Pipo M7pro - Cyanogenmod 11 (Android 4.4.4) porting

[fishpepper]

no, do not use cwm install yet.

You have to use flash.sh from the out/target/.../m7pro directory!
The zip file cm11 produces does not incorporate the rockchip specific checksums for the img files!
Have a look at flash.sh to see what it does.

[stevejc]

no, do not use cwm install yet.

You have to use flash.sh from the out/target/.../m7pro directory!
The zip file cm11 produces does not incorporate the rockchip specific checksums for the img files!
Have a look at flash.sh to see what it does.

Hi,
Finally got Cyanogen on my pipo M7pro

I have flashed the system.img and boot.img created with ROM_FLASH_TOOLS (from Riley) under windows with a new parameter files that matches yours.

It runs well, but Wifi can't be activated !

[rrileypm]

That's great news.

I've got a couple of new ROM's to do tonight, but I have my M7 Pro with me if you need a tester...once you start playing with wifi, bluetooth and GPS stuff. I don't have a 3G version, though.

[raxy]

Hi,
Finally got Cyanogen on my pipo M7pro

I have flashed the system.img and boot.img created with ROM_FLASH_TOOLS (from Riley) under windows with a new parameter files that matches yours.

It runs well, but Wifi can't be activated !

well well well,
bravo !

check with fishpepper the wifi thing as I remember he said his build had all working (but gps).

[fishpepper]

I have flashed the system.img and boot.img created with ROM_FLASH_TOOLS (from Riley) under windows with a new parameter files that matches yours.

It runs well, but Wifi can't be activated !

Did you flash the kernel img? see custom_boot.sh and flash.sh how they pack it.

If you have a dump of your kernel.img:
strings kernel.img|grep Linux|head
should show ...@lzj-desktop in the string

Regards,
Simon

[stevejc]

Did you flash the kernel img? see custom_boot.sh and flash.sh how they pack it.

If you have a dump of your kernel.img:
strings kernel.img|grep Linux|head
should show ...@lzj-desktop in the string

Regards,
Simon

Yes

That was that, my fault, I was thinking that it was the same as before.
So wifi running with my compilation.

So now I will test it.

Last question (not tested yet) the recovey.img created is it working ? or can I use twrp

Thanks so great job

[fishpepper]

Hi all,

I just updated the github repo. Note that i am testing the Bluetooth fix with that commit,
so bt will probably fail Do not build it unless you are curious to see how it crashes.
I will post again when i have something working.


I removed the manifest file, in order to build against my github repos you have
to edit .repo/local_manifests/m7pro.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
<manifest> 
<project path="device/pipo/m7pro" name="fishpepper/android_device_pipo_m7pro" remote="github" revision="master"/> 
<remove-project name="CyanogenMod/android_packages_apps_Bluetooth" /> 
<project path="packages/apps/Bluetooth" name="fishpepper/android_packages_apps_Bluetooth" remote="github" revision="cm-11.0"/> 
</manifest>

afterwards do a
repo sync

This should fetch device/pipo/m7pro from my github repo and should replace the Bluetooth.apk sources with my patched version.

regards,
Simon

[stevejc]

Hi all,

I just updated the github repo. Note that i am testing the Bluetooth fix with that commit,
so bt will probably fail Do not build it unless you are curious to see how it crashes.
I will post again when i have something working.


I removed the manifest file, in order to build against my github repos you have
to edit .repo/local_manifests/m7pro.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
<manifest> 
<project path="device/pipo/m7pro" name="fishpepper/android_device_pipo_m7pro" remote="github" revision="master"/> 
<remove-project name="CyanogenMod/android_packages_apps_Bluetooth" /> 
<project path="packages/apps/Bluetooth" name="fishpepper/android_packages_apps_Bluetooth" remote="github" revision="cm-11.0"/> 
</manifest>

afterwards do a
repo sync

This should fetch device/pipo/m7pro from my github repo and should replace the Bluetooth.apk sources with my patched version.

regards,
Simon

In mine Bluetooth works but maybe not GPS as you wrote before.

[fishpepper]

Hi!

Yes

That was that, my fault, I was thinking that it was the same as before.
So wifi running with my compilation.

ok, so commit

https://github.com/fishpepper/android_device_pipo_m7pro/commit/b9358a0d6d19d767c2415f83729c981e3f36ed79

is verified to have wifi working. Good to know someone else could reproduce it!

So now I will test it.

Please let me know any findings. However dont expect it to work, so far i just began with porting.
Playing movies is probably broken (missing libs etc).
But i am happy to hear any findings, either non working or working comments could help me to fix stuff
(if you do an "adb logcat" on a console and put the output to pastebin would also help a lot while doing your tests)

Last question (not tested yet) the recovey.img created is it working ? or can I use twrp

Thanks so great job

No, i did not put any effort into recovery yet. I hava a generic (?) rk3188 cwm recovery running but i dont use it. the rkflash tool is more convenient for testing.

[raxy]

good to see stevejc and fishpepper advancing at a faast pace during the last couple of days.

On my side,
have prepared another clean linux install on another machine and a dedicated 40GB hdd;
for now, waiting for a repo sync with vanilla CM11 tree to end (this time without filling any FS )

will keep you informed,

[stevejc]

good to see stevejc and fishpepper advancing at a faast pace during the last couple of days.

On my side,
have prepared another clean linux install on another machine and a dedicated 40GB hdd;
for now, waiting for a repo sync with vanilla CM11 tree to end (this time without filling any FS )

will keep you informed,

Be careful, My VM is already 60 Go Full !

To fishpepper,

To help you to debug with more testers, can I provide a link to my compiled ROM ?

[rrileypm]

I would be happy to test it after I get done with two P1 ROM's.

[fishpepper]

yes sure, from my side you can provide a link
(write down a note somewhere against which commit it was built)

I am still unsure if it is allowed to upload/share a rom with all that binary (non GPL) stuff in it :-\

[rrileypm]

The end product...as long as it works...is OK to publish...giving credits where credits are due. It's the sources that are protected.

[stevejc]

yes sure, from my side you can provide a link
(write down a note somewhere against which commit it was built)

I am still unsure if it is allowed to upload/share a rom with all that binary (non GPL) stuff in it :-\

So here it is Pipo_M7_Pro_Cyanogen11_1.0 : https://mega.co.nz/#!9J1EgbhB!Ypz5cT...8kzGBmkYX51lMI

Use ROM_Flash_Tool_137.exe provided in the archive to flash it, Erase NAND first

You need to have all lines checked.

I use the same parameter as fishpepper so you will get 6.5 Go for App. (only one for the test)

The recovery provided is standard one, I have also put TWRP, but you must flash it after it has booted once with only recoveryTWRP.img checked this time.

As it's a cyanogen rom, you don't have Google apps in, but you can have zip files here : http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Google_Apps
You flash them with booting in TWRP recovery.

This Rom is for testing only, please report any problem found.

The commit version is : b9358a0
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All credits go to fishpepper who gave us a new way to explore on this Pipo M7pro.
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What I found not working now : (I will add them here after)

- Video, with Mx Player, software decoding works but not hardware
- Audio : Mp3 files not working (flac files OK), audio through bluetooth

for others Models, please wait ...