POLL ENDS ON MONDAY (APRIL 25TH) AT 12:00 GMT
FIRST THING WE NEED DONE WILL BE TO GET CM/GINGERBREAD BOOTING regardless of the number of functions working
Dear SG3ians,
The time has come for us to take our beloved phone to the next level! Let's port Cyanogenmod (or gingerbread). I believe that if we unite this is a realistic possibility!
It might start off slow, it might take time, and there will definitely be hurdles to cross, but I know we can do this!
Who's with me!!
How was my motivational speech?
Ok, now lets get to more concrete stuff.
I suggest reading this (will update with link when able to. Go to cyangoen forums porting and read the sticky thread) and trying to follow this in our endeavor.
This is how suggest to proceed:
Phase 1:
Deciding what to port, getting a general outline of who will be involved, and planning+suggestions.
Phase 2:
Getting CM (or gingerbread) to boot and seeing what functions and what doesn't function
Phase 3:
Dividing up the non functioning work between devs/dev teams.
Phase 4:
Enjoying our "new" phones
I know this is a simplistic outline, but the sooner we start the sooner we finish.
For this to work it will of course require high interest within the community, it will also require civilized cooperation between members of the team.
Some other stuff (PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING):
Please do not start posting posts like "I want CM too!" "+1 great idea for making the thread" "I'm interested how can I help"
Show your support by voting in the poll, more votes means you support this.
If you are interested in helping, say what knowledge you have and what you think you can do. For the time being I will start out with two main groups. Devs and testers. Testers will divided into alpha (will/can also test beta) and beta testers. Everybody involved (especially devs and alpha testers) have to say that they are aware of the risks (and be aware of the risk, duh ) that are involved in participating in this, and that all responsibility for any damages is all theirs. Devs will probably be furthered divided, but not at the present time. I will include the group potential devs (people who have some potentially useful skills/knowledge) for the time being. If potential devs dont become devs they will automatically be thought of as alpha testers, if you dont agree with this note it in you application post (and state if you want to then be considered as a beta tester or not participating at all if you dont become a dev). So if you wanna help post a post with one of the 4 choices and include the risk part (-only if you agree to it of course)
I have added the advisor group for people who dont have the phone but want to help with their knowledge
Any suggestion or ideas will be helpful, but try to check if somebody already proposed it, and if possible apply and suggest in the same post
I have made a dropbox for this project, if anybody knows/has a better alternative please let me know
User credentials will eventually be shared to select people (most likely only devs).
P.S. After I finish reserving, haree please move this to the dev section (if/when you are online)
P.P.S. If anybody is curious, this is stubborn_d0nkey. Thanks to clarkkov for inspiration
P.P.P.S. Latest CM means latest stable CM, not a nightly
IT IS OKAY TO POST NOW
Developers:
bhuvi - c, linux and core java
Potential Developers:
stubborn_d0nkey - some C, basic linux
AndroKite -medium linux/C (I'm assuming potential dev, if I'm wrong edit your post, or post a new one (but dont double post))
schopen80 -medium knowledge of linux, shell scripting, C and others
s3th.g3ck9 - (java)
powerpravin - drivers testing and a blazing fast brain
Can i help in the project?
Reserved, thanks for being patient!
wrong account, haree please delete this and the above post
@ above post. read the OP, read the bolded!
Alpha Testers:
CJHolder -basic linux
Pauri
jazux - very early alpha tester
Beta testers:
anant.0097 - maybe alpha tester
sekhargreen
chandradithya - maybe alpha tester
Advisors :
Helpful info:
Thread on cyanogenmod forums about general porting
Reserved, thanks for being patient!!
Reserved, thanks for being patient!!!
Reserved: YOU CAN POST NOW!
I'd like to be a potential developer. I have some knowledge of C and basic linux knoweldge. I am fully aware of all the risks, and I accept that I am responsible for all damages to my phone.
P.S. This is how an application post should look like
P.P.S. Basic linux does not mean that you are able to use linux for surfing and stuff, it means basic knowledge of more advanced linux stuff (ex. terminal)
I'd like to be a potential alpha/beta tester. I have some basic linux knoweldge. I am fully aware of all the risks, and I accept that I am responsible for all damages to my phone.
By Basic linux I mean I can use terminal etc. :L I use linux as my OS, Odin works fine in Wine!
CJHolder said:
I'd like to be a potential alpha/beta tester. I have some basic linux knoweldge. I am fully aware of all the risks, and I accept that I am responsible for all damages to my phone.
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CJHolder said:
By Basic linux I mean I can use terminal etc. :L I use linux as my OS, Odin works fine in Wine!
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Thanks!
