First of all I would like to thank you all for all the hard work you do in providing all of us with some incredible ROMs, Kernels, and other tools. You are truly stars and we thank you.
However, yesterday I downloaded the following 2 files:
stock_jk6v2.zip
Eugene_2E_JK2_Froyo.zip
I had downloaded them before on 12/8 for the stock_jk6v2.zip and 11/8 for Eugene's file. Since the latest download from Eugene came up with a slightly different file size, I did a binary file compare between the two. Eugene's 2 files (same name) were different. I then tried the other one and even though that one had the same file size, the binary file compare found differences between the 2 files as well. I also double checked the file compare utility (just to make sure it wasn't the app the problem) on two other files that I knew they were identical and the file compare came back as identical. So clearly something was different on the two files above from their previous versions with the same name from a few days to a few weeks ago.
Since I tried them and both work I would assume that some changes were made but no revision number changed. Since a lot of us would like to know when we are running the latest and greatest, would it be too much to ask that if a change happens, however small, that a small revision number is added to the file name (for example Eugene_2E_JK2_Froyo_1.zip or stock_jk6v2_1.zip or something like that)??? That way we mortals would have some idea if we are working off the latest file.
Many thanks.
I think Devs should also email each and one of us individually just to make sure we're up to date as well.
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I think Devs should also email each and one of us individually just to make sure we're up to date as well.
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Completely unnecessary!
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HG! said:
I think Devs should also email each and one of us individually just to make sure we're up to date as well.
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No! Not email, snail mail. Every visitor should receive a note in the mail on when the Devs have updated their roms. LOL (just kidding)
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its called the forum and all we have to do is check in for updates or rss feeds to get the emails in a fast fashion.
justlovejoy said:
its called the forum and all we have to do is check in for updates or rss feeds to get the emails in a fast fashion.
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Completely unnecessary!
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People really don't get obvious sarcasm these days....
Anyway, @OP: devs DO properly name each release. No idea about the situation you claim to exist, but it's either a very very RARE occurance, or a figment of your imagination. The thing is, you're saying you want the "latest and greatest" yet you're complaining about a JK2 based rom (obviously not latest or greatest to anyone following these forums).
The point is, put the burden on yourself by checking post dates, user reviews, etc. to find the latest and greatest roms.
MWBehr said:
People really don't get obvious sarcasm these days....
Anyway, @OP: devs DO properly name each release. No idea about the situation you claim to exist, but it's either a very very RARE occurance, or a figment of your imagination. The thing is, you're saying you want the "latest and greatest" yet you're complaining about a JK2 based rom (obviously not latest or greatest to anyone following these forums).
The point is, put the burden on yourself by checking post dates, user reviews, etc. to find the latest and greatest roms.
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Of course I got it. It seems you misplaced my statement.
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That was not the point. These were named the same, yet there were differences. Both were downloaded from the same source, just different days. Nobody knows what the differences were but the developer. And many who downloaded the file earlier did not know there was an updated file with the same name later.
So all I asked was a simple minor revision number on the file. The developer does not even have to say what if anything has changed. But it will be a big help to people to know that when they say they are running X.X rom and they are seeing an issue that others are not seeing, that at least we will know that they were running from the same file as everyone else.
larryvand said:
First of all I would like to thank you all for all the hard work you do in providing all of us with some incredible ROMs, Kernels, and other tools. You are truly stars and we thank you.
However, yesterday I downloaded the following 2 files:
stock_jk6v2.zip
Eugene_2E_JK2_Froyo.zip
I had downloaded them before on 12/8 for the stock_jk6v2.zip and 11/8 for Eugene's file. Since the latest download from Eugene came up with a slightly different file size, I did a binary file compare between the two. Eugene's 2 files (same name) were different. I then tried the other one and even though that one had the same file size, the binary file compare found differences between the 2 files as well. I also double checked the file compare utility (just to make sure it wasn't the app the problem) on two other files that I knew they were identical and the file compare came back as identical. So clearly something was different on the two files above from their previous versions with the same name from a few days to a few weeks ago.
