How long do you think it will be until there are ROMs for the LG G2 on Verizon and the other carriers?
It is a little disheartening that there is hardly anything going on with this phone. One would think that the fastest smartphone in the world would get more attention than this.
Anyway, I am going to root tonight so that'll do for now. I'm really looking forward to AOSP and Cyanogenmod for the G2.
This is the best phone by far that I have ever owned! I've had all the latest and greatest since Android came out. LG really did a great job with the user interface too. I couldn't be happier!
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Bootloader needs to be unlocked before anything else.
Plus wrong section.
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luv2increase said:
How long do you think it will be until there are ROMs for the LG G2 on Verizon and the other carriers?
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Man, you gotta chill out. The phones been out a week. Were lucky to even have root! With locked bootloaders, its going to take some time before anything happens, IF anything happens with it at all. The proper people are working on the issue.
Breath.
Relax.
Drink a beer.
Given time, roms will come. Use and abuse your phone until that point.
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How long do you think it will be until there are ROMs for the LG G2 on Verizon and the other carriers?
It is a little disheartening that there is hardly anything going on with this phone. One would think that the fastest smartphone in the world would get more attention than this.
Anyway, I am going to root tonight so that'll do for now. I'm really looking forward to AOSP and Cyanogenmod for the G2.
This is the best phone by far that I have ever owned! I've had all the latest and greatest since Android came out. LG really did a great job with the user interface too. I couldn't be happier!
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If you really think the interface is great and couldn't be happier, why the rush on new roms? I'm rather content at the moment, myself, but that might change when LG starts lagging with their android updates.
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If you really think the interface is great and couldn't be happier, why the rush on new roms? I'm rather content at the moment, myself, but that might change when LG starts lagging with their android updates.
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I agree, I'm pretty cool with the phone for now. But if you're impatient like myself, go ahead and root and remove bloatware, and see how close you can come to stock through that. I was able to get 50+ hours of battery time on my LG G2 ending today through a bunch of tweaks, so that was exciting! :good: :laugh:
Guys, please take this to the general or Q&A section, you are making me excited about someone releasing something and it is just this chatter, it looks like someone has posted when I come here and I see this conversation, OP, please a ask mod to move your lively thread, Thanks.
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I agree, I'm pretty cool with the phone for now. But if you're impatient like myself, go ahead and root and remove bloatware, and see how close you can come to stock through that. I was able to get 50+ hours of battery time on my LG G2 ending today through a bunch of tweaks, so that was exciting! :good: :laugh:
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Are you able to remove the quick toggles in the status bar through "bloatware removal"? I know a lot of the status bar stuff is part of system, but was thinking maybe removing a few .apk's will get rid of some of it.
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Bootloader needs to be unlocked before anything else.
Plus wrong section.
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The bootloader doesn't necessarily have to be unlocked to flash custom roms just FYI...
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I know. I'm sick of people constantly saying that. you can have an exploit to flash with a locked bootloader... cough galaxy s4 cough.
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I know. I'm sick of people constantly saying that. you can have an exploit to flash with a locked bootloader... cough galaxy s4 cough.
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Exactly. If people would stop bashing other phones and actually read development on other devices, it'd be a better understanding of what's going on or has already been going on.
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Right, like they have a workarounds for the s4 using bootstrap right? People have been flashing custom roms (just not on MF3, from what I know) So since this has root, will we be able to flash by the same method once it and a few roms are available? I mean the phones awesome now and I'm in no rush but it'd b nice to know
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Leaving this here for you all to get excited about: NO requesting for ETAs
TWRP on a D800 G2 (ATT)
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Right, like they have a workarounds for the s4 using bootstrap right? People have been flashing custom roms (just not on MF3, from what I know) So since this has root, will we be able to flash by the same method once it and a few roms are available? I mean the phones awesome now and I'm in no rush but it'd b nice to know
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Yeah and before that we had Loki and the boot loader wasn't and still isn't unlocked. It'll probably be a similar exploit but idk. I just know it's possible from having an S4 and I had a G Pro too
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This is my first android phone I'm so excited! Hopefully this is the right section for this. Don't want to mess up my first post.
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You are in the right place, welcome. I am new here also, but there are lots of nice, helpful people here...
Welcome to the Hood!
Remember, Fly like a G2.
Welcome to the family of android
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Welcome and hope we are able to help and answer all your questions. Just remember to look before you post. More than likely someone has the same problem and posted answer. Other than that Enjoy!
