[GUIDE][Ubuntu] Compiling Android from Source

[dmmarck]

How do you edit within the zip?
I am running Kubuntu 12.04 and ARK will not let me edit anything in the zip, I have to extract to a folder first, make edits and re-zip, and then the installation aborts from cwm.

The stock archive manager within Ubuntu lets you do it. 7zip does as well, IIRC.

With those with that error, it looks more like to be an error with the source because it seems like a lot of stuff is missing. You could try the alternative method for Java, but I don't think that's a guaranteed slam dunk.

Did you folks sync with the branch or the master?

 

[anon(93769)]

Sure, which GAPPs did you use?

And congrats!

I used kejar's gapps from this page. The only piece not working so far is talk - but I recall having the same problem on another rom and simply copied/pasted into system/app, renaming the existing one, and replacing it with another.

My experience with the rom I baked installed on my phone:
- thought i had issues with bluetooth - where my headset could only connect in music mode, not phone mode, but after a few reboots and repairing it now connectes in both
- phone seemed very laggy until later in the day - after a few reboots

 

[dmmarck]

Yeah, Talk was a massive headache with myself. How's the camera functioning? Gallery and Talk FC'd on me like nuts the first night or so.

 

[redstar427]

The stock archive manager within Ubuntu lets you do it. 7zip does as well, IIRC.

With those with that error, it looks more like to be an error with the source because it seems like a lot of stuff is missing. You could try the alternative method for Java, but I don't think that's a guaranteed slam dunk.

Did you folks sync with the branch or the master?

I installed the gnome archive manager, file-roller, and it will let me edit in zip.
This solved my installation problems, and I got my first packaged rom to install.
However, there are some problems with it, like the camera won't run, and the google now voice search is broken.
Where do I find the proper JB gapps?

 

[dmmarck]

I installed the gnome archive manager, file-roller, and it will let me edit in zip.
This solved my installation problems, and I got my first packaged rom to install.
However, there are some problems with it, like the camera won't run, and the google now voice search is broken.
Where do I find the proper JB gapps?

Camera = common issue. Google Now voice = go to settings, download the offline voice pack.

Also, check out the Jelly Bean thread. A lot of this stuff (with fixes) is discussed b/c we were dealing with these issues when source was released and roms started being built.

For GAPPs, I recommend either Kejar's or Jelly Belly's. I presume you must tinker with stuff in order to get it right, so I suggest opening up their GAPPs and their roms to see what's what.

Oh and always give credit .

 

[redstar427]

Camera = common issue. Google Now voice = go to settings, download the offline voice pack.

Also, check out the Jelly Bean thread. A lot of this stuff (with fixes) is discussed b/c we were dealing with these issues when source was released and roms started being built.

For GAPPs, I recommend either Kejar's or Jelly Belly's. I presume you must tinker with stuff in order to get it right, so I suggest opening up their GAPPs and their roms to see what's what.

Oh and always give credit .

I looked at the JB gapps zip I installed from, and they have July 2012 dates. In the zip from Kejar, they have 2008 dates. Hard to believe these are JB gapps.

Thanks for your help, I will keep learning and trying.
Now to search for the JB threads...

 

[dmmarck]

They are; I have the same GAPPs. Why they have those dates, I don't know...

 

[anon(93769)]

Yeah, Talk was a massive headache with myself. How's the camera functioning? Gallery and Talk FC'd on me like nuts the first night or so.

Camera is no go - immediate fc. Gallery works fine! go figure.

 

[dmmarck]

Weird, especially considering they're the same app.

 

[duojet]

I can't figure out what command exactly is telling the compiler we are building jelly bean and not ics or something else, if we used the repo command to sync with the master directory.

 

[dmmarck]

I can't figure out what command exactly is telling the compiler we are building jelly bean and not ics or something else, if we used the repo command to sync with the master directory.

It builds based upon your device--if 4.1.1 is the latest, and you're on that branch, that's what gets synced.

 

[dmmarck]

im running into the wrong java error issue. i found this fix

comment out the following lines in build/core/main.mk:

# ifneq ($(shell java -version 2>&1 | grep -i openjdk),)
# java_version :=
# endif


but im unsure how i would go about commiting the lines out. any help would be appreciated

There's a link in the fixes section that should more easily describe it (the version error fix). Also look back a page, I believe another person solved the issue as well.

 

[dmmarck]

Looks like an error in the source regarding the prebuilt stuff.

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[dmmarck]

does this mean i need to re sync the source

Try resyncing it, but without deleting first. Then when you do your make command, put clobber after to clean out old builds.

Then do it as normally. If that doesn't work, a clean sync may be worth while.

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[dgolom]

I have been reading about setting up ccache to speed up compiling but I am a total noob and am having difficulty figuring it out. Can anyone explain in simple terms how to set this up? TIA.

 

[dmmarck]

I have been reading about setting up ccache to speed up compiling but I am a total noob and am having difficulty figuring it out. Can anyone explain in simple terms how to set this up? TIA.

I have not done it because from what I've read, you want at least 50gigs for it. Hopefully someone else comes along with more information!

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[pitbrawlzant]

how would I build this into my rom?
https://github.com/Onskreen/cornerstone

 

[Josh515]

I was finally able to get a functional ROM after a few days of working on this project (on and off of course)! I flashed it to my phone along with Kejar's Gapps and it was working fine, except for the camera and gallery (although the gallery did finally start working after a couple reboots, but still no camera). The big issue I have is that I lost root access. I still had the su.zip file on my SD card and even reflashed it to see if that would fix the problem, but it didn't work. I installed SuperSU and tried updating the SU binaries, but still nothing. Then I tried booting into CWM recovery, but the custom recovery was gone. In the end I had to reflash CWM through fastboot and restore a previous backup, so my phone does work fine now. Could I get some help with this root & recovery issue?

(This is a perfect example of why you should always make backups before changing anything!)

 

[dmmarck]

I was finally able to get a functional ROM after a few days of working on this project (on and off of course)! I flashed it to my phone along with Kejar's Gapps and it was working fine, except for the camera and gallery (although the gallery did finally start working after a couple reboots, but still no camera). The big issue I have is that I lost root access. I still had the su.zip file on my SD card and even reflashed it to see if that would fix the problem, but it didn't work. I installed SuperSU and tried updating the SU binaries, but still nothing. Then I tried booting into CWM recovery, but the custom recovery was gone. In the end I had to reflash CWM through fastboot and restore a previous backup, so my phone does work fine now. Could I get some help with this root & recovery issue?

(This is a perfect example of why you should always make backups before changing anything!)

Josh:

I gave some brief instructions on this a few pages back. Check them out and let me know how it works!

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[dmmarck]

thanks that did the trick i manged to get it built and loaded and all seems to be working. thank you for the help.

No problem! Enjoy

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