You can't build a "from scratch" ROM for the Android Dev Phone 1, Android Dev Phone 2 or the Nexus 1 either. Lots of the chips in your phone are made by companies who refuse to open source a thing - with no (viable) alternatives available...
Thanks, Kiall On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 6:34 PM, debuti <[email protected]> wrote: > why they dont release a hero kernel + anything needed to build the > system from scratch? > > f***! > > On 12 abr, 17:40, Kiall Mac Innes <[email protected]> wrote: > > You might be interested inhttp:// > github.com/kiall/android_vendor_communityandjnwhiteh and > > lokX's branches - between the 3 of us, we have 2.1 building > > for a hero and my branch also has a mostly working Dream 2.1... > > > > But you need lots of proprietary binaries - list of them/script to > extract > > them @ > http://github.com/kiall/android_vendor_community/blob/eclair/hero/unz... > > > > Thanks, > > Kiall > > > > On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 4:32 PM, David Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 12:43 AM, debuti <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> And that blobs, can't be extracted from existing ROMs? > > > > >> Probably, but frankly I have no idea what the Hero uses and how to > > > integrate the corresponding binaries into an AOSP tree. > > > You were asking why it's so difficult, I just provide an answer :-) > > > > >> On 7 abr, 18:28, David Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > Because you don't have all the drivers. Some hardware is supported > > >> through > > >> > proprietary binary blobs that run in user space. For example the > OpenGL > > >> ES > > >> > hardware support library. > > > > >> > That's why, even you need to extract them from a device or from the > > >> recovery > > >> > images at developer.htc.com when you want to make an AOSP build > that > > >> runs on > > >> > an ADP1. > > > > >> > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 12:52 AM, debuti <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > There are two types of ROMs to the Hero, the ones with sense > (coming > > >> > > from HTC or customized by users, but with sense anyway) and laggy, > and > > >> > > the ones compiled from sources with missed capabilities > (Bluetooth, > > >> > > glitches, etc). > > > > >> > > My question is, since we've got the sources for Hero kernel > (http:// > > >> > > developer.htc.com/), and the AOSP project, why noone did compile > a > > >> > > fully-working-without-sense-then-faster-1.5-AOSP Rom for Htc Hero? > > > > >> > > OR > > > > >> > > why it is so difficult to compile a working 2.1 Rom if we have the > > >> > > kernel, hence the drivers? > > > > >> > > Thanks! > > > > >> > > -- > > >> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > >> Groups > > >> > > "Android Discuss" group. > > >> > > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > > >> . > > >> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >> > > [email protected]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > <android-discuss%[email protected]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > > > > >> <android-discuss%[email protected]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > <android-discuss%[email protected]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > > > > > > >> > > . > > >> > > For more options, visit this group at > > >> > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > > > >> -- > > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > >> "Android Discuss" group. > > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > . > > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >> [email protected]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > <android-discuss%[email protected]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > > > > >> . > > >> For more options, visit this group at > > >>http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "Android Discuss" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > <android-discuss%[email protected]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > > > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