(mostly for others)Listing knowledge/skills isn't that important for testers, and you dont really have to say what you mean by basic linux, I (I'm stubborn_d0nkey) just wanted to differentiate between two possible understandings of "basic linux" so people dont say basic linux when they take that as meaning day-to-day usage of linux (surfing, etc) since its not really helpful to the project
I want to help in the project I have some mediun linux knoweldge and C. I am fully aware of all the risks, and I accept that I am responsible for all damages to my phone.
I'd like to be a potential developer. I have medium knowledge of linux, shell scripting, C and others. I am fully aware of all the risks, and I accept that I am responsible for all damages to my phone.
You guys are doing a great job
But I must give some tips that I have
First try to do a sdk port
It just requires to take the boot.img from it and flashing it in FAST BOOT mode which we don't have
So there needs to be done other way
Secondly there are some threads which describe how to port cm to any phone
Take a look at them
Thanks,
cdesai
Talk to motofoca (mad-team)...he has ported gingerbread to g5...he can surely help...
http://Techass.wordpress.com
Ive been using various roms for the droid inc. so to give back to the development community. I have a server (with root ) being unused located in a datacenter in Orlando Florida. I have an extra 200GB in bandwidth id like to giveaway. So if any developers would like to have a very fast mirror for there ROMs let me know and ill have you setup in no time!
Cheers,
RealOpty
I would recommend pming a developer and seeing if they can post in in the development section
After joining the forums I dont want to start spamming people. Going to start on making a upload section on the site for convenience.
RealOpty
i now have 3 servers. Currently hosting roms developed by jermaine151
Introduction
Back in the HTC HD2 Days (2010), I started a project called "VBNFILES" which catered to provide File Storage with additional automation features to ROM Devs. Its aim was to reduce Devs effort on all the aux stuff that was involved in the ROM deployement like Uploading/Managing, etc.
I know I know ... WE DONT NEED ANOTHER HOST ! Read ahead and decide
New Initiative
I would like to host a Dedicated Server (just like before) with all the tools and resources provided to Devs for them to create/compile ROMs on the Server itself and download links available immediately.
Benefits
1. Saves Dev Internet Bandwidth to Upload 500-700 MB ROMs everytime
2. Naturally saves time for the dev as well
3. Direct ROM downloads worldwide (no Ads,no waiting)
4. I am sure some more but the above were my top 3
Cost
The usual cost of this server deployment will be around EUR 100 Setup Fees and EUR 60 monthly which will be borne by me. And of course, my time for setup and maintenance.
The only bottleneck I can foresee is the monthly network transfer limit which is at 10TB (for current server I have checked out). Over that limit is payable, for which the resolution I can think of at this time is to provide mirror links at Dropbox and GDrive (again direct ones only) alongwith the server ones to ease the load. (Ideas welcome)
I am not looking to make any money out of this but just my way of giving back to xda community.
Poll
If you feel, this would be helpful, please vote in the poll. Also feel free to drop in your thoughts and comments.
*** DO NOT GIVE ME THANKS OR DONATION ON THIS ! ATLEAST NOT UNTIL THIS IS LIVE ***
Same has already been PM'd to some devs to gather reactions. Also, this will start with 2-3 devs till its marked as a Stable Environment.
Sounds good to me.
☞ sent from GS3 or Nexus
looks cool ,havent heard of this concept before,sorry i indeed thanked you for your initiative..
This page is dedicated to make a stable ICS-JB for the Motorola Atrix
Brief history about the project:
- Un unstable ICS for Motorola Atrix was leaked
- Developers worked on integrating kernel and drivers into existing build
- Kernel was found to be very unstable and new kernel is being ported to Atrix
- While we wait for the kernel, an ICS CM9 build is ready for anyone willing to join the challenge
Next step:
- Developers should get involved in fixing/enhancing the current build
- Code submission is done by forwarding the changes to the head development team for inclusion
Build source code is all available to anyone willing to participate. The build process follows CyanogenMOD builds.
Source Code location: https://github.com/MROM/android/tree/ics
Curent Team:
Project Managers: marcovrv and R3PL1C/\NT.
Head Developers: Epinter, MMontuori, and TPoint75.
Kernel developers: mvniekerk
Developers: Hayander, scanuto, ravilov, geleiahp, alberto88a, tachospeedo, Isaygarcia, digidrops, fanfantasy, hainguyen273, and caster62003.
Testers/Advanced Users: Carcara, EkzoMan, EMG92, Hayander, BusWah, Girafik, clockworkninja, rspaulo, Bravo9000, vigremrajesh, jlm-familiar, The-Milkybar-Kid, r3xx3r, ovitz, lightlord, ticiano_arraes, reix2x, Nargyle, diegofdg, shabeepk, pixut, Kaworu33, jhonnyx, Haxornator, fanhtc2, julian_fern, iximedaixi, heibailife, shadowed87, Matada02, Zeljko1234, tatperson, dibi91, NemeZZiZZ, Moonshield, bimasakti85, Cocolopes, Pont91, jeanpiere, pre4speed, jeffreygtab, nachobkcc, BravoMotorola and littleemp.
