[8.14.11] Honeycomb 3.2 SGT dev log - Galaxy Tab Android Development

Android 3.2 Honeycomb for the Samsung Galaxy Tab
8/14/11: For the time being, this thread will close. Work continues on this (and many other) projects, but this thread has grown too large for its own good and has ceased to be relevant. I will start a new thread when I release 3.2 HC, until then, I'm doing my part to help keep XDA crap-free.
See you soon.​
8/5/11: I've been pretty quiet for the last week or so... I've had a lot on my plate, but a lot of things are beginning to fade into the background and HC is more in focus. So far, we have a working kernel for HC (which was a much bigger undertaking that I had thought it would be,) and an HC system based on 3.2 and GB that boots minimally, but provides proof of concept. Next up is correcting video issues, merging in things from the Xoom, building wifi and 3G and enabling the SDcard. I plan to fix video issues first, if only to provide you with some screenshots.
7/25/11:
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7/23/11: Made quite a few kernel modifications and achieved an HC boot today. Hammering out GFX issues as the system doesn't fully boot in.
7/20/11: I just finished building the first version of the new HC kernel with the latest CWM and it boots. The source is up on github.
7/20/11: I spent the last couple of days building a new honeycomb kernel based on the recently released gingerbread cdma kernel along with a recovery built from CM7 source. Things are proceeding slowly, but progress is being made. It looks like I'll begin assembling the basic system components tomorrow and start uploading things to github as they change. Drop in and watch the magic happen in slow motion over the next few days if you want.
7/17/11: Didn't get quite as far as boot, but I did layout the SDK and the Xoom dump, made a lot of notes and made a system map. Next step is to identify the changes that provide compatibility to our type of device to make sure I target my coding for that. Also working on a new kernel based on gingerbread. Since I'm starting fresh here, I might as well switch to a GB base. So the next couple of days will be about kernel building and assembling a bare base of 3.2 into which I can pour code from the GB releases. Oh, and by the way, I just wanna say:
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7/15/11: Getting caught up on things. Looks like dev starts tomorrow on HC. Hoping to at least have boot by tomorrow evening.
7/12/11: It never fails; wait a few minutes and everything changes. 3.2 dropped today for the Xoom. I told ya, as soon as I say anything, it's almost immediately irrelevant. Well, now I'm committed to a couple of things, so I'll have to start development in a few days, but I'll let you know how it's going as I do.
7/12/11: It's been one crazy thing after another... It seems that the universe has conspired to prevent development.
First, I got 3G running on both tabs... but spent days trying to work out a way to connect, (it recognizes the modem, but wont actually latch onto a network.) Then I learned about GB dropping shortly and spent a few days doing research on that in hopes of avoiding a slew of bricks, (only to discover that there is no change to the bootloader so far with CDMA devices... excellent news, but a lot of wasted research.) And then I got tied up with family affairs, work, summer classes etc. etc. etc.
The last straw was when I discovered that 3.2 is going to drop on a new 7 inch tab in a month or two (and will be pushed to the Motorola Xoom in a matter of days according to various accounts on tech blogs.) With that news, I've dropped development altogether.
3.2 is designed to be compatible with 7 inch screens and single-core processors... So continuing this port would be like trying to cram your foot into the wrong size shoe when the right size shoe is sitting just across the room... what's the point?
So when I get my hands on that, we will have an HC that was designed to run on devices like ours (with all of the tasty features available in 3.1 plus whatever new things they do for 3.2.) As the port of 3.01 will like never run with full features for our tab, I think waiting for 3.2 (a short wait) will be the best option as we will have all of the features we should have had in the first place, and then some.
In the meantime, I have been swamped with work of various kids, cheifly the development of a website that will provide a space for new and less experienced developers to hone their skills with the benefit of more experienced developers to directly assist them (along with a web page of their own, a forum with moderator privileges and a mirror for projects.) We've been calling it an "Android development lab" and I have high hopes for it as a place for individuals to develop skills, build software and stage releases fit for XDA and the like. Though XDA fulfills this function in some ways, it is often difficult for the new developer to realize a vision by simply searching forum posts. (We are in no way attempting to draw traffic away from XDA, but rather providing an environment focused on preparing inexperienced individuals to contribute to places like the XDA community.) It's still under construction, but should be ready in a few days.
Also, I've been contributing to various other projects in small ways and have worked in an advisory capacity with several individuals to help them get projects going. I've found that I really enjoy this role, and will continue in it for the time being.
While we are waiting for 3.2, I will be working in partnership with others to bring you MIUI for the tab (already under way), a dual boot option for the galaxy tab and a native linux installation focused on utility and hacking. Look for these projects soon.
For now, I will no longer be updating this thread. My apologies for leaving it hanging here so long, it's just that every day seemed to bring with it an unpredictability that quickly rendered anything I had to say irrelevant.
See you soon.
~Space
7-5-11 #2: fyi:
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7-5-11: I know I'm dragging my ass on this one, but sit tight. Good things are coming.
7-1-11: I meant to update sooner than this, but shortly after I created this thread, I found out that gingerbread would be coming to the Sprint tab in a matter of days... (and perhaps the Verizon tab soon?) This changes things in several ways.
There will be new bootloaders on upgraded Sprint tabs that won't be compatible with my froyo-based HC build (and the Verizon tab as well if GB ever gets released for it--I assume it's to happen in the near future.)
I don't know if these boot-loaders will be locked. I don't know if it will be possible to revert to froyo boot-loaders to run my HC, and I definitely don't want to tell anyone not to upgrade their tab to GB just to run my HC. Preventing you folks from enjoying your device would defeat the entire purpose of what I'm doing here.
Not knowing how things are about to change for us, I took a couple of days to do some research and see what I could find out... And I found that there is no existing information, leaked or otherwise, on what the boot-loader situation will be (but if your google-fu outranks mine, please post your find here.)
So i began to look into moving my work into a GB base. I think that not only will this be possible, but should net similar results as using a froyo base for the same purposes (it might be a touch more difficult as GB is not nearly as clean, organized or stable a system as froyo IMO.)
So, I have a froyo based HC release soon to come after it gets some finishing touches and a few last minute fixes. At the same time, I'm working on getting a GB base assembled and functional so that we can side-step these potential issues. When the new HC is released, some of you will be able to run it, others may not, but please don't hesitate to upgrade to GB if you wish. I'll do my best to get HC working for upgraders as well.
This whole thing has me running a little behind schedule--of course. But stay tuned for more details on the upcoming HC release... I think you'll be pleased.
6-30-11: Here we go again.

