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Hello Everyone,
I'm very new to android phones. got my first one ( galaxy s i9000). loving it so far. i love tech and i wanna customize and play around with my phone as much as i can. i was gonna buy an iphone but some ppl told me i shud get android since i like customization. what i want to know is the detail about everything that ppl say around here . i dont understand it at all lol. what is a ROM and kernal and blah blah .. i hope u get what im saying .. it wud be great to get answers or if someone can direct me to a thread with a similar topic..

Androidish said:
Hello Everyone,
I'm very new to android phones. got my first one ( galaxy s i9000). loving it so far. i love tech and i wanna customize and play around with my phone as much as i can. i was gonna buy an iphone but some ppl told me i shud get android since i like customization. what i want to know is the detail about everything that ppl say around here . i dont understand it at all lol. what is a ROM and kernal and blah blah .. i hope u get what im saying .. it wud be great to get answers or if someone can direct me to a thread with a similar topic..
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a ROM is the software on your phone.
a kernel is the linux kernel (google "linux kernel") that underpins it.
If you want to customise, definitely get Android
Take a look in the forum for your device, and read at the stickies

Thanks!...will do
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

wasnt this explained in the noob video?...

Airfaire said:
wasnt this explained in the noob video?...
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Yes, it was. Watch the noob video! Its hilarious

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this is a great forums

hey,guys ,i think this is a good forums that you can learn more information form this forum,right ?
if you agree with my opinion ,write your comment here !!!!
peter holy said:
hey,guys ,i think this is a good forums that you can learn more information form this forum,right ?
if you agree with my opinion ,write your comment here !!!!
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HOLY COW
hes right D:
well yeah i decided at 12:30am when i got home in new jersey here that i wanted to unlock my phone...which poses a huge problem for me because i have no idea what im doing...the only thing iv ever done was update my rom...so to make a really long story short this forum just helped me fully unlock my at&t tilt and upgrade my radio rom and everything..the whole kittin kabootle when i came from not even knowing what a hardspl or w/e was and not knowing how to flash and what cooked meant...this forum rocks and i hope anyone who needs help will be brought here!

