So first, off, I apologize at my anger your gonna see here.....I have been asking and messages devs and others for help on learning to building and no one has really helped me!!! Here in XDA you all say your here to help people and future Devs.....well ****ing help me!!!! I have been asking around for months and only 1 person has tried to help!!!! If u are experienced and know how to build...my email address is [email protected] for hangouts.
@daveyannihilation please help
No one is going to assist you privately - the point of a community of helpers is to make it so that the information is available for any others that have the same issue as you in the future. By demanding someone contact you privately, that information is lost to everyone but you and that person.
I'd recommend you create a new topic, minus the emotions, and follow proper forum etiquette.
Briefly state what you're looking for help with in the subject - don't use abbreviations regardless of how simple you may think they are.
Go into detail in the first post (the OP) as to what you're trying to do - again, don't use abbreviations.
Explain your hardware setup, steps you've already attempted, and ideas you have at things that you believe may fix it but haven't tried yet.
Hi James,
Not really sure why you tagged me in this thread because I have no experience whatsoever in building ROMs, but I will try to help you. I would however strongly suggest building an easier ROM as your first try. Have you had a look at @nathanchance 's Android-Tools guide? That explains exactly how to build everything from start to finish. I suggest having a good read through it and trying your hand at building something like AOSP before you move onto attempting to build custom ROMs.
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I am wanting to learn to make roms and do some theming i have had a few android devices well 4 so far and have always done the rooting and custom roms and kernels and have always wanted to learn to make them for myself for me to use with everything exactly the way i want them. if anyone would have the time to help a little please let me know payment can be worked out. If anything i ask or said is not allowed then im sorry never really ask much on forums before.
I saw a little guide to setting up a dev environment over in the Mez forum posted by Phidelt82. Here is the link. Hope it helps.
Cheers
Get some help on irc. Those guys are willing to help if they have free time.
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Get some help on irc. Those guys are willing to help if they have free time.
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^ That is probably the best idea as it gives live support/feedback. I'd say that it's best to do at least a little research and have an idea of what you want to do beforehand though. If you just say "teach me how to do xyz" your response won't be as good as "I am trying to do xyz and this is where I'm having a problem". The more you help yourself beforehand, the more help you will likely receive.
Yea, the IRC is an amazing place to ask questions. I've taken the step to building kernels now myself and have been asking plenty of questions. I now have 2 UV kernels out myself. Same goes for themes and roms. Someone will help, just be patient though, cause, usually everyone is busy during the day.
I am a newbie to Android operating system. As many other newbies, I got a lot troubles and puzzles when using my android phone, recreating themes or modifying ROM, etc... Then I have to post a new thread on forum and waiting for an advice. Sometimes it takes a lot of time just for a easy bug fix.
Therefore, I wonder if some experienced android users can leave their gmail address so that newbies like me can add as buddies in g-talk in order to asking for advices in some cases.
Thanks.
Best advice I can give you is to start here reading the Noob bible, read read read, then once you are more familiar with the phone, I would join one of the developers personal website forums. The people in there can and will give you advice, you can look into EDT forum, TW etc. All these groups have a varying level of skilled people in each of their respective website forums. But, before launching over to one, you need to have some education, and understanding so you can ask useful questions.
Good luck............. android is a great platform
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Best advice I can give you is to start here reading the Noob bible, read read read
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99% of the time, all the "easy bug fixes" that you're referring to have already been addressed and resolved. I have been at this a while and have yet to start a new thread because my questions have either already been asked/answered, or I just figure it out myself. Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with people asking legit questions, but members starting new threads about common questions is a little irritating and shows a lack of effort in my opinion.
My bad - accidental repost.
Yeap I see, thanks a lot. ^^
if you need help feel free to pm me, no offense but i dont like leaving my email address around especially with everything i use it for. I generally check my XDA pms atleast once a day, keep in mind that i don't have time to walk you through everything step by step which is where the noob guide comes in. However i will always be willing to point you towards resources that will either instruct you on what to do unless its an incredibly difficult topic in which case ill do my best to asist.
Cheers
make a thread, pm me, ask for my number w/e I'll help you out..
