Why are some builds considered official while most are unofficial?
The only "official" builds are found on the Samsung sites. Now, there are mirrors to those build but when in doubt, you get your OEM build from Samdung. All other builds are "hacks" (and I say that as a term of endearment) that are not 100%. These are non-official and using them is at one's own risk. I have tried several of them and found them wanting so I went back to the OEM. Yes, I am rooted but that is all. Rooted with OEM Rom or Firmware. So I guess that means that I do not have OEM Rom on my P5210. Hmmm...:angel:
"Official" builds are those from the Rom's team and are maintained and updated by those teams. "Unofficial" builds are ported by a dev and are not supported by that Roms team.
Unofficial builds are by no means bad. Usually they are ported by a dev because the particular device is not supported by a ROM team.
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I am running the pac-man ROM which I see is unofficial, it runs very well. I did notice that Validus is an official ROM and wondering if that might be better, but think I will stick with Pac-man for now unless there is a reason to change.
I think when it says "Official", that means it is out of testing and preproduction. Not an official sanctioned Rom. If you take your device for repair and they see that rom on there, your warranty is void.
I didn't make it up. That is what it says on the developers site. I suppose they may label it as official just to fool newbies like me.
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What? Don't be ludicrous. Official firmware is made only by the manufacture, not some developer who hacked the OEM Rom in any shape, form,or function. All the roms found on XDA or any other Android site is not official unless it was made by Samsung, or whoever the OEM is for that device.
Please do not redefine words just to suit the occasion or to make others feel good.
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You seem to blinded by what your opinion of official is. Everyone knows that only device manufacturers release "official" firmware, no one will argue that point. But the nature of this question is exactly as @dparrothead1 answered, referring to official or unofficial builds (such as CM, AOSP roms, and recoveries) which are frequently released by teams or groups as "official" releases supported by that team. Often, other people outside of the team will release a build, but since they aren't part of the team, that build is considered in unofficial.
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I didn't make it up. That is what it says on the developers site. I suppose they may label it as official just to fool newbies like me.
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Validus is official. It is built and maintained by Ground Zero Roms and it is very smooth and fast. It also has all the customizations you could want!!!
Make a nandroid of you pac-man and try it.....you can always reinstall your present ROM.
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dparrothead1 said:
Validus is official. It is built and maintained by Ground Zero Roms and it is very smooth and fast. It also has all the customizations you could want!!!
Make a nandroid of you pac-man and try it.....you can always reinstall your present ROM.
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Thank you, may give it a try.
I have since revised my post.
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I have since revised my post.
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No problems. I never take offense at anything said on a forum.
I just try to give information and never try to push my views on anyone.
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Thank you for all the input. It is all appreciated.
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Great news!
The Cyanogenmod and TeamChopsticks teams just released the first stable CM10 for the T989.
You can grab it here for the T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy SII (SGH-T989 Hercules): http://get.cm/get/4LV
To avoid confusion: The source is out for Android 4.2 and it seems the future CM10.1.0 Stable will be based upon it, however this version (CM10.0.0) is based upon the work put into 4.1.2 and therefore this stands as the final for this version, as well as the first CM10 stable release. This release includes all of the commits up from all of the nightly's up until this build, and a few more.
Justananomaly's advice:
Read carefully or you might cause a rip in the space/time continuum.
You need to do a full wipe unless you're on a recent CM10 nightly already. If you are not using latest TWRP I HIGHLY recommend using CWM 5.0.2.7 after that version, Darkside wipe scripts throw most ROMs into a bootloop. You can get it here: http://db.tt/IAwaFQNx If using TWRP don't use Darkside wipe scripts, just clear cache/dalvik/factory reset. It's not recommended to run Darkside scripts on TWRP.
Radios Here (thanks to VoiD_Dweller): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1895400
Use this gapps (latest for 4.1.2): http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip
I AM NOT PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR THOSE USING GAPPS DESIGNED FOR 4.2 ON THIS 4.1.2 ROM.
Please make a nanoid/twrp backup before flashing ANY rom. If you restore via TitaniumBackup only restore apps+data.
