Guest Psyloid Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 So, i'm quite interested at making my own rom, i can program java, but where do i begin? how do i edit the files, what software do i need, do i need a linux pc, any links to usefull sites or forums? any starter guides out there? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ThrashMan Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 (edited) Do you think this is Google!? :P By "making" do you mean: build a ROM from source code OR pulling apart an existing ROM and customising it? Edited May 25, 2011 by ThrashMan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Psyloid Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 Do you think this is Google!? :P By "making" do you mean: build a ROM from source code OR pulling apart an existing ROM and customising it? Let me asure you, i tried google, i meant taking the source code from android 2.3.4 and then fix it up so it runs on the blade, using an official blade 2.2 rom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest anneliese Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 So, i'm quite interested at making my own rom Great news! Really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest k0zmic Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 Let me asure you, i tried google, i meant taking the source code from android 2.3.4 and then fix it up so it runs on the blade, using an official blade 2.2 rom http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?titl...ing_from_source Maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mushroom_Lord Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 (edited) This will be a mighty job! All our ROM's are built from official sources, except Cm7 - which is developed by a "huge" community! (and Possibly some of the other 2.1 ROM's were built by "groups" bladevillain springs to mind, but I entered the scene too late for that) There is the exception of the Blade's honeycomb ROM - built from a leaked Zoom build, using the Cm7 kernel (or so I believe) And compiled by about 2 people! Just warning you, this could take quite a while! :P Great news! Really. I'm sorry but, what was the point of that? Edited May 25, 2011 by Mushroom_Lord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Psyloid Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?titl...ing_from_source Maybe? great link, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheManicGibbon Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 I'm sorry but, what was the point of that? I know, the guy wants to learn some stuff, no need for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Psyloid Posted May 26, 2011 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 I think i will first play with some existing roms, actually i already threw smth together, posting it asap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Swimmerboy Posted May 26, 2011 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 I think i will first play with some existing roms, actually i already threw smth together, posting it asap I'd do this to start with so you can see what different things do. Play around with an existing one, add/remove apps, edit build.prop, even set yourself a challenge to get the ROM as small as possible to see exactly what you need to strip out. Once you know how it all goes together you'll have a better understanding of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tony Sidaway Posted May 29, 2011 Report Share Posted May 29, 2011 (edited) I'm in much the same position as Psyloid, although my thinking is that it would make more sense for me to contribute to an existing firmware set like CyanogenMod. I think making one's own custom firmware from the Android release is, at least for me, both wasteful and over-ambitious. I've been working on building CyanogenMod and also (because I'm only familiar with the standard Sun/Oracle JDKs) writing small applications for Android in order to learn as much about the system as possible. Edited May 29, 2011 by Tony Sidaway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest k0zmic Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 I'm in much the same position as Psyloid, although my thinking is that it would make more sense for me to contribute to an existing firmware set like CyanogenMod. I think making one's own custom firmware from the Android release is, at least for me, both wasteful and over-ambitious. I've been working on building CyanogenMod and also (because I'm only familiar with the standard Sun/Oracle JDKs) writing small applications for Android in order to learn as much about the system as possible. If you want to and can contribute to CM then that would probably be appreciated by the dev's. I think you could contribute code to gerrit but I don't really know much about how these projects work. Personally I feel it's good to have a plenty of firmware's to choose from. Best of luck whatever you decide to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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