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After having just sold my XDA-II and upgrading to the XDA Exec, I thought, "I better change my profile on xda-developers", but when looking at the page it merely has the option for owning the XDA or XDA-II. I think its about time for the options to be updated to include the newer range of HTC phones, anybody agree?
Allan
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I 2nd that
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same, they don't even have xda iis for me to select
a post here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewforum.php?f=13
a PM to the Admin
or a mail to the Admin
would likely give a better result then a post in a forum for a surden device
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They know about it LOL, if you run a portal like this and you don't notice how out of date everything is then there is something very wrong haha.
I do think this is a great portal and an upgrade of forum (to a more modern functional system) and the aquiring of a new domainname should be nr1 in their agenda.
I am sure they think this portal makes a decent profit with all those donations and making investments in updates and changes will cut their income LOL.
But behold if they don't take care someone else could take over like modaco has been doing lately.
So moderators and xda-developers crew stick your heads together WAKE UP and help this GREAT portal into the 21 century!!
If you need help with brainwaving or other internet consulting help don't hesitate to contact me..
[email protected]
As mentioned several times ago, the model selection is/was a special "hack" for the phpBB that only supports 2 types. Therefore there aren't any newer devices availabe since the beginning of the xda-developers.....
But hey, this is a great forum and you can get the most information about our devices here. So why stuck on such little things like model in the profile? :?:
Stefan
I'd agree with LumpiStefan- this forum is the best resource for our devices on the net, and if it means living without a little picture of our devices in our profile I'm not going to lose any sleep over it!
Yes I agree, however since there are more than just 2 models now, and the hack only supports two pics, then I think its better removed altogether. It might be a bit confusing for the newbies ;-)
Allan
I have started a dialog with Rogers whereby I am asking nicely for them to honor the licenses which are listed in:
[Home]->[Menu]->[Settings]->[About phone]->[Legal information]->[Open source licenses]
The first source code I have requested is for the file /kernel listed in the above mentioned [Open source licenses].
An email sent nearly 24 hours ago has not been acknowledged by Rogers, despite the fact that their Contact Us email portal indicated that I would receive an acknowledgement within 24 hours.
Consequently, I called Rogers and managed to get a Rogers representative to email me back indicating that next business day (Monday) s/he would try to point me to the right person within Rogers.
Let's see if we can change what shows up when you search "Open Source" on the Rogers web site:
http://www.rogers.com/web/Rogers.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=search&Ntt=Open+Source
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I have started a dialog with Rogers whereby I am asking nicely for them to honor the licenses which are listed in:
[Home]->[Menu]->[Settings]->[About phone]->[Legal information]->[Open source licenses]
The first source code I have requested is for the file /kernel listed in the above mentioned [Open source licenses].
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The actual kernel is written by HTC, but good idea, ask Rogers to point us in the right direction because we haven't gotten anywhere asking HTC directly.
Here's an update for you. I've been contacting HTC customer service for a month now, and I've had my issue escalated to a VP at HTC America. I relayed to him all the hassle I've been put through for something they're legally responsible to provide, and the story I heard is as such:
HTC was asked by Rogers to make some last minute changes, but they didn't specify what. They were also asked to withhold source code for reasons that HTC wouldn't comment on. Basically, the representative confirmed that Rogers specifically asked HTC to do this. So I had the issue escalated to a VP at HTC America. After a month of hassle, and the final escalation earlier this week, here is the email response I got back today from the VP today.
David,
Thank you very much for your note and more importantly, thank you for your business and loyalty to HTC products. We owe all of our success to you and customers like you. I also want to thank you for taking the time to write me personally and communicating specific areas where we can improve in our customer service. I will investigate the issue and get back to you by Tuesday, 7/28 at the latest. Additionally, I will have our Head of Customer Service drive our Call Centers to do a better job of communicating, particularly on this issue. My apologies for the time you've had to invest in this to date.
All the best,
Jason
Jason B. Mackenzie
Vice President, North America Region
E-Mail: (Removed, but not hard to find)
So while it isn't "source code in my hand", it's at least *something*. I'll provide more info as it becomes available to me for sure.
Wow, bullet dodging everywhere. I talked to some folks from Google and they don't have the code we are looking for, that's for certain. HTC blames Google, Google blames HTC, HTC blames Rogers. How complex is this problem really? It's probably 5 lines of code that they changed. We need to get past their buffer-wall of customer support and talk to someone in engineering.
