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[Q] Cyanogenmod? Whats the big deal?

Serious question...
As the Epic is the first Android phone I've rooted I've not experienced the Cyanogenmod ROM?
What makes it so great to want it so badly in the forums?
I mean we have great ROMs like Midnight, SRF, Frankenstien, Bonsai? (sorry if I didnt mention the other great ROMs available just didn't want to sit here and name them all as there are alot!)
So can someone give opinions on why it is so awesome?

Its based on gingerbread and was built from the source code.... We have a beta version for the epic... I flashed it a couple months ago and kept it for 2 days just to check it out... You should give it a shot...
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theduce102 said:
Its based on gingerbread and was built from the source code.... We have a beta version for the epic... I flashed it a couple months ago and kept it for 2 days just to check it out... You should give it a shot...
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Its actually an aplha but ya its straight aosp and its so awesome lol.
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theduce102 said:
Its based on gingerbread and was built from the source code.... We have a beta version for the epic... I flashed it a couple months ago and kept it for 2 days just to check it out... You should give it a shot...
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I would give it a shot but I need it to be fully functional haha as I use the features that are broken

it is the hyped but up so much but it lives up to the hype.
If you were to tell someone four or five years ago. That a group of developers were going to take on a project to deliver a true open source experience and environment with nightly builds on a mobile phone they would have laughed at you. They would have laughed at you more when you tell him about this that this development team would be able to push Operating systems updates faster than manufactures of the phone itself.
The cyanogen mod is completely built from source so it does not include bloatware and no overlay
I for one love cyanogen mod not only does it add needed features, if theres an problem its discussed openly and the maintainer will actually let you know whats going on, if a fix is coming or its just totally borked. whereas with the telco or manufacturer they tell you that its not an issue and lie to you

ZiggSVO said:
I would give it a shot but I need it to be fully functional haha as I use the features that are broken
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Cyanogenmod, as stated above, is built from the ground up using source providing a true AOSP experience. This gives us the advantages of a fully custom and functional ROM without the disadvantages of having to wait for manufacturers to push out updates and having to wait for them ever so long. What makes it stand out from the other ROMS still is that since it is built from source, the ROM is being specifically built for our device, which will in return will take advantage of our phones unique hardware/capabilities to deliver an even richer ROM experience. Bottom line, once we get Cyanogenmod fully functioning on our Epics, that's when I will say th Epic has lived up to its true potential
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I was wondering the same thing...until I flashed CM7 on my Nook Color. Great having updates and a diverse community working on the same project... just works!
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akenis said:
Great having updates and a diverse community working on the same project... just works!
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Well, from what I gather...we don't have that

I uninstalled it because I did not see Market installed on it...

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I uninstalled it because I did not see Market installed on it...
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Probably because you didn't read the post right also. CyanogenMod does not include ANY Google apps. There is a flash-able zip that has all of them for you to install.
Google doesn't allow them to include it in their ROM, but (as said) you can flash them.

What is the holdup with Cyanogenmon, for the Epic?
What is different about the source available for our phone, then the source available for the EVO? That allowed it to be ported to the EVO so much quicker??

Cyanogen mod is the fastest and lightest rom there is. There is also a bunch of really awesome cosmetic features such as you can change any of the drop down toggles and add them. The themes that you can get for cyanogen are awesome I don't remember some of the other features but it also has amazing battery life so that's why it is the most sought after rom. The slow down is samsungs propriatary drivers and the manpower to do this quickly but once they either have this kernel booting or we get official gb it will come faster quoting nullghost one of the developers on the cm7 team for the epic.

nathan951 said:
What is the holdup with Cyanogenmon, for the Epic?
What is different about the source available for our phone, then the source available for the EVO? That allowed it to be ported to the EVO so much quicker??
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Um perhaps popularity and I am not certain for all of the hardware but some of it probably matched the nexus one
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BrianDigital said:
Um perhaps popularity and I am not certain for all of the hardware but some of it probably matched the nexus one
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from what i know, the cm7 team is trying to port over a Nexus kernel to the Epic but are having troubles at the moment doing so. once the kernel is up and running tho, everything should move along much smoother. Once GB source drops, that should also help the devs out immensely.

