Incase the SlimRoms team actually monitors this thread, Can you provide an idea of what features you plan to implement into SlimKat? I'm not sking for ETA, but I'd like to know what features are coming?
Will you implement Halo? DPI control? Kernel Tweaks like L2M or S2W (In the case of HTC One) or OC/UV? Just let us know... Because If features aren't coming, I can start figuring out how to replace them now rather than later.
Cheers,
Good Luck
P.S. who is your most direct competitor in the ROM world? AOKP? PA? some other team?
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Hello friends! I created this thread to make a proposal to the dev's and cookers ...
Well, what I mean is that we have bright developers of ROMs for our XPERIA X8
I think most of them work on your own ROMs, without the assistance of anyone (I'm NOT saying they are not able to cook a ROM)
What I mean is that I think that all the dev's of X8 ROM's (as racht, doixanh or AnDyX), cookers (like ME!) and designers (like AChep) come together and form a team, so to create an all-new custom ROM with the help and idea of all users of the Xperia X8!
The forum is for everyone to share their ideas and how they can help in the development of custom ROMs for our devices, and I believe that together we can create a perfect ROM!
That's the idea and proposed to you all, developers of ROMs of our Xperia X8 ...
I think it's a good idea!
Who agrees with me?
Remember: In unity is strength!
It sounds good in theory but I doubt they will work on a single rom. As far as I see it, racht likes gingerbread and has abandoned his floyo rom, but dx likes froyo so he started adding things from gingerbread for users to have a better experience while using it. One thing that I know for certain, if someone manages to find a fix for a problem in any rom I am sure they will share their work with others, because that's why they use these forums.
As for jerpelea he seems to focus more on the X10, which will get official gingerbread update, instead on X8 and that saddens me abit, but is his time to spend and he can do whatever he wants with it... AnDyX has done 2 modules but no rom so maybe ask him to make a rom from scratch by using knowledge gained from other devs.
I do not mean to them that I quoted ...
I refer to ALL's dev ...
I think if all agree to try to do this, we must settle on which Android will be based (Whether it will be 2.3 or 2.2, whatever), but I think that discussion is for later ...
My proposal is that all ideas come together and share their knowledge so that all interested members to create a fully-working near perfect ROM
This is my proposal and idea ...If anyone can understand me...
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I do not mean to them that I quoted ...
I refer to ALL's dev ...
I think if all agree to try to do this, we must settle on which Android will be based (Whether it will be 2.3 or 2.2, whatever), but I think that discussion is for later ...
My proposal is that all ideas come together and share their knowledge so that all interested members to create a fully-working near perfect ROM
This is my proposal and idea ...If anyone can understand me...
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Hehe this is best idea i ever see on this forum ! Come one devs! Xda rocks! !! Sent from xgin 5.4
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I do not say that this not a good idea... but it's very-very difficult to work with someone else over the same project. I have never work over roms for phone but from my knowledge as a programmer i can say that it may be better working like now...
I was working with a programmer over a firefox addon (like the way you say) but it was very difficult. I was forced to inform him about everything i did, so to let him know what he should do. I started keeping notes and made a program lol...
You must be very consistent too do this...
I wish our devs have the time to set up such a project...
great idea, but... We only need to know if our devs agree with that..
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I do not say that this not a good idea... but it's very-very difficult to work with someone else over the same project. I have never work over roms for phone but from my knowledge as a programmer i can say that it may be better working like now...
I was working with a programmer over a firefox addon (like the way you say) but it was very difficult. I was forced to inform him about everything i did, so to let him know what he should do. I started keeping notes and made a program lol...
You must be very consistent too do this...
I wish our devs have the time to set up such a project...
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I feel the same way. It is very difficult to work with multiple people at the same project, each in a different place. Everyone should have from time to time the exact same code and this would necessarily mean working in shifts and not in a team.
What I see much more easy to do is try to understand what features should have the "perfect rom", such as it is doing doixanh for froyobread, posting polls and seeing what the majority prefers.
We could start with topics such as: 1) froyo base vs. gingerbread base, 2) favorite launcher, 3) basic applications preinstalled .. etc etc. ..