Phone: T-Mobile G2/Vision Rooted
Rom: Latest Cyanogen
Recovery: CWM waiting for Amon_RA
Welcome to the family! The G2 is my second android phone and honestly...you've made the best decision of your life. The possibilities are endless when it comes to android. Again...welcome
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No offense intended, but if a phone is anyones best choice of their life, then I pity them...
I love the G2, but not as much as my wife or dog.
what's the P/N? it's on the bottom of box or under the battery.
is hinge loose?
Anyone else feel Rom development is coming slow after root was achieved, custom time now are either a nearly stock desire sense Rom or cm's vanilla ROM, I haven't flashed a new Rom in a week
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Thanks guys. One of these days I'll start tinkering with rooting it and what not but now I just wanna learn the basics and get comfortable first. You guys and girls are awesome.
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You'll love it, I love this coming from the vibrant,I don't care much for the vibrants famous samoled
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No offense intended, but if a phone is anyones best choice of their life, then I pity them...
I love the G2, but not as much as my wife or dog.
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I love my dog more then my phone most of the time. My wife on the other hand, guess it depends what time of the month it is.
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Anyone else feel Rom development is coming slow after root was achieved, custom time now are either a nearly stock desire sense Rom or cm's vanilla ROM, I haven't flashed a new Rom in a week
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Definetly i thought the rom section would EXPLODE
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I love my dog more then my phone most of the time. My wife on the other hand, guess it depends what time of the month it is.
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Ruff! that is harsh
I love my G2 my Wife and my Roush .... I don't have a dog...
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You'll love it, I love this coming from the vibrant,I don't care much for the vibrants famous samoled
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Ditto, I remember seeing you in the vibrant section. I just got my g2 2 days ago, sold my vibrant yesterday.
No complaints at all so far and I think this is a killer phone. Much happier now.
Hey guys! Don't know how many of you were watching, but the nexus one got its gingerbread update! Why does this matter? Well, the nexus one would have to be the first phone to receive the update and now that it has the floodgates are open! This is particularly good news for us g2 oowners, as we are running stock android and are one of the next in line for the update. Wooo!
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We already have a very stable version running on our phones so realistically its not that great news, its good but nothing to be shouting about haha sooorrry.
Indeed, but for those without stock this is good news and those with it can expect performance increases in custom ROMs when it comes out from the drivers it will provide. Kinda win win.
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I really wish it was that simple but its not the case. Just because it "looks" like stock doesn't mean that there's tons of different from AOSP. Plus, the nexii phones don't need their updates to be carrier approved unlike the G2. IMO we won't get official gingerbread until mid-summer. Totally sucks but realistically it's what we'll have to put up with. I'd love an updated .35/.37 kernel from HTC though. CM7 is so amazing though that I wouldn't even worry about it.
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We already have a very stable version running on our phones so realistically its not that great news, its good but nothing to be shouting about haha sooorrry.
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not necessarily, what about the people who are not rooted and cannot flash roms.
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not necessarily, what about the people who are not rooted and cannot flash roms.
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Well, There is a pretty simple solution to that, isn't there?
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Well, There is a pretty simple solution to that, isn't there?
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But dude, we're a small group of super nerds. Even the guys struggling to root their phones and understand the concept of flashing ROMs are still far nerdier than most people.
Ahhh.. but the nerd life is a good life. So fricken' glad the Android platform has such a great community of super nerds.
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Well, There is a pretty simple solution to that, isn't there?
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Lol... true but we can't assume that everyone can root their device and know how to root their phone. So it will be good news for those who want the gingerbread update for the g2 but as for me I don't really care since I can use cyan7 running gingerbread already...
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Apparently samsung has "confirmed" Gingerbread for the galaxy s phones in march. (Check the galaxy s I9000 forums) By that logic, we should be getting it before then, unless tmobile botches their "pure android" marketing component for the G2.
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Apparently samsung has "confirmed" Gingerbread for the galaxy s phones in march. (Check the galaxy s I9000 forums) By that logic, we should be getting it before then, unless tmobile botches their "pure android" marketing component for the G2.
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They also "confirmed" Froyo and look at that fiasco.
happy times for SGS3 users i love this phone
Like a charm on my sprint gs3
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peanut1596 said:
Like a charm on my sprint gs3
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I am glad to help Enjoy
Gamer113 said:
happy with my gs3
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Me too!
there are already at least 3 other threads on this.
dLo GSR said:
there are already at least 3 other threads on this.
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Obviously we are enjoying the gs3
I was wondering why I couldn't find this thread again without going into my history .
But yes...good times...:good:
Works....thanks.
