new developer, help please. - Galaxy S 5 Developer Discussion [Developers Only]

Thank you for your time.
First of all I have been rooting and unlocking many android devices and variants for years now. I have had some amazing success at it as I am pretty good at reading and following directions. I have decompiled and made some small mods to different roms, edited build.prop files. I am well versed in adb and fastboot commands as well as using odin and heimdall. i know how to record and read logcats.
That said I have a bootloader unlocked dev edition vzw s5, and would like to try my hand at fully porting a rom. Specifically from a GSM s5 to Verizon CDMA. Once I get it functional on MY device i would then like to mod it to be safestrap flashable for those that dont have dev edition verizon s5's. I should also mention i have the dev's blessing to do this and if i share it i will make sure first and foremost to give the original dev credit.
The problem is all the guides i find, even on here, seem to be outdated and dont quite work all the way. So if someone could point me to a good CURRENT (android 5.0 and up) guide for this or maybe guide me a little through the process, I would be eternally gratefull and would include whoever helps (and there donation links) in the credits if i share the finished rom.
Again thank you in advance for your time and consideration, if it weren't for the community here at xda the entire android world would be a much more different and boring place.

I am looking to bring the maverick s6 v4.5 to the Verizon s5. It is already available for every other variant

kxhan15 said:
I am looking to bring the maverick s6 v4.5 to the Verizon s5. It is already available for every other variant
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It should work, and fix radio is a thing of 5 minutes

BlackMesa123 said:
It should work, and fix radio is a thing of 5 minutes
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Already done but thank you. Mods please mark as solved.

kxhan15 said:
Already done but thank you. Mods please mark as solved.
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Hi there, i was wondering, a re e you gonna release that rom if you got it working? And could you share your process on converting the radio stuff? Ive been looking into doing the same with my sprint galaxy s5 (uses same technology to connect to the cell towers) but have been in the same situation as you. Thanks.

chippinganimal said:
Hi there, i was wondering, a re e you gonna release that rom if you got it working? And could you share your process on converting the radio stuff? Ive been looking into doing the same with my sprint galaxy s5 (uses same technology to connect to the cell towers) but have been in the same situation as you. Thanks.
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Are familiar with decompiling and rebuilding apks, modding the build.prop, framework-res and rebuilding roms?

kxhan15 said:
Are familiar with decompiling and rebuilding apks, modding the build.prop, framework-res and rebuilding roms?
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Yes to everything ecxpet for the building apks part lol. Yeah feel free to write out a how to guide on doing it, because there are probably people out there who would love that, including me! And i think there might also be someone who will create a script thatll do it automatically, Depending on what the process is.

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[Request] Apk to change Carrier name

I have recently upgraded my phone from a Droid Incredible to the Galaxy Nexus. While on the Incredible Conap created a cool app called "Change Carrier Name" V1.3 that automated the process of changing the carrier name. Thread can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=960111
Would it be possible to do the same for the Galaxy Nexus? If the process could be automated it would sure beat editing the framework by hand.
Use Aokp it has what you're looking for.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
Was hoping this could be accomplished without replacing the stock ROM with a custom one. Something like unlock and root stock ROM, install APK, run, rename, reboot and PRESTO new custom carrier name.
Smabbage said:
Was hoping this could be accomplished without replacing the stock ROM with a custom one. Something like unlock and root stock ROM, install APK, run, rename, reboot and PRESTO new custom carrier name.
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Changing carrier name on a odexed ROM is kind of difficult and very limited.
Even the thread you link says,
Currently only for AOSP roms such as cyanogenmod roms.
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You can try......
Originally Posted by ghstrdr1985
Any way to make this work in a stock sense rom (rooted)? Loved to get rid of Verizon Wireless.
Yea but you need to either hex edit or decompile and edit with a xml editor. Just follow the instructions in the thread I linked to.
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But if you do that, it'll probably alter your OTA ability in the future and will cause problems.
quick question, and pardon my ignorance, would changing the carrier name make it where techincally I could use the towers from other carriers and get a better signal in certain locations? Im not an amatuer when it comes to rooting and other forms of development but I've never thought about even looking into doing that? how well did it work when you did it on your incredible? Thanks in advance.
sckingg said:
quick question, and pardon my ignorance, would changing the carrier name make it where techincally I could use the towers from other carriers and get a better signal in certain locations? Im not an amatuer when it comes to rooting and other forms of development but I've never thought about even looking into doing that? how well did it work when you did it on your incredible? Thanks in advance.
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No. You'd be on the same network and same towers.
You're also on Verizon. So there is no way you're going to be able to use AT&T or T-Mobile's towers. Even if it was possible, it'd be illegal.
oh ok thanks for the clarification.
sckingg said:
oh ok thanks for the clarification.
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You're welcome. Click on the thanks button next time though
Changing carrier name on a odexed ROM is kind of difficult and very limited.
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Ok. Don't know if ya don't ask as they say. Thanks for the info.
Might mess with the AOKP ROM when I get tired of this one. I'm no stranger to CW Recovery coming from the Incredible and CM7. Thanks again.
Smabbage said:
Ok. Don't know if ya don't ask as they say. Thanks for the info.
Might mess with the AOKP ROM when I get tired of this one. I'm no stranger to CW Recovery coming from the Incredible and CM7. Thanks again.
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Gummies Rom has carrier text change capabilities
Sent from my 4g GUMMY Nexus
zephiK: Took your advice and installed AOKP ROM. Don't foresee going back to stock any time soon. Love AOKP in conjunction with Franco's Kernel. Carrier name change was a breeze. Loving the other features of this ROM as well. I would recommend it to anyone with a Galaxy Nexus.
i have the same question
in miui the carrier.apk will show the carrier in the upper left in statusbar
will that work with aosp crom on the nexus aswell?
i know i can change it in aokp, but its not shown in the statusbar..