No I am not a part of CM Team or TeamChopsticks, I just posted this super early to avoid multiple threads and the mods needing to merge them. I love my mods.
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#teamchopsticks incl#
CyanogenMod is a free, community built, aftermarket firmware distribution of Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean), which is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device.
Code:
#include
/*
* Your warranty is now void.
*
* We are not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
* do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM
* before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
* you point the finger at any of us for messing up your device, we will laugh at you.
* Collectively, and at the same time.
*/
This is the support thread for CM10.0.0 Stable on the Samsung SGH-T989 Hercules. It is still a major work in progress, so please make sure you have a backup that you can restore if you run into problems.
All the source code for CyanogenMod is available in the CyanogenMod Github repo. And if you would like to contribute to CyanogenMod, please visit out Gerrit Code Review. You can also view http://changelog.bbqdroid.org for a full list of changes.
IRC SUPPORT:
Join us in #teamchopsticks on Freenode IRC network.
DO NOT ASK FOR SUPPORT IF YOU FLASH A DIFFERENT KERNEL!
The kernel packaged with CM10 is very tightly coupled with the ROM code, now more than ever with the advent of Project Butter in Jelly Bean. If you install a kernel different from the one in this ROM, please do not ask for any support.
Experience issues? Please provide the following info:
If the device was hard reboot, please provide the file "/proc/last_kmsg".
If the device was soft reboot or is "bootlooping", please run a logcat and provide the full output.
Please use Pastebin when possible.
Download Links:
Please see our blog at http://www.teamchopsticks.org for installation, download links and release notes.
Install instructions:
Installation and Download: http://www.teamchopsticks.org/p/cm10-install-guide.html
Release Notes: http://www.teamchopsticks.org/p/cm10-release-notes.html
Contributing/Building: http://www.teamchopsticks.org/p/contributing.html
FAQ/Troubleshooting: http://www.teamchopsticks.org/p/faq.html​
The CyanogenMod team and TeamChopsticks would like to thank everyone involved in helping with testing, coding, debugging & documenting! Enjoy!
#teamchopsticks incl#
Yay finally stable! Thank you cyanogenmod team!
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Great Job, ready to try this out.
Downloading now. Thanks.
WOOHOOO
Is this basically just the 13th nightly marked as stable? Or... is there more to this?
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Garth, I meant.. were there a lot of changes to this to make it "stable" since the builds we've been using or are the nightlies what became this? Lol. If that makes any sense.
Daiskei said:
Is this basically just the 13th nightly marked as stable? Or... is there more to this?
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Garth, I meant.. were there a lot of changes to this to make it "stable" since the builds we've been using or are the nightlies what became this? Lol. If that makes any sense.
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Generally, its the *lack* of changes that make it stable...
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Is this basically just the 13th nightly marked as stable? Or... is there more to this?
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It's the first verified "stable" build for all devices that CM builds for. There are of course issues still as with all builds (even final builds). Nighly builds can be stable as well but commits are applied daily so what fixes an issue might break something else. Stable builds are more of a milestone between nightly updates as a good progress indicator. So after so long they will release CM10.1.0 with all of the commits made on all of the nighly builds between today and the day it's released for instance. That means this build contains commits from all of the nighly builds up until now, and the CM/TCS teams are satisfied enough to call it "stable"
TL;DR: Nighly builds are experimental, stable releases are what you flash on your grandmas phone, and they are progress milestones.
I hope that helps.
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Is this basically just the 13th nightly marked as stable? Or... is there more to this?
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Garth, I meant.. were there a lot of changes to this to make it "stable" since the builds we've been using or are the nightlies what became this? Lol. If that makes any sense.
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gotcha.. i hope so! idk i cant download right now too bogged up.. but the change log looks sexy
garth719 said:
gotcha.. i hope so! idk i cant download right now too bogged up.. but the change log looks sexy
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I just got it on my phone, I'll let you know how it feels.
Thanks team chopsticks! Looking forward to CM10.1, hopefully AOSP goes live soon and the merges don't take long.
Thanks Cm ! Yall came a longg way this is running smoothly
Can't believe yet lol, get.cm is servers are overloaded I'm guessing
CM10 Stable feels really smooth.
