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Generally speaking...if you buy a chef a great device (or the best device in this case) and it has root + rom flash image, then roms will follow.
Obviously this is not a demand, we would require Galaxy S owners' support and the chef's support, but if we think of people to approach, then we can ask and if they're cool with it we'll start fundraising.
Anyone got any ideas who they'd like to cook and the I'll edit this post with a link to that chef's donation link and we can get this thing rolling.
Short list:
-Kingklick (my recommendation)
Any other ideas? I won't start pledges until we're settled on a chef.
Please Take My Name out Of this...
I do Not Support this at all..
By the way, I originally Root the Kernel / Ramdisk of the Behold 2, if the Galaxy S is in anyway the Same... Good luck Finding somebody that Know how to Break RFS Security..
Good Idea i can theme but nothing else
Lol root and write access first...we did it with desire so fingers crossed.
Kingklick? Seriously?......
This are the bests! I prefer Rodriguez and Modaco, but all of this four are the bests!! (i've tried all of them roms for my nexus)
RoDrIgUeZsTyLe - rodigezstyle
Kang-o-rama - djmcnz
CyanogenMod - cyanogen
MoDaCo Custom ROM - paulobrien
i prefere cyanaogen all the way.. his roms were great when i had a nexus one.
MoDaCo Custom ROM - paulobrien <- he already has Galaxy S
always been partial to Amon_RA myself.
Yes kingklick is absolutely amazing. Cyanogen is unlikely to cook for a non-htc device. Paul has a lot on his plate but his roms are great...he devs for loadsa devices...
jw what do we mean by chefs ??? do we mean in rooting it or roms ??
Uhhh - This would be out of KingClicks' league unless he has learned a whole lot. He mainly modifies what others have already discovered or created. He doesn't do a lot of new code work himself. At least that is how I understand it from following most of the devs on Twitter.
That isn't to say that he doesn't do a lot of work (I have used his ROM's in the past!) - just that most of it isn't original. This project would need someone who does a lot of their own original work.
This is generally not the best way to get a dev to work for you. What you really need to do is scout the devs to see who would be willing. Then post up here to see who would be willing to donate to get that dev a device. Otherwise, someone could be sitting here with a bunch of donated cash and no dev to purchase a device for!
I think Galaxy S is absolutly perfect as it is.. only thing it needs is root.. the rest i am happy with
OnT: Cyanogen, Modaco or eventually Richardtrip would i like to see working on Galaxy
custom f/ws would be nice with
1. hi mem support.. you need to kill apps after a while or the think gets slow
2. support for full 360% rotation everywhere
3. root and bootloader support for nandroid backup/restore
4. be able to install apps from bootloader like htc live wallpaper etc.
5. setcpu support
6. be able to apply morphs so can make notif. bar transparent.
etc etc
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I found a dev who might be willing if he can get enough money to purchase the device. He's already purchased three devices on his own over the last two years and can't afford to purchase another.
I'll keep this updated.
I'll chip in 50 bucks towards a device for him to get it ported.
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I'll chip in 50 bucks towards a device for him to get it ported.
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id be willing to make a healthy contribution as well if it were a well versed dev and we knew we would get some steady progress.
those that have contacted devs already, keep us in the loop.
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I found a dev who might be willing if he can get enough money to purchase the device. He's already purchased three devices on his own over the last two years and can't afford to purchase another.
I'll keep this updated.
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Guys, something like this happened in the Acer Liquid community in Modaco and to say the least, **** happened.
Useless posts, childish replys/manners, cursing and attacking etc....
Even if you bought the device don't expect anything from the developer. Thats my advice and good luck.
Yeah..it really hard to live up to human expectation. More especially if others donated cash to purchase a device.
The good old donation AFTER the dev already has his own device and created the ROMs is much preferred. That way the devs don't own the donators anything, and vice versa.
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Yeah..it really hard to live up to human expectation. More especially if others donated cash to purchase a device.
The good old donation AFTER the dev already has his own device and created the ROMs is much preferred. That way the devs don't own the donators anything, and vice versa.
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you make a good point.
estimating the popularity of the handset and assuming that ROMs for each revisions will be somewhat easily tweakable/compatible, id hope that there is a strong dev following for the device.
fingers crossed, i suppose.
Can a dev port it over?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=686893
We don't want to be behind the CDMA Hero...
now that would be great, but tbh we've been behind the CDMA hero for ages lol
Arrgh! At villainrom they're almost ready to release a 0.1 version of Froyo for GSM Hero! But...COME ON! They keep saying they can't get the mic working...When on CDMA EVERYTHING works except for GPS and Camera (the same problems we had with the first 2.1 cooked roms). I really hope they decided to release an ALL-WORKING version...Otherwise...I don't know what to think...
No Devs want to work together.
So they always can not get everything working at the sametime.
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Froyvillaino.1 we have been waiting for since just after robin ported n1 FR50...Prepare to wait a whil elonger i think!
I am working on a Cronos Froyo build also. Fully compiled from the 2.2 sources.
