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Alternative OS

Hi guys,
which alternative os could be installed on the Nexus 7 (2013)?
Actually i would be glad to install Ubuntu on my device, but thats not possible because of a different cpu architecture...
So i ask you for a list of possible operating systems which not based on android like cyanogon...
Why? Just want to free from google and test it...

Actually i would be glad to install Ubuntu on my device, but thats not possible because of a different cpu architecture.
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Actually you can install lots of different versions of linux on your Nexus 7, including Ubuntu and Backtrack. Check this app. The Nexus 7 is on the supported list.
operating systems which not based on android like cyanogon
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Actually cyanogenMod is just a customized version of Android, it's not a different OS. So i take that what you meant is installing a different ROM on your Nexus 7. Anyway you should start from here

This app seems to be an emulator for different linux distros, don't?
I would prefer a full flash and boot right into linux e.g ubuntu...

michaaaaa said:
This app seems to be an emulator for different linux distros, don't?
I would prefer a full flash and boot right into linux e.g ubuntu...
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He was just trying to help you. May be you should use search in the forums or use google. I typed linux on nexus 7 and found tons of results. Also there is a thread for Firefox OS in the Development forums. You would be much safer doing the linux inside android from the play store.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2479192

He was just trying to help you.
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--> You are right, sorry for my english...Its not my mother language...
May be you should use search in the forums or use google. I typed linux on nexus 7 and found tons of results. Also there is a thread for Firefox OS in the Development forums.
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--> Well, all these posts foucesd on the old nexus 7 - first gen. Ubuntu official says it's no supported at this moment (source: wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Install#Supported_devices_and_codenames)
So I came here to find other Linux os...
You would be much safer doing the linux inside android from the play store.
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Okay - I will give it a try. But I realy can't imagine it's fast and stable enough for continuous running (what I am looking for)...
Firefox os sounds greate too! Thanks for the hint!

The complete Linux installer says it only works on certain supported kernels. I'm no expert, so is the stock kernel supported? I'd like to try Ubuntu on my rooted stock Nexus 7 2013. (32G)

Scroll down some and you would of found this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46112123
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gray screen
So guys,
I just try it and can't get it run...
I used Linux Installer and followed the guide.
But when I connect with VNC I only see a gray screen, allthough I started xstartup...
Please help...
My Device:
Nexus 7 (2013) - cyanogenmod 4.3.1

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cyanogenmod 11 sm-t231
Hello friends wondering if there will be a cyanogenmod 11 for the sm-T231 It's my tablet and I love to get away touchwichz If anyone knows of any future project thanks alert

nice
based off aosp? edit- can flash pa gapps?

I have attempted to connect my device to PC with this ROM installed but it fails to install MTP.

halo12lol said:
based off aosp? edit- can flash pa gapps?
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I have PA Gapps 3-08 running fine on recent Cyanogen Mod 11 port for the T330NU with no issue..
However the PA GAPPs developer (TKruzze) no longer makes GAPPs packages..
If you have the latest PA GAPPs, it should work..

halo12lol said:
based off aosp? edit- can flash pa gapps?
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Hi, i have included a micro package in OP. Read OP.
wire55 said:
I have attempted to connect my device to PC with this ROM installed but it fails to install MTP.
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W, hey okay i add mtp to my todo list though i don't own a computer that mtp would actually work on, so it'll be guesswork.
Also now that sound is sorted, i'll take a look at the magnetic cover thingamawhatzit. Though i like to turn my screen
on and off the old fashioned way. :silly:
You folks don't expect too much more, I do have other stuff I have to get to.
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moonbutt74 said:
Hi, i have included a micro package in OP. Read OP.
W, hey okay i add mtp to my todo list though i don't own a computer that mtp would actually work on, so it'll be guesswork.
Also now that sound is sorted, i'll take a look at the magnetic cover thingamawhatzit. Though i like to turn my screen
on and off the old fashioned way. :silly:
You folks don't expect too much more, I do have other stuff I have to get to.
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Thank you for all your help. I understand you have thing to do, so you do what you feel is more important.