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what are the plans now Space?

looking forward to this

k0sh said:
what are the plans now Space?
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Now? We go to the moon. We build a biosphere. Then we start manufacturing weapons. When Earth invades, we defend ourselves. When they are at their weakest, we launch a full scale attack the likes of which Earth has never seen. When they are defeated...
On to Mars!

spacemoose1 said:
Now? We go to the moon. We build a biosphere. Then we start manufacturing weapons. When Earth invades, we defend ourselves. When they are at their weakest, we launch a full scale attack the likes of which Earth has never seen. When they are defeated...
On to Mars!
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I, for one, will be glad to join you on your campaign of world, and martian domination!
Onwards!
PS: I mashed your Thanks button until it chided me

spacemoose1 said:
Now? We go to the moon. We build a biosphere. Then we start manufacturing weapons. When Earth invades, we defend ourselves. When they are at their weakest, we launch a full scale attack the likes of which Earth has never seen. When they are defeated...
On to Mars!
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LMAO .. this is what i'm looking for .. anyone wanna join ?

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LMAO .. this is what i'm looking for .. anyone wanna join ?
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Depends on the broadband speed...

Count in me if there are some chicks , otherwise i'll take the next flight.
spacemoose1 said:
Now? We go to the moon. We build a biosphere. Then we start manufacturing weapons. When Earth invades, we defend ourselves. When they are at their weakest, we launch a full scale attack the likes of which Earth has never seen. When they are defeated...
On to Mars!
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k0sh said:
LMAO .. this is what i'm looking for .. anyone wanna join ?
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af974 said:
Count in me if there are some chicks , otherwise i'll take the next flight.
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now this is what really i should call LMAO .and WOW you dude just made my night

I've been checking these forums like 3 times a day for a while. Thanks for increasing those numbers. I'm highly anticipating the next release of Honeycomb!

Cant wait man, reading the first three posts made me think of my car lol.
Suzuki Kizashi
(kizashi translated in japanese: good things are coming)

I don't want to be a debbie downer here... and I'm normally one to just stay quiet on most matters...
However, the last thread got out of hand. Off-Topic shenanigans and a constant repetition of questions made it difficult to navigate for both novice and n00b alike... please keep this thread on topic as much as we can. I'm no one, myself. However, I keep my post count down by looking for answers and searching, and it's easier to search a thread full of topic-related posts as opposed to random, mindless banter.
Thanks and Thank you Space for your continued work ethic!

mr2324jgf said:
I don't want to be a debbie downer here... and I'm normally one to just stay quiet on most matters...
However, the last thread got out of hand. Off-Topic shenanigans and a constant repetition of questions made it difficult to navigate for both novice and n00b alike... please keep this thread on topic as much as we can. I'm no one, myself. However, I keep my post count down by looking for answers and searching, and it's easier to search a thread full of topic-related posts as opposed to random, mindless banter.
Thanks and Thank you Space for your continued work ethic!
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Here here!
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spacemoose1 said:
Now? We go to the moon. We build a biosphere. Then we start manufacturing weapons. When Earth invades, we defend ourselves. When they are at their weakest, we launch a full scale attack the likes of which Earth has never seen. When they are defeated...
On to Mars!
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I'll bring my father along and together dad and I can engineer and build our war planes. (He tells people how to build jets like the jsf stvl, etc.)
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oldmacnut said:
I'll bring my father along and together dad and I can engineer and build our war planes. (He tells people how to build jets like the jsf stvl, etc.)
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i can be the assistant engineer, i can rig anything on to anything.

the honeycomb threads make me not want honeycomb

robkoehler said:
the honeycomb threads make me not want honeycomb
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Lol
Sent from my VZW G-Tab running Oldmacnut's better than life RC1 ROM.

so any news? this thread has been pretty quiet considering the fact that the 2.5 thread got locked. im hoping to hear some good news today

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Do we really need a faster device with no functionality?????

