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Hey guys,
New to this board, but not to Android dev in general. I'm actually making this thread to gauge interest in an Android theme site? A quick search showed that there were at least 2 others considering sites, but nothing solid.
Since I make themes for phones, I'd actually started on a site a while back based on my iPhone theme site. The iPhone site was scrapped for the same reason the Android one was: it's way too hard to theme for average users! There's too much technical stuff, so I didn't think it would be worth it to make a site for a small group.
I've been revisiting the idea lately though since I stumbled upon the source code, and I still have the domain I grabbed last year. So, show of hands, anyone interested?
uh, actually the theme site is almost done, and there is already a ROM site in development, if you would like to help go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3807449#post3807449
thank you.
and, i dont see any of your themes anywhere, you signed up this month, have one post to date, and you spelled your user name wrong.
Clearly I ruffled your feathers.. I'll assume you're one of the ones working on the theme site.
As far as not seeing my themes anywhere, did you not read that I said that I scrapped the site because the public at large wouldn't benefit from it? As for me signing up this month, I signed up TODAY and I made note of the fact that I was new in my post.
I understand you may feel in someway threatened, but tone it down a bit.
*edit* so I did misspell the name (or rather mistyped on the iPhone I posted from). *tosses a cookie*
no offense, i have just seen 4 other people this month try to start a theme website while we have one in the works. and having so many people working on so many sites it would just turn into a mess. it seemed a little odd that your account was so new yet you said you had been theming for awhile.
if you seriously want to work on a theme site, then please go to the thread stated above, leave your info, check out what they have built so far.
we can definitely use the help.
i just didnt want to see another seemingly n00b trying to make yet another theme website.
i apologize for being rash in the first post, however you have to admit it looked a little odd, especially with the themesdroid thread on the same page.
Understandable, and I concede to your point. No noob here though, have been building websites for years.
For reference, www.ithemer.com is an old domain and is an example of the type of site that we had started for droidthemer - you can also check the whois and see that it wasn't just made today
As I said, I did do a search, but I didn't take note of the date, I thought it was a dead project as I did see posts discussing what to use and delays etc. For the most part, this was a completed site (including making screenshots from the uploaded assets - something ithemer has as well) that just never saw the light of day.
If these guys are going to launch soon and have the backing of the community, there isn't a need for another one.
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DriodThemer said:
Hey guys,
New to this board, but not to Android dev in general. I'm actually making this thread to gauge interest in an Android theme site? A quick search showed that there were at least 2 others considering sites, but nothing solid.
Since I make themes for phones, I'd actually started on a site a while back based on my iPhone theme site. The iPhone site was scrapped for the same reason the Android one was: it's way too hard to theme for average users! There's too much technical stuff, so I didn't think it would be worth it to make a site for a small group.
I've been revisiting the idea lately though since I stumbled upon the source code, and I still have the domain I grabbed last year. So, show of hands, anyone interested?
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Did you pay attention to where you posted. THEME'S & WALLPAPER under Dream. Whats wrong with posting here? The only people that have issues finding what they need don't use search. As others have mentioned there have already been suggestions for this. Not to be a jerk but devs post here and update their threads here. They're already busy enough with theirs projects. I'm not speaking for them but doubt they'd post here and then somewhere else and then somewhere else again, etc...
malaeus said:
uh, actually the theme site is almost done, and there is already a ROM site in development, if you would like to help go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3807449#post3807449
thank you.
and, i dont see any of your themes anywhere, you signed up this month, have one post to date, and you spelled your user name wrong.
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If there was a like button below posts, or a star tab, I would click it 800 times for this post. LOL!
parmijo11 said:
Did you pay attention to where you posted. THEME'S & WALLPAPER under Dream. Whats wrong with posting here? The only people that have issues finding what they need don't use search. As others have mentioned there have already been suggestions for this. Not to be a jerk but devs post here and update their threads here. They're already busy enough with theirs projects. I'm not speaking for them but doubt they'd post here and then somewhere else and then somewhere else again, etc...
