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How to build a CM9 ROM from source

It was almost exactly this time last year that I got my first Android device. I had absolutely no development experience whatsoever, so if anybody told me that I'd make a Cyanogenmod 7 Gingerbread ROM for the Kindle Fire in 11 months from that time, I would've thought they were crazy.
Android is the easiest to build on Linux, primarily Ubuntu. This guide is designed around building on Ubuntu as well. The first thing you need to build from source is to actually get the source. For Cyanogenmod 9 (Ice Cream Sandwich) you'll have to pull from the Cyanogenmod repository. You'll also have to download a few packages for Linux like Java, and they will have to be put in a PATH folder. In the guide here (which is meant to build CM7 for the Droid X) it's identical for the Kindle Fire. You can follow that guide up until you do this command "cd ~/android/system/" The next step of that guide would pull the CM7 repository, but we want CM9 (ICS). Instead of pulling Gingerbread, you'll want to pull ICS copy this:
repo init -u git://github.com/CyanogenMod/android.git -b ics
It may ask you for your name and email address. Once that's done, you can "repo sync -j16" and it will start downloading the source. This will take a very long time ~2 hours here, but once that's done, you can move on
Each device has its own device configuration and vendor files for building. Luckily for you, I've already setup the necessary stuff to get ICS to build for the Fire. You can download my source from my github here https://github.com/jackpotclavin You'll have to download the ICS-Kindle-Fire-Device and ICS-Kindle-Fire-Vendor files and place them in specific spots. For the vendor files, they go into /android/system/vendor/amazon/otter
You'll have to make the amazon and otter folders, but the vendor files should go in them so any random file, say, otter-vendor.mk will be placed so it's like this
/android/system/vendor/amazon/otter/otter-vendor.mk, with the proprietary folder inside /amazon/otter/.
It's almost the same with the device files. Once you download those, you place them into the /android/system/device/amazon/otter/ folder that you'll have to make, so any random file, say, system.prop goes would be located at /android/system/device/amazon/otter/system.prop
Once that's all done, you can download the prebuilts. For this you'll have to navigate into /android/system/vendor/cm and execute the get-prebuilts file. This will download a few files needed for building that will halt the build process if they're missing. Once those are done, it's building time. In the terminal, navigate to your /android/system/ folder, and type the command:
. build/envsetup.sh && brunch otter
That should be it! If somebody gets stuck, reply in this thread and I'll tell them where to go, and I'll update the post to help out happy building

Thanks for getting the code up! And the post I'm sure will be very useful for people to get started building.

JackpotClavin said:
It was almost exactly this time last year that I got my first Android device. I had absolutely no development experience whatsoever, so if anybody told me that I'd make a Cyanogenmod 7 Gingerbread ROM for the Kindle Fire in 11 months from that time, I would've thought they were crazy.
Android is the easiest to build on Linux, primarily Ubuntu. This guide is designed around building on Ubuntu as well. The first thing you need to build from source is to actually get the source. For Cyanogenmod 9 (Ice Cream Sandwich) you'll have to pull from the Cyanogenmod repository. You'll also have to download a few packages for Linux like Java, and they will have to be put in a PATH folder. In the guide here (which is meant to build CM7 for the Droid X) it's identical for the Kindle Fire. You can follow that guide up until you do this command "cd ~/android/system/" The next step of that guide would pull the CM7 repository, but we want CM9 (ICS). Instead of pulling Gingerbread, you'll want to pull ICS copy this:
repo init -u git://github.com/CyanogenMod/android.git -b ics
It may ask you for your name and email address. Once that's done, you can "repo sync -j16" and it will start downloading the source. This will take a very long time ~2 hours here, but once that's done, you can move on
Each device has its own device configuration and vendor files for building. Luckily for you, I've already setup the necessary stuff to get ICS to build for the Fire. You can download my source from my github here https://github.com/jackpotclavin You'll have to download the ICS-Kindle-Fire-Device and ICS-Kindle-Fire-Vendor files and place them in specific spots. For the vendor files, they go into /android/system/vendor/amazon/otter
You'll have to make the amazon and otter folders, but the vendor files should go in them so any random file, say, otter-vendor.mk will be placed so it's like this
/android/system/vendor/amazon/otter/otter-vendor.mk, with the proprietary folder inside /amazon/otter/.
It's almost the same with the device files. Once you download those, you place them into the /android/system/device/amazon/otter/ folder that you'll have to make, so any random file, say, system.prop goes would be located at /android/system/device/amazon/otter/system.prop
Once that's all done, you can download the prebuilts. For this you'll have to navigate into /android/system/vendor/cm and execute the get-prebuilts file. This will download a few files needed for building that will halt the build process if they're missing. Once those are done, it's building time. In the terminal, navigate to your /android/system/ folder, and type the command:
. build/envsetup.sh && brunch otter
That should be it! If somebody gets stuck, reply in this thread and I'll tell them where to go, and I'll update the post to help out happy building
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Thanks for this post, hoping to start my first aneroid programming contribution soon. This should help get me started. I am assuming though we still need to build drivers to get all the hardware working right? Unless. We can somehow rip drivers from the stock kindle and edit them. Any guide on that type of work, or examples to get started?

