Has anyone tried to port Android1.6 to the incredible?
Is it even possible?
If no one has, I'd like to give it a shot! I think I have my pc set up for building from source and for porting, just finished with all the downloads and installs with ubuntu 10.10, so any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Why would you want to port Android 1.6? That's 10 steps back from 2.2 ...
I know, just wanted to see if it was possible, and to see what I could do with it if I was able to port or build.
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On top of that. My g/f likes my dinc, but she says its too confusing for her, but when I had a MOTO devour, she loved that phone. So I was thinkin that if I could make a custom 1.6 Rom for her, she wouldn't have to steal my phone anymore and turn around and complain about not being able to work it!!
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1. Probably not possible based on the hardware specifics and apis needed.
2. Why even waste the time? Just date a girl who isn't so stupid that she can't work a drop dead simple OS with a UI layer that makes it even EASIER.
Honestly77 said:
1. Probably not possible based on the hardware specifics and apis needed.
2. Why even waste the time? Just date a girl who isn't so stupid that she can't work a drop dead simple OS with a UI layer that makes it even EASIER.
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Funny. Not nice. But funny. Lol'd
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Oooooooook.... thanks for the insight.
I see your point, but do you really have to be a **** about it?
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If you're looking for a simple-ish rom try MIUI. It's slightly buggy, but I've used it as my daily since Novemeber 2010. It is visually influenced by iOS so it is possibly more simple to use, but it still offers all the benefits of Android.
Yea, ok. I've used miui before! That may actually work for her, thanks.
It's been about 2 or 3 months since I flashed it, what are the latest fixes and kernel?
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How about loading ADW Launcher and making her a super simple 2 or 3 screens with everything she would need then locking the screen?
Good Rage song... Grew up listening to them..... And punk rock.... Fawk rap.
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Grew up listening to them!?!?!?! How old are you? That song came out when I was in high-school... :/
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6stringandy said:
Grew up listening to them!?!?!?! How old are you? That song came out when I was in high-school... :/
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Lol came out a year and a few months after I was born.
(On topic)
If you do pull off getting Donut to work on the Inc, I would certainly try it out. I wasn't around for the earlier days of Android and would like to try it out first hand .
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Grew up listening to them!?!?!?! How old are you? That song came out when I was in high-school... :/
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About to turn 42.... Im old. Remember driving to Airborne school listening to to a cd that had just come out.
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Lol came out a year and a few months after I was born.
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If you do pull off getting Donut to work on the Inc, I would certainly try it out. I wasn't around for the earlier days of Android and would like to try it out first hand .
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I feel old at 36 now.
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why not take 5 minutes and show her how to use the phone? **** even my dad is learning how to use my phone and he still uses a flip phone. convinced him to wait for the Inc2. never thought I'd see the day he used a smartphone. never in a million years. He a construction worker with huge hands, you should be able to teach her what she needs. It's not too hard to distinguish the phone button and stuff like that HTC Sense is made to be simple. just not idiotproof like the iCrap. Good luck.
Teaching her to use this phone is like teaching a 2 yr old quantum physics, and this time she won't even try. I told her there's not really any difference in operating between 1.6 and 2.2 but she just.....don't......get it, and I give up.
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6stringandy said:
Yea, ok. I've used miui before! That may actually work for her, thanks.
It's been about 2 or 3 months since I flashed it, what are the latest fixes and kernel?
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Given that they update weekly, quite a lot. It's running GB now, and has incorporated things such as app/system backup, a simple file explorer (with ftp-server functionality) and quite a bit more. The chinese devs created an english side to their site and posted a youtube video of the newest generation. Can't post links yet, but go to youtube and search for "MIUI ROM 7th closed beta version" and it'll pop right up.
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With full access to the ROMs and EVOs now, it doesn't seem like it will take long to me. Do any informed experts have any ideas?
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With full access to the ROMs and EVOs now, it doesn't seem like it will take long to me. Do any informed experts have any ideas?
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took me 7-8 hours to root the samsung moment once we got a copy of the leaked android 2.1....this phone is setup completely different and i dont physically have it to test anything.
im doing some research and hope to figure out a solution, but it'll be hard for me to test it for sure.
if anybody else has some insight with previous HTC and android experience, that'd be great to hear some other opinions?!
or maybe an HTC phone with similar file system structure which was rooted?
joey do u plan on getting this phone? i had a moment but was lucky enough to get the evo off someone that went to i/o.....it would be awesome to have your kernels working on this bad boy!!!
