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Team Komin (The New QAM)

Hello Everyone,
If you have not read there was a post made by vbhines wanting to start a group named QAM which is a development group completely for the android community (specifically the samsung captivate for the moment). This means no more flaming, no more trolling, no more blaming other people for stealing, no more fighting!
"We are a community for the community."
My plans for this group is to help improve the experience of any phone that we develop for. We will help out anyone that is in need meaning that if an app or a kernel or anything that will help improve the experience of android on our phones we may or may not make that specific item that is requested or wanted etc.
Since we are a community for a community everything we will be releasing will be open source so whatever way we choose (more then likely on github) to release the source of our work you will be able to get it. Our documentation will be the best possible.
We will always be looking for more contributors to this group/cause. It doesn't matter what you can do it only matters if you help out and don't ruin the work flow . Developers will always be in need as well as UI/Graphic Designers. People that will help out with documentation would be fantastic so that we will always be well organised. We would like this group to be as diverse as possible.
We want to be a much more mature development group so our releases will be well tested so updates come less often which means your experience will be much better since you do not have to flash so often.
We already have quite a good backing by some new up and coming developers who have quite a nice background and we are hoping for more backing by the rest of the community.
I will be updating this more and more because there are more things to come.
Website: http://www.teamkomin.com/ (Still a little bit to do.)
Come join us in our IRC:
Server: irc.freenode.net
Channel: #teamkomin
WebChat: http://webchat.freenode.net/
Desktop IRC Client:
Linux: Xchat
Windows: Xchat
OS X: Colloquy
Mobile IRC Client: Andchat
P.S.
vbhines allowed me to take over this group because he is much to busy. He will be joining us later when his life is not so hectic and he is happy to help us in any way.

I'm glad to see this taking off!

I'm excited to see how quickly and well this is all coming together.

Good luck guys....will be following your progress.....

plasticdarlow said:
Good luck guys....will be following your progress.....
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i think the team would love to have you on board with theming....

the more the marrier. Typo
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Looking forward to see what you guys produce

Hi everyone, I would really love to help this open source project along! However im afraid my only actually skills are a little bit of photoshop manipulation. I would appreciate it if everyone listed good books or web pages to learn programming from. Its been one of my many dreams to actually develop for android . Thanks in advanced and im glad to see the direction this project is taking
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Captivated like a MoFo
Bye Bye Blackberry. Hello Android.
Like comparing a wife versus a mistress.

dicksteele said:
Bye Bye Blackberry. Hello Android.
Like comparing a wife versus a mistress.
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this post... and your username go so well together, lol.
but on-topic: im really glad to see something finally being done with this, i could definitly take any test roms for a spin.
in order of when someone first posted something about this:
OMG i cant wait!>what happened?>hmm idk if this is gonna work out>this guy is getting everyone pretty pumped>OMG! its actually working!

Im excited. No more ported roms that only work 85% on the captivate.
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Cannot get to #teamkomin on 10.04 with xchat. is the channel up?

spartan07 said:
Cannot get to #teamkomin on 10.04 with xchat. is the channel up?
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Yes its up and running. You sure you got the right server and everything?

Alright guys the site is up and running I just need to setup categories for the forum and we should be good to go! Everything should be done by today depending on how fast I finish up homework etc. I am hoping it will be done though.
We will start a lot more development this weekend. Since I wont have anything to do plus I have 2 weeks off.
The plans for this weekend is to setup a hierarchy and actually establish developers etc.
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That's awesome what's the url going to be?
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spartan07 said:
That's awesome what's the url going to be?
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I'm guessing:
http://www.teamkomin.com ? lol

http://www.teamkomin.com/
dang it...

Just posted the website to the OP. Yes its teamkomin.com.
I have a little bit more to do. I need to add custom menus the navigation so the forum will be implemented. The forum page is http://www.teamkomin.com/forum/

I'm going to hop over to irc tomorrow. I'm best on the debugging end, but not yet in apk modding minus the lg launcher below. I've got to crash this evening, but ill be around tomorrow eve.
(Did also try and help xcal with alittle on his kernel and the headset issue, but he ended up cracking it himself... him and I went back and forth with pms for weeks....)