Kewl. Going to try this tonight.
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could you do something like this https://gist.github.com/908477 or maby make a extract-files.sh that pulls the proprietary files from the device please? or would doing a git clone https://github.com/JackpotClavin/ICS-Kindle-Fire-Vendor.git set everything up to build?

Yeah sure I'll do that. Right now the the prop files in the vendor folder come from 6.2.1 so there won't be any new files or features you're missing out on
So yeah, cloning the vendor files will get you same files, but once amazon releases a new revision it will be needed so I'll get on that
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excited to see this I have a lot of catching up to do, but I'll be of what help I can to this project...

I've tried to sync that repo twice now and it's failed both times. I have successfully synced the CM7 repo in another directory so I'm pretty sure my computer is set up correctly.
It goes for about and hour and then stops with an error. Said something like "unable to fetch objects" or something. So, I just did repo sync again and it errored out almost immediately.
I deleted the source directory and tried again but failed in the same spot. Any ideas?

teookie said:
I've tried to sync that repo twice now and it's failed both times. I have successfully synced the CM7 repo in another directory so I'm pretty sure my computer is set up correctly.
It goes for about and hour and then stops with an error. Said something like "unable to fetch objects" or something. So, I just did repo sync again and it errored out almost immediately.
I deleted the source directory and tried again but failed in the same spot. Any ideas?
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Yes, I had the same error last night and again early this morning. Will try it later to see if it was a temporary server or network issue.

It's not an issue with your setup. Google has reported some syncing issues for some including myself (took me over 20 times yesterday to sync)
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Just curious.. since we all use the same exact hardware why not just 1 person build it and post the rom? Or is there something special that needs to be done?

So I feel like a tard. I am trying to setup my copy of ubuntu so I can hopefully learn some devving skills. But when i try and install this stuff I get errors.
git-core gnupg flex bison gperf libsdl1.2-dev libesd0-dev libwxgtk2.6-dev squashfs-tools build-essential zip curl libncurses5-dev zlib1g-dev sun-java6-jdk pngcrush schedtool

You are typing "sudo apt-get install" in front of that, right?

teookie said:
You are typing "sudo apt-get install" in front of that, right?
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Yea, and it says it can't find some of the packages. I mean i don't think I am that bad at linux, but this is just annoying that there is stuff not working.

thrasherht said:
So I feel like a tard. I am trying to setup my copy of ubuntu so I can hopefully learn some devving skills. But when i try and install this stuff I get errors.
git-core gnupg flex bison gperf libsdl1.2-dev libesd0-dev libwxgtk2.6-dev squashfs-tools build-essential zip curl libncurses5-dev zlib1g-dev sun-java6-jdk pngcrush schedtool
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It's probably java causing the problem. Oracle changed the license and ubuntu can't distribute it anymore. There might be a ppa, but if not you will need to get it from oracle.

ttabbal said:
It's probably java causing the problem. Oracle changed the license and ubuntu can't distribute it anymore. There might be a ppa, but if not you will need to get it from oracle.
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So how am I suppose to get java jdk installed? I am at a loss. I downloaded the tar, but I didn't understand what they wanted me to do from the instructions on the oracle website.

Code:
$ sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner"
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk
I set mine up with this guide:
http://source.android.com/source/initializing.html

teookie said:
Code:
$ sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner"
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk
I set mine up with this guide:
http://source.android.com/source/initializing.html
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thanks man.

Icetech3 said:
Just curious.. since we all use the same exact hardware why not just 1 person build it and post the rom? Or is there something special that needs to be done?
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This is Android Development, I'm assuming it's intended as a 'how to get started' guide for aspiring Android Devs.

Icetech3 said:
Just curious.. since we all use the same exact hardware why not just 1 person build it and post the rom? Or is there something special that needs to be done?
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It doesn't "need" to be done but some of us like doing it ourselves IF possible. Honestly your statement comes off as "I'm lazy" but I'm sure you just don't have time. Besides the more people you teach the stronger the development will become. You want more ROMs don't you?
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I found the information on the following page very useful if your running Ubuntu 11.10 like I am.
http://mjanja.co.ke/2011/11/building-android-4-0-on-ubuntu-11-10/
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I'm hoping to modify the source so no matter what device I compile for they will all have the same look. That will be sweet.
Thanks OP I love posts like this and hope you can add more useful information in the future. I used to do these "how to"s on the HTC Touch Pro before I actually started modding entire ROMs.

