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16
17# Building for devices #
18
19This page complements the main page about [Building](building.html) with information
20that is specific to individual devices.
21
22The only supported devices are Nexus S, a.k.a. "crespo", and Nexus S 4G, a.k.a.
23"crespo4g".
24Nexus S is the recommended device to use with the Android Open-Source Project.
25Nexus One a.k.a. "passion" is experimental and unsupported. Android Developer
26Phones (ADP1 and ADP2, a.k.a. "dream" and "sapphire") are obsolete, were
27experimental and unsupported in froyo, and can't be used with gingerbread.
28
29## Building fastboot and adb ##
30
31If you don't already have those tools, fastboot and adb can be built with
32the regular build system. Follow the instructions on the page about
33[building](building.html), and replace the main `make` command with
34
35    $ make fastboot adb
36
37## Booting into fastboot mode ##
38
39During a cold boot, the following key combinations can be used to boot into fastboot mode,
40which is a mode in the bootloader that can be used to flash the devices:
41
42Device   | Keys
43---------|------
44crespo   | Press and hold *Volume Up*, then press and hold *Power*
45crespo4g | Press and hold *Volume Up*, then press and hold *Power*
46passion  | Press and hold the trackball, then press *Power*
47sapphire | Press and hold *Back*, then press *Power*
48dream    | Press and hold *Back*, then press *Power*
49
50Also, on devices running froyo or later where adb is enabled,
51the command `adb reboot bootloader` can be used to reboot from
52Android directly into the bootloader with no key combinations.
53
54## Unlocking the bootloader ##
55
56It's only possible to flash a custom system if the bootloader allows it.
57
58This is the default setup on ADP1 and ADP2.
59
60On Nexus One, Nexus S, and Nexus S 4G, the bootloader is locked by default.
61With the device in fastboot mode, the bootloader is unlocked with
62
63    $ fastboot oem unlock
64
65The procedure must be confirmed on-screen, and deletes the user data for
66privacy reasons. It only needs to be run once.
67
68On Nexus One, the operation voids the warranty and is irreversible.
69
70On Nexus S and Nexus S 4G, the bootloader can be locked back with
71
72    $ fastboot oem lock
73
74## Obtaining proprietary binaries ##
75
76While it's possible to build and run a system using exclusively source code
77from Android Open-Source Project, such a system can only use the devices'
78hardware capabilities for which Open-Source support exists.
79
80Official binaries for Nexus S and Nexus S 4G can be downloaded from
81[Google's Nexus driver page](http://code.google.com/android/nexus/drivers.html),
82which add access to additional hardware capabilities with non-Open-Source code.
83
84There are no official binaries for Nexus One, ADP2 or ADP1.
85
86### Extracting the proprietary binaries ###
87
88Each driver comes as a self-extracting script in a compressed archive.
89After uncompressing each archive, run the included self-extracting script
90from the root of the source tree, confirm that you agree to the terms of the
91enclosed license agreement, and the binaries and their matching makefiles
92will get installed in the `vendor/` hierarchy of the source tree.
93
94There's an additional step on Nexus S 4G. Build the signapk tool with
95
96    $ make signapk
97
98Then reassemble the proprietary applicatons with
99
100    $ vendor/samsung/crespo4g/reassemble-apks.sh
101
102### Cleaning up when adding proprietary binaries ###
103
104In order to make sure that the newly installed binaries are properly
105taken into account after being extracted, the existing output of any previous
106build needs to be deleted with
107
108    $ make clobber
109
110## Picking and building the configuration that matches a device ##
111
112The steps to configure and build the Android Open-Source Project
113are described in the page about [Building](building.html).
114
115The recommended builds for the various devices are available through
116the lunch menu, accesed when running the `lunch` command with no arguments:
117
118Device   | Branch           | Build configuration
119---------|------------------|------------------------
120crespo   | android-2.3.5_r1 | full_crespo-userdebug
121crespo4g | android-2.3.5_r1 | full_crespo4g-userdebug
122passion  | android-2.3.5_r1 | full_passion-userdebug
123sapphire | android-2.2.2_r1 | full_sapphire-userdebug
124dream    | android-2.2.2_r1 | full_dream-userdebug
125
126## Flashing a device ##
127
128Set the device in fastboot mode if necessary (see above).