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joey do u plan on getting this phone? i had a moment but was lucky enough to get the evo off someone that went to i/o.....it would be awesome to have your kernels working on this bad boy!!!
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yea, im heavily considering it. i qualify for my upgrade so for $199 and giving up a hardware keyboard for all the great hardware features this has, i think its worth it!
i hope to be able to compile a few kernels for you and everybody else
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yea, im heavily considering it. i qualify for my upgrade so for $199 and giving up a hardware keyboard for all the great hardware features this has, i think its worth it!
i hope to be able to compile a few kernels for you and everybody else
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ah dont even worry about the onscreen keyboard it takes a second to get used to it. that was the reason why i picked the moment over the hero but i still found myself using swype lol. as of now im just using the htc keyboard and its pretty slick so far just have to train the dictionary.
i work for sprint, my indirect rep came in with his evo the other day and so i installed swype 1.25 on it. FREAKIN. AWESOME. also, MAD props to joeykrim. i have the moment and he has done SO many wonderful things with it. but it looks like im going to htc...
EDIT: joey, i would ABSOLUTELY LOVE to see you move to the evo and see what that genius brain can cook up. if you ever need a tester, im all over it. been with you on sdx since the days you and speedrabbit were bustin down and fixing 1.5.
IM getting the EVO day of release and maybe another for testing. Let me know when you want to get this thing a try. i just hope it doesn't brick XD
knowing joeykrim, once he gets his grubby hands on an Evo - it'll be rooted there soon after.
glad to see some familiar names over here guys...
Looks like the question has just about been answered :>
grack.com/blog/2010/05/23/root-on-an-htc-evo-4g/
Old school Palm devs working on it... even without details released, I'd stake my farm on it being 100% legit.
Important note - I have no farm .
HTC Evo 4G rooted in record time
http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/htc-evo-4g-rooted-in-record-time-video/
Yeah but in case you guys haven't heard the shipped 2.1 rom you guys get may not be final. Sprint could easily push an update to close off root. Just look in the hero section, the final 2.1 RUU is still not able to be rooted by our best devs. Im not trying to worry anybody but it is a possibility.
A family member has become enamored of my Droid (original) phone running CyanogenMod and asked me about getting an Android phone for them and setting it up. Since I will end up being the Tech Support Department I want to check here BEFORE telling them what to get. I am no guru but fairly familiar with Android devices and rooting, etc.: rooted my Droid a few years ago, installed android-x86 on a netbook and carpc and now have a Nook Color rooted and waiting for CM.
I checked the available phones from Verizon and it looks like the Incredible is solid and has both root and good roms available. Root is likely to be required for customizing, and a good solid custom rom is, imo, better than the stock roms.
*Is CM seriously stable and reliable on the Incredible? Is there something else that might be better?
*Are there still issues with the two different displays? It seems that slcd (?) is all Verizon has now but originally there were display driver issues?
*All of the info I have seen on rooting the Incredible is based on computers running windows, which I do not use. Is there any reason that the ADB commands will not work using a linux machine for the process? (Some weird usb connection stuff?)
Minor issues are not a problem, but this user is not exactly the "bleeding edge" type. If the phone is not going to be reliable and glitch free 99% of the time, I'd be better off letting them just choose something they like and leaving it stuck with the constraints Verizon hobbles it with... but I hate doing that. My Droid has been perfect ALL of the time unless, of course, I was trying brand new hacks or mods.
As long as a rooted and rommed Incredible has similar reliablity I have no problem with fixing it once or twice a year.
Thanks in advance for any and all advice.
Im running 6.1 cm on mine with evolution radio. It runs great with no issues at all!! Just make sure you root with custom recovery image. As far as Linux, idk. I use Win 7.
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I cannot speak on your other quesions.... but, The Linux version of the Android SDK (with adb) can be had from Google and works exactly as its Windows counterpart... only better as there is no need to futz with ish drivers and whatnot, for that reason I actually prefer it.
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Thanks for the responses, guys.
I had figured that linux adb would be just fine, if not better. I am somewhat familiar with it from all of the other stuff I have messed with; I was just suspicious since I saw ZERO references to rooting an Incredible from linux.
Looks like she'll be getting an Incredible then.