Since I tried them and both work I would assume that some changes were made but no revision number changed. Since a lot of us would like to know when we are running the latest and greatest, would it be too much to ask that if a change happens, however small, that a small revision number is added to the file name (for example Eugene_2E_JK2_Froyo_1.zip or stock_jk6v2_1.zip or something like that)??? That way we mortals would have some idea if we are working off the latest file.
Many thanks.
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These are based on different releases of froyo - JK6 & JK2. You can probably search through the forums and find the original thread with these releases. Also, I believe this is the developers site: eb-productions.proboards.c o m
Next time, please post this in the Q&A section, thats where it belongs.
Leave it to the assholes in our forum to turn a simple question into a f-ng 50 post flame fest. Why dont you guys check out the townhall going on right now, read what the mods have to say about this kind of crap.
It is very good as we appreciate the work of our developers in XDA.
Although the idea to thank them in public is good, I'm closing this thread for a few reasons:
1 - has generated many flames. (I've cleaned them up).
2 - If we want to thank you now have the button Thank you.
3 - For each development is the best comment in your own topic.
But if only to thank not need to write anything, just use the Thank You Button
I hope you understand and work with this forum, avoiding unnecessary thread.
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As it appears people clearly like or dont like HTC Sense, would it be possibly to add these options to the dev forums, its getting really confusing trying to follow/ find anything with the page's updating every second and the random names dev's use to tag there builds
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As it appears people clearly like or dont like HTC Sense, would it be possibly to add these options to the dev forums, its getting really confusing trying to follow/ find anything with the page's updating every second and the random names dev's use to tag there builds
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Sorry for my ignorance but do you need someone to hold your hand while crossing the street too?
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Sorry for my ignorance but do you need someone to hold your hand while crossing the street too?
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Nope but obviously someone needs help on learning on how to throw together a witty non valid comment... it's a simple suggestion on cleaning up the forums to make them more user friendly, now, back under your rock troll...
I was going to suggest something similar too.Another thought was to not have so much discriptions on the headings,maybe just the basics of what is there.Then more detailed info when the thread is opened,maybe.I find it pretty confusing the differentiate between some of the builds.
I'm almost changing on a two daily basis my android roms and am very grateful for all the hard work being put into this so keep up the good work and thanks
I have to say its rather easy for me to figure out what type of build it is.
maybe its just me. Usually there is something in the header that tips me off.
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Nope but obviously someone needs help on learning on how to throw together a witty non valid comment... it's a simple suggestion on cleaning up the forums to make them more user friendly, now, back under your rock troll...
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I have to say its rather easy for me to figure out what type of build it is.
maybe its just me. Usually there is something in the header that tips me off.
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I hope you see the difference between me (troll) and you. Check the titles, waste some more time to install all the builds and you will find which developer and what build is what with what.
Thank you!
Your correct, Titles tell us everything
[BUILD]Mdeejay FroYo HD v.3.3 beta|1.24.405.1|kernel: hastarin r 7.1
must therefore be a Stock build.... oh wait, its Sense.
I could list various titles for hours with the amount of releases there is on a weekly basis, see what im getting at here ?
The suggestion I made has nothing to do with testing builds, what developer to use, or any other of the random questions about builds that are flooding the forums, its about a creating a simple sub forum so the two variations of releases can be easily distinguished and found by the user looking for it, and probably give a little leeway to the dev's from the constant requests they get to do a alternative build with/without sense, simple organisation allowing less clutter and less load on the xda servers search function.
No need subforums for Sense/Stock, Stock build is dying, in a few days you won't able to find any stock build in the first few pages, there are will be Sense and EVIL Sense...
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Your correct, Titles tell us everything
[BUILD]Mdeejay FroYo HD v.3.3 beta|1.24.405.1|kernel: hastarin r 7.1
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Isn't HD in the title as Rom from Desire HD?
Plus most developers if not all put some screen shots at the end of their first post.
