I have been trying to follow every guide out there to overclock my Samsung Galaxy S4 (SGH-M919), and until now I have had absolutely no luck! It wasn't until I saw some work on a kernel by Faux123 that I realized the difference in kernel setups. Once I tried it …
Adding pre-built apps to your build
One of the big things that always comes up is that of adding pre-built apps to your build. Make is so dynamic that you could add these in just about anywhere, provided that you properly add them to your configuration files. For myself, I used to add them into the …
Using a fallback branch to overcome poor choice of repository branch names
I know that we have looked at fallback branches before, but this really is worth looking at again. Last time, we saw an instance where there was not a branch available that was new enough for what we were trying to build. E.g., building a Lollipop version of Android …
Error: forbidden warning!
Dun, dun, duhnnnn....
The forboding sound of the forbidden warning. The warning that was forbidden. Oh the horror!
Okay, so it really isn't that bad, but it sure sounds bad. I guess that's the point though. Let's take a look:
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/home/alaskalinuxuser/Documents/projects/phones/compile/Liquid5/kernel/samsung …
Porting Debian Linux to your cell phone part 3 of 3
If you are still with me, then you have already set up your phone to first boot Debian Linux, and then Linux will start Android in a chroot environment. Your phone is actually already running Debian Linux, just with Android being run and displayed on the screen. At any moment …
Porting Debian Linux to your cell phone part 2 of 3
If you are following along from the previous post: great! Good work. I'm glad that you are still with me! Today's changes are actually all you need to do to have a dual phone, where you start Linux first, and then Linux turns on Android. With this setup, you actually …
Porting Debian Linux to your cell phone part 1 of 3
First and formost, I would like to clear the air. This is not a set of instructions on how to put Linux on your phone, as you would do with apps like Linux Deploy. This is also not for the faint of heart. This is a step by step tutorial …
Optional instructions: Adding repositories to your i927 as a Debian “Chatter” Phone
I have adapted some work that I did a while back on the Samsung Captivate Glide (i927), the official post, etc, can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/captivate-glide/general/samsung-captivate-glide-debian-chatter-t3233807
I also made a post about this earlier, which you can read here:
So, if you read the …
Follow up: Using your i927 as a Debian “Chatter” Phone
I have adapted some work that I did a while back on the Samsung Captivate Glide (i927), the official post, etc, can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/captivate-glide/general/samsung-captivate-glide-debian-chatter-t3233807
I also made a post about this earlier, which you can read here:
So, if you read the …
Using your i927 as a Debian “Chatter” Phone
I have adapted some work that I did a while back on the Samsung Captivate Glide (i927), the official post, etc, can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/captivate-glide/general/samsung-captivate-glide-debian-chatter-t3233807
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A Debian phone. Not run as a tack on, not emulated, not …