No issues from Linux or OSX here. I think the only reason that you see most of the instructions based for Windows is just like any other - it's what the majority of people run.
I will say though that trying to do work on the Dinc from a Windows VM in OSX via VMWare Fusion can and is a bit of a challenge
Just a recommendation for two nice and stable ROMs: SkyRaider 3.5 and Myn's Warm Two Point Two RLS4. I first ran SkyRaider for a few months, then switched to Myn's about a month ago; absolutely no problems with either. Both are highly recommended. Not exactly sure if either are SLCD compatible (as I am an AMOLED user), so make a nandroid before trying either. Good luck, and if you decide to get an Incredible, enjoy!
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LOL! No one noticed the OP stating he rooted his droid a few years ago? LMAO
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LOL! No one noticed the OP stating he rooted his droid a few years ago? LMAO
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lol
What can I say?
It's been a long year....
And it has been just about one year exactly, now that Mr. Not Letting Me Get Away With Being Stupid called me on the time frame- early December-ish.
Thanks for the responses, folks- after doing some more research and finding a deal with Verizon ended up ordering a pair of Droid 2 Global phones for the sum of $171.xx with tax and shipping.
They may not be quite as mod-friendly as I would have liked, but I think they'll be good.
Due to a recent little issue I am having I am doing a clean sweep of my HTC Incredible.
I am currently on CM7, with radio .28 , rooted , unrevoked forever, busybox... you know... things and stuff and things...
I am looking for suggestions for what I should do next.
What ROM?
What Kernel?
What Radio?
I am going on a LONG plane trip very soon so maximizing battery life would be nice without sacrificing too much in the way of power. Or heck, go for max power and show me how to REALLY crank this thing up. Just go with what you feel is the optimal setup so I can give it a try. Thanks for your input!
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Due to a recent little issue I am having I am doing a clean sweep of my HTC Incredible.
I am currently on CM7, with radio .28 , rooted , unrevoked forever, busybox... you know... things and stuff and things...
I am looking for suggestions for what I should do next.
What ROM?
What Kernel?
What Radio?
I am going on a LONG plane trip very soon so maximizing battery life would be nice without sacrificing too much in the way of power. Or heck, go for max power and show me how to REALLY crank this thing up. Just go with what you feel is the optimal setup so I can give it a try. Thanks for your input!
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Rom-Incredible Reingeneered Z
kernel-Whatever comes with the rom
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Rom-Incredible Reingeneered Z
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*points at* Stalking me! But... With your input, I kinda like it... lol
I wasn't aware of the fact that ROMs actually flashed the kernel as well. I thought that the kernel was something lower than the rom. As for "stock" radio, I can only seem to find posts on modded ones. Any idea as to where I can snag the original one? Thanks!
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*points at* Stalking me! But... With your input, I kinda like it... lol
I wasn't aware of the fact that ROMs actually flashed the kernel as well. I thought that the kernel was something lower than the rom. As for "stock" radio, I can only seem to find posts on modded ones. Any idea as to where I can snag the original one? Thanks!
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lol you could call it stalking i call it the droid incredible forums are getting kind of quiet i can even hear an echo in here lol. It doesn't matter what radio but now that i think about it you should try the new evo leaked radio its sumwere in the developement thread search the first two pages and you'l find it as for incredible reingeered z v1.2 http://www.themikmik.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=120&t=449
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lol you could call it stalking i call it the droid incredible forums are getting kind of quiet i can even hear an echo in here lol. It doesn't matter what radio but now that i think about it you should try the new evo leaked radio its sumwere in the developement thread search the first two pages and you'l find it as for incredible reingeered z v1.2
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Huh , I'm only seeing the reingeered z v1.1 at their site/forum. Is your 1.2 a typo or am I at the wrong place (theMikMik.com ) ?
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Huh , I'm only seeing the reingeered z v1.1 at their site/forum. Is your 1.2 a typo or am I at the wrong place (theMikMik.com ) ?
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link in the post above yours.....^
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link in the post above yours.....^
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1035955 <--- That be the link of which you speak?
Should I do the ROM first or the Radio? Or does it really not matter?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1035955 <--- That be the link of which you speak?
Should I do the ROM first or the Radio? Or does it really not matter?
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yea dat raido but i dont much care for flashing radios i still have stock.
