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Flashing Unofficial AOKP Nougat (Android 7.1.2) and Xposed on Galaxy S4 GT-19500

Posted by Kulani Mahadewa on February 11, 2019
Posted in: Flashing Firmware. Tagged: , , , , , , , . Leave a comment

Hi ! 🙂 This is a guide to install a stable custom ROM of Android 7.1.2 Nougat on Galaxy S4 GT-19500 device. The custom ROM is an Android Open Kang Project (AOKP) downloaded from xda developers.

Prerequisites:

“ROM Firmware Required: Lollipop Bootloader and Modem, TWRP 3.1.1 as Recovery”- xda develeopers.

  • Currently, my device is having Lollipop 5.0.1. You can follow my previous guide to install Lollipop on GT-19500.
  • Download the twrp-3.1.1-0-i9500.img.tar to PC, for the installation of TWRP 3.1.1 as recovery.  (Note* : it is requried to have this particular version of TWRP for this flashing)
  • Download the aokp_ja3gxx_nougat_unofficial_2017-06-11_0903.zip to PC, which is the custom ROM we are going to flash.

Step 1: Install the TWRP 3.1.1 recovery using Odin software on PC.

  • Turn Off the device –> Press Volume Down+Power+Home for the Download/Odin mode on device –> Plug the USB cable to PC –> open Odin software –> Select AP –> Select the img.tar file –> Start. (For a complete guid, please refer to my previous post)

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Step 2: Flash ROM using the ADB Sideload option on TWRP 3.1.1.

(Note*: I assume your PC is setup with Android SDK tools and can use adb commads)

  • Turn off the device –> Press Volume Up+Power+Home for the Recovery mode.
  • Select “Advanced” -> “ADB Sideload” -> “Swipe to Start Sideload”
  • Now plug the device to the PC.
  • Open command prompt and peform the command.
adb sideload aokp_ja3gxx_nougat_unofficial_2017-06-11_0903.zip

Note*: If you get “error: Closed”, then try the following commands

adb devices
adb usb
adb sideload aokp_ja3gxx_nougat_unofficial_2017-06-11_0903.zip

Once the sideload is completed, the device will be rebooted and the new ROM will be installed.

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Step 3: Install Xposed

  • Download the xposed-v88-sdk25-arm.zip for Nougat to PC from the xda devleopers.
  • Use TWRP 3.1.1 recovey’s ADB Sideload to install th zip.
adb sideload xposed-v88-sdk25-arm.zip

adb sideload

Once the sideload is completed, it will show an option to “Reboot System”.  Select the system to reboot. It will take some time to reboot to complete the installation of the xposed framework.

Cheers !! 🙂

 

 

 

Build CyanogenMod: 7. Extracting proprietary files from an already built CyanogenMod ROM

Posted by Kulani Mahadewa on February 11, 2015
Posted in: Build OS. Tagged: , , , , . Leave a comment

Hi ! 🙂 If you have issues in directly getting proprietary blobs from the the device, for an example while building the source if you often get make errors saying some files are missing, instead pull files from device you can obtain them from a already built CyanogenMod ROM.

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Step 1:

First of all find an already build Cyanogenmod ROM zip file for you device model. You can search at http://forum.xda-developers.com

Step 2:

Download the zip file and extract the source in to a directory named original

:$ mkdir -p ~/original

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Step 3:

Now open a new terminal at the device/samsung/<device model> and execute the extract-files.sh

:$ cd ~/android/system/device/samsung/<device model>

:$ ./extract-files.sh <path to the unzip files folder>

Ex.

:$ cd ~/android/system/device/samsung/ancora

:$ ./extract-files.sh /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora

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Full Log:

tharaka@tharaka-ubuntu14:~/android/system$ cd ~/android/system/device/samsung/ancoratharaka@tharaka-ubuntu14:~/android/system/device/samsung/ancora$ ./extract-files.sh /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora
./extract-files.sh: line 1: #!/bin/sh: No such file or directory
Found DEVICE=ancora VENDOR=samsung
have argument /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora
test path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora
test path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora found
Function to perform the extraction from either adb or paths
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system/vendor/bin/bcm4329.hcd
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system/vendor/bin/bcm4329.hcd
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//bin/rmt_storage
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//bin/rmt_storage
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//bin/rild
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//bin/rild
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//bin/radish
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//bin/radish
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//etc/firmware/vidc_720p_command_control.fw
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//etc/firmware/vidc_720p_command_control.fw
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//etc/firmware/vidc_720p_h263_dec_mc.fw
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//etc/firmware/vidc_720p_h263_dec_mc.fw
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//etc/firmware/vidc_720p_h264_dec_mc.fw
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//etc/firmware/vidc_720p_h264_dec_mc.fw
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//etc/firmware/vidc_720p_h264_enc_mc.fw
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//etc/firmware/vidc_720p_h264_enc_mc.fw
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//etc/firmware/vidc_720p_mp4_dec_mc.fw
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//etc/firmware/vidc_720p_mp4_dec_mc.fw
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//etc/firmware/vidc_720p_mp4_enc_mc.fw
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//etc/firmware/vidc_720p_mp4_enc_mc.fw
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//etc/firmware/vidc_720p_vc1_dec_mc.fw
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//etc/firmware/vidc_720p_vc1_dec_mc.fw
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//etc/firmware/yamato_pfp.fw
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//etc/firmware/yamato_pfp.fw
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//etc/firmware/yamato_pm4.fw
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//etc/firmware/yamato_pm4.fw
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system/vendor/lib/egl/libEGL_adreno.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system/vendor/lib/egl/libEGL_adreno.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system/vendor/lib/egl/libGLESv1_CM_adreno.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system/vendor/lib/egl/libGLESv1_CM_adreno.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system/vendor/lib/egl/libGLESv2_adreno.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system/vendor/lib/egl/libGLESv2_adreno.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system/vendor/lib/egl/libq3dtools_adreno.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system/vendor/lib/egl/libq3dtools_adreno.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system/vendor/lib/egl/eglsubAndroid.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system/vendor/lib/egl/eglsubAndroid.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system/vendor/lib/egl/libGLESv2S3D_adreno.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system/vendor/lib/egl/libGLESv2S3D_adreno.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//lib/libActionShot.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//lib/libActionShot.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//lib/libakm.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//lib/libakm.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//lib/libarccamera.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//lib/libarccamera.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//lib/libaudioalsa.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//lib/libaudioalsa.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system/vendor/lib/libC2D2.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system/vendor/lib/libC2D2.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system/vendor/lib/libCB.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system/vendor/lib/libCB.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system/vendor/lib/libsc-a2xx.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system/vendor/lib/libsc-a2xx.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system/vendor/lib/libOpenVG.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system/vendor/lib/libOpenVG.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system/vendor/lib/libOpenCL.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system/vendor/lib/libOpenCL.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system/vendor/lib/libgsl.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system/vendor/lib/libgsl.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system/vendor/lib/libbt-vendor.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system/vendor/lib/libbt-vendor.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system/vendor/lib/libc2d2_z180.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system/vendor/lib/libc2d2_z180.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system/vendor/lib/libadreno_utils.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system/vendor/lib/libadreno_utils.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//lib/libcamera.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//lib/libcamera.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//lib/libcaps.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//lib/libcaps.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//lib/libgemini.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//lib/libgemini.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//lib/libmmipl.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//lib/libmmipl.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//lib/libmmjpeg.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//lib/libmmjpeg.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//lib/libmmosal.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//lib/libmmosal.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//lib/libmmparser.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//lib/libmmparser.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//lib/libOmxMp3Dec.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//lib/libOmxMp3Dec.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//lib/liboemcamera.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//lib/liboemcamera.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//lib/libPanoraMax3.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//lib/libPanoraMax3.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//lib/libs3cjpeg.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//lib/libs3cjpeg.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//lib/libseccameraadaptor.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//lib/libseccameraadaptor.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//lib/libsecjpegarcsoft.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//lib/libsecjpegarcsoft.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//lib/libsecjpegboard.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//lib/libsecjpegboard.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//lib/libsecjpeginterface.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//lib/libsecjpeginterface.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//lib/libsecril-client.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//lib/libsecril-client.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//lib/libsec-ril.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//lib/libsec-ril.so
full path /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora/system//lib/libril.so
Copying from cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora: /system//lib/libril.so
Function to perform the extraction from either adb or paths
egrep: ../samsung/ancora/proprietary-files.txt: No such file or directory
Generating ../../../vendor/samsung/ancora/ancora-vendor-blobs.mk …
Generating ../../../vendor/samsung/ancora/ancora-vendor.mk …
Generating ../../../vendor/samsung/ancora/BoardConfigVendor.mk …
tharaka@tharaka-ubuntu14:~/android/system/device/samsung/ancora$ /home/tharaka/original/cm-11-20141223-UNOFFICIAL-ancora

 

Cheers ! 🙂