And we are talking for how many android roms in total? 10? Thats nothing compared to WM roms and GTX themed or Max-Sense. Needless to say the mess with the builds for 6.5 and 6.5.x builds. As soon as people get acquainted with what they have its fine.
Please start a new thread when you put out a new version of your rom.
By the time the second version comes out for the really good roms it's impossible to follow all the issues as there can be upwards of 1000 posts in the thread. Starting at the back doesn't help because of all the "how's your battery life?" posts. Then again, maybe that's the problem.
Anyway, I REALLY appreciate the work you guys do on these roms and kernels. I just wish it were easier to follow the flow of development.
Thanks for listening.
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+1 .... i am with you !!!
+1 . Yeah it so annoying to go through thousands of old threads...
Moved to general
Moved? Do the people I'm talking to ever look in "general?"
I support this all the way people always tell everyone to use search but you barely ever get what your looking for..
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Please start a new thread when you put out a new version of your rom.
By the time the second version comes out for the really good roms it's impossible to follow all the issues as there can be upwards of 1000 posts in the thread. Starting at the back doesn't help because of all the "how's your battery life?" posts. Then again, maybe that's the problem.
Anyway, I REALLY appreciate the work you guys do on these roms and kernels. I just wish it were easier to follow the flow of development.
Thanks for listening.
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Great suggestion. totally agree.
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Moved? Do the people I'm talking to ever look in "general?"
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Well it doesn't have anything to do with developing..
Although you do make a pretty good point, it is a LOT easier just to update the thread with a new download link & change log.
It would also cut down on a lot of clutter in that section.
If you are running an older version of what that dev posted, you shouldn't post bugs unless it didn't say it was fixed in the newest version of what they posted.
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Well it doesn't have anything to do with developing..
Although you do make a pretty good point, it is a LOT easier just to update the thread with a new download link & change log.
It would also cut down on a lot of clutter in that section.
If you are running an older version of what that dev posted, you shouldn't post bugs unless it didn't say it was fixed in the newest version of what they posted.
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Master, your thread specifically is almost impossible to follow because of the almost 10,000 posts in it.
The easy fix to your update example above:
1) go to post for last release
2) hit edit
3) Ctrl-A to select all and Ctrl-C to copy
4) Hit Cancel
5) Open new thread and Ctrl-V to paste
6) edit pasted text and hit preview
7) review the post and make corrections as needed
8) hit submit and wait for the flood
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Master, your thread specifically is almost impossible to follow because of the almost 10,000 posts in it.
The easy fix to your update example above:
1) go to post for last release
2) hit edit
3) Ctrl-A to select all and Ctrl-C to copy
4) Hit Cancel
5) Open new thread and Ctrl-V to paste
6) edit pasted text and hit preview
7) review the post and make corrections as needed
8) hit submit and wait for the flood
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9. Delete the old thread.
I think it's more of a "Let's see whose thread can get the mot posts" type of thing. Because it actually makes little to no sense to update a thread from months ago that is full of non-existent issues and then ask people to search through that thread as if the answer is supposed to jump out at them. Luckily I have given up on trying to read threads.
kangxi said:
9. Delete the old thread.
I think it's more of a "Let's see whose thread can get the mot posts" type of thing. Because it actually makes little to no sense to update a thread from months ago that is full of non-existent issues and then ask people to search through that thread as if the answer is supposed to jump out at them. Luckily I have given up on trying to read threads.
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Well first, you cannot delete your own threads nor close them.
There is a search button in the threads for a reason also..
I guess it could be a thing to get people into saying what version they are on when they report a bug/ask a question..
Just a thought
I have to say I kinda agree with the OP, although obviously from your point of view its just making work.
I run your Axura 2.1 ROM Master, and was feeling a little lag from it here and there. I was looking for one piece of information... "can I use OCLF with this ROM"... had bad experiences with Voodoo in the past.
Man, it was no mean feat to find this out. Eventually, I put the new Voodoo kernel on my phone and its running flawlessly (utterly love this ROM by the way man. Seriously. Better than anything out there by a royal mile), but it was a hugely frustrating process to figure out whether I had any other options. To get a definitive answer. Just to find something simple.