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I'm basically gonna give you my set up because it works for me and I'm all about stability
CM7
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2.15.00.09.01 (Works for me around Greater Los Angeles Area)
Hope this helps
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I'm basically gonna give you my set up because it works for me and I'm all about stability
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^ ^
This is a popular setup because of how smooth chad's kernel and CM7 works together.
9.01 is better on the battery, however 4.08 provides faster 3G speeds (in my numerous testing between them)
WWW.dougpiston.com for your radio needs. I believe he has all of them on the site. Or his app, I think its called Inc bits?
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Well i'm surprised at the amount of replies this has gotten. I've already done the first guy's suggestion and I will say it's pretty snappy. I am doing backups of each setup idea and will post my thoughts on each one.
The first one with Rom-Incredible Reingeneered Z is really quick to respond and has lots of nice features. I'm just not crazy about sense is all. I'd like to smash this with an AOSP ROM for the gallery, launcher, and graphical effects that something like CyanogenMod has. However... I suppose the "Pretty effects" are what causes it to not respond AS quickly. For sure it's being saved away for further toying with ( yay for 16gb memory card! lol )
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Well i'm surprised at the amount of replies this has gotten. I've already done the first guy's suggestion and I will say it's pretty snappy. I am doing backups of each setup idea and will post my thoughts on each one.
The first one with Rom-Incredible Reingeneered Z is really quick to respond and has lots of nice features. I'm just not crazy about sense is all. I'd like to smash this with an AOSP ROM for the gallery, launcher, and graphical effects that something like CyanogenMod has. However... I suppose the "Pretty effects" are what causes it to not respond AS quickly. For sure it's being saved away for further toying with ( yay for 16gb memory card! lol )
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great it worked i've heard its pretty good i need to try it out sometime because warm z is getting a little to slow for my liking. I personally love sense because of all its features.
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Well i'm surprised at the amount of replies this has gotten. I've already done the first guy's suggestion and I will say it's pretty snappy. I am doing backups of each setup idea and will post my thoughts on each one.
The first one with Rom-Incredible Reingeneered Z is really quick to respond and has lots of nice features. I'm just not crazy about sense is all. I'd like to smash this with an AOSP ROM for the gallery, launcher, and graphical effects that something like CyanogenMod has. However... I suppose the "Pretty effects" are what causes it to not respond AS quickly. For sure it's being saved away for further toying with ( yay for 16gb memory card! lol )
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I'm not sure what graphic effects you're looking for, but Cyanogen has the fancy TV-off animation and when paired with ADW EX, you have fancy screen transitions as well. BTW, CyanogenMod 7.0.2 just came out, I'm flashing it now, I'll see if it's as stable as the latest nightlies.
EDIT: Seems that video recording isn't working on 7.0.2, I'm going with nightly #56.
Hey can anyone post a direct link for mik froyo incredibly reinginerred rom z v1.2 beta because when i go to the site it take forever to load even though i have already made an account.
great it worked i've heard its pretty good i need to try it out sometime because warm z is getting a little to slow for my liking. I personally love sense because of all its features.
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I feel used! I'm not your guinea pig! lol XD I thought that was a setup you liked/used! LMAO
I'm not sure what graphic effects you're looking for, but Cyanogen has the fancy TV-off animation and when paired with ADW EX, you have fancy screen transitions as well. BTW, CyanogenMod 7.0.2 just came out, I'm flashing it now, I'll see if it's as stable as the latest nightlies.
EDIT: Seems that video recording isn't working on 7.0.2, I'm going with nightly #56.
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Check this out, it MAY help ( not sure ) http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/19681-video-recording-function-crashes-phone-solved/
I'm assuming 7.0.2 and 7.0.0 aren't THAT different that the solution wouldn't work anymore. However, I've been wrong before. I am flashing 7.0.2 and trying the second suggestion's setup and seeing how that goes for me. I will keep you posted!
Hm, it seems weird that the radio would affect the camera but hey if it works! Also I know some people use the MIUI camera, perhaps video recording works on that? Let us know how 7.0.2 works out. I rarely ever record video but like to have it available if needed.
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I feel used! I'm not your guinea pig! lol XD I thought that was a setup you liked/used! LMAO
Check this out, it MAY help ( not sure ) http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/19681-video-recording-function-crashes-phone-solved/
I'm assuming 7.0.2 and 7.0.0 aren't THAT different that the solution wouldn't work anymore. However, I've been wrong before. I am flashing 7.0.2 and trying the second suggestion's setup and seeing how that goes for me. I will keep you posted!