wire55 said:
Thank you for all your help. I understand you have thing to do, so you do what you feel is more important.
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Sure, i've never had a magnetic cover, the basic idea is closed screen off, and open screen on right ?
also can you test out bluetoothiness, keyboard, i've never done audio streaming so i don't know much to that end.
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moonbutt74 said:
Sure, i've never had a magnetic cover, the basic idea is closed screen off, and open screen on right ?
also can you test out bluetoothiness, keyboard, i've never done audio streaming so i don't know much to that end.
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If I had a Bluetooth device I would test that for you but I don't have one.
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And yes the the magnetic cover question. I will do all the testing with that if ya need me to

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theme engine working? also want a video of ROM working if u can, thx.
edit - I'm happy to see that there is a person working on the t330nu. that means my money doesn't go to waste
edit 2 - the very much, I'm tired of seeing tricked up stock custom Roms?

halo12lol said:
theme engine working? also want a video of ROM working if u can, thx.
edit - I'm happy to see that there is a person working on the t330nu. that means my money doesn't go to waste
edit 2 - the very much, I'm tired of seeing tricked up stock custom Roms��
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No videos. This is a high [low] class [rent] operation I'm runnin here. xD
Now here's the kicker, after i get a final decent build, i'm going back to stock. Why?
[ploop] , nuff sed. xD
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@moonbutt74 hey did anyone else have this problem or just me? When I charge my tablet it goes to 25 percent then it doesn't rise. I wake up in the morning its at 25 I restart and it kicks to 100..

zach61797 said:
@moonbutt74 hey did anyone else have this problem or just me? When I charge my tablet it goes to 25 percent then it doesn't rise. I wake up in the morning its at 25 I restart and it kicks to 100..
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Z,
hi, i have no issue but, i also maintain my tab regularly with sdmaid, you may need to clear out battery stats.
Also, are you running the rom with or without the kernel update? Lastly how many background processes do you
have running?
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moonbutt74 said:
Z,
hi, i have no issue but, i also maintain my tab regularly with sdmaid, you may need to clear out battery stats.
Also, are you running the rom with or without the kernel update? Lastly how many background processes do you
have running?
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Ok 1. How do I clear the stats
2. I updated it today
3. Idk how many processes I have running how do I check?

zach61797 said:
Ok 1. How do I clear the stats
2. I updated it today
3. Idk how many processes I have running how do I check?
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Z,
hi again :silly:
you can run in terminal
ps
also you can also connect via adb and run adb shell, then as root [su] run
powertop
i say to do that one through adb because it doesn't display correctly and is kind of unmanagable in the tab's
terminal window.
Also try modifying you performance settings, on the updated kernel you should be set to ondemand/cfq
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moonbutt74 said:
Z,
hi again :silly:
you can run in terminal
ps
also you can also connect via adb and run adb shell, then as root [su] run
powertop
i say to do that one through adb because it doesn't display correctly and is kind of unmanagable in the tab's
terminal window.
Also try modifying you performance settings, on the updated kernel you should be set to ondemand/cfq
m
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Okay thanks and speaking of performance why can't I overclock at all like it kicks it back down?

zach61797 said:
Okay thanks and speaking of performance why can't I overclock at all like it kicks it back down?
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Umm, because it's not overclocked.
Also skip the powertop approach, i forgot to config in the kernel, i'll get that in the next build.
I know nothing about overclocking, yet.
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moonbutt74 said:
Umm, because it's not overclocked.
Also skip the powertop approach, i forgot to config in the kernel, i'll get that in the next build.
I know nothing about overclocking, yet.
m
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Okay thanks looking forward to updates for this rom. Also I was wondering.. For the ROMs for the t530 tabs like the cm12 one they now have. What would need to be done to get it booting... I heard all the ROMs with the same board need is a working kernel.. Idk if that's right but if it is would the kernel for this ROM get the cm 12 ROM booting or does it need a new one?