I'm one of the most active users in the vibrant section
I hope an admin can assist me here if that's possible. I'm a new user to the forum although I have been involved in computing for over 30 years. I'm a new Xoom owner and desperately wanted to congratulate Solarnz and team on the Moray ROM and Odachi kernel, both of which I'm using. I am restricted from posting on that forum for ten posts or thereabouts. Do I have to post useless articles until I've reached the required number of posts in order to contribute to the developer forum?
Maybe you should assist others that need help with rooting. You could rack up quite a few posts that way.
To be honest, I don't know why people have so many problems. If one does the research and follows the instructions, generally everything works. I have had no trouble except when the instructions (or steps) weren't followed. Then it was more research and activity to rectify the error. On my first attempt at a kernel update I ended up with a non-bootable device - it was then I realised that I had missed a step. Thankfully, it appears that the Motorola Xoom is virtually 'unbrickable' - fastboot can recover you from any problem. Thank you for the advice. I'll keep looking around the various forums and I'll assist where I have anything of value to offer.
Yours is the kind of attitude that makes this forum great. I'm proud to give you your first "Thanks."
lol im still in the noob status.
still learning :]
I feel like a noob too, quite honestly. I'm just an enthusiast and I'm in awe of the developers and themers that create such wonderful things to delight us.
one day i will learn how to do my own rom xD
Hello world, full of Developers!
I'm a student and I use Grand2 & OnePlus2 phones.
I have very deep interest mobile phones/computers but I never get a chance to learn things about it.
I love tweaking/customizing phone/pc. But i never understands how it works inside.
I have very deep interest of learning these things. I am not interested in making because I want it so that I can help other people/friends and many developers who put their efforts hard and rock to give us best features.
I tried everywhere but found no help except like go read this/that etc etc.
All the time people just reacted "visit this, read this, watch this", but nobody supports me in full.
See, reading a book about it or watching a video won't help to learn the core things. It is necessary to read but practical knowledge/assistant is way more important, otherwise we don't have to go to sit in class and listen to lectures.
I watched/read many tutorial but I have now more confusions/questions than the answer itself, like 1000000:1 in ratio.
I know its hard to help the kind of help I am asking today. But helping someone is not that hard if you 'will' is very hard, because I have also helped unknown people with my full potential being knowing that it will take a lot and strong effort out of me. But I helped. and I believe people also help.
So, I am writing these stuffs here because I need a Friend, a teacher, a helper, a guide, someone who can help me understand these things so that I can one day give a strong/big feedback to my fellow friends/users/members/people around me.
I am Just a student. I don't wanna make money out of it, because its my passion, not my livelihood.
Because I wanna help people who love techs. I wanna be someone who can fulfills other members needs.
I just wanna help, but before that I NEED HELP.
I know this also that after writing this long, I may not find a single help, but nothing can stop me by doing this because what I see is a light of hope in darkness. So, I am on my way.
I am hereby, requesting out of curiosity and courtesy to help me by every means to learn these things.
Some friends may make a fun of me by reading this long shot but I feel sorry for them and really I am in desperate need.
So, If anyone is interested in supporting me happily, please let me know.
I use TELEGRAM app for quick-chat. So we can talk there.
Help me friends and let me help back!
Thanks.
shahfaishal said:
Hello world, full of Developers!
I'm a student and I use Grand2 & OnePlus2 phones.
I have very deep interest mobile phones/computers but I never get a chance to learn things about it.
I love tweaking/customizing phone/pc. But i never understands how it works inside.
I have very deep interest of learning these things. I am not interested in making because I want it so that I can help other people/friends and many developers who put their efforts hard and rock to give us best features.
I tried everywhere but found no help except like go read this/that etc etc.
All the time people just reacted "visit this, read this, watch this", but nobody supports me in full.
See, reading a book about it or watching a video won't help to learn the core things. It is necessary to read but practical knowledge/assistant is way more important, otherwise we don't have to go to sit in class and listen to lectures.
I watched/read many tutorial but I have now more confusions/questions than the answer itself, like 1000000:1 in ratio.