Dears...i used almost all the CrossBow ROMs but non of them was good to count on....alot of bugs...hangs....no Video Calling....Window Media Player only works for seconds.......etc..
so what we are seeking now....are we only satisfy with the little bit extra speed???....
anyway...thanks for all the developers...but i think non of them checked his ROM before adding it to the forum....if they did they will clearly notice all these bugs....
ok....now i will return to more trusted and tested rom and i will leave the CrossBow till we get a real trusted ROM....
thanks everyone
astraman said:
Dears...i used almost all the CrossBow ROMs but non of them was good to count on....alot of bugs...hangs....no Video Calling....Window Media Player only works for seconds.......etc..
so what we are seeking now....are we only satisfy with the little bit extra speed???....
anyway...thanks for all the developers...but i think non of them checked his ROM before adding it to the forum....if they did they will clearly notice all these bugs....
ok....now i will return to more trusted and tested rom and i will leave the CrossBow till we get a real trusted ROM....
thanks everyone
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Crossbow rom is not for regular use, because it's not that stable yet. From my point of view, it's just for testing or having the flavour of the OS in advance. I suggest you to select a AKU3.5 rom ...
Astraman, I don't think you are getting the point of all this. We all know that the roms will have bugs. The problem is that any rom as of AK3 is not and will not come for the Universal. Not now and not ever.
The only way there is to get a better OS on you Universal is by having various individuals such as Helmi. Midget and Indra to work with whatever they have from the base WM6 rom, and to constantly improve upons this until the rom is solid and usable. We, the users, provide them with feedback on the bugs and I bow in awe for everyone's efforts in all of this.
Anyway, these quirks and bugs are what I myself and many others accept. We install the rom, and signal back what works and what does not work.
If you don't accept this, then don't upgrade, stick to the original releases and wait until something comes out that works well enough to venture into "unsupported territory".
I for one do not miss the Video calling though, my Media Player (PDAVIET ROM) works fine, and for my purpose it is more than stable enough.
anyway...thanks for all the developers...but i think non of them checked his ROM before adding it to the forum
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lol Astraman, no one made anyone use the roms.
We expressly did not want the roms released, and no one ever made any promises about the roms... come on. You're using a questionably aquired, illegally distributed, incomplete, pre-release rom on an unauthorised device, and you're surprised it has issues?
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The roms aren't running on a final device in a final form. You are doing the right thing by waiting and using a proper rom that you're supposed to use.
DO NOT USE CROSSBOW​V​
just to mention: crossbow rom is the stablest rom I've ever used on Uni, I haven't done a SR in almost a week!
Funny thing is when you look at the url of this forum. It says xda-developers so it's intended as a developers forum to share knowledge, not an end user forum.
OK guys....i just have one point of view from this post....why a develpoer add a ROM to the forum which has bugs....for example...all the CrossBow ROMs has no Video Calling but no one of the developer mention that...also the Media Player is not working....so what i mean why do not you wait until you fix these bugs first....and you know that a lot of people are waiting for any new ROM to flash....i do appreciate you jobs...but we have to go step by step...there are alot of ONLY USERS her and we do not want them to miss with there devices.....keep the good work guys...regards
r_c, if only things were so simple!
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vijay555 said:
r_c, if only things were so simple!
www.therapistfinder.com
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OK funny man....thanks for help
r_c said:
Funny thing is when you look at the url of this forum. It says xda-developers so it's intended as a developers forum to share knowledge, not an end user forum.
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Maybe this quote from the the front page of this site will enlighten you a bit...
Welcome to XDA-Developers.com
Welcome to xda-developers.com
This site is about certain PDA-phones, made by a secretive firm called HTC in Taiwan. Their makers named them 'Wallaby', 'Himalaya', 'Blue Angel', 'Wizard' and 'TyTN', but almost nobody knows them by those names. The mobile provider O2 sells them under the brand-name 'XDA', and that's what we had in our hands first. They're also known as Qtek, MDA, SX-56, Hermes and many, many other names.
Since we develop software for it, we need information, and nobody seemed eager or ready to give us what we needed. So we 'reverse-engineered' the devices, found a lot of information, and shared it with the world. But as our site grew we realised that lots of ordinary users were also suffering from a lack of support. They started using the xda-developers forum to communicate and before long the forum was as much a user forum as it was a developer forum.
We hope that you will enjoy this site and find it as useful as we do. We encourage you to donate or otherwise support this site. Of course absolutely all proceeds from donations will benefit this community.
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Back on topic..... I think vijay's reply here just about sums it.
astraman, the release of crossbow for the universal will never be official and as such, should only ever be considered a beta or work in progress. When microsoft releases beta versions of software for testing, they expect people to find bugs - why should the WM6 roms for the universal, being developed by a small number of people, in a VERY unofficial capacity be any different?
What you'll find here is maybe some concensus on aspects that don't work correctly, also some concensus on what fixes can be used to make some of those aspects work better (which may then be incorporated into future releases). You may, if you're lucky and know what you're doing, end up with a rom that is stable and works (mostly) in the way you wish.
What you WON'T get is a guarantee that things will be perfect, and that goes for any cooked rom, not just the WM6 ones. As such, you should consider your viewpoint again, and maybe ask yourself whether you should be playing with roms that are not necessarily going to do what you want them to do 'out of the box'.
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why a develpoer add a ROM to the forum which has bugs....
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Considered that you done the following,
(a) paid a lot of $$ for a Microsoft Windows that are full of bugs
(b) paid nothing for a hardwork of the others
(c) complained like a baby for buggy ROMs
Action (b) is a very smart move for a crying baby like you.
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so what i mean why do not you wait until you fix these bugs first....
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Good question, why don't you wait until the official release for your phone (which I don't think is to be bug free) then? Oh yeah, did any of the developers point a gun on your head to try it out, huh?
@Astra
My 1st guess is you are not very technical person.
Well, for the start, the 2 official ROMs from my phone maker are full of bugs too.
Many of the bugs of those ROMs done by the forumers here are not introduce by them, it is inherit from the ROM which they have got from the "SOURCE", normally the latest test version release by M$ for its supplier of hardwares. The developers here has no source code, but only binarys to work on and playing around with parameters that they or we can work on to remove some removal bugs and improvements.
In all, my honest opinion is that all the ROMs (official & unofficial) have different bugs. And I personally find that the unofficial ROMs seems to be better. (maybe it is the wife & mistress mentality, LOL)
And I can bet that M$ is watching this site and other sites, and improve on their work.
Lastly, Hanmin is right, nobody uses gun here. The people with the brains put up the ROMs, we have also to use our brain to think if we want to use it. Even if you think your brain make a wrong decision, the ROM upgrade is reversible, you can always use your brain to decide to switch back to whatever you like.
My 0.2 cents worth of input using 0.2% of my brain.
astraman said:
OK guys....i just have one point of view from this post....why a develpoer add a ROM to the forum which has bugs....for example...all the CrossBow ROMs has no Video Calling but no one of the developer mention that...also the Media Player is not working....so what i mean why do not you wait until you fix these bugs first....and you know that a lot of people are waiting for any new ROM to flash....i do appreciate you jobs...but we have to go step by step...there are alot of ONLY USERS her and we do not want them to miss with there devices.....keep the good work guys...regards
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what can you do with AKU2's video call if your device freezes? I've this device for one year but I didn't want to make ANY video call.. it's just as useless as MMS (just one benefit: you can send more text than 160 chars)
I for one welcome our clueless newbie overlords with open arms.
In soviet russia, your clueless newbie overlords welcome you.
Guys...i am just comparing ROMs posted here....WM5 vs WM6
i am using Indra 3.3 Beta6 now....very stable...work very good for me
then suddenly every one is talking about WM6....alot of bugs...REAL BUGS...we can say that essentially function are not working....so why is the hurry...as i said before i do appreciate the work of the people here....and there is alot of good cooked ROMs here.....why don't we keep working on the good WM5 ROMs until we get the best from before we think about WM6....we don't have any advantage switching to WM6....just the apperance....nothing else....we can do as we did in WM5 to reach the apperance of WM6 using the good ROMs of WM5 we have here.
i don't want any one to be made of me.......
we are disscussing here.....just tell me one single advantage of WM6 vs WM5
i just want to know...i am learning from you guys....NO HARD FEELINGS
Astraman,
Its just personal choice. I flashed my device with Midget's vanilla ROM, the PDAVIET ROM and now on PDA VEIT final ROM. I found all the 3 to be stable. Not even once has my device hanged.
So its all personal choice. If it works for you, keep it. Otherwise, go for a ROM that works for you
Guys. Be nice now, it wasn't fair to pick on astraman...
Much of the stuff we do on this website is fairly dodgy, risky or cutting edge.
No one forces you to do it anything here, but to quote a post by Sleuth255,
Once again, I'm posting to register my shock and awe (I seem to do this alot here)
Risking a device brick for the benefit of the community is Godlike in my book. I salute everybody who's tried this here.
Damn, you guys are awesome!
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Guys put their expensive devices at risk for the betterment of this brother/sisterhood. You don't have to follow... but you reap the rewards for their efforts.
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My device has never been bricked although i have been through a lot of problems with the help of a few people on this forum.
Regarding Crossbow ROM's they are still unstable and I agree with Vijay that they should not be used yet.
1. They might brick your device.
2. They might brick your SD Card as you have seen before with me.
Stick to the WM5 ROM's. I find that Ivan's AKU 3.5 is the best in WM5 series. He has done a couple of public and developer tests and I fully credit him with making the best WM5 ROM.
Thanks Ivan once again!
And astraman take a chill pill. There are too many noobs on the forum who will "pick" on you/me/others. A suggested thing to do is "ignore" them.
As for AlanJC I remember him being a better person, different character. Now he is just too awkward, I dont feel the real AlanJC's presence on the forum anymore. Its like someone else is pretending to be AlanJC. Like I used to look forward to AlanJC's enlighting posts in the past but nowadays I fear to see his posts.

