Looking for Mentor... - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Sorry if this is the wrong place for this post, seemed like the most sensible spot. I used to be involved in OS development back when 2.2 was brand new and shiny. I forget most of what I did, then.
I am looking for someone who would be making a Galaxy Nexus ROM (_obviously_). I know I have to be running a Linux distro (Will be using Ubuntu) and know how to install/configure/use Ubuntu/terminal. I'm also very technologically inclined, and learn very quickly. I am also willing to simply study before and after files, note the effects, and learn that way.
There's not a whole lot I won't do, and there's a whole lot I can be/am good for. I also have many contacts from the old Liquid E days that would be able to help with any potential issues that arise as well.
Thank you in advance,
Matthew/Harness.
Contact:
Email/MSN/Gtalk - r.matt.1992(at)gmail.com
Skype: r.matt.1992

RMatt1992 said:
Sorry if this is the wrong place for this post, seemed like the most sensible spot. I used to be involved in OS development back when 2.2 was brand new and shiny. I forget most of what I did, then.
I am looking for someone who would be making a Galaxy Nexus ROM (_obviously_). I know I have to be running a Linux distro (Will be using Ubuntu) and know how to install/configure/use Ubuntu/terminal. I'm also very technologically inclined, and learn very quickly. I am also willing to simply study before and after files, note the effects, and learn that way.
There's not a whole lot I won't do, and there's a whole lot I can be/am good for. I also have many contacts from the old Liquid E days that would be able to help with any potential issues that arise as well.
Thank you in advance,
Matthew/Harness.
Contact:
Email/MSN/Gtalk - r.matt.1992(at)gmail.com
Skype: r.matt.1992
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Placeholder, tomorrow some message.

If you actually want to learn, I'd be more than willing to help with what I can.
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Romanbb said:
If you actually want to learn, I'd be more than willing to help with what I can.
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I was definitely about to recommend you.
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netchip said:
Placeholder, tomorrow some message.
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Looking forward to it.
Romanbb said:
If you actually want to learn, I'd be more than willing to help with what I can.
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Absolutely I want to learn. Feel free to get in touch with me anytime.

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Do any devs have a problem

I'm just getting in to deving and was wondering if any developers had a problem with me using their roms as a base..
I am a noob at deving and don't know really what I'm doing basically trial and error...
Thanks to all
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That's very thoughtful of you
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Well I don't have a problem with you using any of my ROMs if you choose. I would be more than happy for you to
EDIT: If you need help along you're new journey, don't be afraid to ask me ok? I would be more than happy to help you out.
wildstang83 said:
Well I don't have a problem with you using any of my ROMs if you choose. I would be more than happy for you to
EDIT: If you need help along you're new journey, don't be afraid to ask me ok? I would be more than happy to help you out.
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Nice offer. Now he does not need me since he has a Recognized Developer offering to help. Cool
Besides I thought he was asking if we had mental problems HaHa
NilsP said:
Nice offer. Now he does not need me since he has a Recognized Developer offering to help. Cool
Besides I thought he was asking if we had mental problems HaHa
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You gotta be a little mental to wanna dev for Android
Anyway, you can help all you want Nils because I'm sure... no wait I'm positive you know waaaay more than I do, lol
Still yet, pretty cool move OP asking like that. Never seen that done before, RESPECT.
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You gotta be a little mental to wanna dev for Android
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Thats for sure
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Anyway, you can help all you want Nils because I'm sure... no wait I'm positive you know waaaay more than I do, lol
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That could be argued
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Still yet, pretty cool move OP asking like that. Never seen that done before, RESPECT.
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I think a lot of people don't realize they can take any ROM they want and mod it to their hearts content for their personal use. It is a nice courtesy when they ask before posting it. Respect for sure.
I'd suggest PMing whatever dev/s that makes the base for what you are going to develop. Then anything you pick and choose from other peoples roms I'd suggest PMing them for permission also.
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I'd suggest PMing whatever dev/s that makes the base for what you are going to develop. Then anything you pick and choose from other peoples roms I'd suggest PMing them for permission also.
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You are for sure right about that. There are some devs here that do request that you ask permissions first and give credit for their base. I'm just not one of them. I love to share. I think thats what its all about in the end.
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You are for sure right about that. There are some devs here that do request that you ask permissions first and give credit for their base. I'm just not one of them. I love to share. I think thats what its all about in the end.
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I agree with everything you said. The more we share the more everyone wins.
Well I've been on xda since I had my first winmo phone which was the tilt.. there is alot of immaturity on these forums and I for one do not want to be the cause of any unneeded drama..
Whichever rom I decide to use I will ask and give credit @ stang u are a beast man I only hope to be as good a dev as you. Thanks for the support hopefully if I can find some f$%kin time I'll release something..
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Teacher...

