[GUIDE/ROM] Project Rookie - How to's - Building ROMs, Kernels & Mods [TEAM ROOK]

car vs driver · Jul 26, 2012

Welcome to Project Rookie:
This is the unofficial guide to ROM, Kernel and AROMA installer building. This guide is primarily geared toward building for the AT&T Samsung Galaxy Skyrocket, but as a general guide it will work for all devices (you just need to know where to plug in your device specific repos and commands). The intended audience is for individuals with basic knowledge of linux, a degree of knowledge in basic troubleshooting and a general curiosity for how this stuff works.

This thread is extraordinarily long and is jam packed full of useful information. Please SEARCH the thread before asking questions related to building. If you cannot find your answer, or need additional clarification then don't hesitate to ask. Everyone participating here is knowledgeable and helpful to new builders, so don't abuse it – any flaming will immediately be reported to the moderation team.

In the very least, read through the first posts of this thread in detail, at least twice, before you start building and running commands to get setup.

On one hand, it should go without saying that if you have no knowledge and/or experience with building, java, C++, and various other tools, you probably shouldn't begin here. At the same time, it is possible to learn to build, provided you can read, follow directions, and aren't too lazy to RESEARCH.

OH YEAH, and you better have patience. This isn't easy. It will be work. The quickest way to get flamed is to show yourself to be lazy. If you think that with a couple clicks, you can have your own flashy ROM, forget it. But, if you do want to learn, this is a good place to get started. Nobody here has an ego about this, and we all want to help. But, we all struggled to get to a successful point, and lazy, unmotivated people just irritate those who have had to learn from scratch too. This is an ever-changing thread; team members are working on or currently building all types of ROMs, kernels and other MODs like AROMA installer. Tutorials will be posted for any new thing learned and built as time and space allow. ALL ARE WELCOME AND ALL QUESTIONS ARE TOO. But, seriously, if it's a really ridiculous one, we reserve the right to screw with you about it.

Thread Disclaimer:
The releases, instructions, and extras posted here are to be used at your own risk. We work hard to provide good, workable knowledge and builds, and test our work before posting it up front. Nevertheless, no one is responsible if you lose your files, brick your device, or inadvertently cause a nuclear war. If you are seeking absolute perfection, RUN NOW WHILE YOU STILL CAN!!

Thread Table of Contents:
Post 1:
- Linux system configuration (Ubuntu 12.04 & 13.04)
- ROM building instructions for CM10.2, AOKP, PACMAN

Post 2:
- Instructions for kernel building, along with other additions, mods, and helpful tutorials

Post 3:
- Misc topics
- Team Rookie ROM & Kernel Distributions
- Links to related topics and specific posts of interest

The tutorial for building your own AROMA installer can be found here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=34886089&postcount=2708

GETTING STARTED

Setting up your environment :

This is a combination of the steps offered in the threads 'Compile JB on Ubuntu' and TeamChopsticks CyanogenMod for Hercules and Skyrocket.

Special thanks to dastin1015 and TeamChopsticks.

Tip: Allocate at least 75 gigs of space for the building of ONE ROM. If you install ccache, you will want 90. A complete build directory can use as much as 100 gigs, so make sure you have plenty of room. One of the ways to fail out a build is too use all of your partition before acquiring all the necessary files.

For OSX Mavericks users, check out this thread for getting setup: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2510898

Here are the steps from those 2 tutorials in correct order:

1) You need the following:

-JDK 6 if you wish to build Jellybean.

Code:

[COLOR="Black"]$ sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jdk[/COLOR]

-Python 2.4 -- 2.7, which you can download from python.org. Or:

Code:

[COLOR="black"]$ sudo apt-get install python[/COLOR]

-Git 1.7 or newer. You can find it at git-scm.com. Or:

Code:

[COLOR="black"]$ sudo apt-get install git-core[/COLOR]

-Android SDK:

Download the SDK here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Extract the SDK and place it in your home directory.
I renamed my SDK to android-sdk to make it easier to navigate to – this tutorial assumes you've done that as well.
Go to your home folder, press Ctrl+H to show hidden files, and open up your .bashrc file.
Add these lines at the bottom of the file:

Code:

[COLOR="black"]# Android tools
export PATH=${PATH}:~/android-sdk/tools
export PATH=${PATH}:~/android-sdk/platform-tools
export PATH=${PATH}:~/bin[/COLOR]

Find your .profile file and add this at the bottom of the file:

Code:

[COLOR="black"]PATH="$HOME/android-sdk/tools:$HOME/android-sdk/platform-tools:$PATH"[/COLOR]

You have now successfully installed the Android SDK.

