[Q] Kernel compatibility to other hardware?! - Samsung Captivate Glide

Hi
I'm always searching for other Kernels for the Glide but not every Kernel works with every phone, of course.
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Captivate_Glide and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_II#Galaxy_S_II_-_Model_GT-I9100G the glide is based on the Galaxy S2 but I'm not sure which model name exactly (GT-i9100/9100G/i....?)
The question for me is would a Kernel for a "GT...whatever-the-best-matching-one-is" also work with the cappy?
Anyone having experiences or knowledge in that?
Maybe stupid or easy question but I have no idea. Of course I could try any of them but first of all-
which is the best fitting model number or is it totally not relevant maybe ..?
Thanks for any light
xdajog

xdajog said:
Hi
I'm always searching for other Kernels for the Glide but not every Kernel works with every phone, of course.
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Captivate_Glide and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_II#Galaxy_S_II_-_Model_GT-I9100G the glide is based on the Galaxy S2 but I'm not sure which model name exactly (GT-i9100/9100G/i....?)
The question for me is would a Kernel for a "GT...whatever-the-best-matching-one-is" also work with the cappy?
Anyone having experiences or knowledge in that?
Maybe stupid or easy question but I have no idea. Of course I could try any of them but first of all-
which is the best fitting model number or is it totally not relevant maybe ..?
Thanks for any light
xdajog
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do you mean binary kernel? Or source with other config?
Galaxy r ( i9103) is 90% same with our phone, but binary kernel woldnt work. Source would work with some modification.

bubor said:
do you mean binary kernel? Or source with other config?
Galaxy r ( i9103) is 90% same with our phone, but binary kernel woldnt work. Source would work with some modification.
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thx for the quick reply and the information about the model..!!
and yes binary would be the perfect match but when I understand you right that's a dream (that was what I thought but one can hope..)

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Multi boot with the SDE

Just an idea
I have a Gen9 (root+sde) and i would like to have on the same tablet
Archos rooted
Ubuntu
ICS by letama
Another...
Have you the possibility to create a multi-boot ?
cajl said:
Just an idea
I have a Gen9 (root+sde) and i would like to have on the same tablet
Archos rooted
Ubuntu
ICS by letama
Another...
Have you the possibility to create a multi-boot ?
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Physically is possible .....remains to be implemented only ! If I had more free time and would not work ...I think I tried something....
Thanks @cajl ...is an ingenious idea !
Possible ? Well, yes and no.
OpenAOS guys wrote a nice boot menu that should work as is on gen9. However, the main problem is that the different OSes are sharing the same kernel.
My ICS kernel differs a bit from original one (touchscreen driver), but it could work with Honeycomb.
Plasma has its own kernel though.
Archos ICS kernel will be different, it's a 3.0 kernel.
Sorry Letama, BIG mistake. (I am sometimes a little bit out of memory with my brain) This was really a big, big mistake from me with my other thread to this.
But im interested, if someone has experiences with this boot menu from openaos which isnt declared es compatible with gen9.
What does it really does, is it able to boot different kernels and initramfs and images and of course - what are the caveeats?
The developers say it is really buggy, even for gen7 and 8, too, and so im "slow" before installing that. Dont even know how to install that and what to do if there is new official fw from archos then.
On the other side, buggy are nearly all bootloaders for pc, too, and there i dont mind so much.
Does someone know what buggy means in this context?
No problem...
Well, no, it doesn't allow multiple kernel/initramfs. What it does is let you choose between multiple rootfs images, that's all. This is ok if the multiple OS can work on the same kernel, but as I said most of the time they can't.
I don't know if it's buggy or not, I never tried it. To use it, you'd have to package a proper initramfs for gen9.
letama said:
Possible ? Well, yes and no.
OpenAOS guys wrote a nice boot menu that should work as is on gen9. However, the main problem is that the different OSes are sharing the same kernel.
My ICS kernel differs a bit from original one (touchscreen driver), but it could work with Honeycomb.
Plasma has its own kernel though.
Archos ICS kernel will be different, it's a 3.0 kernel.
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What I'm thinking is what kernel does it use? because if it's the G8 kernel it won't do... in that case, how can I remove the G8 kernel in the boot menu and substitute it with a G9 Kernel?... thank you in advance
TjaXanK said:
What I'm thinking is what kernel does it use? because if it's the G8 kernel it won't do... in that case, how can I remove the G8 kernel in the boot menu and substitute it with a G9 Kernel?... thank you in advance
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Well, when I meant as-is, I was talking about the menu command, not the zImage+initrd which are g8 only. You have to unpack g8 initrd, take command/scripts and port them back to g9 initrd. If you never played with initrds, it's a bit difficult to do.
letama said:
Well, when I meant as-is, I was talking about the menu command, not the zImage+initrd which are g8 only. You have to unpack g8 initrd, take command/scripts and port them back to g9 initrd. If you never played with initrds, it's a bit difficult to do.
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ok, well thanks for the info... di do some work on my old Gen8, so I might be able to do something with the boot menu... will let you guys know... if it works I'll post back
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ07Ivmu9OM
What does this video mean? Knows so this guy? (my french is even after learning 6 years so worse ...)
he use this
http://dev.openaos.org/wiki/FBMenu
Yes, and the purpose of his work is to be able to have multiple data partition scheme. It's useful for instance if you want to have a stable environment with your trusted apps and a test one where you install stuff and check if they work properly.
It's not a multiple firmware boot. fbmenu can be used to do a multiple boot at the condition that the kernel remains identical though.

