A project for our Kernel devs maybe? i found this in the I9000 Forums and though i might keep it going over here in the Vibrant quadrant of XDA.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=812879
Most people don't yet know that many Android software leak all sorts of information to the internet with only scant user acknowledgement (basically what you accept when you install the app).
Due to this and the fact that there are already privacy information harvesting apps for Android on the marketplace - a team of security experts have created TaintDroid:
What is TaintDroid?
From the project's web page: "A realtime monitoring service called TaintDroid that precisely analyses how private information is obtained and released by applications "downloaded" to consumer phones."
From: http://appanalysis.org/index.html
How can I install TaintDroid?
As TaintDroid is currently compiled into the kernel, you cannot easily install it, but you have to cook your own kernel. Instructions (for Nexus 1) are available at the project web site: http://appanalysis.org/download.html
How does TaintDroid work?
Here's a video demonstrating how TaintDroid works once it is installed and configured:
http://appanalysis.org/demo/index.html
Why would you want to install this?
There can be many reasons for installint TaintDroid:
- You want to learn about privacy features and play with Android kernel
- As it is currently impossible to differentiate between innocent and sneaky Android apps based only on what access rights they request, you may want to dig in deeper
- You are worried about what apps are doing behind your back and you want to know which apps to uninstall
- You want to help create Android a more secure and privacy-protected platform, instead of the swiss cheese it currently is
What can you do?
As compiling kernels is mostly beyond the reach of mere mortals currently, consider cooking TaintDroid into your kernel, if you are cooking one yourself and offering it available for others to try and use.
Hopefully increased awareness and usage will bring this program eventually into other modders and perhaps even Google's attention and something more easily accessible is offered for the public at large.
BTW, I'm just a user, interested in getting TaintDroid on my own Galaxy S. I'm not affiliated with the research program, but I like what they are doing. This information is purely FYI.
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Cool Idea. probably could have thought of a better name.
GrundleDroid or GoochDroid, perhaps?
Lol true but it would be a great idea to add into our kernels
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junglizste said:
Cool Idea. probably could have thought of a better name.
GrundleDroid or GoochDroid, perhaps?
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TaintDroid - it's just in-between ........
As the title says, it'd be great if there was an updated list with the supported device which will be recieving 'L' from Omni.
Gokulbalram said:
As the title says, it'd be great if there was an updated list with the supported device which will be recieving 'L' from Omni.
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There won't be, since L is not out and we have no idea what changes it is going to entail from a device support perspective.
As far as devices that are likely to receive "focus" from the team - Oppos and the Sony Xperia Z family. (Probably Z1/ZU also) - Because of how well Oppo and Sony have treated the open source community, in general, team members are more motivated to grab "older" devices they don't use any more in order to work on them.
However here's a list of devices that are likely to be dropped:
All Exynos 4210 devices (i777/n7000/i9100) - No active maintainers remain for these devices, they've been on minimal life support for two years now since Exynos-gate and the Superbrick fiasco of 2012.
I9300 - No active maintainer
Unknowns:
N80xx - Of 3 maintainers, the only one who remains is Humberto and he's kinda spread thin. So highly likely to get removed.
maguro - This didn't have an active maintainer for ages, but I think one did step up. I need to talk with the team.
Honestly, I'd love to just kill Exynos4 with fire with L and be done with that goddamned hell platform once and for all... But that is only my personal opinion.
Entropy512 said:
There won't be, since L is not out and we have no idea what changes it is going to entail from a device support perspective.
As far as devices that are likely to receive "focus" from the team - Oppos and the Sony Xperia Z family. (Probably Z1/ZU also) - Because of how well Oppo and Sony have treated the open source community, in general, team members are more motivated to grab "older" devices they don't use any more in order to work on them.
However here's a list of devices that are likely to be dropped:
All Exynos 4210 devices (i777/n7000/i9100) - No active maintainers remain for these devices, they've been on minimal life support for two years now since Exynos-gate and the Superbrick fiasco of 2012.
