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I know this may sound like a stupid question but since I saw this
http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/04/12/htc-incredible-running-webos-could-drop-android/
and I've always liked the WebOS platform I thought that it must be possible considering the HD2's much superior specs 600mhz vs 1ghz, ect. The WebOS platform still has the best games of any other platform (apart from the iphone) and it would be great to be able to play them on some decent hardware. I know this might not be possible but if they put it on the incredible then it might?
Please give your thoughts, I'm still looking forward to the Android port aswell but from experience using android on my Diamond and on friend's Android phones games weren't very impressive and the pre's are!
If any developers can give their thoughts it would be much appreciated.
would be nice if we could run it but i doubt it will happen
microang said:
I know this may sound like a stupid question but since I saw this
http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/04/12/htc-incredible-running-webos-could-drop-android/
and I've always liked the WebOS platform I thought that it must be possible considering the HD2's much superior specs 600mhz vs 1ghz, ect. The WebOS platform still has the best games of any other platform (apart from the iphone) and it would be great to be able to play them on some decent hardware. I know this might not be possible but if they put it on the incredible then it might?
Please give your thoughts, I'm still looking forward to the Android port aswell but from experience using android on my Diamond and on friend's Android phones games weren't very impressive and the pre's are!
If any developers can give their thoughts it would be much appreciated.
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web os isnt opensource so it would be almost impossible to port. The devs are having a hard enough time with android lol
On the article says that it would be nice if that happened, but no one put webos on the incredible.
And at the end palm was bought for HP not for HTC
I rather android on the hd2, never try web os but web os on hd2 is not going to happened... sadly.
It's back
Hey, thought I'd revive this thread and see if anyone other than me cared- with webOS 2 coming along maybe there's some interest in a port?
Seems not
will9895 said:
Hey, thought I'd revive this thread and see if anyone other than me cared- with webOS 2 coming along maybe there's some interest in a port?
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Seems not!
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Seems not!
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you gathered that from waiting 12 hours? well done
WebOS is built on the linux kernel, so it actually is open-source and I don't see a port as impossible:
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Source-code-for-Palm-WebOS-released-742117.html
orangekid said:
WebOS is built on the linux kernel, so it actually is open-source and I don't see a port as impossible:
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Source-code-for-Palm-WebOS-released-742117.html
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So would that source code mentioned on this link be the entire base of the OS? Or are there some parts that Palm kept for itself? Has anyone heard whether HP plan to release the source code for WebOS 2?
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you gathered that from waiting 12 hours? well done
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yeah i could do with being a bit more patient, also thought I'd try and keep it floating. Although I'm not going to dogmatically keep it high. If only I had the time to learn and do it myself- I love what people do on here.
Hi All,
Here is a quick preview of my first ICS build running on my A70S:
It's smoother than my initial run, I figured that 3D drivers were not kicked in when I made the comment on my other thread.
It's quite smooth even though there is some slowness from time to time. As it is, it's not usable, there are some crashes because network and sound are not working, but it's quite encouraging.
I may focus on Gen8 more than Gen9 finally as Gen9 will have Archos upgrade. Currently, only 3D and touchscreen are working... Don't expect much, I don't have enough time to work on this to make significant progress quickly.
Great...finally is something!!!
I you want some help, tell me....ok?
Looks great, that launcher is really smooth and it looks like a completely new OS.
Is there any chance that other talented developers working on the Archos will also jump on this with you? $aur0n, divx118, chulri?
God i cant wait for this give me wifi and i will be happy whats ram usage like?
for the buzz
http://www.jbmm.fr/?p=24894
Well, as expected, ram usage is sky high but it's almost untuned... I don't know yet if we can make progress regarding this.
I want first to have wifi and audio working, it should give enough stability to start playing with it. Then, todo list is huge...
Things that are going to be difficult is hdmi, ics doesn't like much the current clone model, and supporting other tablets as kernel changes are required for touch screen.
We'll see... Too bad that I have a job
Awesome!
Great work man! Looking forward to a full release_
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YES!
This... Is amazing.. I never thought I'd see the day where even Honeycomb was running on the tablet. I really hope the main devs here see this and maybe combine. It's awesome having such a fine-tuned and packed UrukDroid, and it's pretty great finally seeing Gingerbread on our devices, but I think this is the true goal now!.. But that's just me
Hey letama,
now i know what you meant with good news coming...
