CyanogenMod ROM ZTE Nubia Z9 Max (nx510j)

Quick Info

Download CyanogenMod

Download (nightly build)
CyanogenMod 13.0 (Android 6.0/6.0.1 (Marshmallow))

Main sections for Nubia Z9 Max (“nx510j”)

1. Information about Nubia Z9 Max (“nx510j”)
2. CyanogenMod install guide for Nubia Z9 Max (“nx510j”)
3. Build CyanogenMod and CyanogenMod Recovery guide

Notes

WARNING:

For CyanogenMod 12.1, you *MUST* install nubia UI v3.68 and boot into it, and make sure it works properly to update your baseband data, before you install CyanogenMod 12.1, or telephony won’t work. v3.68 password: 7ae9
For CyanogenMod 13, if you are using baseband equal or above v3.68, please ignore this note. If not, you *MUST* install nubia UI v3.74 and boot into it to update your baseband data. Then you’re free to install CyanogenMod 13.0. v3.74 password: 5b42

Special boot modes

• Recovery: Volume Down & Power and choose Recovery Mode
• Fastboot: Volume Down & Power

Source code

Device	http://www.github.com/cyanogenmod/android_device_zte_nx510j
Kernel	http://www.github.com/cyanogenmod/android_kernel_zte_msm8994

Z9 Max Specifications

Codename:	nx510j
Vendor:	Nubia
Manufacturer:	ZTE
Release date:	2015 March 26
Type:	phablet
Platform:	Qualcomm Snapdragon 810
CPU:	1.55 GHz & 2.0 GHz octa-core Quad-core Cortex-A53 & Quad-core Cortex-A57
GPU:	Adreno 430
RAM:	3GB
Weight:	165 g (5.82 oz)
Dimensions:	154.8 x 76.6 x 7.9 mm (6.09 x 3.02 x 0.31 in)
Screen size:	139.7 mm (5.5 in)
Resolution:	1080×1920
Screen density:	~401ppi
Screen type:	CGS
Internal storage:	16GB
SD Card:	up to 128GB
Bluetooth:	4.1
Wi-Fi:	802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Dual Band
Main camera:	16.0MP, flash: LED
Secondary camera:	8.0MP
Power:	2900mAh
CM supported:	12.1, 13

How to Install CyanogenMod on the Nubia Z9 Max (nx510j)

Important Notes

Installing a custom recovery using fastboot

See All About Recovery Images for more information about custom recoveries and their capabilities.

1. Make sure your computer has working fastboot and adb.
2. Download recovery — you can directly download a recovery image using the link below, or visit twrp.me to obtain the latest version of Team Win Recovery Project for your device.

   Recovery: Download

   md5: 1fdbd36030b7c73a32f7f24b952e8038

3. Connect the Z9 Max to the computer via USB.
4. Make sure the fastboot binary is in your PATH or that you place the recovery image in the same directory as fastboot.
5. Open a terminal on your PC and reboot the device into fastboot mode by typing

   adb reboot bootloader

   or by using the hardware key combination for your device while it is powered off.

6. Once the device is in fastboot mode, verify your PC sees the device by typing

   fastboot devices

   • If you don’t see your device serial number, and instead see “<waiting for device>”, fastboot is not configured properly on your machine. See fastboot documentation for more info.
   • If you see “no permissionsfastboot”, make sure your UDEV rules are setup correctly.
7. Flash recovery onto your device by entering the following command:

   fastboot flash recovery your_recovery_image.img

   where the latter part is the filename of the recovery image.

8. Once the flash completes successfully, reboot the device into recovery to verify the installation. Boot to recovery instructions: Volume Down & Power and choose Recovery Mode
   • Note: Some ROMs overwrite recovery at boot time so if you do not plan to immediately boot into recovery to install CyanogenMod, please be aware that this may overwrite your custom recovery with the stock one.

Installing CyanogenMod from recovery

1. Make sure your computer has working adb.
2. Download the CyanogenMod build package for your device that you’d like to install to your computer.

   Optional: Download 3rd party applications packages, like Google Apps which are necessary to download apps from Google Play.

3. Place the CyanogenMod .zip package, as well as any optional .zip packages, on the root of /sdcard:
   • Using adb: adb push filename.zip /sdcard/

   Note: You can copy the .zip packages to your device using any method you are familiar with. The adb method is used here because it is universal across all devices and works in both Android and recovery mode. If you are in recovery mode, you may need to ensure /sdcard (sometimes called Internal Storage) is mounted by checking its status in the Mounts menu. If you have booted regularly, USB debugging must be enabled.

4. If you are not already in recovery, boot to recovery mode now.
   • Volume Down & Power and choose Recovery Mode
5. In Team Win Recovery Project, select menu choices by tapping on the appropriately labelled button.
6. Optional (Recommended): Select the Backup button to create a backup.
7. Select Wipe and then Factory Reset.
8. Select Install.
9. Navigate to /sdcard and select the CyanogenMod .zip package.
10. Follow the on-screen notices to install the package.
11. Optional: Install any additional packages you wish using the same method (if you are installing multiple packages, install CyanogenMod first and then install any subsequent packages on top of it).
12. Once installation has finished, return to the main menu and select Reboot, then System. The device will now boot into CyanogenMod.

