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[Q] Stock Froyo Browser

Any chance of getting the stock Froyo browser working on the most recent Froyo leak? I don't mind Sense, but I really prefer the stock Android browser.
I grabbed the Browser.apk from CM6 and tried it out, but it force closes when it starts. I looked at the logs, and there was an error about not being able to find the method com.android.webkit.WebSettings.showZoomControls or something like that. I'm assuming it's something to do with a different version of webkit, but I'm still sort of an android noob and I'm not sure how I'd go about replacing that (and what it might break, heh)

I could theme over it for you.
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jdkoreclipse said:
I could theme over it for you.
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Please re-read the OP. He is clearly asking feasibility of a stock browser port. NOT a skin.
On another note, I'm really starting to get annoyed by your meaningless posts. I could show you at least 5 posts in the last week similar to this one. "I could do this", "I can do that for you". Yet no deliverable, as usual. Stop bumping your own threads with meaningless info, and stop making false promises. Less talk, more walk.
Sincerely,
(most) of the xda incredible community.

I cant port it, but i can theme it as best as i can.
And i havent delivered other themes/etc because others have dine it before i
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jdkoreclipse said:
I cant port it, but i can theme it as best as i can.
And i havent delivered other themes/etc because others have dine it before i
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Correction: you have not themed anything. Because all you do is apply someone else's work and dump the whole rom.
Show me a design of your own, and I will eat my words.

deficitism said:
Correction: you have not themed anything. Because all you do is apply someone else's work and dump the whole rom.
Show me a design of your own, and I will eat my words.
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Correctoin: look at jdvanilla theme
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jdkoreclipse said:
Correctoin: look at jdvanilla theme
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Wait, you think because your ripped pieces of the framework images from cyanogen and dumped it, you, you designed a theme?
Why do I even bother with this kid. Done.
Ps: see his sorry reply below to bump his post count. Calling it before it happens! Like clockwork.

Dude this forum is getting crappy.
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Getting back to the question, I tried replacing core.jar with the one from CM6, but that just got me a boot loop. It sounds like I'd have to replace individual classes in core.jar, specifically WebSettings at least. Is that something Metamorph would be able to do? Would I be better off asking in the CM6 thread in the development forum?

Video how to?

I am sorry if this was posted before, but I was looking at some of the guides for learning how to make themes. I have never done anything like this before or done any of this type of programming, but would like to try and learn how to.
But I am a person that learns better with watching what must be done then actually reading it lol. Is it possible for someone who does themes for the epic can possibly post or make videos on how to actually start learning how to make themes from the stock files? Like setting up the different programs needed and then maybe doing a sample of how to actually make a theme from the stock.
I hope I am not offending anyone for asking this, but I find this site very fascinating but like I said I am very new to this type of programming or working with android phones.
But I will understand if this is not possible to do since so many people have different ways of working and might not be able to show there work. But any possible help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you all for your time and patience.

youtube has given me knowledge a time or two.

There are a bunch of how to's all over these forums. Some have videos. feel free to ask questions and myself and others will help
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mysteryemotionz said:
There are a bunch of how to's all over these forums. Some have videos. feel free to ask questions and myself and others will help
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Ok first of I know of many questions lol....Even tho froyo is out now, do we the eclipse plugin for adb? I follow the written tutorial to install sdk and the apk manager app.
But I did not install the eclipse adt plugin that the guide talked about, is it necessary even tho we are on froyo currently?
Also what would be a very good starting point for a newbie? Should I focus on a specific field of the android devices or is themeing very different from the other aspects of modding the epic phones?

