cooper Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 I'll probably end up talking lots about this over on the XDA developers forum, but I figured I'd ask in familiar territory first. Did anybody here ever have a go at building their own Android ROM for their phone or tablet, from source? I'm asking because I'm planning to have a go at building an Android 4.4/KitKat ROM for my cheap-ass tablet. That thing only came with Android 4.2. Since the device only has 512 MB ram and KitKat was specifically designed to run well on anything with 512 or over, I figured I might as well have a go at it. Should be a good learning experience... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sitwon Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Have you checked if Cyanogen will work with your tablet? They seem to support a lot of devices, and it would save you from re-inventing the wheel. Seems like most of the custom ROMs out there are using Cyanogen as a starting point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper Posted September 25, 2014 Author Share Posted September 25, 2014 The chip on this is an ATM7021, which is a dual-core ARMv9. Getting something running on that is a walk in the park - it's half an Odroid. Tablets which are rediculously similar are the Ainol Novo 8 apparently. At least for the main chip that equation seems to fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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