To check for updates issue this into your terminal:

Code:

[COLOR="black"]$ android[/COLOR]

2) Install required packages. 64-bit (recommended)

Code:

[COLOR="black"]$ sudo apt-get install git-core gnupg flex bison gperf build-essential \
  zip curl zlib1g-dev libc6-dev lib32ncurses5-dev ia32-libs \
  x11proto-core-dev libx11-dev lib32readline-gplv2-dev lib32z-dev \
  libgl1-mesa-dev g++-multilib mingw32 tofrodos python-markdown \
  libxml2-utils lzop schedtool[/COLOR]

On newer versions of Ubuntu such as 11.10 you may need to do the following:

Code:

[COLOR="black"]$ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so[/COLOR]

Code:

[COLOR="black"]$ sudo apt-get install git-core gnupg flex bison gperf build-essential \
  zip curl libc6-dev libncurses5-dev:i386 x11proto-core-dev \
  libx11-dev:i386 libreadline6-dev:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 \
  libgl1-mesa-dev g++-multilib mingw32 openjdk-6-jdk tofrodos \
  python-markdown libxml2-utils xsltproc zlib1g-dev:i386
$ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so[/COLOR]

3) Configure your USB.

Code:

[COLOR="black"]$ gksudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules[/COLOR]

Inside of this blank text file insert:

Code:

[COLOR="black"]#Acer
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0502", MODE="0666"

#ASUS
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0b05", MODE="0666"

#Dell
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="413c", MODE="0666"

#Foxconn
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0489", MODE="0666"

#Garmin-Asus
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="091E", MODE="0666"

#Google
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="18d1", MODE="0666"

#HTC
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0bb4", MODE="0666"

#Huawei
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="12d1", MODE="0666"

#K-Touch
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="24e3", MODE="0666"

#KT Tech
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="2116", MODE="0666"

#Kyocera
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0482", MODE="0666"

#Lenevo
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="17EF", MODE="0666"

#LG
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="1004", MODE="0666"

#Motorola
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="22b8", MODE="0666"

#NEC
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0409", MODE="0666"

#Nook
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="2080", MODE="0666"

#Nvidia
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0955", MODE="0666"

#OTGV
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="2257", MODE="0666"

#Pantech
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="10A9", MODE="0666"

#Philips
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0471", MODE="0666"

#PMC-Sierra
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="04da", MODE="0666"

#Qualcomm
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="05c6", MODE="0666"

#SK Telesys
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="1f53", MODE="0666"

#Samsung
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="04e8", MODE="0666"

#Sharp
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="04dd", MODE="0666"

#Sony Ericsson
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0fce", MODE="0666"

#Toshiba
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0930", MODE="0666"

#ZTE
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="19D2", MODE="0666"[/COLOR]

4) Save the file and close it and then issue this command:

Code:

[COLOR="black"]$ sudo chmod a+r /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules[/COLOR]

5) Install the repo:

Code:

[COLOR="black"]$ mkdir ~/bin
$ PATH=~/bin:$PATH
$ curl http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/bin/repo
$ chmod a+x ~/bin/repo[/COLOR]

Create your work directory:

Code:

[COLOR="black"]mkdir ~/"your directory name here"     For example: mkdir ~/cm10
cd ~/cm10[/COLOR]

This is what you need to begin building. From here, the various types of ROM styles can be built with a few additions and commands.

UNOFFICIAL CM10.2 :

UNOFFICIAL CM11.0 :

UNOFFICIAL AOKP :

This is a set of steps to set up and run an AOKP build. Special thanks to m4570d0n for taking the time to share his detailed instructions, and R41NS for his assistance in providing some simplifications. Buy those guys a beer if you see them!