I've often asked people direct questions in PM, and got no response, or at least an unhelpful one. As a technical guy, but not a developer, any questions I have are usually pretty specific, and not newbie in nature, and finding the answer is a massive problem. One of the biggest hurdles to this is 1000+ post threads.
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Well first, you cannot delete your own threads nor close them.
There is a search button in the threads for a reason also..
I guess it could be a thing to get people into saying what version they are on when they report a bug/ask a question..
Just a thought
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Personally I think the old threads should remain anyhow. They help to keep the versions separate, not everyone upgrades right away. People should post in the correct thread for their version, but right not this is not possible.
Also, the old, dead thread clean up is not the responsibility of the OP, but of the forum admin. I have owned and run many forums. I have used ikonboard, vBulletin, Invision Power Board, MyBB, Phorum, phpBB, and my favorite Simple Machines Forum. All of them have in the administrative back end the option to cleanup old dead threads with no posts with a set time frame.
Problem is rom gets updated, 300 posts of "OMG Thank You, flashing soon!!!!"
They don't care.. The only thing they care about is getting donations. Higher post conts = more attention = more donations. In summary: they do not care
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They don't care.. The only thing they care about is getting donations. Higher post conts = more attention = more donations. In summary: they do not care
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Sorry, gotta call BS on this one. Based on recent events I can guess that you are speaking at least generally if not specifically to Master, and he already addressed (IN THIS VERY THREAD) his thoughts both for and against. In fact so far he has been the ONLY developer to come forward and state he would be willing to do this.
Your statement does not contribute in any way to the discussion at hand, and I personally to not appreciate anyone that posts in running threads just to flamebait and be defamatory. Please check yourself.
I think an easier and better solution exists.
The problem for us the users is that we cannot find which posts relate to which rom version, correct?
The problem for developers if we choose to open a new thread for every release is to follow all 20 threads.
An easy solution would be to have one thread for the rom as it is now, BUT with every update of the rom (and the first page) the developer can add another post with update details at the end of his thread (basically a simple post reply) and put a link to it on the first page in the change log.
This way people viewing the change log will have links to the parts of the thread that discuss that update, while developers won't have 20 threads to maintain.
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Whether you are following 20 threads or the same number of posts in 1 thread the work is the same because you have to reply either way. Also, all versions in 1 thread plus people still using old versions leads to confusion, and confusion equals having to clarify which ultimately means more posts. If you subscribe to the threads and use proper subjects for the thread you should get an e-mail that not only tells you there was a reply, but to which thread version and you can prioritize your replies, ie. Current version I will answer that now, 3 versions back and he can wait until I am done with what I am working on or else he can upgrade. Also since the older threads will get posted to less frequently the chance of multiple posts after the e-mail is less, so if the question is something that was fixed in a newer version you can decide it is not even worth your time to reply. As a developer you can not do that now because there may be many replies after the one that triggered your subscription e-mail that you will not see until you visit the forum.
Trust me, I have run a BUNCH of forums, and 1 thread per version is a better idea for many reasons you have not even thought of yet. If you fully think it out you will realize that it is actually easier to keep track of the 2 or 3 most resent threads people actually pay attention to then try to track the last 2 or 3 versions in 1 thread.
I've run a few big forums too so I do know what im talking about.
With 95% of users upgrade to a newer version of the rom there would be no need to keep the threads for the old roms because no one will write there. But you can't delete them. So instead of having 20 threads with 20 roms, we will have 400 threads for 20 versions of those 20 roms if we follow your idea
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find this rom in a Chinese site , they clam its 2.3.6
its
I9100ZCKJ1
rom feel very smooth , camera very good
link to pic
http://guide.hiapk.com/news/11212011/232157905_1.shtml
link to rom
link : http://bbs.hiapk.com/thread-2759153-1-1.html
you need to use odin
hettab said:
find this rom in a Chinese site , they clam its 2.3.6 , i am flashing it right now , can others chek it
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Link? ROM? Any extra info at all helps here friend
hettab said:
find this rom in a Chinese site , they clam its 2.3.6 , i am flashing it right now , can others chek it
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Say goodbye to your phone because I bet you've got the wrong model fas it's probably the i9000G firmware as per the other thread(s) about it.