[DEV][TUT] Building Wildfire S Kernel with OC patches

Tutorial: Compiling Wildfire S Kernel in Windows 7 – Ubuntu 11.10 32-bit
1. Download and install VirtualBox then install Ubuntu 11.10 32bit, after install go to settings shared folder mount your C: drive so you can copy paste from Ubuntu to Windows. Make Android folder in your Ubuntu home extract attached ndk-android in that folder. In terminal copy and paste this commands without quotes.
"sudo apt-get install git-core gnupg flex bison gperf libsdl-dev libesd0-dev libwxgtk2.6-dev build-essential zip curl libncurses5-dev zlib1g-dev valgrind"
Install Android Sdk Platform Tools search google how to do this. Install it in your android folder.
And in terminal type "sudo gedit .bashrc" without quotes and add following lines below then save.
# Android tools
export PATH=${PATH}:~/android/android-sdk-linux/tools
export PATH=${PATH}:~/android/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools
export PATH=${PATH}:~/android/ndk-android/toolchains/arm-eabi-4.4.0/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin
Exit terminal then re run terminal.
2. Download Wildfire S kernel source from htcdev.com and extract to the android folder. In windows if you already installed ADB or in your adb folder open cmd prompt then connect your phone. Then copy paste this command “adb pull /proc/config.gz “ without the quotes. Then you will find config.gz in the adb folder put it to c:\ then copy it to ubuntu. Copy it to kernel folder. In terminal Cd to your kernel folder then copy paste this command “gunzip config.gz” after that “mv config .config”.
3. In terminal lets edit the kernel shall we, cd to your WS kernel, type this command “make menuconfig” then just put * if you want it built in kernel then M if you like module. After making changes exit and save. If you want OC copy and replace files in kernel folder with the OC files attached, use find to search the location of files, some files Kconfig and Makefile open kernel same file compare if same then change cause I forgot what folder it should be located, but If I remeber coreectly it is in the same folder of the other files.
4.To build kernel copy paste this command to terminal “make j2 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-eabi-” without quotes. Change j2 for 2 cores if you have 4 cores cpu change to j4. Wait for it to finish. When it's finished it will have the zimage and the module with last extension of .ko. Copy them to the attached archive anykernel updater .using winrar or ubuntu zip manager.
5. Copy to your phone sdcard then flash to Recovery.
Some files...........................
OC Source code Download
Android NDK Download
Any Kernel Updater Download
Credits and sources from Alquez,drowningchild,CM7, and to Jerry Hildenbrand

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well.. I'm gonna try this again
I tried this one weekend... Failed miserably.. but I'm still back on the 10.04 64 bit lucid linux build environment; with no windows; so, no real need for virtual box. Anyway, I'm pretty sure it's just me and not the environment; although, I do remember toolchain woes. Perhaps I'll set it up like this on another box. Should I figure it out, I'll share any changes in notes for that particular build environ.
Thanks for the guide.
Rob

The toolchain inside of the CM7 source is the one I use. Seems to work the best

I might give this a shot when I have 20 minutes.
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I'm currently building a kernel, not like this though.
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could you do
one of these but for Ubuntu 12.04 only without virtual box
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So I've tried this method a few times now using both the Ubuntu 11.10 mentioned in the OP and the current 12.04 versions and have yet to be successful.
I get all the way to the point of "make"-ing the kernel and then it just seems to stop at different places there.
On my most recent attempt the terminal window has displayed:
LD ipc/built-in.o
as the most recent (or current, not sure which) point for almost 1.5 hours now. Another attempt it was stuck on "page.o" for a while, I left it for 4 hours on that and another attempt and when I came back it was @ the ubuntu login screen.
No output files were ever made. I'm not sure where it's going wrong.
Even though it stays at that same "built-in.o" my HDD still sounds like it's working and the case light and the activity light in Vbox window are going.
Any help with this or suggestions on an alternative method would be appreciated.

kernel compiles in 5 mins only, you must have done something wrong.

