had similarly sized boot_a, boot_b, system_a, system_b, vendor_a and vendor_b files.

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