Well I figured I would start this thread in hopes of finding some Skilled fellow members that likes a good challenge.
I Need Help with under standing what has to be done in porting over a new OS to a Phone.
I have already Bypassed Sig issue so custom Apps can be loaded using any Test sig even if its expired
I know this really want do much for Porting over a new OS but for now it does give people the Opportunity to develop apps for the phone with out the heavy cost normal needed.
Me and a few others have been trying to figure out how extract all files from the BIN file and how we could compile it back but it seems that there are some header files missing and some compression methods used that we have not yet been able to figure out.
I am Green ..... Very Green to all of this so I am having to learn everything along the way...
I just want to say "THANKS" for all of you that would like to help me out.. I am a fast learner and to give you an example of what i mean.. The patch for the phone to allow you to up load custom apps took me about 3 months to figure out but I never used IDA before and have no assembly skills but by using info given to me on another type of brew handset was able to find the Magic numbers.
So even though i may not have all the skills needed if I have a guide i will find my way
I spoke to the LG Tech Support Guys one time about using there OS system and they told me that as long as the OS that i am using is coming from a phone that's like the Dare it should work and they even gave me few phones to look at but I was never able to get the real info needed to know if it my work.. Like the Processor and Qualcomm Chip used also the amount of internal Memory and size of that memory. Even if i had all of that I still wouldn't be able to use the phones that LG actual Makes since they are all GSM phones and this one is CDMA.
I got lucky with this phone and got the Service manual for it.
This phone comes with 2 Different version of the same firmware 1-ver is VZW's firmware and the 2-ver is the Telus firmware.
It seems that Telus is a subsidiary of VZW and the firmware that Telus uses is modified versions of VZW firmware. Telus blocks you from being able to load Brew apps and run them under their version and uses the IBM Jvm9 Java. Since it may be easier to extract and modify the 2 firmwares to make a firmware that has Java and also allows Brew apps to run. I figured i would through this info in here.
Please if all your going to post is that its a lost cause then just save your self the time.. I under stand that this may not ever pan out but Like i said before I am hear to learn as much as I can because this is not going to be the only phone i use in my life time and until WE THE PEOPLE Demand and get a ruling that the Carriers have to leave the phones Open and unrestricted we all well be hacking away at them.. By the way after talking to the MF of my phone it seems that in the USA they have a ruling that states that MF's can not make The phones and sale them that the carriers are the only ones allowed to do this.. Hence way LG only Makes GSM phones that they actual sale to the Public and not CDMA phones.. Just another way our carriers are F!@#$ us..
Thanks again for stopping by and looking forward at getting this started.
Best Regards