Why no development for Ion - Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion

There is only one thread in the android development section for the ion. Whats stopping people from hacking this phone (other than the bootloader)

What's stopping you?

Encrator said:
There is only one thread in the android development section for the ion. Whats stopping people from hacking this phone (other than the bootloader)
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This has been answered before. What's stopping people from hacking this phone is that this phone is relatively new. It had just came out on the market for almost a month and the developers may have not been able to purchase the phone yet.

Bach415 said:
This has been answered before. What's stopping people from hacking this phone is that this phone is relatively new. It had just came out on the market for almost a month and the developers may have not been able to purchase the phone yet.
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Just to add to this, the bootloader is almost everything and Sony fixed Gingerbread so that it cannot be exploited using the old fashion means, which means either we develop new means or wait for ICS that we have a new way to exploit.

It may also be that many devs are working on the new more powerful phones, any Sony is really a small underground community. I promise when I get an ion I'll start developing.
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idiotzach15 said:
It may also be that many devs are working on the new more powerful phones, any Sony is really a small underground community. I promise when I get an ion I'll start developing.
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That would be terrific!
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Another reason is that everyone is waiting for ICS, why bother to develop for GB when ICS is coming in like 1-2 month.

You'll start seeing custom roms as soon as we get CyanogenMod support from Fxp
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idiotzach15 said:
You'll start seeing custom roms as soon as we get CyanogenMod support from Fxp
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How to install recovery ion ?
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If you want a phone that has loyal devs get a nexus, or an HTC phone. Not Sony.....
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No mystery guys, att just has it locked down pretty good. Waiting on the ICS update then should be good. There's plenty going on though if anyone cares to read a bit throughout this forum. Otherwise please be patient. eb
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earbrain said:
No mystery guys, att just has it locked down pretty good. Waiting on the ICS update then should be good. There's plenty going on though if anyone cares to read a bit throughout this forum. Otherwise please be patient. eb
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True True, Patience is a virtue
Thanks guys

Now we got ICS, so We will start Getting devs right?

NoobTW said:
Now we got ICS, so We will start Getting devs right?
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I called the dev allocation line, they said definitely maybe we may or may not get some dev support.
I hate being the troll here but why, why ask this same question that others have and further bloat this forum, when no one knows when a Rom is coming.

jeriku said:
I called the dev allocation line, they said definitely maybe we may or may not get some dev support.
I hate being the troll here but why, why ask this same question that others have and further bloat this forum, when no one knows when a Rom is coming.
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Well, just hope there will be some dev supports. That will be fine.

NoobTW said:
Well, just hope there will be some dev supports. That will be fine.
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We do have "some" dev support or we wouldn't have CWM, root and several mods.
Thank you all who have gotten us this far.

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Why are some of the Inc dev's leaving XDA?