Excuse my ignorance but from my understanding, jellybean's smoothness has part to do with the GPU. From what I've read we don't have such drivers available for the t989. With that in mind, does this ROM utilize ICS GPU drivers or perhaps generic drivers?
Insight on this is appreciated
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Dumb question, is there the wifi calling in this ROM?
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gary93 said:
Dumb question, is there the wifi calling in this ROM?
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From what I understand, WiFi calling is a Touchwiz option.
gary93 said:
Dumb question, is there the wifi calling in this ROM?
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only tw roms support wifi-calling !
a93hunt said:
Excuse my ignorance but from my understanding, jellybean's smoothness has part to do with the GPU. From what I've read we don't have such drivers available for the t989. With that in mind, does this ROM utilize ICS GPU drivers or perhaps generic drivers?
Insight on this is appreciated
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I believe Team CM use a modified ics source chipset driver for our device. Nothing beats source though and we might have that in the coming months.
Either way, this is smooth.
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Did a full wipe, flashed, and awesomeness. No lock screen lag or anything. Nice Job guys
Guys, wanted to know what simply means when a Rom is DISCONTINUED, this simply means that it has reached final release? Or that it was not completed and was abandoned? And UNOFFICIAL? What you guys have to say about it? Among these doubts also like to know when a ROM is in its final, fully stable. Thank you!
guilhermecedraz said:
Guys, wanted to know what simply means when a Rom is DISCONTINUED, this simply means that it has reached final release? Or that it was not completed and was abandoned? And UNOFFICIAL? What you guys have to say about it? Among these doubts also like to know when a ROM is in its final, fully stable. Thank you!
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DISCONTINUED means that the developer has stop working/support on the ROM... Idk unofficial means...
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UNOFFICIAL means the ROM that doesn't goes up in get.cm (Official CyanogenMod Download Site) or Official AOKP site, usually for unsupported device by the official CM Team/AOKP Team/Any ROM that has gained popularity but isn't maintained by the official team.
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Thanks.
Please include build date if its a particular build also please include any modifications u do. Like new kernel or tweaks. Also for kickers include radio version.
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Really...its all preference ....so start flashing and find out.
Everyone's opinion will be different.
If this was Family Fued .....this would be the number one answer.
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I hear ya I guess I wanted a list of must tries.
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pro bam cool new rom
rootpun said:
Please include build date if its a particular build also please include any modifications u do. Like new kernel or tweaks. Also for kickers include radio version.
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ive been using pro bam 4.3 rom and it has been great. except for battery running out a little fast but am giving it a few days for the rom to settle in!
PA 3.99
I have been messing around with a lot of 4.3 roms and pretty much all of them have the same stability. As for me, I prefer PA (Paranoid Android) 3.99 and PAC Rom but more toward PA 3.99 because it just seem slightly less buggy and bit smoother. Again, to each their own at this point since there is no official 4.3 for this device.
rootpun said:
Please include build date if its a particular build also please include any modifications u do. Like new kernel or tweaks. Also for kickers include radio version.
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I've been using Hellybean , always you the latest, no issues. Love it.
As others have said its really just a preference thing. I have been trying out a few different ROMs, just to see which ones I like the most, especially 4.3 versions. I have been using [ROM] Unofficial | CyanogenMod 10.2 | Diablo Kernel [09-23-13] from ThdDude for the past day or two and havent had any issues to speak of. I really like that it has the Diablo Kernel compiled. I have noticed though that for some reason when I was trying to Flash 4.3 ROMs with CWM the system would boot but then go black and would have to go into recovery. I finally decided to give TWRP a try and havent experienced any problems flashing 4.3 ROMs. I have actually really been enjoying it and have some real respect for the developers.
stable 4.3 roms
The best I have used is the 9/26 aokp by whitehawkz along with uber kernel. Running 2.6.3.0 twrp. Especially like the active notifications with no problems.
There is no BEST and yet they are all the BEST. Members are expected to research and read through the development threads before altering their device. The only thing you will get here is a list of all the ROM's because every member has found what is best for them. You can get the same list by looking at the first few pages in development.