How To Build CyanogenMod For Nubia Z9 Max (nx510j)

Introduction

These instructions will hopefully assist you to start with a stock Z9 Max, unlock the bootloader (if necessary), and then download the required tools as well as the very latest source code for CyanogenMod (based on Google’s Android operating system). Using these, you can build both CyanogenMod and CyanogenMod Recovery image from source code, and then install them both to your device.

It is difficult to say how much experience is necessary to follow these instructions. While this guide is certainly not for the very very very uninitiated, these steps shouldn’t require a PhD in software development either. Some readers will have no difficulty and breeze through the steps easily. Others may struggle over the most basic operation. Because people’s experiences, backgrounds, and intuitions differ, it may be a good idea to read through just to ascertain whether you feel comfortable or are getting over your head.

Remember, you assume all risk of trying this, but you will reap the rewards! It’s pretty satisfying to boot into a fresh operating system you baked at home :) And once you’re an Android-building ninja, there will be no more need to wait for “nightly” builds from anyone. You will have at your fingertips the skills to build a full operating system from code to a running device, whenever you want. Where you go from there– maybe you’ll add a feature, fix a bug, add a translation, or use what you’ve learned to build a new app or port to a new device– or maybe you’ll never build again– it’s all really up to you.

What you’ll need

• A Z9 Max
• A relatively recent computer (Linux, OS X, or Windows) with a reasonable amount of RAM and about 100 GB of free storage (more if you enable ccache or build for multiple devices). The less RAM you have, the longer the build will take (aim for 8 GB or more). Using SSDs results in considerably faster build times than traditional hard drives.
• A USB cable compatible with the Z9 Max (typically micro USB, but older devices may use mini USB or have a proprietary cable)
• A decent internet connection & reliable electricity :)
• Some familiarity with basic Android operation and terminology. It would help if you’ve installed custom roms on other devices and are familiar with recovery. It may also be useful to know some basic command line concepts such as cd for “change directory”, the concept of directory hierarchies, that in Linux they are separated by /, etc.

If you are not accustomed to using Linux– this is an excellent chance to learn. It’s free– just download and run a virtual machine (VM) such as Virtualbox, then install a Linux distribution such as Ubuntu (AOSP vets Ubuntu as well). Any recent 64-bit version should work great, but the latest is recommended.

Using a VM allows Linux to run as a guest inside your host computer– a computer in a computer, if you will. If you hate Linux for whatever reason, you can always just uninstall and delete the whole thing. (There are plenty of places to find instructions for setting up Virtualbox with Ubuntu, so I’ll leave it to you to do that.)

So let’s begin!

Build CyanogenMod and CyanogenMod Recovery

Prepare the Build Environment

Install the SDK

If you have not previously installed adb and fastboot, install the Android SDK. “SDK” stands for Software Developer Kit, and it includes useful tools that you can use to flash software, look at the system logs in real time, grab screenshots, and more– all from your computer.

Install the Build Packages

Several “build packages” are needed to build CyanogenMod. You can install these using the package manager of your choice.

For both 32-bit & 64-bit systems, you’ll need:

bc bison build-essential curl flex git gnupg gperf libesd0-dev liblz4-tool libncurses5-dev libsdl1.2-dev libwxgtk2.8-dev libxml2 libxml2-utils lzop maven openjdk-7-jdk pngcrush schedtool squashfs-tools xsltproc zip zlib1g-dev

In addition to the above, for 64-bit systems, get these:

g++-multilib gcc-multilib lib32ncurses5-dev lib32readline-gplv2-dev lib32z1-dev

For Ubuntu 15.10 (wily) and newer, substitute:

• lib32readline-gplv2-dev → lib32readline6-dev

For Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) and newer, substitute (additionally see java notes below):

• libwxgtk2.8-dev → libwxgtk3.0-dev
• openjdk-7-jdk → openjdk-8-jdk

Java versions: Different versions of CyanogenMod require different versions of the JDK (Java Development Kit):

• CyanogenMod 7 – 9: Sun/Oracle Java SE 1.6
• CyanogenMod 10.1: Sun/Oracle Java SE 1.6 or 1.7
• CyanogenMod 10.2 – 11.0: Sun/Oracle Java SE 1.6 or 1.7 (OpenJDK 1.7 works fine, but the build system will display a warning)
• CyanogenMod 12.0 – 13.0: OpenJDK 1.7 (see note about OpenJDK 1.8 below)
• CyanogenMod 14.1: OpenJDK 1.8

Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) or newer and OpenJDK: Since OpenJDK 1.7 was removed from the official Ubuntu repositories, you have a couple options:

1. Obtain OpenJDK 1.7 from the openjdk-r PPA
2. Enable experimental OpenJDK 1.8 support in CyanogenMod 13.0 (not available in earlier version). To enable OpenJDK 1.8 support, add this line to your $HOME/.bashrc file: export EXPERIMENTAL_USE_JAVA8=true.

Also see http://source.android.com/source/initializing.html which lists needed packages.

Create the directories

You will need to set up some directories in your build environment.