It's actually pretty close to CM. It's just several tiny changes. I made some changes that are not necessary but did so to conserve space. With CM's manifest setup, you don't have to worry about downloading a bunch of stuff you don't need but with AOKP, by default you're downloading all the kernels and /device/whatever for pretty much all devices and I didn't want to do that so here's what I did.

1)

Code:

[COLOR="Black"]repo init -u https://github.com/AOKP/platform_manifest.git -b jb-mr1[/COLOR]

2) Create local_manifest.xml in .repo with the following in it:

Code:

 [COLOR="black"]


 
[/COLOR]

3) Next, do a repo sync.

4) Edit vendorsetup.sh to have the following in it :

Code:

[COLOR="Black"]add_lunch_combo aokp_skyrocket-userdebug[/COLOR]

Also, open device.mk and change it to this :

Code:

[COLOR="black"]$(call inherit-product, $(SRC_TARGET_DIR)/product/languages_full.mk)

## The gps config appropriate for this device
PRODUCT_COPY_FILES += device/common/gps/gps.conf_US_SUPL:system/etc/gps.conf

## (2) Also get non-open-source specific aspects if available
$(call inherit-product-if-exists, vendor/samsung/skyrocket/skyrocket-vendor.mk)

## misc
PRODUCT_PROPERTY_OVERRIDES += \
dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags=m=v,o=y

## overlays
DEVICE_PACKAGE_OVERLAYS += device/samsung/hercules/overlay

# Device uses high-density artwork where available
PRODUCT_AAPT_CONFIG := normal hdpi
PRODUCT_AAPT_PREF_CONFIG := hdpi

# Hardware
PRODUCT_COPY_FILES += \
frameworks/native/data/etc/android.hardware.sensor.proximity.xml:system/etc/permissions/android.hardware.sensor.proximity.xml

# Ramdisk
PRODUCT_COPY_FILES += \
device/samsung/skyrocket/ramdisk/init.qcom.rc:root/init.qcom.rc \
device/samsung/skyrocket/ramdisk/init.qcom.sh:root/init.qcom.sh \
device/samsung/skyrocket/ramdisk/init.qcom.usb.rc:root/init.qcom.usb.rc \
device/samsung/skyrocket/ramdisk/init.qcom.usb.sh:root/init.qcom.usb.sh \
device/samsung/skyrocket/ramdisk/init.target.rc:root/init.target.rc \
device/samsung/skyrocket/ramdisk/ueventd.rc:root/ueventd.rc \
device/samsung/skyrocket/ramdisk/init.emmc.rc:root/init.emmc.rc \
device/samsung/skyrocket/fstab.qcom:root/fstab.qcom

# BT firmware
PRODUCT_COPY_FILES += \
device/samsung/skyrocket/firmware/bcm4330B1.hcd:system/etc/firmware/bcm4330B1.hcd

# Vold
PRODUCT_COPY_FILES += \
device/samsung/skyrocket/vold.fstab:system/etc/vold.fstab

# QRNGD
PRODUCT_PACKAGES += qrngd

# common msm8660
$(call inherit-product, device/samsung/msm8660-common/msm8660.mk)

$(call inherit-product, frameworks/native/build/phone-xhdpi-1024-dalvik-heap.mk)

$(call inherit-product-if-exists, vendor/samsung/skyrocket/skyrocket-vendor.mk)

#WIFI_BAND := 802_11_ABG
#$(call inherit-product-if-exists, hardware/broadcom/wlan/bcmdhd/firmware/bcm4330/device-bcm.mk)

# NFC
BOARD_HAVE_NFC := true[/COLOR]

**With the exception of making the change to use the Hercules overlay, the other edits to device.mk are optional, and will cause different results with the different options you use.

