[Q] Gingerbread on D2 - Droid 2 General

Why is there no cm7 rom or gingerbread rom for the droid 2, it seems theres one for every other device except the droid 2 and droid x, i was just wondering

I am pretty sure that CM7 uses a custom kernel on their roms and as you know D2 and DX are locked up

oh, that sucks for us, but what about gingerbread im so ready to get a custom gingerbread rom...im tired of all these themed 2.2.1 roms

me too! is it just me or do some of these roms slow down on you after a while?

I know some devs don't want to release a gb rom until after moto releases its official gb update

It is my understanding that Gingerbread would require a change in kernal that can't be done due to it's locked bootloader. Though I could be wrong on that.

A bit related, but what about 2.2.2 rom that has all the security fixes?

Questions belong in the General section not in Android Development. I hate being that guy but we need to try and keep things organized. It helps people answering and helps those with questions get answered and have the answer in a convenient location.
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newk8600 said:
Questions belong in the General section not in Android Development. I hate being that guy but we need to try and keep things organized. It helps people answering and helps those with questions get answered and have the answer in a convenient location.
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sorry figured this had to do with development

GB will run just fine on the current kernel, this has already been discussed by devs on this very forum. Also, yes there is a wait for an official GB version from MOTO. Finally, CM7 is almost stable on DX (which can then be easily ported to D2). Blackdroid, from what I hear, has a fully functional GB ROM for DX, which will be ready once he sorts out some boot issues (it only boots once) (again, this will also easily be ported to D2).
The other reason it's taking so damn long is that the phones are locked down, making booting customs ROMs a difficult task in some cases, and a lot of work has to go into getting them stable and fully functional

Sweet!
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Also, yes there is a wait for an official GB version from MOTO. Finally, CM7 is almost stable on DX (which can then be easily ported to D2).
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Where did you here this? CM is pretty open about the fact that they don't develop for Droid 2/X/Pro because of the locked bootloader. The current CM7 ROM is for the OG Droid, not the Droid X.

I too am very curious about where you got the information about a semistable CM7 rom. I don't know if you're posting that just to get everyone excited for something we all thought wasn't possible or if we're (the people who didn't believe it was possible) just behind the times.
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It's been posted on the CM7 developers twitter that he is working on a version to be compatible with the DX.
But it should also be noted that he said it should theoretically work on the D2, but there won't be support because he doesn't have one to test it on.
His twitter name is cvpcs.

Very cool. Some one, or a collective bunch, needs to get that dev a dx and then I bet we would have a nice stable cm7 rom. Mmm, one can dream.
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snaple said:
Very cool. Some one, or a collective bunch, needs to get that dev a dx and then I bet we would have a nice stable cm7 rom. Mmm, one can dream.
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Maybe it's not such a dream anymore since the bootloader's security has been cracked

bootloaders been cracked? not quite...it was just nenolod trolling.

local_crack_dealer said:
bootloaders been cracked? not quite...it was just nenolod trolling.
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Yeah, I see that now.
Oh well. I'm seeing what I can do to drop Motorola anyway...that Thunderbolt is looking pretty awesome! I know a few people with it and they're getting 30Mbps+ down & up speeds in the Minneapolis area.

From my understanding, HTC put a locked bootloader on the Thunderbolt as well. I may be wrong though, but if it is the case, that keeps me from going to it.
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Luojani said:
From my understanding, HTC put a locked bootloader on the Thunderbolt as well. I may be wrong though, but if it is the case, that keeps me from going to it.
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From what i read, the thunderbolt was locked but wasnt encrypted, so people already managed to crack it. The DX/D2/D2G/DPro all have locked bootloaders that are encrypted with a 1024 bit key, which is damn near impossible to break.
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[Q] Is MIUI coming to Aria?