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HTC was asked by Rogers to ... withhold source code ...confirmed that Rogers specifically asked HTC to do this.
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So Rogers asked HTC to break the law and they complied?
Can we get this confirmed in writing? An email (with headers) from an official at HTC stating that such a request was made regarding kernel source would help. If we do that, we would have the silver bullet we need to go after robbers AND htc in civil court -- think class action, and we should get some major kernel contributors and open source advocates on board-- I'm sure that LOTS of people would LOVE to take up this cause.
My prediction: if there was a class action civil case organized naming rogers and htc as defendants, htc will fold and hand out the source, probably quickly. Rogers... maybe not because they're bastards.
I'm pretty sure they are having some meetings about that internally at HTC right now because I inquired about the source from HTC 3 days ago and they still haven't replied to me, not even a canned response. I'm pretty sure they are investigating right now how they can give us source while not giving away whatever they are trying to hide.
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So Rogers asked HTC to break the law and they complied?
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No, I don't believe this is a violation of the GPL, and some quick googling tells me that the FSF agrees (see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-faq.html#DoesTheGPLAllowNDA)
Even though Rogers would be in violation for distributing a modified kernel without source, HTC would not be.
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No, I don't believe this is a violation of the GPL, and some quick googling tells me that the FSF agrees (see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-faq.html#DoesTheGPLAllowNDA)
Even though Rogers would be in violation for distributing a modified kernel without source, HTC would not be.
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You're correct, and unless somebody who has code in the linux kernel they're shipping wants to file suit, we can't go after them legally as we aren't representative of somebody being damaged by their copyright infringement, despite that it hurts us. Stupid copyright law, even under the GPL, requires an author of the material to go after the company.
HTC designed the phone, and customized it for Rogers. I'm not honestly sure who bears the legal responsibility of releasing the source code for the GPL'd components, either Rogers or HTC, but one of them does and HTC is seemingly claiming responsibility for it.
Since you want email headers, here they are. Yes, I have blocked out email addresses (ONLY), as I don't need any more levels of spam nor does Mr. Mackenzie, I'm sure. I will post the full headers, unedited, in a .txt file somewhere if requested and link to it, I'm not trying to hide anything, I'm just not comfortable posting some things on public forums. I also did not disclose to Mr. Mackenzie that I'd be cross-posting his email reply anywhere, so the least I can do out of respect is not publicly post his email unless it's warranted.
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Something tells me that the software they are referring to is NOT the kernel and is most likely the custom apps and other software on the device. Your VP probably has no idea at all what a kernel is, especially if he wants to refer you to customer support. This should have been sent straight to their engineering staff. If you can get them to clarify this, maybe we should send the story to some huge site that loves this kind of stuff like Slashdot. Get the community nice and outraged
cyanogen said:
Something tells me that the software they are referring to is NOT the kernel and is most likely the custom apps and other software on the device. Your VP probably has no idea at all what a kernel is, especially if he wants to refer you to customer support. This should have been sent straight to their engineering staff. If you can get them to clarify this, maybe we should send the story to some huge site that loves this kind of stuff like Slashdot. Get the community nice and outraged
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Oh, I totally agree, and I sent a similar email to the VP of Engineering as well, but have not gotten a reply. In my email, I explained what a kernel was, and that the open source license in the Legal section of the device specifically covered /kernel which was all I wanted the source to. I'm not holding my breath I'll get something on the 28th besides a "we're still working on it" but at least it's something, and ultimately, I hope it does lead to the source we need. This is an excerpt of what I wrote to him, so I'm hoping that even if he doesn't understand it, it's enough for him to get over to the staff who does. I assumed that since it hasn't been released yet, it is likely NOT an Engineering decision, but being held up in Legal somewhere, which is why I went this route as well.
The code I'm asking for is specifically covered under the GNU GPL Open Source license agreement (there's an entry for /kernel specifically in the Legal section of my phone) that states all source code used to generate that file MUST be provided upon request (Section 3). All I am asking for is the kernel source code, nothing more, nothing less. I do fully understand that HTC has a lot of Android modifications that are not open source, or publicly available, but the /kernel file is explicitly required to have source code available as by the terms of the GNU GPL.
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At least as a VP, he's in a position to comment and help if he so chooses. We'll see where it goes, all I can do...