Okay I've been a little nervous to ask this in spite of the answers I may get, but I'm going to ask anyway. What exactly would I need to know to make my own ROM, tweaks, themes, hacks, and what not? I've taken 2 C++ courses although that was high school and 1 java course. I'm really interested in this, and if anyone who knows what there doing would take me under there wing to teach me. I thank anyone for any answer in advance.
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E4GTUser94 said:
Okay I've been a little nervous to ask this in spite of the answers I may get, but I'm going to ask anyway. What exactly would I need to know to make my own ROM, tweaks, themes, hacks, and what not? I've taken 2 C++ courses although that was high school and 1 java course. I'm really interested in this, and if anyone who knows what there doing would take me under there wing to teach me. I thank anyone for any answer in advance.
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Well if you want to get started I would say the easiest way would be to get an aio like mine here (There are others as well). Get your PC setup so you can decompile and compile apks and jars. Once you have that setup, I would start by looking around in the folders that it decompiles. This will help you learn where things are and how the apks work.
If you want to do theming you would need to know xml, how to edit images, and knowing java is always a plus.
Once you know where things are and feel comfortable editing apks, Then I would start learning the other stuff. ROM making, mod making, and tweaking will all get easier if you understand how the phone works.
Hope that helps get you started. Let me know if I can help you out with anything.
Shoot me questions if they pop up, can't always get back right away but I'll always try to help. Its been said before and sounds cliche, but read up. And I mean ALL over the net. The amount you learn troubleshooting your own problems as they arise(error messages etc) are invaluable and unfortunately can't be taught.
But for the other stuff, hit most of us up and you'll find help. Think I can speak for he majority of us on that one.
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This is what I love about the xda community.... everyone so helpful I wish to build my own ROM someday too! I wanna take an android programming class but current college I'm attending doesn't offer it and I tried learning on my own but never could get android SDK or eclipse to install my old laptop.... gots me a way better Asus now and I always help with anything I know but that's simple stuff like making bootanimations, where stuff goes in the ROMs ( but I don't know how to make my own), I'm always experimenting with my build.prop and other tweaks til I soft brick and have to dirty flash my phone, I flash to different carriers, different prls, etc.... just simple stuff I'll gladly help. If asked I'll be a tester.... but I can't quit build my own rom
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Wish I could say the same I have reached out to many any never got a single response.
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cas8180 said:
Wish I could say the same I have reached out to many any never got a single response.
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U haven't found the right onea
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cas8180 said:
Wish I could say the same I have reached out to many any never got a single response.
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Google search will always be there for you when most needed
Ya googling only can take you so far. Not the same as an actual Mentor. If that were the case we wouldnt even have schools anymore we would just tell our kids. "Hey google it!" And educational systems would be pointless....
Thanks for all the advice! I really appreciate it, so when I do have questions I can't find the answers to I am happy to have people I can go to. Although I have to put off until I get my own laptop around Christmas... soo you won't be getting anything from me for a while lol
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If you need any help you can ask me. I'm always down to help someone out.

[WIP][BETA]viperROM Testing Needed!

