cm9 construction has started - Epic 4G General

http://briefmobile.com/cyanogenmod-9-construction-under-way

Nice .... but hope we get a fully functioning CM7 for our EPIC first

Any reason for skipping CM8?

gremlyn1 said:
Any reason for skipping CM8?
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read the post .... it was gonna be for Honeycomb

gremlyn1 said:
Any reason for skipping CM8?
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Cm8 is reserved for honeycomb
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masaidjet said:
Cm8 is reserved for honeycomb
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And Cyanogen decided to skip it, I think I recall reading that Honeycomb source was never released (and may not be, although I can't recall the reason that was given)
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Honeycomb source is released, but wouldn't cm8 be pointless to make when cm9 will be both for tablets/phones
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masaidjet said:
Honeycomb source is released, but wouldn't cm8 be pointless to make when cm9 will be both for tablets/phones
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Honeycomb source was never released, Google didn't want further fragmentation of devices.
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Their version number is CM and the number of the named version of Android. Ice cream sandwich will be the 9th version of Android.
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ac16313 said:
Honeycomb source was never released, Google didn't want further fragmentation of devices.
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Actually, iirc honeycomb was released with ics sources.

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Actually, iirc honeycomb was released with ics sources.
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This. They released it, but advised people "to just use ics"
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Since this thread was made, i'd like to add my speculation, any of you who have deeper info are more than welcome to rectify it.
I'll start with what we all know.
CM7 (to-date) is not officially supporting our Samsung Epic 4G due to needing Gingerbread Source.
Mainly Decad3nce&JT1134, (with a few commits from Uberpenguin, Daemon & Noobnl) have brought us an unofficial version of CM7 aka a CM7 'Kang Build'
We're very close to the possibility of having CM7 official.
CM9 at the soonest, is planned to be available to officially supported Cynanogenmod phones, January 2012.
I'm not sure if bringing the Epic to 'official' CM7 means Deca and JT1134 will have the CM team to back them up, or just merit them the title of "official" but if its the latter,then the soonest we should see an official early ICS is 2 months after our epics become Official CM7, and not when the other devices get them in January 2012. This of course is just me thinking here. With all of Deca&JT's work prospering, and the future merges they'll be doing, we may just see an ICS CM9 working build like the other offical phones of CM.
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zanderman112 said:
This. They released it, but advised people "to just use ics"
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If I understand correctly, Honeycomb was "released" in that at least some of the code is included with the ICS source. Google has indicated they won't release a vanilla version of the Honeycomb source because it never coalesced into a finished product.
http://arstechnica.com/?old=mobile#...gle-makes-android-4-source-code-available.ars

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If I understand correctly, Honeycomb was "released" in that at least some of the code is included with the ICS source. Google has indicated they won't release a vanilla version of the Honeycomb source because it never coalesced into a finished product.
http://arstechnica.com/?old=mobile#...gle-makes-android-4-source-code-available.ars
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Honeycomb by their standards wasn't a finished product. Had it been finished the way they wanted Matias and Hiroshi to go about it, ICS would have taken on a very different look than the final product we have now. Because HC would have been what ICS is.
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There's also the fact that honeycomb was not MEANT to be a phone platform. Google has said from the beginning it was optimized and intended for tablets.

This is exciting news indeed. I loooovvvee CM. I installed CM7 with the Green Machine theme on a friend's Optimus V and I was oooing and aahhing as I was poking around to see what it had going for it. I tell her all the time that I'm envious of her because I did 2 things on her phone that I so far cannot on mine: Install a fully functioning and stable CM version, and get data2ext/data2sd working on my beloved Epic.