I'm sure the FSF wouldn't mind knowing what's going on. ESR loves a good shuffle and the FSF COULD get a core member of the dev team or maybe a contributor or even Linus etc to bring it to the attention of Rogers and HTC that there is grounds to pursue further action of they remain non compliant.
I'm just saying there might be other avenues once we've seen how this one plays out. I'd hate to kick a wasp nest if there are valid and honest attempts to rectify the situation calmly. It could very well be just a case of honest ignorance that needs to be schooled back to a level of understanding
SpEnTBoY said:
I'm sure the FSF wouldn't mind knowing what's going on. ESR loves a good shuffle and the FSF COULD get a core member of the dev team or maybe a contributor or even Linus etc to bring it to the attention of Rogers and HTC that there is grounds to pursue further action of they remain non compliant.
I'm just saying there might be other avenues once we've seen how this one plays out. I'd hate to kick a wasp nest if there are valid and honest attempts to rectify the situation calmly. It could very well be just a case of honest ignorance that needs to be schooled back to a level of understanding
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That's exactly why I haven't contacted them yet, and nobody (that I know of) is considering a lawsuit. I'm certainly not. If my attempts to get through to this VP fail, I have a few other contacts I can put pressure on to get HTC to provide it. Turning it over to the FSF and communities like Slashdot are an option I have considered, and may do at some point if HTC stops acting in good faith, but for now I believe they're either acting in good faith at the higher levels (the email reply from the VP confirms this IMO) or, really good at blowing smoke up my ass. Either way, I'll tolerate for now and have faith.
We totally have to consider that big companies like HTC need some time to turn around so let's all wait patiently for that 28th date and see what comes out of it. Then we can decide where to take this further, thanks alot PhaseBurn, maybe something will come out of this
hellfenix said:
We totally have to consider that big companies like HTC need some time to turn around so let's all wait patiently for that 28th date and see what comes out of it. Then we can decide where to take this further, thanks alot PhaseBurn, maybe something will come out of this
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No problem. Technical support is officially a dead end for this route, too. I just got a voicemail back from HTC's advanced support department saying "Technical Support does not have any way to distribute that [the Roger's kernel source] at the moment, so we've asked for our headquarters to weigh in and see what their official response is." They went on to say I've been put on a tracking list for when they do have their answer from headquarters, and when they have a response from HQ, they'll contact me when they have the official answer. So at least we know bugging tech support about it won't get us anywhere, but it will continue to draw attention to the issue at least... And yes, I have the VM saved as a .wav file just in case it's needed...
HQ would be China (Or Taiwan?) and I'm pretty sure they are the one with the goods so this is good enough news.
HQ is either Houstin, Texas, where HTC America is located, or, Taiwan, where HTC's world wide HQ is...
The HTC Dream platform was designed by HTC Taiwan, and released to HTC America and HTC Europe for sales and support, so I'm not sure if it'd be HTC America or HTC Worldwide that has the code for the Rogers version of the device - there are subtle hardware differences between that device, and the other HTC Dreams released world-wide. I don't know to what extent HTC America and HTC Europe have engineering departments of their own, for instance. If I had to guess, I'd say it'd be HTC Taiwan that has the code we're in need of, and is the group that engineered the Rogers Dream/Magic platforms specifically. Of course that's just speculation on my part. I'm sure you all can speculate as well as I can, I've posted pretty much all I have, and right now, I'm just waiting until the 28th for a reply. I'll post what I get when I get it...
So I got my reply from Jason at HTC just a few minutes ago.
The news is good - very good, but will require some patience...
David,
Thanks for your patience. As a follow-up to our last exchange I have done some research and found the following. As you noted, the Linux kernel in the Rogers version of the HTC Dream and Magic is slightly modified from the standard Android kernel - and we fully understand that granting access to this source code is important to you AND the developer community. Our team is currently putting the proper systems in place on our website to ensure that we have a robust, reliable platform for sharing specific Linux kernels. We expect that this will be in place by the first week of August on the htc..com website. I have asked Hsiao-wen Lin (who heads up my Product Management team) to personally e-mail you the link as soon as it's available). Additionally, from your email, we realize that our customer support team was not completely up to speed on this issue, and we are relaying the necessary information so that they can provide a more informed response to other inquiries like yours. We strive to deliver best-in-class service to all of our stakeholders, so we thank you for bringing this to our attention.
Thanks again for your business!