I know its hard to help the kind of help I am asking today. But helping someone is not that hard if you 'will' is very hard, because I have also helped unknown people with my full potential being knowing that it will take a lot and strong effort out of me. But I helped. and I believe people also help.
So, I am writing these stuffs here because I need a Friend, a teacher, a helper, a guide, someone who can help me understand these things so that I can one day give a strong/big feedback to my fellow friends/users/members/people around me.
I am Just a student. I don't wanna make money out of it, because its my passion, not my livelihood.
Because I wanna help people who love techs. I wanna be someone who can fulfills other members needs.
I just wanna help, but before that I NEED HELP.
I know this also that after writing this long, I may not find a single help, but nothing can stop me by doing this because what I see is a light of hope in darkness. So, I am on my way.
I am hereby, requesting out of curiosity and courtesy to help me by every means to learn these things.
Some friends may make a fun of me by reading this long shot but I feel sorry for them and really I am in desperate need.
So, If anyone is interested in supporting me happily, please let me know.
I use TELEGRAM app for quick-chat. So we can talk there.
Help me friends and let me help back!
Thanks.
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Basically what you want to work on??? OS/Rom developement??? Or app developement as well????
Please specify and i'll try to help you.
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simranjitsingh said:
Basically what you want to work on??? OS/Rom developement??? Or app developement????
Please specify and i'll try to help you.
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i want to work on android phone rom/app development. I want to learn A to Z and want to become one of the best developer because I want to HELP people!
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i want to work on android phone rom/app development. I want to learn A to Z and want to become one of the best developer because I want to HELP people!
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Oh i see. We are kinda on the same page. I have a Grand 2 too and i am also slowly learning about rom developement.
Okay so i'll tell you basic thing about roms first. There are 2 ways to have a custom rom for your device. Source building and porting.
Source building is as the title says making a rom from source.
And port is like using the rom made for a similar cpu family device and editing it to run on yours.
Now both of them go a long way to learn. I can understand your situation as i am in the same myself. Just PM me i'll tell you everything in detail
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i want to work on android phone rom/app development. I want to learn A to Z and want to become one of the best developer because I want to HELP people!
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I am also on the same page.I am also trying to build a kernel with Uber toolchain but everytime I try to compile it gives an error
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There r tutorials in xda... u can read it and post ur queries.. u will get answered bro
Guys, Im confused
All of u cried that u want kernel sources, u making so many threads and begging Xiaomi for it, but when it was done, and sources out....
No threads about development, all devs working alone in hope that one of them will be first
Nice race, im tired, why we have broken twrp, and all we can do with it - install magisk
Always problems with mounting internal storage, error 7, error 255, error 1.(Last two i have, dont know about u guys).
Why we need to search a one of tonns of posts to find some noname that fixed some bug in recovery but with new bug in it.
Wtf is going on with this community, why some "unique" peoples try to make threads about "OH DOTOS YEAAAAHHHHH"
Or "LINEAGE YEAAAHHHH"
But we cant even install them, someone told that we can flash system.img through fastboot, but in .zip WHERE IS UR SYSTEM.IMG?
Just payload.bin, so unpack it and give us this system.img, or keep silent and try to fix twrp
So devs, if u all will work together and starting to fix twrp, u can fix ROM bugs much easier and faster with community help.
Well, ****
I'm done with this community and this race.
@amune14 There is a thing with generalizations which is very dangerous, because you are basically just ranting. I didn't cry about kernel sources for example and I am trying to be active here anyways. Second of all the kernel sources which have been released lately are for Nougat and need some love, because if you think about it: Would you start a new custom rom development with 7.0, when 8.1 is the latest version of Android by now? And last, but not least:
You cry as loud now, as everyone who was asking for the kernel sources. So please, if you want to have an active community which is productive start to participate. Start learning to code, follow tutorials, write your own for others, just do anything in the area you would like to see more, instead of just complaining without trying to change anything. So, I hope you understand, that I do not want to be offensive, but constructive. Give it a try, be a meaningful member of a community, set an example.
