[project]Port android to meizu M8

Hi 919263,

at this moment we have android running in dualboot with wince.
I would say give it a try.
btw thanks for the usefull information!

That was the first try with haret. But it don't work because haret get no rights from win ce.

Originally Posted by evow04

Hi 919263,

at this moment we have android running in dualboot with wince.
I would say give it a try.
btw thanks for the usefull information!

evow04,
U R Welcome..
Now as for the Dual boot, I have seen 2-3 threads for it, and the XIP's...
Question, the Dual Boot XIP, is that all that is required, just to put that in the Disk Directory and then follow the normal Upgrade process...??

Also, once that is done, and I boot to And... Can I boot to the Meizu OS if I dont like that???
Further, if I do not want dual boot, can I just Flash the M8 with a NON Dual Boot XIP and everything will come back to normal Meizu OS????

Further More, with the Andriod, how do I restore my Contacts??

You might want to check the first post of this topic so you can answer all your questions by yourself.

I noticed the rapidshare link for the 16gb version died...

so I was thinking... I could host the 16gb stuff.
so.. created a little ftp server where you android-cooks can upload it and then place a link here..
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server: dropbox.inventiv3.com
username: dropbox
password: *please pm me for the password, I don't really like to post it publicly*

the download are accessible at: Index of /
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and... please only the 16gb stuff, else it would cost me to much bandwidth

nice idea. but i think that there is no difference between 8 and 16GB stuff.
all future versions will work on both models i think.

ok, well.. then I'll try to host all..
and see how that'll go..
but if it takes to much bandwidth I'll put it offline..

owenray,
i noticed that you could have just a basic windowshosting with colo atm?
Then i really think it is not that good idea to host it there cause the "web a" package is just 3 gb´s in traffic what is peanuts since the link would be published on an international forum :s

Don not have the package right now but i could upload back to rapidshare.
And make it redunant by uploading to mediafire also?

all future versions will work on both models i think.

indeed, the idea is that it runs on both versions.

I have a linux vps hosting with colo..
max 250gb bandwidth a month...

ah, okaj that is something different ;-)
then is should be ok (i think)

Will upload this evening to mediafire when i am getting @ home

16GB tagged as a width detect fix. it can work on 8GB model too.

2.6.29 branch in andorid git kernel have 6410 mach & plat, but miss almost drivers.
I am currently patching these branch:
linux-android-aesop-2.6.29-20091011 (audio, mmc detect, wifi)
linux-samsung-2.6.29 (framebuffer, audio)
android-2.6.29 (console, staging)

these all based on 2.6.29 if I get one of it runing as well as currently 2.6.27, It will be easier than 2.6.27 to get other driver work.

patch (2.6.29-samsung-s3c6410merge.diff) I released yesterday (I post sf link on wiki but I missed the wiki now) only can pass compile. seems I need to check lcd driver tonight.

status (would update If I get some new change):
aesop: waiting disk (maybe dev / memmap)
samsung: framebuffer merging.
google: framebuffer n lms340d1 lcd merged. can't find any initial console
2.6.32-rc8: wrong serial rate after uncompress progress.

Originally Posted by evow04

ah, okaj that is something different ;-)
then is should be ok (i think)

Will upload this evening to mediafire when i am getting @ home

I'll send you a pm with the ftp password, so you can upload it there..

great, i will inform you when i had time to upload this.
btw owenray you could make the dualboot yourself by following the howto and by using the tinyloader patch for 16 gb from post 1..

Banxian, this sounds great!
Do you have any idea what kernel is been used for android 2.0 (eclair)?

if it would be interchangeble we could upgrade to 2.0 :-)

ps i noticed your patches on the wiki but somehow the wiki from r3wdy is still down.
Mods, is there a way to host the wiki here on the forum pages?
(but not by making a thread cause then only 1 person could edit the postings)

Hum my server is down.... dunno why i will contact my hoster to ask why...


So banxian you build a 29 kernel? would be really nice i think our spi stuff will work better there

Originally Posted by evow04

btw owenray you could make the dualboot yourself by following the howto and by using the tinyloader patch for 16 gb from post 1..

yeah I probably could..
but I'm quiet busy lately..
I will, as soon as I get the time to

Owenray,
some bad news, i can not find the file anymore.
I am pretty sure i placed it on one of my hard drives, but which one and where

anyway i was thinking to build a new xip but then i realized i can not test it without m8 so that means i could make something that destroys some users there phone and that is the last thing i want.
but!
i added the needed mpack & Tinyloader download link to post 1 and i will add a link to the bbs where another tutorial stands on how to do it.
So if one has time.. let me know the links so i can update post 1

dunno why i will contact my hoster

great i hope that there will not be any dataloss, if it is .. then i will try to place as much info in the first 3 posts of this topic.

Originally Posted by evow04

i added the needed mpack & Tinyloader download link to post 1 and i will add a link to the bbs where another tutorial stands on how to do it.
So if one has time.. let me know the links so i can update post 1

ok, you can mirror them on my server if you want.. especially everything under 150mb is no problem _at all_
and I'm gladly of help to the android project

and i thank you therefor
if it is you mean url you might want to add a subdomain name for downloads, then you could add a seperate ftp user in the cpanel of the hosting provider?
some mirrors are allways welcome cause links easily get destroyed..

Originally Posted by evow04

and i thank you therefor
if it is you mean url you might want to add a subdomain name for downloads, then you could add a seperate ftp user in the cpanel of the hosting provider?
some mirrors are allways welcome cause links easily get destroyed..

I already did think of that...
as I showed in my first post about the ftp account..
public access is at Index of /
and I do not use a cpanel cause I have root access

that is fine ;-)

i am uploading a dualboot package, but like mentionned i can not test my self.
please let some one see if it works, if it does Owenray could add a mirror to my download link?

I will also upload the needed tools AND a decent howto on doing this, this in 1 package ?



edit 1/

first package with dualboot support for 8+16 gb :
dualboot fw 0938.zip (can some one confirm if it works well?)

edit 2/
Package with nice howto build a dualboot + needed software to do this!
dualboot building.zip