4.2.1 is in AOSP

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Jean-Baptiste Queru

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Nov 27, 2012, 1:46:12 PM11/27/12
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The source code for 4.2.1 is being pushed into AOSP right now. This is
a minor release on top of 4.2. The build number is JOP40D, the git tag
is android-4.2.1_r1.

4.2.1 uses the same device-specific proprietary files as 4.2.

The factory images for the various devices will follow in the next few days.

JBQ

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Jean-Baptiste Queru

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Nov 27, 2012, 2:23:55 PM11/27/12
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The git replication has completed, feel free to sync.

JBQ

Al Sutton

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Nov 27, 2012, 2:34:30 PM11/27/12
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Santa is back :).


Al.

P.S. Seemed to be pushed out pretty quickly, were you holding off announcing or do I smell some new hardware in the office? :)

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Jean-Baptiste Queru

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Nov 28, 2012, 11:43:26 AM11/28/12
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There were very few objects to replicate, across few branches, so the
replication went very quickly. The longest part was to push the new
tags. Overall, it barely took half an hour, including the time to sync
a new client to double-check that everything was fine.

JBQ

Jet Shinoda

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Nov 27, 2012, 6:21:02 PM11/27/12
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thank you sir

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Jean-Baptiste Queru

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Nov 28, 2012, 12:00:57 PM11/28/12
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Yes, that's the place. There are slightly longer instructions at
https://source.android.com/source/submit-patches.html in case you're
not already familiar with the tools.

JBQ

On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 5:37 AM, AR <krar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks JBQ. 4.2 and 4.2.1 has an issue with BT. Calls don't go through
> inbuilt BT systems in cars or carkits ( no audio) but works fine on BT
> headset. I have that fixed and will be submitting a patch. I am assuming
> this is where i submit
>
> https://android-review.googlesource.com
>
> Cheers
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Jean-Baptiste Queru

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Nov 29, 2012, 12:23:44 PM11/29/12
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I confirm there's a problem with the JOP40C factory image for Nexus
10, such that OTAs won't apply on top of it. We're working on a fix.

JBQ

On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 7:19 AM, AM <ngrt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The OTA failed on my Nexus 10 16GB, so i flashed stock JOP40C
> (mantaray-jop40c-factory-87340b80.tgz), relocked the system and the 4.2.1
> OTA still failed with the same error about set_perm failing.
>
> The updater-script is not set up to back out in case of failure, so my
> system has the new packages but is missing everything after set_perm netcfg
> line (if i remember correctly).
>
> I can wait for the factory image to get a stable test environment.
>
> However, is there some kind of disconnect between the build environment and
> the images being pushed out ?...
>
> Is it possible to get links to the JVP15P factory image plus individual OTAs
> so the test environment would match what is out in the field instead of what
> is in the build system.
>
> thanks.
>
> (side loading 07ac4f5d6c30.signed-mantaray-JOP40D-from-JOP40C.07ac4f5d.zip
> gives same error as waiting for OTA)
>
> ps: apologize if this is the wrong place to post this. new to android.
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Jean-Baptiste Queru

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Nov 29, 2012, 1:59:49 PM11/29/12
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All right, this is fixed. You will need to download the updated 4.2
Mantaray factory image from
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#mantaray and flash
it. Once you have that, future OTAs will apply cleanly.

In deep detail, what happened is that the filesystem for system.img
was generated slightly differently from what the kernel expects, and
when writing to it (which only happens when applying the OTA) the
kernel reverts to read-only when it detects the difference. The fix
was https://android-review.googlesource.com/46740. The issue only
affects people who manually flashed the original 4.2 factory image,
and it only affected the Nexus 10 factory image (as it's dependent on
the exact number of files in the affected location, which varies from
one device to the next).

If you had locked your bootloader back, I'm afraid that you'll have to
unlock it again (which will wipe your device).

If your bootloader is unlocked, you can unzip
image-mantaray-jop40c.zip and fastboot flash system system.img, which
won't erase your data.

Sorry about the difficulty and confusion.

JBQ

Jean-Baptiste Queru

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Dec 6, 2012, 12:03:59 PM12/6/12
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The bug that affected the original Nexus 10 JOP40C factory images did
not affect other devices (it was related to the number of files in the
system). Furthermore, that bug doesn't cause any problems while
booting, it only prevents later OTA from applying.