CM9 ICS on I8150 Noobie Report

Hello all,
I'm not a developer, but i'm just curious with CM9 on my first android device (GT-i8150), so I try to build CM9 source + arco's ancora ics.
I didn't changed anything except Line 45 on device/samsung/ancora/device.mk :
Code:
$(LOCAL_PATH)/init.qcom.usb.rc:root/init.qcom.usb.rc \
because I dunno where the init.qcom.usb.rc is located.
Stuff that currently work:
Phone (Call,SMS)
Mobile Network (3G, HSDPA)
Wifi
Bluetooth file transfer (only test transfer from GT-I8150 to my netbook)
Audio (Music)
Screecapture
Power (Power Off, Reboot)
Stuff that currently not work:
Camera
USB Mass Storage (idk how to enable it, no notification on statusbar)
Stuff that currently not tested:
Anything except above
I would say many thank's to arco & everyone who participated for the hard work making CM9 on our GT-I8150
Sorry for video, only taken with old phone
Very nice!
Thank you.
in the old os to enable usb mass storage is enable at usb debugging, check it then connect ur usb..
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and can u give me the link i wanna try too
Can't you people wait? -.-
Headphone audio also doesn't work, charging the phone is problematic, GPU is causing certain root applications todos crash, as well as a few other problems.
If you can't really tell what works or not don't do it. CM9 is far from ready unfortunately. You're giving everyone the idea that it's all fine and dandy
Sent from my GT-I8150 using XDA App
okey sorry
Sorry, please close this thread.
I quit.. bye.
Nice to meet you all..
Hey Guys, just relax!
To quote John Carmack:
"It's done when it's done!"
No one wants a buggy CM9 on I8150, so be patient!
But I don't see a problem in testing early versions though... Just makes people getting hotter!
...
KezraPlanes said:
Can't you people wait? -.-
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Social answer: Yes ofcourse, no problem... take it easy... take all the time you need...
Honest answer: I want it yesterday! give it to me! i cant wait !!
Just kidding, Arco wants to make a good and solid product, and since he likes to work alone, he really need some time for this jewel!
And ofcourse is everyone very curious, but thats only of enthusiasm !
Of course we can('t) wait!
Of course no one is expecting a stable release from other than arco because the guy just know his thing.
Still, the guys want to try and learn and that's good. If I knew a bit more (and I'm trying, slowly) and was not so dependent on my phone being FULLY FUNCTIONAL for my work I'd probably give it a shot too.
Have patience Dude arco68 is working on it...he has gone thru a bricked SGW thru out he dev.
It will be released I know he can do it....ROM dev. requires patience n focus...one wrong move n that's it...
This is his style......
https://github.com/arco
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Hey guys..take it easy.
his not provide you all a link to download it..his not asking u all to install that..his only got exited to that and show off a bit....his just a person who sold his soul on android heaven..!if u all love on this open source..actually u all also have a open mind..!!c'mon guys..let him be..his not bothering u guys.his not say on title "[ROM][CM9]Official realese download" rite?
.!what.?u call this a community. ?bull****..u guys (not all of u)only stopping people who want to learn more for his curiosity..this community supposed to be a place fo sharing knowledge,,if u want to share...if not,well do whatever make u happy.!!
I'm sorry if my word make some of u guys a hard feeling ..
It's better to be loud and clear than to be quiet and wait for a chance for supporting a majority speak but don't know a **** what his talking about...
Peace
Sent from another space
.!what.?u call this a community. ?bull****..u guys
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heyyyyy man.....
no need for that kinda stuff, we are all new to this phone, but not new to this XDA community, or other communities...
like Android Forums, and Modaco, etc
I think everyone needs to chill.....but not to run off like that....and not say things we will regret later.....
not called for, we all try to help, in whatever way.
So many projects are destroyed by too much EGO....
so we need to be patient, but not get into strop when criticised, if it is constructive.
Constructive Criticism is good, and it builds Character
Life is not perfect!!!!
irishpancake said:
heyyyyy man.....
no need for that kinda stuff, we are all new to this phone, but not new to this XDA community, or other communities...
like Android Forums, and Modaco, etc
I think everyone needs to chill.....but not to run off like that....and not say things we will regret later.....
not called for, we all try to help, in whatever way.
So many projects are destroyed by too much EGO....
so we need to be patient, but not get into strop when criticised, if it is constructive.
Constructive Criticism is good, and it builds Character
Life is not perfect!!!!
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Amen to that.
Sent from my GT-I8150 using XDA App
irishpancake said:
heyyyyy man.....
no need for that kinda stuff, we are all new to this phone, but not new to this XDA community, or other communities...
like Android Forums, and Modaco, etc
I think everyone needs to chill.....but not to run off like that....and not say things we will regret later.....
not called for, we all try to help, in whatever way.
So many projects are destroyed by too much EGO....
so we need to be patient, but not get into strop when criticised, if it is constructive.
Constructive Criticism is good, and it builds Character
Life is not perfect!!!!
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Thx man.appreciate that..I will keep in mind...forgive me if I'm running to kinda stuff and saying **** like that.
But I will not regret what I'm saying.the only thing that I will regret when I'm not spilling it out.
I know all of u guys being on this community for too long period of time..and u know much better than me..but this is not how long u have been on thing like this.this is about man's right and people's feeling bro.. And about the criticism..its not a constructive,but its like killing someone..why is everybody treat that man like his doing distribute of something.?or like this man want u to obey for follow his step...?that dude just want to show his work,but maybe some of u guys say his work "it's nothing to be proud of"....but for him maybe its worth it and doing that for his own satisfaction..he just wanna share his excitements for what his been doing.that's all..
And not a single word from him that this thing is fully functional rom and blah blah blah...u guys know that.
I know that Everybody have his own idea and it's different from everybody else....maybe I'm with a wrong side..I'm sorry.
I' apologize to all of u for polluted this sacred community ..I'm just said what I want to say..I'm not born in a Communist country..
I'm sorry and I out of here..thx guys.
Peace
Sent from another space
Dun give up so fast dude,its an early stage.......you did a GREAT JOB for it!!!Who didnt appreciate with your hard work is begone with it!Its a nice start for you bro,you make the W community impatience....hehex *cheers*
@scmsystm, maybe u can help the dev such as kezra to buid cm9 as a team, i can not do anything except moral support from all members of this communities
Link with Download ??
just wait for arco i've tried it lots of bugs .. arco will do the best for uss
when the beta release?
pmirra said:
when the beta release?
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When it's there, it's there. As far as I know it is not considered as benefit asking for the estimated time of arrival(no ETA) (no offense).
It has reported, that it is "around the corner", so please be patient.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1460738&page=5
greets
THE-E