Why would you ask others to check it when;
a) You didn't give them a link
and
b) You're already flashing it?
There's 2.3.6 update for SII but AFAIK it's for at&t one..
but someone mentioned every SII got that..
update, found one.
http://vvcap.net/db/ztOJI1g_KaMbkhehJOCb.htp
Bwahahahaha! I'll wait for the "Omg! Halp meeeeeee! I brickeddddd mine fon!!!!" Thread.
Intratech said:
Bwahahahaha! I'll wait for the "Omg! Halp meeeeeee! I brickeddddd mine fon!!!!" Thread.
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There already is one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19792683
Intratech said:
Bwahahahaha! I'll wait for the "Omg! Halp meeeeeee! I brickeddddd mine fon!!!!" Thread.
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Thanks for the lolz.
I agree. Three.... two.... one.....
yes did it every thing look grate , every think works fine , except they replace the market by some Chinese warez
and no its for 9100 friend
What a fail. XXKI3 is Android 2.3.5 and has been out for ages.
yep but they some how incorporet the 2.3.6 up date , its realy fast very fast
cheek it by your self
there rom s are good i flashed a couple of them for the htc desire
the links are in the 1 st post , take a look
No thanks, I can do my own ROMs and tweaks thank you. Doubt I'll ever install anything found in a Chinese forum either as I prefer to be spyware, malware, rootkit and bot free. If it's not from a dev on here that I know it ain't going on my device.
take a look a that
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13622963#post13622963
its one of there rom for htc desire here on xda
i just wanted for the dev out here to check it out may be use some tweaks from it
its a free platform isn't it
I9100ZCKJ1 sorry
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No thanks, I can do my own ROMs and tweaks thank you. Doubt I'll ever install anything found in a Chinese forum either as I prefer to be spyware, malware, rootkit and bot free. If it's not from a dev on here that I know it ain't going on my device.
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Intratech,
Greetings.
I have been following your great topics and tips for a while. So I thank you.
But I am little disturbed by this comment. No, I am not pulling the race card because I think you are not a racist. While I can understand you may not be familiar with my culture and it is right that there are many garbage, copycats in many forums, you have discounted the good works like in here do exist in many Chinese forums. Moreover, xda also has got enough clueless posts too.
From my first hand experience, there are some smart guys just like you and others in xda would write up tutorials, guidelines, organize the releases/requests of features/workflow, customizing the ROMs for specific Chinese markets and users. Some even tag with a MD5 hash for authentication. There are also "just rooted" stock ROMs... I have been using those and never have a single bot, malware, rootkit, spyware detected.
I hope you and others would not label all Chinese enthusiasts and developers as bad apples. Peace.
bravoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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Intratech,
Greetings.
I have been following your great topics and tips for a while. So I thank you.
But I am little disturbed by this comment. No, I am not pulling the race card because I think you are not a racist. While I can understand you may not be familiar with my culture and it is right that there are many garbage, copycats in many forums, you have discounted the good works like in here do exist in many Chinese forums. Moreover, xda also has got enough clueless posts too.
From my first hand experience, there are some smart guys just like you and others in xda would write up tutorials, guidelines, organize the releases/requests of features/workflow, customizing the ROMs for specific Chinese markets and users. Some even tag with a MD5 hash for authentication. There are also "just rooted" stock ROMs... I have been using those and never have a single bot, malware, rootkit, spyware detected.
I hope you and others would not label all Chinese enthusiasts and developers as bad apples. Peace.
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Sorry, I didn't mean to brand all Chinese and Russians as being bad, I'm just talking about getting something from a forum I don't know about. Being as I work in IT who know a small amount the security aspect of it, it makes me inherently sceptical of software from people I don't know especially when it comes from China, Russia and Eastern Europe.
