[CM9] Kang's from Fuzz (Defy Porting)

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Figured I'd make a new thread so Fuzz\Skankwitch ports and problems with them aren't mixed up in Quarx's CM9 thread. Helps keep relevant info and fixes for their respected rom easily available and findable. And to put Defy Porting in a centralized place (hopefully) All the relevant Defy Porting, especially CM9, is extremely scattered around here. I know, I wrote most of em. I'll post better porting guide eventually.

The latest build (0616) looks like its gonna be pretty awesome since it merges in even more of Linaro build environment. If you don't know, in a nutshell, Linaro is a new toolchain to compile CM9 with fixes and optimizations to the build environment that allows the compiler to use exotic flags, which in turn makes software run faster.

I'm off today and tomorrow, so I plan on starting that Aroma installed Kang in the next few hours. If you've never build a rock wall, they're a pita and will wear you out, especially when you're alone and the rocks are 200+ft away and you push them in about 260-300 pound loads (slightly) up hill to the wall -- damn I missed having the truck that day. Each rock weighs between 60-180 lbs, and I weigh 180 btw. For you metric guys, multiply by 2.2 to get the kilo version, provided my weed math is correct (~2.2 kilos a pound).

Once the initial framework is done, weekly updates won't be that hard to do since it will only be replacing the core rom and updating a few mods that affect system files (volume step, pdroid if it'll patch).

(reserved for later)

Updated:

here's a port I just made: http://www.sendspace.com/file/hh74un (June 28 FuZZ)

Looking forward to the port with the aroma installer. Hopefully linaro is gonna make our devices more smooth. Thanks skeevy!

Originally Posted by corvx

Looking forward to the port with the aroma installer. Hopefully linaro is gonna make our devices more smooth. Thanks skeevy!

Not sure if its Linaro or the build.prop tweaks I did, but the roms feeling really smooth and hardly any lag -- even when opening the app drawer. Base rom and tweaks are done. Currently going over the scripting and changing it as needed, and it needs quite a few since it started as GB Miui, adapted and extended for V4, and now being used for CM9

Almost done with the scripting. I plan on doing a test install later this evening.

Also working on a deal to get a $40 Defy + shipping -- has a cracked screen, but my Bravo's cracked screen is worse Hopefully the deal is able to go through -- seller is in Australia and my online currency is Pre-Paid Visa.

Any Australian Bravoers able to help me out and pay for it for me and I'll hook ya up with an American Pre-Paid Visa #, with it comes full access to the American Market...It's only $40+ shipping. Seller doesn't know much about pre-paid cards, so I sent more info on them, hopefully I'm over worrying about it and the pre-paid card will work.

I plan on getting a Defy or Defy+ as the "upgrade" to my Bravo. Yes, I know that they're the same phones, but I want a damn torch flashlight, 720p recording, and a Gingerbread kernel with 4 Vsel's.

If this doesn't work out, I'll just get one off ebay in a few weeks.

What sucks is doing a GiS for Defy on shopping leads to a few scam sites selling them (Defy) for $120 -- you're lucky to find them on ebay for that price.

Originally Posted by skeevy420

Almost done with the scripting. I plan on doing a test install later this evening.

Also working on a deal to get a $40 Defy + shipping -- has a cracked screen, but my Bravo's cracked screen is worse Hopefully the deal is able to go through -- seller is in Australia and my online currency is Pre-Paid Visa.

Any Australian Bravoers able to help me out and pay for it for me and I'll hook ya up with an American Pre-Paid Visa #, with it comes full access to the American Market...It's only $40+ shipping. Seller doesn't know much about pre-paid cards, so I sent more info on them, hopefully I'm over worrying about it and the pre-paid card will work.

I plan on getting a Defy or Defy+ as the "upgrade" to my Bravo. Yes, I know that they're the same phones, but I want a damn torch flashlight, 720p recording, and a Gingerbread kernel with 4 Vsel's.

If this doesn't work out, I'll just get one off ebay in a few weeks.

What sucks is doing a GiS for Defy on shopping leads to a few scam sites selling them (Defy) for $120 -- you're lucky to find them on ebay for that price.

Glad to hear that you are upgrading, please dont stop developing for the Bravo. Looking forward to your realease. I tried syllogyking's release, and battery life is amazing, even wifi tethering is working. With all the scriptings you are adding and modifying I can only expect it to be smoother and better. Thanks.