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i thought this website was best for android developing :/ but no .>! no working cm7 yet ? i mean cmon billions buyed this cheapest sgy ! they al might be so dissapointed -_- ! i would like to give a shot to the androidforums blog something ! let's see if it's faster then this xda
and what is your contributions? if you want cm7,cm9, or whatever os you wan't to ported to sgy as fast as possible, paid professional developers to do for you. but i am sure it will cost you the same amount money with (at least) 2-3 galaxy s3. that's if you can find a developer willing to do for you.
Crazy Big Mouth Noobs! Sumtimes Doesn't even understand how to change permissions of a file.. nd after reading some blogs nd trying out some custom roms expects dat CM will drop from the sky!! ..Well lemme tell u.. The Major developers r same over every forum.. Nd this is the largest of em! So If u can't find sumthing in xda... U probably won't find it anywhere! If u r so desperate.. Donate to one of the developers who r trying to build CM7 bt doesn't hv our device.. still they r trying.. Try to appreciate the effort for a change!!
Why won't you just buy a phone that has cyanogen we are not dissapointed at are phones we are dissapointed at people like you!!!
Cm7 takes time to build you are already lucky because they trying hard to make this rom while you are just a big mouthed noob!!!
You are very lucky you can just sit down and flash roms did you ever wonder about the developers hard work!?!
SHAME ON YOU!
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NeelDroid said:
Crazy Big Mouth Noobs! Sumtimes Doesn't even understand how to change permissions of a file.. nd after reading some blogs nd trying out some custom roms expects dat CM will drop from the sky!! ..Well lemme tell u.. The Major developers r same over every forum.. Nd this is the largest of em! So If u can't find sumthing in xda... U probably won't find it anywhere! If u r so desperate.. Donate to one of the developers who r trying to build CM7 bt doesn't hv our device.. still they r trying.. Try to appreciate the effort for a change!!
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i agree wid u
kenjilucas19 said:
Why won't you just buy a phone that has cyanogen we are not dissapointed at are phones we are dissapointed at people like you!!!
Cm7 takes time to build you are already lucky because they trying hard to make this rom while you are just a big mouthed noob!!!
You are very lucky you can just sit down and flash roms did you ever wonder about the developers hard work!?!
SHAME ON YOU!
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Again i also agree wid u
Check this out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=81
thanks button is nice idea but after saw this guy makes me want to add "kick his ass" button to this forum (lol)
kurotsugi said:
thanks button is nice idea but after saw this guy makes me want to add "kick his ass" button to this forum (lol)
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Kick his ass button pressed on his profile
Check this out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=81
+1 for spam
+1 vote to either close the thread or move to trash
+ for android forums and stay there!
CarlDeanCatabay said:
+1 for spam
+1 vote to either close the thread or move to trash
+ for android forums and stay there!
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Sorry sir
These types of threads can't be closed coz its not against the rules
Actually i had reported some of these s#itty threads but techno update cant close it coz of they are not against the rules
Check this out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=81
CarlDeanCatabay said:
+1 for spam
+1 vote to either close the thread or move to trash
+ for android forums and stay there!
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+1 for agry with u......
Sent from my GT-S6102 using xda premium
dont mind threads like this some people have no idea on how hard it is to port CM or MIUI to a android phone, some even take years to get a working port however we have highly skilled devs who are dedicated to port the rom for us, complaining about it wont get us there
so its either you'll sell ur SGY for a SG-Mini or ace or fit, SG-mini is cheaper than SGY now and some will trade your SGY for a mini, and it has a CM7 and ICS port, before you bought the phone you should have done a extensive reseach on what will it benefit you and what are the phone's limitations
so sell or trade it on ebay or somethin, and be considerate that its not the dev's job to port anything, have a life and understand it, give thanks to small things we have in this little community of ours in which i love
The fact is dat these guys only deserve the stock! But they r getting sooo much more than that.. that they donno nd dont want to think about the hard part!! Just whinning all the time!
Grrr !
WHAT A NOOB !!You don't know how our developers work hard to port CM7 for us ,Porting a ROM from other device is difficult as some developers here doesn't have SGY but they still trying to port CM7 for us , If you're looking for a cheap phone that has CM7 then trade your Galaxy for a Galaxy Mini !! SHAME ON YOU NOOB !!
Pressed "Ban member" button for that !
Sent from my dad's A500
Twitter Hashtag : #STUPIDN00B
Sent from my GT-S5360 using XDA
Thread Closed:
Don't like where it started and don't like where it is going.

multi window!?