I don't like it because my wife wants to steal it :-(
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Hands down, best Android phone I've ever had! It's better than I expected
The s3 is the first phone that I have not rushed to root and rom. I see no problems with it stock or any lack of features. I'm sure I will root sooner or later but this phone is seriously the top android phone released to date.
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The s3 is the first phone that I have not rushed to root and rom. I see no problems with it stock or any lack of features. I'm sure I will root sooner or later but this phone is seriously the top android phone released to date.
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I agree... However who does the theme work for Samsung anyway? Some of the Browns, yellows, and orange.. Just have to go!
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Hands down, best Android phone I've ever had! It's better than I expected
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The first Android phone I've ever had, so I guess I may be spoiled for any future phones?
happy times with my AT&T GS3:victory:
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happy times with my AT&T GS3:victory:
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Glad you like it
tx3kgtman said:
The s3 is the first phone that I have not rushed to root and rom. I see no problems with it stock or any lack of features. I'm sure I will root sooner or later but this phone is seriously the top android phone released to date.
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Yes, this is the first phone that I've been pleased with performance out of the box, and I even, dare I say it, LIKE TOUCHWIZ! I did root it, but only to use adfree, lol, that's the silliest reason I've ever rooted a phone for, but Samsungs are so easy to return to stock & T mobile never checks the binary flash counyso I'm not worried. I hate ads that are in apps! When we do get an AOSP rom ill flash then, but as crazy as it sounds, it better be as fast as touchwiz or ill be going back to stock, haha. Samsung hit the nail on the head with this one, and touchwiz has alot of convenient features in it. Imagine if they would've rolled it out with vanilla android, and the added motion control, and other Samsung apps that are pretty cool? If samsung makes this year's nexus, it's gonna be off the hook with hardware like this!
Worked like a charm.
I picked up my Verizon pre-order today and am super happy with it. It's a great upgrade over my old Epic 4G (and the bump from wimax to lte speeds is worth the extra monthly cost of the carrier switch)
I've always purchased the galaxy series year after year, and this time Samsung has delivered with stock performance! Though I also like the new touchwiz, it's more "complete" than other launchers
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it is a nice phone... i want to try the free dropbox method, i'm not rooted yet... but thank you soo much!!! i can't wait to try it... i'll report back on thread if it works or not thanks again!!
Hey guys im a brand new s4 owner, and band new to sprint. I have a question, and in no way do I mean this as in insult to any devs or anyone else for that matter. But seeing as to how we on sprint have the only s4 variant that has an unlocked bootloader, development seems like it's really slow paced right now. I know it's relatively early in the s4s life, but with it being such a huge release, I would have thought development would be exploding, like with the htc one. Is there something keeping development from flourishing?
There's a few rooted debloated stock roms plus a couple custom kernels already to hold you over.
Plus, good things come to those who wait. I have a feeling development on this phone will explode shortly.
In the words of Yoda..."Patience young Skywalker"
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Yep. Just wait a bit.
It seems like every new phone that comes out takes a month or two before development explodes.
Plus. I think we're still waiting on kernel source, which can hold things back as well.
Give it 2-3 months and you'll have too many roms to choose from.
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There's a few rooted debloated stock roms plus a couple custom kernels already to hold you over.
Plus, good things come to those who wait. I have a feeling development on this phone will explode shortly.
In the words of Yoda..."Patience young Skywalker"
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I agree with you. Patience is needed in these times as it takes time and majority of the devs do this on their free time. Curiosity did kill the cat you know which is bad and scares the devs away lol.
We are not the only ones with a unlocked bootloader.
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We are not the only ones with a unlocked bootloader.
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I meant the only US version. Maybe t mobile has an unlocked one idk
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I meant the only US version. Maybe t mobile has an unlocked one idk
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Yes t-mobile is and AT&T has been unlocked although it isn't really available to the public yet.
I wonder how hard it would be to port other s4 variant roms to sprint? like t mobile, I see they have a bunch of custom roms and kernels already in their Android development section
See So are we going to see issues here between cdma and gsm support like a few other devices out there? Example : I had the sprint HTC one and it got much less development because of partition differences from the gsm variants.
Since all moto x variants use the same base I'm assuming we won't need to worry about those kinda problems?
I'm curious because I'm hoping this device will have much more aggressive development and an active community. Since the phone is near AOSP I'm also wondering if we will have kernel developers like Franco and others.
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See So are we going to see issues here between cdma and gsm support like a few other devices out there? Example : I had the sprint HTC one and it got much less development because of partition differences from the gsm variants.
