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Hi everyone !
My name's Renan and I've just bought a Nexus S. Coming from a HTC Desire, it's just marvellous !
I like development and Android and I created a ROM called Amethyst for the HTC Desire. Now I have a Nexus S, and I'd like to create a ROM for this phone because it is just very powerful !
But as the Nexus S has a stock Android version, I'd like to create a ROM with a custom and nice UI (~ like MIUI).
If you're a developer, a graphist, or someone who has ideas or is interested in this project, just send me a PM
Have a nice evening, guys
Renan.
Really looking forward to see what you come up with mate! Best luck!
I'd be interested in this - I must say I haven't tried developing for the Android yet but I have developed things for PC and have worked with Linux for many years so should be quite easy to pick up! PM me if you like.
sounds good. i can design images (create, modify, etc) pm me with details. cheers..
Welcome to Nexus S, i also love this phone and i hope you come up with something amazing. Seems that the devs start rollling in. They just yesterday or the day before released Nexus S in some of the major contries of Europe. Hope the Nexus S will come alive now
I've had ideas for my own custom ROM. So, if I have the time, I would like to help out. I will try to write up a list of all my ideas later. One of the big ones is that CM requires a custom kernel than ROMs based off stock. They leave something out, so this ROM should do things right from the start and make sure that kernels built for stock, will run. That will make it easier for users to pick their own kernel and kernel Devs would not need to do anything different to make their kernels work with it.
Cheers.
And make me your non-contributing trainee I wanna learn stuff. Just don't know where to start. I m J2EE developer, hardly have to peep outside enterprise web applications
Really glad to see ROM Dev's joining this forum - soon we can have many ROM choices like Galaxy S or Vibrant.
I'm very good with graphic designing (strictly no coding or scripting), let me know if you need my help.
I have been debating making a rom. I used to dev for my captivate, n1, and hero. I think I may start with the ns soon .
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Since you tried to make amethyst on desire a stockish rom, why don't you try to run sense on the nexus s
python08 said:
Hi everyone !
My name's Renan and I've just bought a Nexus S. Coming from a HTC Desire, it's just marvellous !
I like development and Android and I created a ROM called Amethyst for the HTC Desire. Now I have a Nexus S, and I'd like to create a ROM for this phone because it is just very powerful !
But as the Nexus S has a stock Android version, I'd like to create a ROM with a custom and nice UI (~ like MIUI).
If you're a developer, a graphist, or someone who has ideas or is interested in this project, just send me a PM
Have a nice evening, guys
Renan.
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Finally someone who has similar aims to a custom rom like me (MIUI scope) I have loads of ideas, some dev skills and some graphics too, and would love to collaborate. Ill send through a PM soon, I made some mockups ages ago for some of the ideas, so you can get an idea of where I'm coming from.
Welcome and enjoy your Nexus S too!
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Unfortunately we take a BIG hit by not being able to have SENSE roms. We have have about 1/3 less roms due to that. The Nexus One is able to get everything, we cant, and it shows. It harder for all these great DEVs to come up with something cool.
I'm surprised we haven't seen touchwiz on here yet
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nicknowsky said:
Unfortunately we take a BIG hit by not being able to have SENSE roms. We have have about 1/3 less roms due to that. The Nexus One is able to get everything, we cant, and it shows. It harder for all these great DEVs to come up with something cool.
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Why can't we get everything? I've seen a sense rom on the vibrant.
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Why can't we get everything? I've seen a sense rom on the vibrant.
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drivers mainly, HTC Sense is for HTC devices and hardware. We unfortunately have a Samsung. I dunno about a Sense port for the Vibrant, Im gonna look into that.
Count me in. Hit me with a pm
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I'm surprised we haven't seen touchwiz on here yet
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The dev's that develop here either don't like TW or don't have the knowledge. Why make a TW rom when the blind fanboi's here lack the objectivity to see what is better and worse. Even CM took something from TW that they liked...doesn't necessarily make TW better but adds a nice touch. They don't get the point when you say this phone can't do a certain thing when every phone since the original Google experience phones can do it. It's like the world is playing a joke on me. I blame the trendiness that has enveloped Android these days. Back when the main phones were MT3G, G1, Hero nobody cared whether everyone liked it they just did it to show they can and because it has an advantage. You can't see an advantage objectively when your blinded with fanboiism(I just made that up..go me).