[Q] LagFix aplication for trim suport

Hello guys
It is my first post so excuse my bad english.
I want to ask you if somewone used this aplication for trim suport.
In the aplication review sead that if the phone model is not compatible can brick the phone.
So is Ascend P6 compatible with this aplication or not?
On the other hand what type o memory module is used as system memory?
Thanks in advance for the answers.
savudragosh2 said:
Hello guys
It is my first post so excuse my bad english.
I want to ask you if somewone used this aplication for trim suport.
In the aplication review sead that if the phone model is not compatible can brick the phone.
So is Ascend P6 compatible with this aplication or not?
On the other hand what type o memory module is used as system memory?
Thanks in advance for the answers.
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I think it requires some sort of kernel support for TRIM, which the huawei kernel obviously doesn't have...
tauio111 said:
I think it requires some sort of kernel support for TRIM, which the huawei kernel obviously doesn't have...
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Thank you for the answer.
The other important question is: ascend p6 comes with eMMC technology or flash, for the system memory?
If we have eMMC (and we should have because it wase released in the second half of 2013) the Trim suport in kernel should be a must have; i think.
Thank you in advance for your answers.
savudragosh2 said:
Thank you for the answer.
The other important question is: ascend p6 comes with eMMC technology or flash, for the system memory?
If we have eMMC (and we should have because it wase released in the second half of 2013) the Trim suport in kernel should be a must have; i think.
Thank you in advance for your answers.
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Samsung KMVUS000LM-B304 252 chip is used for memory I believe, but I can't find any information of it being either eMMC or flash. I attatched a picture which has the word "Flash" in it, so it may actually be a flash memory. Nonetheless TRIM support came with 4.3, P6 launched with 4.2.2, and altough we have a 4.4.2 beta, the changes in the kernel have been very minimal. Unless they build a new kernel from scratch (which I doubt highly), the TRIM support wont be there. I also believe the K3V2oem1 kernel wont be updated much, so we have to rely on the K3V2+ kernel source, with some modifications, if it gets released and updated to a newer linux kernel version.
tauio111 said:
Samsung KMVUS000LM-B304 252 chip is used for memory I believe, but I can't find any information of it being either eMMC or flash. I attatched a picture which has the word "Flash" in it, so it may actually be a flash memory. Nonetheless TRIM support came with 4.3, P6 launched with 4.2.2, and altough we have a 4.4.2 beta, the changes in the kernel have been very minimal. Unless they build a new kernel from scratch (which I doubt highly), the TRIM support wont be there. I also believe the K3V2oem1 kernel wont be updated much, so we have to rely on the K3V2+ kernel source, with some modifications, if it gets released and updated to a newer linux kernel version.
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Hello and thank you again for the answers.
For what i can see in the picture the one in the middle is the memory card. It says SAMSUNG that means that it is a quality chip because for what i now samsung fabrics he's one memory chips. I will dig more hopping to gather more informations.
The main question remains: Has anyone used the softwere LAGFIX with ascend P6 without any problems?
I found this, maybe you can make more sense of it.
i found more about the chipset:
savudragosh2 said:
i found more about the chipset:
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This seems interesting, it could aswell be an eMMC since it has ram inside the chip.
But something is wrong with the kernel of P6. Try Androbench and try taking the Micro test in there. I got only 20mb/s!!! (G2 and other devices get well over 110mb/s, hell, even the Galaxy S2 gets more than 2x faster rates!).
Highly possible that the chip needs TRIM, but unfortunately we have no way to enable it yet.
tauio111 said:
This seems interesting, it could aswell be an eMMC since it has ram inside the chip.