Thread closed.
Have a great day!
Hi guys, im a total noob here so please take it easy on me, i rooted my s4 today and installed CWM and used TWRP to install cyanogenmod heres exacty what i did in order, note that i forgot to flad gapps can i install it later?
rooted s4
installed CWM root manager
downloaded cwm 10.2 to sd
went into recovery and installed Cyanogenmod and now im stuck on the logo with the circle spinning around it
even if i cant get into cyanogenmod, how could i get into my normal stock touchwiz? i selected backup rom when going into recovery
thanks guys i know someone will be able to help me thanks in advance
no_username_available said:
Hi guys, im a total noob here so please take it easy on me, i rooted my s4 today and installed CWM and used TWRP to install cyanogenmod heres exacty what i did in order, note that i forgot to flad gapps can i install it later?
rooted s4
installed CWM root manager
downloaded cwm 10.2 to sd
went into recovery and installed Cyanogenmod and now im stuck on the logo with the circle spinning around it
even if i cant get into cyanogenmod, how could i get into my normal stock touchwiz? i selected backup rom when going into recovery
thanks guys i know someone will be able to help me thanks in advance
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Of all the custom roms to pick from you picked CM, for a noob your not doing to good.
You forgot to read or didn't read it enough, you where supposed to do a factory reset before flashing CM.
CM and Touchwiz don't like each other, so you can't have any trace of the former os before you flash that's where the factory reset comes in.
If you can boot into recovery do a factory reset and start all over again.
If not then you try for download mode, and use Odin with a stock firmware to start all over again.
With touchwiz you never forgot the apps.
Pp.
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thanks bro, while i was stuck i played around in the recovery and wiped cache, factory reset phone and re installed CM 10 and gaps and it is now working perfectly, hopefully this thread can help someone else
You got it, read read and read some more. To go back to TW you do the same with factory reset.
Pp.
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PanchoPlanet said:
You got it, read read and read some more. To go back to TW you do the same with factory reset.
Pp.
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thanks so to get to touch wiz i just wipe cache, factory reset and then...?
You d/l and flash a Rom custom or stock modified like Fenny's TMO 442 stock base Rom.
True stock you do firmware with Odin.
Pp.
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did the same
I installed the same version of cyanogenmod but didnt like it. So i restored from my backup of touchwiz and now my baseband and imei are unknown. Ive been working on this for about a week now with no luck
PanchoPlanet said:
You d/l and flash a Rom custom or stock modified like Fenny's TMO 442 stock base Rom.
True stock you do firmware with Odin.
Pp.
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thanks man! I'm Liking CM 10.2
fixed my problem also
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thanks man! I'm Liking CM 10.2
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I also fixed my problem if anyone is interested. i reverted to an earlier version for cwm and restored and everything is good.
PanchoPlanet said:
Of all the custom roms to pick from you picked CM, for a noob your not doing to good.
You forgot to read or didn't read it enough, you where supposed to do a factory reset before flashing CM.
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This comes across as being a little nasty to a new users who's politely asking for help.
And the repeated jabs at Cyanogen by you are not welcome here. No one says you have to like CM, but it's rude and insulting to the phone modding community to continue to badmouth the most popular custom Android ROM and the basis for most other AOSP roms.
If you have criticism of Cyanogen or anything else, there are more mature ways to discuss them. But telling a new member that he's doing a bad job of picking roms by choosing CM is insulting to the member and to the entire CM development team that has deep ties to XDA Developers.
Skipjacks said:
This comes across as being a little nasty to a new users who's politely asking for help.
And the repeated jabs at Cyanogen by you are not welcome here. No one says you have to like CM, but it's rude and insulting to the phone modding community to continue to badmouth the most popular custom Android ROM and the basis for most other AOSP roms.
If you have criticism of Cyanogen or anything else, there are more mature ways to discuss them. But telling a new member that he's doing a bad job of picking roms by choosing CM is insulting to the member and to the entire CM development team that has deep ties to XDA Developers.
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I think my post will help someone in the future if they "read" and search the forum, sometimes a little assertiveness goes a long way Mr.