I9300 - No active maintainer
Unknowns:
N80xx - Of 3 maintainers, the only one who remains is Humberto and he's kinda spread thin. So highly likely to get removed.
maguro - This didn't have an active maintainer for ages, but I think one did step up. I need to talk with the team.
Honestly, I'd love to just kill Exynos4 with fire with L and be done with that goddamned hell platform once and for all... But that is only my personal opinion.
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I have still yet use oppo device but from what I have seen so far it is a pretty much quite a kickass device as for sony I main yuga from time to time as this is the only device I got and we all know what happened back in the days of exynos4
iKillCypher said:
I have still yet use oppo device but from what I have seen so far it is a pretty much quite a kickass device as for sony I main yuga from time to time as this is the only device I got and we all know what happened back in the days of exynos4
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What do you guys hate Exynos for? Kernel Sources?
Gokulbalram said:
What do you guys hate Exynos for? Kernel Sources?
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https://plus.google.com/u/0/+AndrewDodd/posts/cdPnNjLAb4F
chasmodo said:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/+AndrewDodd/posts/cdPnNjLAb4F
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Oh wow, even MediaTek is getting better. Meanwhile, this Bull****.
So @Entropy512, I read all the 100 posts, and I finally understand you.
Gokulbalram said:
Oh wow, even MediaTek is getting better. Meanwhile, this Bull****.
So @Entropy512, I read all the 100 posts, and I finally understand you.
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As bad as Exynos is... MTK manages to actually be significantly worse.
Even if you have complete access to all of the source they give to an OEM (let's just say I've seen a complete leak for one MT6589 device), it's still a blob-ridden disorganized mess.
Entropy512 said:
As bad as Exynos is... MTK manages to actually be significantly worse.
Even if you have complete access to all of the source they give to an OEM (let's just say I've seen a complete leak for one MT6589 device), it's still a blob-ridden disorganized mess.
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There's only one source for a MediaTek chipset, the one in Android One. At least MediaTek is getting better, they're taking steps.
Hi OmniROM devs,
While waiting for Lollipop to arrive, can you please get around to updating the yuga kernel and blobs? There's no point of Sony going to the trouble of publishing the up-to-date kernel sources if the roms are not going to take advantage of it.
Entropy512 said:
There won't be, since L is not out and we have no idea what changes it is going to entail from a device support perspective.
As far as devices that are likely to receive "focus" from the team - Oppos and the Sony Xperia Z family. (Probably Z1/ZU also) - Because of how well Oppo and Sony have treated the open source community, in general, team members are more motivated to grab "older" devices they don't use any more in order to work on them.
However here's a list of devices that are likely to be dropped:
All Exynos 4210 devices (i777/n7000/i9100) - No active maintainers remain for these devices, they've been on minimal life support for two years now since Exynos-gate and the Superbrick fiasco of 2012.
I9300 - No active maintainer
Unknowns:
N80xx - Of 3 maintainers, the only one who remains is Humberto and he's kinda spread thin. So highly likely to get removed.
maguro - This didn't have an active maintainer for ages, but I think one did step up. I need to talk with the team.
Honestly, I'd love to just kill Exynos4 with fire with L and be done with that goddamned hell platform once and for all... But that is only my personal opinion.
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S2/S3/Note take a huge percentage in the download counts of any custom ROMs
it's a bad platform... But there is still lots of users using them regularly... Hopefully you guys can give us some L builds... I won't be that sad if you stopped since I know how hard it's to still even offer us some builds for KitKat...
Thanks..
ahmedelhofy said:
S2/S3/Note take a huge percentage in the download counts of any custom ROMs
it's a bad platform... But there is still lots of users using them regularly... Hopefully you guys can give us some L builds... I won't be that sad if you stopped since I know how hard it's to still even offer us some builds for KitKat...
Thanks..