-Duir- said:
So I've tried this method a few times now using both the Ubuntu 11.10 mentioned in the OP and the current 12.04 versions and have yet to be successful.
I get all the way to the point of "make"-ing the kernel and then it just seems to stop at different places there.
On my most recent attempt the terminal window has displayed:
LD ipc/built-in.o
as the most recent (or current, not sure which) point for almost 1.5 hours now. Another attempt it was stuck on "page.o" for a while, I left it for 4 hours on that and another attempt and when I came back it was @ the ubuntu login screen.
No output files were ever made. I'm not sure where it's going wrong.
Even though it stays at that same "built-in.o" my HDD still sounds like it's working and the case light and the activity light in Vbox window are going.
Any help with this or suggestions on an alternative method would be appreciated.
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I believe you and I are on similar page.. my guess is [with my dilemna] I must not have my toolchain [environment] path correct. You like to meet-up on irc later this weekend?
Rob
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insink71 said:
I believe you and I are on similar page.. my guess is [with my dilemna] I must not have my toolchain [environment] path correct. You like to meet-up on irc later this weekend?
Rob
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You're not wrong about the toolchain. The guide only shows 1 path made to the ndk-android folder, but I had to add a few others and set permissions for those folders because I kept getting messages about certain files not being found or access denied. Once I fixed all of that, it got me to the problem I have now.
I would be more than happy to chat and try to figure this out, unfortunately, I work this weekend so won't have time then. Tuesday would probably be earliest.
einstein.frat said:
kernel compiles in 5 mins only, you must have done something wrong.
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Yeah, no doubt. That must be why I posted here.

Well, tried again now I get this:
Code:
CHK include/linux/version.h
CHK include/generated/utsrelease.h
CC scripts/mod/empty.o
as: unrecognized option '-EL'
make[2]: *** [scripts/mod/empty.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [scripts/mod] Error 2
make: *** [scripts] Error 2
Funny thing is I typed "man as" and under "Target ARM Options" it shows -EL as a valid option (specifically, "[ -EB|-EL]".

what is the use of it?

-Duir- said:
Well, tried again now I get this:
Code:
CHK include/linux/version.h
CHK include/generated/utsrelease.h
CC scripts/mod/empty.o
as: unrecognized option '-EL'
make[2]: *** [scripts/mod/empty.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [scripts/mod] Error 2
make: *** [scripts] Error 2
Funny thing is I typed "man as" and under "Target ARM Options" it shows -EL as a valid option (specifically, "[ -EB|-EL]".
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compile a clean kernel source without modifications, if it compiles you have all requirements to build kernel. Otherwise your missing something.

einstein.frat can u upload the file again,please and tks in advance

I've followed every step and now I get:
make: execvp: arm-eabi-gcc: Permission denied
make: *** No rule to make target `j2'. Stop.
why is that?
Edit1: ok solved it.
First line needed to fix permissions.
Second line the “make j2 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-eabi-” command needs a " - " in front of j2 meaning “make -j2 ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-eabi-”.

m1ndh4x8r said:
Tutorial: Compiling Wildfire S Kernel in Windows 7 – Ubuntu 11.10 32-bit
Some files...........................
OC Source code Download
Android NDK Download
Any Kernel Updater Download
Credits and sources from Alquez,drowningchild,CM7, and to Jerry Hildenbrand
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Recheck the links on mediafire. doesnt works.. can you reupload it ? i started to learn about kernels so i look forward to learn it from u try if you can plz .. thanks

The op has been baned long time ago.
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[DEV][GUIDE] Compile CM10 from source for i927

