MIPS Releases Android 4.1.1 (Jelly Bean) Source Code

At the end of last month, MIPS announced the $125 Karbonn Mobiles Android Jelly Bean Tablet powered by Ingzenic MIPS-Based JZ4770 SoC. Today, they released Android 4.1.1 source code for MIPS

Before downloading the Android source code, make sure you have a properly setup Linux workstation.

Here are the instructions to checkout MIPS Android 4.1.1:

mkdir mipsandroid
cd mipsandroid
repo init -u  git://github.com/MIPS/manifests.git -b dev-mips-jb -m mips-jb-4.1.1_r1.xml
repo sync

mkdir mipsandroid

cd mipsandroid

repo init -u git://github.com/MIPS/manifests.git -b dev-mips-jb -m mips-jb-4.1.1_r1.xml

repo sync

You can read the release notes for more details about the current status of the MIPS Android Jelly Bean port.

Myriad Dalvik turbo, an alternative Dalvik implement that is much faster than the default Dalvik engine (at least on MIPS), is not yet available for Android 4.1, but should be soon.

All MIPS Android source code can also be viewed online at http://www.github.com/mips.

Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft)

Jean-Luc started CNX Software in 2010 as a part-time endeavor, before quitting his job as a software engineering manager, and starting to write daily news, and reviews full time later in 2011.

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