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I'm actually not sure what your post means. I'm not being sarcastic either. I don't get what you mean about devs being busy with their projects? I'm not asking any devs to join in? I was asking if anyone was interested in the launch of a mostly-complete site.
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If there was a like button below posts, or a star tab, I would click it 800 times for this post. LOL!
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Why so? Did you read our exchange past his initial (understandable) suspicions? Or were you just out for a good "burn"?
as I have said, if there is no interest, or another option is just about done, then no biggie. I'm not here to spam, flame or cause problems. I'd appreciate the same respect.
A break
I'd just like to say, that this person has already admited to being new to the forum. It has been established that this person has experience in modding
software for mobile devices, as well as designing websites. I am of the opinion that this person could be a valuable asset to this community. I don't think it is
a good idea to act so rashly to someone who obviously isn't familiar with the vast amount of new people who just post wherever.
Try to be a little more positive. If every new poster is treated with this type of elitist attitude it doesn't make for an enjoyable experience, and they could be
turned away from the forum.
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I'd just like to say, that this person has already admited to being new to the forum. It has been established that this person has experience in modding
software for mobile devices, as well as designing websites. I am of the opinion that this person could be a valuable asset to this community. I don't think it is
a good idea to act so rashly to someone who obviously isn't familiar with the vast amount of new people who just post wherever.
Try to be a little more positive. If every new poster is treated with this type of elitist attitude it doesn't make for an enjoyable experience, and they could be
turned away from the forum.
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I agree, if he'd like to start his own site let him, we already have 1 theme site that has been up for a while while the other one is still being planned. For other phones there are multiple sites, what does it matter how many there are if it serves the community as a whole. And just because Driod is new doesn't mean he hasn't themed for android before. I'm sure there are plenty of people on other sites that make themes that are never seen here. XDA is not the only place people go for android discussions.
Thanks for the words daryl. As I said, I don't really fault him for being suspicious off the bat, in a tight-knit community that may be prone to spam/noobness, it's easy to become accustomed to raising the eyebrow first.
I was more annoyed with the follow-up posters that didn't seem to read the thread but still wanted to jump on the bandwagon.
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I agree, if he'd like to start his own site let him, we already have 1 theme site that has been up for a while while the other one is still being planned.
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I know themesdroid is planned, is there one already live? Competition is good, but at the same time, you don't want to beat a dead horse. If there's a good solution, let it ride.
Also, a site like this doesn't thrive without the help of the community, so again, I'm sorry if I ruffled any feathers, it wasn't my intention
how insecure do you have to be malaeus (or whatever)
Oh my god Malaeus or whatever his name is being super lame for acting like a complete jackass. I nominate him for douchebag of the year; I mean how completely rude of you to act like you own the internet (who are you supposed to be? Al Gore). GOD FOBID someone make a website about something they like. I guess androidguys.com droiddev droidappz g1wallz allshadow and ****ing HTC & T-Mobile must have his expressed written consent to create anything G1 related huh? I personally have sold/designed 7 websites these past two months and don't recall asking anyone in the related fields if I could do so before buying the domain names. Jesus, lose the lame ass god complex (or short man's syndrome) as for DroidThemer, I personally will register to your site simply because I'm not an ahole who is afraid of change/challenge or competition. Maybe someone (malaeus) should try to get off their high horse or learn a little common courtesy. DroidThemer as a fellow graphic/web-designer id love to help in any way to design your site. Email me.
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Did you pay attention to where you posted. THEME'S & WALLPAPER under Dream. Whats wrong with posting here? The only people that have issues finding what they need don't use search. As others have mentioned there have already been suggestions for this. Not to be a jerk but devs post here and update their threads here. They're already busy enough with theirs projects. I'm not speaking for them but doubt they'd post here and then somewhere else and then somewhere else again, etc...