I spoke no lies. After all I was thanked, In case you didn't notice. !
I think it's called "freedom of speech" .
Some body has to impart some sort of warning, some devs aren't very clear about what they are making available to the community, and think that all that show up at there thread know what they are doing. Many times don't provide support on their own threads and post a cm Web site where your suppose to go for answers.
I have ran Cm on my previous phones successfully and choose not to because of its BUGGY nature, especially on a device that needs to be reliable, my Tab 2 is different it's just for basic use and reliability is not essential. Currently running Cm10.2.1 JB on my Tab 2 and loving it.
And besides you never forget your apps with TouchWiz.
Pp.
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PanchoPlanet said:
I think my post will help someone in the future if they "read" and search the forum, sometimes a little assertiveness goes a long way Mr.
I spoke no lies. After all I was thanked, In case you didn't notice. !
I think it's called "freedom of speech" .
Some body has to impart some sort of warning, some devs aren't very clear about what they are making available to the community, and think that all that show up at there thread know what they are doing. Many times don't provide support on their own threads and post a cm Web site where your suppose to go for answers.
I have ran Cm on my previous phones successfully and choose not to because of its BUGGY nature, especially on a device that needs to be reliable, my Tab 2 is different it's just for basic use and reliability is not essential. Currently running Cm10.2.1 JB on my Tab 2 and loving it.
And besides you never forget your apps with TouchWiz.
Pp.
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No one cars if you were thanked for a post. If you care about how much you get thanked then you have missed the entire point of the thanks system.
Freedom of speech does not apply here. That is a protection against government encroachment on speech. XDA can prevent you from saying anything on XDA Developers that they want to. Even if they couldn't (they can) your post is still rude. There are mature helpful ways to discuss rom problems.
Developers here are under no obligation to provide ongoing tech support. Nor are any promises made to anyone that ongoing tech support will be provided. This is NOT a support site. This is a development site. Development threads ARE SPECIFICALLY NOT support threads. For that reason users exploring the development threads most certainly ARE expected to know what they are doing. Even then, MANY rom developers, including CM rom developers, DO provide regular tech support. Some of them are great about it, going well above and beyond what is expected here. So your claims about CM developers are inaccurate.
Your complaints about stability are also wrong. Cyanogen STABLE RELEASES are very stable and reliable. (They aren't the most commonly used AOSP rom by accident). Any bugs that do exist in CM stable releases are well documented. So you should know what you are getting prior to flashing.
Nightlies are a different animal. They may be and often are buggy. That's why they are not called STABLE RELEASES. They are released so that users can find the bugs in them. If you run CM nightlies, don't complain about stability or bugs. (Help fix them, but don't complain)
Finally, the CM development team (and all ROM development teams for that matter) build their roms for free in their spare time and them give them to the world asking nothing in return. To contribute nothing to the development of a ROM then complain about the quality of the software and of the developers after they gave their ROM to you FREE OF CHARGE is beyond rude.
If you have problems with ROM stability or bugginess, you have 2 options. 1) Don't use it. or 2) Help contribute to it's further development by improving on code.
Option 3) "complain about the rom and the developers and try to tell other people CM is awful" is not an acceptable alternative.
I'm going to be the adult here and put a stop to this silliness.
Pp. :sly:
Sent from my Touchwiz device that never forgets apps.
PanchoPlanet said:
I'm going to be the adult here and put a stop to this silliness.
Pp. :sly:
Sent from my Touchwiz device that never forgets apps.
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Thank you. So no more complaining about or talking bad about free roms that other people work hard on then?
You do put a lot of time into trying to help people here. You have 10 posts a day trying to assist people with various problems. That is all in the great spirit of XDA and is highly appreciated. Its only that extra post with the negativity that needs to stop.
Thank you for your understanding.
Sent from your phone. You should be more careful where you leave that thing.
it's a very know fact that maximum of the devices from Indian brands never have access to these well known rooms while they have good specifications. Why is it so?
yes Roms from other devices are ported to the Indian brand mobiles but it doesn't match my expectations.
If these senior respected developers can somehow show some love to Indian brand mobiles, it would be great.