But something is wrong with the kernel of P6. Try Androbench and try taking the Micro test in there. I got only 20mb/s!!! (G2 and other devices get well over 110mb/s, hell, even the Galaxy S2 gets more than 2x faster rates!).
Highly possible that the chip needs TRIM, but unfortunately we have no way to enable it yet.
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For what i read a eMMc can be trim in 2 ways
First with a build in system suport like JB 4.3 or KK
Second with a build app like LAGFIX manually.
I want to try thos app but i can brick the phone. I am in mutch doubt.
I am confused about there policy because what are whe traing to understend is normal for a bettter performance and a musthave of a healty system beased on this type of memory for storage.
Sorry again for the gramatical mistakes.
I found a clasification table on samsung website and the chip is in thr lower class 100 suitable for poor quality smartphones with dual core.
Maybe here is the reason for the poor performance despite the quad ore and 2gb off RAM.
If you have time please do a search on samsung website for the cip. It is a pdf presentation but it is large and i cant uploded.
specifications of the KMVUS000LM memory chip.
I found some specifications (marked with red). If we have some other chip specifications like S3 or nexus 4 (phone close to performance too ourse) then we can figure out if it is poor performane chip or it is a bad made kernel.
Hope that someone can figure it out.
I runned the LAGFIX aplication afterall. Unfortunelly doesn't work on our device, because of bad kernel suport or hardwere. I runned also ANDROBENCH: and got a sequential read/write 26.9Mb/s / 6.38Mb/s. VEEEEEEEEEEEERY LOW compared with other devices.
I AM VERY DISSAPOINTED ABOUT HUAWEI. Very good specs on paper but dissaponting components/kernel support in reality.
When HUAWEI will release the source code you will be able to try any custom kernel, I'm sure someone will make one, there are a few already, but not so good due to HUAWEI's restriction.
ZuperStyler said:
When HUAWEI will release the source code you will be able to try any custom kernel, I'm sure someone will make one, there are a few already, but not so good due to HUAWEI's restriction.
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Thank you for the answer.
Do you think it is a kernel issue or a slow performance memory card?
savudragosh2 said:
Thank you for the answer.
Do you think it is a kernel issue or a slow performance memory card?
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Definitely a kernel issue
savudragosh2 said:
Thank you for the answer.
Do you think it is a kernel issue or a slow performance memory card?
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I also think that this is a kernel issue, appearantly their kernel includes tons of useless parts and tons of parts that dont work well.
But I dont think that a new kernel would make it much faster probably like ~50mb/s
tauio111 said:
I also think that this is a kernel issue, appearantly their kernel includes tons of useless parts and tons of parts that dont work well.
But I dont think that a new kernel would make it much faster probably like ~50mb/s
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Thank you for your asnwer,
I put a question in OMNIROM treath but no one answered. The question is: Has Omnirom (because in kitkat based) the suport of TRIM?
I asked you because i saw you use omnirom.
And another qiuestion: From what i saw huawei released the kernel source for B111. If it is such a bad kernel why did no one develope it?
savudragosh2 said:
Thank you for your asnwer,
I put a question in OMNIROM treath but no one answered. The question is: Has Omnirom (because in kitkat based) the suport of TRIM?
I asked you because i saw you use omnirom.
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It does not as I said before. We dont have the KitKat kernel source code yet.
savudragosh2 said:
And another qiuestion: From what i saw huawei released the kernel source for B111. If it is such a bad kernel why did no one develope it?
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surdu made a green kernel. We dont have any skilled kernel devs here + driver sourcecodes are still not released and probably wont be, without driver sourcecode, kernel version can't be updated and we will have to sit on 3.0.8 till the end, sadly.