5)Go to vendor/AOKP/products and create a skyrocket.mk file that is essentially copied from the hercules.mk. :

Code:

[COLOR="black"]# Inherit AOSP device configuration for skyrocket.
$(call inherit-product, device/samsung/skyrocket/full_skyrocket.mk)

# Inherit common product files.
$(call inherit-product, vendor/aokp/configs/common_phone.mk)

# Inherit GSM common stuff
$(call inherit-product, vendor/aokp/configs/gsm.mk)

# skyrocket overlay
PRODUCT_PACKAGE_OVERLAYS += vendor/aokp/overlay/hercules

# Setup device specific product configuration.
PRODUCT_NAME := aokp_skyrocket
PRODUCT_BRAND := Samsung
PRODUCT_DEVICE := skyrocket
PRODUCT_MODEL := SGH-I727
PRODUCT_MANUFACTURER := Samsung

PRODUCT_BUILD_PROP_OVERRIDES += PRODUCT_NAME=SGH-I727 TARGET_DEVICE=SGH-I727 BUILD_FINGERPRINT="samsung/SGH-I727/SGH-I727:4.1.1/IMM76D/UCLF6:user/release-keys" PRIVATE_BUILD_DESC="SGH-I727-user 4.1.1 IMM76D UCLF6 release-keys"

# boot animation
PRODUCT_COPY_FILES += \
vendor/aokp/prebuilt/bootanimation/bootanimation_480_800.zip:system/media/bootanimation.zip[/COLOR]

Then go to vendor/AOKP and

6) Add the skyrocket.mk file in Step 5 to vendor/AOKP/products/AndroidProducts.mk :

Code:

[COLOR="black"]PRODUCT_MAKEFILES := \
$(LOCAL_DIR)/captivatemtd.mk \
$(LOCAL_DIR)/crespo.mk \
$(LOCAL_DIR)/crespo4g.mk \
$(LOCAL_DIR)/d2tmo.mk \
$(LOCAL_DIR)/d2usc.mk \
$(LOCAL_DIR)/d2vzw.mk \
$(LOCAL_DIR)/evita.mk \
$(LOCAL_DIR)/galaxysmtd.mk \
$(LOCAL_DIR)/fascinatemtd.mk \
$(LOCAL_DIR)/galaxysmtd.mk \
$(LOCAL_DIR)/grouper.mk \
$(LOCAL_DIR)//skyrocket.mk \
$(LOCAL_DIR)/hercules.mk \
$(LOCAL_DIR)/i9300.mk \
$(LOCAL_DIR)/i9100.mk \
$(LOCAL_DIR)/i9100g.mk \
$(LOCAL_DIR)/maguro.mk \
$(LOCAL_DIR)/n7000.mk \
$(LOCAL_DIR)/p3100.mk \
$(LOCAL_DIR)/p3110.mk \
$(LOCAL_DIR)/p3113.mk \
$(LOCAL_DIR)/p5100.mk \
$(LOCAL_DIR)/p5110.mk \
$(LOCAL_DIR)/p5113.mk \
$(LOCAL_DIR)/tf101.mk \
$(LOCAL_DIR)/toro.mk \
$(LOCAL_DIR)/toroplus.mk \
$(LOCAL_DIR)/vibrantmtd.mk[/COLOR]

7) In vendor/AOKP open vendorsetup.sh and add this :

Code:

[COLOR="black"]add_lunch_combo aokp_skyrocket-userdebug[/COLOR]

8) Go to https://github.com/TeamChopsticks/proprietary_vendor_samsung/downloads and select "Download as zip." After the download completes, open the archive and extract the "skyrocket" folder to /vendor/samsung.

or

8) cd to your home directory. Download the proprietary_vendor_samsung repo from Team Chopsticks and then copy the skyrocket directory to /vendor/samsung:

Code:

[COLOR="Black"]cd
git clone -b jellybean https://github.com/TeamChopsticks/proprietary_vendor_samsung.git
cp -r proprietary_vendor_samsung/skyrocket aokp/vendor/samsung[/COLOR]

9) Start building :

Code:

[COLOR="Black"]. build/envsetup.sh
lunch aokp_skyrocket-userdebug && mka bacon[/COLOR]

SLIMBEAN :

By popular demand, here is a set of steps for building Slimbean - Many thanks to onlychevys for taking the time to lay this out

PAC-man :

This is a newer but very functional and well-liked compilation of three builds: Paranoid Android, CM, and AOKP. Here is a brief set of steps from the PAC git:

car vs driver · Jul 26, 2012

Some github information from @m4570d0n who has some serious git-fu skills.

m4570d0n said:
You don't have to cd into a project directory to do a repo sync for that project. You can just run repo sync path/to/project. from the root of your build tree.