It's my personal thinking. Yours can differ.
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Ya bro.. same thoughts over here,,
specs are gud..
and i wanna run cm or paranoid on my q1010i too but no way...
im sick of miui or vibe or lewa ....
hope someone will help us...
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Ya bro.. same thoughts over here,,
specs are gud..
and i wanna run cm or paranoid on my q1010i too but no way...
im sick of miui or vibe or lewa ....
hope someone will help us...
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I have the same device. Tired of using other roms. Hope some developer will make a good rom
roshansanasam said:
Ya bro.. same thoughts over here,,
specs are gud..
and i wanna run cm or paranoid on my q1010i too but no way...
im sick of miui or vibe or lewa ....
hope someone will help us...
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I don't see someone helping us in the near future..
I doubt there would be custom ROMS..
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I don't see someone helping us in the near future..
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see..
what i have understood is.. basically custom roms are developed for whom, whose official roms are pathetic and have loads of bloatwares.
indian brands do not take load to customize the rom and barely put few bloatwares resulting low cost mobile fones.
these are stock androids are i feel are very stable wrt performance. :good:
we only have option to play with launchers :fingers-crossed:
swapnilps said:
see..
what i have understood is.. basically custom roms are developed for whom, whose official roms are pathetic and have loads of bloatwares.
indian brands do not take load to customize the rom and barely put few bloatwares resulting low cost mobile fones.
these are stock androids are i feel are very stable wrt performance. :good:
we only have option to play with launchers :fingers-crossed:
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But still then those roms provide us with extra features that stock rom don't...
CM PA
K.khiladi said:
But still then those roms provide us with extra features that stock rom don't...
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Yes I agree. It also provide performance improvement options. Optimization on various things and near possibility to do any things. Problem is we need some sources based on CM or PA to start with MTK devices. Hopes one day will have it. Then we will start it.
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Yes I agree. It also provide performance improvement options. Optimization on various things and near possibility to do any things. Problem is we need some sources based on CM or PA to start with MTK devices. Hopes one day will have it. Then we will start it.
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Mtk devices are in market from so long and still nothing happened.... Still waiting..
The main problem!
CM, Paranoid, AOKP, AOSP are some great ROM's indeed! However, I believe Mediatek does not release it's kernel source, in other words, It's kernels are 'Closed Source'. Cyanogenmod requires a custom kernel to be built and compiled, for that, complete kernel source is needed. A few leaked sources for MT6589 made first CM possible. Until MTK changes it's mind, its very much impossible to see all those quality ROM's for our handsets. I also think that there is a petition on change.org, requesting Mediatek to make everything open source. You can sign it, I have signed it as well.
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CM, Paranoid, AOKP, AOSP are some great ROM's indeed! However, I believe Mediatek does not release it's kernel source, in other words, It's kernels are 'Closed Source'. Cyanogenmod requires a custom kernel to be built and compiled, for that, complete kernel source is needed. A few leaked sources for MT6589 made first CM possible. Until MTK changes it's mind, its very much impossible to see all those quality ROM's for our handsets. I also think that there is a petition on change.org, requesting Mediatek to make everything open source. You can sign it, I have signed it as well.
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Can you give me the link to that petition as I am unable to find it?
sierrarohan said:
CM, Paranoid, AOKP, AOSP are some great ROM's indeed! However, I believe Mediatek does not release it's kernel source, in other words, It's kernels are 'Closed Source'. Cyanogenmod requires a custom kernel to be built and compiled, for that, complete kernel source is needed. A few leaked sources for MT6589 made first CM possible. Until MTK changes it's mind, its very much impossible to see all those quality ROM's for our handsets. I also think that there is a petition on change.org, requesting Mediatek to make everything open source. You can sign it, I have signed it as well.
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I know this is a cold thread.. but hasnt the kernel source been avaialble for a few months now?
https://github.com/kashifmin/MT6582-KK-KERNEL
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2650513
Kail2011 said:
I know this is a cold thread.. but hasnt the kernel source been avaialble for a few months now?
https://github.com/kashifmin/MT6582-KK-KERNEL
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2650513
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If that's true, then it's a great news...