Ok. So i have been away from the form for a couple of weeks (family emergency) and I noticed that some of the dev's are packing up and going to different forums JoelZ9614, ihtfp69. What did I miss?
I'm kinda wondering that too tbh
devs should just ignore the crap and keep doing what they do.
Stuff like this makes me want to stay with CM even more. CM is my first love for custom ROMs and my favorite so far due to it's speed and features and open source model. Since they packed up quietly it just would make you speculate.
I like looking at the front page of Inc development to see what's new. We'll still be seeing new ROM on xda, just from fewer devs.
davwman said:
devs should just ignore the crap and keep doing what they do.
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They are doing what they do, just decided to do it elsewhere. A few things have happened on xda that ticked a lot of people off.
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im staying right here. doesnt matter who leaves, who stays. people need to grow the hell up and grow some thicker skin. this childish behavior HAS to stop for the good of the community. we will implode if all our devs leave. its like a joke to them. were not in third grade anymore guys. grow up, seriously......
...What exactly has happened on XDA that we're unaware of? Other than some of the people who use roms being totally immature, they will just follow to the other forums and spam that up. What's the point?
TheWhiteBandito said:
...What exactly has happened on XDA that we're unaware of? Other than some of the people who use roms being totally immature, they will just follow to the other forums and spam that up. What's the point?
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some stupid infighting like a family has.
This is funny I just nutted up on someone today for being a crybaby deuche
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watt9493 said:
some stupid infighting like a family has.
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Figures. All good things must come to an end I suppose :/
TheWhiteBandito said:
Figures. All good things must come to an end I suppose :/
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hop[efully its just a phase. wtf guys. what has become of this....
watt9493 said:
hop[efully its just a phase. wtf guys. what has become of this....
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About as well said as it gets
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donnyp1 said:
About as well said as it gets
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thank you. this was the best phone i ever had. one cause of development and two cause of service. now im regretting it for more then one reason.
watt9493 said:
thank you. this was the best phone i ever had. one cause of development and two cause of service. now im regretting it for more then one reason.
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Dont, the phone is still awesone, and imo the 2-3 best devs still here.
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watt9493 said:
hop[efully its just a phase. wtf guys. what has become of this....
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It will blow over, the forums here haven't had a real blow up in awhile now, so it was just a matter of time really.
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I thought I would stick with this phone way past my contract because of the development but I might have to second guess that if the developers become too hard to locate . Like they say " There is a beginning to every end "
donnyp1 said:
Dont, the phone is still awesone, and imo the 2-3 best devs still here.
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RMarkwald said:
It will blow over, the forums here haven't had a real blow up in awhile now, so it was just a matter of time really.
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if i could get my hardware fixed id be okay, but i digress. and i hope it blows over, cause i need someone to learn from!
I liked the way xda had everything in one big forum.
Now theres going to be all these different forums for the same purpose.
*sigh
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Now its wildstang! [email protected]#$!
Change roms like I change underwear.
the children need to leave and problem would be solved. I cant believe the dinc forum has become this.

ICS General Discussion Thread.

I've Made this thread in par with the [Dev-only] ICS development only thread so that all questions,comments and or even THANKYOUS can be posted here. Please do try and keep this thread alive without any idiocy (spam). DO NOT post in the Dev thread u less u have actual development. It doesn't matter how argue-mental the post become as long as it still always is related to ICS. As long as everyone just stops making new threads about ICS.
You may spam ur ICS needs here. Enjoy.
I will update this op with any Information regarding our phone and ICS whenever it comes available.