I think you are under the impression it would be simple to create a TW rom for nexus s. If so.you are sadly mistaken. If it was easy to do someone might do it but it's not. And TW sucks so bad already that taking the time and effort just to get it half working is pointless.
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Oh I'm not saying I want a tw rom ...just surprising to not see it done yet..just due to the fact of how many sense roms are made for nexus one
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this is staying in G area until we see some real work going on
it'll be moved back to DEV when a working ROM becomes available
I hope some of you are familiar with Roman. If so, please post so those who are not can understand the caliber of his work.
We NEED to help this college student (aka, no money) a Tab. If you think the CyanogenMod 9 leak is something... just wait. You have no idea the speed and tweaks that can be added by Roman.
Please consider helping the cause. Check out his work. I promise you. It is worth it.
WE NOW HAVE A GOAL TRACKER.... CHECK IT OUT!!
UPDATE: Roman has graciously offered to refund everyone if the goal is not met. He can keep mine, but if this helps you decide to help reach the goal, awesome.
Remember, all of Romans source is available too.... his ROM means not only the best ROM to date, but our current developers can learn a lot from it!
Take a look at his AOKP Project for the Galaxy Nexus.
******** East Coast BBQ - Raleigh, NC - May 12 and 13, 2012 ********
Assuming ACSyndicate gets everything lined up (which I had most things already rolling), we should be having an Android East Coast BBQ here in Raleigh, NC on May 12-13th.
It would mean the world to me if I could meet some of you guys. Please come. Please find me. Please drink beers with others like us. We already have West Coast people hopping on it and we have a lot of surprises and appearances lined up.
You can follow the ACS guys (@ACSyndicate) and send them a tweet asking for details. I created the official twitter account for the BBQ, so give them a follow too (@Androids_EC_BBQ). We will periodically send out information about the event and what all is lined up.
Thank you to everyone who has supported me. Now go support a real developer.
You will feel good about it, I promise.
Nobody knows or can appreciate Romans work? Seriously?
You all have been missing out.
Polansky?
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Nobody knows or can appreciate Romans work? Seriously?
You all have been missing out.
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I can appreciate their impressive column skills....
Willing to bet the 1 * rating is one of the developers taking offense.
No reason why anyone who has a Tab should not REALLY HOPE Roman can get a Tab.
If Romanbb posts here to add some credibility I will donate to the cause.
Yes -- if around $400 is raised (or however much is required to get a reasonably used tab) I will buy one and attempt my best (shouldn't be a problem, but I can't guarantee anything [to save my ass] ) to get my current project AOKP on the tab. It is compiled from AOSP source and is Ice Cream Sandwich.
Should be interesting to make tweaks for both a phone and a tablet. Right now there are 4 Nexus devices that can run my ROM (GSM/LTE Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S / Nexus S 4G).
off topic and haven't had the chance to check your site but do you have ICS on nexus S 9020A?
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Yes -- if around $400 is raised (or however much is required to get a reasonably used tab) I will buy one and attempt my best (shouldn't be a problem, but I can't guarantee anything [to save my ass] ) to get my current project AOKP on the tab. It is compiled from AOSP source and is Ice Cream Sandwich.
Should be interesting to make tweaks for both a phone and a tablet. Right now there are 4 Nexus devices that can run my ROM (GSM/LTE Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S / Nexus S 4G).
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Romanbb said:
Yes -- if around $400 is raised (or however much is required to get a reasonably used tab) I will buy one and attempt my best (shouldn't be a problem, but I can't guarantee anything [to save my ass] ) to get my current project AOKP on the tab. It is compiled from AOSP source and is Ice Cream Sandwich.
Should be interesting to make tweaks for both a phone and a tablet. Right now there are 4 Nexus devices that can run my ROM (GSM/LTE Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S / Nexus S 4G).
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Sounds good man! I'll send some cash your way.
Done cash sent.
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off topic and haven't had the chance to check your site but do you have ICS on nexus S 9020A?