I, I, I...Guys I really don't want to shoot out advices...But it wouldn't be so bad if you all share your efforts to create a unique solution a.k.a. ROM! I really believe in the team-work!
Check that:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=704561&page=6#post6972487
Teamwork!
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I, I, I...Guys I really don't want to shoot out advices...But it wouldn't be so bad if you all share your efforts to create a unique solution a.k.a. ROM! I really believe in the team-work!
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I completely agree. It would be much better to work together in getting the hardware working and then to split off to do your own roms based on that.
Lots of devs = lots of features!
42turkeys said:
I completely agree. It would be much better to work together in getting the hardware working and then to split off to do your own roms based on that.
Lots of devs = lots of features!
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I second that
can i install this cdma rom on my gsm hero, without breaking it and use it in the netherlands?
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can i install this cdma rom on my gsm hero, without breaking it and use it in the netherlands?
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The rom it links to is FOR CDMA HEROS.
Your Hero is A GSM HERO.
DO NOT FLASH IT!
Never flash a rom if it's not for your phone. Sorry to shout but this is the No. 2 cause of bricking (Behind impatient users during radio flash)
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The rom it links to is FOR CDMA HEROS.
Your Hero is A GSM HERO.
DO NOT FLASH IT!
Never flash a rom if it's not for your phone. Sorry to shout but this is the No. 2 cause of bricking (Behind impatient users during radio flash)
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thnx a lot!!!
i'm happy you shout becouse i have be warned now
Here's hoping this will have the answer to getting the mic working...
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I completely agree. It would be much better to work together in getting the hardware working and then to split off to do your own roms based on that.
Lots of devs = lots of features!
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Teamwork means NO competition. Here its all about competition - who will be the 1st to release most stable, coolest, capable ROM on xda. Its like a gang wars.
edit: and I like it, have more ROMs to try
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Teamwork means NO competition. Here its all about competition - who will be the 1st to release most stable, coolest, capable ROM on xda. Its like a gang wars.
edit: and I like it, have more ROMs to try
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I like the competition, what I'm taking about is devs getting together to get froyo running, then splitting off to make their own roms.
I think the devs can better work alone and share their work so other devs can play with it and make things better. We're saying that a community rom is better, but we havent seen one? There are tons of official 2.1 roms here, who needs all those. A froyo rom is much more interesting and as you can see, the cdma guys are really far, and maybe you, devs, can port it. Good luck.
thing is - if nobody has gotten the mic working yet, then nobody will get it working if they sit together and try to figure it out.
I would think it's like that anyway.
I know that more minds working together are better than fewer. however the mic not working cant' be a simple problem if nobody has worked it out yet. I know that not all rom builders are actually programmers - many are just really comfortable with computers and with the linux os and so on. but still, with source code available, a programmer who's comfortable with that source code (and I acknowledge that I'm not - and I'm a middle aged senior software developer... but much of the android source I've glanced through so far is unreadable to me LoL...).. anyway, so if a programmer who's comfortable with that code could peruse it for a while they might well be able to solve the problem. But what I really expect is that it will take google releasing a working mic library for froyo for hero gsm piece of the puzzle somehow - maybe an internal google person building it for the community and releasing it anonymously, that has happened in the past I would guess.
so it could take time.
but maybe some genius with the android source like cyanogen will take the time and have the know how to solve the mystery. surely the hero is the #1 android phone still out there...
judging from the community here it seems really popular still.
and to think, I just got a hero a few months back (and one for my wife) because they were only $25 at future shop when we renewed our accounts and we wanted iphones but couldn't afford them LoL
if I'd known anything about android then I'd have been all over these babies without a second thought - instead I had to research and took a leap of faith that the future shop guy was steering us in the right direction (thank you future shop guy - or I mean, former future shop guy (he doesn't work there any more)!
cheers
Would Cyanogen Mod be interested in developing for this phone now that we have unlocked bootloader? Given the choice, I'd love Paranoid Android, but I went hold my breath.
CM is already in development . https://github.com/CM-zenfone2
BrokenROM https://github.com/BrokenROM/device_asus_moorefield
Seems that are only for ZE551ML I hope that will be compatible with ZE550ML
If someone can get pure AOSP or CM working, the ROMs will flow out like water... once a base is established building many ROMs is easy. If we get CM, then look for ROMs like Beanstalk, BlissPop, Carbon, , etc. to follow closely behind. Patience, it will happen...
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CM is already in development . https://github.com/CM-zenfone2
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Yay! I really hope Paranoid Android follows suit. I LOVE Pa's Halo feature.
custom roms will help this phone.zenny 2 has one of the worst stock firmware optimization ever and seems like asus cant fix the problems.
Be patient guys, I just sent a couple developers phones this week.
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Be patient guys, I just sent a couple developers phones this week.
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Cool! I see lots of potential ROM development for this phone!
Sent from my ASUS_Z00AD using XDA Free mobile app
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Be patient guys, I just sent a couple developers phones this week.
