[project]Port android to meizu M8

So.. Nix is opensource, if meizu compiled it they MUST share the sources as far as i am aware. But it think you , Banxian, mean that you are not sure if you may release those? well.. if they are modded with your code that is similar but not the same it is not their source anymore.. right?

And since the samsung tree is freely availble as source they meet the gpl rights allready so you are allowed to publish this.

I think 16 gb users are now awaiting a 16gb rc 4 version :D
btw r3wdy how is the driver going?

ps did some googling, samsung should be the one who launches drivers..
(it is samsung their hardware)
opensource software may not be used in closed software without sharing the sources..

link

16gb version is released ? ^^

Download ReJacker from SourceForge.net ??

Skoddi,

have a try and please, please, please share some pictures and/or movie
i added the link on page 1 but renamed it as r4 version cause there are some changes like 16gb support, portrait,.. so nobody can blame me?

ps i also edited layout on page 1 cause i think it was very confusing?
Now 1 could download the xip he likes and the android build he likes without having to worry to much about the links :-)

bootloader is working.
if i download android rc4 i get a file"zimage" with only 2,2 MB.
which android build shell i download?

Originally Posted by BPM

bootloader is working.
if i download android rc4 i get a file"zimage" with only 2,2 MB.
which android build shell i download?

you have to build ur own xip with this zimage and meizuOS

i don't know if i can use this zimage because i have a 8 gb meizu

to bad. i do not have any pc running windows at home. i need to wait until tomorrow. i will try to build a xip (if my boss is not in the house) when i am in the office.

Hey guys,

just found this great page:
Open Source - Samsung Mobile

I think the published source code could be very helpful for your project, because many samsung models use the S3C6410 MPU.
E.g.:
Samsung GT-i5700
Samsung GT-i6410
Samsung SPH-M900

I'm pretty sure a lot of interesting stuff could be found in the kernel sources.

Keep on hacking!

scholbert

Originally Posted by Skoddi

i don't know if i can use this zimage because i have a 8 gb meizu

Skoddi, i am suspecting that it should work, cause i am very sure Banxian provided support for both systems.

to bad. i do not have any pc running windows at home.

BPM, if you are using unix you might want to install a virtual machine with win xp or so?

Hi scholbert ! thanks for the interesting feedback!

how is my driver going... yesterday i tried it again with many printfs in my source to see how it goes, and got it stop at another stage of loading...
I figured out that there is a struct with function pointers, and there is a function which is used but seems in the newer version not exist anymore. Im a but confused about this.
So i just added the pointer to the struct like i found in older versions but this leaded to stop @ aquire clock. Then i moved the pointer to the end of the struct and i got kernel panic. So i think this pointer must be there but isnt used properly because its should be removed or so.
I will try further this evening.
As said i took the plat-s3c plt-6400 mach-6400 dirs from the samsung tree and replaced the dirs in m8 kernel with them to get those intern mechanics right. but now i miss some definitions...
i search further and try the kernel to get compiled this way. if i dont get it i will try to completely take the 28 kernel from samsung and apply our patches to get the whole thing. i think in 28 samsung scope the driver will work.

Edit:
if there are really meizu comments in the samsung kernel sources this is a good sign that they are workig on android maybe they release android @ our stage but with working driver than we could do finetuning onnot :D

For those samsung phones:
Wee need to know what hardware which phone has. I think we have a very good chance to find some m8 hardware in them and use the driver provided by those kernels

yeah great!
android running on 16GB model.
i do not have any digi cam atm.
i can provide videos/pics on weekend. then i can use my girlfriends meizu to make videos/pics.

really great work. i hope you can find the needed drivers in the samsung kernel. now i can play with themes and widgets and so on.

keep on this great work. i am sure android will be usable soon.

this is my xip
its with 0.9.5.96

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Thanks for the hard work r3wdy!
ps; the linux kernel could be a own system that is proprietary from Meizu ;-) then we are screwed..

this is my xip
its with 0.9.5.96

Thank you BPM I added it to post 1 to be easy found.
ps you used android image rc 3?

i can provide videos/pics on weekend. then i can use my girlfriends meizu to make videos/pics.

Great! i would be happy with that ;-)

then we are screwed..

No :P then we take the Drivers from it and build them into android :D

true but if they are compiled you would still have some work.
anyway we will see what happens.

I think the 16gb owners will be happy with the current mods :-)
good job!

It's a cool thing with Android on 16GB.
I installed the Image from BPM, now when i start Android it fails to load mdroid.img as new root.
I get a Command-line where i can login.
What should I do???

download an mdroid.img from #1 and copy it to the root of disk

I should have read from the beginning, sry

I should have read from the beginning, sry

psst i think yu would have found a thread for questions regarding andriod and would have not postet in the wrong forum

guys i am still waiting on some screenies or video´s.
nobody has some footage for me?

And eurrrrr.. i was still awaiting untill someone patched the SD (/disk) in android, stupid that nobody has tried it yet except of course our beloved bill.

see proof of working /disk as +-8GB SD here in the movie:
http://player.youku.com/player.php/sid/30280459/v.swf

(how the hell do i embed the youku movies?)

r3wdy your wiki is down, what happened?

I am not sure where you guys are with this, but saw an article on this and wanted to share.
Here is a link (Mods, please remove if this is not appropriate)
How To Install Google Android On A Windows Mobile Phone