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Cyanogen released rc4

Cyanogen mod is so confusing...I haven't seen anything on 6 lately, so I guess eeryone moved on to cm7, but what exactly is cm7?
Cyanogen releases an official rc andit should work on all phones running cm? So he's like the central hub for updates? Is that why official cm support is needed?
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Lol.. cm7 is based off Gingerbread, cm6 is based off Froyo..
And of course your not going to see anything off cm6. That's almost like saying now that froyo is out for the epic, devs will continue to release 2.1 roms.
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Cm6 was based on Froyo 2.2
Cm7 is based on the current android build gingerbread 2.3
so you can see why we gave up on cm6...
the galaxy S lines don't really get support from cyanogen i believe...
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Cm6 was based on Froyo 2.2
Cm7 is based on the current android build gingerbread 2.3
so you can see why we gave up on cm6...
the galaxy S lines don't really get support from cyanogen i believe...
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Yeah last time I checked I don't think I seen one galaxy s under its supported device section
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Yeah I know the sgs isn't supported and that's why our guys are doing it on their own, but when the epic is able to get cm7 to run on par with official cm7 and it gets officially supported by cyanogen and crew, will that mean whenever he releases an update, everyphone (epic, htc's,blah) that run cm7 will be able to run it day 1 without no problems?
This is purely a curious question
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Yeah I know the sgs isn't supported and that's why our guys are doing it on their own, but when the epic is able to get cm7 to run on par with official cm7 and it gets officially supported by cyanogen and crew, will that mean whenever he releases an update, everyphone (epic, htc's,blah) that run cm7 will be able to run it day 1 without no problems?
This is purely a curious question
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No it just means that once we have official CM acceptance Team Douche and co will work to fix any issues with our phone in future builds
What effectively CM tries to accomplish is to be more then a rom but a whole Android distribution...similar to how there are multiple linux distributions...so their goal is to have 1 single OS function across all devices...similar to how you have on a PC where you choose the OS and just install it..
Only when SGS is fully working and complaint with CM standards will it show up there.
CM8 is being rumored...Honeycomb edition
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CM8 is being rumored...Honeycomb edition
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I find that extremely unlikely, there is no Honeycomb source code from which to build.
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I find that extremely unlikely, there is no Honeycomb source code from which to build.
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He's just following the current 'naming scheme' of cyanogen. Cm6 was froyo, cm7 is gingerbread; since honeycomb is the next update it'll follow suit and be cm8 if they move to it.
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I though it was ice cream?
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I though it was ice cream?
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2.4 is ice cream honeycomb is 3.0.
sgs cm7 support
the words galaxy s and support don't even go together, lol.
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Looks like Android ICS may have leaked.