Then we might ask a developer to take charge of the project and prepare the ROM. As an incentive we can provide some donation, if at the end of the project will be many users of the forum to participate, there won't be too hard to put together a little cash I think.
What do you think? Could it be possible?
While I won't downplay this idea, because it does have its merit, this would be VERY hard to achieve. Devs would need to communicate everything they did to eachother, which could prove difficult. However what we COULD do is designate assignments for a specific dev. For example:
Doixanh - Porting Gingerbread features to Froyo and performance
Jerpelea & Blagus - Cracking the bootloader
And so on, so forth. Publish all the work in Google Code or Github to make easily accessible for the whole community.
This to me seems the only really viable way to go...
well I hope so !! really they are the betters and could pass something nice
So typical.
All i see are random members saying that it can't be done or that it is so hard to achieve.
Why can't you wait for devs to answer for themselves?
...I agree with all that this is difficult but... I think that the are already work in a team... xda devs' team... they already help each other enought.
First of all, this thread belongs to Genreal section.
Now on-topic:
I don't see any usefullness from this idea.
1st Devs are helping each other anyway for sure
2nd.. 2nddd?!?!?! :O
Oh, yeah... there's no second.
Point is:
Example: doixanh is stuck at something when making froyobread.. he will ask someone for tip...
racht hackdroid has camera disabled... kuya will fix it (altough he's a cooker, not dev I suppose)
You got it??
Apps preistalled, default launcher... install your favorites by yourself you lazyasses
if OP want it like cyanogenmod,
than it is freexperia project.
I don't see it working.
btw, yes, I'm not a "dev", I like and always be a newbie
Theres already a project like that, it is FreeXperia project, i suppose everyone already know that.
The point is, we should just continue that project, if someone already have a well programming knowledge, then they should just help that project, creating the libs for X8 to be used for 2.3+ Android version later.
that's good idea,newbie like me very happy to hear it
That's a good idea, but i think that we'll have more progress about a Cyanogen 7 rom soon enough.
I'm working on a rom for NS4G that will feature a custom launcher, UI elements, apps, widgets, etc. We are looking for developers who would like to work on the project.
If you are interested or have questions, just send me an email at: [email protected]
Thanks!
I will help for kernels
I may be able to help.
I can do graphics.
Thanks for responding, I sent everyone a PM.
I just want to say thanks. The dev is really weak and dry for the Nexus S 4G. Mathkid and a few others have supported us well and I am thankful. ROM wise it's been super dry.
I appreciate the support UniqueNate. I agree, the dev support for the NS4G is kind of weak. Which is surprising since it's kind of a dev phone (in my opinion).
Keep looking out for us and the rom!
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I can fully host your project (web, public/private git, irc, whatever else you want) for a reasonable monthly price.
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Thanks! I don't think we'll need that at the moment but I'll keep you in mind.
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i think that you should stop bumping this thread. that makes it spammy. instead of an open thread, a moderator will end up closing it. at least post something instead of writing "bump". anything.
If you need devs, and don't need hosting, what are you yourself doing?
@simms22 you might new right about that, I'll keep that I'm mind. Thanks
@Jonnythan we're building a custom rom. Other than that, I'm not sure what your question means.
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@simms22 you might new right about that, I'll keep that I'm mind. Thanks
@Jonnythan we're building a custom rom. Other than that, I'm not sure what your question means.
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We who? Does it take multiple devs to build a custom ROM? Are you doing coding work yourself?
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We who? Does it take multiple devs to build a custom ROM? Are you doing coding work yourself?
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I have a dev team now, we're just recruiting more devs. And the number of devs you need depends on how big the project is really. Some people do it alone, but you also have large teams like cyanogen mod team.
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Directions please
Hey can someone direct me to where I can begin to learn how to port roms to NS4g?
Thanks
Evan_TechBamboo said:
I'm working on a rom for NS4G that will feature a custom launcher, UI elements, apps, widgets, etc. We are looking for developers who would like to work on the project.