Disappointed... just a little bit

First I just want to say if your going to flame me then F*** you, this is a forum and I live in America... so freedom of speech and such...
I must say that I'm a little dissapointed in Sammy's lack of support yet again with this device where they are supporting the international version but we here state side get the shaft just like with the original gs versions. My phone before this was the Samsung vibrant and if it wasn't for great development there would have been Jack squat to do on that phone. I can only imagine what the og epic went through. Now while I appreciate what the devs for the ET have managed to pull of for the device so far which is pretty impressive.... but I think that fact the AT&T GSII has cm7 miui and a booming device community is BS just because its innards are so close to the euro GSII... Sammy needs to get their **** together and give our devs the tools they need to get this community exploding! I love my phone but I like the majority of he people here love to flash and flashing and flash and flash and flash and with only 3 or 4 Tom's to choose for I'm frankly getting bored...... so am I disappointed? Yea, a little bit...
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mauricehall said:
First I just want to say if your going to flame me then F*** you, this is a forum and I live in America... so freedom of speech and such...
I must say that I'm a little dissapointed in Sammy's lack of support yet again with this device where they are supporting the international version but we here state side get the shaft just like with the original gs versions. My phone before this was the Samsung vibrant and if it wasn't for great development there would have been Jack squat to do on that phone. I can only imagine what the og epic went through. Now while I appreciate what the devs for the ET have managed to pull of for the device so far which is pretty impressive.... but I think that fact the AT&T GSII has cm7 miui and a booming device community is BS just because its innards are so close to the euro GSII... Sammy needs to get their **** together and give our devs the tools they need to get this community exploding! I love my phone but I like the majority of he people here love to flash and flashing and flash and flash and flash and with only 3 or 4 Tom's to choose for I'm frankly getting bored...... so am I disappointed? Yea, a little bit...
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First off, your first line is know way to start a thread. If you feel the need to start a thread that way, maybe you shouldn't start it?
Second, Samsung has nothing to do with what our devs or gsm devs do with the phone. GSM has more users and because we are CDMA it takes longer to get things like CM and MIUI working on our devices.
Next time you start thread telling people F U, you might want to get your f'n facts straight and like you said it is America and it is freedom of speech so everyone has a right to say what they want about your thread.....
This thread = fail!
I thought Samsung was in the business of making money, not keeping us happy.
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coldblooded79 said:
I thought Samsung was in the business of making money, not keeping us happy.
sent from my Epic 4g Touch
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They tie together. Samsung makes great phones and they come with the latest software. Only problem is when an update comes, we're usually last to get it. Not that it's bad or anything, they're just slow. I do wish, however, that they'd step it up by fixing the LoS and soundpool bug. We'll see how it goes this time around. Epic just got GB this week. Took them nearly a year after GB was released.
You will really be disappointed when T mobile version gets CM before us. They have a different chip-set so it should be harder, in theory.
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First off, your first line is know way to start a thread. If you feel the need to start a thread that way, maybe you shouldn't start it?
Second, Samsung has nothing to do with what our devs or gsm devs do with the phone. GSM has more users and because we are CDMA it takes longer to get things like CM and MIUI working on our devices.
Next time you start thread telling people F U, you might want to get your f'n facts straight and like you said it is America and it is freedom of speech so everyone has a right to say what they want about your thread.....
This thread = fail!
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VERY well put.
mauricehall said:
I love my phone but I like the majority of he people here love to flash and flashing and flash and flash and flash and with only 3 or 4 Tom's to choose for I'm frankly getting bored......
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And I'd like to point out that this guy flashes "Tom's" instead of "ROMs".
Maybe that's the problem. Of course his grammar, spelling and punctuation are a problem as well.
That is all.
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And I'd like to point out that this guy flashes "Tom's" instead of "ROMs". Maybe that's the problem. Of course his grammar, spelling and punctuation are a problem as well.
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Thats the android keyboard auto correcting rom to tom...
The devs have given us plenty to flash for the time being. That was a long story considering the only disappointment I have with the phone is 3 letters LOS
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you can always...RETURN IT!!
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No you can't unless you want to pay a restocking fee or your beyond the 14 days.
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First off, your first line is know way to start a thread. If you feel the need to start a thread that way, maybe you shouldn't start it?
Second, Samsung has nothing to do with what our devs or gsm devs do with the phone. GSM has more users and because we are CDMA it takes longer to get things like CM and MIUI working on our devices.
Next time you start thread telling people F U, you might want to get your f'n facts straight and like you said it is America and it is freedom of speech so everyone has a right to say what they want about your thread.....
This thread = fail!
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First off I didn't point any fingers at anyone but flametards like yourself who go around trolling the forums, i was expecting someone like yourself to take that line as bait and just like a troll you bit!
Secondly, Samsung has almost everything to do with what our devs can do. if you followed the OG ET then you would have seen what can get done with no source codes. HTC releases the source for their phones and they usually have a great dev community... So by simple mathematics I deduced that source = good dev community and no source = slow dev community. Also by simple mathematics I was able to deduce that your flame = predictable+expected+double Fail!
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Yea lets see if sprint would be so kind to take it back over a month after I purchased it... Your missing the point, I love the phone but wish Sammy would stop being stingy with the source! Truth be told I love the phone and if there was zero development going on I would be satisfied with it but bored as hell!
AnAm85 said:
And I'd like to point out that this guy flashes "Tom's" instead of "ROMs".
Maybe that's the problem. Of course his grammar, spelling and punctuation are a problem as well.
That is all.
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LMFAO hahaha
You know how you get more Roms for the SGS2. Buy all the developers in the EVO section an SGS2 and you will have a lot more Roms.....
I agree with you op about the source code. I think the flaming is being done because how you started your post. Not the nicest of ways to do it. Besides there are very young kids on here as well.
Sent From My Evo Killer!!!
mauricehall said:
First off I didn't point any fingers at anyone but flametards like yourself who go around trolling the forums, i was expecting someone like yourself to take that line as bait and just like a troll you bit!
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People say that all the time after they get owned. "bla bla bla bait, bla bla bla you bit". Same old crap from people who obviously have no clue what they're talking about. Maybe you just need to take an oxy and chill out buddy.
CDMA is more difficult to work with than GSM. How do I know this? Well I've used both. You can flash the crap out of a GSM phone and the odds of you truly bricking it are slim. CDMA, different story. You flash the wrong partition and everything is toast.
"Secondly" The T Mobile version will probably be even easier to develop for than any other given it's SOC. Sure it's different but development for the Snapdragon vs. Exynos? No comparison. Part of the issue is Sammy but I understand their waiting. ICS was just released, albeit they had it well in advance because of the new Nexus. They are holding off on giving us anything because they're focusing on ICS for all their compatible phones. It's sucks but I'm more than happy to wait.
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First I just want to say if your going to flame me then F*** you, this is a forum and I live in America... so freedom of speech and such...
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Um, I also live in America, and realize this is a privately run forum in which freedom of speech does not exist. They can edit and delete any posts they feel like.
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First I just want to say please flame me then F*** me, this is a forum and I live in 'merica... so freedom of speech, lack of grammar, punctuation, and such...
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Fixed OP.
I may be a relative n00b, but at least I know how to use this forum. A little bit of effort scrolling through this forum alone would have yielded the previous five posts THIS WEEK about the same "lack of source code/ICS/development" etc. The devs are working for free. Samsung, in order to turn a profit, sell more than one model. To the best of my knowledge, they do not have a single team of dedicated developers working on our phone for us.
**sets Claymore in this thread**
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I cannot wait for cm9! should make this beast what I bought it for!