Ok, I've had alot of questions about how to compile CM10 from source and see alot of people doing it all different ways.
This tutorial will allow you to sync, compile, and build CM10 from source for the Captivate Glide i927.
This method is easy and User friendly and tested on Ubuntu 10.04, 12.04, and Linux Mint 13. Now I use a 100% Linux system(no windows), but unless you want to reformat your PC to ext4 and reformat it to run Linux, I advise using VirtualBox.
You can download VirtualBox here: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
You can download Ubuntu here: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop
(Download 12.04 not 12.10)
Getting started
After you setup your virtual machine open up a terminal and run as root.
To do this type in terminal:
Code:
sudo bash
Now it will ask you for your password(the one you used to set up ubuntu) You wont see it doing anything as you type it, but its taking it. Then after you enter your password hit enter. Now your a root user.
Now we need to open our home folder as root also. Why? Because in linux you cannot make changes, move files, delete or edit files in your home folder unless you are root. Trust me, I've been a linux user for years.
To Open your home folder as root type in terminal:
Code:
nautilus
Ok, now open a second terminal to do our real work in...
Install Java
Ok, this will permanently install java into your machine. After you open a second terminal, run it as root also as stated above.
Then type:
Code:
wget https://github.com/flexiondotorg/oab-java6/raw/0.2.6/oab-java.sh -O oab-java.sh
Hit enter and watch the magic.
Next:
Code:
chmod +x oab-java.sh
sudo ./oab-java.sh
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk
This may take a while. When finished we are now ready to install our required packages to build android.
Type in terminal:
Code:
sudo apt-get install git-core gnupg flex bison gperf build-essential \
zip curl libc6-dev libncurses5-dev:i386 x11proto-core-dev \
libx11-dev:i386 libreadline6-dev:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 \
libgl1-mesa-dev g++-multilib mingw32 openjdk-6-jdk tofrodos \
python-markdown libxml2-utils pngcrush schedtool xsltproc zlib1g-dev:i386
This will work for 10.04 alone, no other packages needed.
But, If your running 12.04(which you should) add this after the above packages install
Code:
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so
This will also take a while, so just be patient!
Installing The repository
Now we need to install the repo command script that will initialize the repo.
Type in terminal:
Code:
mkdir -p ~/bin
mkdir CM10
curl https://dl-ssl.google.com/dl/googlesource/git-repo/repo > ~/bin/repo
chmod a+x ~/bin/repo
Add repo to your path
Code:
vi ~/.bashrc
This will open the bashrc file. Scroll all the way to the bottom and enter this:
Code:
export PATH=$PATH:~/bin
Initialize the repo and sync repo
Code:
cd CM10
repo init -u git://github.com/CyanogenMod/android.git -b jellybean
repo sync
This will take a long time depending on your internet speed.
When finifshed we now need to clone the device trees.
go into your CM10 directory and cd into device. then in terminal type:
Code:
git clone git://github.com/The-Covenant/android_device_samsung_i927.git samsung/i927
Ok, you see this at the end of our clone command? (samsung/i927)
This will automatically make the proper folders exactly where they need to go. No need for moving or renaming.
Next clone the kernel source. Cd back into your CM10 directory and type in terminal:
Code:
git clone git://github.com/The-Covenant/android_kernel_samsung_i927.git kernel/samsung/i927
This clone may take a while, the kernel source is pretty large.
Now we need to clone the proprietary files for the device.Type in terminal:
Code:
git clone git://github.com/The-Covenant/proprietary_vendor_samsung.git vendor/samsung
Now lets Build!
Cd back into your CM10 source, if your not already, and type:
Code:
vendor/cm/get-prebuilts
this will download the prebuilt Term.apk and library
then the build command:
Code:
. build/envsetup.sh && brunch i927
This should build from start to finish and make a flashable zip in out/target/product/i927
This tutorial is for CM10, not CM10.1.
CM10.1 is a different beast and I havent pushed the CM10.1 device tree up yet, but as soon as I do, I will update this tutorial for building 4.2.1.
Enjoy!
Andoid SDK
The android SDK is not necessary to build android, but having adb is.
You can download it here and follow intstall instructions.
Code:
[URL]http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html[/URL]

To use ccache to build
Using ccache will drastically cut down your build times by building up the ccache, info and using it to build. Now, your first build after setting up ccache will be normal time, 3 to 6 hours depending on your processor, all builds after should be over half that, mine takes bout 45 min to an hour.
Now, after you sync everything in, cd back into your home directory and type in terminal:
Code:
sudo apt-get install ccache
Then and the top of your home directory click view, then show hidden files. Now in your home directory scroll down and find the .bashrc file and open it up with gedit. At the very bottom enter this code to use ccache:
Code:
export USE_CCACHE=1
Now to set our ccache limit in our cm10 source.
Cd into your cm10 directory and type this in terminal:
Code:
prebuilts/misc/linux-x86/ccache/ccache -M 20G
That's it, your set up to use ccache! Enjoy!

downloading Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit edition now (30 more minutes to go). I'll try this out today. Thanks for the detailed guide.

..L.I.K.E...A...B.O.S.S..
Good Job D! This should answer everyone's questions!
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Thanks! Nice to know that I'm on the right path!
By the by, there's an even easier way to install Java (Ubuntu only):
Code:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get install oracle-java6-installer
The scripts in the PPA do all the work for you, you just say "yes" to adding the PPA and "yes" to the EULA and it does everything else automatically.
-E- So wait, we DON'T have to run extract-files.sh? Where do the proprietaries come from then? I sure know this phone has a lot of them; between secril and the SoC practically everything has a blob in the pipeline!