I know this has already been brought up and the person how brought it up was pretty much laughed at, I want to port over the multi window feature to our t989's and I know that the screen is small compaired to the note 2 but, I would like it still. I know that it has been ported over for the s2 i9100 and it works great. I also know that the roms for that phone are not compatable with our phones and people have bricked their devicesby flashing those roms, so I will not try and brick My phone!!! I just want to know if there is anyone that can port this over maby from the I900? I would gladly pay for it. Or can someone atleast point me to a link. So that I can teach my self and test on some other phones before flashing to this one. I love the features of the note 2 but I love the size and feel of my s2 so I do not want to swich. I just want to get a few of the features. Any help would be great. Please any hard core devs out there, please help I dont want to just use the stuff you make I know it takes time and skill, but I am more than willing to pay for it. Thanks Kevin
So first you say YOU want to port it over, then go into why you want someone else to do it...I mean, help you.
Ok.
I know it's being worked on. Maybe you can wait patiently
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda app-developers app
Thanks smart ass! I do want to port it but I dont know where to start. Im also willing to brick a few other phones to learn, I also was asking if someone could do it for me and Ill pay them. The only reason I said both is because I want to learn and I also did not know if someone else was working on it or not. Because all the threads Iv read all people did was down the idea because of the s2 screen size. So I figured I would offer to pay someone to do it because of my lack off knowledge in porting and if nobody wanted to at least they could point me in the right direction to start. Was that really that hard to grasp?
blackangst said:
So first you say YOU want to port it over, then go into why you want someone else to do it...I mean, help you.
Ok.
I know it's being worked on. Maybe you can wait patiently
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda app-developers app
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If there is anyone out there who can ether port it and Ill pay for it !!!!!!!!!OR!!!!!!!!! help me in learning by sending me a link to a how to so I can try myself and test on a few other phones while learning. If so that would be great and please only people interested in helping need reply. I know I dont know how and I dont know if anyone is working on this and it is not a patience issue I would just like to learn and do it myself if nobody else is doing so. I would have thought that a person willing to learn and or pay for and not just rushing people so they can just get it for free would not get crap from people who have nothing better to do. So please save that for someone who cares and lets grow up, all I want is help not stupidity. Thanks
kevin37 said:
Thanks smart ass! I do want to port it but I dont know where to start. Im also willing to brick a few other phones to learn, I also was asking if someone could do it for me and Ill pay them. The only reason I said both is because I want to learn and I also did not know if someone else was working on it or not. Because all the threads Iv read all people did was down the idea because of the s2 screen size. So I figured I would offer to pay someone to do it because of my lack off knowledge in porting and if nobody wanted to at least they could point me in the right direction to start. Was that really that hard to grasp?
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What I find hard to grasp your is your disrespectful attitude.
LoopDoGG79 said:
What I find hard to grasp your is your disrespectful attitude.
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Ididnt mean any disrespect and im sorry for the way i responded but if you read his post it was kind of uncalled for i just was asking for help. Im trying to learn and it seems like most of the time there is some one who has something smart to say. I mean what good is a question and answer thread if the answers are like that? Its almost like some people just think that every one should know what their doing and if they dont they jump on the oppertunity to make them feel stupid. Im sorry for the way i handled it, i was childish in that and it was wrong. I will just brush it off next time. All i wanted was some help and i went about that situation the wrong way.
kevin37 said:
Ididnt mean any disrespect and im sorry for the way i responded but if you read his post it was kind of uncalled for i just was asking for help. Im trying to learn and it seems like most of the time there is some one who has something smart to say. I mean what good is a question and answer thread if the answers are like that? Its almost like some people just think that every one should know what their doing and if they dont they jump on the oppertunity to make them feel stupid. Im sorry for the way i handled it, i was childish in that and it was wrong. I will just brush it off next time. All i wanted was some help and i went about that situation the wrong way.
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I can tell u that some devs are working on it. One is almost done and is beta testing it.
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BACARDILIMON said:
I can tell u that some devs are working on it. One is almost done and is beta testing it.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using xda app-developers app
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Thank you. An again Im very sorry for the way I handled my self and the situation. I was wrong and exsept that in full. Life is to short to let petty stuff like that bother you and it will not happen again.
Bro it happens. Dont worry about it. Nothing wrong with wanting to learn or wanting what you want when u want it. I think you handled it well. Thats just my opinion.