Jason
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So another 2 weeks. I'll post the link as soon as I get it, but at least we have our answer. They will be releasing it.
... did everyone else smile significantly when they read this? I love it when people and companies just 'get it', even if not every link in the chain is up to date. Great news and a serious dept of gratitude for doing the leg work PB!!
Wow, so basically they just didn't think about it and/or waited for someone to ask for it before setting up something on the website. HTC is playing it very safe and I can't blame them.
That is fantastic news, first week of August happens to be next week so it's not that bad of a wait, especially if they intend to implement some sort of source control system on their website.
Hopefully the sources will be integrated in the main Android Kernel assuming they were actually useful and not only meant to block us.
Wow, that's great. Good job and thanks.
Viewsonic Gtablet Specific Binaries & Drivers
For everyone who may have been waiting for this I present to you the proper Proprietary Viewsonic Gtablet Binaries & Drivers according to Cyanogen Mods Tutorial of Compiling Gingerbread Rom which also discusses how to pull the Proprietary Drivers and Binaries from a Malata smb_a1002 Device which is a Viewsonic Gtablet specifically.
To all who want to test with these Binaries and Drivers before testing with these please understand that these are the Binaries and Drivers the Viewsonic Gtablet Stock ROM uses. When using these specific Binaries and Drivers understand that these files may already exist and that replacing just one of these can disrupt the way a current ROM may be running. This can be caused for a number of reasons...
1. When replacing the libraries and binaries with these understand the alot of these specific files are tied together to make the Gtablet work the way it does, so in essence replacing one of these libraries or binaries with one on another ROM can cause the ROM itself to look for the other libraries and binary files that are specifically in this package.
2. You may get away with mixing and mingling these files but it's a hard and time consuming process to debug which ones can and can't work with other vendors binaries and libraries but this is how the work must be done
3. If there is a file missing do not blame me this is what I know according to Cyanogen MODs Wiki. If you wan to view there tutorial go to there website, and look through there WIKI.
Proprietary Android Binaries & Drivers: http://linuxboxsolution.com/linux-b...t-Proprietary-Android-Binaries--and--Drivers/
Issues have seemed to be resolved with submission to github.
That zip file would've been slightly more useful had it contained the original paths of those proprietary files.
Issues have seemed to be resolved with submission to github.
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Thanks for the work LBS
mmenzie said:
can a MODERATOR please step in on this??? the above comments do NOTHING to further the development of this or any other thing!!! i'm not a developer or anything... i am just a tester testing all the wonderful things all the Devs let us test. are you a developer??? are you a programmer??? are you even using the products of this developer??? i am guessing the answer is NO to all questions. if thats the case please just sit back and read and do not interact with this thread or any other thread where your business is to knock the product. unless you are a developer, a programmer, or a tester willing to add CONSTRUCTIVE CRITISIM or "thank yous" there is no need for you to post anything at all in this or any other thread.
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITISIM and helpful hints and positive feedback are the only things that further development and we should all consider this before making a post.
i will now climb down from my soap box and let thgis get back on topic (hopefully)
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Critisism and words of caution are equally as important as praise.
Be wary of of folks trumpetting the quality of their product to increase profit while doing nothing to provide evidence to support those claims.
That said, what TnT build do these files come from and are they different than what is used in CM7 or some of the AOSP based projects ?
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What exactly does this group of files bring to the table?
If it is simply the extracted stuff from the original TapNCrap that it came with, the only thing I can think of that we are really missing now in the HC ROMs is camera support.
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In my eyes the only major issues with HC are:
1 camera support (possibly fixed with these files)
2 hardware acceleration (probaly not fixed with these files)
So, one of the two major HC drawbacks might be fixed. IMO camera support isn't as importent as hardware acceleration, but it's still on my 'must have' list. Who cares if camera support came from TapNCrap, as long as it works?
All of the HC ROMS are on par with each other (pre-packaged apps and launchers aside) so if one HC ROM gets camera working then that would be the better ROM IMO.
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That said, what TnT build do these files come from and are they different than what is used in CM7 or some of the AOSP based projects ?
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Excellent question, I'd like to know the answer too. Does it come from a ROM with keyboard/mouse support, for example?
macbroom said:
Another attempt to drive your site traffic up for profit using open source material.
