While there are several guides out there on how to do this, I ran into a slight snag while trying to put Android Nougat on a Nook HD+, so I […]
Video Tutorial on How to Compile Android and Modify Kernels
For those interested, I have just posted a video tutorial series on XDA for building Android Oreo, Nougat, Marshmallow, and Lollipop on 5 different phones, the emulator, and 5 different […]
Another example of a dirty fix….
[CODE] ninja: error: ‘/home/alaskalinuxuser/compile/build_lineageos/out/target/common/obj/APPS/ValidityService_intermediates/with-local/classes.dex’, needed by ‘/home/alaskalinuxuser/compile/build_lineageos/out/target/common/obj/APPS/ValidityService_intermediates/classes.dex’, missing and no known rule to make it make: *** [ninja_wrapper] Error 1 make: Leaving directory `/home/alaskalinuxuser/compile/build_lineageos’ [/CODE] That was the error I […]
When symbolic links don’t work?
Recently, while compiling CM12 for the TBLTETMO, Galaxy Note Edge, I ran into an odd error. I did not get a chance to copy the error message, but essentially it […]
How to manually update your custom rom source code with security updates
For those of you who compile your own custom roms directly using AOSP source, the latest security updates are always added in as soon as they occure. For those of […]
Error: File not found – The problem with using absolute paths.
While attemtping to add the Lionheart governor to my previously built kernel, I ran into an interesting problem: [CODE] firmware/audience-es325-fw-eur.bin.gen.S: Assembler messages: firmware/audience-es325-fw-eur.bin.gen.S:5: Error: file not found: /home/alaskalinuxuser/Documents/projects/phones/compile/cm13/kernel/samsung/jf/firmware/audience-es325-fw-eur.bin make[3]: *** […]
Compiling CyanogenMod 13 for the Samsung Galaxy S4 T-Mobile (JFLTETMO SGH-M919)
This morning, when I came back to my computer, I was greeted with some very good news: [CODE] running: java -Xmx2048m -jar /home/alaskalinuxuser/Documents/projects/phones/compile/cm13/out/host/linux-x86/framework/signapk.jar -w build/target/product/security/testkey.x509.pem build/target/product/security/testkey.pk8 /tmp/tmp_q_ufQ /home/alaskalinuxuser/Documents/projects/phones/compile/cm13/out/target/product/jfltetmo/cm_jfltetmo-ota-612d9cd77f.zip done. Package […]
Compiling CyanogenMod 13 for the Samsung Galaxy S4 T-Mobile (JFLTETMO SGH-M919)
In the continuing adventures of attempting to compile CyanogenMod 13 for the Samsung Galaxy S4 T-Mobile (JFLTETMO SGH-M919), on my second build attempt, I have run into another road-block. Yesterday […]
Compiling CyanogenMod 13 for the Samsung Galaxy S4 T-Mobile (JFLTETMO SGH-M919)
So I have been attempting to compile CM13 for my Samsung Galaxy S4 T-Mobile (JFLTETMO SGH-M919) phone. The first thing I did was read the entire guide here: https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Build_for_jfltetmo Which […]