Porting Roms

With the SII, there were Threads on how to port Roms from the international to US version. I tried a few and was successful and I'm really not a programmer but willing to learn. Since there appears to be similarity between the Note 8 and 10.1 could a "how to" be developed to do this? Maybe its too hard and too involved, but thought I'd ask.
rfb813 said:
With the SII, there were Threads on how to port Roms from the international to US version. I tried a few and was successful and I'm really not a programmer but willing to learn. Since there appears to be similarity between the Note 8 and 10.1 could a "how to" be developed to do this? Maybe its too hard and too involved, but thought I'd ask.
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I cant say this will work for sure, as i dont have the device I cant say. But considering the similarities between devices, this is what you should do:
1. replace usr / vendor / bin / xbin from 8.0 to 10.1 rom
2. replace boot.img
3. logcat alot.
emwno said:
I cant say this will work for sure, as i dont have the device I cant say. But considering the similarities between devices, this is what you should do:
1. replace usr / vendor / bin / xbin from 8.0 to 10.1 rom
2. replace boot.img
3. logcat alot.
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Tried a 10.1 Rom but when I tried to replace the files It wouldn't let me. Got an error code.
Unpack both to seperate folders, replace the stuff, repack as zip. goto CWM and mount system just in case and flash
emwno said:
Unpack both to seperate folders, replace the stuff, repack as zip. goto CWM and mount system just in case and flash
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I ended up doing that. flashed it. Got though the Aroma and booted. Got the boot sound but the screen was black. I didn't do anything to the build prop, would that have a problem? I didn't mount system.
Thanks 9LC2099589165590C
rfb813 said:
I ended up doing that. flashed it. Got though the Aroma and booted. Got the boot sound but the screen was black. I didn't do anything to the build prop, would that have a problem? I didn't mount system.
Thanks 9LC2099589165590C
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Thankyou for that! im one step closer to getting the note 8.0. Anyways do
Code:
adb logcat > logcat.txt
and send me the output file. From there we can figure out what went wrong.
emwno said:
Thankyou for that! im one step closer to getting the note 8.0. Anyways do
Code:
adb logcat > logcat.txt
and send me the output file. From there we can figure out what went wrong.
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Sorry not familiar with adb and getting logcat. In reviewing the setup from Aroma I noticed it flashed the 10.1 8010 wifi only kernel. Maybe I have to flash the kernel for the 5110. How do I get the kernel for the 5110?
http://pastelink.me/dl/f69bca here you go. replace boot.img in aroma folders with this.
or package to tar and flash with odin
emwno said:
http://pastelink.me/dl/f69bca here you go. replace boot.img in aroma folders with this.
or package to tar and flash with odin
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I had previously replaced the boot image in all the options. I replaced them again and flashed. Same situation, get boot sound but black screen. I have been using this one ROM maybe I'll give another one a try. But will stop for today. Thanks for your help.
Tried another ROM this morning. Started booting but black screen. Been trying to port Note 10.1 Roms. Checking the specs the Note 8.0 looks more like a large Note II. Any Ideas about porting from the Note II to the Note 8.0?
rfb813 said:
Tried another ROM this morning. Started booting but black screen. Been trying to port Note 10.1 Roms. Checking the specs the Note 8.0 looks more like a large Note II. Any Ideas about porting from the Note II to the Note 8.0?
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I cant say anything till I have the device in hand. 53/400 received . But logcatting is the way to go.
emwno said:
I cant say anything till I have the device in hand. 53/400 received . But logcatting is the way to go.
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A little more to get you going: 7SV917532E125122K
Its great that we are working to get developers interested in the Note8.0. There are already many custom Roms out for the 10.1 and the Note II.
With the similar Hardware on both these devices I would hope we could find a way of porting some of these Roms to the Note 8.0. This would open up the options to Note 8.0 users dramatically. I have attempted to port but I don't have the skills needed. Can anybody with more knowledge be it the original developer or a more experienced person get behind this effort?
rfb813 said:
A little more to get you going: 7SV917532E125122K
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Thanks alot for that!
rfb813 said:
Its great that we are working to get developers interested in the Note8.0. There are already many custom Roms out for the 10.1 and the Note II.
With the similar Hardware on both these devices I would hope we could find a way of porting some of these Roms to the Note 8.0. This would open up the options to Note 8.0 users dramatically. I have attempted to port but I don't have the skills needed. Can anybody with more knowledge be it the original developer or a more experienced person get behind this effort?
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Yeah stock ROMs can be ported easily (after i find all proprietary files for this device). The first one i'll be porting is this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2216311 or the note 10.1 stock ROM
emwno said:
Thanks alot for that!
Yeah stock ROMs can be ported easily (after i find all proprietary files for this device). The first one i'll be porting is this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2216311 or the note 10.1 stock ROM
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Thanks for all your efforts!
emwno said:
I cant say anything till I have the device in hand. 53/400 received . But logcatting is the way to go.
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thanks
a small amount more
Confirmation number: 9U066822MS474510V
emwno said:
Thanks alot for that!
Yeah stock ROMs can be ported easily (after i find all proprietary files for this device). The first one i'll be porting is this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2216311 or the note 10.1 stock ROM
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My savior. I'm definitely keeping the 8 now.
Now time for a donation to get you going. Thanks in advance.
Here you go
07451430F6622524S
I was looking at getting this device. If I end up getting one I'll def help get ROMs up and going
Sent from my SGH-T679 using xda premium
Thank you to all who donated
At 102/400. 1/4 of the way there.
gl man if you get it before me (you prob will) let me know if i can help any. im experienced in porting roms from different chipsets so doing it for identical chipsets should be a walk in the park