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It's smoother than my initial run, I figured that 3D drivers were not kicked in when I made the comment on my other thread.
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Could you tell, which driver set you integrated?
I also searched for ICS distributions for OMAP3630 base devices.
Couldn't find any 3D libraries yet...
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It's quite smooth even though there is some slowness from time to time. As it is, it's not usable, there are some crashes because network and sound are not working, but it's quite encouraging.
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Am i right by assuming you used the 2.6.35 kernel sources?
I guess we'll need some efforts in the drivers, especially the tiwlan stuff, which should be build externally.
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I may focus on Gen8 more than Gen9 finally as Gen9 will have Archos upgrade. Currently, only 3D and touchscreen are working... Don't expect much, I don't have enough time to work on this to make significant progress quickly.
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This is a start... and a pretty amazing one!!!
Hopefully i'll find some time the next weeks to look into the kernel sources more intensely.
Anyway, it will be no easy task to add the missing parts.
For the HDMI i guess there is a dead end, because there's still one proprietary module which might not work with newer kernel.
Maybe it could work on top of the GPL'ed parts which where published and might get compiled for newer kernel.
But who cares now...
Really impressive work!!!
Congratulations and best regards,
scholbert
Can you upload the rom just for testing features of ics ? It looks very good, great job !
Hi Scholbert!
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now i know what you meant with good news coming...
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scholbert said:
Could you tell, which driver set you integrated?
I also searched for ICS distributions for OMAP3630 base devices.
Couldn't find any 3D libraries yet...
Am i right by assuming you used the 2.6.35 kernel sources?
I guess we'll need some efforts in the drivers, especially the tiwlan stuff, which should be build externally.
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No, in fact, this is 2.6.29 with Archos 3D binaries. ICS is patched to support old drivers, partly the same way it has been done in cm9 for other devices. I didn't test the .35 yet, I suspended my work on it in the middle, I'm not even sure touchscreen was working.
.35 would be good, I'm having few crashes in 3D drivers currently. I'm not sure yet if they're related to memory or bad interaction somewhere, still trying to get audio and wifi first.
Wifi should be relatively easy, i'm not very far. Audio is more complex, I tried simple solutions and it won't cut it, but with TI and Nexus S sources, we should be able to do something. Could take time though.
For the HDMI i guess there is a dead end, because there's still one proprietary module which might not work with newer kernel.
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Well, with the new A70s coming with Honeycomb, we may be able to steal some binaries for 2.6.35 (or even 3.0 if Archos upgrade them to ICS). They're also 3630, and we should get the kernel source code someday.
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Congratulations and best regards,
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Thanks!
arkade91 said:
Can you upload the rom just for testing features of ics ? It looks very good, great job !
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Well, as it is, it's not usable. It crashes a lot and you can't do much without network.
I'd like to have at least wifi and if I can sound. Wifi to be able to do something with the tablet, sound because lots of crashes and slowness are coming from missing sound.
If it takes too much time, I'll release it but be warned that it's worthless currently.
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Well, as it is, it's not usable. It crashes a lot and you can't do much without network.
I'd like to have at least wifi and if I can sound. Wifi to be able to do something with the tablet, sound because lots of crashes and slowness are coming from missing sound.
If it takes too much time, I'll release it but be warned that it's worthless currently.
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Yes you're right, i hoped never get honeycomb or ICS on our tablet... take your time, it's already a very good news that ics running on our old archos gen8 ... THANKS !
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Where can I donate?!?
Very good work, I never thought that this would happen.
Honeycomb was not realistic but now I have hope for something better
Thanks GPhenom for thinking about donation, but I can't accept for now, I'm not even sure I'll be able to release something.
We'll see, but there is lots of work before having something usable.
Promising start man! Kudos for getting it running at all
Sent from my openAOS Build of Android 2.3 (cyanogenmod edition) using xda premium
This look cool
Can you make source repo (git) for this please
I would like to build it and test to get wifi and so working
and good work
Cool! Hope to see a first alpha
Sweet, buying a Archos 70 (hopefully Gen8, got to look that up first) today. Just awesome work dude!
AlphaTime said:
Can you make source repo (git) for this please
I would like to build it and test to get wifi and so working
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Take a look here, I'm not having structured git yet...