To create them:

$ mkdir -p ~/bin
$ mkdir -p ~/android/system

Install the repo command

Enter the following to download the “repo” binary and make it executable (runnable):

$ curl https://storage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/bin/repo
$ chmod a+x ~/bin/repo

Put the ~/bin directory in your path of execution

In recent versions of Ubuntu, ~/bin should already be in your PATH. You can check this by opening ~/.profile with a text editor and verifying the following code exists (add it if it is missing):

# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
    PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
fi

Initialize the CyanogenMod source repository

Enter the following to initialize the repository:

Note: Make sure the cm branch entered here is the one you wish to build and is supported on your device.

$ cd ~/android/system/
$ repo init -u https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android.git -b cm-13.0

Download the source code

To start the download of all the source code to your computer:

$ repo sync

The CM manifests include a sensible default configuration for repo, which we strongly suggest you use (i.e. don’t add any options to sync). For reference, our default values are -j 4 and -c. The -j 4 part means that there will be four simultaneous threads/connections. If you experience problems syncing, you can lower this to -j 3 or -j 2. -c will ask repo to pull in only the current branch, instead of the entire CM history.

Prepare to wait a long time while the source code downloads.

Get prebuilt apps (CM11 and below)

Next,

$ cd ~/android/system/vendor/cm

then enter:

$ ./get-prebuilts

You won’t see any confirmation- just another prompt. But this should cause some prebuilt apps to be loaded and installed into the source code. Once completed, this does not need to be done again.

Prepare the device-specific code

After the source downloads, ensure you are in the root of the source code (cd ~/android/system), then type:

$ source build/envsetup.sh
$ breakfast nx510j

This will download the device specific configuration and kernel source for your device. An alternative to using the breakfast command is to build your own local manifest. To do this, you will need to locate your device on CyanogenMod’s GitHub and list all of the repositories defined in cm.dependencies in your local manifest.

Extract proprietary blobs

Now ensure that your Z9 Max is connected to your computer via the USB cable and that you are in the ~/android/system/device/zte/nx510j directory (you can cd ~/android/system/device/zte/nx510j if necessary). Then run the extract-files.sh script:

$ ./extract-files.sh

You should see the proprietary files (aka “blobs”) get pulled from the device and moved to the ~/android/system/vendor/zte directory. If you see errors about adb being unable to pull the files, adb may not be in the path of execution. If this is the case, see the adb page for suggestions for dealing with “command not found” errors.

Turn on caching to speed up build

You can speed up subsequent builds by adding

export USE_CCACHE=1

to your ~/.bashrc file (what’s a .bashrc file?). Then, specify the amount of disk space to dedicate to ccache by typing this from the top of your Android tree:

prebuilts/misc/linux-x86/ccache/ccache -M 50G

where 50G corresponds to 50GB of cache. This only needs to be run once and the setting will be remembered. Anywhere in the range of 25GB to 100GB will result in very noticeably increased build speeds (for instance, a typical 1hr build time can be reduced to 20min). If you’re only building for one device, 25GB-50GB is fine. If you plan to build for several devices that do not share the same kernel source, aim for 75GB-100GB. This space will be permanently occupied on your drive, so take this into consideration. See more information about ccache on Google’s android build environment initialization page.

Start the build

Time to start building! So now type:

$ croot
$ brunch nx510j

The build should begin.

If the build breaks…

• If you experience this not-enough-memory-related error…

ERROR: signapk.jar failed: return code 1make: *** [out/target/product/nx510j/cm_nx510j-ota-eng.root.zip] Error 1

…you may want to make the following change to ~/android/system/build/tools/releasetools/common.py:

Search for instances of -Xmx2048m (it should appear either under OPTIONS.java_args or near usage of signapk.jar), and replace it with -Xmx1024m or -Xmx512m.

Then start the build again (with brunch).

• If you see a message about things suddenly being “killed” for no reason, your (virtual) machine may have run out of memory or storage space. Assign it more resources and try again.

Install the build

Assuming the build completed without error (it will be obvious when it finishes), type:

$ cd $OUT

in the same terminal window that you did the build. Here you’ll find all the files that were created. The stuff that will go in /system is in a folder called system. The stuff that will become your ramdisk is in a folder called root. And your kernel is called… kernel.

But that’s all just background info. The two files we are interested in are (1) recovery.img, which contains CyanogenMod Recovery, and (2) cm-13.0-20161224-UNOFFICIAL-nx510j.zip, which is the CyanogenMod installation package.

Installing a custom recovery using fastboot

See All About Recovery Images for more information about custom recoveries and their capabilities.

1. Make sure your computer has working fastboot and adb.

1. Connect the Z9 Max to the computer via USB.
2. Make sure the fastboot binary is in your PATH or that you place the recovery image in the same directory as fastboot.
3. Open a terminal on your PC and reboot the device into fastboot mode by typing

   adb reboot bootloader

   or by using the hardware key combination for your device while it is powered off.

4. Once the device is in fastboot mode, verify your PC sees the device by typing

   fastboot devices

   • If you don’t see your device serial number, and instead see “<waiting for device>”, fastboot is not configured properly on your machine. See fastboot documentation for more info.
   • If you see “no permissionsfastboot”, make sure your UDEV rules are setup correctly.
5. Flash recovery onto your device by entering the following command:

   fastboot flash recovery your_recovery_image.img

   where the latter part is the filename of the recovery image.