Since all moto x variants use the same base I'm assuming we won't need to worry about those kinda problems?
I'm curious because I'm hoping this device will have much more aggressive development and an active community. Since the phone is near AOSP I'm also wondering if we will have kernel developers like Franco and others.
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I doubt we are going to see a very large Dev Community. I hope I am wrong. But since I haven't seen much interest by now - well - it just seems unlikely. Developers like to get new phones when they are brand new. And it doesn't seem to be happening. But I could be wrong. It would certainly not be the first time.
I think some stuff may be coming
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Personally, I want to get paranoid android running once i (eventually) get my dev edition
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I doubt we are going to see a very large Dev Community. I hope I am wrong. But since I haven't seen much interest by now - well - it just seems unlikely. Developers like to get new phones when they are brand new. And it doesn't seem to be happening. But I could be wrong. It would certainly not be the first time.
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Or all the Devs were waiting on the dev edition...
Edit* I was thinking about this more. In many respects, the developers invest time, energy and heart, into "fixing" the devices... making them better via firmware and kernel tweaks. I have yet to aquire my moto x... hoping it will be at my door Monday, but from what I have gathered, this device is one of the best out of the box experiences of any other available phone... developers may recognize that their skills may be better appreciated and put to use on devices that would see more benefit. Not to say the moto x doesn't deserve development, but rather, that it may not need it as much as an s4, htc one or g2.
Now, the moto x experience can still be enhanced by development support, but, again without having the device yet myself, it appears as though many are getting, out of box, the experience that so many developers are striving to make possible on many of the other phones currently available.
Personally, I can't wait to have a phone, near or at stock, that is almost exactly what I have been wanting... A harmonization of hardware and software that doesn't sacrifice the efficiency of stock Android and doesn't skimp on usable quality features.
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Or all the Devs were waiting on the dev edition...
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Assume yes
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I, too, hope that we see decent developer support for the Moto X. I mean, the T-Mobile/Sprint versions have unlockable bootloaders, Moto just released dev editions which support cdma and gsm networks, the phone is available on all four major US carriers, so you'd figure we'd have healthy developer activity. Here's hoping that its just a matter of time.
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Oh there will be! You might have to stop in at Rootzwiki and help me win one!
http://rootzwiki.com/news/moto-x-developer-edition-giveaway-round-3-developer/
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Oh there will be! You might have to stop in at Rootzwiki and help me win one!
http://rootzwiki.com/news/moto-x-developer-edition-giveaway-round-3-developer/
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Bump for nitro. Go the link he posted and upvote his entry in the comments. We need his rom on this phone!
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I doubt we are going to see a very large Dev Community. I hope I am wrong. But since I haven't seen much interest by now - well - it just seems unlikely. Developers like to get new phones when they are brand new. And it doesn't seem to be happening. But I could be wrong. It would certainly not be the first time.
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I'm afraid you might be right on this one.
Besides if AOSP ROMs break TC and AN that would be a major dealbreaker.
Anyone know why you would even want to root at this point if we can't flash roms
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Anyone know why you would even want to root at this point if we can't flash roms
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Cyanogenmod mod is already working on the moto x, just needs time.
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Cyanogenmod mod is already working on the moto x, just needs time.
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Nice. I didn't realize that.
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Nice. I didn't realize that.
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The exact quote on their Google+ moto section was the "Motorola team is working on it already."
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And a good developer hashcode picked up his developer moto x today.... Good things on the horizon...
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Will you guys really run a aosp ROM on this phone? It will most likely break all that is awesome about this phone.
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Will you guys really run a aosp ROM on this phone? It will most likely break all that is awesome about this phone.
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I could lose the voice features and not mind one bit , I will never constantly talk to my phone without it being a person... The active notifications are important to me.. If they can't harness that at all then I may stick with a stock rom that's just heavily modded when they come.
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Will you guys really run a aosp ROM on this phone? It will most likely break all that is awesome about this phone.
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Considering how close this is to AOSP, I'm sure a few devs might consider using the Moto X source as their base.
Nice to hear some development is finally happening but I feel for those who still have a locked boot loader, counting myself being one of the lucky ones who unlocked the boot loader. I guess no warranty suits me fine if I can flash roms
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Considering how close this is to AOSP, I'm sure a few devs might consider using the Moto X source as their base.
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There is no doubt there will be stock blur based ROMs. With phones available on every carrier with unlockable bootloaders, two working recoveries, we should see them popping up soon. AFAIK the only thing that is not quite right yet is the updater script.