Anyone know if Miui will be coming to the Aria?
I wouldn't think so. It seems to be an HDPI rom. I don't know if I would like it on the Aria tho. I've messed with it a bit on the N1 and my buddy ditched it for CM, its a major battery and resource hog.
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Thanks for the reply, it does look like a battery hog, but I hope that they keep making ROMs for the Aria. I had no idea what a solid little phone this thing is.
Please can someone port miui
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Please can someone port miui
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it looks like there is a chinesse rom that already did that here
http://bbs.goapk.com/viewthread.php?tid=40963&extra=page=1&filter=type&typeid=27
go check it out
This was brought up in another thread; it's a Desire HD ROM that that guy posted in an Aria section.
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I'm guessing there's no development on this for the Liberty/Aria??
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I'm guessing there's no development on this for the Liberty/Aria??
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no.
<space filler>
I'm guessing our Aria is way underpowered to run the MIUI ROM.
From my understanding miui requires a armv7 processor at this time.
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The guys in the hero forum are working on porting it, but it seems like the thread is at a standstill until an experienced dev picks it up.
By the time they make a usuable "port", your phone upgrade will be here.
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I haven't had a contract in years. Personally, I prefer to stay off-contract, as I can't afford AT&T rate plans. If I want a new phone, I buy it outright.

I think there may be a way to get FROYO/Gingerbread on Fascinate

Ok I was thinking to myself & reading through all the forums & thinking the only thing stopping us from rocking out froyo/Gingerbread action on are samsung Fascinate's is the kernel issue right ?
off the beaten track but need to read to understand the train of thought:
Well being a former 2 week droid X owner & me being the modder I am I rooted it & as many of you Know the droid X has a locked bootloader but that has not stopped a well known android developer by the name of Jrummy to Develop a app to Overclcok the Droid X even with the locked bootloader but still the system is reading that the phone is still running a 1ghz speeds
Main Idea :
Well I was thinking why cant a more experienced dev than myself as I just started out as a developer a more experienced dev develop a app along the same lines to trick are fascinates into running Froyo/Gingerbread roms but still using the kernel we currently are using I am guessing the kernels might need to be tweaked but I think this is possible I believe if a more experienced dev contacted Jrummy he would give the source code to them to develope off of I am not sure but pretty sure he has it @ GITHUB
Thanks for this, it was a long day and I needed the laugh...
Guessing your about to get clobbered, if I were you, I'd duck.
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No.
We need the RIL
nmyeti said:
Thanks for this, it was a long day and I needed the laugh...
Guessing your about to get clobbered, if I were you, I'd duck.
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your a ****, stop trying to be cool on the internet.
If I were I'd point out that your is possessive and that you should be looking for "you are" or you're...
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writing a kernel module from scratch and writing a kernel from scratch are 2 completely different things
not feasible, even in concept
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If I were I'd point out that your is possessive and that you should be looking for "you are" or you're...
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I think that you just proved karallam's point
Noticed that did you?
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nmyeti said:
Thanks for this, it was a long day and I needed the laugh...
Guessing your about to get clobbered, if I were you, I'd duck.
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+1. This has to be the funniest thing I've read today. Thanks for the laugh. You do, however, deserve an A for effort.
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nmyeti said:
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lol...........
Actually he is half right. Punk.kaos currently has froyo and ginger running on the eris? He also apparently had froyo booting on the fascinate as well. And there is no source for the eris for either? Any clarification on this would prove to be very educational for all....
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It's a nice thought, and one day we might see it. One thing is YES GB as well as FROYO have been seen booting on the Galaxy S phones but they have been GSM based phones not Verizon CDMA phones which have a totally different system writes.
Best bet would be to check on the IRC channels and see whats going on there, and see how things progress, great idea but not anytime in the near future, welcome to Samsung.
Cheers.
denonlake said:
Actually he is half right. Punk.kaos currently has froyo and ginger running on the eris? He also apparently had froyo booting on the fascinate as well. And there is no source for the eris for either? Any clarification on this would prove to be very educational for all....
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I came from the eris to the fascinate, and yeah there are now a ton of eris roms running froyo on the 2.6.29 kernel. And as I understand it, kaos is also working on gingerbread for the eris as well, and has a gb rom running (tho it still has problems). But to get to the point where the eris is at now, as far as it being able to run froyo perfectly with no bugs or glitches, it took a pretty long damn time. Its not nearly as simple as fooling the system into thinking that we're running a 2.6.32 or .35 kernel, unfortunately. There were tons of things that didnt work at first. In fact, almost nothing worked at first. But kaos and the other devs kept at it, and with each new release, they'd fix 1 or more of those things broken. Of course, they had help from a bunch of hero devs that were simultaneously working on getting froyo to work on the cdma hero.
My point is, however, that our devs are already working on this, but right now there are still some huge issues that make the roms/kernels far from ready for public release. But there is no reason to fear, as the devs will continue to do their thing, and even if samsung puts off releasing froyo for another year, I promise you that before too long the devs will have found a way to give us what we want.. namely, froyo and gb!
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Froyo boots fine on the Fascinate..as long as you don't want phone functions.
adrynalyne said:
Froyo boots fine on the Fascinate..as long as you don't want phone functions.
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so does gb for that matter
adrynalyne said:
Froyo boots fine on the Fascinate..as long as you don't want phone functions.
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Pshhh who wanted a phone to talk on anyways?
wilshyre said:
and even if samsung puts off releasing froyo for another year, I promise you that before too long the devs will have found a way to give us what we want...
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If samsung does that im gonna start boycotting their phones...
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so does gb for that matter
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So, does this mean you're part of supercurio's big SGS powwow?
That's awesome. We can use string and tin cans instead...
Since the epic 4g is cdma. Does their froyo help us at all?