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https://plus.google.com/u/0/+AndrewDodd/posts/cdPnNjLAb4F
Even I own an S3, but after reading this, I really wouldnt be pissed to see it being dropped
Gokulbalram said:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/+AndrewDodd/posts/cdPnNjLAb4F
Even I own an S3, but after reading this, I really wouldnt be pissed to see it being dropped
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Yea, I know I already said that I won't be sad to see it getting dropped..
Last week, jakew02 said that he's going to drop support for Galaxy S4 LTE (jflte) when Lollipop arrived. He's leaving the source up, but OmniROM Lollipop on the S4 will need a new maintainer.
The key message here is that the core team can't maintain every device!
As much as we hate to remove devices, there will be a significant number removed, if there's no active maintainer for it. No device will be enabled for L nightlies (and thus official support) if there's nobody active and competent who is maintaining it.
If you've always wanted to get involved, now really is the time - L is upon us, and good things are happening
Going forward, if there is sufficient interest from the community (i.e. go out there and talk to devs and contributors from other projects please!), we are more than happy to facilitate making the 4.4 branch of Omni an ongoing project.
For this to work though, it would require enough developers to come together on legacy devices to make it viable. With new major Android versions, a lot of custom ROMs simply don't continue support for devices "left behind", but we're willing to try this out as an experiment. If there are sufficient (experienced) developers, we'll have 4.4 as an active project which will accept features and patches as normal.
For this to work though, it does require everyone to play their part - we'll need reliable people to review and approve changes etc, as well as active maintainers for devices.
aidfarh said:
Hi OmniROM devs,
While waiting for Lollipop to arrive, can you please get around to updating the yuga kernel and blobs? There's no point of Sony going to the trouble of publishing the up-to-date kernel sources if the roms are not going to take advantage of it.
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Hi,
that's not really necessary if you ask me. We could always bring the kernel in sync with CAF, but that's it. This is also what OEMs do when updating their kernels (apart from fixes and such). Jerpelea, a Sony Mobile developer, agrees (see this post).
Also there aren't many "active" Xperia fusion3 (Z, ZL, Tablet Z) maintainers at the moment , and I haven't had enough time for such things.
BUT: Contributions are always welcome.
Help
I don't know much of anything about developing but am fairly competent and comfortable with flashing ROM's and kernels. I own an N5, and would be willing to help however possible.
Hunter1998 said:
I don't know much of anything about developing but am fairly competent and comfortable with flashing ROM's and kernels. I own an N5, and would be willing to help however possible.
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In that case - file bugreports in JIRA, since your device does have a maintainer. One does not gain the skills to be a maintainer overnight. Most people I know, including myself were "co-maintainers" (assisting with bringup but not solo) on devices for a year or more before their first time "flying solo".
Entropy512 said:
In that case - file bugreports in JIRA, since your device does have a maintainer. One does not gain the skills to be a maintainer overnight. Most people I know, including myself were "co-maintainers" (assisting with bringup but not solo) on devices for a year or more before their first time "flying solo".
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I became one overnight ._. (Nowhere near a skilled maintainer though.) I only know how to compile. Nothing other than that :/
lg e450
sorry if this the wrong thread to post.
I have an old lg e450(mtk 6575), and all the sources has been released by lg. Can anything be done to make this device alive?
Entropy512 said:
In that case - file bugreports in JIRA, since your device does have a maintainer. One does not gain the skills to be a maintainer overnight. Most people I know, including myself were "co-maintainers" (assisting with bringup but not solo) on devices for a year or more before their first time "flying solo".
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Who do I need to contact to help?
The UBports Project
What is The UBports Project?
Ubports team of developers and a meeting place for developers that wish to port Ubuntu Touch to as many devices as possible, This is a place where Developers can talk to other developers and learn from each other and help push Ubuntu to more devices as teams, or by yourself but with community support if you wish.
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Hello!
Great project!
I would like to participate for z2 tablet.
How i can help you?
Best regards.