Hey guys, it's almost done I'd say I'm about 90% of the way there, just need to add AROMA and make sure everything else is good to go. It's really fast, and will be really stable.
I'm just looking for a few people that can put it through its places, make sure everything is working. I do not want people that just want to flash another ROM, I need some people that will actually test EVERYTHING on the phone to make sure that it works.
If you are interested, please post and I will PM a few of you a link to the build. I'm heading to bed right now, so you will get a link sometime tomorrow. Why don't I open this up for everyone? Well, it's still a beta and it isn't ready for everyone yet. I mean, realistically, it probably is, but I like to have it in a more controlled environment with only a few good people testing it so I can easily get a hold of them and work with them 1 on 1.
Thanks
-viperboy- said:
Hey guys, it's almost done I'd say I'm about 90% of the way there, just need to add AROMA and make sure everything else is good to go. It's really fast, and will be really stable.
I'm just looking for a few people that can put it through its places, make sure everything is working. I do not want people that just want to flash another ROM, I need some people that will actually test EVERYTHING on the phone to make sure that it works.
If you are interested, please post and I will PM a few of you a link to the build. I'm heading to bed right now, so you will get a link sometime tomorrow. Why don't I open this up for everyone? Well, it's still a beta and it isn't ready for everyone yet. I mean, realistically, it probably is, but I like to have it in a more controlled environment with only a few good people testing it so I can easily get a hold of them and work with them 1 on 1.
Thanks
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Thanks for all you do for the community.
I was wondering when we would see viperROM, for this device. I'm interested in testing it, but honestly, I'll be so busy at work, the next few days, I probably couldn't get back to you in a timely manner. Either way, I look forward to using your rom.
LMMT said:
Thanks for all you do for the community.
I was wondering when we would see viperROM, for this device. I'm interested in testing it, but honestly, I'll be so busy at work, the next few days, I probably couldn't get back to you in a timely manner. Either way, I look forward to using your rom.
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It's almost here thanks for your honesty, I appreciate it!
I'll help out dude. We'll converse through PM
Sweet! I can help ya test.
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I would love a chance to test the ROM, but I don't think I'll have enough time to try enough to make it worth your time. I can't wait to try it though... loved your work on the Evo 3D.
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I'll help out dude. We'll converse through PM
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sweets55 said:
Sweet! I can help ya test.
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pm sent
fuhnoo said:
I would love a chance to test the ROM, but I don't think I'll have enough time to try enough to make it worth your time. I can't wait to try it though... loved your work on the Evo 3D.
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Thanks for your honesty bud.
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I'm appreciative of all the work you've done for us all so far and I'm looking for a feature-rich alternative to the JB ROM I'm currently running without all the crazy theming so I'm willing it to give it some paces and let you know about anything I run into.
honki24 said:
I'm appreciative of all the work you've done for us all so far and I'm looking for a feature-rich alternative to the JB ROM I'm currently running without all the crazy theming so I'm willing it to give it some paces and let you know about anything I run into.
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im willing to test some stuff. love helping out always wanted to help out our fellow developers. I appreciate everything you guys do
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The only problem I can find so far us the spen is very laggy in snote. Otherwise everything is working great.
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I would also love to help out if testers are still needed! Thanks for the all the hard work
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Would love to test it out!
On a side note. I am a US Cellular Note II user. I have made it so that USCC users can run Sprint ROMs. With that said I would love to test this out and add it to our TeamUSCelullar forum when it becomes released.
-viperboy- said:
Hey guys, it's almost done I'd say I'm about 90% of the way there, just need to add AROMA and make sure everything else is good to go. It's really fast, and will be really stable.
I'm just looking for a few people that can put it through its places, make sure everything is working. I do not want people that just want to flash another ROM, I need some people that will actually test EVERYTHING on the phone to make sure that it works.
If you are interested, please post and I will PM a few of you a link to the build. I'm heading to bed right now, so you will get a link sometime tomorrow. Why don't I open this up for everyone? Well, it's still a beta and it isn't ready for everyone yet. I mean, realistically, it probably is, but I like to have it in a more controlled environment with only a few good people testing it so I can easily get a hold of them and work with them 1 on 1.
Thanks
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I knew it would only be a matter of time. I've been able to resist temptation and stay on stock. Urge to root.................... rising
firemedic624 said:
The only problem I can find so far us the spen is very laggy in snote. Otherwise everything is working great.
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I just tested that and I got no lag. Try rebooting, see if that helps.
Also, use the browser a bit and go in and out of it a few times. I got a random lockup doing that. Wanna make sure its a fluke
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na7q said:
Would love to test it out!
On a side note. I am a US Cellular Note II user. I have made it so that USCC users can run Sprint ROMs. With that said I would love to test this out and add it to our TeamUSCelullar forum when it becomes released.
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Link to that? Would love to see it.
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i'm available to test if you still need it
im here if you still need a tester. but at this point you probably got all the help you needed. i helped test another rom on here and it was a cool thing to do.
I can test this if you'd like. Let me know. Thanks for your work in the community.