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Good to see Asus is showing commitment to this phone. Also great to see you guys are embracing the aftermarket ROM community. More vendors need to be supportive like this.
We love the enthusiast community - you guys are the ones that like to tinker and have contributed to our growth over the years when we were just a motherboard vendor. I bet many of you still have fond memories of building PCs with our components before tinkering with phones .
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Be patient guys, I just sent a couple developers phones this week.
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Awesome! Is there/will there be collaboration with the developers regarding the kernel and device tree from ASUS as well? That would be key to have a fully-working custom ROM in the nearer future (versus the developers having to learn from scratch and sort of fend for themselves, kludging their way along and delaying the end goal).
So exciting!
We post our kernel source, but that's all we can offer, unfortunately. Our software development is done at our Taiwan HQ. But if any devs need anything, just send me a PM and I'll ask our software team.
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We love the enthusiast community - you guys are the ones that like to tinker and have contributed to our growth over the years when we were just a motherboard vendor. I bet many of you still have fond memories of building PCs with our components before tinkering with phones .
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Tuanies said:
We post our kernel source, but that's all we can offer, unfortunately. Our software development is done at our Taiwan HQ. But if any devs need anything, just send me a PM and I'll ask our software team.
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Just got one single request... Open an official outlet or distributer in Pakistan... I am buying your items off international vendors without warranties... Would love to see if I can get some support locally...
Tuanies said:
We post our kernel source, but that's all we can offer, unfortunately. Our software development is done at our Taiwan HQ. But if any devs need anything, just send me a PM and I'll ask our software team.
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CC: @TheSSJ, @shakalaca, @jrior001, @crpalmer, @sorg, @Harfainx, @vampirefo and other zf2 developers.. :victory:
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Be patient guys, I just sent a couple developers phones this week.
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This makes not much sense to me honestly. Why locking a bootloader in the first place and then stating to push development hard by providing test phones to specified devs?
But still I want to thank you for your commitment in making this phone a huge success - we'll kick Galaxy and Xperia and the likes out once done
Good thing to see Asus sharing to make custom ROMs efficient.
Already on Harfainx's ROM, can't wait to see things going even further.
SBFarooq said:
Just got one single request... Open an official outlet or distributer in Pakistan... I am buying your items off international vendors without warranties... Would love to see if I can get some support locally...
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Unfortunately in only responsible for North America and have no say for any other regions.
TheSSJ said:
This makes not much sense to me honestly. Why locking a bootloader in the first place and then stating to push development hard by providing test phones to specified devs?
But still I want to thank you for your commitment in making this phone a huge success - we'll kick Galaxy and Xperia and the likes out once done
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This is my push from Technical Marketing for North America due to needs and wants for the US market. I place great emphasis on the community that has made many of the previous phones I've owned so great. I want that for the ZF2.
I'll probably start development for this phone once i get it. Never worked with an x86 android device before but it sounds like a fun challenge
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This is my push from Technical Marketing for North America due to needs and wants for the US market. I place great emphasis on the community that has made many of the previous phones I've owned so great. I want that for the ZF2.
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Hi,
I've got some sort of situation here concerning building the kernel for ZF2 on my own. I downloaded the kernel source from ASUS website and followed the instructions one by one (download the android source code, use the appropriate toolchain, issue the kernel build command using fhd_defconfig, etc.
The phone boots and works good, BUT:
The phone never gets to deep sleep mode because of hsic_s3_wlock (kernel wakelock from USB HSIC). Could you please ask someone from the technical department to check what is causing this or if any config entry is missing? I am really starting to doubt that this is something I can influence at all
Does anyone know if there are any custom roms being developed for this phone?. It's odd to see such a power house not be developing into something greater, it will be a shame to sell due to lack of development. P. S respect to all developers over the years for the great roms I have had the pleasure of using onany handsets
Doesn't seem like there will be, if there is audio may be a problem. Came from the Axon7 and the audio was trouble for the devs.
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Doesn't seem like there will be, if there is audio may be a problem. Came from the Axon7 and the audio was trouble for the devs.
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would be a shame,its a great phone.
Guys wait. Give it some time because we just got the factory images. Anyways i have this phone as a main so we will see.
parky169 said:
Does anyone know if there are any custom roms being developed for this phone?. It's odd to see such a power house not be developing into something greater, it will be a shame to sell due to lack of development. P. S respect to all developers over the years for the great roms I have had the pleasure of using onany handsets
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Wait for Oreo. It seems like we already have the vendor partition so Oreo will make life easier
Hello everyone -
I am looking into buying this phone mostly just for fun, and to make some custom roms as it seems like a dead community here.
Just wondering how many people actually use this phone and if it would be worth it - there are no promises it's just an idea at this stage.
I do!
I wished for any rom to flash other than the stock one i have :/
nzzane said:
Hello everyone -
I am looking into buying this phone mostly just for fun, and to make some custom roms as it seems like a dead community here.
Just wondering how many people actually use this phone and if it would be worth it - there are no promises it's just an idea at this stage.
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I'm using