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Old 01-05-2011, 09:06 AM   #141
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Originally Posted by Coredump-EE View Post
Step one would be to set up a complete development environment and build Android from scratch for various devices. From this alone you'd learn a lot. Then you need to get comfortable enough with the environment that you can set up a build target for your desired device (ie: the IQ). The vendor will hardly help you with that
I have ADB and Eclipse with the Art plugin set up. Since I learn more easily with examples, I thought some kind of tutorial would be a great help. Isn't the Android firmware covered by the GPL? I know it doesn't guarantee anything but there is hope.

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Indeed it would. But as you said, the hardware of the IQ is pretty low-spec. Even custom firmwares will give you only so much. Maybe Pocketboot will release a good base distribution for the IQ with the next update, that can be extended upon. One can dream, right?
If we could get something like the Open Platform that the PD Novel got, it would be perfect. We need to know what is inside first.
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