[ROM] (2/28/12) Magnolia 2.1.1 Final *Smooth, Stable, Suave*

Magnolia 2.1.1 Final (3/5/12)
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This is my port of a mix of the Sensation XL and Rezound Sense 3.5 shipped ROMs to the Incredible 2. My goal in making this ROM is to provide a fast, reliable, smooth and stable ROM with added features that, I believe, make it more convenient and easy to use. oh, and, if you like my ROM, please hit the thanks button....
FEATURES
Based mainly on Sensation XL build 1.17.1010.1 with bits from Rezound build 1.02.605.11;
Drellisdee's Sense kernel #21 included, with No Frills CPU for those who want to overclock;
All png files in the main graphics APKs optimized for improved performance plus some "secret" () system tweaks that add to overall speed and stability (will optimize all APKs for next release);
My personalized Tweaks app, which allows many customizations (I'll elaborate later), with more to come;
Redone and hand selected Init.d boot scripts, to increase available RAM and virtual memory, zipalign on boot, make your sdcard read speed faster, improve battery accuracy and more;
Added build.prop tweaks to improve touch responsiveness, force Rosie into memory, use hardware acceleration to drive UI, increase wifi speed and more;
Percentage battery mod;
Bloatware removed with some added (uninstallable) apps that I always find useful;
Removed most of the apps and widgets that are on your home screens after flashing, as most users just remove them anyway;
Ad-blocking hosts file (you can update via included AdFree Android app);
Much more...
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
Make a nandroid backup of your current ROM;
Download ROM from here: http://tinyw.in/4sja
MD5: 65b40068a24e5f6204efdb06697de04f
Put ROM on your SD Card;
Boot into clockwork mod recovery and perform a full wipe of your phone, including data/factory reset and cache partition (or use ROM Manager and select wipe data/cache before flashing). YOU MUST PERFORM THIS STEP, AS I HAVE REBUILT THE SYSTEM!!!;
Flash ROM (via CWM recovery or ROM Manager);
Reboot and let things sync, settle;
Personally, I set the CPU to 1.2 GHZ and, in Settings-->Tweaks-->Rosie Options-->Enable Quick Scroll, I use the second fastest setting. I find this provides a good mix of speed, smoothness and battery life, but please feel free to do whatever makes you happy . I've gotten it to bench at 2500 and still be very stable, so mess around a bit.
Enjoy, and let me know how I can improve the ROM. Thanks!
KNOWN ISSUES
Honeycomb lockscreen's graphics are off, Will be fixed in a patch soon...
CREDITS AND THANKS
drellisdee for his amazing kernels;
romanbb and RCteam for the Tweaks.apk, which I based mine on;
newtoroot, RCteam and rmk for their ports of the Sensation XL ROMs, which I ripped apart to figure out how to do all of this;
dsixda for his wonderful kitchens, which saves me a huge amount of time;
chrisDDD for his accurate battery percentage graphics;
All my beta testers;
the authors of the init.d scripts, mentioned above;
XDA Forums, as always;
If I forgot anyone, it was inadvertent, and a PM will see things set straight….
WARNING/DISCLAIMER
This ROM has been used by me and others, and has proved to be stable. However, I cannot guarantee that it is bug free or that will not cause problems with your phone. Accordingly, I take no responsibility for any consequences to you, others or your phone that may arise as a direct or indirect result of flashing the ROM linked to in this post. FLASH AT YOUR OWN RISK, and, if you do not know what you are doing, feel free to ask, I won't bite...
Changelog
2.1-->2.1.1
Fixed call quality issues;
Added .wma support for player;
Fixed fonts in tweaks;
Some minor tweaky stuff to updater-script and init.d ram manager scripts;
2.0-->2.1
Completely rebuilt, based on Runnymede 1.17.1010.1, and Rezound 2.01.605.11
Completely redid init.d script selection;
Added Build.prop tweaks;
Fixed all bugs from 2.0 (except white system UI FC);
Updated all apps (I hope....)
More...
Another one for me
And one more, just in case...
Looking forward to this one
Ps... you got it on the kids and sickness lol... From one parent to another, get well soon!
good to see you my man, if history repeats itself....will be my go to 3.5 rom
Excellent!
PacerguyDon said:
Looking forward to this one
Ps... you got it on the kids and sickness lol... From one parent to another, get well soon!
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I second this, excited to see a new Magnolia!
Dude, I loooooved Magnolia on my DInc.... and as for the kids... I stayed home with my smallest while she had one of the worst colds I've witnessed, and managed to not catch it. Whew.
Also looking forward to this! Thanks, cant wait..
Please to release?? I want this so bad.
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Please to release?? I want this so bad.
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+1000
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tylerlawhon said:
Please to release?? I want this so bad.
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You are wayyy too spoiled by NEWT lol.
just about ever other DEV would rather have their testers and make sure a solid build is ready before general release instead of just throwing out a ROM and having multiple bugs. Now this is great for those who want it, but unless you have been around MIKMIK most don't understand that they will most likely have to re-do their set-up the next day or day after and get upset about it, which is understandable, NEWT does an amazing job of killing bugs, he just needs to let the newbies know not to get upset when a full wipe comes the next day. I personally would rather wait for Mr. sk806 to wait for his dudes to give to go ahead and then with much less bugs it makes it easy to pin point the real harder to find problems instead of getting everything set up and then having to do a full wipe the next day..
I personally suggest you get on as many tester teams you can, if you are wanting this, many are looking for guys like yourself who just love to flash flash flash and give results fast. for real you spend the most time on every forum out of every person. it's impressive lol.