Steady Hawkin said:
Alright guys, I should not even be saying anything but Im going to anyway. I know many of you are tired of waiting for ICS and feel like we are the odd man out while everyone else gets a taste of the glory. This is in fact not the case! I'm not going to name names, or comment on anything else, but I will say that development is VERY much alive for this phone. Its also allot closer than any of you think. Trust me, there is a very tallented group of people who are close to making this dream a reality.
Me making a comment in this thread does infact violate what this thread was intented to do and for that I'm sorry. My intention is just to inform you that we too shall taste sweet victory soon. My only request is that we move non-development related questions and comments to the Q&A or general subforum so we can keep this thread clean for future use. I look forward to basking in the sweet taste of a delicious sandwich with all of you very soon
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Most recent information available.
I thought this was the thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1348832
Oh yeah, I forgot that one got closed.
ICS ICS, where art thou?
What can I do to help the devs working on this project?
I'm starting to think his phone won't get it. Hell the old Droid got it and we have hardly anything going on for this phone.
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LordJummy said:
What can I do to help the devs working on this project?
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According to someone of a dev level ICS is extremely close so just be patient.
DevilStrider said:
I'm starting to think his phone won't get it. Hell the old Droid got it and we have hardly anything going on for this phone.
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As for you. Read my comment above Mr.negative. If ur running Cm7 or MIUI then u literally just hypocritically commented on yourself. (in a far fetched way) =P
Also there are plenty of good ROMs in the dev thread.
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I don't necessarily understand it. I've used ics and it's pretty good, but the roms we currently have in the dev section are really awesome. Yeah, ics has some great tweaks that I look forward to coming to this device, but I'm pretty content and happy with the current roms and development we have. Thanks to all the devs!
I'm sure ICS will be here. No need to show negativity. Just have patience
Im sure they dont want to give us something half done. Wait till they have a stable build then they will drop it.
My guess now that chris41g will drop ics hes been aful quiet
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Shoulon said:
According to someone of a dev level ICS is extremely close so just be patient.
As for you. Read my comment above Mr.negative. If ur running Cm7 or MIUI then u literally just hypocritically commented on yourself. (in a far fetched way) =P
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Call me what you want. I have the money to get a pics phone. I just don't want it. I have ICS on my zoom. Also don't make a thread about discussion of ICS if you don't like hearing others opinions.
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Freeroot said:
I don't necessarily understand it. I've used ics and it's pretty good, but the roms we currently have in the dev section are really awesome. Yeah, ics has some great tweaks that I look forward to coming to this device, but I'm pretty content and happy with the current roms and development we have. Thanks to all the devs!
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That's how I feel. I'm on the blaze from and I love it.
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Vandam500 said:
I'm sure ICS will be here. No need to show negativity. Just have patience
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I'm talking about official release not dev. I can see them doing it but I just want to see if Samsung will come through.
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DevilStrider said:
I'm talking about official release not dev. I can see them doing it but I just want to see if Samsung will come through.
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I'm pretty sure they will release a ICS update for it. The community will more than likely release one first though.
Samsung will have one, but it will have TouchWiz. But a lot of us want either pure ICS or a CM9 build, ya know?
The only reason im waiting ics for my epic is native otg support..
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Otg? 10 char
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pyrostic said:
Otg? 10 char
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Yeah..usb otg...
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bubur_bewok said:
Yeah..usb otg...
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Huh? Lol...
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5 New Nexus devices By Thanksgiving?