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I went to his site and I saw no ads, no banners, no links for a donation or links to other products. MAybe those links were there but they were not prominent, so it hardly looks like an ad scheme, it's not like thousands of people will flock to his site to download files and be drawn into his tangled web of crafty salesmanship. How many people are developing ROMs for the gTab?
Why does it matter if it's his site vs another site?
edirector said:
His behavior is like cyber bullying because he is following this developer from forum to forum to post often-times character assassinating stuff. He might want to consider someone pulling his ip address and seeing who he really is and if he is affecting the developers income, be sued.
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I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that you have very little knowledge of the law in general and zero about civil law as it relates to defamation.
Regardless of provocation, please do not threaten legal action against someone (albeit groundless) as that is just as heinous a violation of forum rules.
Here they are for your edification (I particularly like #8 and #12):
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What if macbroom and LBS are the same person. He created an alter ego just to stir interest and attention to himself because he loves it. Twist!
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Here they are for your edification (I particularly like #8 and #12):
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12. Using the work of others.
If you are developing something that is based on the work of another Member, you MUST first seek their permission, and you must give credit to the member whose work you used. If a dispute occurs about who developed / created a piece of work, first try to settle the matter by private message and NOT in open forum. If this fails then you may contact a moderator with clear evidence that the work was created by you.
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Well said.
The vast majority of the responses in this thread are pretty shameful. And I think the most a moderator could do is edit some of these comments (which, imo, they should).
Some advise - on occasion I've lost my cool and written things I later regretted. I suggest that some of you use the edit button, clean up the hateful comments and maybe drop in a "I apologize" retraction while you're at it.
And @LBS, keep in mind that most people do appreciate what you do (myself included). I know how hard it is to make ROM's, and support them, but there will always be a few bad apples. I have pulled back from here (and Slatedroid and TR) this summer as I decompress a bit, so I'm not sure if there's some history outside of this thread which created this tension. But from my vantage point, all LBS is doing is using his own web site to better control how he disseminates information. How is that any different than what goodintentions is doing, for example? Isn't the end goal to help users make the most of their GTAB?
bebopblues said:
What if macbroom and LBS are the same person. He created an alter ego just to stir interest and attention to himself because he loves it. Twist!
Directed by M. Night Shamwamthankyoumam
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Lol! WHAT A TWIST! Well done on the robot chicken reference
roebeet said:
The vast majority of the responses in this thread are pretty shameful. And I think the most a moderator could do is edit some of these comments (which, imo, they should).
Some advise - on occasion I've lost my cool and written things I later regretted. I suggest that some of you use the edit button, clean up the hateful comments and maybe drop in a "I apologize" retraction while you're at it.
And @LBS, keep in mind that most people do appreciate what you do (myself included). I know how hard it is to make ROM's, and support them, but there will always be a few bad apples. I have pulled back from here (and Slatedroid and TR) this summer as I decompress a bit, so I'm not sure if there's some history outside of this thread which created this tension. But from my vantage point, all LBS is doing is using his own web site to better control how he disseminates information. How is that any different than what goodintentions is doing, for example? Isn't the end goal to help users make the most of their GTAB?
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Thank you, Roebeet I have been tirelessly supporting LBS's effort. It was starting to feel like a full time job. I am glad you jumped in. It is bad when conversation is not about the rom but gets more personal in nature. People were coming at me because I expressed my like of his work which is pretty darn good at that. But you know I am a fan of your work too. You pioneered the HC rom industry for G Tab, so you know we appreciate you. I trbardelljr I hope I got his name right of Flashback is doing an incredible job as well even though I haven't tried his rom yet. My problem is I got hooked on illuminate because it is that good.
I noticed some have gotten into the dual rom running and I might try that so I can check out different roms at the same time, too.
Enjoy your down time. We look forward to your return.
roebeet said:
The vast majority of the responses in this thread are pretty shameful. And I think the most a moderator could do is edit some of these comments (which, imo, they should).
Some advise - on occasion I've lost my cool and written things I later regretted. I suggest that some of you use the edit button, clean up the hateful comments and maybe drop in a "I apologize" retraction while you're at it.
And @LBS, keep in mind that most people do appreciate what you do (myself included). I know how hard it is to make ROM's, and support them, but there will always be a few bad apples. I have pulled back from here (and Slatedroid and TR) this summer as I decompress a bit, so I'm not sure if there's some history outside of this thread which created this tension. But from my vantage point, all LBS is doing is using his own web site to better control how he disseminates information. How is that any different than what goodintentions is doing, for example? Isn't the end goal to help users make the most of their GTAB?