[Q]S4 Mini LTE After Root Wi-Fi & Bluetooth Not Working

Hi Guys, I thought I would make a thread here as i can not seem to be able to find a solution. Rooted my device obviously, everything is fine until I installed a "Kernel" (cant remember author) to overclock mainly then encountered several problems. 1: Wi-Fi has become unstable. It seems to either crash my phone or signal disappears after my phone is on standby for a period of time (variable). 2: My Bluetooth just does not work. At all!! I have not done anything more to my device so the solution (hopefully). I forgot to mention that it is STOCK ROM. I do not wish to wipe my phone clean, i want to find a fix. Possibly a more stable kernel. Overclocking does not want to happen either but the "Governor's, I/O Scheduler's and Underclocking" do work. If there is anything more you guys need to know please ask!!
Looking forward to ideas
Kye
KyeWalker said:
Hi Guys, I thought I would make a thread here as i can not seem to be able to find a solution. Rooted my device obviously, everything is fine until I installed a "Kernel" (cant remember author) to overclock mainly then encountered several problems. 1: Wi-Fi has become unstable. It seems to either crash my phone or signal disappears after my phone is on standby for a period of time (variable). 2: My Bluetooth just does not work. At all!! I have not done anything more to my device so the solution (hopefully). I forgot to mention that it is STOCK ROM. I do not wish to wipe my phone clean, i want to find a fix. Possibly a more stable kernel. Overclocking does not want to happen either but the "Governor's, I/O Scheduler's and Underclocking" do work. If there is anything more you guys need to know please ask!!
Looking forward to ideas
Kye
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It not the root that causing the issue, it the kernel that tried. If I remember correctly there's only two kernel for the S4 mini that allows overclcoking, and one of them has stopped developerment since last year. That leaves the F4k kernel.
He has two different kernels: one for the AOSP/CM (custom) ROM another is also a bit outdated for the default Samsung TouchWiz ROM. Are you sure you've download the correct kernel?
TNCS said:
It not the root that causing the issue, it the kernel that tried. If I remember correctly there's only two kernel for the S4 mini that allows overclcoking, and one of them has stopped developerment since last year. That leaves the F4k kernel.
He has two different kernels: one for the AOSP/CM (custom) ROM another is also a bit outdated for the default Samsung TouchWiz ROM. Are you sure you've download the correct kernel?
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Well to my knowledge I had used the correct kernel....... I never used one from here but I did find a website claiming that F4k has a stock over clocking kernel...... Unfortunately for the life of me I can not find this website. I've managed to overclock with success using a apk. I found on here (performance control) brilliant tool!! Is there any chance you able to post a link to this stock kernel you talk about so I can test myself and report back? Everything else is working without a problem apart from Wi-Fi and bluetooth.
Kye
KyeWalker said:
Well to my knowledge I had used the correct kernel....... I never used one from here but I did find a website claiming that F4k has a stock over clocking kernel...... Unfortunately for the life of me I can not find this website. I've managed to overclock with success using a apk. I found on here (performance control) brilliant tool!! Is there any chance you able to post a link to this stock kernel you talk about so I can test myself and report back? Everything else is working without a problem apart from Wi-Fi and bluetooth.
Kye
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For custom ROM - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2568479
For Samsung TW ROM - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2636890
summarise.....
TNCS said:
For custom ROM - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2568479
For Samsung TW ROM - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2636890
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So I've come to a conclusion after many weeks of testing and searching........ Unfortunately the overclock kernel for "TouchWiz" roms is unstable........ looking through forums I can see that F4k has only realised a "test" version....... on the other hand I have found a kernel from Vikinger (if spelt correctly) that's has fixed my issue and is working great... shame it isn't overclocked nor under and has no additional governors..... any one with ideas please feel free to share..... many thanks.
Kye

Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 SM-T211 SNIFFERS

Hello,
I done everything. Installed BUSYBOX Pro . Tried DSPLOIT, ZANTI, WI.CAP. Any sniffers do not work on my device .
It is ROOTED 4.4.2 kitkat flashed wtih werewolf custom rom.
Can anyone help me to run apps like this?
Gradz,
Head16
Head16 said:
Hello,
I done everything. Installed BUSYBOX Pro . Tried DSPLOIT, ZANTI, WI.CAP. Any sniffers do not work on my device .
It is ROOTED 4.4.2 kitkat flashed wtih werewolf custom rom.
Can anyone help me to run apps like this?
Gradz,
Head16
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Dude, seriously? If you don't see what's wrong with your question then you shouldn't be playing
with those things. Lot's of reading and learning must you do, hmmm?
Yoda
okay, slightly dickish answer sorry.
you need certain abilities enabled at the kernel/driver level for some of the things you want
to do. which maybe be as relatively simple as patching kernel source and rebuilding or may require
rev-eng'ing proprietary drivers/binaries additionally.
you may be better served to researched a device more naturally endowed with these capabilities,
alternately a device with usb-otg support so you can use a dongle device proven to be
capable of these tasks.
ommmm
So because i used custom rom, this apps does not working?
Head16 said:
So because i used custom rom, this apps does not working?
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sort of yes/no because the custom rom contains the software and the kernel is a custom build
it does not necessarily mean that your hardware is capable [meaning the device's capability, the kernel
having the necessary code and if there are proprietary/prebuilt source code unavailable/ binaries and firmware
support files which need to be hacked/engineered.
find out the device id of your wifi hardware and search it's id/name along with the function you are trying to perform.
for example
bcm4334 monitor mode
use the search engine that works for you, read carefully and fully and get yourself trained to follow trails of related/seemingly related
information, no matter how obscure.
good luck, may the schwartz be with you ! :silly:
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Cm-13.0 - development/discussion thread