6. Once the flash completes successfully, reboot the device into recovery to verify the installation.
   • Note: Some ROMs overwrite recovery at boot time so if you do not plan to immediately boot into recovery to install CyanogenMod, please be aware that this may overwrite your custom recovery with the stock one.

Install CyanogenMod

Back to the $OUT directory on your computer– you should see a file that looks something like:

cm-13.0-20161224-UNOFFICIAL-nx510j.zip

Now you can flash the cm...zip file above as usual via recovery mode. Before doing so, now is a good time to make a backup of whatever installation is currently running on the device in case something goes wrong with the flash attempt. While CyanogenMod Recovery doesn’t have a backup feature, there are other custom recoveries available that do. You can also use something like Titanium Backup (root required) as an alternative.

Success! So….what’s next?

You’ve done it! Welcome to the elite club of self-builders. You’ve built your operating system from scratch, from the ground up. You are the master/mistress of your domain… and hopefully you’ve learned a bit on the way and had some fun too.

Now that you’ve succeeded in building CyanogenMod for your device, here are some suggestions on what to do next.

Also, be sure to take a glance at the Dev Center on this wiki for all kinds of more detailed information about developer topics ranging from collecting logs, understanding what’s in the source code directories, submitting your own contributions, porting CyanogenMod to new devices, and a lot more.

Congrats again!

Content of this page is based on informations from wiki.cyanogenmod.org, under CC BY-SA 3.0 licence.

Cyanogenmod ROM ZTE Skate (skate)

Quick Info

Download CyanogenMod

Download (nightly build)
CyanogenMod 7 (Android 2.3 (Gingerbread))

Main sections for ZTE Skate (“skate”)

1. Information about ZTE Skate (“skate”)
2. CyanogenMod install guide for ZTE Skate (“skate”)
3. Build CyanogenMod and CyanogenMod Recovery guide

Note: Support Status

This device does not support the latest official release of CyanogenMod. This may be due to hardware limitations or simply because development is ongoing. The most recent version supported is based on the gingerbread branch of CyanogenMod.

Notes

The ZTE Skate is a touchscreen Android phone manufactured by ZTE running 2.3 Gingerbread

Special boot modes

• Recovery: Hold Volume Down & Power (CWM 4.0.1.x) or Volume Up, Home & Power

Source code

Device

http://www.github.com/cyanogenmod/android_device_zte_skate

Skate Specifications

Codename:	skate
Vendor:	ZTE
Manufacturer:	ZTE
Release date:	2011 September
Carrier:	Orange
Type:	phone
GSM freq:	850 900 1800 1900 2100 MHz UMTS/HSUPA
Platform:	Qualcomm MSM7227
CPU:	800 MHz single-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S1
GPU:	Adreno 200
RAM:	512MB
Weight:	148 g
Screen size:	109 mm (4.3 in)
Resolution:	480×800
Internal storage:	512MB
SD Card:	up to 32GB
Wi-Fi:	802.11 b/g
Main camera:	5MP w/ LED flash
CM supported:	7
Latest CM version:	gingerbread

How to Install CyanogenMod on the ZTE Skate (skate)

Important Notes

The ZTE Skate is a touchscreen Android phone manufactured by ZTE running 2.3 Gingerbread

Installing a custom recovery using fastboot

See All About Recovery Images for more information about custom recoveries and their capabilities.

1. Make sure your computer has working fastboot and adb.
2. Download recovery — visit twrp.me to obtain the latest version of Team Win Recovery Project for your device.
3. Connect the Skate to the computer via USB.
4. Make sure the fastboot binary is in your PATH or that you place the recovery image in the same directory as fastboot.
5. Open a terminal on your PC and reboot the device into fastboot mode by typing

   adb reboot bootloader

   or by using the hardware key combination for your device while it is powered off.

6. Once the device is in fastboot mode, verify your PC sees the device by typing

   fastboot devices

   • If you don’t see your device serial number, and instead see “<waiting for device>”, fastboot is not configured properly on your machine. See fastboot documentation for more info.
   • If you see “no permissionsfastboot”, make sure your UDEV rules are setup correctly.
7. Flash recovery onto your device by entering the following command:

   fastboot flash recovery your_recovery_image.img

   where the latter part is the filename of the recovery image.

8. Once the flash completes successfully, reboot the device into recovery to verify the installation. Boot to recovery instructions: Hold Volume Down & Power (CWM 4.0.1.x) or Volume Up, Home & Power
   • Note: Some ROMs overwrite recovery at boot time so if you do not plan to immediately boot into recovery to install CyanogenMod, please be aware that this may overwrite your custom recovery with the stock one.

Installing CyanogenMod from recovery

1. Make sure your computer has working adb.
2. Download the CyanogenMod build package for your device that you’d like to install to your computer.

   Optional: Download 3rd party applications packages, like Google Apps which are necessary to download apps from Google Play.

