problem trying to build iDroid

[Gregory Mace]

the build fails:

. build/envsetup.sh && choosecombo

when I select Device I get this


build/core/product_config.mk:190: *** _nic.PRODUCTS.[[vendor/apple/iPhone4/iPhone4.mk]]: "vendor/apple/iPhone4//common.mk" does not exist.  Stop.
build/core/product_config.mk:190: *** _nic.PRODUCTS.[[vendor/apple/iPhone4/iPhone4.mk]]: "vendor/apple/iPhone4//common.mk" does not exist.  Stop.
build/core/product_config.mk:190: *** _nic.PRODUCTS.[[vendor/apple/iPhone4/iPhone4.mk]]: "vendor/apple/iPhone4//common.mk" does not exist.  Stop.

could anyone tell me what I'm missing?
Thx

[ddominator]

iPhone4 does not work.

Only works for iPhone2G, iPhone3G and iPodTouch1G

[Gregory Mace]

I'm just following the build instructions per this page:
http://www.idroidproject.org/wiki/Compiling_Android
I am not trying to build iPhone4, this happens in the script before I can select product. Here's is more detail:

 . build/envsetup.sh && choosecombo
including vendor/apple/vendorsetup.sh
Build for the simulator or the device?
     1. Device
     2. Simulator

Which would you like? [1] 1
build/core/product_config.mk:190: *** _nic.PRODUCTS.[[vendor/apple/iPhone4/iPhone4.mk]]: "vendor/apple/iPhone4//common.mk" does not exist.  Stop.
build/core/product_config.mk:190: *** _nic.PRODUCTS.[[vendor/apple/iPhone4/iPhone4.mk]]: "vendor/apple/iPhone4//common.mk" does not exist.  Stop.
build/core/product_config.mk:190: *** _nic.PRODUCTS.[[vendor/apple/iPhone4/iPhone4.mk]]: "vendor/apple/iPhone4//common.mk" does not exist.  Stop.


Build type choices are:
     1. release
     2. debug

Which would you like? [1] 2
build/core/product_config.mk:190: *** _nic.PRODUCTS.[[vendor/apple/iPhone4/iPhone4.mk]]: "vendor/apple/iPhone4//common.mk" does not exist.  Stop.
build/core/product_config.mk:190: *** _nic.PRODUCTS.[[vendor/apple/iPhone4/iPhone4.mk]]: "vendor/apple/iPhone4//common.mk" does not exist.  Stop.
build/core/product_config.mk:190: *** _nic.PRODUCTS.[[vendor/apple/iPhone4/iPhone4.mk]]: "vendor/apple/iPhone4//common.mk" does not exist.  Stop.


Which product would you like? [generic] iPhone3G
build/core/product_config.mk:190: *** _nic.PRODUCTS.[[vendor/apple/iPhone4/iPhone4.mk]]: "vendor/apple/iPhone4//common.mk" does not exist.  Stop.
** Not a valid product: iPhone3G
Which product would you like? [generic]

[ddominator]

Hmmm have you tried repo sync again?

Yeah I checked the git hub... I haven't been building android in a while.

I think Nickp666 has more details on this.

[Gregory Mace]

I'm just getting started building this.  I have sync'd recently
I started from scratch 3 or 4 times in the past week, last time was this morning and am currently trying again using these instructions:

 cd ~
 mkdir froyo
 cd froyo
 repo init -u git://github.com/iDroid-Project/platform_manifest.git -b froyo-iphone
 repo sync
 . build/envsetup.sh && choosecombo

have there been recent changes that would pertain to this?
Thx

[nickp666]

Yes it looks like I fsck'ed something up with my last vendor_apple commit. will fix it tonight

[Gregory Mace]

thx!
will a 'repo sync' take care of it?
...oh, I mean thx for fix.

[nickp666]

yeah, when github is working, you can repo sync and it works now

[Gregory Mace]

Thanks much! I can build now. If you'll pardon a stupid question...once I build, what is the best way to put the new system.img onto the iDroid phone?

[ddominator]

You can use SSH or a USB file manager to put it into /private/var/idroid

[Gregory Mace]

Thanks, that's what I thought.  Do system.img and userdata.img and ramdisk.img tied together?  When I build and push these 3 to my iDroid, it get's caught in a loop on started and won't continue.  Also would I require a new version of android.img.gz and zImage.  I'm currently running iDroid 1.0.3 installed via Bootlace.

Thx for all your help.

[ddominator]

Usually it's best if system.img and userdata.img are copied at the same time (meaning use the default blank userdata.img when you put a custom system.img).

As far as my experience goes, I don't see problems with zImage, cache.img and android.img.gz left there or just changing one of the three.

[Gregory Mace]

Thanks for taking the time to reply. I'm just getting started on this so I have a learning curve.  If I copy on the system.img, it boots fine, but if I copy both system.img and userdata.img then it does not boot.  My userdata.img (built on my machine) is only 5 MB, whereas the one in the iDroid 1.0.3 release is 1004MB.  Something in my build flags maybe?

[ddominator]

Yeah it's on the build flags and we use resize2fs on userdata.img

[Gregory Mace]

so could the size be why it doesn't boot?