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Looks like parmijo11 is not paying attention, as the guy clearly stated that he themes for bot iphone and android. ugh, had to add my 2 cents.
i want to point out another fact to people mainly maleus just because you dont have alot of posts on the forum doesnt mean anything take a look at when i signed up and how many posts i have to date not many but that doesnt mean i dont know anything ive made alot of themes not only for android but also windows mobile, manilla 2d, and blackberry but alot of my themes i did not post, mine were mainly for personal use or for friends who had requests but couldnt find the theme they wanted. but now we all know why i dont have many post because of people that dont have any common courtesy for other people and in the end its those ppl that are hurting the rest of the community not the people that come on here start an account and use their first post to propose a genuinely good idea !!!
Well, if there is honest interest, I could go forward with producing the site. I had an idea to help make themes ROM-agnostic, but it looks like even if it worked, it would be obsolete in a few months when people start altering the XML layout files.
i say go for it
alright, gonna finish up this theme site for another platform and then look into the best way to execute that
I honestly see this community if it keeps up like it is with all the [email protected] being talked in this thread going to turn into the Evo one. For those that don't know quick back story. 2 major shops have split the community because of there hate for another and have blasted both who support them. This is how this is looking. Look at the Honda community its all apart and will never be like it used to be because of this. This is NOT what we need to happen here. Please make this site and for kicks talk with the guys doing the other one and link them because only good thing that comes from multiple sites are compition and I'm sorry but if there was only one car company it would produce crap because it could. 2 major sites "fighting" but acting like one will only make sure both are on top of there game. So please one more beg of making the site.
alright, what I'm going to do initially is just allow uploading of wallpapers and themes and specification of which ROM it's for. When I get a little time, I'll fight with the idea of automatically porting themes.
I know there are some ROMs whose themes are similar so that shouldn't be an issue. So perhaps I'll make it where you can check off if you want the site to try to port for you or you can upload your own port.
cool
go for it!
i shall be your first member
I've read a lot of threads and heard one guy almost has it then ill read another and it says different. Idk but if u guys had to bet how long do u think?
Thanks
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Best not to make a guess. Working in electronics and robotics majors, with programming, things don't go the way you want, especially with programming, scripting, ect. So my guess would be the day they post it ready.
Ya i guess ur right don't want to be let down. This is just the one thing ive always wanted on my phone
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the phone is damn near a year old, we should of had this already!
Probably soon. I think it could end up in CyanogenMod 7 or 7.1 and someone will likely get it going in Sense shortly after.
Soon on Sense
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj1wMQ10xDA
I am sure that many people (including myself) bought this phone with the same dreams as you with HDMI, we have waited this long, another month cant hurt.
It will be here sooner than later. A developer has it done. I have tested it myself and it's pretty amazing. He is close to having an even better version, and close to releasing it publicly.
Right now he only has it coded for Sense Rom's, but you don't have to be rooted, and you don't have to have anything custom. It's a simple APK that just runs in the background and fully mirrors the UI.
It gets enough frames to play emulators, and it's close to having enough to watch video files that aren't supported natively (.avi, .mkv, etc.)
As one person above posted, they tested it with Hulu with good results. Another guy has tested it with Slingplayer and it looked great.
This app opens up so many possibilities. If you are on a sense based rom watch for it to be out soon.
If they video above is legit it seems fast enough even for the show her was watching id love to see a release soon
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I was watching the most recent HTC commercial and would really REALLY like to know what app or how to share from your phone and watch it on the tv without an hdmi cable... Will donate $5
I'll take the $5 and tell you to post in the proper forum.
I thought this was the Dev forums....
qik? maybe!!!
sorry i never used qik
ohh dont mind the rude peeps on here!!! they get sensitive...prob the same peeps who are picked last in kickball
HTCRALEIGHFAN said:
ohh dont mind the rude peeps on here!!! they get sensitive...prob the same peeps who are picked last in kickball
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HAHA.. so TRUE!!!
For the OP... got a link to the commercial? Not sure but willing to look if you got it....