Very happy to see u back. Been loving your stuff sense the og inc. Take ur time, can't wait!
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Nice to see more Roms coming out!! I will definitely give it try when you release it.
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andybones said:
You are wayyy too spoiled by NEWT lol.
just about ever other DEV would rather have their testers and make sure a solid build is ready before general release instead of just throwing out a ROM and having multiple bugs. Now this is great for those who want it, but unless you have been around MIKMIK most don't understand that they will most likely have to re-do their set-up the next day or day after and get upset about it, which is understandable, NEWT does an amazing job of killing bugs, he just needs to let the newbies know not to get upset when a full wipe comes the next day. I personally would rather wait for Mr. sk806 to wait for his dudes to give to go ahead and then with much less bugs it makes it easy to pin point the real harder to find problems instead of getting everything set up and then having to do a full wipe the next day..
I personally suggest you get on as many tester teams you can, if you are wanting this, many are looking for guys like yourself who just love to flash flash flash and give results fast. for real you spend the most time on every forum out of every person. it's impressive lol.
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That has been my philosophy, stable ROMs that still are on the edge of feasible. Just wanna say Newt is a great dev and guy, and he is REALLY on the bleeding edge, so you take your lumps with that and he always gets things smooth and steady in short order. It has always been that way with XDA from at least as long as I've been around (long time, now). Some devs are slow and steady and some just bust right ahead. I admire both types, but am of the latter.
Anyway, I am a bit frustrated, because the new 3.5 Rosie is virtually un-themable right now, and I likes my pretty matte-Rosie, but, oh well... People way smarter than me are apparently close to getting m10 tools for Sense 3.5 finished (Virtuous Team). Sooo, the ROM may not have matte sense, as usual, until that happens, but I will release the base ROM sans Magnolia skin anyway. Just tidying up all the things you forget when you start from scratch. When the new m10 tools are out, I have the skin PNGs ready to go, so it'll be there soon.
Anyway, I will get the basic ROM out to my testers soon and release next week. I have had a really ****ty year - I have had glaucoma, eye surgery, lost my house and studio in a flood and have just gotten over a flu that morphed into pneumonia. It is just funny at this point, it really is. BUT, I also had my third child in October, my family is safe and happy, and I just want to end this whole 2011 thing on a good note, with my family, my job and my slightly-geeky hobby. I am really looking forward to this.
Sorry for the long post, see you all real soon...
Steve
Well put Steve. 2012 is coming...should be a better year than that!
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Uhhh
Rezound!!!!
I like that, maybe we'll see something resized a little bit better to our screen size.
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sk806 said:
That has been my philosophy, stable ROMs that still are on the edge of feasible. Just wanna say Newt is a great dev and guy, and he is REALLY on the bleeding edge, so you take your lumps with that and he always gets things smooth and steady in short order. It has always been that way with XDA from at least as long as I've been around (long time, now). Some devs are slow and steady and some just bust right ahead. I admire both types, but am of the latter.
Anyway, I am a bit frustrated, because the new 3.5 Rosie is virtually un-themable right now, and I likes my pretty matte-Rosie, but, oh well... People way smarter than me are apparently close to getting m10 tools for Sense 3.5 finished (Virtuous Team). Sooo, the ROM may not have matte sense, as usual, until that happens, but I will release the base ROM sans Magnolia skin anyway. Just tidying up all the things you forget when you start from scratch. When the new m10 tools are out, I have the skin PNGs ready to go, so it'll be there soon.
Anyway, I will get the basic ROM out to my testers soon and release next week. I have had a really ****ty year - I have had glaucoma, eye surgery, lost my house and studio in a flood and have just gotten over a flu that morphed into pneumonia. It is just funny at this point, it really is. BUT, I also had my third child in October, my family is safe and happy, and I just want to end this whole 2011 thing on a good note, with my family, my job and my slightly-geeky hobby. I am really looking forward to this.
Sorry for the long post, see you all real soon...
Steve
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LOL I'm definitely spoiled by newt as his stuff is amazing. I admire him greatly for the work he puts out. I'm fine with waiting, I just see the potential for all the new ROMs coming out and it's exciting. Some newer dev's (to me anyway). I can't wait to see what you got going Steve, and sorry to hear about all the crap happening, congrats on your latest kid. I'll be praying for you bud.
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Just to throw in my quick two cents...
Steve has talent beyond many - mostly because of his ability to ensure EVERYTHING WORKS before releasing it.
I used his Magnolia build on the original Inc...and it was the best ROM because it worked all the time every time.
The fact that he is releasing a Sense 3.5 ROM is terribly exciting, because Virtuous (which I have been running for a while now) is great - but Steve will make sure everything is good to go for us US Verizon users out of the box so to speak.
The fact that it will be Stockish Sense 3.5 (without the matte) is even more appealing to me.
Did I set the bar high buddy? lol. Thanks for all of your work!
i hope this rom will support GSM.
Thanks.

What is going on....