I thought this had very interesting potential!
http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/15/google-planning-multiple-nexus-devices-android-jelly-bean/
good job google. that's the way it should be done
Agree, but do you think they're talking Jellybean by this Thanksgiving or next? Seems like an awful ambitious schedule for this one when most of us are still trying to get official ICS?
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Agree, but do you think they're talking Jellybean by this Thanksgiving or next? Seems like an awful ambitious schedule for this one when most of us are still trying to get official ICS?
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Lol, it's pretty much been yearly android version releases every year, so yeah
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yahknow1 said:
Agree, but do you think they're talking Jellybean by this Thanksgiving or next? Seems like an awful ambitious schedule for this one when most of us are still trying to get official ICS?
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They were working on jellybean before ICS was released or finished
Thanks for posting something that has already been posted... Im not sure if this needed it's own thread but let's see where this goes...
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This is great news, but the big issue is will they do this for GSM only..
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Thanks for posting something that has already been posted... Im not sure if this needed it's own thread but let's see where this goes...
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Where was it posted I didn't see anything about it? and I didn't realize you were the great arbiter of what is needed?
Why jump straight to 5.0? Why not develop what they have a bit more and go for Jelly Bean 4.1?

Deving; happy or not. VOTE!

this poll regards DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT ONLY.
I would like to know whether you feel happy or not with the development support your device got. (compare it to the international gs2 deving, or the att gs2 if that helps to make things easier) Do not read this poll as something that intends to start a flaming war. I am little bit confused which version of the gs3 to keep for myself and since I have not followed what was going on with the tmobile gs2 and the intl gs2 dev forums, I decided to make this thread asking your sincere (hopefully) opinions again vote on the basis of dev support only!
great trolling poll. voted :good:
love the loaded phrasing in the options.
jim93 said:
great trolling poll. voted :good:
love the loaded phrasing in the options.
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Why is that? What didnt u like?
Why do you want to know? Is this a scientific experiment?
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jasontx said:
Why do you want to know? Is this a scientific experiment?
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I edited the op. that should answer your question. and no lol I am not a scientist
It's up for debate. GS3 hardware is supposed to be standard across all carriers. You shouldn't have a problem. Imo if you want the best value and best data speeds go with tmobile.
I'm unsure what the specs for the international is but I believe they're all the same.
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jasontx said:
It's up for debate. GS3 hardware is supposed to be standard across all carriers. You shouldn't have a problem. Imo if you want the best value and best data speeds go with tmobile.
I'm unsure what the specs for the international is but I believe they're all the same.
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sorry for the confusion. maybe I did not explain myself right. I want an opinion about the dev support only. the specs are something the users know before buying the device. the dev support is something they find out later on once they have bought the device lol and sometimes they are happy but other times they are not. from what I can see you guys had some great devs!
Very happy. We have several great devs, TDJ, and Whitehawkx to name a few. Plus some great themers, foreverloco, and pheonix!! No gripes here!!
I was completely let down by the misleading topic.
I'd go with pretty dang happy I guess...
Happy just wish there was a more stable aosp aokp rom getting tired of touchwiz
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dasistsparta said:
sorry for the confusion. maybe I did not explain myself right. I want an opinion about the dev support only. the specs are something the users know before buying the device. the dev support is something they find out later on once they have bought the device lol and sometimes they are happy but other times they are not. from what I can see you guys had some great devs!
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The problem is you cant predict that for the GS3 since they are standard across carriers but international is still international. The s2 support isnt comparable because its a totally different fragmentation situation
jim93 said:
The problem is you cant predict that for the GS3 since they are standard across carriers but international is still international. The s2 support isnt comparable because its a totally different fragmentation situation
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Unfortunately they are not standard. And yeah intl will always get the best development but nevertheless at the end all you need is 5 good roms. Intl got 20 roms or more but users know that half of them are just a minor modified version of the stock rom.
dasistsparta said:
Unfortunately they are not standard. And yeah intl will always get the best development but nevertheless at the end all you need is 5 good roms. Intl got 20 roms or more but users know that half of them are just a minor modified version of the stock rom.
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They are closer than the s2. Its a personal choice, it seems you already know intl-> more devs. Carrier -> more compatible with your network. Nobody can decide for you what to value more.
jim93 said:
They are closer than the s2. Its a personal choice, it seems you already know intl-> more devs. Carrier -> more compatible with your network. Nobody can decide for you what to value more.
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+1 word for word. Anyways I think they're close enough to share development with minor porting. Plus I keep track of t989 development not intl because that's what I have to answer your question I am happy, even if there were a couple devs it'd make me smile. Appreciate all their work
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It's free so take what I can get
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Unhappy? Learn to do it. That's what I did back in my Samsung transform days.
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I'm happy because this stuff is free. If you are not happy, do it yourself or stfu
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With milestone 6 I couldn't be happier.
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Calling all Devs!!

I have a request for anyone who might be willing to help out with getting the new miui4 working for cdma users. The rom looks super clean but im just basing that off of the pics posted in the thread.
Here's a link to the rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1830675
Any and all input, suggestions, and comments are welcomed.
Have you even looked under the development section?
skibummer said:
Have you even looked under the development section?
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I wouldn't have put this thread up if there was anyone trying to help out
eriknors said:
I wouldn't have put this thread up if there was anyone trying to help out
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31446749
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Triscuit said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31446749
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That's just the rom. Yes there has been talk about getting a dev to help out but its not like its in the title of the thread.
All im trying to do is get someone's attention to help out w/ getting cdma for verizon users to work for that rom.
Obviously no one seems to care to try or they're busy doing something else.
The dev himself is trying to make the CDMA version of it. It says:
CDMA Users: Still working on it.
Also its not that we don't care here, please keep in mind we are down to a couple devs, aero just got married and is moving and if I'm correct, another dev had his dinc2 crap out on him, be patient and someone will help
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Nits is also real busy and even stopped developing his own MIUI because of it. He's got a lot to do between UKB for us and working on the Inc4g. I hope he can get some time to work on it though since he probably is the most familiar with MIUI of all the Inc2 devs right now and I really wanna go back to MIUI. But its up in the air.
It just boils down to that we don't have that many developers at the steering wheel of a DINC2 right now. Not like we have 20+ devs.
Sorry of this seems like a smart reply, just how I write and my personality tend to be.
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