Looks like Androids next big thing Ice Cream Sandwhich may have leaked. For real this time.
Look here: Twitter.com/captainkrtek
And here: Twitter.com/r2doesinc
And here: twitter.com/androidpolice
Read through some of the tweets made by all of them. All of which are pretty reliable sources. R2doesinc is a reputable dev and captainkrtek a RootzWiki admin.
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That would be fantastic!
I don't know if HTC will officially support Ice Cream for our Evo's. I just remember the issues that the devs ran into prior to the official release of GB. I hope I'm wrong because it would be great to have. I also wonder if our hardware even meets the system requirements.
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I don't know if HTC will officially support Ice Cream for our Evo's. I just remember the issues that the devs ran into prior to the official release of GB. I hope I'm wrong because it would be great to have. I also wonder if our hardware even meets the system requirements.
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ICS is designed to help end fragmentation. It should run fine on the hardware. I doubt htc will support it tho.
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I don't know if HTC will officially support Ice Cream for our Evo's. I just remember the issues that the devs ran into prior to the official release of GB. I hope I'm wrong because it would be great to have. I also wonder if our hardware even meets the system requirements.
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If this (http://androidandme.com/2011/08/news/13-things-we-might-see-with-the-release-of-android-4-0-in-q4/) is correct, any phone running 2.3 should be able to handle ICS.
Evo 4g is close to its end of life the only way we could get this is thru roms
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It's interesting at least that we may start getting hints as to what lies ahead for both Android phones and tablets. I'm sure the CM folks will end up porting, so we'll likely see it on the EVO 4G at some point.
Looks like it's mostly UI changes though. Wish they'd posted a screenie of the Gmail app changes; I love the app but the look of it is plain and ugly.
I honestly doubt the Evo will get ICS, we barely got GB, and its not like that OTA was welcomed with open arms.
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It's interesting at least that we may start getting hints as to what lies ahead for both Android phones and tablets. I'm sure the CM folks will end up porting, so we'll likely see it on the EVO 4G at some point.
Looks like it's mostly UI changes though. Wish they'd posted a screenie of the Gmail app changes; I love the app but the look of it is plain and ugly.
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I assure you, once source is released for ics, ill be trying to get it running on the EVO!
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I honestly doubt the Evo will get ICS, we barely got GB, and its not like that OTA was welcomed with open arms.
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Very very true. But I'm sure some talented devs would love the challenge of whipping up a Rom for the evo. But only time will tell
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Very very true. But I'm sure some talented devs would love the challenge of whipping up a Rom for the evo. But only time will tell
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No doubt the Devs will come through for us, but im not so sure about Sprint and HTC.
Thank god the evo still has lithid developing....otherwise most of the development would come to a screeching halt.
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HTC probably won't officially support it, but I don't doubt that other developers could get it running with the sources available. Also, hope there's some hw acceleration. But no kernel version 3 yet?
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I assure you, once source is released for ics, ill be trying to get it running on the EVO!
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Did I mention I love you lith!? Lol, no homo!
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Considering people have gotten 2.3 running on the G1, I think it's entirely feasible that the EVO could run ICS.
It may not be without it's problems, but I'm sure after some refining it could be perfectly usable.
Call me idiotic, noobie, or what have you; But happened with Honeycomb? Is that only for tablets?
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Call me idiotic, noobie, or what have you; But happened with Honeycomb? Is that only for tablets?
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Source was never released (if I remember correctly). So that's why we never saw any roms.
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Honeycomb was designed for tablets and plus the source was never released to prevent more fragmentation. Icecream is supposed to bridge the gap between gingerbread and honeycomb.
Looks like it will be coming out around the holidays for the Samsung phones
This is from Gizmocrunch
http://www.gizmocrunch.com/android/7967-samsung-nexus-prime-android-ice-cream-sandwich
"Now what's interesting is that both Samsung devices are mentioned as getting the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update, leaving the HTC built Google Nexus One out of the equation. So it looks like Samsung will have a big advantage over other Android phone manufacturers come this holidays when Ice Cream Sandwich is set to debut."
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I love this man! Thank you for all you have done for this community.
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When are we going to get ICS?