Guide Me fellow brethrens!

I WANT to learn how to make my own kernel. Is there a guide some where here on xda where I can get started. I promise to give you a mother of all kernels if you brethrens help me get started. I will await a answer.
Someone should help this guy, just so we can have "smellykernals".
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kingdazy said:
Someone should help this guy, just so we can have "smellykernals".
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lawl! I guarantee I would make a kernel of all kernels. I have a passion for tweaking and coding. I have a keen eye for the slightest change in appearance and performance. 1 fps drop is nothing for all, for I... is life and death situation. brethrens.... bring me knowledge! And feast on the future kernel soon!
So have you been to this thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2094296
Dev is getting people together for a community project
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cbucz24 said:
So have you been to this thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2094296
Dev is getting people together for a community project
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yup. seen it. But I want to do it alone. Just need a kick start.
any guidance is appreciated.
There are plenty of guides you can read. Kernel development isn't easy. It's not something you're gonna start having never done it before and just build yourself a kernel. The first smartphone kernel I ever built took me 6 months to get fully working and it was for a palm pre and I had experience building desktop kernels for various linux distros.
I like to break stuff!
The first kernels I did were based off of a guide from joeykrim and help from vampirefo. They are a PIA until you get used to it. Good luck with your endevors. Here is a decent guide to start with, change the device though. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1516051
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yup. seen it. But I want to do it alone. Just need a kick start.
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There isnt any kickstart for making kernel for a phone if you havent built a kernel before. I would suggest looking at the community dev thread again, as most of the build process has already been gone over. Do you have a Linux distro running yet?
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Halo is open source!!!