I would love to help however I can. I have some Java and C experience (not a whole lot, i can debug) and extensive web design experience. Let me know.

Developers Stories

Hello All,
This post is mainly for developers and is meant to just be kind of a "brain tickler". I think it would be kind of interesting if any ROM, app or mod developers (or android devs in any capacity) to try and provide us the community with a quick and dirty (or longer if you have massive amounts of time, which I'm guessing you don't ) explanation of how you got into Android Development. If you have some coding background already, or if you were already fluent in most linux config files and such, or what I think would be somewhat interesting is someone with none of the above who just runs ubuntu in a vmware for the sole purpose of programming android, and they've never touched code before.
So Devs, tell us your stories. I feel it might help to "humanize" what developers are and help some people who may be afraid to give it a try building their own stuff if we see the wide range of Devs.

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Well let me be the first.
I started rooting phones with my evo. I didn't do know developing untill done time has passed with my epic. You cam say I was a noob when I joined xda. I didn't join xda untill after I got my epic. I had no experience with linux. I'm basically learning as I go along. I have a background in web design. Mostly html and xml and a little bit of java script but all on web design.
I started developing on the epic cause I seen to themes I liked and mixed them together to make one. Androdena and baked snack. This started my quest to make the perfect theme in my eyes. I seen things both themes left things un touched and didn't complete the look. So I started digging in deeper. It was at this time I started getting help from others but for the most part I'm 80% self taught in the short time I've been doing it. Now I'm teaching the people that taught me the last 20%.
As my theme progressed different mods started coming out and I wanted to add them to my theme. That's when I started learning how to edit .jars and writing/editing smali code.
I'm now at the point I'm working on my own mods and porting others. I've been working with k0nan with the SRF rom and reading as much info as I can as I wanna start making my own kernels and roms.
I did all this and I've only been a member if xda for a little over 7months.
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MysteryEmotionz said:
Well let me be the first.
I started rooting phones with my evo. I didn't do know developing untill done time has passed with my epic. You cam say I was a noob when I joined xda. I didn't join xda untill after I got my epic. I had no experience with linux. I'm basically learning as I go along. I have a background in web design. Mostly html and xml and a little bit of java script but all on web design.
I started developing on the epic cause I seen to themes I liked and mixed them together to make one. Androdena and baked snack. This started my quest to make the perfect theme in my eyes. I seen things both themes left things un touched and didn't complete the look. So I started digging in deeper. It was at this time I started getting help from others but for the most part I'm 80% self taught in the short time I've been doing it. Now I'm teaching the people that taught me the last 20%.
As my theme progressed different mods started coming out and I wanted to add them to my theme. That's when I started learning how to edit .jars and writing/editing smali code.
I'm now at the point I'm working on my own mods and porting others. I've been working with k0nan with the SRF rom and reading as much info as I can as I wanna start making my own kernels and roms.
I did all this and I've only been a member if xda for a little over 7months.
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thats pretty bad ass man. Inspirational for sure.

daddymikey1975 said:
thats pretty bad ass man. Inspirational for sure.
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Thank you.
My story shows you how far you can go in a short period of time if you put forth the effort to learn.
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daddymikey1975 said:
thats pretty bad ass man. Inspirational for sure.
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MysteryEmotionz said:
Thank you.
My story shows you how far you can go in a short period of time if you put forth the effort to learn.
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Don't forget about all the progress you have made with Swype
Great story Mystery.... Thanks for all you do...

ptfdmedic said:
Don't forget about all the progress you have made with Swype
Great story Mystery.... Thanks for all you do...
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Aww my good ol friend swype....lol. It still gets the best of me sometimes but not as often.
Thank you
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All I wanted a Just in Time compiler in Dalvik VM for Samsung Moment.. We have stable 2.2 JIT on the 2.1 system.