JBQ

On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 5:43 AM, boy3dfx <valyvoi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I have recently acquired a Nexus 4 phone. It came with JVP15Q on it.
>
> As I intend to do some development on it I upgraded it via OTA to JOP40C,
> JOP40D, fastboot oem unlocked it, then tried using Factory image flashing
> using your jop40c (it was on
> https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images up until a few days ago).
> The phone stopped booting completely (I see the Google logo, then the
> bootanimation, and it gets stuck there). So I said to myself, hmmm, maybe
> downgrading caused this issue, so I used the latest factory images
> https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#occamjop40d to try to fix
> the problem. The problem remained.
>
>
> I am wondering if there is something missing by accident with the Nexus 4
> factory images you have online (either as missing files in the factory image
> or if the problem comes from the fact the factory images are using fastboot
> -w as part of the factory image flashing sequence). I know that support for
> Nexus 4 in AOSP is not complete, but I really hope factory image flashing
> can work, as I rely on it to return the phone to a (working) stock state, on
> all my google devices.
>
>
> The reason I asked the above is I was able to built a custom boot image with
> adb enabled, and run it (in my opinion) successfully on the phone. I did
> this after the initial factory image flashing with jop40c, and again after
> trying factory image jop40d.
>
> I took the kernel signature via cat /proc/version (both JOP40C and JOP40D
> seem to share the kernel), and after seeing the phone gets stuck, I used
> AOSP 4.2_r1 / 4.2.1_r1 to generate boot.img. Fastboot booting this image
> gives me a shell into the phone, without affecting the phone flash.
>
> When booting with adb enabled, I did a comparision between what's mounted
> and the content of /fstab.mako. I can see as a symptoms for the phone not
> booting that a few things (including /firmware, /data) seem not to
> automount on startup. I can manually mount into /firmware, but am not sure
> why it does not happen automatically.
>
>
> Do you think it may be related to the bug you discovered on the Nexus 10?
>
>
> Thank you in advance,
> Gabi Voiculescu

ESLPhani RajKiran

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Dec 8, 2012, 12:01:26 PM12/8/12
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Hi JBQ
I looking for arm toolchain for 32bit machines for Android latest build, please have an eye on 32 bit machines also .
I have got Nexus S i cant find exact kernel , in AOSP just its image is given, if im not wrong.
Please guide me on kernel building for Nexus S.
Thanks & regards
Phanirajkiran.

Jean-Baptiste Queru

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Dec 10, 2012, 3:35:00 PM12/10/12
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I wouldn't count on support for 32-bit hosts in the future. This
started going away years ago, and isn't expected to come back.

JBQ

Jean-Baptiste Queru

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Dec 12, 2012, 3:22:10 PM12/12/12
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I can't comment on that, sorry.

JBQ

On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Geofuzzy <goga...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok so there is a lot of non-info floating around about why the Nexus 4
> Images are gone, JQB can you let us know whats going on and when we can
> expect them back, I happen to need the 4.2.1 image to unbork my phone.
>
>
> On Wednesday, December 12, 2012 4:50:29 AM UTC-5, PeterK wrote:
>>
>> Hi, the Nexus 4 occam factory images appear to have been removed from the
>> download page. Why is this?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Pete.
>>
>> On Wednesday, November 28, 2012 5:46:24 AM UTC+11, Jean-Baptiste Queru
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Jean-Baptiste Queru

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Nexus 7 with Mobile ("tilapia") isn't supported in AOSP, and no
proprietary binaries are available for it. What you describe sounds
like a lack of GPU libraries.

JBQ

On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 4:59 AM, <ashifs...@gmail.com> wrote:
> HI JBQ,
> i've downloaded the repo as said by you android-4.2.1_r1 and i have nexus 7
> 3g varient, when i load the liquid rom on building the downloaded source the
> os crashes. I've tried getting fresh repo but the thing is it wont progress
> after the boot screen, the screen goes dull and nothing happens, how can i
> solve this problem.
> I want to create liquid rom for nexus 7 3g varient that came with 4.2 in it.
>
>
> On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 2:05:00 AM UTC+5:30, Jean-Baptiste Queru
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