I'm sure there are lots of talented Chinese, Eastern European and Russian developers right here on XDA and once I know them I wouldn't have a problem using their work, if I haven't already, but I still wouldn't get anything from a Chinese or Eastern European forum.... forum not the race/people.
As for Racism, if anyone tries to accuse of it they will probably get laughed at by anyone who knows me. I'd have a hard time living in my family if I was racist as I'm pretty sure we have the whole racial spectrum covered.
Intratech,
Thank you for your prompt response that clarifies where you stand. Granted it is only fair for you or anyone not to just take whatever available online without further scruntizing. At least, in your context, I can now understand you are more about exercising a necessary precaution. Especially when you do not know what exactly you are dealing with. To be honest, I would have become a hypocrite if I just do the same with other ROMs specifically customized for other markets than mine.
I think that we can call it a matter of principle and personal preference when choosing the right combo for each of us.
Once again, I appreciate your reply.
All users on the latest i9100G are already using the 2.3.6 out of the box, so it is available for SGS2 except not for the i9100 yet. The G already has this but words is that the firmware running on the G has a capped of 1008mhz on the CPU.
I am new to the SGS3, and I still trying to find the best ROM that suits me, and there are many many ROMs for the SGS3, so instead of getting lost with all those ROMs I started creating a spreadsheet that compares all the features of ROMs.
But before going ahead in my project, I wanted to know if anybody else did this before.
I know it is a hard job to maintain, but at least it can give us a quick look of main features, and mainly to quickly filter ROMs that support a specific feature.
Take a look on what I made till now, just 4 ROMs at the moment, but later more can be added.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Asy0eXCnfqpJdGQtVkRlVVRnVklNbDNMV0xuX2dualE
Update: Feb 1, 2013
This thread has been abandoned, I started it because I wanted to compare all ROMs out there to find the best one that meets my needs, but I ended up doing my own ROM putting in what I need, so I will no longer continue updating the already old spreadsheet....
I will leave the file there if anybody wants to download it and make changes....
I think that He is trying to make a sheet for users to see wich Rom suits best each one. And not the best Rom for all.
I like the idea.
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Sounds like a good idea to get an overview over the features of all the different ROM's.
But it's only useful if you continually update it. So many updates to ROM's every day and you need to keep up if the comparison chart is to be useful.
So a lot of work, so make sure you're up to it in the long run also
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Personally i think its a waste of time as it will take too long to maintain and there is so little gain. Its pointless having so many common columns.
Why not just create a thread (if not done already) that lists roms that are JB, ICS etc so you can see which roms are out with them flavours and if they have been updated recently etc?
there's a page for that. i believe it's in the all in one sticky.
EDIT: it's in the roll up sticky all in one thread. a link in there goes to an "absolute" thread that breaks it down to which roms are what.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1674286
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there's a page for that. i believe it's in the all in one sticky.
EDIT: it's in the roll up sticky all in one thread. a link in there goes to an "absolute" thread that breaks it down to which roms are what.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1674286
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Nice thread, complete list of ROM's and even mods.... but doesn't say what each ROM have/uses.
What I have in mind is a search engine for ROM features, give me a ROM that is based on official samsung, and that supports OpenVPN and contains the 15 toggle mod and not contain the Ad filters by default. something like the Phone Finder on GSMArena
I see no threat just the statement that if it turns out to be a best rom thread in disguise it will be reported .
jje
I'm going to let this continue on for now, but if it does turn into any kind of war about the best rom, it will get shut down.
I don't see anything wrong for now about maybe having a "wiki for rom features", just make sure it doesn't turn into a best rom thread and it will be fine.
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Nice thread, complete list of ROM's and even mods.... but doesn't say what each ROM have/uses.
What I have in mind is a search engine for ROM features, give me a ROM that is based on official samsung, and that supports OpenVPN and contains the 15 toggle mod and not contain the Ad filters by default. something like the Phone Finder on GSMArena
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essentially, they're similar for the most part with unique tweaks to them. You should know what AOSP, AOKP, Stock (i.e. Touchwiz), Sense, and other stuff are. They are already defined in that thread. And the rest of this is up to you to test out and see what you like.