If you are interested or have questions, just send me an email at: [email protected]
Thanks!
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It's a Nexus S, pure vanilla. Apps are all over the market and here, the launcher is stock, it's up to marketers and developers in the market to create those and hand them over to be used, same goes for widgets. Not to be a basher, but most dev teams started with solo work finding interest in someone else's and and them stealing from eachother then co operating.
As Johnny was asking though, what work are you doing yourself, not your team, but you? We need a lure, and some hope, not be drawn into a Project where the man in charge is scooping everyones work into a pot to call his.
What part do you play in your team? What ideas do and future do you see for your rom. Do you see it as big as Cyanogen coming with nightlies, or is this a whole new game. I really can't see a custom rom built for Nexus besides ASOP, MIUI roms that we skin and theme ourselves, all we have to look forward to is ICe cream Sandwhich, and some useless ports of other launchers and possible Framework- which won't happen on this phone with a new Nexus coming out.
If you are for real, I am a very good artist, and designer and developer but have very little time to play around. LMK your role, and i'll keep it in mind and get back to you.
Ok, I think we need more Kernel devs.
We only have a few, and the only one I know on the top of my head is OdiemanSAM. I am trying to learn now aswell.
When developing Ice Cream Sandwich, we need more kernels.
So why am I making this thread? We will use it as a central for kernel knowledge, so people wanting to learn will know where to go. Also, ask questions here. Also, post with more links, and ill put it in the OP. Thanks.
Links:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Vision:_Compile_CyanogenMod_%28Linux%29
http://source.android.com/source/initializing.html
I have already had experience with building cm but not building kernels....I imagine it is quite similar though. Do you have any links related to building kernels?
I would personally love to learn how to build kernels....I have been dying to put together a new kernel for gingerbread that integrates the features of all the kernels we have in our g2 section. All the governors as well as the under -volting abilities are my top priorities.
Do these 2 help? marakana.com/forums/android/examples/111.html
forums.androidcentral.com/htc-hero-rooting-roms-hacks/8072-how-build-your-own-kernel-package-source.html
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We all probably remember CMTE (CyanogenMod Theme Engine) and how it was killed in LineageOS. I had an idea of what could be added. In Paranoid Android 7, there is a new setting called "Color Engine" and what it allows you to do is change the accent color and other things to fix your needs. What if this was added to LineageOS? I feel it could be a good idea and it makes sense. Some people may prefer to just change the accent color. Now, I know, you'll say "Just get Substratum!" but so people don't want root. There are themes that let you do things like that but having this baked into the system would be awesome! :good: What would you like? Post your ideas in the comments!
substratum
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The LineageOS team has been actively working on a Theme Engine.
It looks, to me, that they can't port the old CMTE as a whole but, they are trying to salvage what they can of the old CMTE and rework the it into LineageOS as a whole new Theme Engine.
If you want to see, just a portion of their work, then you can see it on the following Gerrit link.
https://review.lineageos.org/#/q/theme_engine
Just because it's been a while doesn't mean that it won't happen.
Yes, Substratum and a few others are out there that individuals can use in the meantime but, it'll come.
Patience is a virtue...
***Please Note: As always, I welcome any member to help with further valuable information/clarification for any of my posts.
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Please focus on Lineage pie development. Help Lineage team to bring it official from beta. Second try to port EUI to Pie version if possible. Some basic additions required in all roms should be considered...
Galary app should be improved.
Stock camera app should be improved
IR blaster app should be included
Ram/trash cleaning app should be included
Gesture should be improved and new options should be added.
why not just do it yourself.
Or.... they can focus on projects that interest them and provide us with a nice breadth of roms?
Seriously, do it yourself if you take issue with how they do things. They're not your servants.
Entitled Much?
These developers are individuals who share their personal work with you. If you don't like what is offered go back stock
Or, as everyone else mentioned just learn to do it yourself Here is one way to do it: https://forum.xda-developers.com/chef-central/android/how-to-build-lineageos-14-1-t3551484
You can focus on one rom all you want.
PS
You know you can buy a new phone that focuses on one OS. right?