zach61797 said:
Okay thanks looking forward to updates for this rom. Also I was wondering.. For the ROMs for the t530 tabs like the cm12 one they now have. What would need to be done to get it booting... I heard all the ROMs with the same board need is a working kernel.. Idk if that's right but if it is would the kernel for this ROM get the cm 12 ROM booting or does it need a new one?
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For the most part that's somewhat true correct, however i haven't bothered because the roms are being packaged with the block setup
as opposed to the tried and true way and i just don't have the patience to unpack that setup and repack it.
To be truthful i think i've gotten addicted to this stuff in a slightly mentally unstable kind of way :silly:
And as such am running multiple projects at once, so if you want to chip in on trying that approach, downoad one of the
sm-t53xx builds, get it unpacked and repacked cm11 style and link me to it, a respectable site, not 4shared or dumbass gator
or any place like that, and i'll see what i can do. my current attempts with bliss keep breaking at camerawrapper issues and gps issues.
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moonbutt74 said:
For the most part that's somewhat true correct, however i haven't bothered because the roms are being packaged with the block setup
as opposed to the tried and true way and i just don't have the patience to unpack that setup and repack it.
To be truthful i think i've gotten addicted to this stuff in a slightly mentally unstable kind of way :silly:
And as such am running multiple projects at once, so if you want to chip in on trying that approach, downoad one of the
sm-t53xx builds, get it unpacked and repacked cm11 style and link me to it, a respectable site, not 4shared or dumbass gator
or any place like that, and i'll see what i can do. my current attempts with bliss keep breaking at camerawrapper issues and gps issues.
m
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Id love to waste time to get it working but I'm no developer by any means... I will do some googling and see if I can... I love to waste time on this stuff so thanks for the info I will message u if I am anywhere near successful... If you have any good links to show how to do it it would be very helpful. Thanks

Sailfish OS on the bullhead

edit: latest 14.1 base out with fixed camera and booting
edit: alpha6 is out, sensors fixed, but camera is completely broken
So I finally have a decent enough port of SFOS on bullhead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKWHeTUiU34
Thats an old video but a quick demo.
http://images.devaamo.fi/sfe/bullhead/
images can be retrieved from the above
Flash the latest stock image for your base and boot into it. for android 7 thats 7.1.2 (N2G48C, Aug 2017) and android 6 thats 6.0.1 (MTC20K)
Reboot to twrp
Format data
Reboot to twrp again
copy over the zips
flash cm or lineage from prefered base, but 14.1 is better.
Flash sfos zip
Working
Audio
Calls
Texts
Data
Wifi
Camera
Sensors
Not Working :~( :
Fingerprint scanner
Bluetooth
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Issue with install apps from the app store or warehouse?
need to setup password in developer options
devel-su pkcon refresh
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also since store is sometimes a bit meh, you can use
https://openrepos.net/content/basil/warehouse-sailfishos
best way to copy files onto device is through ssh, setup password in developer options
store is sometimes broken, you need to do devel-su pkcon refresh in terminal, need to set password up in developer options.
OTA - Over the Air update
Best way to update SailfishOS is by using an ssh connection to the phone.
Disable all patches and Openrepos repositories before updating.
Before updating use
Set desired release version, for example 2.2.0.29:
ssu release 2.2.0.29
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Refresh the package cache:
devel-su pkcon refresh
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Upgrade SailfishOS:
version --dup
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Reboot the phone and enjoy the new release.
this wouldnt of been possible from the immense amount of help from the guys @freenode#sailfishos-porters

Really nice job! hope we can get all working in near future

Awesome cant wait to see stable build!
Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk

Can this be installed with multirom as secondary rom?

m4r0v3r said:
So I finally have a decent enough port of SFOS on bullhead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKWHeTUiU34
Thats an old video but a quick demo.
http://images.devaamo.fi/sfe/bullhead/
images can be retrieved from the above
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Nice job, fingers crossed for getting other features to work!
btw. which vendor to use with it?

latest 6.0.1

fnldstntn said:
Can this be installed with multirom as secondary rom?
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never tried it, didnt know we had a multirom stable.
on hammerhead it works fine as 2nd rom.