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I have edited some of my posts in the interest of cleaning up some of the residual mess in this thread. I also suggest that some others do the same so we can get back on track.
I hope that you are enjoying your break and time with your family and we all hope that you will return in the near future. You were the main reason that I purchased my Gtab.
P.S. You may also want to edit your last post after catching up on the other threads.
macbroom said:
I have edited some of my posts in the interest of cleaning up some of the residual mess in this thread. I also suggest that some others do the same so we can get back on track.
I hope that you are enjoying your break and time with your family and we all hope that you will return in the near future. You were the main reason that I purchased my Gtab.
P.S. You may also want to edit your last post after catching up on the other threads.
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I just went back and re-read the posts I have made in the past couple of weeks here and stand behind every one 100%.
Now ... on the OTHER forum I (and others) may have gotten a little bit too zealous in some posts but ultimately, the mods agreed with us and locked the threads.
To be completely fair though, none of those posts got really combative until "autistic" started it.
Hey,
Folks, there is a new version of illuminate that was released yesterday that is outstanding... to spin off on from the fact we are on LBS's thread. While many of us may not know how to use these "binaries and drivers" but LBS and other devs do and they are more then likely included somewhere in his updated rom. It is a pretty incredible HC rom.
The speed on it is astounding with no hick-ups. I spent last night driving it hard just to see what it could do and matching the differences in his previous releases. It is pretty incredible. Loads multimedia files...pics, videos and music like they are text.
Update from the LBS kernel thread
jerdog said:
Kernel source needs provided as per GPL. All this looks like is a rebranding of someone else's kernel - to dispel that belief please provide source and changes or else this will be removed as it would be in violation of the rules.
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Hmmm, deja vu anyone?
macbroom said:
I have edited some of my posts in the interest of cleaning up some of the residual mess in this thread. I also suggest that some others do the same so we can get back on track.
I hope that you are enjoying your break and time with your family and we all hope that you will return in the near future. You were the main reason that I purchased my Gtab.
P.S. You may also want to edit your last post after catching up on the other threads.
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I had mentioned that I wasn't sure if there was a history, but I suspected that there might be as these things usually are a slow boil. Since I've been out-of-the-loop, if there were other threads I hadn't seen them, at least not yet.
Honestly, I haven't delved into these other HC ROMs recently, so I don't know what's in them. So I can't base an opinion unless I ripped them apart -- the last one I did open up was Flashback, so I know that tlbardelljr had some unique stuff in the framework.
The point was that people need to be careful as these things can be taken out of context if they don't know the history (if there is a history). I know this from personal experience, unfortunately.
I just went to the Samsung site looking for their Customer Forums where could report some bugs in their latest OTA and suggest some improvements.
THERE ARE NONE.
Seriously, a multi-billion dollar company with NO way for their customers to interact, get problems solved or make suggestions. Nothing. It is inconceivable to me that in the year 2012 a company the size of Samsung would be in the stone ages of customer interaction.
Want to know how they get customer feedback? You log on and post a review of the product. That's it! No interaction, no feedback, no idea if anyone even saw what you wrote - you just post a review and pray.
Yeah you can go to Samsung's Facebook page and post something on their wall but that's not a proper forum.
http://www.facebook.com/samsungsupport
I am honestly dumbfounded at this revelation.
They do it on social media. In a pretty big way too.
Surely, in your research of the GN 10.1, you found that out - I did. They do have a question and answer area.
A "rant" is neither productive nor helpful. They don't have forums. Period.
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They do it on social media. In a pretty big way too.
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Social media is a pathetic replacement for an actual Forum. Lol, can you imagine xda-developers as a Facebook page?
Massive fail Samsung. It's clear from some of the changes they made in the last OTA that they aren't listening to the users.
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A "rant" is neither productive nor helpful. They don't have forums. Period.
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That's probably why they don't have forums. Not enough people ranting. You'll have to forgive me. I didn't research whether Samsung had customer forums. I just assumed they weren't living in 1960.
I am endeavoring to report some bugs on their Facebook page. I have no idea if anyone else has already reported these or if there is follow-up as their "forum" has no apparent structure. Will report back if I get any feedback.
unfortunately yes.
I've been looking for its own forums few years back, and find NONE. :cyclops:
They rather use a facebook page, which we don't know the page is being maintained by who.
