[project]Port android to meizu M8

banxian · 11-06-2009

Originally Posted by swkyer

that's a great news!
thx for your great work!

btw: how can i get your bootloader and kernel source, i wanna do something for this project.

I have 3 modified kernel in cooking.
I'll init a git from each original state, and overwrite my commit.
But the problem is, initialized push is too large to my ADSL. and I can't get git resume upload from a broken push. maybe it's impossible, I'll try request some friend have fast connection to push the huge things.

Loader is so tiny to push, so I call it tinyloader.
It can fetch from
M8TinyLoader - Gitorious
litexipbuilder used for inject loader / zimage into stock firmware:
MPack - Gitorious

bill · 11-06-2009

Originally Posted by r3wDy

Further we should see that we get the small problems solved, like no mp3 player because of "No SD Card inserted" this should be possible

How to mount SD card in android
compile mountd，start mountd server:
modify file: system/core/mountd/Android.mk
# disabled - we are using vold now instead
＃ include $(BUILD_EXECUTABLE)
to：
# disabled - we are using vold now instead
include $(BUILD_EXECUTABLE)

add install file mountd.conf to root file system:
in file: system/core/rootdir/init.rc
free these rows：
service mountd /system/bin/mountd
socket mountd stream 0660 root mount

modify file: system/core/rootdir/Android.mk ， add "etc/mountd.conf \"，like this：
copy_from := \
etc/dbus.conf \
etc/init.goldfish.sh \
etc/mountd.conf \
etc/hosts

bill · 11-06-2009

Originally Posted by banxian

separete package in sourceforge:
mdroid_cuptools_r3_rootfs.zip
mdroid_cuptools_r3_xip_releasenote.txt
mdroid_cuptools_r3_xip_dualboot_unstable.zip

Very great half fairy(Banxian)!
After update r3 version, android will support adb driver.
Then install adb driver in your PC.(download in http://www.mobi28.com/m8/M8_android_usb_driver.asp)

All apk software can be installed to M8.
you can download many apk game from here:www.aidiji.com

Install apk methods :
in PC DOS command,connect usb line:

Code:

adb push ***.apk /system/app

enjoy it!!!

lex2193 · 11-06-2009

courage and support to all those who work on this project !

Here is a little gift :

MDroid_Pack.zip

banxian · 11-06-2009

A month ago I use liveandroid 0.2 and I think it's landscape.
When I visit some android application download site, most of application is designed for vertical (portrait screen) mode.
Er, I must add portrait support of Loader menu to TODO list.

Android seems support screen rotation itself, I got it when alarm clock triggered.

@lex2913:
Thanks!
If I got portrait mode worked I think it's a nice wallpaper to embed in Laucher.apk.

r3wDy · 11-06-2009

there is a s3c6410 rotator driver in the linux kernel i think.
I love the thing with usb connection so i can work with android without rootfs this is very nice. This weekend i will fetch all the sources (are the kernel source in git too??) and get me a kitchen up so i can start developing.

Friend of mine said the the modem maybe fuctional. The code is imbedded in GSm processor, we should try a hayes std modem driver, this will give us a serial port (or two in this case). Then we could control the modem through at command. We can rip those from windows ce and serial debug.
I will try this when my devenv is setup again

Once again i say: we should create a liste of features/hardware of the m8 and what they are and how we could implement them. This goes from small things like power button over driver for the battery to big things like modem.
We should see that we do one after another to get things done.
I partitcipate in the android porting google mailgroup to get any ifno i could get.

PS to get protrait mode work, you just need to compile the kernel this way, but rotator will not work then. this is one of the "smaller" problems i mentioned

PPS: nice dualboot :D

Skoddi · 11-06-2009

what tool i need to import newer firmware and is it later possible leave out the meizu firmware and update android only ?

r3wDy · 11-06-2009

bug:when u boot windows and it goes to sleep, i cant wake it up by pressing pwer or m button.
anyone else with such a problem?

Skoddi · 11-06-2009

Originally Posted by r3wDy

bug:when u boot windows and it goes to sleep, i cant wake it up by pressing pwer or m button.
anyone else with such a problem?

hmmm same bug was at android r2

tumi07 · 11-06-2009

Originally Posted by r3wDy

Once again i say: we should create a liste of features/hardware of the m8 and what they are and how we could implement them. This goes from small things like power button over driver for the battery to big things like modem.
We should see that we do one after another to get things done.
I partitcipate in the android porting google mailgroup to get any ifno i could get.