Hi,
So, cm-13 is very unlikely on our device, but i'll take a look anyway (a slow look as my time is very limited).
Here you'll find my "work" and "help requests".
First, for sure i didn't "worked" on a lot of device, but it's the first one i have with a dedicated partition to the kernel dts.
Code:
/dev/block/platform/hi_mci.0/by-name/dts /dts emmc defaults recoveryonly
+/dev/block/platform/hi_mci.0/by-name/boot /boot emmc defaults recoveryonly
+/dev/block/platform/hi_mci.0/by-name/recovery /recovery emmc defaults recoveryonly
+/dev/block/platform/hi_mci.0/by-name/misc /misc emmc defaults recoveryonly
+/dev/block/platform/hi_mci.0/by-name/modem /modem emmc defaults recoveryonly
+/dev/block/platform/hi_mci.0/by-name/modem_dsp /modem_dsp emmc defaults recoveryonly
+/dev/block/platform/hi_mci.0/by-name/sensorhub /sensorhub emmc defaults recoveryonly
- I wonder if the dts, which is kernel dependent, could be the major problem to get a custom rom version (kk, jb, mm), or even a stock huawei rom, to work from any base rom. I'll try to make some experiment soon.
- I did sync cm-13, and "of course" have cwm recovery working. But whatever i'm trying i can't get screen output on twrp 3.0. Does someone have a clue on this?
- @gabry3795 , do you still have the device ? I would be happy to get your hangout/google nickname if you have any to sometime talk about this device. @codeworkx is of course also welcome for any advice. By the way your cm12.0 github repo (codeworkx) doesn't seem's to be up to date, even if i understand that's it's in a non-working state.
Cpasjuste said:
@codeworkx is of course also welcome for any advice. By the way your cm12.0 github repo (codeworkx) doesn't seem's to be up to date, even if i understand that's it's in a non-working state.
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You're looking at the wrong account.
https://github.com/honor6-dev
Start recovery and have a look at /tmp/recovery.log.
Hint:
https://github.com/honor6-dev/andro...common/blob/cm-12.1/BoardConfigCommon.mk#L150
https://github.com/CyanogenMod/andr...mmit/7273770a9fedff12ca80135356c52fee06c8aba0
Cpasjuste said:
- @gabry3795 , do you still have the device ? I would be happy to get your hangout/google nickname if you have any to sometime talk about this device. @codeworkx is of course also welcome for any advice. By the way your cm12.0 github repo (codeworkx) doesn't seem's to be up to date, even if i understand that's it's in a non-working state.
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Yes, I still have this device! I'll write you via pm my nickname.
good luck you guys
i have really nothing to offer ..
but please make this happen ..
Unfortunately I really have no time to play with it this days, I'll try to take a look soon.
Envoyé de mon HUAWEI MT7-L09 en utilisant Tapatalk
Cpasjuste said:
Unfortunately I really have no time to play with it this days, I'll try to take a look soon.
Envoyé de mon HUAWEI MT7-L09 en utilisant Tapatalk
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pls we wait for a long time:good:
It would be great to se cm no this device. Good luck and hope you make it. I would help if knew anything about programming but unfortanatly i dont
Cm we want... thank you for your interest!! ?
Kzyw said:
Cm we want... thank you for your interest!!
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+1
why is there not one custom rom for this device?
Motawa88 said:
why is there not one custom rom for this device?
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because huawei refuses to share their kernel source. suffice it to say, im done with huawei. its a good thing that there are many new phones being released soon. from now on its snapdragon or nothing!
Motawa88 said:
why is there not one custom rom for this device?
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As I understand there are some crucial files / source codes that Huawei is refusing to release to the public. This alone sounds super dodgy, because isn't Android supposed to be open source? Or can companies "own" a custom version of Android and do this sort of thing?
These files are crucial for creating custom kernels and ROMs, as they have to do with (once again, this is how I interpreted it) how the device handles the CPU and GPU.
Basically, while it is possible to install other ROMs on the device, they'll have to be based on EMUI and its kernels, because it is the only thing that contains these files necessary to make the device run, which makes the entire exercise pointless because EMUI is s*** no matter what form it takes.
I wonder if it wouldn't be possible to simply "extract" this necessary code from the stock kernels / ROMs and implement it in a custom one? I do not know even the slightest thing about programming, so I could just be sounding like an idiot.
Scruffykid said:
I wonder if it wouldn't be possible to simply "extract" this necessary code from the stock kernels / ROMs and implement it in a custom one? I do not know even the slightest thing about programming, so I could just be sounding like an idiot.
