Guide - Disable CPU Rendering - Xperia Play General

Came across this, it says it only works on Adreno200 processors. Apparently it makes it so the CPU is not used for rendering but only the GPU. Have not tried it yet, making a nandroid backup now but will report back.
For now wanted to share in case some of you are interested in looking into it.
Link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1877183
DO NOT THANK ME!!!! Thank you original member, leolawliet

I remember this was in some sort of App Tweak released by someone. Don't remember who, but will it work if I'm on JB?

DubleJayJ said:
I remember this was in some sort of App Tweak released by someone. Don't remember who, but will it work if I'm on JB?
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Not sure, I didnt see anything about having issues with JB/ICS. You could give it a shot, just make a backup first. I just flashed it, but havent done anything yet to really test it, I am at work..... :laugh:

Well doesn't ICS/JB already do this when you disable HW overlay
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Will this be heavy on the battery? I fear all time gpu rendering might use a lot of battery. Correct me if I'm wrong.

crazymonkey05 said:
Well doesn't ICS/JB already do this when you disable HW overlay
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Jb already do that.ics i dont think so someone correct me if i am wrong.
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I have a huge list of GPU tweaks that I can share ! I have gathered them from some of the nice developers here
Found Here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40558407#post40558407

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Smart bench 2010 problems.

I just updated and ran it to see the changes. When the session finished out tells me invalid result please don't switch out while running test....nebula rom ext4 any similar problems?
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I just updated also and getting the same error. I'm currently running Bonsai 2.0.
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Same here running viper frozen!!
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I just messaged SmartBench 2010's developer and linked him to this thread. I updated my SmartBench and replicated the problem.
He's a pretty cool dude and I know he'll make it a priority to fix it.
It looks like he implemented a fix to prevent cheating and unfortunately it thinks we are!
I just ran it and it worked fine for me. I'm on bonsai 2.0
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musclehead84 said:
I just ran it and it worked fine for me. I'm on bonsai 2.0
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Did you update it first?
Ouch, looks like my "preventing cheat" code isn't working on the Epics... I'll make a quick update and bump up the version. Thanks for reporting the bug, guys.
Ok, I just published a version that essentially disables the "prevent cheat" code. I need to think harder on that one...
Acei said:
Ok, I just published a version that essentially disables the "prevent cheat" code. I need to think harder on that one...
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Updated, tested working great! Thanks for the quick fix, and we're glad to hear you're stamping out cheaters. It's always refreshing to see the level of support you provide for your application.
Yeah I have to say I didn't expect to see it fixed so fast I just wanted to make sure it wasn't something with the rom......my hats off to you.
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Thanks for the quick fix works great now!
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Question... How were people cheating? Is it similar to the bogus quadrant numbers thing?
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rygran87 said:
Question... How were people cheating? Is it similar to the bogus quadrant numbers thing?
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That would be my guess I saw someone with a 5400 score.
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Its nothing like Quadrant actually.
Its more to do with what you do while the app is running. I won't say more than that until I fix it for good.
I would personally have never found this "cheat" though...
The Quadrant hack was achieved by mounting the folder used for I/O testing as a ramdrive in Android
Lol, I figured it out! Over 6000 in gaming! Whoooo! That's a funny little bug. Can you disable that function, or is that what caused the invalid results problem?
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rygran87 said:
Lol, I figured it out! Over 6000 in gaming! Whoooo! That's a funny little bug. Can you disable that function, or is that what caused the invalid results problem?
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More like I was trying to detect users doing that and display it as invalid but I ended up also capturing some cases when the test run was valid... Still working on a solution.
I just released a new version of Smartbench, mostly with minor fixes but this time, I've also released "Smartbench Donate" which removes ads and unlocks some new features.
Hopefully, this one won't cause any problems with invalid runs.
I realize it's not worth much but as a small token of appreciation, I will be giving away the "Donate Key" free to those who helped me one way or another (helping me directly, reporting bugs, suggestions, etc). This key will be good for all future versions of Smartbench and I intend to eventually trickle most of the features of the Donated version into the Free version as well.
If you sent me any useful messages to me before but I haven't gotten back to you within the next 24 hours, please do contact me - there are rather many messages I need to go through and I may have missed you. Thanks!