roothorick said:
Thanks! Nice to know that I'm on the right path!
By the by, there's an even easier way to install Java (Ubuntu only):
Code:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get install oracle-java6-installer
The scripts in the PPA do all the work for you, you just say "yes" to adding the PPA and "yes" to the EULA and it does everything else automatically.
-E- So wait, we DON'T have to run extract-files.sh? Where do the proprietaries come from then? I sure know this phone has a lot of them; between secril and the SoC practically everything has a blob in the pipeline!
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But it only installs java.. this one builds it into the os. Then installs it... Easy is not necessarily better. My java commands here litteraly build java from source, that way its part of everything the os does, its no longer a system tool application.
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roothorick said:
Thanks! Nice to know that I'm on the right path!
By the by, there's an even easier way to install Java (Ubuntu only):
Code:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get install oracle-java6-installer
The scripts in the PPA do all the work for you, you just say "yes" to adding the PPA and "yes" to the EULA and it does everything else automatically.
-E- So wait, we DON'T have to run extract-files.sh? Where do the proprietaries come from then? I sure know this phone has a lot of them; between secril and the SoC practically everything has a blob in the pipeline!
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Read??? What part of clone the proprietary files are you not understanding??? This is a foolproof tutorial... No, you don't have to do extract-files.sh, I've already done that for you. Just have to clone it in.
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Everyone.. just follow this tutorial to the t and you'll have your own cm 10 build. I have been doing this a long time on Linux, and this way I use every time I set up a new system and its been flawless.. Im not saying that if you know another way to install java not to do it, im just saying ive tried them all and this way is the most stable and solid...enjoy.
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Thanks, Dman! I have been wanting to do this for so long!
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scottbot95 said:
Thanks, Dman! I have been wanting to do this for so long!
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Nice.. if y'all get any errors on any of the commands let me know and ill walk you thru fixing them. Although, you shouldn't. But you never know..
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After getting everything setup and synced from the tutorial, refer to second post for setting up ccache
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Will you still be posting updates on your cm10 rom? Or will we have to compile the rom from the tool?
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Laugher19 said:
Will you still be posting updates on your cm10 rom? Or will we have to compile the rom from the tool?
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I will be updating. This is for those who want to help with development. As I dev for 5 devices and my time is limited..
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So running "nautilus" will give you an error like the one in attached printscreen. So from what i found out that you either install samba or just let it be as it doesn't matter. But i installed samba as in may come handy for sharing and transferring file . Moving on now..

Had to Run
Code:
apt-get -f install
cause of the error encountered in the given screenshot and it resolved the issue.

ninthsense said:
So running "nautilus" will give you an error like the one in attached printscreen. So from what i found out that you either install samba or just let it be as it doesn't matter. But i installed samba as in may come handy for sharing and transferring file . Moving on now..
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You have to install nautilus. Will give no errors
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ninthsense said:
Had to Run
Code:
apt-get -f install
cause of the error encountered in the given screenshot and it resolved the issue.
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Then your not running as root if you use apt-get install.. this is not recommended..
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Try running gksu nautilus
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dman3285 said:
Then your not running as root if you use apt-get install.. this is not recommended..
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I'm running root , as visible in the screenshot. Anyway synching repo now and have to wait.

Nautilus or gksu nautilus will gain root access to your home folder
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[Q] Building CM9, help!

hello xda-developers
I am having problems building from source, I've been trying to get his to work for over a week or so with the help from the lovely people here:
https://github.com/EpicCM/d710tools/issues/10
I think this forum is probably a better place, I will organize my thoughts better on this forum for all to read!
i've tried to install this on different systems, a 12.04 ubuntu, 12.04 and a clean 10.04 vm. in my next post i show all logs for the 10.04 attempt. the build results are also for 10.04
WHAT'S WRONG:
The problem is (depending on the guide i follow) cm9 either does not build (complains about libump.so not existing, despite having the proprietary repo in my localmanifest), or when i install the .zip, my phone goes into an eternal black screen after the "samsung galaxy s2" screen
There are two different basic setups i've been doing (i've tried these two setups in ubuntu 12.04,12.10,10.04LTS)
And i cannot figure out why the [email protected]#$ing [email protected]#$ why!!!!!!!! /rant
(log)Build instructions 1:
this is the build instructions that lead to a build error, these instructions were taken from here:
https://github.com/EpicCM/d710tools/wiki
commands: http://pastebin.com/WbXgKmZp
results:http://pastebin.com/Lq5iLt8L
Note: between each build i do make clobber and make installclean.
(log)Build instructions 2 (after i do make clobber and make install clean, repo sync, and the vendor and d710 tools again):
taken from the readme here
https://github.com/EpicCM/d710tools
commands: . build/envsetup.sh && brunch cm_d710-userdebug
built results:http://pastebin.com/8FWtqkRf
and if you feel the need to download the file, here is a direct download link
buildresults.txt : pastebin.com/download.php?i=8FWtqkRf
NOTE: you'll notice i had to sudo apt-get install schedtool. Also, i've done this from scratch before so i know if i dont at the end up the build it tells me to get pngcrush, so i do that too
WHAT I KNOW:
I've done my homework on the error for the build instructions 1:
-I know libUmp.so is a proprietary file, and the file does no exist in that directory, however it exists in another directory.
-Looking at the proprietary, that is where it should be, is there a script to move these directories? it's not a simple one line cp.
WHAT I DONT KNOW:
-builds but black screens? wtf?
-even if i managed to make something to do the cp to the appropriate directories, I dont even know if i'll end up with the same problem
-perhaps there is more not stated in the tutorial? if so I cannot find it
help? i've lost some hair over this, i hope you all can help buy me time to grow it back
i'll try anything.... i'll start over from an 11.10 if somebody even hints it might work...
what i want from this post
--well of course i would love a solution
--but really what i need is help to debug this, i have no idea where to start, i've done all i believe google and my brain can handle