Looking at your previous history, there is a lot of room for improving
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@amune14 There is a thing with generalizations which is very dangerous, because you are basically just ranting. I didn't cry about kernel sources for example and I am trying to be active here anyways. Second of all the kernel sources which have been released lately are for Nougat and need some love, because if you think about it: Would you start a new custom rom development with 7.0, when 8.1 is the latest version of Android by now? And last, but not least:
You cry as loud now, as everyone who was asking for the kernel sources. So please, if you want to have an active community which is productive start to participate. Start learning to code, follow tutorials, write your own for others, just do anything in the area you would like to see more, instead of just complaining without trying to change anything. So, I hope you understand, that I do not want to be offensive, but constructive. Give it a try, be a meaningful member of a community, set an example.
Looking at your previous history, there is a lot of room for improving
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yeah man, but im not about crying in ur meaning, im about ppl who try to make threads about ROMs, but there is too many things that need to be fixed
Thats why im "crying". Tell me why one guy made thread about dotOS, there is no sense, all ppl have errors or bootloops
Its nosense, but thx for ur opinion, like it:fingers-crossed::highfive:
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yeah man, but im not about crying in ur meaning, im about ppl who try to make threads about ROMs, but there is too many things that need to be fixed
Thats why im "crying". Tell me why one guy made thread about dotOS, there is no sense, all ppl have errors or bootloops
Its nosense, but thx for ur opinion, like it:fingers-crossed::highfive:
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I can get that part, but still this device introduced a lot of newbies as well as it is a fairly attractive package for its price. Just try to remember your beginnings and help to guide these guys, as we all needed some guidance in the very beginning of becoming a flashoholic
This place is full of unnecessary threads, yeah, and this ranting thread just make it worse... You are not different from them.
"I'm done with this community"... THANK YOU. (But if you leave please delete your posts)
Daydreamaway said:
This place is full of unnecessary threads, yeah, and this ranting thread just make it worse... You are not different from them.
"I'm done with this community"... THANK YOU. (But if you leave please delete your posts)
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Just report him. People like that shouldn't be on XDA, if anything he'd fit right in with the Le 3 community.
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Just report him. People like that shouldn't be on XDA, if anything he'd fit right in with the Le 3 community.
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This idiot is actually not fit for ANY community. Because the bad communities are so due to more number of members like him i really didnt want to reply to this worthless thread but just like u and the others here couldnt stand the rubbish talk...
I will make a new post:
Title: gimmaa tha answaaars
And the topic will be a complain of the people that only make posts to complain about the people that make posts about ROMs.
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majamee said:
@amune14 There is a thing with generalizations which is very dangerous, because you are basically just ranting. I didn't cry about kernel sources for example and I am trying to be active here anyways. Second of all the kernel sources which have been released lately are for Nougat and need some love, because if you think about it: Would you start a new custom rom development with 7.0, when 8.1 is the latest version of Android by now? And last, but not least:
You cry as loud now, as everyone who was asking for the kernel sources. So please, if you want to have an active community which is productive start to participate. Start learning to code, follow tutorials, write your own for others, just do anything in the area you would like to see more, instead of just complaining without trying to change anything. So, I hope you understand, that I do not want to be offensive, but constructive. Give it a try, be a meaningful member of a community, set an example.
Looking at your previous history, there is a lot of room for improving
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Previous history part is nice touch to reply?????
To a certain degree I understand what the OP is saying. Compared to other areas and phone forums on XDA, there does seem to be an abundance of repeat posts and questions such as 'I've tried this tool and its done this, what do I do' or 'I can't unlock boot, help. without explaining the steps etc that they did, leaving people to guess the answer and then the posts on the thread get longer as the answer might not be pointing in the right direction. However by spitting their dummy out of the pram, they are not helping in trying to bring the MI A1 community together.
With regards to suggesting that devs get together and sort things out with TWRP etc, you have to realise that those guys and gals that are working on ROMS, Tools and such like are potentially doing this in their spare time while juggling home and work life. Again, ranting isn't going to speed things up, devs will get there at some point, 'when' is entirely their decision and not for us who aren't developers, to make or keep badgering them about.
So calm the passion, wind ya neck in and chill the feck out.
I think that this thread has run its course
We need more people learning (the reason XDA was created)
And less people complaining and demanding things
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