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Ubuntu touch a706
Can someone give a link to Lenovo a706 Ubuntu Touch ROM? I cant port it on my own( And i could't find such ROM on the Internet. And i wanted to have Ubuntu Touch on my phone.
I hope, that someone will help me with this. Cause im a big fan of Linux Ubuntu and this phone version is realy awesome
I've read porting guide, but i understood almost nothing from there
I'm developing portings for Samsung and Sony such as i9300 and Z Ultra.
Hi, is there a good guide to port ubuntu touch?
The one on ubuntu site is little bit confusing.
Thank you.
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Hi all,
Was browsing the forums and came across a CM 13 ROM that has recently been compiled for the Huawei P9+. I am aware the Kirin architecture and other hardware factors were key limitations to someone developing CM for the P9. However, as the P9 and P9+ share the vast majority of internal component I was wondering if a developer among yourselves would be able to take a look at the source code compiled by surdu_petru and see if they could kick start the process for building something for the much adored P9.
I would love to get involved but have literally 0 technical ability. I hope this inspires someone much more capable than myself!
See the link below for the P9+ ROM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/p9-plus/development/rom-t3476084/page2
I look forward to comments and discussions from dev's and end-users alike in this thread!
That would be amazing if someone volunteered to do so.
This would be a huge boost for this phone popularity, which is pretty low...!
Hey Guys,
My name is Krupal Ashoccumar owner and part of the Dravite Team of 3 who has developed the HomeUX.
HomeUX picked up quite well and has 90k installs now with a lot of positive feedbacks from the users but because of uni commitments and budget our team were not able to finish the project and squash out all the bugs. Our team loves this launcher and we don't want to leave this project incomplete so we will like to go open source and ask other developers to join.
HomeUX will obviously be free and works on all the other devices but because we mainly tested it on OPO and more stable on this device.
Please let me know if anyone is interested and I can provide you with the access to source code and dev console.
hi @mastermind131 i have just started with android development and i have only made simple apps like calculator etc. i would like to join and try to contribute to my fullest and learn as well. thank you.
Hey Guys, Lets make the awesome launcher more awesome. Please include me in the dev list. I am interesting, i had also a sent mail through the Playstore link. Expecting to hear from you soon.
mastermind131 said:
Hey Guys,
My name is Krupal Ashoccumar owner and part of the Dravite Team of 3 who has developed the HomeUX.
HomeUX picked up quite well and has 90k installs now with a lot of positive feedbacks from the users but because of uni commitments and budget our team were not able to finish the project and squash out all the bugs. Our team loves this launcher and we don't want to leave this project incomplete so we will like to go open source and ask other developers to join.
HomeUX will obviously be free and works on all the other devices but because we mainly tested it on OPO and more stable on this device.
Please let me know if anyone is interested and I can provide you with the access to source code and dev console.
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That's awesome,if the project already has some development(and was released) in the past,then can we have some screenshots of how the launcher looks like?
I would like to participate as well
Like arjun, Even I have experience only with basic android apps. But I would love the opportunity to gain some experience by trying to contribute to this.
mastermind131 said:
Hey Guys,
My name is Krupal Ashoccumar owner and part of the Dravite Team of 3 who has developed the HomeUX.
HomeUX picked up quite well and has 90k installs now with a lot of positive feedbacks from the users but because of uni commitments and budget our team were not able to finish the project and squash out all the bugs. Our team loves this launcher and we don't want to leave this project incomplete so we will like to go open source and ask other developers to join.
HomeUX will obviously be free and works on all the other devices but because we mainly tested it on OPO and more stable on this device.
Please let me know if anyone is interested and I can provide you with the access to source code and dev console.
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Is there still any development for HomeUX? The Launcher looked really promising, but then I lost progress of it and now I just discovered that the Launcher got discontinued as it seems, as I can't access the Google Play Page. Is there any possibility to include me in the Dev Team or upload the Code to GitHub or any other platform so that people can help out or build forks from it?
Greetings.