Android L Preview Port

ssrij · Jun 29, 2014

ROM THREAD: http://xdaforums.com/htc-one/development/port-android-l-developer-preview-htc-one-t2812816

TheAmusingNerd · Jun 30, 2014

ssrij said:
I've been working to port the L Preview from Nexus 5 to HTC One M7 but having issues with updater script. A lot has changed and I have experience with ROMs compiling and flashing but I have never ported ROMs between devices. Anyone has experience doing so? Can work together then

How much has the script changed from KitKat? I don't have much experience with porting, but can help when I can.

nuuits · Jun 30, 2014

what errors are you getting?

poondog · Jun 30, 2014

Watch out, there have apparently been a few bricks from trying to create flashables for L

ANDR01DN00B · Jun 30, 2014

I sooo wish I could help but sadly I'm a N00B!!! Man hopefully all goes well to all contributors!

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uZzY94 · Jul 1, 2014

poondog said:
Watch out, there have apparently been a few bricks from trying to create flashables for L

You mean.. their device is resting in pieces forever?

poondog · Jul 1, 2014

uZzY94 said:
You mean.. their device is resting in pieces forever?

yeap

ssrij · Jul 1, 2014

poondog said:
yeap

Here's the full DMESG: http://pastebin.com/Gb38U9YD

What I've tried to do so far:

1. Copied app, priv app, media, fonts and framework folder from L preview to a GPE 4.4 ROM for HTC One along with certain files and libs like libart.so, etc and the boot.img
STATUS: Stuck on HTC Logo

2. Copied proprietary files from GPE 4.4 ROM for HTC One along with the boot.img to the L preview ROM.
STATUS: Stuck on HTC Logo

I also merged some code from the updater script of L preview ROM with the GPE ROM and vice versa, same issue.

Am I missing something?

ssrij · Jul 1, 2014

estabien said:
what errors are you getting?

The error lies in the dmesg, I am seeing a lot of this:

E/kickstart-htc( 246): myexecv: fork+

E/kickstart-htc( 246): myexecv: fork-

E/kickstart-htc( 246): myexecv: waitpid+, pid=[540]

E/kickstart-htc( 540): myexecv: fork-

E/kickstart-htc( 540): myexecv: execv+

E/kickstart-htc( 246): myexecv: waitpid-, ret=[0]

ssrij · Jul 1, 2014

TheAmusingNerd said:
How much has the script changed from KitKat? I don't have much experience with porting, but can help when I can.

Here's the updater script for L: http://pastebin.com/4ApMRAcF

Not a huge difference, but it seems longer

poondog · Jul 1, 2014

ssrij said:
Here's the full DMESG: http://pastebin.com/Gb38U9YD

What I've tried to do so far:

1. Copied app, priv app, media, fonts and framework folder from L preview to a GPE 4.4 ROM for HTC One along with certain files and libs like libart.so, etc and the boot.img
STATUS: Stuck on HTC Logo

2. Copied proprietary files from GPE 4.4 ROM for HTC One along with the boot.img to the L preview ROM.
STATUS: Stuck on HTC Logo

I also merged some code from the updater script of L preview ROM with the GPE ROM and vice versa, same issue.

Am I missing something?

You can't have sense stuff in an AOSP ROM. this is what you have, since gpe boot.img has sense style ramdisk and everything. Because gpe has sense stuff in framework etc then you'll need everything to match

I thought you'd have more chance from CM base because they're both aosp. Think of this, you can't port aosp ROMs with sense base

ssrij · Jul 1, 2014

poondog said:
You can't have sense stuff in an AOSP ROM. this is what you have, since gpe boot.img has sense style ramdisk and everything. Because gpe has sense stuff in framework etc then you'll need everything to match

I thought you'd have more chance from CM base because they're both aosp. Think of this, you can't port aosp ROMs with sense base

Ah, makes sense! Let me try merging stuff with CM, hopefully that will work

poondog · Jul 1, 2014

ssrij said:
Ah, makes sense! Let me try merging stuff with CM, hopefully that will work

Good luck

ssrij · Jul 1, 2014

poondog said:
Good luck

Getting error executing updater binary, that is weird

poondog · Jul 1, 2014

ssrij said:
Getting error executing updater binary, that is weird

Where's it from? You've packed zips before I'm guessing?

ssrij · Jul 1, 2014

poondog said:
Where's it from? You've packed zips before I'm guessing?

I didn't modify updater script or change updater binary in CM, just merged files. Yes, I am on windows currently so I just used the inbuilt zipping tool to create a zip file

Hajime · Jul 1, 2014

copy bootclass path from android l to the base boot.img

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can you give me a zip for android l meta-inf?

ssrij · Jul 1, 2014

vovaftw said:
copy bootclass path from android l to the base boot.img

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can you give me a zip for android l meta-inf?

I'll try that once I can get it to flash!

Here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/mf48bink4wy1fgc/META-INF_LPREVIEW.zip

Hajime · Jul 1, 2014

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2245786 try this

ssrij · Jul 1, 2014

vovaftw said:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2245786 try this

Thanks, let me try this also! I'll let everyone know if it works or not tomorrow

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