Once I get a new computer I would like to help contribute to the community and may need some assistance.
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Alright I'll share my story. I started developing a few years ago on WM6.5.xxx. I did that for a little while and then moved to BlackBerry. I made the switch to Android last summer. I settled on the Epic and began tinkering. I started out by reverse engineering ROM zips. I started adding to or taking away from and it just kinda grew form there.
I started customizing my ROM's before flashing them and got pretty comfortable doing that. Eventually I worked up the nerve to start sharing the customized ROM's. Over time I was able to do more and more on my own. Making simple scripts or modifying more complex ones and putting ROMs together on my own. My midNIGHT ROM got it's name from the time of day it was I usually worked on it. My life is pretty complicated so the only time I really got to work on this stuff was around midnight. The name just kinda stuck.
I got some good feedback. One day it occurred to me that I could use an Android ROM to help spread Autism Awareness. Most of you know my story if you don't and are interested you can read my blog. People seem to really like the ROM and as more people used it the more I was able to help spread awareness. I have all of you to thank for that. Now I see Autism Awareness ribbons around the forum. I hope to continue to learn from the AMAZING developers here and maybe even some new ones. I want to say thanks to all of you for your support and thanks to all the developers for helping me learn by freely sharing their knowledge.

I would really like to learn how to tear into a kernel, or mess w/ the bluetooth stack hahaha
Have no idea where to start, so i keep poking around

Maybe some day i'll be able to develop roms too
Although i have no clue about programming this stories make me want to take a class
I do see that making a rom is a crazy amount of work but i wanna say some day i gave back to the xda community
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Well I just wanted to add that after being a member on this forum you guys inspired me to go back to college to be a software engineer. So I start my journey tomorrow as it's my first day. Thank you to all the great developers and Themers who inspired me to do this. I look forward to maybe one day developing on android.
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Best Way To Learn Android?

Hey everyone I would like to know the best way to start learning android. To start off I know that Java is heavily used and so is XML. XML is usually the theming part and Java is for Rom building if I'm correct. I'd like to know how to go about learning it and which path to take first. Do I buy books? Do I follow guides online? Do I look up youtube videos? Also do I have to be smart to learn Java or XML. I am no genius but I consider myself pretty smart if I use repetition and keep pushing myself to learn which I am fully capable of doing. If someone could tell me on how to go about learning Android Development that would be great.
Thanks,
Sean Myers

could anyone please help me out here??

i learned how to theme a little from here, and i made a theme for my music. http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=File:Motorola_Droid_X.png#Guides_.26_Tutorials

mattmartin77 said:
i learned how to theme a little from here, and i made a theme for my music. http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=File:Motorola_Droid_X.png#Guides_.26_Tutorials
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Nice link I might give something a try. I did try and find some books but they werent in enough detail for what I needed for our phones. Besides java,xml,.png isnt some linux? Going through lots of lines code?

You do need to know some linux because some of the rom has to be done in a linux os.

Http://developer.android.com
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Maxgap1705 said:
Http://developer.android.com
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Yeah... I was gonna say, google has a sdk and all that that, they'd be the best place to find info on their OS and how to develop for it.

smyers1012 said:
Hey everyone I would like to know the best way to start learning android.
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Try to create and deploy the "Hello Android" app described here:
(I can't post external links until I have 8 posts here, sorry:
developer.android.com/guide/tutorials/hello-world.html )
I did it under Windows XP using eclipse, and deployed it to the emulator running on my PC and to my unrooted stock DroidX (Android 2.2) as my first Android project.
Knowledge of XML is always a good thing, but not required in that tutorial.
Once you have a basic app working and deployable, you can modify it to try more advanced things.
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do developers tend to have professional education in linux or are most of us self educated?
there is a vast amount of information out there. where woukd you send someone with little to no kniwledge of linux to learn the basics? i read and read posts, but often i am behind the curve on the basics so i cant understand all of the posts.
last question. if i run ubuntu on my computer will i be learning the same basic stuff for both ubuntu and android, as far as development goes? commands and logic? so far xda has been by far the best source of information. been reading the android developer page. its interesting.

Try the "Hello Android" book. It really helped me get the sense of the Android OS. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1934356565/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/189-8058323-8893839 let me know what you think?
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went ahead and bought it. shouod get it in a few days

bitterevp said:
went ahead and bought it. shouod get it in a few days
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how did you like it?

I want to learn how to code.

I love all the roms, kernels, and themes brought to me by the samsung epic commmunity, but I wanna learn how to do this all by myself. I wanna learn how to understand and make a rom better, and make a blazing fast kernel.
Any tips on where to start or which code i should learn to write first? Any reccomendations or tips would be awesome, thanks.