[Q] HTC'S Sense in the future?

So now that CM7 is official and nearing from my opinion a completion and MIUI is being worked on and becoming more stable I was just curious on what others had to say about a Sense Rom. I know it's been talked about before and ports have been released on here but they never seemed to kept being worked on. So is their any chance a Sense Rom(even sense 2.0 or 2.1)would be considered as a next project to try and run on this Phone or is it something that simply cannot be achieved?
Just curious don't flame me lol

I would love to see sense but others would rather see everything work on aosp roms first
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sRs DoLLaR mEnU said:
I would love to see sense but others would rather see everything work on aosp roms first
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Yeah me too I mean i thought MIUI was never going to be ported let alone ever stable but with its newest release today it fixed the big issues...along with CM7 i.e. Wimax. I came to sprint in May and this Epic 4g is my first phone with them(bought it cause it had a big enough screen and a keyboard) and prior to that on T-Mobile with the HD2,MYtouch 4g and 3g slide...I've always had HTC but took the risk of switching thinking that this phone would easily have a sense rom..huh I really hope someday it would be successfully ported on this awesome phone

There was some sense development going on awhile ago by Xboxfanj. I think he's still working on it, but his time might have been occupied by getting MIUI stable enough to be a RC.
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well now that miui is RC and stable (enough)..hopefully him and other dev's will look into seeing if sense can be worked at. I know CM9 might be next after CM7 is finished but hopefully besides that this will be under consideration..It would be awesome if it worked

Ok I'm gonna start working on this again. Wish me luck.
-xboxfanj
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Phantomg93 said:
Yeah me too I mean i thought MIUI was never going to be ported let alone ever stable but with its newest release today it fixed the big issues...along with CM7 i.e. Wimax. I came to sprint in May and this Epic 4g is my first phone with them(bought it cause it had a big enough screen and a keyboard) and prior to that on T-Mobile with the HD2,MYtouch 4g and 3g slide...I've always had HTC but took the risk of switching thinking that this phone would easily have a sense rom..huh I really hope someday it would be successfully ported on this awesome phone
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Yah shouldda kept the HD2 LOL... I hear they have a almost everything working ICS Rom (Even camera!)

CubeCloudOS said:
Yah shouldda kept the HD2 LOL... I hear they have a almost everything working ICS Rom (Even camera!)
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ugh i know it was XDA'S #1 development phone once but i wanted to stay up to date and got the mytouch 4g...not one of my best decisions i know but eh its whatever lol^-^

Any Vanilla ICS ROMs Coming?

Does anyone know if any devs are planning to release a a vanilla ICS rom for the Tmobile T989 now that ICS is here/almost here?
I really would like to get a non-TW experience.

in before the lock. pls see ICS speculation thread.

GorillaPimp said:
Does anyone know if any devs are planning to release a a vanilla ICS rom for the Tmobile T989 now that ICS is here/almost here?
I really would like to get a non-TW experience.
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There are already several that have been put for a good couple months. CM9, AOKP, MIUI, etc. Not officially, but will be official once ICS comes out Monday.
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tablador said:
in before the lock. pls see ICS speculation thread.
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What he asked has nothing to do with the ics speculation thread

skadude66 said:
There are already several that have been put for a good couple months. CM9, AOKP, MIUI, etc. Not officially, but will be official once ICS comes out Monday.
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Thanks for the repsonse.
Any idea who'd be fastest or what the turnaround time would be with adopting the Sammy ICS drivers? I know a stock rooted Rom usually drops fast but I haven't kept up with CM so I don't know where they're headed with the T989. I tried out one ICS ROM that worked well but the two snags (lag and vmail problems) I had were pretty major and had to go back to stock rooted.

http://t.co/XduQLfg6
That's whitehawkx latest aokp build. Damn near flawless. Give that a shot my friend!
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AOKP is the going to be the way to go no matter what your needs are once it is official there will be no topping that not even cm9
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I think what he wants to know is
will there be an official t-mobile ics rom, stripped of Touch Wiz, thus giving a vanilla ics rom?