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http://rootzwiki.com/topic/12956-ro...g-project-crespo-build-13/page__fromsearch__1
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http://rootzwiki.com/topic/12956-ro...g-project-crespo-build-13/page__fromsearch__1
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Thanks will check it out and might support the effort as well
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Could you make use of a teamspeak server?
Red Birds fan?
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I'll donate also, how long will it take cos everyone is releasing ics just around the corner. Yeah I'd like something a bit different... gtab 10.1 3g roms is lacking at the moment.
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What would it take to get you working on the T-Mobile version of the Skyrocket(SGS2 LTE)?
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What would it take to get you working on the T-Mobile version of the Skyrocket(SGS2 LTE)?
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SGS2 LTE? Skyrocket is the AT&T Snapdragon I thought?
"We have all seen the developers bickering... the you stole this... the you did not credit me... it is endless and annoying."
"The ironic thing to me, he rarely gets much credit for it. He has gotten upset at times (though never publicly shown), as anyone would... but he still keeps trucking on, creating, adding features and gaining recognition by other REAL developers."
Sorry, but you are saying its endless and annoying yet in the same post you then mention him not getting credit, so its endless and annoying when other devs ***** about getting credit but when its your fav dev or buddy that it happens to its an issue or ironic as you put it
Proxy begging isnt going to make people want to donate any more then they already would want to
You seemed to skip over a pretty big point.... I said though never publicly shown.
There is a big difference in my opinion of dev threads were developers just bicker back and forth.... and another developer seeing his work used all over the place and NOT making it a public display.
I was trying to point out his skill and character.
Sorry if you missed that or took offense to it somehow?
I <3 Roman!
Sent from my Galaxy S II
We need swampgoblin too from the nexus s 4g forums.
(He's ported blur, sense, espresso, touchwiz ics, sony ui ics, and still more to come)
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I'm on a train north for the weekend but I'll read the whole thread in a not. If this is for the wifi. I have no problem tossing in $10-20 this week if we can get some real commitment to a wifi ROM being developed.
I have donated many times in the past and haven't seen anything come to fruition, but I love XDA and people pushing development.
Cheers
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Considering it's age, the G1 seems to have more staying power than most phones. The development keeps going and going.
What do you think is the reason? The "cool factor" of it being the first Android phone? Or because it is so easy to root and change? Or is it something else entirely?
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Yes there's the coolness factor but lots of phones are easy to root. I sugest it is that the android dev scene started here and that there is such a wide range of past support that it is easy to build on this knowledge. Also the price of a g1 is minimal compared with almost any android phone. All that said I'm sure many including myself has set to see a better phone in the lines of hardware. If this phone had more ram, internal memory, faster cpu and gpu, I would probably own it untill the day of my death. Just hope htc makes a g3 with the looks and feel of the g1 in mind - id be willing to spend a lot of money on that
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I love the keyboard and that was my first android phone. First I had contact with rooting and flashing custom roms.
This morning I just flashed Super D. Because I think 1.6 is best for this device.
Using as my 2nd phone, as my mini telescope camera, for chating with friends and other litttle things. ...
Also there is no sim card, Flight mode and WiFi On to increase battery life.
Great Phone! !!!
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I'm loving my new G1. I think its definitely the nerd factor of being able to say, "I own the first android phone ever". Plus, the keyboard rocks, and I'm actually liking the chin thing. And I like the power button on the front.
Tick, tock, goes the clock
Even for the Doctor
Okay... I bought this G1, by accident, for $30. Worked perfectly. Modded to Gingerbread. And it has paid for itself
It is:
Competant MP3 player
Police Scanner
Turn by turn talking GPS
OBD2 Car Diagnostic Scanner (that is how I made the money)
Fairly good Internet Browser
Email Device
Texting
Facebook
Twitter
WiFi 3G Hotspot
For the money, it is probably the best tech gadget I ever bought
Also, it is a pretty decent phone
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Oh, the development sped up when I joined XDA
JOKING! I haven't even made anything worth mentioning...
But anyways, the G1 is just pretty much totally open
I've been thinking of writing ASM hello worlds for it, if possible
cwwilson721 said:
Considering it's age, the G1 seems to have more staying power than most phones. The development keeps going and going.