Gingerbread on IRC

I've heard alot of chatter about dev's working on gingerbread for our beloved fascinate. What I haven't seen is a topic here on Xda discussing it. What do we have so far? Is there a timeline? And is it going to be a cwm zip file or an Odin push? Just wondering......
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IRC until it actually works I suppose.
Rockin' DJ05, Minimal Icognito, Clocked at 1.3Ghz
I assume the same, I would just like a little info posted here cause I use my xda apparently regularly and am only on irc at night after work. Just itching that's all.
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wollitaj said:
I've heard alot of chatter about dev's working on gingerbread for our beloved fascinate. What I haven't seen is a topic here on Xda discussing it. What do we have so far? Is there a timeline? And is it going to be a cwm zip file or an Odin push? Just wondering......
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Your best bet would be to check the source. Head over to IRC and ask the fellas.
BTW: general section
Nothing is going to be posted until fairly stable and ready like dj05
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Chuban7 said:
Nothing is going to be posted until fairly stable and ready like dj05
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it ll be on xda when its stable and ready to release.....otherwise go to irc
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it ll be on xda when its stable and ready to release.....otherwise go to irc
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For those of use that don't frequent IRC, are there any updates? How close does he think he is to getting it stable enough to release?
This might help a little bit
Gingerbread ROM Coming to Samsung Fascinate?
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For those of use that don't frequent IRC, are there any updates? How close does he think he is to getting it stable enough to release?
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it isnt exactly close to a released rom yet... they got the kernal to boot...
still work to do im sure... but i just started to monitor IRC today...
looks like i'll be in irc a little more often now.
Birdman was getting the FIRST build cooked last night, I'm pretty sure there will have to be plenty of testing & fixes probably no where near a stable release. Just be patient, asking "Where is Gingerbread?!" Is not going to make it get here any sooner.
In IRC Birdman said he could have a rom in a day...if he had that much time. It'll get done when it gets done. I also heard that the aosp stuff will be able to be ported to gingerbread.
I imagine the build he's working from is based on the Nexus S, which would be AOSP from the start.
May not be the case however.
Which channel is that discussion happening in? I'd like to follow it, myself.
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See, but that that link plus IRC don't mean anything just yet.
It'll come out soon though. Just remember to support your local Dev for their gracious work... Someone took time out of their day to make software that even the manufacturer wouldn't produce for you. So please remember to support their efforts.
Yup, we should all support our devs with encouragement and donations so that they don't jump ship to another phone. It seems like there are much fewer devs for the Fascinate than other phones so it would suck if they moved to the new stuff hitting Verizon soon.
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Yup, we should all support our devs with encouragement and donations so that they don't jump ship to another phone. It seems like there are much fewer devs for the Fascinate than other phones so it would suck if they moved to the new stuff hitting Verizon soon.
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I agree with the support-the-devs sentiment, but the only imminent releases on Verizon look to be an Evo rehash, a Desire Z rehash, and the iPhone. Given the latter, I wouldn't be surprised if Verizon lagged on true high-end Android releases for a while.
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s44 said:
I agree with the support-the-devs sentiment, but the only imminent releases on Verizon look to be an Evo rehash, a Desire Z rehash, and the iPhone. Given the latter, I wouldn't be surprised if Verizon lagged on true high-end Android releases for a while.
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What about LTE??
Ironically, based on the moto press conference, as verizon gets the iphone, I'm thinking of moving to at&t.
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Am I to assume this Gingerbread would be AOSP?
There is no other version of gingerbread. The only skinned version I've seen is the PlayStation phone and that hasn't been released. No altered form of gingerbread exists right now.