While I'm here, someone asked me about some git stuff recently, and I figured the info might be useful here as well....

Start with the tutorials on github.

Create A Repo

Fork A Repo

Using Pull Requests

Github Glossary

Also, don't underestimate the usefulness of --help. It's nearly a universal rule that adding "--help" to any command will bring up a help menu for that command. For git, it's particularly helpful for me, and literally every git command has it's own help file, and usually has example commands as well. For example, each of these will bring up a different help file:

Code:

git branch --help git pull --help git log --help git remote --help git show --help

etc., etc.

You can also just browse the whole manual, which is where those help files come from.:
http://git-scm.com/docs

I've also had a few specific things I was trying to figure out how to do on git and in the process found some nice sites/articles that were very helpful:

Visual Git Cheat Sheet

git howto: revert a commit already pushed to a remote repository - Christoph Rüegg

On undoing, fixing, or removing commits in git

More reference info with examples:
http://gitref.org/branching/
http://gitref.org/remotes/

a few miscellaneous command I picked up that I found useful.

commit a change created by someone else, and manually retaining the original author of the commit:

Code:

git commit --author="John Doe <john.doe@gmail.com>"

commit a change created by someone else, and manually retaining the original author and the original commit date:

Code:

git commit --author="John Doe <john.doe@gmail.com>" --date="Thu Oct 03 20:19:03 2013 +0000"

Push a change to CM's gerrit or PAC-man's gerrit:

Code:

git push ssh://m4570d0n@review.cyanogenmod.org:29418/android_packages_apps_Setting HEAD:refs/for/cm-10.2

Code:

git push ssh://m4570d0n@review.pac-rom.com:29418/android_packages_apps_Settings HEAD:refs/for/cm-10.2

Find the git index blob associated with a particular file:

Code:

[COLOR=SeaGreen]m4570d0n@LenovoY580[/COLOR]:[COLOR=RoyalBlue]~/PAC[/COLOR]$ cd frameworks/base [COLOR=SeaGreen]m4570d0n@LenovoY580[/COLOR]:[COLOR=RoyalBlue]~/PAC/frameworks/base[/COLOR]$ git hash-object core/res/assets/images/android-logo-mask.png 498ad8885e2a1e55a499c404effa457de2cb6461

Also there's a couple extra git packages in the official Ubuntu repos that can be pretty handy. One is called git-stuff. I'm pretty sure the guy that created that is one of the dudes in CM (author is Daniel Baumann and I see commits on CM's gerrit almost daily from a guy named Danny Baumann).

Two others:
git-extras
git-gui

git gui is kinda cool and noob friendly. In order to use it, just cd into a folder that has a git repo in it and type:

Code:

git gui

Another useful git command is git stash.

Let's say you made some local changes to /packages/apps/Mms. If you wanted to cherry-pick a commit that involved any files you changed locally, the cherry-pick would fail because there are uncommitted changes. You could commit them, but then they would be undone on your next repo sync. With git stash, it will save your uncommitted changes. Then you can apply the cherry picks, and then apply your changes again on top of them by running:

Code:

git stash apply

Note: that will work if you only have one stash or if your most recent stash is the one you want to apply, otherwise you will have to add the name of the stash as well. For reference on git stash command options like listing the stashes, diffs, etc. see this:
https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-stash.html

BMP7777 · Jul 26, 2012

KERNEL BUILDING and other EXTRAS

Building your first kernel :

This is a set of steps to get you building your first kernel. Special thanks to thewadegeek for putting this tutorial together. His thread can be found here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1748297

CCACHE

Here is a brief tutorial on the installation of Ccache, which can shorten build times drastically :

Instructions for submitting to Gerrit are listed here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=34095392&postcount=2588