[Script] V6 SuperCharger! HTK & BulletProof Launchers! The ONLY Android MEMORY FIXER!

[Script] V6 SuperCharger! HTK & BulletProof Launchers! The ONLY Android MEMORY FIXER!
I dont know if anyone has seen this yet, but I didnt see any posts here about this wonderful tweak. This is not my work, I just used it on the newest leak gingerbread 2.3.4, with chris41g EG22 kernel+ and it works great. thanks go to "Zeppelinrox". I didnt copy and paste his work here cuz I didnt wanna take from his greatness, lol.. If you got questions about this, please see his thread. Dont forget to hit his THANKS button!!! Spreading the Epic Love!!
Check out his thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991276
Using chris41g's kernel you've already got most of the good stuff of that tweak. I just added a single line to the end of /system/build.prop ("ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1") to make the launcher stay loaded in memory. I run with about 85 megs free memory that way, and I load a lot of stuff (Lookout, Tasker, several keyboards, superbox, 5 screens of widgets, etc.).
Well I thought it might help someone out that is a bit less knowledgable than yourself about these type things. but thats a nice pointer to keep home in memory!!
Can you use this on froyo as well? And do I just flash the zip or is it more complicated?
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Art2Fly said:
Can you use this on froyo as well? And do I just flash the zip or is it more complicated?
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the way I did it is I downloaded "busybox installer", and install busybox 1.18.2 or lower, I then downloaded "Script manager" from the market. Then download the v6 Supercharger.txt file and place it on the root of my sdcard ( root meaning, not inside any folders ) then open "Script Manager" and select "V6 Supercharger.txt", make sure to check "RUN AS ROOT". Then FOLLOW his thread as for the other steps. But I do know its as easy as just selecting a number and hitting "enter", ( I selected 9 then 11), once that runs thru, reboot, open it back up and selecting number "11 or "12", and running it, then reboot, and your done.
On another note, if you read his post, you would've read that it should work for most OS's within Android.
also I just seen that this was posted in the Q and A section. my apologies.
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Well I thought it might help someone out that is a bit less knowledgable than yourself about these type things. but thats a nice pointer to keep home in memory!!
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Actually, that tweak is as old and as useful as a rusty, bent, nail.
Only accept advice on something by people who actually know about it.
Anybody who thinks that there is anything in the same ballpark as the SuperCharger, really has no clue.
zeppelinrox said:
Actually, that tweak is as old and as useful as a rusty, bent, nail.
Only accept advice on something by people who actually know about it.
Anybody who thinks that there is anything in the same ballpark as the SuperCharger, really has no clue.
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Well said! I can't wait to use this tweak on my EVO 3D once we get S-off. I still got my Epic, and once I applied this tweak, my phone fast, and snappy as ****!
Oh, and I wasn't accepting any advice from him, I was just trying to be polite.
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When it's late and I'm tired, I have no problem with being impolite lol
Would you guys recommend Hard to Kill or Bulletproof on Supercharged for the Epic? Does either have any major advantage over the other?
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When it's late and I'm tired, I have no problem with being impolite lol
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This V6SuperCharger is friggin great for me. Glad you are checking the threads here as well. I am curious as to what you think the ideal configuration is for the Epic..
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Mad props works like it should... A God send!
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This is amazing, thanks!
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zeppelinrox said:
Actually, that tweak is as old and as useful as a rusty, bent, nail.
Only accept advice on something by people who actually know about it.
Anybody who thinks that there is anything in the same ballpark as the SuperCharger, really has no clue.
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That rusty, bent nail tweak is identical in function to your "Hard to kill" mod from the linked script.
So... I wouldn't go so far as to say your mod is pointless. Don't be so hard on yourself.
JMMusic said:
That rusty, bent nail tweak is identical in function to your "Hard to kill" mod from the linked script.
So... I wouldn't go so far as to say your mod is pointless. Don't be so hard on yourself.
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Lol
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The snark is strong in this one
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Tell you what!!! This is amazing!!! Feels like my phones overclocked!!!!
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Would someone post that here I'm too lazy to click the link? Jk
So is this worth installing? What settings work best for the epic?
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I chose 8, and then I chose 11. Works real well along with Tegrak overclocking. Before anyone asks, search it in the market, its free. If you use it, don't set overclocking past 1.25ghz, as your phone will freeze.
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I chose 8, and then I chose 11. Works real well along with Tegrak overclocking. Before anyone asks, search it in the market, its free. If you use it, don't set overclocking past 1.25ghz, as your phone will freeze.
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I'm using 6 (balance 3 setting).. would def like to know which setting is the best for our epics tho