GUYS GOOD NEWS!
NOTICE ! THIS IS NOT FLASHABLE WITH CWM. (some actually flashed it with cwm) This is for DEVELOPMENT SOURCE
guys??????? GREAT NEWS FOR US
maybe this calls for a celebration !
drivers are here.. wahahahahaha!
Nice One but I found something interesting too here it is SONY
Hope Someone of the developers will notice this......
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Nice One but I found something interesting too here it is SONY
Hope Someone of the developers will notice this......
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hope we can have floating technology
static28 said:
hope we can have floating technology
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That would really be awesome!!!!!
Pull to the limit
Sorry for n00b question but...what does exactly mean? What happens now?
Cooks can make more stable kernel & ROM?
Thanks in advance
Greetings from Italy
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Sorry for n00b question but...what does exactly mean? What happens now?
Cooks can make more stable kernel & ROM?
Thanks in advance
Greetings from Italy
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that means a chance for real hardware acceleration for ICS roms
matmutant said:
that means a chance for real hardware acceleration for ICS roms
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wow, cool news! Thanks for explanation
great news!
ics here we come
a golden age comes to us , I can't wait for it
OMG!!! This is the best notice in last months!
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OMG!!! This is the best notice in last months!
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yeah it is.
as you can see. because of these ICS is now having a massive PROGRESS..
we now have kernel for ICS by nAa. and lots of ROM porting
we can now taste a real ice cream.
all that we need to do is to WAIT haha
ICS-KERNEL
I found out that nAa has built a kernel for the x8 which is ICS compatible.
So lets hope that we too get a ICS kernel very soon. You all can have a look here... ICS-KERNEL
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I found out that nAa has built a kernel for the x8 which is ICS compatible.
So lets hope that we too get a ICS kernel very soon. You all can have a look here... ICS-KERNEL
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nAas rom supports robyn and mimmi and shakira. we just need to wait
He made miniCM9-3.0.0 for X8 so we´ll get it, too. I hope. And its android 4.0.4
But the X10 mini will meet the minimum requeritments to performance??
Because ics is resources dog :/
More info about this:
http://www.ozandroid.info/?p=2831
Sumarizing more operations of native kernel linux are moved to virtual machine :/ and is known that virtual machine are slow compared to binaries.
ICS-> cool interface , resource DOG = x10 mini killer, the main problem is the ram, not as the cpu.
Gingerbread-> not as cool as ics, but less resources
Froyo->less fingerfriendly, but less resources and way faster than 2.1, little more than 2.3
alecuba16 said:
But the X10 mini will meet the minimum requeritments to performance??
Because ics is resources dog :/
More info about this:
http://www.ozandroid.info/?p=2831
Sumarizing more operations of native kernel linux are moved to virtual machine :/ and is known that virtual machine are slow compared to binaries.
ICS-> cool interface , resource DOG = x10 mini killer, the main problem is the ram, not as the cpu.
Gingerbread-> not as cool as ics, but less resources
Froyo->less fingerfriendly, but less resources and way faster than 2.1, little more than 2.3
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No problem, already tested other builds of ICS for our X10 Mini's. Performance its great, same as Gingerbread. UI seems smoother. Ics it's a better OS overall, and Ram also seems to be enough.
When the devs compile or reuse a working camera driver, we'll have a FULL rom... every other thing works like a charm now.
cheers.
alecuba16 said:
But the X10 mini will meet the minimum requeritments to performance??
Because ics is resources dog :/
More info about this:
http://www.ozandroid.info/?p=2831
Sumarizing more operations of native kernel linux are moved to virtual machine :/ and is known that virtual machine are slow compared to binaries.
ICS-> cool interface , resource DOG = x10 mini killer, the main problem is the ram, not as the cpu.
Gingerbread-> not as cool as ics, but less resources
Froyo->less fingerfriendly, but less resources and way faster than 2.1, little more than 2.3
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Well, there are ways of overcoming the out-of-memory problems most old devices have. Compcache or zram, kernel samepage merging and purging of assets.
TrissyGE said:
He made miniCM9-3.0.0 for X8 so we´ll get it, too. I hope. And its android 4.0.4
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I'm looking forward for this release. ICS on X10 mini could be a good second mobile.