Hi all
I am not a big active poster here but love to run different toms on my phone...
I came here from the EVO forums after a switch the the E4GT.
It seems like every time I pick a ROM it goes dead right after I flash it.
Started on Blazer...No activity for months
Moved to AOKP and a couple of days later the thread implodes and is completely gone.
Yesterday I installed paranoidandroid and that thread gets closed.
Why is everyone ditching their roms? or removing the threads when they still contain critical information that is useful?
Thanks
I dont think anyone is ditching their roms. Sometimes they just wait for something better like the ICS OTA or for source. But you have to remember that the devs have a life outside of deving. Maybe their are facing personal issues that doesnt give them time to update their roms.
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"I will find you. And when i do i will Troll You."
einsteins said:
It seems like every time I pick a ROM it goes dead right after I flash it.
Started on Blazer...No activity for months
Moved to AOKP and a couple of days later the thread implodes and is completely gone.
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Please don't pick the ROM I'm on... you have bad luck.
Try Calkulin's... solid dev since the WinMo5 days.
-Daryel
daryelv said:
Please don't pick the ROM I'm on... you have bad luck.
Try Calkulin's... solid dev since the WinMo5 days.
-Daryel
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Calk is leaving. Remember, work phone/changing jobs. lol
There are a lot of good, active ROMs out there. Spend time in the Dev section and read through the comments, you'll be able to pick up what's still active very easily.
Things will also pick up when ICS ota comes and source drops.
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There's always a dip before an update. I speak from experience
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D1rk said:
I dont think anyone is ditching their roms. Sometimes they just wait for something better like the ICS OTA or for source. But you have to remember that the devs have a life outside of deving. Maybe their are facing personal issues that doesnt give them time to update their roms.
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"I will find you. And when i do i will Troll You."
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please dont misunderstand me....I fully respect the Devs have a life...I was mainly talking about Threads dissapearing or being locked. If I dev needs time that is fine as you still have the thread to ask questions or reseach issues. Once the thread goes away or is closed you are limited in your options.
Sorry if I was misunderstood...
If I deleted a thread it was because it needed to be deleted, for reasons that may not be known to the common member. There's a lot that goes on behind the scene, its not just cut and dry.
---Jay--- From the AOKP'd Nexus
Blazer has only gotten so far since ICS started leaking, I mean your coming in pretty late in the phones life. I always liked Calk's rom but since CM9 got so far so quick I am sticking with that for the life of the phone. AOKP will pick up eventually.
i think paraniod android just moved locations but is still active.
einsteins said:
Hi all
I am not a big active poster here but love to run different toms on my phone...
I came here from the EVO forums after a switch the the E4GT.
It seems like every time I pick a ROM it goes dead right after I flash it.
Started on Blazer...No activity for months
Moved to AOKP and a couple of days later the thread implodes and is completely gone.
Yesterday I installed paranoidandroid and that thread gets closed.
Why is everyone ditching their roms? or removing the threads when they still contain critical information that is useful?
Thanks
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I too am coming from the EVO and EVO 3D and the type of dev support and activity you are used to for those two phones just isnt the same as for the epic. We have great devs in here it just seems like they arent as active as they are for the EVO series of devices I also dont think you have near as many ROMs to choose from either.
cas8180 said:
I too am coming from the EVO and EVO 3D and the type of dev support and activity you are used to for those two phones just isnt the same as for the epic. We have great devs in here it just seems like they arent as active as they are for the EVO series of devices I also dont think you have near as many ROMs to choose from either.
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I would say you haven't spent near enough time in the Dev section if you don't think our level of support is on par with other phones.
Also, to the comment regarding number of ROMs, you're talking about a phone that is over two years old (EVO) and a phone that is barely 10 months old. Yes I know the EVO 3D isn't much older but it already had a base to build on coming from the OG EVO.
Besides, we're a community that believes in quality over quantity.
cas8180 said:
I too am coming from the EVO and EVO 3D and the type of dev support and activity you are used to for those two phones just isnt the same as for the epic. We have great devs in here it just seems like they arent as active as they are for the EVO series of devices I also dont think you have near as many ROMs to choose from either.
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I would say you haven't spent near enough time in the Dev section if you don't think our level of support is on par with other phones.
Also, to the comment regarding number of ROMs, you're talking about a phone that is over two years old (EVO) and a phone that is barely 10 months old. Yes I know the EVO 3D isn't much older but it already had a base to build on coming from the OG EVO.
Besides, we're a community that believes in quality over quantity.
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Now that^^^^ answer to one above ^^^ was right on point. You are not a true android enthusiasts if you cant see the difference between these roms. Honestly I go into the Evo forum since I was a big part of that forum for a year and all I see is the same rom split in 12 different pieces. In this forum there happens to be some pretty great developers and all working on different stuff. The roms you happened to pick were by the same guy. So if his life has sent him in a different direction and he can not keep putting out quality work then either you pick it up for him or choose a different rom.
Sorry man not trying to be harsh but I just dont believe in the nice guy crap. It is what it is. Loved the Evo but in the beginning over there it was the same as it was over here. Not sure if you remember but there were like 2 roms out for a while and the steps to root were crazy(like 40 steps). My friend jump on CM9 lay back and enjoy the ride or hey you can always go back to an Evo3d
i didnt come from any other phone except the intercept(crap). and i think that CM9 has the most activity of the roms, only bcuz there are soo many phones that have been ported. and Esoteric68 is right the EVO has had way more time to come out with roms. and our phone is still fairly new compared to the EVO series. but you gotta make do with what you have, once source comes out for ICS for our phone, we'll have more roms and more things going on.
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i think paraniod android just moved locations but is still active.
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Unfortunately I think its more than that... guys go read the last few pages here and this is the reason why you loose developers. Some of you have got to learn to how to relax especially if you are leeching and can not or have not contributed yourselves.
Man, its sad about Paranoid....I'm using that rom right now and loving it! But ever since I joined xda, I have seen a lot of closed threads due to drama...I guess that's life though
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Man, its sad about Paranoid....I'm using that rom right now and loving it! But ever since I joined xda, I have seen a lot of closed threads due to drama...I guess that's life though
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Yes its because so many users think they are the chosen 1. I mean xda is a hell of a place if you know how to use it. I have learned to do so much just by searching these threads with any issue I have. I have themed my own stuff made changes to the system files and basically tweaked the hell out of my phone just by searching the web. My attitude is I am damn sure not the first person to ask whatever question I have to ask and knowledge is the key(hmm heard that somewhere)
With people demanding stuff and claiming stuff is broken when they are the only ones with the issue and then addressing it rudely in a thread does not make a developer WANT to do anything for you. I could go on for a while on the BS I have seen.
We need to take what these developers have given us and be grateful as well as learn how to fix some of this stuff ourselves. If you can not help yourself then either ask nicely or #gositdownsomewhere
*rant over* Playya Out!
Noooooooooo I think its because of the trollz...
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I am using ParanoidAndroid atm and it seems awesome! I hope some avenue opens so that it can stay current.