CM9 question

have searched but could not find a straight answer. does CM9 use hardware acceleration and optimize both cores?
THX
At the moment, unfortunately, no...
This is the "Not working" section of the thread about ICS..
Not working
Adobe Flash (only some part work)
Built in video playback
HDMI landscape
YouTube LQ
Car dock
Fingerprint unlock
Webtop
Hardware Acceleration
Camera (obviously... like almost every ICS roms) The Entire camera API was rewritten for ICS, the current Camera drivers dont work (a lot of people are already working on this issue).
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Well a release candidate comes out it should be fully working with hw acceleration and optimization of cores, although we may need to wait for official ics, but who knows.
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whatsaqazza said:
Well a release candidate comes out it should be fully working with hw acceleration and optimization of cores, although we may need to wait for official ics, but who knows.
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official ICS?
As in Motorola? If so, when pigs fly. Best bet for having ICS on the Atrix is through CM.
I am pretty sure we are still waiting for tegra binaries, which they said they would release but I am skeptical at this point. Without it all we have is gingerbread with a facelift
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thanks people for the quick responses.
as for you WiredPirate, it was a two part question. i must have missed it by mistake. trying to make me look stupid like that is a form of bullying. grow up.
I didn't see any bullying but hey, this is xda. Where people squabble over stupid ****.
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SirFork said:
I didn't see any bullying but hey, this is xda. Where people squabble over stupid ****.
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He is a little gentle....
OK to everyone saying cm9 doesn't have hw acceleration, play a game. Both 2d and 3d work, but render script doesn't correctly and is reverting to software mode. Its not so much a driver issue as much as a kernel issue too.
As far as that list you posted. That was for the port of my photon build, not my atrix build.
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as for you WiredPirate, it was a two part question. i must have missed it by mistake. trying to make me look stupid like that is a form of bullying. grow up.
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Wtf!? I wasn't at all trying to make you look stupid, and I still dont see how you reached that conclusion. I took the time to answer your question, I assure you I have answered much more "stupid" (your words) questions than this. Don't worry, I will not answer any more questions of yours.
ofc it does

Icing on the cake?

