A MIUI rom for 6p?

CappyT · May 4, 2016

I don't know if it's in the correct section (move this thread wherever is appropriate, and sorry for that)

Guys, miui based on MM are out, i understand that patchrom is still 4.4.4, but there's no other way to port it without using it?

Thanks

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DJBhardwaj · May 4, 2016 at 9:29 AM

CappyT said:
I don't know if it's in the correct section (move this thread wherever is appropriate, if no...

Guys, miui based on MM are out, i understand that patchrom is still 4.4.4, but there's no other way to port it without using it?

Thanks

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PathROM was designed to help porting MIUI to devices. I used it 3-4 years ago for porting MIUI to my LG P500. A developer/user could definitely go the manual way, but it would be mess.

Anyways, why do you need MIUI on your 6P? I have had a nightmare using MIUI. And last I used was on the Nexus S.

CappyT · May 4, 2016 at 1:18 PM

DJBhardwaj said:
PathROM was designed to help porting MIUI to devices. I used it 3-4 years ago for porting MIUI to my LG P500. A developer/user could definitely go the manual way, but it would be mess.

Anyways, why do you need MIUI on your 6P? I have had a nightmare using MIUI. And last I used was on the Nexus S.

Well, i just like it more than i like cyanogen or other roms... Also has awesome themes and i like the design of the rom.
I understand that is not maybe the best rom for modding or battery usage, but still a great looking rom.

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DJBhardwaj · May 4, 2016 at 1:23 PM

CappyT said:
Well, i just like it more than i like cyanogen or other roms... Also has awesome themes and i like the design of the rom.
I understand that is not maybe the best rom for modding or battery usage, but still a great looking rom.

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I can definitely agree on that point. Let us hope someone ports it.

feis · May 4, 2016 at 4:30 PM

Isnt there a miui v7 for nexus 5? Not sure about 5x, but definately should be possible, just dont think that devs are interested in miui

DJBhardwaj · May 4, 2016 at 6:11 PM

feis said:
Isnt there a miui v7 for nexus 5? Not sure about 5x, but definately should be possible, just dont think that devs are interested in miui

Exactly. Only a few people care for MIUI now.

CappyT · May 5, 2016 at 4:52 AM

DJBhardwaj said:
Exactly. Only a few people care for MIUI now.

If i get a guide or something to port it manually, i can try to, but i'm finding only patchrom guides...

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DJBhardwaj · May 5, 2016 at 4:55 AM

CappyT said:
If i get a guide or something to port it manually, i can try to, but i'm finding only patchrom guides...

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3rd post in this thread would help - http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/guide-build-port-miui-rom-to-device-t3250984
When I started with MIUI port, we didn't had patchrom anyway near, so we followed something like this.

CappyT · May 11, 2016 at 1:57 PM

DJBhardwaj said:
3rd post in this thread would help - http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/guide-build-port-miui-rom-to-device-t3250984
When I started with MIUI port, we didn't had patchrom anyway near, so we followed something like this.

I may use some help here...
I extracted everything that is necessary and I have copied over the files, how to symlink everything together again? I'm using windows, I suspect I should use linux and extract everything there, right? Or there is any android kitchen (that support 6.x) that helps with this?

Many thanks

DJBhardwaj · May 11, 2016 at 4:49 PM

CappyT said:
I may use some help here...
I extracted everything that is necessary and I have copied over the files, how to symlink everything together again? I'm using windows, I suspect I should use linux and extract everything there, right? Or there is any android kitchen (that support 6.x) that helps with this?

Many thanks

I remember using a script from one of the developers, not sure who or when, or would have found it for you. Give a swipe on XDA for Android Kitchens that could help. I am sorry that I am not able to help much here.

CappyT · May 12, 2016 at 2:21 PM

DJBhardwaj said:
I remember using a script from one of the developers, not sure who or when, or would have found it for you. Give a swipe on XDA for Android Kitchens that could help. I am sorry that I am not able to help much here.

Thank you anyway, you helped me a lot =)

feis · May 12, 2016 at 4:48 PM

Oh man if you succeed im gonna donate my cat to you lol

feis · May 16, 2016 at 5:40 PM

CappyT said:
Thank you anyway, you helped me a lot =)

I guess its not going too well?

CappyT · May 16, 2016 at 5:45 PM

feis said:
I guess its not going too well?

I just need a little time and a little help with this...

feis · May 16, 2016 at 5:54 PM

Wish you luck! Would love to have miui for a change, sadly cant help you much, since im a noob when it comes to this

skw5115 · May 16, 2016 at 10:24 PM

CappyT said:
I just need a little time and a little help with this...

I'm dont really know anything about porting ROMs, but if you tell me what you're having issues with I can try to help in finding the solution. Willing to do anything I can to help out

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CappyT · May 18, 2016

Thank you guys, I will use your help.
Today I will look into it, for the moment i'm still figuring out how to keep symlinks and permissions on windows, but i guess it's impossible. I will try firing up a vm with nix if everything fails.

CappyT · May 18, 2016

Ok, so... I made a system and boot img, but I didn't tested those, and I can't get the updater-script to work. If someone helps me with this, I will be really thankful.

The permissions and symlinks part is something that worries me, but I keeped the symlinks and permission from original system.img filesystem by mounting it as a drive in linux and applying mods there.
Also, I keeped every part of the symlink script that camed with miui, so it should tecnically work.

If some of you guys helps me testing this, we can do it.

**** WARNING. IT CAN DAMAGE YOUR DEVICE AND AT THE MOMENT, IT DOESN'T WORK!!! ****
Here is the rom: https://mega.co.nz/#!b90GSJRa!7rXM2UhwtEw8M0fbIrK2F3za9w5KTGY1FPD4IGmHu1k

It was ported from the Mi Note (not the pro) which has really similar specs to our device, and this version also includes an italian translation (so there are 3 langs, English, Chinese and Italian)

feis · May 18, 2016 at 3:41 PM

No ones helping? I really wish i could help you with the testing but as i dont have computer access right now dont wanna brick my 6p without being able to repair it without pc.

CappyT · May 18, 2016

Ok, i managed to get the rom flashed... So. The boot image seems almost fine, since i got to the bootanimation screen. There, it stucks.
I don't know how to debug it, since the adb doesn't show up (and is active in kernel)
I activated adb by the use of:

Code:

ro.adb.secure=0 
ro.secure=0 
ro.allow.mock.location=0 
ro.debuggable=1 
persist.sys.usb.config=mtp,adb 
persist.service.adb.enable=1 
persist.service.debuggable=1

in the kernel default.prop... I don't know if these lines are outdated, but i'm still trying guys.

Also, you can reach me out on hangouts at: cappy95(at)gmail.com

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