If you break it down into categories, there'll be so many columns and rows, then you would be having a spreadsheet each with one check for their own unique tweak.
in otherwords, it can get really big and messy.
edit: don't get me wrong. It seems like an interesting idea but you'll have to find a way to organize it so it doesn't become a mess. Good luck because it might be a little rough.
edit 2 for example: omega has 2 versions. one for ICS which should be "final" but it's there. and the JB version that is constantly updating. you'll need to account for that as well.
Oh thank you so much. Been waiting for a thread like this. I don't want to flash and flash each and every ROM to see what fits me. The spread sheet is awesome. Hope you'll update it every now and then.
You're missing the Rootbox ROM 4.1.2, I've been using it since I first got my s3, only problem I found is the nightlies agent so nightly lol
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mcbyte_it said:
I am new to the SGS3, and I still trying to find the best ROM that suits me, and there are many many ROMs for the SGS3, so instead of getting lost with all those ROMs I started creating a spreadsheet that compares all the features of ROMs.
But before going ahead in my project, I wanted to know if anybody else did this before.
I know it is a hard job to maintain, but at least it can give us a quick look of main features, and mainly to quickly filter ROMs that support a specific feature.
Take a look on what I made till now, just 4 ROMs at the moment, but later more can be added.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Asy0eXCnfqpJdGQtVkRlVVRnVklNbDNMV0xuX2dualE
Update:
Filters doesn't work for anonymous users, but you can download it and enable them offline.
Update 2:
For experiments, I made a Google Form to let users fill the spreadsheet by themselves, in case somebody wants to add more roms, for extra questions, I can add them later. check it here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGQtVkRlVVRnVklNbDNMV0xuX2dualE6MQ#gid=0
Maybe later I even can create a web site to collect the information, with the ability to give the rom creates the ability to maintain the list updated..
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awesome idea great for newbs
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Add a column for ROM size, it gives some idea about the boatware included in the rom.
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This is awesome i was thinking about doing the same thing whrn i was choosing a ROM if its maintained it may get a sticky
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http://androidheadlines.com/2012/12...-the-samsung-galaxy-note-2-and-galaxy-s3.html
anyone aware
It would be nice if the devs can breed a new class of apps that give you root functions without the need of a root. Just install the apk and now you can add apps to the multi window list. Or just run apps that requires root, like GameCIH, SIXAXIS without a rooted device. Then the app would close the root via some similar method that Supercurio is working on (referencing your article.)
It would require you give the devs 100% trust into your devices. But, when is that not the case with these roms and mods? Too much negative press though. Maybe it will be closed very quickly.
Just want to state the irony of this situation also. New exploit is made public that can allow an apk to gain super user privileges so don't install any strange apk's. To fight this problem, install this apk off this hacker's website. He calls himself a hacker on his twitter. Supercurio seems like a well respected one of the good guys though. I used to use his OTA rootkeeper all the time. I'm looking into installing his fix right now, but now I've made myself paranoid.
http://www.sammobile.com/2012/12/16...und-on-exynos-4-devices/#.UM5Hgsbnln8.twitter
Check this out
Why is it that people are posting from other sites instead of reading from the original source that is xda
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pakure said:
Why is it that people are posting from other sites instead of reading from the original source that is xda
handwritten from my note 2 (N7100)
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It does rather beggar belief that the OP didn't take the time out to read that the "source" of the story they linked to was XDA......
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Dave
Yeah the original thread of the exploit is posted just in another category of this phone's section lol.
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That's why I posted my link although to Sammy it refers back to the correct place
its not like im gonna spend 5 hours looking for the exact thread/post that some person put a similar story.. i was at work and pasted it
"my bad" for sharing something.
LLanito said:
its not like im gonna spend 5 hours looking for the exact thread/post that some person put a similar story.. i was at work and pasted it
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You didn't need to spend any time at all looking for it, since it was clearly linked in the article you posted!
The signal to noise ratio of these forums gets lower by the day!