What do you think is the reason? The "cool factor" of it being the first Android phone? Or because it is so easy to root and change? Or is it something else entirely?
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Rooting this was an assssss of a hassle...you had to install an app then format your SD to fat32 then type some freaky **** using an app that probably doesn't exist anymore then downgrade to rc29 then flash spl to run hero jeeezus it took me like 1hour then 30 minutes when I had it down.
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To be honest, the phone more or less fell into my lap. I still enjoy messing around with it, because it is slow. When you have so little, it makes one conscious about development habits and tweaking in order to make things simplistic and efficient.
Also, I'm a developer in devices/systems/architecture, so I find this kind of thing interesting to mess around with.
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To be honest, the phone more or less fell into my lap. I still enjoy messing around with it, because it is slow. When you have so little, it makes one conscious about development habits and tweaking in order to make things simplistic and efficient.
Also, I'm a developer in devices/systems/architecture, so I find this kind of thing interesting to mess around with.
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You brought up a REAL good point. The amazing amount of memory/speed/storage makes for very sloppy code. I started off on an ancient Digital/16 that you had to program in binary through toggle switches.
Old/slow hardware makes you think about what you want to do.
This ain't no script kiddie/pre-compied kitchan type of gadget. You gotta think, test, and think again
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I'm bored of my ville and my otter....tHink i shall do the old DREAIMG.nbh with my Dream and Jesusfreke it out and climb the great big ROM Bible by the royal knight from jf builds to the dudes cupcake to enomthers official to mligns and all the way to Fierats mtds not without stopping for buchanans superD and htcClays stupidfast!
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I'm bored of my ville and my otter....tHink i shall do the old DREAIMG.nbh with my Dream and Jesusfreke it out and climb the great big ROM Bible by the royal knight from jf builds to the dudes cupcake to enomthers official to mligns and all the way to Fierats mtds not without stopping for buchanans superD and htcClays stupidfast!
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I haven't found a download for JF yet.
Mind sharing one if you do?
And what spl/radio would it work with?
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If someone released a new phone with the same form factor and keyboard as the G1, but updated specs I would buy it in a heart beat.
Full hardware keyboard in a present-day smartphone is rare. Manufacturers of smartphones are going to make as thin phone as possible.
HTC Dream is not thin, but for this great keyboard, who cares!
G1 was my first Android experience. I really liked it. Although I have switched to Desire S, I still have good, old G1 in my desk drawer. It was still pleasure to use it again when my Desire broke and I needed to send it for repair. I'm never going to sell my G1.
Maybe it's not powerful phone, but thanks to developers, we have huge number of custom ROMs (personally I think that 1.6 is the best for G1).
Easy to root, to flash custom ROMs, It's cheap (in PL you can buy used for 200+ PLN - it's about $60). I think that's why it's still supported by developers.
I'm not a developer, just custom ROMs user, but testing and finding best ROM for me as user is a nice thing to do. Now I am using my G1 for chatting on jabber when lying in bed.
I wonder what are unusual uses of old Dream? Maybe PC Remote?
UPDATE
Still using my G1 as my "main" phone (Actually, my only phone).
Running CronMod's GB Rom, and very happy.
My "not thin" G1 is freakin' HUGE with the extended battery and big back cover. As a plus point, I have NEVER "lost" it in seat cushions. Plus, the thickness makes it easier (for me) to hold.
I love all the apps available, from XDA Developers, to the HP Printing app.
About the only real thing I do not like is Netflix is pure hell on this phone. Not netflix's problem. The lack of horsepower really shows up with this app.
raik0 said:
Full hardware keyboard in a present-day smartphone is rare. Manufacturers of smartphones are going to make as thin phone as possible.
HTC Dream is not thin, but for this great keyboard, who cares!
G1 was my first Android experience. I really liked it. Although I have switched to Desire S, I still have good, old G1 in my desk drawer. It was still pleasure to use it again when my Desire broke and I needed to send it for repair. I'm never going to sell my G1.
Maybe it's not powerful phone, but thanks to developers, we have huge number of custom ROMs (personally I think that 1.6 is the best for G1).