Without help, this project cannot continue.
Count me in for Rebirth
mmontuori said:
Dear fellow Atrix owners,
We all know by now that Motorola has cancelled the plans for upgrading to ICS, I was hoping myself to get the new drivers to update my own rom to ICS or JB. Well, this is not going to happen...
What do we do now?
We can either assume this is the death of this revolutionary device, or work on the Re-Birth. You probably know, but there are a group of developers working on upgrading the current Gingerbread version to ICS or JB. I am personally one of them...
We all need your help... we are donating our precious time and resources to make the Atrix 4G a better device that could last for another year or two, however, alone, we cannot continue with this...
WE NEED YOUR HELP...
If you are still reading this message, good, now it's time to decide if the Atrix is going to die in the couple of months or live for some time. We are looking for:
- People that can write code and troubleshoot (Android Java and C/C++)
- Testers
- Project managers (believe it ICS or JB is a full SDLC project)
- Android Advanced users not too scared of trying something new on their phones
- Donate Atrix Devices that you no longer need
- Of course, donations to at least justify the amount if time we spend on this
- If I forgot something, please reply to this thread with suggections
Again, you decide DEATH or RE-BIRTH
Take Care
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It is certainly great to see commitment of this kind. I'm no DEV nor do i possess programming skills which could assist you. But please feel free to count me in as a tester and advanced user, more than willing to get his feet wet .
I will glady donate, as should others who wish to revive this device that surely isnt really outdated
I would love to be a tester and advanced user. I have 2 atrixes, so I can test to any extent on one of them. I would donate one but I need to have my main atrix as a backup to the s2 I am in the process of buying. So my backup backup is there for testing anything and everything needed.
I would have no problem in donating except I don't see anyone claiming that it is at all realistically possible to get the full ICS experience in our phones (meaning hardware acceleration and working camcorder). If that changes, I'd be happy to donate to keep my phone alive, but if it's just going to be another dissapointing waiting game with no outcome...
PS: Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to rain on your parade or be an ungrateful bastard as I do really appreciate the work all of you devs put on this. I'd be happy to give money for a bounty.
i'd personally donate 50 dollars to the cause of keeping our phones alive. probably more as time went on as well, just to keep the project alive.
i would also be willing to test ANYTHING on my Atrix, as i have plans of replacing it soon anyways. the fingerprint scanner doesn't work anymore, and the touchscreen is dying.
I'm JUST NOW getting an Atrix and a Lapdock, a little late I know But count me as an advanced user willing to test anything. I hope to get webtop (In non-blur roms) working above all else, unfortunately since moto isn't willing to comply, that is also the most difficult task.
- Android Advanced users not too scared of trying something new on their phones
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Count on me!
Love the intiative :fingers-crossed: I don't have any technical skills to share, but I'm willing to test and assist in any other way that I can.
Maybe we should get this posted on the Photon forums as well to consolidate the project?
Would you be able to develop a 3.x kernel?
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Tester and advance user!...
from the (m)ATRIX...
mmontuori said:
Dear fellow Atrix owners,
- People that can write code and troubleshoot (Android Java and C/C++)
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One more developer ready here !
So you want to build a real ICS/JB ROM for Atrix?
Including a 3.x kernel, hardware acceleration and maybe working webtop?
If at least the first two things apply I would gladly donate for this one.:good:
nachobkcc said:
Count on me!
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+1 :good:
You guys can count on me as a tester and advanced user!
Sent from my beloved Atrix
Android/Java developer over here. (Also some knowledge in C/C++)
Contact me via : [email protected]
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Android/Java developer over here. (Also some knowledge in C/C++)
Contact me via : [email protected]
If there is something i can do that doesn't take me a very lot of time (because of the for-a-life work)
This is possible but requires more than a couple of devs working close together to make it come true. And ofcourse, it will spend us certain time for fix the problem of Nvidia named Tegra2 by re-developing a brandnew driver for our device.
Once this mission completed, we can completely go further ahead to open up other attractive projects on this worth device
Definitely advanced user and tester. Have strong experience on tech related project management, just not on software development projects. Novice on java, almost intermediate on C, advanced in Pascal (dead language I know), but I think I'm a quick learner.
Have a "real" job, so time is limited but can arrange something. Just tell me where I can help.
m.rodriguez<at>computer.org
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I am honored to be a member of this community!
Not a dev or a programmer here, but will do anything I can to give support.
Thank you all!
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I have some experience in Java, C/C++, the Android Framework and I am willing to learn more. But I also think, a project management is necessary to order issues, make possibilities clear, have a big picture, sharing knowledge. So, when you start, drop a message.