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more debug information, non build logs. These are the instructions as i followed
LOGS:
With the goal of being very thoughrough, i will start from a clean ubuntu 10.04 VM (network is using bridged), and I will post the result of each command to setup the environment for building.
If i saw an error with these i would google, but i dont see a problem, so i'm here.
Here we go (using this guide to setup env for 10.04 https://github.com/EpicCM/d710tools/wiki)
NOTE: for this step i had to change 0.2.4 to 0.2.6 because 0.2.4 was not building, 0.2.6 appears to work with no problem.
Setup local java repo and java commands: http://pastebin.com/RGhD1Shb
Results: http://pastebin.com/iEnNzSh3
(log)Installing required packages (Ubuntu 10.04)
commands: http://pastebin.com/eCZXkNvV
results: http://pastebin.com/vwzxfVsq
(log)Iidk what this is but guide said to do it for ubuntu 10.04:
command: sudo ln -s /usr/lib32/mesa/libGL.so.1 /usr/lib32/mesa/libGL.so
result: [sudo] password for tryagain: [email protected]:~$
(log)IMKDIRS, DOWNLOAD REPO, INIT REPO:
commands:http://pastebin.com/58aunVxB
results:http://pastebin.com/kKq9vyf5
(log)IThen i LOCAL MANFIFEST saved as local_manifest.xml inside ~/android/system/.repo/local_manifest.xml, here's what my localmanifest looks like:
http://pastebin.com/SCPAV8Ne
(log)IREPO SYNC THE FILES:
you may notice in the script file i had to repo sync -j1 more than once, because sometimes it would fail... in the end had no errors
commands : repo sync -j1
results: http://pastebin.com/a5Pa3sbL
results2: http://pastebin.com/VGPcPrE6
(the reason why there are two results is that i apparently forgot to save the local_manifest.xml the first time, results2 shows with the syncing of the files i have in my local manifest)
(log)IPREBUILTS, APPLY.SH:
commands: http://pastebin.com/VVx84ujN
results: http://pastebin.com/w9Wij28c
NOTE: i had to gedit the vendor to get the term.apk since
https://github.com/downloads/jackpal/Android-Terminal-Emulator/Term.apk isnt working
i replaced https://github.com/downloads/jackpal/Android-Terminal-Emulator/Term.apk with http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11103217/Term.apk to get things going.

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I've tried different jdks different tutorials and refine this from scratch on 3 different Linux versions
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Nigel here, try running running: adb lolcat ; while you're on the blackscreen so we can get some insight into what's wrong with the rom.

so adb logcat doesnt work, it doesnt recognize my device as connected to my computer on the black screen.
The computer says it's an unknown device, or the device errored.
but that didnt stop me from trying anyway, i went into recovery to try and find what i wanted. As adb works in recovery for some reason.
when i execute it in recovery i get this
C:\Users\dfreelan\Downloads>adb logcat
/sbin/sh: exec: line 1: logcat: not found
so I went into adb shell while in recovery and executed /system/bin/logcat and got this
http://pastebin.com/8hnAa3iK
I went into /dev/log and executed "cat main" and tried to cat all the other things there, but i didnt get more information than what you see there.
Here is the recovery.log from installing the .zip, in case that is good for some debugging:
http://pastebin.com/gVC1TYyy

dfreelan said:
so adb logcat doesnt work, it doesnt recognize my device as connected to my computer on the black screen.
The computer says it's an unknown device, or the device errored.
but that didnt stop me from trying anyway, i went into recovery to try and find what i wanted. As adb works in recovery for some reason.
when i execute it in recovery i get this
C:\Users\dfreelan\Downloads>adb logcat
/sbin/sh: exec: line 1: logcat: not found
so I went into adb shell while in recovery and executed /system/bin/logcat and got this
http://pastebin.com/8hnAa3iK
I went into /dev/log and executed "cat main" and tried to cat all the other things there, but i didnt get more information than what you see there.
Here is the recovery.log from installing the .zip, in case that is good for some debugging:
http://pastebin.com/gVC1TYyy
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adb logcat doesnt work in recovery.
While in recovery, adb shell and pull a last_kmsg, also try editing your local_manifest to build with the ics device tree not the smdk tree and see if that helps.
ie: "<project name="EpicCM/android_device_samsung_d710" path="device/samsung/d710" remote="github" revision="smdk" />" change that to "ics", i think smdk had some issues with cm9.
also if you want, hit up #jb-dev-e4gt on freenode, you may get some help there, our main dev chris41g is MIA so the progress on this device is at a stand-still. Though i do see sbrissen and PhantomPhreak53 are working on cm10.1