3. Boot to recovery mode, and connect the phone to your computer through USB.
   • Hold Volume Down & Power (CWM 4.0.1.x) or Volume Up, Home & Power
4. In ClockworkMod Recovery, use the physical volume buttons to move up and down. On most devices, the power button is used to confirm a menu selection, but for some devices a physical home key acts as a selector. Some devices have touch enabled ClockworkMod Recovery, in which case you may be able to swipe to, or touch, menu selections.
5. Optional (Recommended): Select backup and restore to create a backup.
6. Select wipe data/factory reset.
7. You have two options for transferring and installing the installation packages. The sideload method is more universal across devices, whereas the push and install method is more commonly used:
   • Sideload method: select install zip > install zip from sideload. Follow the on-screen notices to install the package. The installer does not necessarily display an “Install complete.” message. You can tell the install is complete if there were no fatal error messages and you have regained control over the menu.
   • Push and install method: Open a command prompt (or Terminal on Mac and Linux) and navigate to the directory holding the package(s) you would like to install. On the device, navigate to the mounts and storage menu. If you see /storage/sdcard0 or /sdcard as a mountable volume, go ahead and mount it. If you do not see one of these partitions, then instead mount the /data partition. Take note of which volume you mounted. Now, push the package(s) to your device (also, see tip below):

   – If you mounted /storage/sdcard0, then: adb push update.zip /storage/sdcard0/

   – If you mounted /sdcard or /data, then: adb push update.zip /sdcard/

   where update.zip should be replaced with the package filename. Go back to the main menu and select install zip. Choose to install from the same directory where you pushed the package(s). If you are installing multiple packages, install CyanogenMod first and then install any subsequent packages on top of it.

8. Once installation has finished, return to the main menu and select reboot system now. The device will now boot into CyanogenMod.

How To Build CyanogenMod For ZTE Skate (skate)

Introduction

These instructions will hopefully assist you to start with a stock Skate, unlock the bootloader (if necessary), and then download the required tools as well as the very latest source code for CyanogenMod (based on Google’s Android operating system). Using these, you can build both CyanogenMod and CyanogenMod Recovery image from source code, and then install them both to your device.

It is difficult to say how much experience is necessary to follow these instructions. While this guide is certainly not for the very very very uninitiated, these steps shouldn’t require a PhD in software development either. Some readers will have no difficulty and breeze through the steps easily. Others may struggle over the most basic operation. Because people’s experiences, backgrounds, and intuitions differ, it may be a good idea to read through just to ascertain whether you feel comfortable or are getting over your head.

Remember, you assume all risk of trying this, but you will reap the rewards! It’s pretty satisfying to boot into a fresh operating system you baked at home :) And once you’re an Android-building ninja, there will be no more need to wait for “nightly” builds from anyone. You will have at your fingertips the skills to build a full operating system from code to a running device, whenever you want. Where you go from there– maybe you’ll add a feature, fix a bug, add a translation, or use what you’ve learned to build a new app or port to a new device– or maybe you’ll never build again– it’s all really up to you.

What you’ll need

• A Skate
• A relatively recent computer (Linux, OS X, or Windows) with a reasonable amount of RAM and about 100 GB of free storage (more if you enable ccache or build for multiple devices). The less RAM you have, the longer the build will take (aim for 8 GB or more). Using SSDs results in considerably faster build times than traditional hard drives.
• A USB cable compatible with the Skate (typically micro USB, but older devices may use mini USB or have a proprietary cable)
• A decent internet connection & reliable electricity :)
• Some familiarity with basic Android operation and terminology. It would help if you’ve installed custom roms on other devices and are familiar with recovery. It may also be useful to know some basic command line concepts such as cd for “change directory”, the concept of directory hierarchies, that in Linux they are separated by /, etc.

If you are not accustomed to using Linux– this is an excellent chance to learn. It’s free– just download and run a virtual machine (VM) such as Virtualbox, then install a Linux distribution such as Ubuntu (AOSP vets Ubuntu as well). Any recent 64-bit version should work great, but the latest is recommended.

Using a VM allows Linux to run as a guest inside your host computer– a computer in a computer, if you will. If you hate Linux for whatever reason, you can always just uninstall and delete the whole thing. (There are plenty of places to find instructions for setting up Virtualbox with Ubuntu, so I’ll leave it to you to do that.)

So let’s begin!

Build CyanogenMod and CyanogenMod Recovery

Prepare the Build Environment

Install the SDK

If you have not previously installed adb and fastboot, install the Android SDK. “SDK” stands for Software Developer Kit, and it includes useful tools that you can use to flash software, look at the system logs in real time, grab screenshots, and more– all from your computer.

Install the Build Packages

Several “build packages” are needed to build CyanogenMod. You can install these using the package manager of your choice.