Defy now has MIUI

Yea, so now the Defy has CM7 and MIUI. Again, using 2nd init to run the ROMs. They pretty much have the two best ROMs IMO. If they can do this for the Defy, do you think that once Kholk has his bootloader bypass method all figured out we could also get CM7 and MIUI ported to the Atrix?
BravoMotorola said:
Yea, so now the Defy has CM7 and MIUI. Again, using 2nd init to run the ROMs. They pretty much have the two best ROMs IMO. If they can do this for the Defy, do you think that once Kholk has his bootloader bypass method all figured out we could also have CM7 and MIUI for the Atrix?
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Thats pretty much the whole point of the bypass. To get custom roms like CM7 and MIUI running.
Sounds like you should buy a Defy.
Was that response really neccisary?
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Was that response really neccisary?
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was that post really necessary? (or this one? ) if you don't like it, report it
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Thats pretty much the whole point of the bypass. To get custom roms like CM7 and MIUI running.
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Yea, we all know that. But do you think it'l be ported? It takes developers with a lot of time, Korean developers did all the ports for the Defy. I'm not sure if we have Korean developers...lol I'm sure someone will port one or the other, but it could be a while. It takes a ton of work matching CM7 or MIUI to our phones.
Well afaik, if atrix gets officially supported by cm7. Miui will support it
I can't wait for devs to start pouring in here. Hopefully our device will have as much development as much as the Samsung and HTC devices.
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was that post really necessary? (or this one? ) if you don't like it, report it
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I wish I could report someone for being a d-bag.