However.. i am sure you will get like 18 more people telling you wrong forum so prepare... people are dumb... thats why there are some GREAT devs that dont even come here anymore...
i believe the commercial was for a windows phone. (i am assuming the swamp man commercial) to my knowledge no app currently supports this type of transfer though it may be possible if Google tvs become popular through wifi.
as far as those complaining it is up to the community to set standards. While i dont think people should only post wrong forum and that 100 people need to post the same thing. If WE as a community accept posting in the wrong section in most cases the mods will accept it as ok as well and then you will end up with a mess. (see 99% of forums and its hard enough to follow everything when its clean).
So while some people are very rude about it and that isnt needed it does serve some purpose and it helps set standards that keep the forums clean. especially after having members that are 8 months old still doing it.
if you dont think that matters go search most other forums and try to find anything without having to search through 20 pages of crap.
frettfreak said:
However.. i am sure you will get like 18 more people telling you wrong forum so prepare... people are dumb... thats why there are some GREAT devs that dont even come here anymore...
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Most of the devs that have left have done so for other reasons such as being banned for there choices (whether we agree they should have or not). Very few if any devs left because of the community. Especially the part informing people of the rules and trying to keep "their" space clean.
This should have been posted in the Q/A section. You can learn from your mistake now, so that next time it won't happen.
Here is the link to the vid on HTC's youtube.
Here is the picture, I think???
Note it says WiFi is required.
As the post above me: it could be a WP7 phone.
thats the DLNA app the Htc talked about when they first Announced Sense 2.0 coming to Android phones. Its called Media Link and most of the Z/HD roms have it in there you can download it from HTC HUB as well but ONLY ON Sense 2.0
Virus, Myn, BOS, And others are working on Z/HD ports for our EVO's But we need DLNA enabled tv's to make it work and/or the converter box HTC also Talked about..
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thats the DLNA app the Htc talked about when they first Announced Sense 2.0 coming to Android phones. Its called Media Link and most of the Z/HD roms have it in there you can download it from HTC HUB as well but ONLY ON Sense 2.0
Virus, Myn, BOS, And others are working on Z/HD ports for our EVO's But we need DLNA enabled tv's to make it work and/or the converter box HTC also Talked about..
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Yup if you guys notice that's all HTC android phones (besides the Evo unless I missed it) but that's y I want the.new sense cause of the new apps I don't really care about GB too.much at the moment
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Thread moved to Q&A.
So far I haven't gotten anything to work but thank you to all the posts of people who were not jerks...
incredible S rom in the dev section has sense 2.0, technically you could do it from this rom, no?
can anyone post a link or pictures of what the UI looks like?
i am a noob here so i dont know much about it other then what it says
and to me i dont think it explains it enough
what does it do...i read his posts but i still dont understand.....
what difference is it to this mod and the original it came with?
please use simple words for like i said am a noob
p.s. also i looked on his sites and forums...but are still to difficult for me to understand
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can anyone post a link or pictures of what the UI looks like?
i am a noob here so i dont know much about it other then what it says
and to me i dont think it explains it enough
what does it do...i read his posts but i still dont understand.....
what difference is it to this mod and the original it came with?
please use simple words for like i said am a noob
p.s. also i looked on his sites and forums...but are still to difficult for me to understand
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Check out his website, search youtube, etc.
anyway, here you go. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=CyanogenMod+7
yea i tried that already thanks for taking up space in this world
there are a billion different threads,websites,videos,ect that tell me 2 billion different things and mostly in a higher techy vocabulary, thats why that doesnt work for me
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yea i tried that already thanks for taking up space in this world
there are a billion different threads,websites,videos,ect that tell me 2 billion different things and mostly in a higher techy vocabulary, thats why that doesnt work for me
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Next time be polite you don't get anywhere with that right now Google is your friend
yea, i thought he was alittle smug myself.
i am new to this also,but i reaserched for three days,saved web sites,and printed out instructions. in the end i have a rooted evo running cm7 with working hdmi mirroring.
the answers are out there,you just have to look!!!!