Anyone wanna place bets on whether Samsung is going to support our phone any further?
We're going to get it... never.
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We're going to get it... never.
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I'm going with k0 on this one.
If the kernel doesn't require any updated version, then couldn't we be able to port ICS?
Devs are going to Frankenstein monster the sumbitch together with source from other phones! But that's just my guess
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LOL never, GB is a struggle as it is
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Devs are going to Frankenstein monster the sumbitch together with source from other phones! But that's just my guess
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I would have to agree on that
Nevuary 33, 4012
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Anyone wanna place bets on whether Samsung is going to support our phone any further?
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Lol.. I was wondering when we are going to see this thread.
I don't need ICS. By next year, we all are going to be upgrade eligible.
By then ICS will be more polished.
As always, Google tends to dish out half-baked stuff. I expect lots of updates for ICS to settle.
Could we get CM8, whe that becomes available, now that we have GB source, and don't have to worry about other sources cming out?
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Could we get CM8, whe that becomes available, now that we have GB source, and don't have to worry about other sources cming out?
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+1. if we get full support then i see no reason why we wouldn't get cm8!
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Could we get CM8, whe that becomes available, now that we have GB source, and don't have to worry about other sources cming out?
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That's what I'm wondering. Now that we have real source, can we get real cm7 and get on board the cm train to the future
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http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/19/google-confirms-nexus-s-will-get-ice-cream-sandwich-for-real
"Currently in the process for releasing Ice Cream Sandwich for Nexus S. Theoretically should work for any 2.3 device."
It seems that ICS is not much different from GB!
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http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/19/google-confirms-nexus-s-will-get-ice-cream-sandwich-for-real
"Currently in the process for releasing Ice Cream Sandwich for Nexus S. Theoretically should work for any 2.3 device."
It seems that ICS is not much different from GB!
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Yeah, but I really don't see the manufacturers and carriers upping all their devices
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http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/19/google-confirms-nexus-s-will-get-ice-cream-sandwich-for-real
"Currently in the process for releasing Ice Cream Sandwich for Nexus S. Theoretically should work for any 2.3 device."
It seems that ICS is not much different from GB!
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If that's the case, then I'm almost positive we could get a port of ICS. I don't really care if it's official.
Then again, it's hard to be optimistic in the Epic 4G world.
Google has released ICS SDK.
Google has released ICS SDK. What's up with sum custom ROMs?
http://www.androidcentral.com/ice-cream-sandwich-sdk-now-available
SDK is not source. That's for building apps. It's useless to us.
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SDK is not source. That's for building apps. It's useless to us.
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It's actually not all that useless. SDK Builds, GApps, and some Kernel. Wouldn't that be enough?
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It's actually not all that useless. SDK Builds, GApps, and some Kernel. Wouldn't that be enough?
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There's no kernel or any rom for that matter that is used for ICS though.
Come again?

ICS System Dump / ICS Said to be 'possible' on 2.3 Capable Devices

Snagged from this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1309598
That last bit about being able to work on 2.3 devices snagged from this other thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1309724
I think we're all aware of this as well, but for those that don't read many threads, GB Source for our Epics have been released.
Also, after the unveil of the Samsung Nexus Prime, The 4.0 SDK is also available.
Here is the Roboto Font from ICS.
(Edit: Roboto is available on Custom Font Switcher App)
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Snagged from this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1309598
That last bit about being able to work on 2.3 devices snagged from this other thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1309724
I think we're all aware of this as well, but for those that don't read many threads, GB Source for our Epics have been released.
Also, after the unveil of the Samsung Nexus Prime, The 4.0 SDK is also available.
Here is the Roboto Font from ICS.
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I've had the font for a little bit now it's pretty nice, but all the apps are odexed and there isn't a means to deodex them yet, so we have to wait and see I believe.
Yeah, I saw that you posted, I installed soon after, very easy on the eyes. I'm excited for ICS even though we just got GB source. I'm thinking maybe Google's ICS framework is what's needed for that sexy contacts or as they say, "people app", but I want that on my epic.
Yeah, I'm trying to take images from the ICS keyboard and move them to the Gingerbread keyboard. I replaced all the files....and yet, it still shows Gingerbread images. D:
But the font makes it more enjoyable.
Thanks Shiny, now that GB source just hit, you would think all the Debbie Downers would shut the hell up but now I am already seeing threads as to when will we get ICS. And this adds fuel to their fire....LOL.
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Thanks Shiny, now that GB source just hit, you would think all the Debbie Downers would shut the hell up but now I am already seeing threads as to when will we get ICS. And this adds fuel to their fire....LOL.
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LOL some ppl will just never be satisfied
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While it would be great, I highly doubt the Epic will ever see official ICS
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While it would be great, I highly doubt the Epic will ever see official ICS
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But will probably get a ported version...just as good, sometimes better.
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But will probably get a ported version...just as good, sometimes better.
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Yep. Just the fact that ics doesn't require a newer kernel is good. (I think)
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Yep. Just the fact that ics doesn't require a newer kernel is good. (I think)
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Don't know if that is what they meant by it should be capable on 2.3 devices. More that the hardware will be able to handle ICS if it could handle Gingerbread. This would not be the first time though that a phone runs a newer version of android with a modified older kernal.