I have yet to use eclipse on any theme I been apart of. I use apkmanager to de compile and re compile .apks. I use notepad ++ to edit xml files. Xml files can only be edited when the apk had been de compiled. I use gimp for image editing. You can use any photo editing program you like. I use 7zip to brite and put the images in the apk. Baksmali and smali for editing .dex files.
I suggest reading the how to's as they explain everything in detail.
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Okay again thank you for the advice

neuton said:
Okay again thank you for the advice
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Feel free to pm me if there is anything specifiac. Also check out my theme and others to help give you idea of what has been done and what can be done.
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mysteryemotionz said:
Feel free to pm me if there is anything specifiac. Also check out my theme and others to help give you idea of what has been done and what can be done.
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Okay I will do that, I hope I can learn this stuff hehehe....again thank you.
This forum rocks there are so many helpful people here.

neuton said:
Okay I will do that, I hope I can learn this stuff hehehe....again thank you.
This forum rocks there are so many helpful people here.
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I learned everything on my own. I didn't have anyone to teach me. I taught thomasskull666 and where working on some good projects. Me and dreamsforgotten are always bouncing ideas off of each other. If you see my eclair build I was the imply theme with the reboot options that I will port over to froyo once we get an official build. I also have two other things I figured out for froyo that you can see in my froyo build. I labeled all the silent options correctly to vibrate and I removed the sprint branding. Its hard to believe I was like you when I got my epic. I didn't know ****.
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mysteryemotionz said:
I learned everything on my own. I didn't have anyone to teach me. I taught thomasskull666 and where working on some good projects. Me and dreamsforgotten are always bouncing ideas off of each other. If you see my eclair build I was the imply theme with the reboot options that I will port over to froyo once we get an official build. I also have two other things I figured out for froyo that you can see in my froyo build. I labeled all the silent options correctly to vibrate and I removed the sprint branding. Its hard to believe I was like you when I got my epic. I didn't know ****.
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Lmao thats cool. Well I hope I can learn this stuff just like you have.
Off topic but may I ask are you a young guy or older, cause I am in my late 30's so I do not learn as easy as the younger generation do

neuton said:
Lmao thats cool. Well I hope I can learn this stuff just like you have.
Off topic but may I ask are you a young guy or older, cause I am in my late 30's so I do not learn as easy as the younger generation do
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I'm 26. Its not hard to learn the basics. Xml for the most part is well writtin so making those changes are somewhat easy. Smali is a ***** to edit and that I'm still learning. For the most part a theme is 95% images.
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mysteryemotionz said:
I'm 26. Its not hard to learn the basics. Xml for the most part is well writtin so making those changes are somewhat easy. Smali is a ***** to edit and that I'm still learning. For the most part a theme is 95% images.
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Ahh ok cool, then hopefully I will not go crazy trying to pick this up and learn

neuton said:
Ahh ok cool, then hopefully I will not go crazy trying to pick this up and learn
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I already passed the crazy stage
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Just curious

Could we flash other Themes from other sgs2 variants? OR would we mess something up?

I wouldn't. You can try though, just make a backup and then flash. Worst results would be something between constant force closes to bootloop. Both are easily remedied with a restore of the backup. Ignore the guy below me.
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cashyftw said:
Could we flash other Themes from other sgs2 variants? OR would we mess something up?
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Not a good idea. Different framework. Possibility of messing up your phone so back it up first.
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Monk4Life said:
No it doesn't work that way. Different build prop.
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Huh? I've written a number of themes and build.prop has never been an issue. I even ported a few and had one Evo 4G theme work without any changes on the Nexus S. What themes do you use that modify the build.prop?

kenvan19 said:
Huh? I've written a number of themes and build.prop has never been an issue. I even ported a few and had one Evo 4G theme work without any changes on the Nexus S. What themes do you use that modify the build.prop?
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I meant framework.

Monk4Life said:
I meant framework.
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Then you're wrong. The framework should be the same since both devices are running touch wiz 4.0
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kenvan19 said:
Then you're wrong. The framework should be the same since both devices are running touch wiz 4.0
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STFU and try flashing a theme from the sprint galaxy s2 and see what happens to your phone.

Monk4Life said:
STFU and try flashing a theme from the sprint galaxy s2 and see what happens to your phone.
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First off, kid, take a deep breath and stop being butthurt about someone telling you that you're wrong. Second off, as the person in this conversation who has built, ported, modified, and otherwise worked heavily with themes across multiple devices and ROMs I don't have to prove anything to you. Instead why don't you try this: Go into your phone and delete these files:
/system/apps/SystemUI.apk
/system/framework/framework-res.apk
/system/framework/twframework-res.apk
(PS I suggest you do a backup first).
Here is what will happen: Massive force closes and force reboots. You've basically just deleted the whole Android visual interface. Those files, the ones I just told you to delete, those are the ones a TW-based-theme will replace (including maybe a few other apps like the search bar or facebook). If they are replaced with incompatible versions, you will either bootloop or get massive force closes on boot. You will not brick.
In summation: Don't be a whiny, know-it-all child, and don't correct people who clearly know more about a topic than you.