HTCMDA said:
I think what he wants to know is
will there be an official t-mobile ics rom, stripped of Touch Wiz, thus giving a vanilla ics rom?
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That wouldn't be too bad I guess since I'd get wifi calling and still could remove bloat. CIQ would still be there though. Wouldn't that need Apex or another 3rd party launcher instead of the stock ICS version?
What I really want is a pure Nexus style vanilla ICS ROM. That may not be available until the source comes out. I was thinking devs could get at Samsung's ICS drivers and processes that make it more stable but that may take awhile.

GorillaPimp said:
That wouldn't be too bad I guess since I'd get wifi calling and still could remove bloat. CIQ would still be there though. Wouldn't that need Apex or another 3rd party launcher instead of the stock ICS version?
What I really want is a pure Nexus style vanilla ICS ROM. That may not be available until the source comes out. I was thinking devs could get at Samsung's ICS drivers and processes that make it more stable but that may take awhile.
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Carrier iq is dead. Pretty sure its not in new releases.
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xsteven77x said:
Carrier iq is dead. Pretty sure its not in new releases.
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That will be nice to finally see.

mojorisin7178 said:
AOKP is the going to be the way to go no matter what your needs are once it is official there will be no topping that not even cm9
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Why do you think CM9 will not be as good as AOKP? I don't really know what the difference is. I have used CM7 on the HD2 and loved it!! Can you explain what AOKP is? Thanks

xsteven77x said:
Carrier iq is dead. Pretty sure its not in new releases.
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Carrier iq is in stock ics.
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The vanilla ics that i was working on well first xboarder then me then me topper and joemister then just me then i went defunt for awhile... Will be getting updated a good friend of mine good dev is takeing over the project and fixing it
posted about it n the blackedition q n a...

Samsung Source + Jelly Bean Source = E4GT 4.1 Roms?

Sorry if this is a retarded question, but since Samsung dropped the 4.0 source for our phone, and JB 4.1 source code was released, does this mean that people can start compiling fully functional Jelly Bean roms for the epic 4g touch?
If so, is anyone working on one?

You've got it wrong. The samsung source that was released is ICS kernel source. That doesn't really mean much for jelly bean.
There is work being done to try to port it nonetheless.

revamper said:
You've got it wrong. The samsung source that was released is ICS kernel source. That doesn't really mean much for jelly bean.
There is work being done to try to port it nonetheless.
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I thought that you can run roms on older kernels...for example, CM9 is currently running on a GB kernel. Since 4.0 and 4.1 don't have as big of a coding jump, couldn't you run 4.1 on a 4.0 kernel?

alexthearmo said:
I thought that you can run roms on older kernels...for example, CM9 is currently running on a GB kernel. Since 4.0 and 4.1 don't have as big of a coding jump, couldn't you run 4.1 on a 4.0 kernel?
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Um, CM9 is running on an ICS kernel. FF18 to be exact.

sai5o4 said:
Um, CM9 is running on an ICS kernel. FF18 to be exact.
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Oh...I thought the first few CM9's for our E4GT were running on a GB kernel, which is why people kept having soft brick issues. I guess i'm just uninformed. Sorry.

alexthearmo said:
Oh...I thought the first few CM9's for our E4GT were running on a GB kernel, which is why people kept having soft brick issues. I guess i'm just uninformed. Sorry.
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lol cm9 is ics.. your thinking of an older cm version.. cm10 is jelly bean
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the first couple of ICS ALPHA builds i think was running a hacked together GB kernel, then when the first leaks of ICS drop for our phones thats when the devs started using the pre build kernels that came in the leak ROMs. ICS and JB still uses a 3.0 kernel so from the source that was release devs can make JB ROMs for our phone from it, thats what CM devs have been doing to get preview builds of JB/CM10 on some phones. anyone can correct me if am wrong because am still learning about these stuff lol....but i think thats it.

well team hacksung just released a preview of JB for the international gs2. So that means that they are making progress on it and it must'nt be all that much of a change from cm9 to cm10. as JB has been out for what, almost a month now. and some people are getting cm10 previews, alphas and betas. so it must not be that big of a change in kernels. Of course i could be completely wrong in all of this, just IMO. well probably have cm10 sooner than we all think. our devs are awesome.