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not really my guinea pig cause i have used it but not really extensively for a long period of time so i didn't know how people did with it for a long period of time. This was my setup for like 2 hours a week ago. I just didn't enjoy all the theming but im going to try to untheme everyhting and make it an odex theme. sorry if you felt used.
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not really my guinea pig cause i have used it but not really extensively for a long period of time so i didn't know how people did with it for a long period of time. This was my setup for like 2 hours a week ago. I just didn't enjoy all the theming but im going to try to untheme everyhting and make it an odex theme. sorry if you felt used.
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Oh no hard feelings, just thought it was funny is all. Literally it made me LOL a little bit. Just like "Really? REALLY now?" I suppose since you didn't brick my phone with this, I can trust any further ideas or suggestion's you got.
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Oh no hard feelings, just thought it was funny is all. Literally it made me LOL a little bit. Just like "Really? REALLY now?" I suppose since you didn't brick my phone with this, I can trust any further ideas or suggestion's you got.
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Lol sorry my current setup if you want to try (if you still trust me) lol is in my signature. and would you happen to have a direct link to the incredible reigninedd z because i deleted it off my laptop and when i try to load up the site it just takes ages.
I meandered on to the development section and was quite surprised to see such recent ROMS and developers working on a cell phone that is turning 3 years old in 5 months. Many EVO buyers have had their contracts expire and are able to upgrade to a new phone. There are much faster phones out there, with better specs that are possibly more interesting to develop for, because you might reach a larger user base. My question to the Devs is why are you sticking to the original EVO? Don't get me wrong, I am a current original EVO owner myself so by all means, keep up the good work, just curious as to why you stuck to such an old device.
Simple answer is its fun! Its a great way to get practice and many devs have friends in the forum. So why walk away completely? If you still have it, you can test away on things you try to build.
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Haha, so the EVO is just a scapegoat for developers that don't want to brick their actual device?
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Haha, so the EVO is just a scapegoat for developers that don't want to brick their actual device?
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Accidental thanks :banghead: in some cases, no. But I actually have less a reason to not flash everything in sight, if you catch my drift..
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Also the EVO is, and always has been a great Device. Why walk away from it when it still viable, and as stated hellua fun. The proof is in the pudding. Look at the support, and Rom Development available
TEAM MiK
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If I could boil it down to a sentence it would be... The Evo is a great device to build for.
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4.2 on the OG is more functional than 4.2 on the Jewel. And I need the 4.2 Bluetooth stack. So . . . yeah . Thus the reason my OG is listed as Device 1 in my sig .
Hell, Devs are still working on the Samsung Moment
Sprint htc evo 4g
i bought a sprint htc evo 4g that i bought from amazon ... i cant use sprint in my country and i cant unlock a sprint phone since itc cdma right?... but can i just leave the phone like with sprint but root it and play wiith iit because the only reason i bought it was to learn everything about rooting and i needed a test device...??
There are jelly bean ROMS for the OG? Are all the radios working?
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4.2 on the OG is more functional than 4.2 on the Jewel. And I need the 4.2 Bluetooth stack. So . . . yeah . Thus the reason my OG is listed as Device 1 in my sig .
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Wow, that was released in 2009...
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Hell, Devs are still working on the Samsung Moment
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Sure. Since you don't have service on the phone, it's basically a really small tablet. All the basic functionality will work, and there is always WiFi.
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i bought a sprint htc evo 4g that i bought from amazon ... i cant use sprint in my country and i cant unlock a sprint phone since itc cdma right?... but can i just leave the phone like with sprint but root it and play wiith iit because the only reason i bought it was to learn everything about rooting and i needed a test device...??
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There are jelly bean ROMS for the OG? Are all the radios working?
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I'm not sure what you're asking. Please, be specific. The ROM is fully functional outside of the things that require new drivers for Android 4.x, i.e. front-facing camera, and WiMAX.
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Wow, that was released in 2009...