Holy crap this is awesome! I was waiting for a sailfish os port since I switched from my nexus 4. Is there a way for me (as an non-coder) to help you out somehow?
Oh and do you think it is possible that camera will work in the future or is this a missing driver code thing?

m4r0v3r said:
never tried it, didnt know we had a multirom stable.
on hammerhead it works fine as 2nd rom.
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Yes there is a stable multurom on jolla kernel tread but in that case probably i will need to use the cm13 as primery rom to becouse of the vendor.

OMG a New Rom i don't know sailfish Os wow i go to try it
Thank you very much for your work

Really nice, sadly i need the camera for my work so i cant use as DD

Renaf2 said:
OMG a New Rom i don't know sailfish Os wow i go to try it
Thank you very much for your work
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Not a rom, it is a completely different operating system so no android apps.

giantflash said:
Holy crap this is awesome! I was waiting for a sailfish os port since I switched from my nexus 4. Is there a way for me (as an non-coder) to help you out somehow?
Oh and do you think it is possible that camera will work in the future or is this a missing driver code thing?
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the camera thing is a 32bit/64bit issue atm so i'll see were I get with it, am also messing around trying to get sfos working on a Huawei P9
No android apps at all, we have sfdroid, but its not working on cm13 as far as I know.

Very cool indeed, def hope this goes further. Remember it on N5 and was awesome

It's a nice ROM. But on my N5X the WiFi and Data isn't working.So sad.

justf0127 said:
It's a nice ROM. But on my N5X the WiFi and Data isn't working.So sad.
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That was my fault, issue with PARANOID_ANDROID. New image thats been upped should fix the issue

Ah... So it seems that its source is based on cm13 built in 161222, then should I use December mm vendor or January mm vendor?
(Sorry for my bad English...)

Riskypedia said:
Ah... So it seems that its source is based on cm13 built in 161222, then should I use December mm vendor or January mm vendor?
(Sorry for my bad English...)
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December probably.

And I know I'm bothering, but another question...
Is this rom doesn't contain boot animation? Cuz I saw cm13 booted well, but after flashing this over cm13 I can't see anything except google logo. Should I set my bootloader to the latest one?

6.0.1 (MTC20L) is what am using

Dual Booting

Hi, anyone looking to dual boot ROMs on their Galaxy S7 I have made a short 10 minute video on how to do it, I hope this helps people out!
Link to app : https://dbp.noobdev.io

For wat varient

A month ago came from nexus 5 world and I'm big time missing MultiROM. Thank you for the app
However, while installing secondary patched ROM in TWRP, I've got Error 1 - while installing both Lineage OS and AOSP Extended.
I wonder where I can error messages codes to figure our what's wrong with my setup.
Upd. 1 - just checked free space and /system got 0B.
- Does that explains error 1 message (see above)
- how I can free space on /system partition
- How I can get more space on /system partition - to be able to use this app? In other words, do I need to play around with PIT file? Or how else (and more safely) I can extend /system at the cost of interbal storage?

starche_old said:
A month ago came from nexus 5 world and I'm big time missing MultiROM. Thank you for the app
However, while installing secondary patched ROM in TWRP, I've got Error 1 - while installing both Lineage OS and AOSP Extended.
I wonder where I can error messages codes to figure our what's wrong with my setup.
Upd. 1 - just checked free space and /system got 0B.
- Does that explains error 1 message (see above)
- how I can free space on /system partition
- How I can get more space on /system partition - to be able to use this app? In other words, do I need to play around with PIT file? Or how else (and more safely) I can extend /system at the cost of interbal storage?
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I'm not completely sure how to resize system partition but have you got a very large sized ROM installed? I was running superman ROM and still had more than enough space to install it. You could try to download an app like system app uninstalled and either delete apps like Facebook and install them again from the playstore if they are installed as system apps or delete very rarely used apps like SHealth (just an example, I don't use my S Health but you might)

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For wat varient
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I am using the G930F but it will work on all S7 exynos variants.
Here is a list of the supported devices :
https://dbp.noobdev.io/supported_devices.html

dylanneve1 said:
I'm not completely sure how to resize system partition but have you got a very large sized ROM installed? I was running superman ROM and still had more than enough space to install it. You could try to download an app like system app uninstalled and either delete apps like Facebook and install them again from the playstore if they are installed as system apps or delete very rarely used apps like SHealth (just an example, I don't use my S Health but you might)
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Yes I do. But it still shows 0. I deleted quite a few apps, but no luck.