[Q] N7100 MI6 4.3 Touchwiz Port to N7105(and others) impossible? Insane?

Ok, so I downloaded Dr. Katan's MI6 ROM for the 7100 and with a touch of insanity installed it to my AT&T phone. IT BOOTED RIGHT UP!
All while using the stock 4.3 Kernel that came with it!
Whole ROM runs perfectly, I have WiFi and GPS and everything's great EXCEPT, no cell signal :crying: When I try to look at the APNs it says No Sim Card.
I flashed the AT&T modem again. That changed nothing.
So, I figured I'd follow a port guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40575946
It didn't work. Installs fine, but the phone just won't boot with it. Just sits there and vibrates occasionally with a black screen.
I figured since it's a 4.3 ROM, I should use a 4.3 base, so I used Beanstalk for AT&T (my daily driver, NOT a Touchwiz Rom).
Should I try it with the stock 4.1 Touchwiz ROM as the base? It seems counter-intuitive, but I could be wrong, as this is my first stab at this.
Since just the modem is the issue, is there one part of the porting that I should be paying extra attention to?
Unfortunately while typing this, I just discovered that the S-Pen isn't working either... It detects it's being removed/inserted, but it doesn't work on the screen.
I'm not seeing anything else on this topic other than "WHEN", "WHY NOT ME", and "THIS IS N7100 ONLY, IT'LL BRICK YOUR PHONE DON'T TOUCH IT GET AWAY FROM IT GO BACK TO AT&T"
Obviously it doesn't brick your phone and I don't want to until December if I can help it.
I'm no dev. I'm what could be considered a Script Kiddy at best, but I'll do all I can to make this work.
Any help would be appreciated!!
Strange that there's no actual developers on this... My attempts thus far have failed.
h00rj said:
I'm no dev. I'm what could be considered a Script Kiddy at best
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Hey, script kiddies are heroes every day around here...
Did you have a look at these porting guides as well?
1. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2102283
2. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2018411
3. (MOD ROM: Note3 apps for Note2 - This might help with the SPen/Air Commands)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2467810
Attached are the recommended apk files, resourcemanager.apk that you're supposed to replace and penwindowmanager_v1.apk
Godspeed man!!! Keep trying, tweaking and testing! I hope you have success and share it with us!!
GalaxyUser said:
15. Reboot to Ubuntu.
Open dsixda's Android Kitchen
Decompile both boot.img/kernel
Open both init.rc files
In CM/AOSP kernel replace BOOTCLASSPATH by the one from PORT boot.img ROM
Save and recompile kernel
Use CM/AOSP modified kernel in your rom.
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How did you do this? I'm completely lost!!!! I copied the contents of "Android-Kitchen-0.224" over to "c:\cygwin64\home\ME" and am in ubuntu, run "menu" from inside there and then am confused and lost.
h00rj said:
Strange that there's no actual developers on this... My attempts thus far have failed.
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You can stop trying to port and start flashing: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2496292, it's officially leaked... That is if you have a AT&T Note 2, which I take it that you do after reading your post.
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You can stop trying to port and start flashing: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2496292, it's officially leaked... That is if you have a AT&T Note 2, which I take it that you do after reading your post.
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Right there with ya, bro! You flash it yet? I'm waiting until after work...
h00rj said:
Right there with ya, bro! You flash it yet? I'm waiting until after work...
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Not yet downloading now though, or attempting to... Then to figure out which way to flash it. Crazy I spent all day yesterday trying to port and flash different combo's of AOKP/CM 4.3 and N7100 4.3 messing with boot.img's and .co files and all that stuff, now this happens today, AWESOME! LoL

