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[PersonaNonGrata]

LifesGoodPhoenix, check your path! Make sure your gcc is in your path, and the right directory has been set. Also, make sure you don't have some other version of gcc installed.

 

[PersonaNonGrata]

You guys who have been trying to build something probably already know this, but I learned the hard way that all the tutorials out there are outdated. Critical links have changed, and little explanation is given, like java 5 vs. java 6. IMO, the best, most complete, and most up to date tutorial comes right from the source:
Initializing a Build Environment | Android Open Source

 

[donavan]

You guys who have been trying to build something probably already know this, but I learned the hard way that all the tutorials out there are outdated. Critical links have changed, and little explanation is given, like java 5 vs. java 6. IMO, the best, most complete, and most up to date tutorial comes right from the source:
Initializing a Build Environment | Android Open Source

Yeah I have decided the same thing... thats what I am using to do my build right now.

 

[donavan]

well after build #2 on my ubuntu and try #4 at getting the AOSP repo installed it finally worked. I can finally build stock again. Unfortuanetly I now need to get the repo for Cyanogen so that we can build a kernel that is actually useful for something. hope fully this wont take the next week to do.

 

[chiphead]

I would be happy with CM7 with Wifi working, and CM9 would be icing on the cake. As nice as CM9 is visually, with the hw composition and voice in the Google Maps nav more soothing, I haven't found too many functional "must-haves".

Hopefully Donovan/Drew Walton can pull through. ;-)

Btw, I used to have the Optimus S, then switched up to Mopho, then the OG Atrix and came back to Phoenix. Even after all these time, the P50x is still imminently usable.

 

[donavan]

well now that Qualcomm has released the source code for the video drivers for the ARM6 we should actually see a serious improvement in the performance of graphics now that we can do hardware acceleration. So ICS may not be too far off, of course I still have to get the freaking repo synced up with Cyanogens source code first which seems to be the bane of my existence now.

 

[donfallo]

This question is probably below you guys but I can't find a thread on it, so here goes;

Goal: Have my LGP-506 work with Data in the Netherlands
Status: Have it Superuser-ed, and unlocked but no data (via Gingersnap)
Suspected Problem: Can't get rid of the Kernel from LG

How do I get a new kernel (pls link to step by step, I am sure there is one here and I can't find it) and which one should I use as of this date - I keep seeing old ones or debates on which one to use. I have kernel managers and such on the phone, I figure I just need to find the correct kernel, put it on my SD card, and load it that way. Maybe, hopefully...

Thanks for your help.

DonFallo

 

[droidmyme]

Good stuff!

Sent from my VM670 using Tapatalk 2

 

[donavan]

This question is probably below you guys but I can't find a thread on it, so here goes;

Goal: Have my LGP-506 work with Data in the Netherlands
Status: Have it Superuser-ed, and unlocked but no data (via Gingersnap)
Suspected Problem: Can't get rid of the Kernel from LG

How do I get a new kernel (pls link to step by step, I am sure there is one here and I can't find it) and which one should I use as of this date - I keep seeing old ones or debates on which one to use. I have kernel managers and such on the phone, I figure I just need to find the correct kernel, put it on my SD card, and load it that way. Maybe, hopefully...

Thanks for your help.

DonFallo

Unfortunately what your asking for is exactly the point of this thread. We are trying to create a kernel (myself and a few others) we have some of the basic steps down but we have yet to get very far. We can easily build a stock kernel which does us almost no good in getting custom roms to install. Ideally we will have a kernel that can be flashed to the P505/P506 that allow us to use the P500/P509 Roms. The battle we have is with the wifi and the video. Apparently do to supply issues LG decided to use a different wireless chip and a different GPU in some models of the ThunderG boards. I have been trying to gather enough information from various source to be able to build a successful kernel, unfortunately no one is 100% there yet. There are a few kernels that work about 80% out there that have no source code because the developers refused to release it and were subsequently banned from this forum. Keep watch someone will release a good kernel soon enough, I probably would have already if I hadn't been lead in so many wrong directions and had so many issues with linux, but there are a few of us working on it and we have some good developers who have started to help so God willing we will get there sooner than later.

 

[vitiate]

Info about config.gz and what it is for /proc/config.gz | LinuxInsight
info about the path (and maybe why arm-eabi-gcc isnt found) Display or print UNIX / Linux path ~ $PATH variable
I'm trying to get this kernel compile too. I've done this before for the beagle board (BeagleBoard.org - default), so hopefully I can be some help.

 

[donavan]

Info about config.gz and what it is for /proc/config.gz | LinuxInsight
info about the path (and maybe why arm-eabi-gcc isnt found) Display or print UNIX / Linux path ~ $PATH variable
I'm trying to get this kernel compile too. I've done this before for the beagle board (BeagleBoard.org - default), so hopefully I can be some help.

Well I think you just stepped up as the most qualified among us if you've done it for the beagle. If you need anything from us let us know. You never know you could get there long before the rest of us.