phpracing said:
well team hacksung just released a preview of JB for the international gs2. So that means that they are making progress on it and it must'nt be all that much of a change from cm9 to cm10. as JB has been out for what, almost a month now. and some people are getting cm10 previews, alphas and betas. so it must not be that big of a change in kernels. Of course i could be completely wrong in all of this, just IMO. well probably have cm10 sooner than we all think. our devs are awesome.
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I hope your right. It seems like ICS are devs main priority right now.
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Once our device becomes officially supported by CM we will be on the natural progression towards Jelly Bean.
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alexthearmo said:
Sorry if this is a retarded question, but since Samsung dropped the 4.0 source for our phone, and JB 4.1 source code was released, does this mean that people can start compiling fully functional Jelly Bean roms for the epic 4g touch?
If so, is anyone working on one?
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After all this time....CM7 and CM9.....we still aren't "officially supported"???? What is stopping us?
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Edit: I just looked up differences.... the only differences are .22 inches larger and 4 capacitive keys. I'm not understanding why it seems so difficult... please someone enlighten me.

Qwallace70129 said:
After all this time....CM7 and CM9.....we still aren't "officially supported"???? What is stopping us?
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Source built kernel, which is what they are working on stabilizing.

Qwallace70129 said:
After all this time....CM7 and CM9.....we still aren't "officially supported"???? What is stopping us?
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Edit: I just looked up differences.... the only differences are .22 inches larger and 4 capacitive keys. I'm not understanding why it seems so difficult... please someone enlighten me.
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+1 Well there is a difference of radios but I also dont understand how minor differences can make it so difficult to port from. You would think with the exception of radios & different key mapping that the architecture of both phones are exact, but then again I'm not a dev so there's probably some factor in there I'm missing.
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Chew DZ said:
+1 Well there is a difference of radios but I also dont understand how minor differences can make it so difficult to port from. You would think with the exception of radios & different key mapping that the architecture of both phones are exact, but then again I'm not a dev so there's probably some factor in there I'm missing.
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The screen size is a minor difference. But, cdma and GSM radio is the big issue when it comes to porting anything from the international to us. At least that's the impression I get from the many threads I read.

Chew DZ said:
I hope your right. It seems like ICS are devs main priority right now.
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Ive been wrong before. i was wrong 3 times before lunch. im just speculating. whenever we get it is good for me. its ready when its ready.

Lets not forget half of our AOSP Developers do not even have this phone or acquired/reacquired the phone after the fact and do not have service on the device. Darchstar is no longer with Sprint and bought another E4GT with donations. Chris41G does not have the phone at all apparently.

Do you like aosp?

I just got a sgs2.. and well the aosp game is kinda ridiculous on this device... props to the devs who's provided the options they were able to on this device but where are the rest of the roms at?
expect to see some more aosp comin from me here in the next month or so
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JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS I MEANT NO DISRESPECT AT ALL.. I EVEN CREDITED THE DEVS WGO BROUGHT SOME GREAT ROMS TO THIS DEVICE.. I just want people to know I'm here to bring more to the table.. I'm guessing there is a major hurdle to overcome to bring aosp to this device since I'm not seeing a lot of it.. but I'm up for the task.. and I'll simply let my work speak for itself..
If you have an issue bring it to my attention but please dont harass me for stating that I wanna contribute to this device.. I don't want a bad rep at all and I hope you all will enjoy the work I produce

Only complaint on AOSP roms is that data speeds don't seem to be up to par compared to stock Touchwiz. Hopefully once Samsung releases the latest ICS source things get better since FI03 fixed the slow 4g speeds that haunted previous ICS builds.

clide whit said:
Only complaint on AOSP roms is that data speeds don't seem to be up to par compared to stock Touchwiz. Hopefully once Samsung releases the latest ICS source things get better since FI03 fixed the slow 4g speeds that haunted previous ICS builds.
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CM9 WITH FI03 modem gives me awesome speeds, stabilty, and battery.

clide whit said:
Only complaint on AOSP roms is that data speeds don't seem to be up to par compared to stock Touchwiz. Hopefully once Samsung releases the latest ICS source things get better since FI03 fixed the slow 4g speeds that haunted previous ICS builds.
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3g speeds are the same on aosp and touchwiz. Its 4g that's different. I would suggest sbrissens build.
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daniel4653 said:
3g speeds are the same on aosp and touchwiz. Its 4g that's different. I would suggest sbrissens build.
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Everyones different though, just for me I tried them all (ran AOSP roms for the last 3-4 months), 3g seems a lot better on Twizz especially at work where it's a very low signal area. And 4g is no contest between the two.