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i too have wondered about this. im sure its possible but it might be far to difficult an endeavor because if it weren't, someone would have attempted it by now. i really miss my nexus 5 with all its custom roms. i suggest that all mate 7 owners get in contact with huawei and demand they comply with the android user agreement. they are technically supposed to give up sources. we could fight, but not unless we unite.
Yes we can! Yes we can! Yes we can!
Scruffykid said:
As I understand there are some crucial files / source codes that Huawei is refusing to release to the public. This alone sounds super dodgy, because isn't Android supposed to be open source? Or can companies "own" a custom version of Android and do this sort of thing?
These files are crucial for creating custom kernels and ROMs, as they have to do with (once again, this is how I interpreted it) how the device handles the CPU and GPU.
Basically, while it is possible to install other ROMs on the device, they'll have to be based on EMUI and its kernels, because it is the only thing that contains these files necessary to make the device run, which makes the entire exercise pointless because EMUI is s*** no matter what form it takes.
I wonder if it wouldn't be possible to simply "extract" this necessary code from the stock kernels / ROMs and implement it in a custom one? I do not know even the slightest thing about programming, so I could just be sounding like an idiot.
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You're right, extracting stock binary files is an essential part of roms porting but some important files can't be inherited because they are strictly hardware-related, therefore you have to compile the original android source and then "patch" that files for the specific GPU/CPU (starting from android 5 lollipop) with other files given by the vendor of the phone.
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...then "patch" that files for the specific GPU/CPU (starting from android 5 lollipop) with other files given by the vendor of the phone.
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But isn't that the entire problem, the "other files" that have to be supplied by the vendor? Huawei is refusing to release them, and therefore making it impossible to develop custom ROM's.
Or are you saying that it is possible, but there just isn't enough interest in the phone for anyone with the necessary skills to actually go through the trouble?
Scruffykid said:
But isn't that the entire problem, the "other files" that have to be supplied by the vendor? Huawei is refusing to release them, and therefore making it impossible to develop custom ROM's.
Or are you saying that it is possible, but there just isn't enough interest in the phone for anyone with the necessary skills to actually go through the trouble?
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I'm saying that Huawei must provide that 'patches' (as Qualcomm did, for example) otherwise is impossibile to build a working ROM, this is the problem. We cannot do anything without them.
gabry3795 said:
I'm saying that Huawei must provide that 'patches' (as Qualcomm did, for example) otherwise is impossibile to build a working ROM, this is the problem. We cannot do anything without them.
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this is why we should all come together so as to put pressure on huawei to release these files. i have been trying for months now but its getting very tiresome. im going to start a twitter account that will hopefully get their attention. i think the problem is that the general public dont know much/anything about custom roms. there should be a custom rom psa for all android users that point out the benefits of custom roms.
droidbot1337 said:
this is why we should all come together so as to put pressure on huawei to release these files. i have been trying for months now but its getting very tiresome. im going to start a twitter account that will hopefully get their attention. i think the problem is that the general public dont know much/anything about custom roms. there should be a custom rom psa for all android users that point out the benefits of custom roms.
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I agree. If you get that account running let us know here so that we can support it.
Cheers! :good:
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droidbot1337 said:
because huawei refuses to share their kernel source. suffice it to say, im done with huawei. its a good thing that there are many new phones being released soon. from now on its snapdragon or nothing!
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Agreed.
Unfortunately I live in a place where just picking up a new phone is not as easy as 123, But I think I'll try and get my hands on a different phone this weekend. Huawei pisses me off.
No source release by Huawei.
No Kirin SOC support would be a huge problem to get it working I think.

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