For both 32-bit & 64-bit systems, you’ll need:

bc bison build-essential curl flex git gnupg gperf libesd0-dev liblz4-tool libncurses5-dev libsdl1.2-dev libwxgtk2.8-dev libxml2 libxml2-utils lzop maven openjdk-7-jdk pngcrush schedtool squashfs-tools xsltproc zip zlib1g-dev

In addition to the above, for 64-bit systems, get these:

g++-multilib gcc-multilib lib32ncurses5-dev lib32readline-gplv2-dev lib32z1-dev

For Ubuntu 15.10 (wily) and newer, substitute:

• lib32readline-gplv2-dev → lib32readline6-dev

For Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) and newer, substitute (additionally see java notes below):

• libwxgtk2.8-dev → libwxgtk3.0-dev
• openjdk-7-jdk → openjdk-8-jdk

Java versions: Different versions of CyanogenMod require different versions of the JDK (Java Development Kit):

• CyanogenMod 7 – 9: Sun/Oracle Java SE 1.6
• CyanogenMod 10.1: Sun/Oracle Java SE 1.6 or 1.7
• CyanogenMod 10.2 – 11.0: Sun/Oracle Java SE 1.6 or 1.7 (OpenJDK 1.7 works fine, but the build system will display a warning)
• CyanogenMod 12.0 – 13.0: OpenJDK 1.7 (see note about OpenJDK 1.8 below)
• CyanogenMod 14.1: OpenJDK 1.8

Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) or newer and OpenJDK: Since OpenJDK 1.7 was removed from the official Ubuntu repositories, you have a couple options:

1. Obtain OpenJDK 1.7 from the openjdk-r PPA
2. Enable experimental OpenJDK 1.8 support in CyanogenMod 13.0 (not available in earlier version). To enable OpenJDK 1.8 support, add this line to your $HOME/.bashrc file: export EXPERIMENTAL_USE_JAVA8=true.

Also see http://source.android.com/source/initializing.html which lists needed packages.

Create the directories

You will need to set up some directories in your build environment.

To create them:

$ mkdir -p ~/bin
$ mkdir -p ~/android/system

Install the repo command

Enter the following to download the “repo” binary and make it executable (runnable):

$ curl https://storage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/bin/repo
$ chmod a+x ~/bin/repo

Put the ~/bin directory in your path of execution

In recent versions of Ubuntu, ~/bin should already be in your PATH. You can check this by opening ~/.profile with a text editor and verifying the following code exists (add it if it is missing):

# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
    PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
fi

Initialize the CyanogenMod source repository

Enter the following to initialize the repository:

Note: Make sure the cm branch entered here is the one you wish to build and is supported on your device.

$ cd ~/android/system/
$ repo init -u https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android.git -b gingerbread

Download the source code

To start the download of all the source code to your computer:

$ repo sync

The CM manifests include a sensible default configuration for repo, which we strongly suggest you use (i.e. don’t add any options to sync). For reference, our default values are -j 4 and -c. The -j 4 part means that there will be four simultaneous threads/connections. If you experience problems syncing, you can lower this to -j 3 or -j 2. -c will ask repo to pull in only the current branch, instead of the entire CM history.

Prepare to wait a long time while the source code downloads.

Get prebuilt Rom Manager

$ cd ~/android/system/vendor/cyanogen

then enter:

$ ./get-rommanager

You won’t see any confirmation- just another prompt. But this should cause the Rom Manager apps to be loaded and installed into the source code. Once completed, this does not need to be done again.

Prepare the device-specific code

After the source downloads, ensure you are in the root of the source code (cd ~/android/system), then type:

$ source build/envsetup.sh
$ lunch

You should see a list of devices, including something like cm_skate-userdebug. Select it by typing its number. It is possible that lunch does not display your device. In that case try

$ lunch cm_skate-userdebug

or

$ lunch full_skate-userdebug

If all goes well, you should see that skate-specific directories are downloaded automatically.

Extract proprietary blobs

Now ensure that your Skate is connected to your computer via the USB cable and that you are in the ~/android/system/device/zte/skate directory (you can cd ~/android/system/device/zte/skate if necessary). Then run the extract-files.sh script:

$ ./extract-files.sh

You should see the proprietary files (aka “blobs”) get pulled from the device and moved to the ~/android/system/vendor/zte directory. If you see errors about adb being unable to pull the files, adb may not be in the path of execution. If this is the case, see the adb page for suggestions for dealing with “command not found” errors.

Turn on caching to speed up build

You can speed up subsequent builds by adding

export USE_CCACHE=1

to your ~/.bashrc file (what’s a .bashrc file?). Then, specify the amount of disk space to dedicate to ccache by typing this from the top of your Android tree:

prebuilt/linux-x86/ccache/ccache -M 50G

where 50G corresponds to 50GB of cache. This only needs to be run once and the setting will be remembered. Anywhere in the range of 25GB to 100GB will result in very noticeably increased build speeds (for instance, a typical 1hr build time can be reduced to 20min). If you’re only building for one device, 25GB-50GB is fine. If you plan to build for several devices that do not share the same kernel source, aim for 75GB-100GB. This space will be permanently occupied on your drive, so take this into consideration. See more information about ccache on Google’s android build environment initialization page.

Start the build

Time to start building! So now type:

$ croot
$ brunch skate

The build should begin.

If the build breaks…

• If you experience this not-enough-memory-related error…

ERROR: signapk.jar failed: return code 1make: *** [out/target/product/skate/cm_skate-ota-eng.root.zip] Error 1

…you may want to make the following change to ~/android/system/build/tools/releasetools/common.py:

Search for instances of -Xmx2048m (it should appear either under OPTIONS.java_args or near usage of signapk.jar), and replace it with -Xmx1024m or -Xmx512m.