I'll just leave this here and let you guys argue it out lol. This is on the HTC Desire but it's the same UI across the board for Cyanogen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5PxgXy_mb0&feature=fvwrel
I understand you are a noob and I don't mean this in a condescending way but research really is your best friend. Like ccollins102 said, do some reading and learn what those "techy" words mean. They are just speaking in the language of the land. I'm no great tech guru but I have learned more by hours of reading than most I am sure.
To explain what Cyanogen Mod is go to the wiki page. Most of the tech words are defined. It's essentially AOSP or Android Open Source Project. Most of the brands (HTC, Samsung, Motorolla ect...) put their own UI over vanilla(basic) Android and ship it out as custom for their brand. HTC has what they have labeled "Sense", Samsung uses Touch Wiz, Sony is "Arc" I believe now(?) and so on. The only phones to my knowledge that don't are the Nexus. (don't flame me if that's wrong but I THOUGHT this to be true).
If you have questions post up, I'll try to help out. The actually CM thread is pretty helpful most of the time too. The website forum I never cared for though. I get lost in it lol.
Google is your friend
its not like im getting anywhere just asking or looking
thanks for the help
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I'll just leave this here and let you guys argue it out lol. This is on the HTC Desire but it's the same UI across the board for Cyanogen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5PxgXy_mb0&feature=fvwrel
I understand you are a noob and I don't mean this in a condescending way but research really is your best friend. Like ccollins102 said, do some reading and learn what those "techy" words mean. They are just speaking in the language of the land. I'm no great tech guru but I have learned more by hours of reading than most I am sure.
To explain what Cyanogen Mod is go to the wiki page. Most of the tech words are defined. It's essentially AOSP or Android Open Source Project. Most of the brands (HTC, Samsung, Motorolla ect...) put their own UI over vanilla(basic) Android and ship it out as custom for their brand. HTC has what they have labeled "Sense", Samsung uses Touch Wiz, Sony is "Arc" I believe now(?) and so on. The only phones to my knowledge that don't are the Nexus. (don't flame me if that's wrong but I THOUGHT this to be true).
If you have questions post up, I'll try to help out. The actually CM thread is pretty helpful most of the time too. The website forum I never cared for though. I get lost in it lol.
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yea ive researched for about a week and alot of it contradicts its self
like example
in some cases i see that gps doesnt work good...but in other cases they say it works great
some people have something that looks like scence on cm7 and some that look like vanilla
ive seen that cm7 gets rid of spell correction because it is sence based built in the evo
i went to his wiki and it was confusing.....and his youtube had no videos on it
there are alot of different versions of cm7 by my understanding
the you tube link was a little help
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yea ive researched for about a week and alot of it contradicts its self
like example
in some cases i see that gps doesnt work good...but in other cases they say it works great
some people have something that looks like scence on cm7 and some that look like vanilla
ive seen that cm7 gets rid of spell correction because it is sence based built in the evo
i went to his wiki and it was confusing.....and his youtube had no videos on it
there are alot of different versions of cm7 by my understanding
the you tube link was a little help
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-GPS generally doesn't work for most people without doing a fix. Some people get lucky, but it's a known issue. If it doesn't work for you, do the GPS fix. You can find directions for this pretty much everywhere.
-CM7 is not Sense, it never will be. It comes with ADW Launcher, but you can download another launcher if you'd prefer. There are themes available to make it look like Sense, and some people use LauncherPro Plus since it has Sense-like widgets. If you want to use ADW or another launcher, Colorize Widget has some good scrollable widgets. But by default, CM7 looks entirely different than Sense.
-CM7 does not get rid of spell check, but the default keyboard may not have it. You can always download a different keyboard from the market, or if you like the HTC keyboard, download the HTC IME Mod - you can find it on xda. Just do a google search.
My advice: Do a nandroid backup and flash it. If you don't like it you can always restore from your backup. It'll be like nothing ever changed. If you decide you want something close to stock, try Myn's Warm TwoPointTwo or MikFroyo. They'll be more familiar to you, and they're good starting points.