[KERNEL][ICS-CM9 or JVU] USB Host mode (OTG) driver for SGS i9000 [BUILD 4]
This thread is a good read http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1450298
So far its available for the i9000, Captivate, and the Nexus S.
He says this is what he needs to possibly port it to other devices -
The kernel source is avialable on github. It is either a kernel for gingerbread (>=2.6.35) or for ICS (>=3.0)
It also contains (or has links to) the initramfs and all the other files needed to create an update.
If creating the update is not straightforward I also need a script to do this for me
After the update is made I need someone with the device to test it for me. If the feedback is positive I'll build versions for that device too, whenever something is changed.
Discuss.
dzl said:
[KERNEL][ICS-CM9 or JVU] USB Host mode (OTG) driver for SGS i9000 [BUILD 4]
This thread is a good read http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1450298
So far its available for the i9000, Captivate, and the Nexus S.
He says this is what he needs to possibly port it to other devices -
The kernel source is avialable on github. It is either a kernel for gingerbread (>=2.6.35) or for ICS (>=3.0)
It also contains (or has links to) the initramfs and all the other files needed to create an update.
If creating the update is not straightforward I also need a script to do this for me
After the update is made I need someone with the device to test it for me. If the feedback is positive I'll build versions for that device too, whenever something is changed.
Discuss.
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BTW ICS is>=4.0
adelmundo said:
BTW ICS is>=4.0
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Kernel version 3.x though.
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What's this mean in normal people talk?
Seriously what's this mean in normal terms a possible ics port?
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Nope, it just means that they've ported USB host(OTG) to other Galaxy S variants by use of a Linux 3.x.x kernel. Not the same as a 2.6.35.7 kernel, it won't just magically work for us, it'd have to be adapted. To except Epic specific things.
Aw okay I was way off that's for he insight
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Biggoron said:
What's this mean in normal people talk?
Seriously what's this mean in normal terms a possible ics port?
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Normal people talk? Smh.
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azyouthinkeyeiz said:
Normal people talk? Smh.
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i dont think "normal people" are even talking about ics let alone even know what it is in regards to phones.
austin420 said:
i dont think "normal people" are even talking about ics let alone even know what it is in regards to phones.
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So, if he had asked for it in French, would you deny him a translation explicitly because you don't think the French are talking about it?
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I think the hopes for some ICS action are so strong, and many of us don't understand what goes into porting and creating custom work. Let's be happy with what we have with the epic. I hear cm9 is coming along nicely, so what the hell more should we expect? Dual core LTE's are on the way, so enjoy cm9 when it gets here cause I remember when all of us were wondering if we'd even see gingerbread.
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azyouthinkeyeiz said:
Normal people talk? Smh.
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It was to put emphasis on how lost I was not meant to make me look like an idiot as you percieved it..... thus why I added the following sentence if your going to quote me don't cut stuff out :\
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austin420 said:
i dont think "normal people" are even talking about ics let alone even know what it is in regards to phones.
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Are you implying your not a normal person.... ?
We are all normal, some of the devs on the otherhand are not but that's what makes em so good at what they do. I mearly meant for someone to put it into terms in which the "commonplace man" could understand because I wasn't getting it/ had the wrong thought.
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It means you will be able to plug in usb devices such as mice and keyboards for example or flash drives via a modified microusb cable and they would work normally with our device
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BTW ICS is>=4.0
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yeah thanks, but did you read his thread?
There is also a build for stock JVU (Gingerbread). It is possible to port this to older ROMs too (like CM7, or pre-GB ROMs). Ask your favourite kernel developer to do this for you. I only plan to support the CM9 and the stock Gingerbread version.
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I think the hopes for some ICS action are so strong, and many of us don't understand what goes into porting and creating custom work. Let's be happy with what we have with the epic. I hear cm9 is coming along nicely, so what the hell more should we expect? Dual core LTE's are on the way, so enjoy cm9 when it gets here cause I remember when all of us were wondering if we'd even see gingerbread.
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thanks for your thoughts. not sure why you need to sound demeaning like this is an impossible feat. clearly anything is possible once the source is available. this would be just one more thing to add to our already awesome phones.
dzl said:
thanks for your thoughts. not sure why you need to sound demeaning like this is an impossible feat. clearly anything is possible once the source is available. this would be just one more thing to add to our already awesome phones.
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Both earthbound and myself have already begun attempting this so we'll see what happens. It's sounds like he may be farther along than me.
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bbelos said:
Both earthbound and myself have already begun attempting this so we'll see what happens. It's sounds like he may be farther along than me.
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Earthbound is almost there from what I understand... its breaking wifi at the moment... between the two of you I know one of you will figure it out... 2 of the most talented devs I have ever seen
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It means you will be able to plug in usb devices such as mice and keyboards for example or flash drives via a modified microusb cable and they would work normally with our device
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That plus your TV screen would get you a computer and a gaming console in one.
That would be f'n awesome!
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DCRocks said:
That plus your TV screen would get you a computer and a gaming console in one.
That would be f'n awesome!
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Really it would work as video out too?
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Th cable is just a mini to usb-A connector, they are pretty cheap. Right now I don't think you can plug a mouse and keyboard into the phone, but I have seen an example of using a usb dock. Usb dock with video out and wireless sixaxis/wiimote controllers combined with every availble console emulator hmmmmmm.....

