Manifest and Howto , to build custom ROM for Tablet Lenovo A7-10F
An attempt to build custom ROM for Lenovo A7-10F tablet (In progress...)
master branch is for Omnirom Lollipop 5.
cm-12 branch is for CyanogenMod version 12.x (Lollipop)
Built from Lenovo "Open Source Code"
Yes all the source code is available on Github.
These are the steps to build this rom.
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Install a suitable OS. You can use a virtual machine running Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit, or a physical one : both are supported.
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Prepare the system, do steps 1, 2 and 5 of this guide, to configure your development machine :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762641 Tutorial To Compile JB on Ubuntu - xda-developers
WARNING : To have success when building ROMs from repository, it's required to use Java-7 JRE (1.7) If you don't use this one, you'll have unpredictable errors, like C header files malformed.
It's recommanded to have a PATH pointing the right Java JRE at first position, in your environment !
mkdir YOUR_ WORKING_DIR
cd YOUR_WORKING_DIR
repo init -u git://github.com/omnirom/android.git -b android-5.1
mkdir .repo/local_manifests
curl https://raw.github.com/PixNDom/android_manifest_lenovo-Tab2A710/master/A710F_manifest.xml > .repo/local_manifests/A710F_manifest.xml
repo sync
The sync will take a while and download something like 15 GB of source code.
source build/envsetup.sh
brunch Tab2A710F
If all goes well this will create a zip file into 'out' folder, that can be flashed on the tablet , using CWM or TWRP !