Also, I understand that you're new to this, but you still need to figure it out for yourself. Getting snappy with people that try to help you (even if they're trying to help you help yourself) is not going to help you understand. The best way to learn is to just do it. Manually boot into recovery - don't use ROM Manager. Do your own nandroid backup, wipe everything, then flash. When it boots, you'll feel like you have a new phone. And if you don't like it, go back to recovery and restore. If you have any problems with flashing, you can always ask on xda. As long as you treat people with respect, you'll get help.
Good luck!
(from... Evo/MIUI/Tapatalk)
thanks
but when people read what i ask and totaly think i didnt do something like look at google or something like that i dont need them to tell me to do something i already did and got no help from
some people cant learn by themself because its confusing for them
im sorry i need a little more help then the average person
and about being polite i was a asked a question then i get a sarcastic answer
is it only ok for you for some people to be like that and not others? because let me tell you that was uncalled for....
I didn't watch the whole video but most of it I did. That video is what you get with cm7. Like above said, you can have cm as a base and add any launcher you like.
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Just google aosp gingerbread. They all look pretty much the same.....
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i cant get an answer in the 3d forums so i will try here. wiimote does not work with the new 3d due to the new sense and or bluetooth. my question is can i use any bluetooth controller with my 3d as long it is bluetooth 3.0 or am i going to have to wait until it is rooted and only use wiimote? i am not fond of the wii controller so i am hoping i can use something else for my emulators and games.
Well considering this isn't an Evo 3d forum, we can't help you.
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Well considering this isn't an Evo 3d forum, we can't help you.
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well considering you are a jackass, go screw yourself. 3d forum or not, someone with tech knowledge can answer and help. you obviously cant, so stfu and get off my thread.
you are a prime example of what has become a problem on xda in general, spitting out helpless and jackass comments on people's posts instead of trying to assist anyone. people like you bring a bad name to xda, luckily the good helpful people out number the negative people on here like yourself so far.
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i cant get an answer in the 3d forums so i will try here. wiimote does not work with the new 3d due to the new sense and or bluetooth. my question is can i use any bluetooth controller with my 3d as long it is bluetooth 3.0 or am i going to have to wait until it is rooted and only use wiimote? i am not fond of the wii controller so i am hoping i can use something else for my emulators and games.
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From the evo, it would only work on a rooted phone that was running an aosp rom. Wiimote controller is the app...idk if it will work for other though.
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Wow! Answers like this piss me the HELL off! Wish there were dislikes. LOL
Well, what makes the wii controller not work with sense? What do they need to change in order to make it work for the Evo phones altogether? What isn't working? I have tried to get it to work too. but I just didn't spend enough time researching it.
Piss off you retards. I was simply telling him there isn't much we can help him with here, as this isn't a forum for that phone. That would be like me asking a question about my Mustang in a Camero forum. It doesn't make any sense.
And he continues to prove the point. Bravo
Apple sucks ballz
The Evo3D and Evo are about the same phones and run off about the same software. I have confirmed that you need a AOSP ROM to make it work... But still attempting to find out more and why's.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrR68FR7Xu8
HOWEVER, the biggest thing is you don't want to start installing different roms onto your phone. then again, you can't anyway as we haven't figured out how to root your phone. lol.
But I bet you'd end up not getting the 3D part as most developers wouldn't have a clue on how to program that as of this time. 3D software is still new at the second.
I personally would give up on trying to make it work. That's what I did. I personally can flash my phone. but why on earth would I install a AOSP ROM? I like what I have.
Oh I'm not worried about 3d stuff. I just want a contoller to work wirh my emulators like n64oid, snesoid, gensoid etc...
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then why on earth did you buy an evo 3d? and I thought we couldn't root those yet? can only do it on a rooted phone.
Well that answers my question then. I thought there might be a controller that would work without root is all. Thank you for your help guys
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