Espresso ROM Finally Coming To The Fascinate

I've made Espresso ROM For The Droid X. And Will Now Finally Get It To The Fascinate. My Plan Was To Get It To All The Galaxy S Varients, Nexus One, Samsung Nexus S, Samsung Droid Charge, HTC My Touch 4G, HTC Droid Incredible, Wildfire, HTC Hero, Original HTC Desire, HTC G2 (Desire Z) And Aria.
When Will Espresso ROM Be Released?
Later This Week.
(If You Search Over On The Droid X Forums, You'll Find My ROMs Including Espresso, & Doubleshot)
awesome, more "coming soon" threads...ugh
Mtd or BML ?
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Fascinate MTD.
Thanks JT!
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Thanks JT!
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...JT?? Wheres jt?
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...JT?? Wheres jt?
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His point is that JTs work on the fascinate is the reason all of these other mtd based roms are being ported to our device now.
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His point is that JTs work on the fascinate is the reason all of these other mtd based roms are being ported to our device now.
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Ahhh! Gotcha. Thanks
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Enyo. said:
I've made Espresso ROM For The Droid X. And Will Now Finally Get It To The Fascinate. My Plan Was To Get It To All The Galaxy S Varients, Nexus One, Samsung Nexus S, Samsung Droid Charge, HTC My Touch 4G, HTC Droid Incredible, Wildfire, HTC Hero, Original HTC Desire, HTC G2 (Desire Z) And Aria.
When Will Espresso ROM Be Released?
Later This Week.
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Umm..so far all the Gingerbread roms that are out are still having some issues...low in- call volume, no hardware acceleration(videos), no flashlight...etc...and aren't quite fully functional as Froyo is just yet..which is perfectly understandable...
I was just wondering if your up coming rom will still have those issues....or if you are going to blow our minds with a fully functional Gingerbread rom for the Fasciante...
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Umm..so far all the Gingerbread roms that are out are still having some issues...low in- call volume, no hardware acceleration(videos), no flashlight...etc...and aren't quite fully functional as Froyo is just yet..which is perfectly understandable...
I was just wondering if your up coming rom will still have those issues....or if you are going to blow our minds with a fully functional Gingerbread rom for the Fasciante...
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Completely understand your frustration. Unfortunately, if the devs don't have a full, stable source drop to work with, we really can't hold the current crop of common /generally recognized GB issues against them. Heck, they're probably more frustrated about it than the rest of us
OP, I look forward to the upcoming release and maturation of your project!
Another option would be terrific, but good luck with the SD card!
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dont feel like its personal if you are met with flak about "new and upcoming" roms here. you can thank Tonu for that.
but good luck either way man!
My point is that no legit devs post coming soon ****...they work on something then release it...hype is just lame and time after time these threads end in disappointment or the rom just doesn't offer anything worth a hype thread
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My point is that no legit devs post coming soon ****...they work on something then release it...hype is just lame and time after time these threads end in disappointment or the rom just doesn't offer anything worth a hype thread
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please nitsuj. I want NO beef but, cut the kid some slack, he's just trying to help everyone, trying to make our phones better. u guys have a coming soon tab on the tsm site ....but anyway he seems like a good kid trying to help. let's give him a break. what he makes could be really good. please don't push people down before we see what they can do. hahah I mean cmon
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please nitsuj. I want NO beef but, cut the kid some slack, he's just trying to help everyone, trying to make our phones better. u guys have a coming soon tab on the tsm site ....but anyway he seems like a good kid trying to help. let's give him a break. what he makes could be really good. please don't push people down before we see what they can do. hahah I mean cmon
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yes on our *website* we have a coming soon tab..we dont make those posts on xda
if he has something good...then great
the work would stand on its own without hype...but i looked at his post history and there are nothing but coming soon threads for various phones
*if* one is going to do this type of thread, at least list what the rom is comprised of (aosp, tw, other) what differentiates it from other existing roms (besides a theme, there are enough throms out there) and why it needs to be hyped up
either way ill eject myself from the thread now
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yes on our *website* we have a coming soon tab..we dont make those posts on xda
if he has something good...then great
the work would stand on its own without hype...but i looked at his post history and there are nothing but coming soon threads for various phones
*if* one is going to do this type of thread, at least list what the rom is comprised of (aosp, tw, other) what differentiates it from other existing roms (besides a theme, there are enough throms out there) and why it needs to be hyped up
either way ill eject myself from the thread now
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I do know one of my roms will have 2.4 Ice Cream when google releases the SDK. But most are AOSP coupled with Touchwiz. They will also come with my version of The JIT Compiler. They will also come with my version of build.prop tweaks. And more.
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yes on our *website* we have a coming soon tab..we dont make those posts on xda
if he has something good...then great
the work would stand on its own without hype...but i looked at his post history and there are nothing but coming soon threads for various phones
*if* one is going to do this type of thread, at least list what the rom is comprised of (aosp, tw, other) what differentiates it from other existing roms (besides a theme, there are enough throms out there) and why it needs to be hyped up
either way ill eject myself from the thread now
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The nexus one just got the Espresso Rom yesterday.
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The nexus one just got the Espresso Rom yesterday.
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yes and its about the most vague op ive ever seen...and for the fascinate u wont just be compiling off the sdk...you ll have to kang jt's mtd setup or ull never release anything

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