For this reason I opened a new thread [project] Drivers for the m8 hardware
Every help is welcome!!

banxian · 11-06-2009

Originally Posted by r3wDy

bug:when u boot windows and it goes to sleep, i cant wake it up by pressing pwer or m button.
anyone else with such a problem?

It list in known problem in release note and my post.
fixed version contains a graphic expain.
get download link in previouse post.

evow04 · 11-06-2009

Damn..
friday should be a day when nothing happens but today i have difficulties to catch up

I edited page one (yeah-yeah again) to be upto date:

linked tumi07 his topic.
linked Banxian his git´s/updated RC3
linked Bill is howto on games
added a todo part

Now, if anyone finds a bug PM me so i can update in todo list...
If anyone has details on hardware/driver, PM me so i can update..

Can someone post me a video of rc3 from boot process? :P

Banxian,
if i read well Wince still needs to be loaded from NOR?
can´t we change this for loading from movienand?
Then one does not need to cook loader and new fw everytime there is a new fw leak..

r3wDy,
great! those pictures and info on hardware will be very usefull and i will update in page 1 if you have them.
Be carefull while opening m8, and i posted in Mods and dev. somewhere a video that demonstrates on opening M8, this can be a good guidline for not damaging your m8?! (not that i doubt on you but.. you know ;-) )

It will be removed 4 hours later.

crap just noticed this

How to mount SD card in android
compile mountd，start mountd server:

Can this patch be included in the next rc? ;-).

Friend of mine said the the modem maybe fuctional

great news r3wdy.
I hope we get wifi asap running, this will be the best to start with ;-)

banxian · 11-06-2009

Originally Posted by evow04

Can someone post me a video of rc3 from boot process? :P

Banxian,
if i read well Wince still needs to be loaded from NOR?
can´t we change this for loading from movienand?
Then one does not need to cook loader and new fw everytime there is a new fw leak..

I have a older video. I will made a new one tonight.

yes, when we talk about NOR, it means onenand in M8.
we place xip.bin in movinand only used for upgrade system to read and inflate it to onenand (in nb0 format). this is hard to changed because it's behavior of mzboot. it's dangerous to patch on it.

evow04 · 11-06-2009

ok!

will have a look on your git to see the process.
cause even though it is hard/dangerous to do, it would save us work.
thanks for now, and i will see the movie when it comes up :-)

r3wDy · 11-06-2009

ok folkz i looked @ the datasheets from neo/freerunner (openmoko,.org) and they gsm modem is connected to the s3c2440 cpu just through uart.
Its controled enterly by at command i think.
So i think if we (i) compile a hayes compatilble modem driver and set this to this uart port, we should be able to coommunicate with this chip. all the other things should be made by the modem firmware itself. so we maybe dont need a driver for this.
We know s3c4610 has 3 or 4 uarts, we should just try all of these (0 cant be because its our usb/serial port) one must be connected to the modem. it will answer if we send at command so we could se this...

adb.exe doesnt recognize my device cause my adb.exe is too old. i will try this when im @ home this evening or over the weekend

evow04 · 11-06-2009

that is a long shot, but it could be working!
keep us informed, on wlan, really can not find anything about it

r3wDy · 11-06-2009

but i found something bout wlan :P
Look here page 16 right
http://www.titov.org.ua/doc/Schemati...public_RC0.pdf

freerunner also can use this chipset, and when i read corretly there is a marvel 88w8686 chip usid in this samsung package. maybe the freerunner driver is wiorth a try

evow04 · 11-06-2009

god DAMNED why is meizume so slow loading!
i am trying to edit & post for over 3 hours now but i get timeout´s and other :s

anyway, i found the same thing
some link :
libertas driver
google search

i also noticed that samsung uses qualcom & marvell for the base of some chip´s
there it gets confusing : some schematics say the swl is BT + Wifi other say only wifi..

found some other internal pictures

but on the marvel we can find alot of info, that is good news!
with some luck we have wifi up and running in a few days.

MegaBaSS · 11-06-2009

Please talk me anybody - it work with M8SE?

Loonix · 11-06-2009

yes, but not M8 SE 16GB.