Interested in porting CM 13

Hello fellow XDA members, I recently purchased a Le Pro 3 and a Le S3 during the flash sale and would like to use Cyanogenmod on my devices. I was wondering if anyone on this forum has ever ported a ROM before as I have not, and only know about the CM porting guide and opensource.le.com for the kernel source. If anyone has any tips or would like to assist me in porting CM13 to the Pro 3 please reply to this thread or PM me. Thanks, and let's hope LeEco releases the source soon!
Love to help but this isn't my department ????. But we should probably see more support in a couple more days once they start arriving here
Just out of curiousity, what exactly had you hoped to achieve with this post? If you're interested in porting, ideally you should at least be able to build a rom (for another pre-existing device)... and then you'll have to hunt down help on the CM forums and then eventually IRC.
Talking about this on XDA is pointless.
dr4stic said:
Just out of curiousity, what exactly had you hoped to achieve with this post? If you're interested in porting, ideally you should at least be able to build a rom (for another pre-existing device)... and then you'll have to hunt down help on the CM forums and then eventually IRC.
Talking about this on XDA is pointless.
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The purpose of my post was to see if anyone in the XDA community had experience porting a ROM to a new device, and if they'd be interested in helping me. I have read through a few guides and understanding building a ROM, but am struggling to find what I must "merge." From what I've found so far, I'll need to edit/merge the directories in /system/libs and edit the kernel?
limitlesscodes said:
The purpose of my post was to see if anyone in the XDA community had experience porting a ROM to a new device, and if they'd be interested in helping me. I have read through a few guides and understanding building a ROM, but am struggling to find what I must "merge." From what I've found so far, I'll need to edit/merge the directories in /system/libs and edit the kernel?
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No, it's far more complicated than that. You'll need a copy of the kernel for sure, but you'll also need a device definition. You can use the op3's device as a template, it's probably the best example of an msm8996 device you can have.
You really should be checking into the CM forums. CM people are pretty uppity about not supporting things on XDA. They also don't tend to help. Even as a developer I find it difficult sometimes to get their attention. Your best bet is to go to them if you want their help. Good luck.
dr4stic said:
No, it's far more complicated than that. You'll need a copy of the kernel for sure, but you'll also need a device definition. You can use the op3's device as a template, it's probably the best example of an msm8996 device you can have.
You really should be checking into the CM forums. CM people are pretty uppity about not supporting things on XDA. They also don't tend to help. Even as a developer I find it difficult sometimes to get their attention. Your best bet is to go to them if you want their help. Good luck.
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Yeah, I understand. I also found out that it will be about a month until LeEco officially releases all of the source.
limitlesscodes said:
Yeah, I understand. I also found out that it will be about a month until LeEco officially releases all of the source.
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Where did you get that information from? They "accidentally" released kernel sources not too long ago and seemingly withdrew it. I got a copy of them and that's what I've been working with. I don't have a device to verify if any of it works.
dr4stic said:
Where did you get that information from? They "accidentally" released kernel sources not too long ago and seemingly withdrew it. I got a copy of them and that's what I've been working with. I don't have a device to verify if any of it works.
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I asked on this forum. Also my S3 is coming tonight, and my Pro tomorrow. I have a copy of the Pro 3 kernel source as well but as of now don't know what to do. What have you worked on so far?
limitlesscodes said:
I asked on this forum. Also my S3 is coming tonight, and my Pro tomorrow. I have a copy of the Pro 3 kernel source as well but as of now don't know what to do. What have you worked on so far?
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Not a lot. I've identified the CAF tag the sources are based on and have been working to separate the relevant LeEco mods from the less relevant ones. I've also been attempting to remove the leeco specific things from the drivers that i'm keeping since they're a horrible mess and CM won't be able to make use of them anyway. I've also been finding the appropriate open versions of the drivers and taking the latest ones instead.
The mods from LeEco seem to be a mess, the dmesg output I got from a user on the chinese model (the x720) had segfaults from the modifications just after boot. The logcats are so full of errors I was unable to get the user to send me a full logcat from boot.
Interestingly enough, the chinese system rom looks like it came from a Le Max2. This makes sense since it's LeEco's first msm8996 device, and the Le Pro3 is the second one. I imagine the kernel sources work across a number of the 8996's.
Can you send me the link to where you got the open drivers.
limitlesscodes said:
I asked on this forum. Also my S3 is coming tonight, and my Pro tomorrow. I have a copy of the Pro 3 kernel source as well but as of now don't know what to do. What have you worked on so far?
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Please share the sources.
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ceo.mtcl said:
Please share the sources.
Sent from my LEX727 using Tapatalk
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here
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here
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Thank you so much!
limitlesscodes said:
here
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This is not a International version? Its USA version? Where is the International source code?
Here's a mega mirror in case the drive link goes down.
https://mega.nz/#!7Ek3HYaB!1H0WibOjwlg1P0vaaJ2qcrAAsl-PjruB9-_X1ECqfnw
Wish i could help more, but it looks like the kernel source is in there too, perhaps that means a fully functional cm13 rom that works AT LEAST as well as the stock rom. VERY EXCITE!
+1
I'm also waiting for CM13.
csyann said:
I'm also waiting for CM13.
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:good:
csyann said:
I'm also waiting for CM13.
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Waiting for CM 14.1
http://opensource.le.com

