[NTLUG:Discuss] Building Android for MT6582?

[Gilbert Morrow]

I have not done any developing on the quad core chip, but it would seem
that it is used in old 3g devices.

http://www.specout.com/

Any unlocked bootloader phone is good for development purposes, just
download the android sdk, then the android source code and have at it. Make
sure the phone is bootloader and not radio unlocked, big difference.

CM is not my favorite ROM maker, CM was always kluncky whenever I tried it.

Since there is a supported driver for that chip I don't see a problem with
getting a custom ROM to work with it. Problem developers have is getting
drivers for hardware on the phones,you may have to pull the driver out of
another ROM to make it work or the drive may be in the source tree.

Good luck.
On May 26, 2015 5:27 AM, "Ralph Green" <sirable at gmail.com> wrote:

> Howdy,
>   I just found that Cyanogenmod is supporting it's first modestly
> priced set of phones.  Late last year, google launched a program
> called Android One to bring phones to the next 5 billion people.  That
> was their marketing speak, and it means they are supporting a standard
> design based on the commodity chip from MediaTek called the
> MT6582(quad core, 1.3 GHz A7 arm).  Cyanogenmod soon after announced
> they support it.  Cyanogenmod has CM11 available now and cm12 is in
> the works(12.1, actually).  This leads me to several questions.
>
> 1. Is anyone on this list working with an Android One device?  I did
> not find any US suppliers.
>
> 2, I see other MT6582 based phones from $70 on amazon.  Can anyone
> comment knowingly on how likely an Adroid One rom would be to work on
> one of these phones?
>
> 3. I mention cyanogenmod because they document their supported phones
> better than other phone distros I have found.  I want to be able to
> build my own custom ROM.  Is there another distro I should be looking
> at?  I know about replicant, but I have not ever found a phone they
> support at a reasonable price.
>
>  I am debating buying a cheap MT6582 based device if I am likely to be
> able to build a working ROM.  I sure don't want to run the software
> that would come with such a phone from the factory.
> Thanks,
> Ralph
>
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