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Yep and over on XDA-Developers, it's the most actively dev'd device still. It was the Evo of it's time
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Yep and over on XDA-Developers, it's the most actively dev'd device still. It was the Evo of it's time
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It's actually SDX Developers...and yes the Moment was the "Evo" of it's time, sadly however, it's time has passed. I'm a new convert over to XDA from SDX, having to give last rites to my Moment a month ago. Really only one active ROM still being worked on (UberMoment 1.6 - props to TheTehk17 for hanging in there :good: ). They never got a GB Rom fully functional (CM7 was close), all dev was, and still is, Froyo. Major hardware limitations and lack of support will probably keep any further ROM upgrades forthcoming.
Inherited an OG to use for now - great to see all the work being done! Waiting for the arrival of the S4 or M7 for upgrade, until then enjoying the plethora of ROM's available!
Upon upgrade, I will be passing the OG on to any dev here who will continue to put it to good use!
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It's actually SDX Developers...and yes the Moment was the "Evo" of it's time, sadly however, it's time has passed. I'm a new convert over to XDA from SDX, having to give last rites to my Moment a month ago. Really only one active ROM still being worked on (UberMoment 1.6 - props to TheTehk17 for hanging in there :good: ). They never got a GB Rom fully functional (CM7 was close), all dev was, and still is, Froyo. Major hardware limitations and lack of support will probably keep any further ROM upgrades forthcoming.
Inherited an OG to use for now - great to see all the work being done! Waiting for the arrival of the S4 or M7 for upgrade, until then enjoying the plethora of ROM's available!
Upon upgrade, I will be passing the OG on to any dev here who will continue to put it to good use!
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lol.. brain fart
Yeah, I never thought the Moment could successfully run Froyo, unless there was a hybrid Froyo/GB Rom. I dev'd a nice ROM for the Moment, but I think I took all the links down a few months ago.
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lol.. brain fart
Yeah, I never thought the Moment could successfully run Froyo, unless there was a hybrid Froyo/GB Rom. I dev'd a nice ROM for the Moment, but I think I took all the links down a few months ago.
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The devs did a pretty good job porting over Froyo ROMs from the Intercept and Transform, and got those pretty functional. Otherwise, the phone would have been stuck on 2.1 Eclair! As mentioned, they have a somewhat working CM7 - buggy, but it does boot up.! The dev that ported that moved on leaving no one to work out the kinks.
So, for me, I'm like a kid in a candy store with not only GB Roms, but ICS, JB, AOSP.......and Sense too! Hell, I'm in hog heaven
lol. yeah, you can flash a different ROM every day for a year, going back to 2.1 if you wanted to
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lol. yeah, you can flash a different ROM every day for a year, going back to 2.1 if you wanted to
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lol - I might have to hold out on that upgrade until I get this "flashing" urge under control..........
Will be interesting to see when the S4/M7 debuts, how long it takes to get dev going on each
i'm glad dev's have kept this phone up to date its alot of fun
The Samsung Galaxy S2 is actually listed by Mozilla as a supported device for Firefox OS....
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox_OS/Firefox_OS_build_prerequisites
... with one important note:
Samsung Galaxy S2
The only model that works is the i9100; no other variants are officially compatible. (i9100P might work, since the only change is a NFC chip added)
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Does this mean our SGH-T989 will not be compatible? Has anyone actually tried Firefox OS with our model?
If someone tried it, there would probably be a thread on it somewhere. About it working on our devices, just take a step back and think, can we run i9000 roms? Our phones and the i9000 are pretty different and I doubt Mozilla would go out of their way to get a t989 and do the work themselves, since our phone isnt International and only sold in a handful or markets. Can it be made to work on our phones? Possibly, with a knowledgeable Dev doing the work, and even then who knows.
The OS as a whole seems to be still in a "beta" form so its not ready yet for the consumer so I doubt anyone would do all the work to port it over to have a half assed OS on their phones, but possibly with time, when the OS is good to go for the market someone will do the leg work to port it over to our phones, but I probably wouldnt hold my breath.
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If someone tried it, there would probably be a thread on it somewhere. About it working on our devices, just take a step back and think, can we run i9000 roms? Our phones and the i9000 are pretty different and I doubt Mozilla would go out of their way to get a t989 and do the work themselves, since our phone isnt International and only sold in a handful or markets. Can it be made to work on our phones? Possibly, with a knowledgeable Dev doing the work, and even then who knows.
The OS as a whole seems to be still in a "beta" form so its not ready yet for the consumer so I doubt anyone would do all the work to port it over to have a half assed OS on their phones, but possibly with time, when the OS is good to go for the market someone will do the leg work to port it over to our phones, but I probably wouldnt hold my breath.