If someone wants to port the system he can get an invite from me. :good:
from me too
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If someone wants to port the system he can get an invite from me. :good:
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hey i will also send an invite to someone who ports sailfish os. i reaaaaaallly want it but i am not a developer or pc geek or something.
if jolaa would release offical roms i would even pay 10-20€
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hey i will also send an invite to someone who ports sailfish os. i reaaaaaallly want it but i am not a developer or pc geek or something.
if jolaa would release offical roms i would even pay 10-20€
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ugh i dont have any invites but i want to see it happen for sure!!!
i really want multirom and bcmon also on the oneplus one what else needs to get ported to the oneplus?
Sailfish/MultiROM for the OnePlus One
I'm familiar enough with the process of porting/building SailfishOS that I could probably get it running on the OnePlus One in less than a weekend. The hardware looks similar enough to the Nexus 5 - at least as far as the Qualcomm parts are concerned - that it should be a fairly simple port.
I've been trying to save up for a new phone for a while, but I haven't found one that I like enough to buy at unlocked-phone prices.
Call me cheap, but I felt like I overpaid for my Nexus 4 - which I probably did, because I traded a tablet for it.
I don't tend to develop low-level stuff like this for phones I don't own or at least plan to buy, but I have a long history of "porting" Linux distributions (mainly Debian and non-Unity, "desktop" Ubuntu) to Android phones by modifying the kernel to load the root filesystem from a microSD card, among other things.
Before you get too excited, remember that I may or may not be able to get everything working immediately - just look at how long camera support has been missing from Sailfish on the Nexus 4. On that note, the Sailfish camera HAL is in flux right now, but once it stabilizes, getting the cameras working should be easier.
By the time I get an invite and get around to buying a One, there's bound to be other people working on it, especially if this is as important as I think it is.
TL;DR: In a few weeks I should have money, in another few weeks I should have a device, and shortly after that there should be code.
I'm pretty confident that it should be relatively easy to get the port started, but don't expect miracle-speed progress towards getting all the hardware working.
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If someone wants to port the system he can get an invite from me. :good:
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Hey,
Now we have released N5 I'm moving onto OnePlus, its booting into the Mer bootloader and switching root into SailfishOs rootfs at the moment but no UI yet due to gralloc issues.
Stay tuned.
BR
Martin
vgrade said:
Hey,
Now we have released N5 I'm moving onto OnePlus, its booting into the Mer bootloader and switching root into SailfishOs rootfs at the moment but no UI yet due to gralloc issues.
Stay tuned.
BR
Martin
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LOL, where on earth did you get hold of all these devices!?
gTan64 said:
I'm familiar enough with the process of porting/building SailfishOS that I could probably get it running on the OnePlus One in less than a weekend. The hardware looks similar enough to the Nexus 5 - at least as far as the Qualcomm parts are concerned - that it should be a fairly simple port.
I've been trying to save up for a new phone for a while, but I haven't found one that I like enough to buy at unlocked-phone prices.
Call me cheap, but I felt like I overpaid for my Nexus 4 - which I probably did, because I traded a tablet for it.
I don't tend to develop low-level stuff like this for phones I don't own or at least plan to buy, but I have a long history of "porting" Linux distributions (mainly Debian and non-Unity, "desktop" Ubuntu) to Android phones by modifying the kernel to load the root filesystem from a microSD card, among other things.
Before you get too excited, remember that I may or may not be able to get everything working immediately - just look at how long camera support has been missing from Sailfish on the Nexus 4. On that note, the Sailfish camera HAL is in flux right now, but once it stabilizes, getting the cameras working should be easier.
By the time I get an invite and get around to buying a One, there's bound to be other people working on it, especially if this is as important as I think it is.
TL;DR: In a few weeks I should have money, in another few weeks I should have a device, and shortly after that there should be code.
I'm pretty confident that it should be relatively easy to get the port started, but don't expect miracle-speed progress towards getting all the hardware working.
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hey man I have faith in you and i really want to encourage you to go out there and give it your best shot!
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rndmboyz3 said:
hey man I have faith in you and i really want to encourage you to go out there and give it your best shot!
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will the mer bootloader have any conflicts with multirom? also now that I think about it multirom doesnt seem to have support for sailfish... multirom only mentions ubuntu touch and firefox os. I really hope sailfish os can be multibooted! but regardless sailfish os is a sexy beast and I want it even if it is the only rom I can run
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hey man I have faith in you and i really want to encourage you to go out there and give it your best shot!