dylanneve1 said:
I am using the G930F but it will work on all S7 exynos variants.
Here is a list of the supported devices :
https://dbp.noobdev.io/supported_devices.html
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So this will not work for the qualcomm devices , there is a way to use roms on a locked bootloader but unsure how on the s7 ,its on the redmi device , thus has been tested on

miko12312 said:
So this will not work for the qualcomm devices , there is a way to use roms on a locked bootloader but unsure how on the s7 ,its on the redmi device , thus has been tested on
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I doubt it, without a fully working recovery it isn't possible. I could be wrong, there might be a way, but I wouldn't count on it.

starche_old said:
Yes I do. But it still shows 0. I deleted quite a few apps, but no luck.
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Are you running stock or custom ROM already?

dylanneve1 said:
Are you running stock or custom ROM already?
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Stock MM, model number is 930W8

starche_old said:
Stock MM, model number is 930W8
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If you really want to maybe install a ROM like superman ROM and try it. It might be a problem with the ROM

dylanneve1 said:
If you really want to maybe install a ROM like superman ROM and try it. It might be a problem with the ROM
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What do you mean - the problem with current ROM?
BTW, I tried to flash aosp rom

starche_old said:
What do you mean - the problem with current ROM?
BTW, I tried to flash aosp rom
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If you are using the stock Samsung firmware maybe it is causing issues, if you tried flashing something like Hydrarom or Superman ROM it might work

dylanneve1 said:
If you are using the stock Samsung firmware maybe it is causing issues, if you tried flashing something like Hydrarom or Superman ROM it might work
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While been a flash-o-holic, I tried that. But while there are no official ROMs for for 930W8, thus there is no proper CSC. That screwing up my modem big times. I'm not sure what's wrong, but after ANY N ROM I do not have network connection.

starche_old said:
While been a flash-o-holic, I tried that. But while there are no official ROMs for for 930W8, thus there is no proper CSC. That screwing up my modem big times. I'm not sure what's wrong, but after ANY N ROM I do not have network connection.
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Might be that then if there are no official ROMs, I'm really not sure, I've seen this work definitely on SM-G930F/G935F and dual sim models but I'm not sure about 930W8, really sorry

dylanneve1 said:
Might be that then if there are no official ROMs, I'm really not sure, I've seen this work definitely on SM-G930F/G935F and dual sim models but I'm not sure about 930W8, really sorry
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No worries, buddy, it's all good. I'm waiting for official ROM and than I'll play this game

starche_old said:
No worries, buddy, it's all good. I'm waiting for official ROM and than I'll play this game
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Good luck , sorry I couldn't be more help with it

What if i want to flash a kernel for secondary rom?

skivnit said:
What if i want to flash a kernel for secondary rom?
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It should work, just flash the kernel in the secondary ROM slot.

dylanneve1 said:
It should work, just flash the kernel in the secondary ROM slot.
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It did not work for me.

Custom ROM for the Galaxy A20

We currently don't have a custom ROM for the A20,
but it would be the next logical step.
If someone could develop a custom ROM it would raise our status in the xda community.

Useful links.
1. Android ROM development from source to end.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/chef-central/android/guide-android-rom-development-t2814763
2. Building AOSP.
https://source.android.com/setup/build/requirements
3. Easy guide?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2195858
4. Custom Rom Builder
https://forum.xda-developers.com/chef-central/android/tool-custom-rom-builder-t3947779
5. Android Kitchen.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246
6. SuperR's Kitchen.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ap...dows-linux-superr-s-kitchen-v3-0-0-0-t3601702

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physwizz said:
We currently don't have a custom ROM for the A20,
but it would be the next logical step.
If someone could develop a custom ROM it would raise our status in the xda community.
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Without the support from USA device owners and them being left out from rooting played a huge factor.
The Motog7power just got Lineage OS 16.
Twrp was done weeks ago. Buy a Motorola.

jhjhjhjhjhjh said:
Without the support from USA device owners and them being left out from rooting played a huge factor.
The Motog7power just got Lineage OS 16.
Twrp was done weeks ago. Buy a Motorola.
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Yes. It has left us at a great disadvantage without you guys.