On a side note: I'm not australian, but I use a local pre-paid visa, to buy online on the US, I use paypal though (ex. transfer from the visa to my paypal account).

Originally Posted by corvx

Glad to hear that you are upgrading, please dont stop developing for the Bravo. Looking forward to your realease. I tried syllogyking's release, and battery life is amazing, even wifi tethering is working. With all the scriptings you are adding and modifying I can only expect it to be smoother and better. Thanks.

On a side note: I'm not australian, but I use a local pre-paid visa, to buy online on the US, I use paypal though (ex. transfer from the visa to my paypal account).

I'm not gonna stop, that's the whole reason I want to "upgrade" to a Defy.

I'll try and make it a point to finish the rom by tomorrow evening -- I have things to do tonight.

I did have an idea hit me yesterday -- an aroma installer that contains only the bootloader, our baseband, a few mods, and does basic Defy Rom Porting. It would be a Bravo repair, mod, and porting tool to make it easy for noobs to use Defy roms w\o the hassle of having to port it yourself and be able to tweak whatever rom you're installing. The hardest part would be the build.prop, but I could include generic props for cm7, cm9, miui 2.4.20. Anyone interested in something like that?

After going to the Defy forums, I find it kind of funny that a lot of the posters giving help are Bravo usres....but it makes since since we need to know a bit more about the phones because we have to do a lot more digging around in order to get the roms working.

very good idea to use Aroma with Defy Roms.
I'd like to test it when it will be done.

Also I'm interested will KANG team accept Bravo for rom develompent ?
Unfortunelly CM, MIUI currently stopped

Originally Posted by PsyClip-R

very good idea to use Aroma with Defy Roms.
I'd like to test it when it will be done.

Also I'm interested will KANG team accept Bravo for rom develompent ?
Unfortunelly CM, MIUI currently stopped

I put doing the actual rom on the backburner for the moment -- I only have time to for the one project now since I have things going on everyday IRL now.
I decided to do the recovery tool since, other than volume step mod, everything else in the aroma rom was universal and a port tool means users can update, have mods and tweaks, and not have to either rewrite or remod the rom for updates -- which occur every few days with Defy Skank roms.

The recovery tool is about 1\4 - 1\3 done.

• Planned features include
• Defy CM9, CM7, MIUI (GB) Porting
• Bravo Greenbread Mod (for MS2)
• Reinstall the kernel\devtree\bootloader
• Mods for ICS and GB roms
• Basic Rom Backup and Restore in Aroma
• /data/app backup\restore (for keeping apps in between flashes)
• andriod secure backup\restore
• system\data\andriod secure\cache\dalvik\sdext wiping (all separate)
• Bootmenu Fixes for all roms
• Apps only available on XDA or other forums (or banned by google; only legal apps, nothing pirate)
• Add init.d support to stock roms
• Multiple touch recovery options ??? (a new cwm touch is being worked on, need to use and test it first)
• build.prop tweaks
• Multiple gps, wifi drivers and settings
• init scripts for performance
• custom overclocks
• add multiboot support to roms
• Maybe more??? Will take requests

Still have much to do, as I only have the basic aroma layout done. I still need to finalize the aroma layout, add in a few of the mods, write the updater-script, write the language file, test, test, and test again....

A few of the features I have planned have never been done or attempted with Aroma as far as I know, and may not be in the release (full system backup and restore); but they technically should work. I'm going to try and make the backups CWM compatible, but don't quote me on that, as the md5 scripting may be a pita to do for first release and proof of concept.

I quite surprised Quarx hasn't released an updated 9 yet, with all the updates his git-hub page has had over the past few weeks. I was hoping that he'd stay with the every 2 weeks-ish that he was doing up until now -- not a big deal since we're Defy porting again. I suppose he's just more interested in the Novo7 tablet than the Defy\Bravo roms for the moment. I'd like to hear his review of it, since a dev's review holds more stock with me than a random website catered to end users.

Not sure if the Kang team will accept the Bravo, never asked or even heard it brought up until now. If someone here has a Linux Build Environment setup, go ahead and ask them if they'll help get it setup to start building Bravo Kangs. You'd get better results offering to build it yourself versus asking one of them to do it for you. I might ask when this is done, but might not since I'd be able to run the roms w\o even having to edit the zip once this is finished -- just flash Defy Kang, run Aroma Recovery, port and mod the rom, reboot and enjoy...easy enough I think.