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That there is going to be very little development for this phone? I skipped the last few pixels, and was excited to get back into the game with the P6. But never did I remember it taking this long for Roms and mods to develop. Seems as though those days are gone. Samsung with their creation of Good Lock, seems to have surpassed the Pixel.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
I haven't kept count, but there's been news in this section of at least 4-6 different ROMs for the P6P.
We have at least 3-4 custom kernels, as well.
As far as other development, click the Development or Mods filters and see what helpful things folks have cooked up for us so far, less than two months after the phone has been in user's hands.
PhilPan said:
That there is going to be very little development for this phone? I skipped the last few pixels, and was excited to get back into the game with the P6. But never did I remember it taking this long for Roms and mods to develop. Seems as though those days are gone. Samsung with their creation of Good Lock, seems to have surpassed the Pixel.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
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I think there are at least 5 kernels already. Also I think there are at least another 3 or 4 roms either being tested or already having stable builds. There are also many mods already. I don't think the days of yore are quite gone yet...
Development and developer's will come... especially if they have the source code and the device!
I think this is all wishful thinking boys. The mods and roms that are out there are slim compared to the old days. You guys are reaching for straws here. Those days are over
I know for sure the devs behind Scorpion are working on bringup. Rom bringup for most devices is not easy or quick. Give it a few more months.
Phil would be a good Grinch
I'm a realist boys. Just ain't gonna happen. Sadly, I maybe forced to jump back to the S22 when it's released.
I hope you guys prove me wrong.
Actually I was dead surprised by the amount of development activities going on here, the multitude of Kernels and the first custom ROMs after very few weeks after release.
This is something that actually reminded me of "old times" whereas many other devices show comparable little development activities.
Not sure what you are looking for but I have to agree that "old times" are over - nowadays the necessity for custom development is much smaller than is was back then....
PhilPan said:
I'm a realist boys. Just ain't gonna happen. Sadly, I maybe forced to jump back to the S22 when it's released.
I hope you guys prove me wrong.
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No, that's not being a realist, that's being a pessimist, my dude. Realist is looking at things realistically, the good and bad. Pessimism is looking at everything negatively, realistically or no. You are doing the latter
s3axel said:
Actually I was dead surprised by the amount of development activities going on here, the multitude of Kernels and the first custom ROMs after very few weeks after release.
This is something that actually reminded me of "old times" whereas many other devices show comparable little development activities.
Not sure what you are looking for but I have to agree that "old times" are over - nowadays the necessity for custom development is much smaller than is was back then....
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I'd like to be able to have some customization, aside form the little that is out there. Also, it's just too difficult to upgrade anymore. I no people will chime in and say it's not. But it is. Having to hook to a computer and do adb commands to take an update is not something I want to be to doing all the time, praying my data isn't lost.
Samsung has surpassed the Pixel development community. I know people will hate on that, but it's true. I was able to do so much more with my Samsung out of the box, then I can with my Pixel. Add in the connection issues, and this is a dud.
PhilPan said:
I'm a realist boys. Just ain't gonna happen. Sadly, I maybe forced to jump back to the S22 when it's released.
I hope you guys prove me wrong.
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Seems like you already had your mind made up to begin with considering you're disregarding almost everything people are saying, which makes one wonder why you even opened this thread to begin with
Lughnasadh said:
Seems like you already had your mind made up to begin with considering you're disregarding almost everything people are saying, which makes one wonder why you even opened this thread to begin with
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My mind is definitely not made up. I hate Samsung. But you have to give them props for what they have done. I was so excited to come back to Pixel land. But around a month later I'm ehhhhhhhh.
PhilPan said:
I'd like to be able to have some customization, aside form the little that is out there. Also, it's just too difficult to upgrade anymore. I no people will chime in and say it's not. But it is. Having to hook to a computer and do adb commands to take an update is not something I want to be to doing all the time, praying my data isn't lost.
Samsung has surpassed the Pixel development community. I know people will hate on that, but it's true. I was able to do so much more with my Samsung out of the box, then I can with my Pixel. Add in the connection issues, and this is a dud.
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Yeah, all those issues when updating via Fastboot or ADB are a bit unsettling - I guess we have to wait for TWRP for a bit more of leeway. But at least we have a phone which can be unlocked and relocked without issues or warranty impacts !
As to tweaking: I was missing Gravitybox but got most of the tweaks thanks to the developers here - so that is good for me, but of course your mileage may vary ....
In the end I think we have seen the beginning of development on this phone, not its end
s3axel said:
Yeah, all those issues when updating via Fastboot or ADB are a bit unsettling - I guess we have to wait for TWRP for a bit more of leeway. But at least we have a phone which can be unlocked and relocked without issues or warranty impacts !
As to tweaking: I was missing Gravitybox but got most of the tweaks thanks to the developers here - so that is good for me, but of course your mileage may vary ....
In the end I think we have seen the beginning of development on this phone, not its end
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Thank you for seeing my point there.
And I am hoping you are correct.
PhilPan said:
My mind is definitely not made up. I hate Samsung. But you have to give them props for what they have done. I was so excited to come back to Pixel land. But around a month later I'm ehhhhhhhh.
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"Just ain't gonna happen".
Sure sounds like your mind is made up..
Also, "...a month later...". I don't think it's being a "realist" to expect a plethora of roms to be available in 1 month, especially since many developers may have just gotten the phone or may not even have the phone as of yet. Development takes time and testing.
"Softly, softly, catchee monkey"
s3axel said:
Actually I was dead surprised by the amount of development activities going on here, the multitude of Kernels and the first custom ROMs after very few weeks after release.
This is something that actually reminded me of "old times" whereas many other devices show comparable little development activities.
Not sure what you are looking for but I have to agree that "old times" are over - nowadays the necessity for custom development is much smaller than is was back then....
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Well said, and I agree with all three of your statements.
Well my last phone was the Galaxy S10 and, oh boy did it take long until development really started. The Pixel 6 development is way quicker.
The roms and mods were more basic as well in the beginning, just give it time my man. The phone is barely 2 months old.
The 6pro has a fulfillment issue as well. Many people still don't have them yet.
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the image attached is the s21 ultra development as of today, i would say the pixel 6 pro is in a good state considering we don't have twrp yet.
I do agree that the glory days of flashing your phone are over, but thats also because the OS has matured quite considerably where custom roms are replaced with simple magisk modules.
One other factor for me personally is losing app functionality for important apps by tripping safety net, but thanks to the workaround i was comfortable enough with rooting my p6p.

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