So basically I should try it?
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You can but definitely backup first.
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kenvan19 said:
First off, kid, take a deep breath and stop being butthurt about someone telling you that you're wrong. Second off, as the person in this conversation who has built, ported, modified, and otherwise worked heavily with themes across multiple devices and ROMs I don't have to prove anything to you. Instead why don't you try this: Go into your phone and delete these files:
/system/apps/SystemUI.apk
/system/framework/framework-res.apk
/system/framework/twframework-res.apk
(PS I suggest you do a backup first).
Here is what will happen: Massive force closes and force reboots. You've basically just deleted the whole Android visual interface. Those files, the ones I just told you to delete, those are the ones a TW-based-theme will replace (including maybe a few other apps like the search bar or facebook). If they are replaced with incompatible versions, you will either bootloop or get massive force closes on boot. You will not brick.
In summation: Don't be a whiny, know-it-all child, and don't correct people who clearly know more about a topic than you.
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Again not a kid here. 30 years old and have developed tmobiles phones along side samsung going on 4 years. Just trying to tell you that just because you started tinkering with android for the past year means you know crap about how the android o/s truely works. Any more questions or answers on how to make changes the correct way just pm me and stop clogging the thread with your lame ass answers.

Rofl. You edited your first post to match the one I made 20 minutes before you posted and your telling me i'm the over that is wrong. You crack me up.
If you're truly an adult I suggest you start acting like one because you really come off as a child.
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[REQUEST] AOKP/CM9 themes port

Could we see any, if not all these themes?!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1620990

It states at the top
Do not copy the images... meaning ports are a NO. Sorry
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You could probably port it for personal use and not share if you know how but no one is going to port it for everyone as he made it very clear to not copy his images.

Not sure if it makes a difference, but it also say this in the op:
"It's impossible for me to make zip files for all phones/ROMs on xda, so please follow this simple guide to create the flashable zips yourself."
Wouldn't that make it OK for our themers to make us some flashables?
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ÜBER™ said:
It states at the top
Do not copy the images... meaning ports are a NO. Sorry
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They mean that as don't steal them for your own theme
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no, because thats what he's saying not to do. If you know how to port them for personal use then its ok but do not post a port on XDA of it to share.

the top disclaimer is referring to people stealing his work and using it in their roms and claiming as their own or making money off it. But porting it to our AOKP and posting it here isn't an issue with him.

it might be uncool to port it, but it's not like you could get in any trouble for doing it. xda is about sharing. and sharing is caring. and putting a meaningless disclaimer at the top of a thread has no effect. at least legally... they're not even original pictures. he definitely doesn't have a "license" for them either. i highly doubt he either registered or was even able to obtain a copyright on a single one of the images used. plus he's in Canada, so any Canadian protections don't apply once he's sharing them with people in the U.S. Just sayin..
good find.

Oooor, you just PM the creator and ask if its ok to port it, and tell them that you'll give them special credit, and show them your thread when you're done. Its what I did for Blazing Blue Flame
~E.R.A.

LUCID looks wonderful. I might have to look into porting some of these (after making sure it is OK with the themer of course).

Well, he does not want anyone creating and distributing flashables. So I'm not going to bother.

tbob18 said:
Well, he does not want anyone creating and distributing flashables. So I'm not going to bother.
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Did you ask him? Or just not going to try?
All he can do is say no lol.
~ Mr. Z

zanderman112 said:
Did you ask him? Or just not going to try?
All he can do is say no lol.
~ Mr. Z
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I asked him. He said he does not want any ports. I guess he expects everyone to decompile the apks and add the required xml/images.