But, if you need a fast response, you can try their website, there's a LIVECHAT down there.
Facebook is really a pathetic idea to make it as the main forum of such a big company (in my opinion).
If facebook is being used as an additional media, then yes, it's a good idea.
Time for Mr. Peabody's WABAC Machine
For support: Not a forum and not Facebook.
Samsung needs a Web and Android App accessible Support database.
From 1979 to 2002 I was an IBM Mainframe Systems Programmer at UF in Gainesville Florida, then at the School Board of Alachua County Florida.
I watched large companies like IBM and CA move into the web era with their Support. I moved with them from phone calls and mailing fix tapes to Customer Searchable Databases with user entry for new issues, and with Downloadable Fixes for resolved issues.
Of course, way back then issues for my organization affected 10s of thousands of people where resolving an issue meant dealing with only one person in our organization.
Moving forward to today, we've got 10s of thousands of people and many, many more who all need their individual fixes. Very time consuming compared to dealing with one person.
This is one reason why more and more OTA forced SW updating is happening and why the big companies are pushing cloud computing. Such as Google evolving the Chrome platform; Adobe offering Creative Cloud; and VMWare and IBM competing for hosting Enterprise virtual computers.
Aloha.. Al :highfive:
Is it just me or do 80% of their Facebook Support moderators look like complete burnouts?
If a Forum is too hard for them how about a simple Suggestion Box where users can report bugs directly to the Design Team?
My faith in their meeting future needs with OTA's is greatly diminished. Hopefully they will surprise me.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31024209&postcount=24
You might get more feed back by directing your rants here. :cyclops:
tonyz3 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31024209&postcount=24
You might get more feed back by directing your rants here. :cyclops:
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tonyz3,
I think you should put in an application to work for the Samsung Design Team, you seem like their kind of guy. :cyclops:
They used to have customer Forum. I was a member. They were so heavily censored, that you could say virtually nothing negative.
When the Galaxy S was having GPS issues, a class action suit was initiated about the GPS problem. I posted this fact and my post was edited to eliminate the sentence stating that. My post appeared but the words "Class Action Lawsuit" magically disappeared!
Moderators would actually cut pieces out of your posts before they would appear.
I then tried to send a private message to another forum member about the censorship and they censored and blocked the private messages as well and then sent me a message saying any more communications of that type would get me banned.
I then posted a second time to the main forum complaining that they were censoring negative posts and was in fact banned from the forum. So there isn't much of a point to a Forum where you aren't alowed to communicate.
So perhaps they just decided to institute the ultimate form of censorship and eliminate the forum altogether.
Digital Man said:
They used to have customer Forum. I was a member. They were so heavily censored, that you could say virtually nothing negative.
When the Galaxy S was having GPS issues, a class action suit was initiated about the GPS problem. I posted this fact and my post was edited to eliminate the sentence stating that. My post appeared but the words "Class Action Lawsuit" magically disappeared!
Moderators would actually cut pieces out of your posts before they would appear.
I then tried to send a private message to another forum member about the censorship and they censored and blocked the private messages as well and then sent me a message saying any more communications of that type would get me banned.
I then posted a second time to the main forum complaining that they were censoring negative posts and was in fact banned from the forum. So there isn't much of a point to a Forum where you aren't alowed to communicate.
So perhaps they just decided to institute the ultimate form of censorship and eliminate the forum altogether.
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Oh well, they make nice tablets and if we get the same software as the Note II we will all be happy campers.
mitchellvii said:
Oh well, they make nice tablets and if we get the same software as the Note II we will all be happy campers.
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+1
:highfive:
Finow has seen fit to use the work of face creators without permission, credit, or compensation. Finow has even gone so far as to remove copyright notices, as well as logos and other identifying marks on some faces. Use of such faces helps sales and results in profiting from copyrighted works they do not have rights too. Even under a lose interpretation of copyright law, this is well outside of fair use and copyright. This is not the first time Finow has done this.
As recently as July 6th 2016 Finow was asking for permission to use faces even though they had already put the faces on their server again.
So to outline our experience with Finow;
Refuses to fix critical issues
EOLs devices they are still selling
Steals copyrighted works to promote their device
Removes copyright works after confronted
Asks to use copyrighted works while putting the works back on their server.
What we the got in return were empty promises of fixes and device support, and a couple of firmware zips.
