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Linux kernel for the Note 4 Verizon device. Samsung model SM-N910V aka trltevzw.

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Samsung has removed the download for some legacy devices including most of the trlte variants. The initial tag is an untouched upload of the kernel.zip for the SM-N910V. Mirror of the original zip from Samsung.

I'm not a developer nor do I have any formal education regarding Android development (or anything else). These notes are here just for convenience. Some information could be inaccurate and I welcome any input/corrections.

Kernel Specs

  • Linux kernel v.3.10.40
  • Device = trltevzw
  • Firmware = N910VVRU2CQL1
  • Recommended Toolchain = arm-eabi-4.8

  • Google's prebuilt gcc arm-eabi-4.8 toolchain (mirror):

    git clone [email protected]:kevintm78/arm-eabi-4.8.git
    
  • Build Tools

    sudo apt install git-core ccache automake lzop bison gperf build-essential zip curl zlib1g-dev g++-multilib python3-networkx libxml2-utils bzip2 libbz2-dev libbz2-1.0 libghc-bzlib-dev squashfs-tools pngcrush schedtool dpkg-dev liblz4-tool make optipng gnupg flex libc6-dev-i386 lib32ncurses5-dev x11proto-core-dev libx11-dev lib32z1-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libxml2-utils xsltproc unzip fontconfig
    
  • AOSP guide for setting up your build environment.


Fix for "/usr/bin/env 'python' no such file or directory"

  • AOSP suggestion If your Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS is a newly installed (vs. upgraded) Linux version:

    sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python
    
  • Above fix works with certain distros, but if not try:

    sudo apt install python-is-python2
    
  • python-all was needed once, but probably just a fluke...

    sudo apt install python-all
    

Environment Variables:

Warning-These could be as inaccurate as everything else in this readme.

export USE_CCACHE=1                                     #Android 9 and below just needs this one
export ANDROID_SDK_ROOT="$HOME/Android/Sdk"             #Path to some dumb kevin. For when I get lost.
export OUT_DIR_COMMON_BASE=""$HOME/path/to/salvation"   #Set this for common out directory for Android builds
export PATH="$HOME/android-studio/jre/bin:$PATH"        #This is needs to set for building Magisk
export PATH="$HOME/.bin:$PATH"                          #This is where I install repo.
export ALLOW_FILE_DISCOVERY=1                           #Self explanatory
export JACK_SERVER_VM_ARGUMENTS="-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -XX:+TieredCompilation -Xmx4g"  #this is for my lack of ram

export CCACHE_EXEC=$(command -v ccache)                 #Android 10+ only??!!

@osm0sis' rep0s, odds, ends, and evens

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