I tried to say that... its a pretty clear statement at the top of the post.
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what a d*ck. you should just take them anyway lol. they're there. don't put them up if you don't want people using them that's what i say.

FrankyFiggz27 said:
what a d*ck. you should just take them anyway lol. they're there. don't put them up if you don't want people using them that's what i say.
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That = ban. He says he has a license on his images, and he requests no public ports.
Want the theme? Port it yourself. Perfectly reasonable, especially if he wants to ever sell them(CM9 themes on market, for instance)
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ÜBER™ said:
I tried to say that... its a pretty clear statement at the top of the post.
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Yep, you were right. Just wanted to make sure.
zanderman112 said:
That = ban. He says he has a license on his images, and he requests no public ports.
Want the theme? Port it yourself. Perfectly reasonable, especially if he wants to ever sell them(CM9 themes on market, for instance)
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He created the themes, and I'm sure he put a lot of work them, so that is that.
The only problem I see is the troubles with getting the framework-res to recompile properly, however once the CM9 theme manager is merged and he releases the themes on the market or on XDA somewhere that will be a non issue.

tbob18 said:
Yep, you were right. Just wanted to make sure.
He created the themes, and I'm sure he put a lot of work them, so that is that.
The only problem I see is the troubles with getting the framework-res to recompile properly, however once the CM9 theme manager is merged and he releases the themes on the market or on XDA somewhere that will be a non issue.
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Yepp Yepp.
~E.R.A.

i read through the thread, the op doesnt state anywhere not to port these themes, nor does it say not to make flashable zips. in fact, someone has ported the theme for the nexus s and nexus s4g and posted flashables to this post located in that same very thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25459699&postcount=58
that same person has stated that if you pull the framework-res.apk and the systemUI.apk from your rom of choice he will post a flashable zip in his free time.
so, as usual, misinformation and straight up lies abound on xda. if you are up to porting these themes to the epic, its a go, i think that all sonny wants is full credit for the themes and images, and that you link back to his original post like the other guy did.
sonny also states in a later post in the thread, that if you arent up to decompiling the apks yourself you'll need to find someone else to do it for you and "that person is not me."

... misinformation... explain why when tbob asked sonny if he could port the theme.. he denied him permission.
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[PORT] - Sense 5

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2321867
so this is a LEGIT port of sense 5 to our galaxy devices (d2...)
and CNexus has started the port
if you can, go to that thread and help CNexus port

I already ported. I am waiting on a response from him to see if I can post it here.

Also, asking for a ROM to be ported, does not constitute development. Please read before making any threads, particularly in a dev forum.
Edit, looks like it got moved.

We really don't need a port, We just need to edit the build.prop so it show's as our t999 s3. But a nice shiny page with updates on our forum would be nice.

sswb27 said:
We really don't need a port, We just need to edit the build.prop so it show's as our t999 s3. But a nice shiny page with updates on our forum would be nice.
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Sounds like you have it taken care of.
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sswb27 said:
We really don't need a port, We just need to edit the build.prop so it show's as our t999 s3. But a nice shiny page with updates on our forum would be nice.
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Yeah, good luck with that.

LoopDoGG79 said:
Yeah, good luck with that.
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I was just going by what he said in his post. "Note 2 (haha, note 2): If you were linked here and have one of the carrier versions of the S3, then you CAN flash this without any risks or issues (without any additional risks or issues as if a Sprint user were flashing), as the partitions and specs are the same between the three carriers."
I know @charlieb620 will deliver.

Just flash the sprint build.
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The more I think about it, I think it might be better to hold off on porting for now. (There really isn't anything to port yet anyway)
Wouldn't it make sense to get any devs interested in in working on it to just do so in the existing thread? This way needed info will be in one location rather than spread over multiple threads and forums. Just seems to me that it would be much more productive that way.
Then maybe port it over with separate threads once it becomes more of a beta release.
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DocHoliday77 said:
The more I think about it, I think it might be better to hold off on porting for now. (There really isn't anything to port yet anyway)
Wouldn't it make sense to get any devs interested in in working on it to just do so in the existing thread? This way needed info will be in one location rather than spread over multiple threads and forums. Just seems to me that it would be much more productive that way.
Then maybe port it over with separate threads once it becomes more of a beta release.
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My thoughts also, what is there to port that wasn't done already? I am a novice when that stuff is being discussed sooo....