Then start the build again (with brunch).

• If you see a message about things suddenly being “killed” for no reason, your (virtual) machine may have run out of memory or storage space. Assign it more resources and try again.

Install the build

Assuming the build completed without error (it will be obvious when it finishes), type:

$ cd $OUT

in the same terminal window that you did the build. Here you’ll find all the files that were created. The stuff that will go in /system is in a folder called system. The stuff that will become your ramdisk is in a folder called root. And your kernel is called… kernel.

But that’s all just background info. The two files we are interested in are (1) recovery.img, which contains CyanogenMod Recovery, and (2) cm-7-20161224-UNOFFICIAL-skate.zip, which is the CyanogenMod installation package.

Installing a custom recovery using fastboot

See All About Recovery Images for more information about custom recoveries and their capabilities.

1. Make sure your computer has working fastboot and adb.

1. Connect the Skate to the computer via USB.
2. Make sure the fastboot binary is in your PATH or that you place the recovery image in the same directory as fastboot.
3. Open a terminal on your PC and reboot the device into fastboot mode by typing

   adb reboot bootloader

   or by using the hardware key combination for your device while it is powered off.

4. Once the device is in fastboot mode, verify your PC sees the device by typing

   fastboot devices

   • If you don’t see your device serial number, and instead see “<waiting for device>”, fastboot is not configured properly on your machine. See fastboot documentation for more info.
   • If you see “no permissionsfastboot”, make sure your UDEV rules are setup correctly.
5. Flash recovery onto your device by entering the following command:

   fastboot flash recovery your_recovery_image.img

   where the latter part is the filename of the recovery image.

6. Once the flash completes successfully, reboot the device into recovery to verify the installation.
   • Note: Some ROMs overwrite recovery at boot time so if you do not plan to immediately boot into recovery to install CyanogenMod, please be aware that this may overwrite your custom recovery with the stock one.

Install CyanogenMod

Back to the $OUT directory on your computer– you should see a file that looks something like:

cm-7-20161224-UNOFFICIAL-skate.zip

Now you can flash the cm...zip file above as usual via recovery mode. Before doing so, now is a good time to make a backup of whatever installation is currently running on the device in case something goes wrong with the flash attempt. While CyanogenMod Recovery doesn’t have a backup feature, there are other custom recoveries available that do. You can also use something like Titanium Backup (root required) as an alternative.

Success! So….what’s next?

You’ve done it! Welcome to the elite club of self-builders. You’ve built your operating system from scratch, from the ground up. You are the master/mistress of your domain… and hopefully you’ve learned a bit on the way and had some fun too.

Now that you’ve succeeded in building CyanogenMod for your device, here are some suggestions on what to do next.

Also, be sure to take a glance at the Dev Center on this wiki for all kinds of more detailed information about developer topics ranging from collecting logs, understanding what’s in the source code directories, submitting your own contributions, porting CyanogenMod to new devices, and a lot more.

Congrats again!

Content of this page is based on informations from wiki.cyanogenmod.org, under CC BY-SA 3.0 licence.

Cyanogenmod ROM ZTE Blade (blade)

Quick Info

Download CyanogenMod

Download (konstakang build)
CyanogenMod 10.2 (Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean))

Download (zeelogkang build)
CyanogenMod 11 (Android 4.4-4.4.4 (KitKat))

Download (0 build)
CyanogenMod cm.7 ()

Main sections for ZTE Blade (“blade”)

1. Information about ZTE Blade (“blade”)
2. CyanogenMod install guide for ZTE Blade (“blade”)
3. Build CyanogenMod and CyanogenMod Recovery guide

Note: Support Status

This device does not support the latest official release of CyanogenMod. This may be due to hardware limitations or simply because development is ongoing. The most recent version supported is based on the gingerbread branch of CyanogenMod.

Notes

The ZTE Blade is a touchscreen Android smartphone manufactured by ZTE. The device is manufactured in several variants, differing in aspects such as screen type (AMOLED/TFT), camera (3.2MP or 5.0MP), installed firmware (stock: Android 2.1 or 2.2), and bootloader variant (gen1/gen2). Greek and older Hungarian versions have their available RAM limited to 256MB in software. A custom update is available that makes the full 512MB available. Official CyanogenMod support for the ZTE Blade was added in CyanogenMod 7, although starting with 7.0.2, future builds will be generation 2 only.
Watch out for Gen3 versions, its very similar to Gen2, but the radio is not compatible, and does not work with CM7. (Check you version with Blade Checker as Mr. Pigfish will report Gen3 as a Gen2)