I tried Android Kitchen.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246
Made a ROM zip from my system.img and boot.img
Got updater error when installing.

physwizz said:
I tried Android Kitchen.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246
Made a ROM zip from my system.img and boot.img
Got updater error when installing.
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Last update seems to be from 2013, i don't think that is compatible with Android Pie.
I recommend you to use SuperR's Kitchen (free version is only available for Linux, to use it on Windows you need to buy the full version).

TBM 13 said:
Last update seems to be from 2013, i don't think that is compatible with Android Pie.
I recommend you to use SuperR's Kitchen (free version is only available for Linux, to use it on Windows you need to buy the full version).
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Should work on my Mac

TBM 13 said:
Last update seems to be from 2013, i don't think that is compatible with Android Pie.
I recommend you to use SuperR's Kitchen (free version is only available for Linux, to use it on Windows you need to buy the full version).
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Couldn't execute binary on the Mac, but I got it running on a Linux virtual box.

physwizz said:
Couldn't execute binary on the Mac, but I got it running on a Linux virtual box.
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Cool ... please keep us posted on any progress you make I will also take a look into a possible build for our phone.
Peace
....The box said to install under Windows 2000 or better ... so I installed it on Linux

Thibor69 said:
Cool ... please keep us posted on any progress you make I will also take a look into a possible build for our phone.
Peace
....The box said to install under Windows 2000 or better ... so I installed it on Linux
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I just flashed a zip I cooked that was made from the patched boot and the stock system.img
No luck there.
Back to the drawing board.

physwizz said:
I just flashed a zip I cooked that was made from the patched boot and the stock system.img
No luck there.
Back to the drawing board.
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Stuck at boot animation?
Any logs?

TBM 13 said:
Stuck at boot animation?
Any logs?
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I'm going to try a non-stock system.img

physwizz said:
I'm going to try a non-stock system.img
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How is it going for you, i try modding a GSI System.img but it also bootloops, i also try creating a EXT4 Img but it gives me system partition sizes error.

LietRell said:
How is it going for you, i try modding a GSI System.img but it also bootloops, i also try creating a EXT4 Img but it gives me system partition sizes error.
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still working on it.
No luck yet

physwizz said:
still working on it.
No luck yet
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Were all hoping to get a working custom rom for this device, Keep up bro. Thanks for trying

Seems like all the GSI ROMs break some hardware functionality at this stage so the best option for now is to root and debloat stock and load your own preferred apps in place of the Samsung / Google ones. Not quite a "Custom" ROM but makes for a pleasant enough phone that you can tolerate much more than the horror of stock.
Now a custom kernel to clock our severely crippled SoC back to its full glory would be a thing to smile about

LietRell said:
How is it going for you, i try modding a GSI System.img but it also bootloops, i also try creating a EXT4 Img but it gives me system partition sizes error.
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My GSI based ROM gives me an error:7 during installation

physwizz said:
My GSI based ROM gives me an error:7 during installation
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I think that's because you have to add the device in 8)Room tools, 4)Asserts menu, 1)Add/remove device, then try adding the device, in my case i added "a20,a205g", i don't really know what device name TWRP reads

LietRell said:
I think that's because you have to add the device in 8)Room tools, 4)Asserts menu, 1)Add/remove device, then try adding the device, in my case i added "a20,a205g", i don't really know what device name TWRP reads
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When I flashed as A20, it told me the device was a20.
I added just a20. It flashed but froze on the Samsung screen.
Progress.
It's all a learning experience.
I also found this on GitHub.
https://github.com/alwayslivid/android_kernel_samsung_a202f
https://github.com/alwayslivid/android_platform_samsung_a202f
From Open Source Samsung.
http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=sub&sub=F&searchValue=A20