[PORT][ROM] Samsung One 3 [ALPHA 1.5.1 Dev Test]

Hello AT&T SG3 User(s),
I have created Samsung One 3 a PORT of HTC One to Samsung galaxy s3,
I had a report of a XDA Member that it worked on his att sg3, so i need an att beta tester to test this for me,
because if this is true than porting it to the SG3 International might be easier ( Hopefully ), and ofcource will i make some fixes for the att sg3 if this works
Original Topic: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2284615
Download Link to Dev Test v1.5.1: removed
Reason why it will work faster on SG3 att than international is because of the chips
Samsung Galaxy s3 International: 1.40GHz Exynos 4412 (ARM Cortex A9 + Mali 400MP)
Samsung Galaxy s3 AT&T: 1.50GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4
HTC One: 1.70GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 600
Pleas tell me if it works or not
WHOIZLUCKY92
hi i have sense 5 running on my att galaxy s3 and i was worndering how did you get the wifi to work?
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Pleas note that it could brick your device i will not buy you a new one!
PS. i will ignore the haters
This isn't something that could potentially brick my phone ehh?
Sent from my SGH-I747 using xda premium
First, your zip will not flash because you have a folder in another folder.
Second, you had better change the mount points in your updater-script before you brick someone's device.
downloading now, I'll let you know after I nandroid and flash.
Regards,
C.
Thank Upndwn4par, I'll hold off for now.. lol.. I was gonna look at the zip b4 anyway.
upndwn4par said:
First, your zip will not flash because you have a folder in another folder.
Second, you had better change the mount points in your updater-script before you brick someone's device.
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Im still trying to solve some things because it still dont want to boot up
xamadeix said:
This isn't something that could potentially brick my phone ehh?
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Its a port so ofcource it can brick
Delete....
Appreciate the effort here. Would be awesome to have Sense 5 on my device.
But yeah, if I bricked my wife would be wearing my a$$ as her hat.
Subscribed and will be watching this closely.
cirusnb said:
downloading now, I'll let you know after I nandroid and flash.
Regards,
C.
Thank Upndwn4par, I'll hold off for now.. lol.. I was gonna look at the zip b4 anyway.
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oke thankyou
caspersfi said:
Delete....
Appreciate the effort here. Would be awesome to have Sense 5 on my device.
But yeah, if I bricked my wife would be wearing my a$$ as her hat.
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hahaha, im trying to make it as stable as possible, so people can use this port as there daily driver.
If you guys want to try a Sense 5 port that won't brick your device, look here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2321867
Listen,
I understand you want to be innovative and bring new things here but this should be done internally. You should NOT release something like this on an open forum where most people don't read and follow directions. Also, releasing something you won't flash or can't flash yourself is just bad practice. While this isn't your fault, being a dev you should know this. This is brick after brick waiting to happen. I'm not being a hater as I appreciate what you are trying to do but this is just a bad idea.
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Listen,
I understand you want to be innovative and bring new things here but this should be done internally. You should NOT release something like this on an open forum where most people don't read and follow directions. Also, releasing something you won't flash or can't flash yourself is just bad practice. While this isn't your fault, being a dev you should know this. This is brick after brick waiting to happen. I'm not being a hater as I appreciate what you are trying to do but this is just a bad idea.
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Thank you , i still a learning dev i know to to make custom roms, Like CM10.1 but everyone can do that so its not something special, i wanted to create a port rom as a test to see how far i can come with this, ive seen this topic: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2321867 so i will not post here anymore about the HTC One to sg3 , sorry for bothering people
Can a mod pleas close this?
coolnessQ said:
Thank you , i still a learning dev i know to to make custom roms, Like CM10.1 but everyone can do that so its not something special, i wanted to create a port rom as a test to see how far i can come with this, ive seen this topic: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2321867 so i will not post here anymore about the HTC One to sg3 , sorry for bothering people
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I'm not staying stop. By all means, continue, as I really love sense but make it for a device you can test on first and then move it here. Do a lot more internal testing. One person is not a large enough group of people. I'm happy to see people trying new things. In fact, if you get it to the point where it boots on your device and you port it here PM me, I'll test it for you. I hate being the guy to say this as I don't want to kill ambition, I just don't want to see people with $600 dollar paper weights.
phoenix2217 said:
I'm not staying stop. By all means, continue, as I really love sense but make it for a device you can test on first and then move it here. Do a lot more internal testing. One person is not a large enough group of people. I'm happy to see people trying new things. In fact, if you get it to the point where it boots on your device and you port it here PM me, I'll test it for you. I hate being the guy to say this as I don't want to kill ambition, I just don't want to see people with $600 dollar paper weights.
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But CNexus already made a HTC One port to the SG3 att so there is no point in making further progress here
i want to make it possible for people and it already is, so mine is not needed anymore not your fault its no one his fault
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Can a mod pleas close this?
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