Source release for Huawei Nova/Nova PLUS

Huawei has finally uploaded the opens source code for all of our devices (the 3 hardware versions).
I have reuploaded it to Google Drive for easier download.
Grab them here : https://goo.gl/DiAj78
Wooooowwww, if that's the sources all is getting great now. Xelfmade, make or phone great again ?
So anybody have the original download link?
Great news! I Assume custom roms etc will become available now once people have built them?
You can get the original downlaods from here : http://consumer.huawei.com/en/opens...Type=openSourceSoftware&pageSize=10&curPage=1
Just search Nova. The download speed was a tad slow.
Huh, i was asking them several times over the past days about the sources. Pleasent coincidence.
Thanks for posting this. Let the fun part begin
Grarak said:
Thanks for posting this. Let the fun part begin
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Can you PM me? I would like to work with you..
I would like to help, too!
Someone already working on changing of original rom? I'm thinking about trying to modify it for myself.
merlin21 said:
Someone already working on changing of original rom? I'm thinking about trying to modify it for myself.
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Look this by @Grarak
https://twitter.com/Grarak/status/828231440441700354
pasmadferit said:
Look this by @Grarak
https://twitter.com/Grarak/status/828231440441700354
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Oh wow Nice! My variant is the CAN-L01 one.
Probably it will work for any variant, even chinese ones.
But my problem is not the rom itself, is the kernel. I'm wanting to learn to mod and compile kernel just for this, as Nova kernel is awful to tweak.
Vinnom said:
Probably it will work for any variant, even chinese ones.
But my problem is not the rom itself, is the kernel. I'm wanting to learn to mod and compile kernel just for this, as Nova kernel is awful to tweak.
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I know that it will probably work for all variants it's just cool to see my one used as a base for a custom rom.
Do you guys have any guides how to apply these stock roms to unrooted phone? i want to get rid of the carrier crap that's why thinking to apply the stock rom. Thanks.

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