Source code

Device

http://www.github.com/cyanogenmod/android_device_zte_blade

Blade Specifications

Codename:	blade
Vendor:	ZTE
Manufacturer:	ZTE
Type:	phone
GSM freq:	850 900 1800 1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE 900 2100 MHz UMTS/HSPA
Platform:	Qualcomm MSM7227
CPU:	600 MHz single-core Qualcomm MSM7227-1
GPU:	Qualcomm Adreno 200
RAM:	512MB or 256MB
Weight:	110 g (3.9 oz)
Dimensions:	116 mm (4.6 in) (h) 57 mm (2.24 in) (w) 11.8 mm (0.465 in) (d)
Screen size:	89 mm (3.5 in)
Resolution:	480×800
Screen type:	TFT LCD or AMOLED
Internal storage:	512 MB
SD Card:	expandable up to 32 GB
Bluetooth:	Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
Wi-Fi:	Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
Main camera:	3.2 or 5 megapixel
Power:	1250 mAh internal rechargeable removable lithium-ion battery
Peripherals:	Micro-USB, A-GPS, FM Radio, capacitive touchscreen, headset controls, proximity and ambient light sensors, 3-axis accelerometer, digital compass
CM supported:	7
Latest CM version:	gingerbread

bc bison build-essential curl flex git gnupg gperf libesd0-dev liblz4-tool libncurses5-dev libsdl1.2-dev libwxgtk2.8-dev libxml2 libxml2-utils lzop maven openjdk-7-jdk pngcrush schedtool squashfs-tools xsltproc zip zlib1g-dev

g++-multilib gcc-multilib lib32ncurses5-dev lib32readline-gplv2-dev lib32z1-dev

$ mkdir -p ~/bin
$ mkdir -p ~/android/system

$ curl https://storage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/bin/repo
$ chmod a+x ~/bin/repo

# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
    PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
fi

$ cd ~/android/system/
$ repo init -u https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android.git -b gingerbread

$ repo sync

$ cd ~/android/system/vendor/cyanogen

$ ./get-rommanager

After the source downloads, ensure you are in the root of the source code (cd ~/android/system), then type:

$ source build/envsetup.sh
$ lunch

$ lunch cm_blade-userdebug

$ lunch full_blade-userdebug

$ ./extract-files.sh

export USE_CCACHE=1

prebuilt/linux-x86/ccache/ccache -M 50G

$ croot
$ brunch blade

ERROR: signapk.jar failed: return code 1make: *** [out/target/product/blade/cm_blade-ota-eng.root.zip] Error 1

$ cd $OUT

cm-7-20161224-UNOFFICIAL-blade.zip

Cyanogenmod ROM ZTE V9 (v9)

Quick Info

Download CyanogenMod

Download (nightly build)
CyanogenMod 7 (Android 2.3 (Gingerbread))

Main sections for ZTE v9 (“v9”)

1. Information about ZTE v9 (“v9”)
2. CyanogenMod install guide for ZTE v9 (“v9”)
3. Build CyanogenMod and CyanogenMod Recovery guide

Note: Support Status

This device does not support the latest official release of CyanogenMod. This may be due to hardware limitations or simply because development is ongoing. The most recent version supported is based on the gingerbread branch of CyanogenMod.

Notes

gen 2 only!

Source code

Device

http://www.github.com/cyanogenmod/android_device_zte_v9

v9 Specifications

Codename:	v9
Vendor:	ZTE
Type:	tablet
GSM freq:	Quad band GSM 850 900 1800 1900 MHz GPRS/EDGE HSDPA/HSUPA
Platform:	Qualcomm MSM7227
CPU:	600 MHz single-core Qualcomm MSM7227-1
GPU:	Qualcomm Adreno 200
RAM:	512MB
Weight:	403 g (14.2 oz)
Dimensions:	192 mm (7.56 in) (h) 110 mm (4.33 in) (w) 12.6 mm (0.496 in) (d)
Screen size:	178 mm (7.0 in)
Resolution:	480×800
Screen type:	TFT LCD
Internal storage:	512 MB
SD Card:	up to 32GB
Bluetooth:	Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
Wi-Fi:	802.11b/g
Main camera:	3.5 megapixel
Power:	3400 mAh internal rechargeable removable lithium-ion battery
Peripherals:	microUSB, A-GPS, FM Radio resistive touchscreen, headset controls, ambient light sensors, 3-axis accelerometer, digital compass
CM supported:	7
Latest CM version:	gingerbread

bc bison build-essential curl flex git gnupg gperf libesd0-dev liblz4-tool libncurses5-dev libsdl1.2-dev libwxgtk2.8-dev libxml2 libxml2-utils lzop maven openjdk-7-jdk pngcrush schedtool squashfs-tools xsltproc zip zlib1g-dev

g++-multilib gcc-multilib lib32ncurses5-dev lib32readline-gplv2-dev lib32z1-dev

$ mkdir -p ~/bin
$ mkdir -p ~/android/system

$ curl https://storage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/bin/repo
$ chmod a+x ~/bin/repo

# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
    PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
fi

$ cd ~/android/system/
$ repo init -u https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android.git -b gingerbread

$ repo sync

$ cd ~/android/system/vendor/cyanogen

$ ./get-rommanager

After the source downloads, ensure you are in the root of the source code (cd ~/android/system), then type:

$ source build/envsetup.sh
$ lunch

$ lunch cm_v9-userdebug

$ lunch full_v9-userdebug

$ ./extract-files.sh

export USE_CCACHE=1

prebuilt/linux-x86/ccache/ccache -M 50G

$ croot
$ brunch v9

ERROR: signapk.jar failed: return code 1make: *** [out/target/product/v9/cm_v9-ota-eng.root.zip] Error 1

$ cd $OUT

cm-7-20161224-UNOFFICIAL-v9.zip