I just wanted to post this so every developer could see here's the link to both sets of githubs and pa's comments on it
https://plus.google.com/107979589566958860409/posts/LF2RNE9rHt1
Edit OK here's some more stuff they said could be used to help further get this out
https://plus.google.com/107979589566958860409/posts/fkQGDxzNRd1
06/13
Pa adds a quick how to:
https://plus.google.com/107979589566958860409/posts/biKpmPBT8Pe
I hope admin leaves this up for a fee days so all the devs that didn't see will now know and have a link.. Enjoy
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Just going to toss out that this has been on just about every Android news channel imaginable lately. It is certainly a great step though, and I hope to see it integrated into a framework modifier like Xposed.
Rirere said:
Just going to toss out that this has been on just about every Android news channel imaginable lately. It is certainly a great step though, and I hope to see it integrated into a framework modifier like Xposed.
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Why when it is open source if you read the news article all that's needed is a git cherry pick and build. Then its done.
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MartianCeo said:
Why when it is open source if you read the news article all that's needed is a git cherry pick and build. Then its done.
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Things are rarely that simple, not because cherry picks don't work, but because some people are in different circumstances than your own. My current phone is a HTC One running a stock kernel, and without more sources custom kernels and ROMs are something of a tricky business right now. I prefer stock when possible, so an Xposed-style framework patch is a good way of "cherry picking" what I would like in a workable manner.
Great that you're sharing the news, but you posted in every thread already and now opened a thread in dev section =/
+1 for good intentions though
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Things are rarely that simple, not because cherry picks don't work, but because some people are in different circumstances than your own. My current phone is a HTC One running a stock kernel, and without more sources custom kernels and ROMs are something of a tricky business right now. I prefer stock when possible, so an Xposed-style framework patch is a good way of "cherry picking" what I would like in a workable manner.
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That's true, I know that it works for all aosp Roms. Who know maybe someone will figure it out for your phone.
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killersloth said:
Great that you're sharing the news, but you posted in every thread already and now opened a thread in dev section =/
+1 for good intentions though
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Surely you realize posting in 5 other threads and creating this one aren't every one right? Anyway it can be deleted for all I care, I put this up so developers could have ready access top the info they needed, wasnt just an empty post, but thanks for your support
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goast said:
Surely you realize posting in 5 other threads and creating this one aren't every one right? Anyway it can be deleted for all I care, I put this up so developers could have ready access top the info they needed, wasnt just an empty post, but thanks for your support
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This was the wrong thread don't try to be smart when you made a mistake. Own up and move on.
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This was the wrong thread don't try to be smart when you made a mistake. Own up and move on.
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I didn't make anything, I knew full well someone would have something to say about me putting this here, I even say so in the first post. Obviously you guys are friends and you decided to take up for your Buddy which is fine with me they can pull this anytime they please.. It was only done to benefit all toro+ ROMs I'm not even mad about what he said he has a right to have an opinion and speak it freely... I'm not going to speak on it anymore.. I don't want to receive sn infraction for making more out of something than necessary... If it costs nothing to pass over this post and live your life.. I will be doing the same.. Again this was only made to give allr necessary links to compile.
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I didn't make anything, I knew full well someone would have something to say about me putting this here, I even say so in the first post. Obviously you guys are friends and you decided to take up for your Buddy which is fine with me they can pull this anytime they please.. It was only done to benefit all toro+ ROMs I'm not even mad about what he said he has a right to have an opinion and speak it freely... I'm not going to speak on it anymore.. I don't want to receive sn infraction for making more out of something than necessary... If it costs nothing to pass over this post and live your life.. I will be doing the same.. Again this was only made to give allr necessary links to compile.
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Well said goast.:thumbup:
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I don't know that guy
Just saying good intentions but I think any dev interested in adding halo to their source already knows lol. I see you around here a lot goast and I have nothing against you
Just trollin xda while I'm bored at work
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killersloth said:
I don't know that guy
Just saying good intentions but I think any dev interested in adding halo to their source already knows lol. I see you around here a lot goast and I have nothing against you
Just trollin xda while I'm bored at work
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Its all good man I try to help out in anyway I can I lack the knowledge to code or compile anything more than a turd in the morning... I am on here pretty frequently tho... I try to stay up on my phones development when I'm not writing or recording ... Anyway its all good bro
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Pa adds some help info, it's back in first post... Wouldn't dare call it the op lmao
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My two cents...I know goast from the forums, and he is an advanced user and a great resource to me. He's obviously pumped up about halo, and rightly so (it's a pretty amazing innovation by PA team). I'm not attacking anyone, but I like to stay informed about new things, so I appreciated his blast out. Many devs here work demanding jobs, and donate their personal time to development, so this info may help them in this fragmented crazy fast paced world. I just wanted to thank goast for the info, and impart some positive energy here. I'm not a dev, nor am I an expert, but I share goast's passion for android and desire to learn more about it. To me, that's why I love xda...I have a commercially dead device that is still extremely viable thanks to all of the great work here. Ok, I'm done...everybody enjoy halo!
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goast said:
Pa adds a quick how to:
https://plus.google.com/107979589566958860409/posts/biKpmPBT8Pe
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what are you talking about? this how to is how to translate not how to add halo

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