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will the mer bootloader have any conflicts with multirom? also now that I think about it multirom doesnt seem to have support for sailfish... multirom only mentions ubuntu touch and firefox os. I really hope sailfish os can be multibooted! but regardless sailfish os is a sexy beast and I want it even if it is the only rom I can run
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Multi Rom Supported for Nexus 5
https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris/Install_SailfishOS_for_hammerhead
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Multi Rom Supported for Nexus 5
https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris/Install_SailfishOS_for_hammerhead
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perfect and porting from nexus 5 shouldnt be too bad as OPO has simillar specs but better
rndmboyz3 said:
perfect and porting from nexus 5 shouldnt be too bad as OPO has simillar specs but better
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Here is the list of the devices being ported and what is and is not working right now
https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris
Here is the list of who is porting it to what device
https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris/porters
Here is the log for #sailfishos-porters at webchat.freenode.net so you can read them working out the details for each device
http://www.merproject.org/logs/#sailfishos-porters/#sailfishos-porters.2014-08-18.log.html
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Here is the list of the devices being ported and what is and is not working right now
https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris
Here is the list of who is porting it to what device
https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris/porters
Here is the log for #sailfishos-porters at webchat.freenode.net so you can read them working out the details for each device
http://www.merproject.org/logs/#sailfishos-porters/#sailfishos-porters.2014-08-18.log.html
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thanks for the resources!!! vgrade is a god
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thanks for the resources!!! vgrade is a god
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sorry rndmboyz3 just flesh and blood and part of a great team
Pop into #sailfishos-porters and say hello
vgrade
Any news on the sailfish port?
Would really like to try it.
I need an invite from someone to get in ..
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I need an invite from someone to get in ..
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They will be removing the invite system from October, unless they delay it.
well i have an OPO now and my friend has a Jolla,
how we both wish we have the other's os ported to our device just for cool geeks thing.
anyways awaiting for some magic on this one.
imagine what a 2.5 pro and 3gb lpddr3 could do to the performance of sailfish, just would be awesome
drooolllllll...
regards
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well i have an OPO now and my friend has a Jolla,
how we both wish we have the other's os ported to our device just for cool geeks thing.
anyways awaiting for some magic on this one.
imagine what a 2.5 pro and 3gb lpddr3 could do to the performance of sailfish, just would be awesome
drooolllllll...
regards
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I hope I can try and port, but I am just a tech savvy noob.
aaron007 said:
I hope I can try and port, but I am just a tech savvy noob.
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multirom supports sailfish do i need just a image for oneplus one now! someone has one??
T-uzun said:
multirom supports sailfish do i need just a image for oneplus one now! someone has one??
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MULTIROM for the Oneplus is a port, the Sailfish support is a reflection of this. You'll need a working image of Sailfish .. AFAIK no-one has made one yet for the Oneplus.
Anyone know if this is being developed?
I would love to see sailfish on the oneplus one. Does anyone know if this is being currently worked on or if there a compatible version out there on the net?
So our phone, is really good, we got cm 11 and cm 12 running, so why don't we have the more special roms? Like flyme os (http://www.flyme.cn/en/) or ubuntu touch? Sailfish os. Most of these, roms have their source released, so for people to pick it up, shouldn't be hard right?
Sailfish os - https://sailfishos.org/develop/hadk/
Ubuntu touch - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Building
Flyme os - Well it's builded for the nexus 5, but aren't we able to port it? http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/development/official-flyme-nexus5-kk-4-4-flyme-3-8r-t2875908
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bump!
I'd be interested too, what comes to mind is hardware limitations and lack of sources from LG to build on? I have for a couple of months and I still haven't wrapped my head in all the info, but I think we have some limitations as I mentioned above. Someone who's more informed can correct me tho
But aren't we able to port from nexus 5?
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I'd be interested too, what comes to mind is hardware limitations and lack of sources from LG to build on? I have for a couple of months and I still haven't wrapped my head in all the info, but I think we have some limitations as I mentioned above. Someone who's more informed can correct me tho
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But aren't we able to port from nexus 5?
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But aren't we able to port from nexus 5?