129
130Because user data is typically incompatible between builds of Android,
131it's typically better to delete it when flashing a new system.
132
133    $ fastboot erase cache
134    $ fastboot erase userdata
135
136An entire Android system can be flashed in a single command: this writes
137the boot, recovery and system partitions together after verifying that the
138system being flashed is compatible with the installed bootloader and radio,
139and reboots the system.
140
141    $ fastboot flashall
142
143On crespo, crespo4g, sapphire and dream (but not on passion), the commands above can
144be replaced with a single command
145
146    $ fastboot -w flashall
147
148### Nexus S and Nexus S 4G Bootloader and Cell Radio compatibility ###
149
150On Nexus S and Nexus S 4G, each version of Android has only been thoroughly
151tested with on specific version of the underlying bootloader and cell radio
152software.
153However, no compatibility issues are expected when running newer systems
154with older bootloaders and radio images according to the following tables.
155
156Nexus S (worldwide version "XX"):
157
158Android Version | Preferred Bootloader | Preferred Radio | Also possible
159----------------|----------------------|-----------------|--------------
1602.3 (GRH55)     | I9020XXJK1           | I9020XXJK8
1612.3.1 (GRH78)   | I9020XXJK1           | I9020XXJK8
1622.3.2 (GRH78C)  | I9020XXJK1           | I9020XXJK8
1632.3.3 (GRI40)   | I9020XXKA3           | I9020XXKB1      | All previous versions
1642.3.4 (GRJ22)   | I9020XXKA3           | I9020XXKD1      | All previous versions
1652.3.5 (GRJ90)   | I9020XXKA3           | I9020XXKF1      | All previous versions
1662.3.6 (GRK39F)  | I9020XXKA3           | I9020XXKF1      | All previous versions
167
168Nexus S (850MHz version "UC"):
169
170Android Version | Preferred Bootloader | Preferred Radio | Also possible
171----------------|----------------------|-----------------|--------------
1722.3.3 (GRI54)   | I9020XXKA3           | I9020UCKB2
1732.3.4 (GRJ22)   | I9020XXKA3           | I9020UCKD1      | All previous versions
1742.3.5 (GRJ90)   | I9020XXKA3           | I9020UCKF1      | All previous versions
1752.3.6 (GRK39C)  | I9020XXKA3           | I9020UCKF1      | All previous versions
1762.3.6 (GRK39F)  | I9020XXKA3           | I9020UCKF1      | All previous versions
177
178Nexus S (Korea version "KR"):
179
180Android Version | Preferred Bootloader | Preferred Radio | Also possible
181----------------|----------------------|-----------------|--------------
1822.3.3 (GRI54)   | I9020XXKA3           | I9020KRKB3
1832.3.4 (GRJ22)   | I9020XXKA3           | M200KRKC1       | All previous versions
1842.3.5 (GRJ90)   | I9020XXKA3           | M200KRKC1       | All previous versions
1852.3.6 (GRK39F)  | I9020XXKA3           | M200KRKC1       | All previous versions
186
187Nexus S 4G:
188
189Android Version | Preferred Bootloader | Preferred Radio | Also possible
190----------------|----------------------|-----------------|--------------
1912.3.4 (GRJ06D)  | D720SPRKC5           | D720SPRKC9
1922.3.4 (GRJ22)   | D720SPRKC5           | D720SPRKD8      | All previous versions
1932.3.5 (GRJ90)   | D720SPRKC5           | D720SPRKE5      | All previous versions
1942.3.7 (GWK74)   | D720SPRKE1           | D720SPRKH1 (*)  | All previous versions
195
196If you're building a new version of Android, if your Nexus S or Nexus S 4G has
197an older bootloader and radio image that is marked as being also possible in
198the table above but is not recognized by fastboot, you can locally
199delete the `version-bootloader` and `version-baseband` lines in
200`device/samsung/crespo/board-info.txt` or `device/samsung/crespo4g/board-info.txt`.
201
202(*) As a note, radio version D720SPRKH1 for Nexus S 4G sometimes erroneously
203reports version D720SPRKE1. If this is the case for your Nexus S 4G, you can
204locally modify the version-baseband line in
205`device/samsung/crespo4g/board-info.txt` accordingly.
206