DocHoliday77 said:
The more I think about it, I think it might be better to hold off on porting for now. (There really isn't anything to port yet anyway)
Wouldn't it make sense to get any devs interested in in working on it to just do so in the existing thread? This way needed info will be in one location rather than spread over multiple threads and forums. Just seems to me that it would be much more productive that way.
Then maybe port it over with separate threads once it becomes more of a beta release.
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you are 100% right, it will be more productive that way. and i am going to donate some of my free time (when im not working) to help get more things working in the sense 5 port for the d2 devices.

Just so you guys know, it doesn't even need to be "ported" to your device. As it stands now, it can be flashed on any d2 (US SGS3) without issue because it uses the CM kernel (shared between the d2 devices).
Any port will only break it more than it is.
As has been said, I would prefer that we would collaborate to get one version working on the d2spr, and from there it will simply be a matter of swapping out files to get it up to same level on the other d2 devices.
At the moment, I am working on rebasing to the most recent stock HTC One rom, because at this point it is a port of a port and would be more stable if I ported straight from the source.

Would love for a Sense port, really do miss sense.
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Reviewers said:
Would love for a Sense port, really do miss sense.
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I think you're missing the point of this thread.
"The Thanks button is just to avoid "THANKS" posts in threads. Nothing more than that. Don't ask for it in your signature or post for it and defeat the purpose why it was introduced."

I do have a question... If Sense is successfully ported and is stable enough for daily use, might our phones handle it? I ask because a friend of mine had a Galaxy S and I remember there was an old Sense 2.1 port that worked pretty good and bricked his phone.
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eggydrums said:
I do have a question... If Sense is successfully ported and is stable enough for daily use, might our phones handle it? I ask because a friend of mine had a Galaxy S and I remember there was an old Sense 2.1 port that worked pretty good and bricked his phone.
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The only way a phone can be truly bricked is by overwriting the bootloader. I have flashed this myself (MANY times) and the partitions are defined correctly in the updater-script. I do not know what other issues that port may have had, but I am sure user error played a part somehow.
This ROM can no more brick your phone than any other rom for a d2 device can.
"The Thanks button is just to avoid "THANKS" posts in threads. Nothing more than that. Don't ask for it in your signature or post for it and defeat the purpose why it was introduced."

CNexus said:
The only way a phone can be truly bricked is by overwriting the bootloader. I have flashed this myself (MANY times) and the partitions are defined correctly in the updater-script. I do not know what other issues that port may have had, but I am sure user error played a part somehow.
This ROM can no more brick your phone than any other rom for a d2 device can.
"The Thanks button is just to avoid "THANKS" posts in threads. Nothing more than that. Don't ask for it in your signature or post for it and defeat the purpose why it was introduced."
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That's nice to hear hope these guys can make some magic happen
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Ok guys, here goes.
I have made an official github repo for the various porting projects that I have going on. They will be updated with the initial files over the next couple days, and the booting 4.1.2 Sense 5 port is up (see the README inside sense5_for_d2 repo)
If you want to help, fork, make your changes, then submit a pull request.
@ziggy46 and everyone else, feel free to do the above and make ANY changes that are beneficial in any way, even if they are only aesthetics. Eventually visual changes will be done, so might as well have at it now
http://github.com/cnexus
^- At the moment, all the repo's on my github are related to porting Sense 4+5 in some way, so check them out and decide for yourself whether it's worth it to fork/clone.

Umm... I'm surprised this hasn't been mentioned but this is piracy. It is no different from when HTC had a cow about XDA encouraging PPC-6800 to flash the 6900 / Touch firmware... I hate to be a Debbie downer but this is very illegal. At a minimum it is a violation of DMCA. At worst, it is an intellectual property issue. Either way, its not allowed on XDA.
If someone can point me to where HTC has opened Sense to non-HTC devices, I will drop it but as it stands and knowing HTC, Sense is their intellectual property.
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And if you think HTC won't flex their muscle, look at history.
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