ADVANCED INSTRUCTIONS FOR BUILDING CUSTOMIZATION
Special thanks to m4570d0n for putting this together for everyone

If you wanted to add something like, for example, Titanium Backup, you could go to /vendor/cm/config/common.mk and starting on line 98 where you see:

Code:

[COLOR="Black"]PRODUCT_COPY_FILES +=  \
    vendor/cm/proprietary/RomManager.apk:system/app/RomManager.apk \
    vendor/cm/proprietary/Term.apk:system/app/Term.apk \
    vendor/cm/proprietary/lib/armeabi/libjackpal-androidterm4.so:system/lib/libjackpal-androidterm4.so \
    vendor/cm/prebuilt/common/apps/Superuser.apk:system/app/Superuser.apk[/COLOR]

and add a line below that like this:

Code:

[COLOR="black"]  vendor/cm/prebuilt/common/apps/TitaniumBackup.apk:system/app/TitaniumBackup.apk[/COLOR]

Then just place your TitaniumBackup.apk in the /vendor/cm/prebuilt/common/apps folder. You can modify that folder location to whatever folder you want to use, and you can substitute Titanium Backup with whatever apk you'd like. Take note though that this will install it as a system app in /system/app, while most apps would normally be installed as a user app in /data/apps. I think you could change the location to /data/app in that line, but I'm not positive. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. I mean, I know you can, but I'm not sure if it would be an issue when you flash a zip without wiping /data and the zip file has files in /data.

You could also create your own github repo, name it something like vendor_onlychevys and add that repo to your local manifest with the path as vendor/onlychevys. Then you could use that as your directory path to the apps you want to add.

The slightly longer, but better way, is that you could also create your own make file in that repo by copying /device/samsung/skyrocket/cm.mk to your repo and rename it (let's say vendor_onlychevys/products/onlychevys_skyrocket.mk) and add a line in that file with something like this:

Code:

[COLOR="black"]# Inherit some common onlychevys stuff.
$(call inherit-product, vendor/onlychevys/config/common_full_phone.mk)[/COLOR]

and also editing the product name in that file near the bottom to something like this:

Code:

[COLOR="black"]PRODUCT_NAME := onlychevys_skyrocket[/COLOR]

You would need to make 3 more files.
In that same directory make a file called AndroidProducts.mk and in that file add this:

Code:

[COLOR="black"] PRODUCT_MAKEFILES := \
    $(LOCAL_DIR)/onlychevys_skyrocket.mk[/COLOR]

Next, copy /vendor/cm/config/common_full_phone.mk to your repo at vendor_onlychevys/config/common_full_phone.mk. Then edit that file by adding a line in there with something like this:

Code:

[COLOR="black"]PRODUCT_COPY_FILES += \
        vendor/onlychevys/prebuilt/common/apps/TitaniumBackup.apk[/COLOR]

And make sure to put your app in that prebuilt/common/apps/ directory in your repo.

Finally, create a new file in gedit (or other text editor of your choice). In that file add this:

Code:

[COLOR="black"] add_lunch_combo onlychevys_skyrocket-userdebug[/COLOR]

Name the file vendorsetup.sh and put it in your repo at vendor_onlychevys/vendorsetup.sh

Now, when you want to build you can run:

Code:

[COLOR="black"]. build/envsetup.sh
brunch onlychevys_skyrocket-userdebug[/COLOR]

This will be the same as if you used the regular command but will also include whatever apks you want to put in your repo, since you are just copying those files and adding a line to also include your stuff. This way, though you can add apps and/or make changes to your repo and you wont get errors about having local changes to vendor/cm or wherever when you try to run repo sync. You also wont have to keep deleting and re-adding the same files over and over after every sync because they will be in your own repo.

And just for clarity, your repo would look something like this:

Code:

[COLOR="black"]vendor_onlychevys
|-- config
|   `-- common_full_phone.mk
|-- prebuilt
|   `-- common
|   |   `-- apps
|   |       `-- TitaniumBackup.apk
|-- products
|   |-- AndroidProducts.mk
|   `-- onlychevys_skyrocket.mk
`-- vendorsetup.sh[/COLOR]

More advanced instructions to be posted as time allows. Now, get to work!

