[PORT] [ROM] Android L Developer Preview for HTC One [ALPHA 2]

ssrij · Jul 11, 2014

Say hello to Android L Developer Preview for HTC One

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What is this?

This is a direct port of Android L Developer Preview, which was released for the Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 (2013, WiFi). This is not a SDK port, this is the real deal!

How did you do it?

Magic! Just kidding, a lot of hard work went into porting everything. Special thanks to these mega awesome guys, this ROM would've not been possible if they didn't help us (make sure you thank them too):

sykopompos - For helping me out with ramdisk and providing useful tips
poondog - For helping me fix the graphical glitches in kernel (and yes, I am using his awesome kernel)
feltox and manups4e - For helping me in additional debugging of the builds

What works and what doesn't work?

At the moment, this port is in alpha stages. We are working really hard every day to fix the major issues quickly, but since this is a non-Nexus device, it's quite complicated to get things working smoothly. Half of the things work, half of the things don't work.

You are more than welcome if you want to help us in fixing bugs, together we can eliminate the bugs and fix issues faster

What doesn't work at the moment:

WiFi
Bluetooth
~~Data~~ DATA WORKS NOW (thanks to @manups4e)
Sensors (except GPS)
Camera
Sound

What works at the moment:

Everything else as far as I know, but do let me know if you find anything else that doesn't work

Once again, this is currently in ALPHA stage and we are working to fix whatever is not working, so please don't spam this thread with posts like "Camera does nt work, what 2 do"

Screenshot

How to install:

Download the ROM
Place the ROM in your internal storage/SD card
Reboot into recovery (MUST BE LATEST TWRP/CWM)
Wipe the following partitions: cache, dalvik cache, data and system
Flash ROM
Reboot

First boot takes around 10-15 minutes

Download

ALPHA 2: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B64IJ9xlDpb4UFRiTkVOWm9rVkU/preview

Changelog

10/8 - ALPHA #2
> Fixed data (3G/4G now works)

11/7 - ALPHA #1
> Initial build

FAQ

Q. Can I flash a custom kernel on top of it?
A. No, we use a heavily modified ramdisk and kernel, so if you flash another kernel the ROM will stop booting. DO NOT FLASH ANY CUSTOM KERNEL ON TOP OF THIS

Q. XYZ doesn't work
A. This ROM is currently in ALPHA stages so that is expected. On top of that, Android L is currently a developer preview so any bugs in the developer preview will show up on this port as well.

poondog · Jul 11, 2014

Hi everyone,

GPL required Kernel source here, more info soon

https://github.com/poondog/android_kernel_htc_msm8960

fcjan · Jul 11, 2014

looks nice, great job!! I will try it when few bugs are ironed out, don't have time right now. Keep up the good work :highfive:

sykopompos · Jul 11, 2014

Camera dnt work, wat 2 do?

Sent from my C6916

manups4e · Jul 11, 2014

ahahahahahahahhahahah

cygnus56 · Jul 11, 2014

lewonsky · Jul 11, 2014

keep it up...hope others can also help solve the existing problems

HeavyHDx · Jul 11, 2014

lewonsky said:
keep it up...hope others can also help solve the existing problems

Those bugs should be fixed much quicker now that more people have acces to it... at least I hope so.

manups4e · Jul 11, 2014

you forgot to mention that mtp doesn't work properly too....to me htc one is shown on mobile devices but i can't access the sdcard without adb

ARNOB · Jul 11, 2014

What is the kernel used? Maybe that is the main reason for most of the bugs since most of them are driver related issues.

sykopompos · Jul 11, 2014

manups4e said:
you forgot to mention that mtp doesn't work properly too....to me htc one is shown on mobile devices but i can't access the sdcard without adb

I'm not sure what one of my guys did to fix that but it was fixed. What are you guys using for your base? N5 and n7 mixed or the n4 port? We fixed a lot of things in the port that wasn't working right in the Dev preview

Sent from my C6916

manups4e · Jul 11, 2014

the kernel is aosp with cyanogenmod cafs (thx poondog) and the ramdisk files are the cm ones updated with latest android L strings

ssrij · Jul 11, 2014

sykopompos said:
I'm not sure what one of my guys did to fix that but it was fixed. What are you guys using for your base? N5 and n7 mixed or the n4 port? We fixed a lot of things in the port that wasn't working right in the Dev preview

Sent from my C6916

N7 2013 + app, priv-app and framework from N5 + proprietary files from GPE

ssrij · Jul 11, 2014

ARNOB said:
What is the kernel used? Maybe that is the main reason for most of the bugs since most of them are driver related issues.

The kernel is by @poondog, he modified it a bit to fix the graphical glitches on our ROM.

manups4e · Jul 11, 2014

proprietary files from gpe have different dimensions then the cm ones....if we are using cm cafs isn't it better to use cm proprietary files?

sykopompos · Jul 11, 2014

manups4e said:
the kernel is aosp with cyanogenmod cafs (thx poondog) and the ramdisk files are the cm ones updated with latest android L strings

I've split the boot image and seen that yesterday. I might look at the gpe ramdisk tomorrow and maybe that can be cleaned up a bit better then mucking around in the cm one removing the extra crap that you guys don't have and if you did would probably break L

Sent from my C6916

ssrij · Jul 11, 2014

manups4e said:
proprietary files from gpe have different dimensions then the cm ones

libs don't have "dimensions" lol

manups4e said:
if we are using cm cafs isn't it better to use cm proprietary files?

I am not using anything from CM in the latest build, it's all from GPE

sykopompos · Jul 11, 2014

ssrij said:
N7 2013 + app, priv-app and framework from N5 + proprietary files from GPE

You guys should have used the n4 port as a base, there is a lot of stuff that we went through and fixed in it that is broken if you use the developer preview bases. I thought you switched to us for your base and that is why I couldn't understand why some things weren't working when I knew they were working and fixed in the n4 port

Sent from my C6916

manups4e · Jul 11, 2014

ssrij said:
libs don't have "dimensions" lol

ahahaha i'm italian...forgive me...in italy bytes and multiples are called "dimensioni" and i translated accidentally wrong ^^ what i was saying is that cm proprietary files and gpe proprietary files have different filesizes ^^

ssrij · Jul 11, 2014

sykopompos said:
You guys should have used the n4 port as a base, there is a lot of stuff that we went through and fixed in it that is broken if you use the developer preview bases. I thought you switched to us for your base and that is why I couldn't understand why some things weren't working when I knew they were working and fixed in the n4 port

Sent from my C6916

I tried to but was having way more issues. Anyway, I'll look into that again tomorrow, right now I have to clean the builds, there are lots of libs and files that are specific to flo and serve no purpose to m7 so gotta throw them away.

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