So since my post mysteriously vanished... I'll sum it up for those that missed it.
Our devs are working hard to get us official cm status, we have many aosp options to choose from already, we have many more roms coming with all the work chris41g is putting into development for our device.
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I dont release half of my roms because I focus more on one but show me a sprint device with more recent aosp than us besides the flagships that are basically included in aosp to begin with. think sprint will let you exchange your device for one with a community you can respect for a few months til you're ready. Maybe including some aosp options will provide somewhat a better understanding of ur purpose for this thread.
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Mattix724 said:
So since my post mysteriously vanished... I'll sum it up for those that missed it.
Our devs are working hard to get us official cm status, we have many aosp options to choose from already, we have many more roms coming with all the work chris41g is putting into development for our device.
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Ya I noticed that too mattix. Thank you and all devs for our aosp roms and cm and aokp.
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Vanilla Android is okay, but I far prefer Cyanogenmod and the variants based off it.
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Mattix724 said:
So since my post mysteriously vanished... I'll sum it up for those that missed it.
Our devs are working hard to get us official cm status, we have many aosp options to choose from already, we have many more roms coming with all the work chris41g is putting into development for our device.
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I deleted your post due to it being very rude and flaming another member. It was reported and it was removed. I will continue to do this if I see fit. On another note if you are producing or friends are producing roms then I'd suggest you let you works speak for themselves and not sit here and continue to act the way I have seen in this thread.
With that I will be locking this thread and ask that another like it not be made again

Thank you papa smurf.. no pun intended
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unlocked after talking to evol4g. everyone please reread the op

justlovejoy said:
I dont release half of my roms because I focus more on one but show me a sprint device with more recent aosp than us besides the flagships that are basically included in aosp to begin with. think sprint will let you exchange your device for one with a community you can respect for a few months til you're ready. Maybe including some aosp options will provide somewhat a better understanding of ur purpose for this thread.
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Evo 4g, evo3d, epic 4g ect ect...
I respect you as a fellow dev. I'm actually using your ROM right now.. I'm a hardcore aosp guy and I was just expecting a device with a lot more options coming from the last two outdated phones I was on..
I was expecting to see some kind of positive feedback to see how interested people were in seeing more aosp not people trippin the EFF out.. I have a feeling that this is gonna be like the og evo threads all over again.. everyone's on such a defensive stand point!
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I want to apologize for my first post earlier, I just woke up after passing out watching a movie and I took this thread as an insult to our developers.
Yes, I did go a little overboard with what I said. I know that this does not change what I said. I hope to see what you can bring to the table.
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Mattix724 said:
I want to apologize for my first post earlier, I just woke up after passing out watching a movie and I took this thread as an insult to our developers.
Yes, I did go a little overboard with what I said. I know that this does not change what I said. I hope to see what you can bring to the table.
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I didn't even see what you said but no harm no foul.. I didn't mean to insult anyone I even made sure to throw them some kudos I just had a feeling either aosp wasn't hot on this device or that it was hard AF to bring over
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Are you Building from A Source or In A Kitchen?
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Building from source
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evol4g said:
Building from source
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You should see if you can work alongside sbrissen. JB aosp/cm10/aokp/PA are all pretty stable just a few kinks here and there sbrissen has done a FANTASTIC JOB ON JB! Just throwing some ideas your way
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You should see if you can work alongside sbrissen. JB aosp/cm10/aokp/PA are all pretty stable just a few kinks here and there sbrissen has done a FANTASTIC JOB ON JB! Just throwing some ideas your way
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I second that
Sbrissen has produced some of the memorable stuff during last year and a halk for various devices

I'm not sure what you mean by not enough AOSP roms. Every major one has been released for our device and theyre all pretty stable.
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