CHERRYPICKING: If you have progressed beyond the level of copying and pasting, and have begun researching the 'cherry-picking' process, there is a brief set of steps regarding this on post #1292 : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1798056&page=130.
This should give those interested a basic idea of the process. More detailed instructions are going to be posted as time allows.
NOTE: the cherry-picks listed in that tutorial are no longer neccesary. They have been merged, and don't require picking. But, for the informational purposes, the steps are useful. Thanks to m4570d0n for laying that out for everyone!

BMP7777 · Jul 26, 2012

Links for all relevant topics:

Here are some relevant topics/tutorials/sites:

Download | Ubuntu - www.ubuntu.com/download

Official Ubuntu Documentation: Help for all versions. - https://help.ubuntu.com/

How To Windows Dual Boot: - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot

How To Use The Terminal: Commandline stuff. - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal/

[HOW TO] Beginners Guide to Android ROM Development - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1272270 (courtesy of isidromxz)

[Tutorial] Compile JB on Ubuntu - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1762641 (courtesy of dastin1015)

[CM10] [PPA] Cyanogenmod Compiler v0.6 - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1789190 (courtesy of lithid-cm)

[WIP][CM10] CyanogenMod 10 Alpha | tutorial - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1775133 (courtesy of sk8erwitskil)

[Wiki] How to: Gerrit - http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Howto:_Gerrit

[Wiki] How to: Git - http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Howto:_Git

[Wiki] How to: Connect to device with SSH - http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Howto:_Connect_to_Device_with_SSH

Here is an easy-to-use page on common Linux commands: - http://www.pixelbeat.org/cmdline.html

Linux Newbie Guide : - http://www.unixguide.net/linux/linuxshortcuts.shtml

Also, Team Chopsticks has a good page with some useful tips as well, located here:

http://www.teamchopsticks.org/p/contributing.html (thanks to bdusmc for the tip)

Here is a link to LIFEHACKER's command line tutorials. Very good stuff!! : http://lifehacker.com/5743814/become-a-command-line-ninja-with-these-time+saving-shortcuts

Building AOKP from source : http://rootzwiki.com/topic/31166-tutorial-so-you-want-to-build-aokp-jb-ubuntu-1204/

Link to AOKP (Android Open Kang Project) · GitHub :
https://github.com/AOKP

Link to AOKP news : http://aokp.co/index.php/news

Link to R41NS AOKP work : http://rootzwiki.com/topic/34092-aok...-2-jb-build-4/

Link to aznrice2k4s other Skyrocket and OneX work : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1956247

Builds :

M4570D0N has a new PAC-man ROM for all to see, use and emulate!

Info:

based on the latest AOSPA (ParanoidAndroid 3.14+)

plus the latest CM10.1

plus the latest AOKP-MR1

In addition to everything included in the vanilla PAC-man build I've added:

internal/external sdcard storage options for Camera/Gallery

Alt-signal layout from AOKP

CM circle battery from CM10/10.1

Titanium Backup

ADWLauncher

M4570M0D v1.1

tiny gapps

Download:
http://d-h.st/sZo

whitesox311 · Jul 26, 2012

I think you should call it project powerthrust....much catchier

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mbucks911 · Jul 26, 2012

i really want this thread to go somewhere so im going try and set up my build environment and see if i can get jb to compile. im using ubuntu 12.04 because i think soon its going to become the new standard for building. here is some instructions by sk8rwitskil http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1766862

rpr69 · Jul 26, 2012

mbucks911 said:
no offense, but you probably should have actually built something before creating this thread because just creating this thread isnt going to "get the ball rolling" but what will is a starting point or an alpha build for the aspiring developers to look at and try to debug and make better. right now you just look like "that guy" that just wanted attention by trying to start something in the dev thread

I respectfully disagree. I am happy to see this thread (I think my comments in the WIP CM10 are what prompted it) and I fully support it. People need to have a place to learn to develop and build ROMs from source, and this is a step to help provide that place without clogging up other more focused dev threads. I don't think anyone is trying to use the thread to get attention, other than to get others involved, talking, debugging and building.