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Still to this day android is still a beta imo
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Redsmurf said:
Does this mean our SGH-T989 will not be compatible?
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The only model that works is the i9100; no other variants are officially compatible.
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not clear enough?
don728871 said:
Still to this day android is still a beta imo
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using xda app-developers app
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You could say that. I personally think it was beta back in the Gingerbread days, and ICS was a huge improvement and JB is the topping to the ice cream sandwich lol, imo JB is like rc, its a finished product, it can only get better.
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You could say that. I personally think it was beta back in the Gingerbread days, and ICS was a huge improvement and JB is the topping to the ice cream sandwich lol, imo JB is like rc, its a finished product, it can only get better.
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Then sooo were iOS 1,2 and 3 lol. You guys just say that because even in the 2.x days android was faaaaar lagging behind iOS in both the software AND hardware requirements. Jellybean was the first rendition to properly render GUI elements using the GPU (ICS started it, wasn't complete though) hence the notorious "android lag.". IOS was smooth from the start, powervmr .
That being said, I personally dislike Apple products, go figure
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If someone tried it, there would probably be a thread on it somewhere. About it working on our devices, just take a step back and think, can we run i9000 roms? Our phones and the i9000 are pretty different and I doubt Mozilla would go out of their way to get a t989 and do the work themselves, since our phone isnt International and only sold in a handful or markets. Can it be made to work on our phones? Possibly, with a knowledgeable Dev doing the work, and even then who knows.
The OS as a whole seems to be still in a "beta" form so its not ready yet for the consumer so I doubt anyone would do all the work to port it over to have a half assed OS on their phones, but possibly with time, when the OS is good to go for the market someone will do the leg work to port it over to our phones, but I probably wouldnt hold my breath.
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don728871 said that Android is still a Beta. In a sense, that is true. It's a work in progress that will probably not end. Ever. In that sense, it is still a beta as it also takes in data and user submitted reviews about their issues, likes, dislikes and the such to make it better and better and better.
Now, for Firefox OS, I'd consider it more of a pre-release alpha. They've got the concept down, they've got a working-ish OS for the most part but yes, like you said, it's a half assed ish OS for the most part and probably, nobody would use this as their daily driver until a stable beta (after extensive testing, updates and stuff) is released.
So for now, nothing to expect here. Let's move along shall we?
Wait a sec, let's look at iOS.
Now, yeah, people say it's lag free. True-ish for the most part...
but let's look at it from another perspective. Has iOS 6 changed in any way?
Yeah, I guess in optimization and whatnot but come on, what OS has changed so dramatically?
Evolved in such a way that it's already awesome but it just keeps getting better and better?
That, as we all know, is android. From Cupcake, we've come a long way to Jelly Bean.
That was 4 years ago. Took a while...
Now knowing how other OS's evolved,
it is now safe to assume that Firefox OS isn't going anywhere far for now.
Ooshi said:
don728871 said that Android is still a Beta. In a sense, that is true. It's a work in progress that will probably not end. Ever. In that sense, it is still a beta as it also takes in data and user submitted reviews about their issues, likes, dislikes and the such to make it better and better and better.
Now, for Firefox OS, I'd consider it more of a pre-release alpha. They've got the concept down, they've got a working-ish OS for the most part but yes, like you said, it's a half assed ish OS for the most part and probably, nobody would use this as their daily driver until a stable beta (after extensive testing, updates and stuff) is released.
So for now, nothing to expect here. Let's move along shall we?
Wait a sec, let's look at iOS.
Now, yeah, people say it's lag free. True-ish for the most part...
but let's look at it from another perspective. Has iOS 6 changed in any way?
Yeah, I guess in optimization and whatnot but come on, what OS has changed so dramatically?
Evolved in such a way that it's already awesome but it just keeps getting better and better?
That, as we all know, is android. From Cupcake, we've come a long way to Jelly Bean.
That was 4 years ago. Took a while...
Now knowing how other OS's evolved,
it is now safe to assume that Firefox OS isn't going anywhere far for now.
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Excellent point! Android Evolution has been gradual and drastic ... but still, when it did pick up, it was different. I think if Firefox OS can include a captivating element right from the start, it can make an impact. However, I don't see it being too radically remarkable.