Easy to root, to flash custom ROMs, It's cheap (in PL you can buy used for 200+ PLN - it's about $60). I think that's why it's still supported by developers.
I'm not a developer, just custom ROMs user, but testing and finding best ROM for me as user is a nice thing to do. Now I am using my G1 for chatting on jabber when lying in bed.
I wonder what are unusual uses of old Dream? Maybe PC Remote?
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I use this as my main phone
I use Enomther's Donut ROM.
I got it for $10
I use the phone all the time for IRC. Is that unusual?
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My mother in law gave me an old G1. I already had a Droid 1 on Verizon at the time and didn't want to change phone or network.
Still, it was fun to root it and put CM6 on.
That was about a year ago. I know a bit more about ROMs now and just now thought to look around xda for more information. Wow! I am surprised that you guys are still working on it!
Wish I could find the bugger. It got packed up somewhere for a move.
-CM7 on DInc2
frankdrey said:
I use this as my main phone
I use Enomther's Donut ROM.
I got it for $10
I use the phone all the time for IRC. Is that unusual?
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$10?! Really cheap...
IRC use? I don't think it's unusual. Now I'm using G1 with SIM with pre-paid mobile data transfer. Nice for chatting and quick-writing posts on xda or other forums.
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frankdrey said:
I use this as my main phone
I use Enomther's Donut ROM.
I got it for $10
I use the phone all the time for IRC. Is that unusual?
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I use mine for Mangler, so I can use Vent with my WoW Guild when not at the computer...
I'm getting one tomorrow for $15. I wear gloves at work and my gnex won't pick up my touches. So it's a pain to remove my gloves everyone I want to text.
Also, I've always wanted one.
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cwwilson721 said:
Considering it's age, the G1 seems to have more staying power than most phones. The development keeps going and going.
What do you think is the reason? The "cool factor" of it being the first Android phone? Or because it is so easy to root and change? Or is it something else entirely?
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For me it started off being the perfect combination of QWERTY keyboard and would work with my carrier. Now, though, it's the ease of use. Rooting it was no trouble, there's a huge variety of mods with a wide range of features v. performance options and even thought I've tried other QWERTY phones, I still love this keyboard better than any other. Plus, any time I need to replace something on mine, there's no shortage of ones kicking around for spare parts. They're the Jeep Wrangler of android phones, if you want to keep yours running, it's ridiculously easy. Love that.
After an amazing turn of events, I just won an international version of the sgs3 and when it arrives, I'll probably be rooting and using the sgs3 as my new phone.
I would have to say that my experience with the DZ has its ups and downs (I'm looking at your stupid hinge design and the need for new springs HTC), but it was a fantastic phone.
I wish HTC would come out with another top of the line qwerty phone but alas, it probably wont happen anyways since their lackluster attempts.
I guess I'll be in this forum for not that much longer which is a sad thing because the dev community here is really really amazing...
Congrats
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After an amazing turn of events, I just won an international version of the sgs3 and when it arrives, I'll probably be rooting and using the sgs3 as my new phone.
I would have to say that my experience with the DZ has its ups and downs (I'm looking at your stupid hinge design and the need for new springs HTC), but it was a fantastic phone.
I wish HTC would come out with another top of the line qwerty phone but alas, it probably wont happen anyways since their lackluster attempts.
I guess I'll be in this forum for not that much longer which is a sad thing because the dev community here is really really amazing...
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please let us know you experiences with the SGS3
You won't be let down man. Such an awesome device..
Ics is so fluent and with the jb leaks out now, just kickass.
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You won't be let down man. Such an awesome device..
Ics is so fluent and with the jb leaks out now, just kickass.
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I'd also really appreciate hearing about your experiences with the S-III. One of my sons just got one but he is not technologically inclined at all and won't be doing anything out of the ordinary to his, even though I'm itching to get my hands on it!
thx
p-d
I used Odin to root. Was so simple. They have two recoveries for now. I use cwm for now but they have another touch based recovery called trwp (I think spelling)
The battery life is great, right after I rooted they came out with another ics update. I immediately put it on my phone via flashing through cwm and kept root through a dev name wildchld. Upgraded radio through a flash in cwm and stayed on the uvlah Rom for a couple of days. Couldnt help myself and that same dev has a Rom called exqisit and flashed it and been on it every since. They have and odex.apk from Paul obrien, so odexed it and it's as smooth as butter. Got 20 hrs of heavy use yesterday!! The leak jellybean is out from Samsung but I want to hold out as long as possible and play with ics some more.