[DEV] [Q] Who wants RA-Mod?

Firstly, let me introduce myself! I'm pixdev (Jamie), web/game developer and one of the developers over at RA-Mod (I did the website).
What is RA-Mod?
RA-Mod is a custom CM7-based ROM designed to be socially-aware, beautiful, fast and powerful - yet simple to use. We offer a tightly integrated package, with a custom launcher, reworked UI's, extended device settings and a Software Centre called Pyramid, giving you access to the latest themes, tweaks and apps. Consider it CyanogenMod for the rest of us!
Why are you telling me this?
RA-Mod is currently being developed for the Samsung Galaxy 3 (XDA link), which I own. While working on RA-Mod, we thought it would be a good idea to expand RA-Mod to other devices and I remembered that I still had my first Android phone, the LG Optimus GT540, lying around somewhere...
I then messaged Dympy (RA-Mod founder), asking if he wanted a GT540 port - I think you can guess the reply...
OSSIM! What happens now?
It would really help me out if I knew who wants RA-Mod for the GT540, so I can judge if the port is viable or not. Before I even commit to the port, I want to make it known I have schoolwork etc., so I cannot guarantee ETAs etc. However, I'll try my best to get it out as soon as possible...
I haven't looked in the GT540 forums for a while, so I don't know the current state of ROMs on here. I understand there is a fully-working CM7 port - does anyone know if this is open to people modifying and redistributing (like the G3 CM7 port)? I don't want to tread on anybody's toes by using their work when they don't want me to. Of course, I'll fully credit the author(s?) of it
Links
http://ra-mod.com (RA-Mod site)
http://ra-mod.com/forum (RA-Mod Forums) - please sign up!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1421044 (Original RA-Mod Thread)
Anything else?
Ask away!
You should pm miroslav about that, his cm7 is most complite.
And yes, we are interested to try any new rom.
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bataya said:
You should pm miroslav about that, his cm7 is most complite.
And yes, we are interested to try any new rom.
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Thanks, I'll PM him now
yes seems interesting but if he does not allow maybe use mur4ik's?
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yes seems interesting but if he does not allow maybe use mur4ik's?
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No reply off miroslav, I'll try mur4ik now.
only difference between the 2 is cm version. miro's 7.2 and mur4ik's 7.1 and graphics performance
Quick announcement: RA-Mod for GT540 is going to be based on mur4ik's build!
There is now a GT540 section on the RA-Mod forums - http://ramod.x10.mx/forum/viewforum.php?f=11
now waiting
Looks very interesting but a legally binding contract for a forum?
Send me the fine print of what im agreeing to and i may join it
Regardless i hope to see this project come along and give it a try
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Danzano said:
Looks very interesting but a legally binding contract for a forum?
Send me the fine print of what im agreeing to and i may join it
Regardless i hope to see this project come along and give it a try
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It's a standard forum agreement - virtually the same one you agreed to when you signed up to XDA it's enabled by default in phpBB
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pixdev said:
It's a standard forum agreement - virtually the same one you agreed to when you signed up to XDA it's enabled by default in phpBB
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Oh right thats ok then just the way it was worded sounded abit weird
The xda one was abit longer to which made me feel a little more at ease
So is the mod definantly a go ahead ?
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This will be great
Danzano said:
Oh right thats ok then just the way it was worded sounded abit weird
The xda one was abit longer to which made me feel a little more at ease
So is the mod definantly a go ahead ?
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Yep!
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This will be great
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Thanks!
I've just migrated the website to a new host and url: http://www.ra-mod.com - there should be no more issues with downtime now
I'd love to test!
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I'd love to test!
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When Build 1 is ready, I'll let you know
Anyone else want to test?
same here bro
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When Build 1 is ready, I'll let you know
Anyone else want to test?
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Me too.
too bad its asis not sdsl ...
I would love to test this ROM.
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