So the question is, considering Finow's actions do we end our partnership with Finow and do what we have been doing since the beginning. That being trying to fix issues ourselves
Video of faces Finow has arbitrarily put on their server more than once
Iam surprised you didn't get a sore finger scrolling through all them lokifish marz ,but yes not good at all, last they could do is follow through with there promise of fixes.
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Don't think I'd stay friends with them in r/l....
Just a quick word about sending your clockskins out in collections or zip files.
There are some people around collecting the skins for vendors to use on their watches and make profit from these faces without a thought for the work that has gone into making them.
The bottom line is - if you don't care that a huge manufacturer is making money from your work without any recognition to you for your effort - then go ahead and hand them out.
Other wise leave them as single attachments to your posts and be wary of anyone with one or two posts who asks for a "collection of watch face files".
My advice - as we have just had hundreds STOLEN for corporate use - keep as single attachment and even digitally sign the work.
Personal use is one thing but corporate theft is very nasty indeed.
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Pablo11 makes a good point, but still this is a situation where you are "damned if you do and damned if you don't" even if you post the skins one at a time they could download them and use them anyway. The only possible solution is to digitally sign the watchfaces. The most remarkable thing i have noticed about finow is that they just "dont give a f**k" about the people who are buying their product. It doesn't seem like a serious company at all. So im guessing that most of us that bought the finow watches are pretty much up ****s creek without a paddle hahaha
Buuuuuuuuuttt for some happier news if you guys that are making the watches want to digitally sign the files that make up the watchfaces in my experience as a software developer we could do it in a couple of ways the easiest is probably signing them with simple self signed X.509 Certificates using OpenSSL. For the image files hiding the signature using steganography and in the xml file it would be added as a xml tag at the bottom. Its not a perfect solution but it should work for now
If there is some interest in an application that could do this i think i could probably put together a simple signing app in a mater of 1-3 days for you guys. The only reason i'm offering is since i don't want you guys to stop making the watchfaces, since i'm not that particularly artistically inclined.
Anyway as i said if u want it i can make it pretty fast and an app that stamps all the files with a digital signature is better than nothing right?
I posted info on the G+ community dealing with using steganography and embedding data in the meta when creating the face. There is legal recourse in the situation as well. Under China law, images are copyrighted upon creation without the need for formal registration and fair use doesn't exist there.
Update: i'll start working on an digital signature app for this as i talked about in the Previous post and put it up in a new thread once ive made a functioning alpha so you guys can start using it.
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Update: i'll start working on an digital signature app for this as i talked about in the Previous post and put it up in a new thread once ive made a functioning alpha so you guys can start using it.
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Much appreciated. Thanks for your effort :good:
Hi again guys, as you probably already figured out the app for digitaly signing the watchfaces has stuc a litle bit. The issue is with the alpha channels (transparency) in the png files for the steganography part. The alpha channels get a bit messed up sometimes. But i have hopes that it shall be overcome i have been discussing the problem with a coleege and he gave me a couple of ideas that im gonna try out when i get home today so if they work then it can be uploaded here for you guys to try it out in a mater of a day or two. I appologize for saying it would be done in a couple of days i didnt account for unforseen problems as the alpha channels problem in my initial time estimat.
ado_dado said:
Hi again guys, as you probably already figured out the app for digitaly signing the watchfaces has stuc a litle bit. The issue is with the alpha channels (transparency) in the png files for the steganography part. The alpha channels get a bit messed up sometimes. But i have hopes that it shall be overcome i have been discussing the problem with a coleege and he gave me a couple of ideas that im gonna try out when i get home today so if they work then it can be uploaded here for you guys to try it out in a mater of a day or two. I appologize for saying it would be done in a couple of days i didnt account for unforseen problems as the alpha channels problem in my initial time estimat.
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All good - very happy that you are doing this :good::good:
[Tool][Windows] WDS
Hi guys, ive finally made an alpha of the signing application. It signs both xml and png files, the signature is based on an self signing certificate that is saved on the hdd as a file ".pfx" i choose this approach because then you can keep both the app and the certificate on an usb as backup. This is a link to the thread i started for the application here on xda forum. Im not sure i posted it in the right forum category but if i did not and an admin moves it then you can search for "[Tool][Windows] WDS".
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sma...tches/tool-watchface-digital-signing-t3421872
Try it out and let me know in the thread of any improvement suggestions or bugs you guys find.