LEGION MODZ -

found this , it will work to get kernel / ramdisk address
thanx 2
www.linuxclues.blogspot.com

#!/usr/bin/python

# From mkbootimg source code in Android sources.
# system/core/mkbootimg/mkbootimg.c
# system/core/mkbooting/bootimg.h

# #define BOOT_MAGIC "ANDROID!"
# #define BOOT_MAGIC_SIZE 8
# #define BOOT_NAME_SIZE 16
# #define BOOT_ARGS_SIZE 512

# struct boot_img_hdr
# {
# …

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tut on oc
by guevor

The system uses a series of programmed pll clocks which in turn can be used as a basis to other clocks. Let's say for this case pll_x is used for the base of processor clock.
The frequency table are in tegra_pll_x_freq_table processor. Seeing the type definition clk_pll_freq_table in clock.h we know that has entries consisting of 6 values. (input_rate, output_rate, n, …

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just a tip for dl'in youtube videos in linux
It may be an Android video and you want to keep it for reference

sudo apt-get install youtube-dl

youtube-dl -F {video URL}
youtube-dl -f {format code} {video URL}

youtube-dl -f 22 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAeAp9MzPtk&list=RD_0R3I9xk3xo

[info] Available formats for PquaLQmCL0Q:
format code extension resolution note
139 m4a …

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My kernel tutorial

This is an additional tutorial, If you are starting at step one,
~~$TOP~~ Go to my source tutorial

go to google
type
"specs for "your device name and/or device number"
ex: specs for N9510

find the device chipset info
ex: qualcomm adreno 305 400 snapdragon msm8960

the part that helped me was qualcomm msm8960 0r 8930

now i know i need qualcomm msm …

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I dont understand what I'm looking at?
Its too blurry in the pic to read.
Is it a log cat???

K I extracted the pic and hit zoom. I believe you caught a status 7.
The first section on the updater-script is corrupted.

When installing certain custom ROMs on rooted Android smartphones or tablets, you will encounter “Status 7″ error issues once in awhile with ClockworkMod (CWM) Recovery.
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The first-generation Android phones were released in October 2008.
According to Gartner, North American sales of Android-based phones increased 70%
in the first quarter of 2010 over the previous year.1 By March 2011,
a Nielsen study showed that Android had 37% of the U.S. smartphone market share,
compared to 27% for Apple’s iPhone and 22% for Blackberry.2

In August 2010, more than 200,000 …

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I don't take any credit for this TUT

Thing We Need

HTC ONE XL

Linux Operation System (Ubuntu,Mint,etc)

Internet Connection

At-least 150 GB Of Empty Space

Lets Get Building

JUST COPY THESE CODES TO TERMINAL

Code:: sudo apt-get install bison build-essential curl flex git-core gnupg gperf libesd0-dev libncurses5-dev libsdl1.2-dev libwxgtk2.8-dev libxml2 libxml2-utils lzop openjdk-6-jdk …

So you only used the prebuilt kernel that came with the repo ?
Find yourself a OC kernel, then go to system folder of repo,
add folder "kernel"
add folder in kernel called "htc"
then git clone the custom kernel in there..
then go to kernel folder
find kernel /arch/arm/configs

THIS IS IMPORTANT

find the config for YOUR phone
then go to boardconfig.mk
name that config name
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To back up my post , here is what cyanogen mod had to say

Helpful Tip

Collect information about your device

Before you begin your port, you will want to collect as much information about your device as you can. Go to wikipedia and identify the product name, code name, architecture, memory size, internal storage size, and platform architecture. Put this information in a file for easy …

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