Someone got ICS on another Tegra2 device

Some developer got Ice Cream Sandwich running on the Hannspree Hannspad, a device I've never heard of before but looking it up, it has tegra 2. From my understanding the lack of Tegra 2 support was the major roadblock for the Atrix, so perhaps this could help?
http://tabletroms.com/forums/hannspad-rom-development/3581-hannspree-hannspad-ice-cream-sandwich-snapshot.html
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Some developer got Ice Cream Sandwich running on the Hannspree Hannspad, a device I've never heard of before but looking it up, it has tegra 2. From my understanding the lack of Tegra 2 support was the major roadblock for the Atrix, so perhaps this could help?
http://tabletroms.com/forums/hannspad-rom-development/3581-hannspree-hannspad-ice-cream-sandwich-snapshot.html
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Hacking and piecing together some drivers probably won't get the same end result as a Motorola release.
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Hacking and piecing together some drivers probably won't get the same end result as a Motorola release.
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Better than nothing
The atrix dev team is working on ics. check their github.
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The atrix dev team is working on ics. check their github.
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Yah checked the github this is no commits for ics and no new branches for ics. The newest branch is for the finger print reader.
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Yah checked the github this is no commits for ics and no new branches for ics. The newest branch is for the finger print reader.
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Correction: check Turl's github, he created a new branch for ICS a while back. I can't elaborate on this any further since I'm not fluent in any type of code, but it's pretty clear from the keywords in his history that work is being done on 4.0.
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Correction: check Turl's github, he created a new branch for ICS a while back. I can't elaborate on this any further since I'm not fluent in any type of code, but it's pretty clear from the keywords in his history that work is being done on 4.0.
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Yep Turl's did have something useful there: https://github.com/turl/kernel-moto-atrix4g/commits/CM_kernel_ics
looks like he's working on a kernel.
i just read on Engadget that Motorola Defy is getting ICS ASOP, and that phone is way underpower than Atrix, so my guess is Atrix should definitely get update soon (not from Motorola, of course, rather from our beloved dev team)
I can here by say ics is working fine on a tegra device. As this comment is being typed from my acer iconia a500 running ics one of our devs has been working on it. He has both 2d and 3d hw accerleration working and omg is it amazing. This thing is so so so so fast. Cant wait for it on the atrix. If anyone has any questions ill answer to the best of my ability
Tegra2 ICS
Well, I for one would like to know where I can sync the tegra2 drivers from..
Good news from the LG camp. They are updating their Optimus 2X to ICS so even if Motorola doesn't update the Atrix, the drivers for Tegra will be available through the LG's ROM.
Let's hope we get the chance of having ICS on this fantastic ROM.
Cheers
Only thing holding up development is the lack of dev's. Nothing else. The few we have that work together did great with CM7, so maybe they can too get ICS going for us.
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Only thing holding up development is the lack of dev's. Nothing else. The few we have that work together did great with CM7, so maybe they can too get ICS going for us.
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Yep! I see eye to eye!
Last I heard was the atrix cm team are working on an ics port, they should be the atrix dream team!!! Those guys have done an outstanding job!!!
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Last I heard was the atrix cm team are working on an ics port, they should be the atrix dream team!!! Those guys have done an outstanding job!!!
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The Atrix dream team? What sort of lameass name is that? (UK) They shall now be known as the A-Team. (As in Atrix Team). "p
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gh123man said:
I can here by say ics is working fine on a tegra device. As this comment is being typed from my acer iconia a500 running ics one of our devs has been working on it. He has both 2d and 3d hw accerleration working and omg is it amazing. This thing is so so so so fast. Cant wait for it on the atrix. If anyone has any questions ill answer to the best of my ability
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I was about to say the same.....thor has it running an a tegra2 tablet so im waiting patiently for it to appear on our beloved ATRIX. Go dev team go
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don't we have like the identical processor stuff with the xoom? same cpu, tegra 2 etc..

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