Me too.
I got basic understanding on how to make moded roms,add apk's,themes,theme apk's,add kernels to roms but thats about it.
Coding zi robably require knowledge of some sort of computer language.

Well im starting to theme first... get used to xmls and suck and move on... and I was told to pick up bagginner books on java.
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This is too OT. Thread closed.

[ANNOUNCEMENT] For the future of X8

Dudes,
As everybody who is active in the X8 section, noticed that FXP leaved and i think that the other devs will leave in the near time.
We as proud owners of the X8 should think about what we need for our phone.
So each user who can do something for it should do it. If it is a theme, an icon pack or a widget, please do it and post it.
So what do you think about my idea?

Heh i will do something, if i can but sorry i cant program anything so sorry
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Don't panic. Just wait for ICS source. In Gingerbread there's almost nothing new in development.

exebreez said:
Dudes,
As everybody who is active in the X8 section, noticed that FXP leaved and i think that the other devs will leave in the near time.
We as proud owners of the X8 should think about what we need for our phone.
So each user who can do something for it should do it. If it is a theme, an icon pack or a widget, please do it and post it.
So what do you think about my idea?
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exebreez said:
As everybody who is active in the X8 section, noticed that FXP leaved
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No big loss here ... the FXP ROM is incomplete (VGA-only camera, broken FM Radio) and bug riddled, and the "how to install" is lousily documented making it a unnecessary rocket science to get it installed.
and i think that the other devs will leave in the near time.
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I don't see any indication that doixanh has abandoned us. He said he needs some time for his own (real life matters), so that's perfectly fine.
While I loved the fast-paced updates he released I think it would be sufficient if he would be so kind to cook an update once in a while when there's either a new Android revision (i.e. 2.3.8) that fixes a security problem or when there's a fix for some severe bug.
GingerDX, in my opinion, is THE most feature-complete and stable Android 2.3 series ROM we have for the X8.

If we all learn about rom/app development, our phone will live forever (?)

as I can learn to develop? I'd like to help.

If someone is willing to be kind,and make thread for beginner developers,which includes:
-First steps in system developing
-Tutorials on app and rom building
-Tools etc.
Also,include easy tasks that devs are not up to/having no time for,like "Test that app with different somenting-values on this file,report",or "Examine this device,find more about drivers,parts,etc.",or "Translate this ..." That's what users can do.
I'm certainly willing to participate on this.

G.Trenchev said:
If someone is willing to be kind,and make thread for beginner developers,which includes:
-First steps in system developing
-Tutorials on app and rom building
-Tools etc.
Also,include easy tasks that devs are not up to/having no time for,like "Test that app with different somenting-values on this file,report",or "Examine this device,find more about drivers,parts,etc.",or "Translate this ..." That's what users can do.
I'm certainly willing to participate on this.
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Good idea! Im going participate too
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if you havent ever worked with linux,its really hard to learn android developing.but,there is one good site for help.
http://www.howtoforge.com/

Similar topic: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1317181

xperiauser132 said:
if you havent ever worked with linux,its really hard to learn android developing.but,there is one good site for help.
http://www.howtoforge.com/
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I work in linux every day
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Heh nice idea, unfortunately I do not have any development skills whatsoever. I think there will be enough x8 development, though .
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actually i was thinking that too,,, i am an IT student and i too like to contribute on developing a cool up to date custom rom for our Xperia X8s, (i'm not the richest type to buy those dual core droid, but i love my X8 and will stick to it for years) so that i will do my best to learn android and to create a custom rom.... also we can get help from current professionals too....

For everybody that still using Stock 2.1, here's a theme that makes your x8 looks almost identical to the 2011 minis,, Its made by A-chep,D-shel, and the different color versions by Me.. So chek them out, you'll like it! Link here:
X-Mini : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1214655
Sorry About my English... Im learning

Sim unlock!!!!

For a start, personally i think what it needs is more tools in Linux environment. Now that X8 bootloader has been cracked, it should free us from ever being bound to SE allegiance to MS.
Android evolves from Linux. So it makes natural sense to have tools on our linux desktop as well.

Im doing my part http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1363903 Hope it makes a difference to someone