hrubak said:
adb logcat doesnt work in recovery.
While in recovery, adb shell and pull a last_kmsg, also try editing your local_manifest to build with the ics device tree not the smdk tree and see if that helps.
ie: "<project name="EpicCM/android_device_samsung_d710" path="device/samsung/d710" remote="github" revision="smdk" />" change that to "ics", i think smdk had some issues with cm9.
also if you want, hit up #jb-dev-e4gt on freenode, you may get some help there, our main dev chris41g is MIA so the progress on this device is at a stand-still. Though i do see sbrissen and PhantomPhreak53 are working on cm10.1
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well apparently it never writes to /proc/last_kmsg
I figured for kicks and giggles i'd show you kmsg i got freshly booting into recovery, but my guess is that it's no good.
http://pastebin.com/jJC6ZJsZ
here's the brunch std err, they error out as there is no target for d710 (maybe i should use the old kernel? new one is smdk)
http://pastebin.com/jP0mTkZS
brunch stdout
http://pastebin.com/X571EkmR
here's what happens when i use make -j4, you'll notice it still errors out on libUMP.so
http://pastebin.com/eXEcTRPK
here's the new local_manifest.xml, you know to make sure i didnt [email protected]#$ up
http://pastebin.com/zXLCWDAP

when i use the _old kernel (android_kernel_samsung_epic4gtouch_old) i get this build error:
http://pastebin.com/09hDh8Nh
when i use the control kernel (android_kernel_samsung_epic4gtouch) It compiles!!!!!
however, still does the same infinite black screen (and i was so optimistic too)
here's my new local_manifest.xml
http://pastebin.com/FgARtF77
and of course, there is still no last_kmsg :-/

You might take a look at this:
http://aosp.chris41g.org/chris41g_o...How-To-Compile-CyanogenMod-9-from-Source.aspx
I followed this guide, generally, with changes to compile CM10 and got it to work. I did it on ubuntu 12.04. I did have to make some changes for 12.04. I didn't/don't know what I am doing, but got it to compile and flash and work.

todivefor said:
You might take a look at this:
http://aosp.chris41g.org/chris41g_o...How-To-Compile-CyanogenMod-9-from-Source.aspx
I followed this guide, generally, with changes to compile CM10 and got it to work. I did it on ubuntu 12.04. I did have to make some changes for 12.04. I didn't/don't know what I am doing, but got it to compile and flash and work.
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i was actually doing exactly that to try and get cm9 to work my very first time. i talked to hrubak on the irc channel. He looked at the ICS kernel and noticed chris41g changed some stuff and ssuspected that that's why CM9 wasnt working for me.
He suggested i just do CM10.
i'll post with my success or failure
Thanks for the reply!

ROM [UNOFFICIAL] won't boot after compiling SimKat

I've been wanting to try an compile Android for myself to see how it's done, even though Slimroms officially supports my device..
Only problem for now though, is I've successfully compiled the ROM and everything but after I flash it, it won't boot.
I get stuck at the Slimkat splash screen. The boot animation doesn't start. Adb can recognize the device being connected. I haven't tried any adb commands other than adb devices. The LED doesn't come on like it's supposed to while booting. While the phone is connected to a computer, you can't look at the files on it while it's in this state.
(my device actually is a d2can but, it's pretty much the same as a d2att)
The ROM is supposed to work for all of the lte variants of the siii
Here are the commands I have used to compile it after installing java, bison and some other stuff... Ubuntu 14 LTS
mkdir ~/slimkat/
mkdir ~/slimkat/androidsys/
mkdir ~/slimkat/bin/
cd ~/slimkat/androidsys/
repo init -u git://github.com/SlimRoms/platform_manifest.git -b kk4.4-caf
repo sync
. build/envsetup.sh
lunch slim_d2lte-userdebug (I also tried brunch d2lte userdebug)
make -j2 bacon
Update: I fixed it. Just needed to add some files from theloonybin
https:// github.com/TheLoonyBin/proprietary_vendor_samsung

Arunscape said:
Update: I fixed it. Just needed to add some files from theloonybin
https:// github.com/TheLoonyBin/proprietary_vendor_samsung
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can you be more clear how you add TheloonyBin ???
is there a command line for terminal or i just copy paste from the link ?
i have left msg in slim forums as well but for different problem.

S03iT said:
can you be more clear how you add TheloonyBin ???
is there a command line for terminal or i just copy paste from the link ?
i have left msg in slim forums as well but for different problem.
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Git clone (put the url pf theloonybin)
Then it will dowload the files in a folder called.proprietary_vendor_manufacturer
Copy the folder.of your device into ~/source/vendor/manufacturer