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nexus 5 has a completely different chipset SD800 Nexus 5 Vs SD801 in the LG G3
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nexus 5 has a completely different chipset SD800 Nexus 5 Vs SD801 in the LG G3
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So let me get this straight, are we able to port any rom, from a phone as long as the cpu is 810 snapdragon?
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So let me get this straight, are we able to port any rom, from a phone as long as the cpu is 810 snapdragon?
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The issue is that LG does not release the source code for LG G3, whereas the nexus 5 even though it is manufactured by LG, people have the sources for it. So developing all these different roms is not as easy as you think, we have only just got MIUI rom for this device and it is not even official. its not a SD810 btw.
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The issue is that LG does not release the source code for LG G3, whereas the nexus 5 even though it is manufactured by LG, people have the sources for it. So developing all these different roms is not as easy as you think, we have only just got MIUI rom for this device and it is not even official. its not a SD810 btw.
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I don't get it, can't we take the roms from another phone using our cpu, and just port it from there?
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I don't get it, can't we take the roms from another phone using our cpu, and just port it from there?
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Lol you are not understanding, its not as simple as you think. Anyway i shall leave you with that.
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Lol you are not understanding, its not as simple as you think. Anyway i shall leave you with that.
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Okay, why so mean?
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Okay, why so mean?
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Im not being mean at all, you're failing to understand that its not easy to just port roms, and its not even about porting roms, there has to be enough demand for it, devs need to have the device and not all devs do because they move to other devices, if it was an easy process then there would be loads of other roms, but the majority of roms are now Cyanogen and aosp based because thats the easiest way to as they have the sources for that.
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Im not being mean at all, you're failing to understand that its not easy to just port roms, and its not even about porting roms, there has to be enough demand for it, devs need to have the device and not all devs do because they move to other devices, if it was an easy process then there would be loads of other roms, but the majority of roms are now Cyanogen and aosp based because thats the easiest way to as they have the sources for that.
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I never ported a rom, but i saw some guide on porting a rom, where you would take something from the rom you want to port, and some from the base. So i thought it was like that! I'm so sorry, if i said anything mean to you Hope you have a great day :highfive:
Porting isn't the way you would want to work. For the best results you would need all sources and complete documentation of the hardware to be able to build a rom for a device from scratch.
Robin2 said:
Porting isn't the way you would want to work. For the best results you would need all sources and complete documentation of the hardware to be able to build a rom for a device from scratch.
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But what if i just want to port a simple rom, is it just the cpu that has to be the same?
theonlykamph said:
But what if i just want to port a simple rom, is it just the cpu that has to be the same?
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There is no "simple" ROM.
You can't just put another phone's ROM to G3, it doesn't work like that.
In PC world, you can install Linuxes and Windows operating systems mostly as you want, but in mobile, things are different.
So if there is no port for the custom ROMs then why not features like Download Booster from the Galaxy S5, this is a possibility maybe it is hard to do but give it a chance, just an idea that I like
TonzaTheChosenOne said:
There is no "simple" ROM.
You can't just put another phone's ROM to G3, it doesn't work like that.
In PC world, you can install Linuxes and Windows operating systems mostly as you want, but in mobile, things are different.
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What i mean was, would i be able to follow some of those porting guides. Where you take a bit from the lg g3 rom, and then some from the rom you want to port?
theonlykamph said:
What i mean was, would i be able to follow some of those porting guides. Where you take a bit from the lg g3 rom, and then some from the rom you want to port?
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As Robin2 put it ealier, you would need sources that aren't available.
The Rom porting procedures have been becoming more and more complex with time. Elements like drivers, framework, and so forth are much more complex comparing with Gingerbread. A rom by then used to be 300mb (stock), nowadays we got 1gb roms, much more "little things", overal, it's a lot harder and more complex. You can easily compare, there used to be more ports with gingerbread and ICS than with KK and L. It's a lot of work required to make things happen, even with the same chipset, there's still a lot left to do, specially when we're talking about lack of sources available to make a porting happen and much more complete.
Also, when we're talking about porting a stock rom from HTC to LG, gets worse. manunfactures put a lot of customization (not only GUI) into their firmwares, much more proprietary stuff, much more complexity comparing with a "simple" CM12. It's porting 200mb comparing with 1gb of custom elements. You get the picture. Unfortunatly it's harder than ever and so time consuming and not always with good results. Sources are literally a requirement these days and we don't have them (or don't have them all).