Having a great time with this phone though. Loved my g2, but this is on another level, as would be expected. Getting used to touchwiz and no hw keyboard is interesting but quite easier then I thought it would be. The screen is HUGE!! All in all I'm very happy.
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Well, if I recall correctly, the international gs3 may be quad core. The Tmo US version isn't, that I do know. So I'm now on a black sgs2, since it was half the price of the 3 at target and had almost the specs. (Sure the sgs3 has lte, but that doesn't matter much where I live.) Will be updating the g2 to jb soon since I just updated the sgs3 to it. That way the fallback phone won't be too jarring if I need it.
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The international GS3 has quad core and 1GB RAM the US model has 2GB RAM and Dual core. I bought a G2 in July off contract for $150 since my dad won't get me a data plan or texting -_-
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this is such a sweet thing to know.. I'm definitely going to have to start reading on rooting guides and also roms to go for. I don't think i'll be liking touchwiz so I would probably be pushing for a vanilla ICS or JB.. then maybe get a sense like theme over it (I like how sense has a big phone button on the bottom)
btw, do you guys recommend a case or a skin for the phone? I have the skin but i keep on getting annoyed that eventually it gets peeled off and no company makes a skin that fits perfectly.. some even have like a 2 mm gap on each side which drives me nuts
I have an otterbox, but I'm not really digging it that much. Doesn't feel real secure to me but is doing the job.
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I'm wondering if I will not replace my DZ with a GS3 too... right now, I don't have the money to spend, but when I will, I really hope (but don't really believe ) there will be another physical keyboard device released here in Europe (France)... But I know I might have to take a full touch device, because every manufacturers are doing this, iPhone-like smartphones... And the GS3 seems to be one of the best of them!
Mine is wearing a transparant TPU case, fits perfectly
niice... Well I ended up just buying a metal insert battery backing and a screen protector.
That should cover the important parts.
I'm currently trying out omega's rom with nova launcher... so far so good. Any rom suggestions?
I'm trying to buy a cheap smartphone for my girlfriend. Just bought a used Vibrant from eBay only to find it had an IMEI blacklisted by T-Mobile. Already had put CM 10.1 on it and she loved it so I'm pissed. Any recommendations for the fastest Android 4.x ROM with the best battery life for the Vibrant?
Any tips for buying a decent used smartphone for under $100? Vibrant seems like one of the best and I'm partial to Samsung.
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VQ30DE said:
I'm trying to buy a cheap smartphone for my girlfriend. Just bought a used Vibrant from eBay only to find it had an IMEI blacklisted by T-Mobile. Already had put CM 10.1 on it and she loved it so I'm pissed. Any recommendations for the fastest Android 4.x ROM with the best battery life for the Vibrant?
Any tips for buying a decent used smartphone for under $100? Vibrant seems like one of the best and I'm partial to Samsung.
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Try CyanogenMod 10.1.3. It stable and well works.
For buying off CL, you have to ask the seller to meet at a T-Mobile store. That will weed out most crooks. Once there, you have to get the seller to pull up his account with a clerk and confirm there is no money owed on the phone.
Short of that explicit proof that the phone is free and clear, you're at high risk of blacklisting.
Historically I think I have been happiest with Bionix-V Fishmanmod http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1441976 This is based on Bionix 1.3.1, which in turn is an optimized take on Android 2.2. It's not the newest thing, but is very stable and after the usual tweaks my battery charges last between 1.5-2days with moderate use.
More recently, I have jumped to trying make a nightly build of Cyanogenmod 10.2 (based on Android 4.3.1) work as my daily driver, but am personally having some stubborn battery drain issues: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2449951
Hope that helps!
My backup Vibrant is running CM10.2. Very stable but agree that battery life is not the best.
All the Roms here are good, your question is only one you can answer based on your use and needs.