Tom

armyveterangunner29 · Jul 26, 2012

Yea it might have been better to post in general guys. Looking forward to this and good luck

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Decepticaons · Jul 26, 2012

I'm jumping on board here too. Feel free to mosey on over to fb and join our group. It's called Team NAND, it is for aspiring devs as well. Only it isn't intended for jb only.

I'm hoping to have all my prereqs set up by the weekend and ill post my first build here. Good luck everyone.

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confyzone · Jul 26, 2012

Go TEAM ROOKIE aha but yea I'm all set up and ready to go developing with everyone else

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BMP7777 · Jul 26, 2012

mbucks911 said:
no offense, but you probably should have actually built something before creating this thread because just creating this thread isnt going to "get the ball rolling" but what will is a starting point or an alpha build for the aspiring developers to look at and try to debug and make better. right now you just look like "that guy" that just wanted attention by trying to start something in the dev thread

i do want this thread to go somewhere so im going try and set up my build environment and see if i can get jb to compile. im using ubuntu 12.04 because i think soon its going to become the new standard for building. here is some instructions by sk8rwitskil http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1766862

WOW that didn't take long. Thanks for that. Real helpful. I was trying to start a place for those of us that really want to provide builds, but HAVEN"T yet. I spent two days getting my environment together and have seen so many posts from other feeling the same way that this seemed like a good idea, until now. I specifically said that I assumed no control over this thread. If you actually looked anywhere else, you would see that myself and quite a few other rookies have been posting on sk8rs thread for the better part of two weeks. We need novices that want to help, not start static. Sheesh

dakpluto · Jul 26, 2012

Decepticaons said:
I'm jumping on board here too. Feel free to mosey on over to fb and join our group. It's called Team NAND, it is for aspiring devs as well. Only it isn't intended for jb only.

I'm hoping to have all my prereqs set up by the weekend and ill post my first build here. Good luck everyone.

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Can you link the group, searching FB finds nothing.

Decepticaons · Jul 26, 2012

dakpluto said:
Can you link the group, searching FB finds nothing.

As you wish!

https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/205511066243382/

cnewsgrp · Jul 26, 2012

I am interested in this. What do I need to do to setup initial environment? Do I follow instructions by sk8rwitskil?

gmillz · Jul 26, 2012

cnewsgrp said:
I am interested in this. What do I need to do to setup initial environment? Do I follow instructions by sk8rwitskil?

Do you have Ubuntu installed? If not install Ubuntu then follow the instructions here http://source.android.com/source/initializing.html after that you can follow sk8erwitskil's instructions

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new ion? · Jul 26, 2012

Fyi - i have a hercules, but im already down. Going to need to repartition my hdd, and work some stuff around... but ill get er done.

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BMP7777 · Jul 26, 2012

cnewsgrp said:
I am interested in this. What do I need to do to setup initial environment? Do I follow instructions by sk8rwitskil?

Preferences vary among the Linux crowd, but from my own experience and what others have posted, Ubuntu is the easiest to install and get started with. Google it and their site will have everything you need, right down to an exe. for easy install. From there, follow the other's instructions for getting an environment set up. Any questions or issues, someone here will help, I'm sure.
EDIT: posted a link to this at the beginning of the thread

BMP7777 · Jul 26, 2012

new ion? said:
Fyi - i have a hercules, but im already down. Going to need to repartition my hdd, and work some stuff around... but ill get er done.

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I am a novice, so I don't know the particulars yet, but from what I've read it shouldn't be a serious issue. Maybe a fix here or there....

lazer77 · Jul 26, 2012

Decepticaons said:
I'm jumping on board here too. Feel free to mosey on over to fb and join our group. It's called Team NAND, it is for aspiring devs as well. Only it isn't intended for jb only.

I'm hoping to have all my prereqs set up by the weekend and ill post my first build here. Good luck everyone.

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Link to the fb group? Searched, but with no luck.

EDIT: Nevermind. I see it was already asked/answered haha.

armyveterangunner29 · Jul 26, 2012

btm fdr said:
Link to the fb group? Searched, but with no luck.

You searched huh, its only 6 posts back

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