Would someone care to explain me the way how PA branches or versions work? I am running 4.45 on my grouper and that is the stable branch as far as I understood it. Now I see there are 4.5 and 4.6 both with beta releases...
Basically the stable branch is at a point where no more features are added and we consider the code stable. Betas and alphas are new iterations with new features likely to contain bugs as the features get polished and properly implemented.
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Pirateghost said:
Basically the stable branch is at a point where no more features are added and we consider the code stable. Betas and alphas are new iterations with new features likely to contain bugs as the features get polished and properly implemented.
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Thank you for your answer. It is a quite basic one ☺. I was aware of standard meaning of beta/alpha releases and expected that you are using the names in a similar way.
What I don't get is why you have two beta branches?
We don't have 2 beta branches.
4.5 introduced the new recents design and implementation. 4.6 included those plus the new dynamic system bars.
4.6 is newer than 4.5. 4.5 is now dead
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Pirateghost said:
We don't have 2 beta branches.
4.5 introduced the new recents design and implementation. 4.6 included those plus the new dynamic system bars.
4.6 is newer than 4.5. 4.5 is now dead
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Thanks, that's the part I didn't know. I thought 4.5 still goes until stable release.
!crazy said:
Thanks, that's the part I didn't know. I thought 4.5 still goes until stable release.
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If we hadn't decided to introduce another new feature, we would have kept going on 4.5. Right now we have 2 features to polish to make them stable release.
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I was was wondering what the difference is between the two.
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cawu said:
I was was wondering what the difference is between the two.
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CM6 RC is more stable as compared to a CM6 nightly which is experimental and unsupported.
cawu said:
I was was wondering what the difference is between the two.
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Copy from CyanogenMod wiki
CyanogenMod comes in two types: Stable or Experimental.
* Stable versions are those where all known issues have been addressed and resolved.
* Experimental versions are those where new features are being added, modified, and tweaked, and there are known bugs that are being worked on; these minor versions that end with -test or -RC in the name are experimental in nature but less beta and more release candidate.
* Nightly builds are daily compiled builds from the source, therefore have the latest features & tweaks, but will are mostly likely to break due being fresh, not fully tested code.
Thanks so much, that cleared a lot of misconceptions I had.
On the day the RC is released, there is no difference in that and the corresponding day's nightly. The next day, the nightly gets updated with the newest code changes and the RC remains the same. Rinse and repeat until they decide the codebase is stable enough to warrant another RC or a final cut.
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Hi. I was think of trying CyanogenMod ROM. I went to their download page and notice there is things like nightly, stable and RC. what does these 3 means? Hmm...
superstick1 said:
Hi. I was think of trying CyanogenMod ROM.I went to their download page and notice there is things like nightly, stable and RC. what does these 3 means? Hmm...
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Hi.Today i was tried for first time cm7 too....I have no idea about cm7 roms!I flashed this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905530 with straight download.Its very smooth and fast but have one bug...When u open the cam u see a black screen but is working...U can try this one too http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=917271...But i think all of cm7 have some bugs...
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Hi. I was think of trying CyanogenMod ROM. I went to their download page and notice there is things like nightly, stable and RC. what does these 3 means? Hmm...
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Nightlies are in constant development, so they are updated "nightly" and have the latest features and can also have some bugs. RCs are considered to be stable enough for everyday use, imo the nightlies are also as I've been using them almost since the launch of CM7 and haven't got any overwhelming problems. The stable ones are, well stable ones But the stable ones are CM6 and based on android 2.2 so they are "old" in that sense.
I would encourage you to try the CM7 RC2 or even the latest nightly as they really are great and you won't actually notice that it still is a work in progress
Stable - The latest stable release, the current 6.1.3 is froyo based and should be useable as a daily rom with no major bugs and very few minor bugs.
Release Candidate RC - This is a proposed release candidate (current one is Gingerbread based) for the next stable release, it should be stable enough to use as a daily rom (indeed I have had no problems running it), there may be a few major bugs and more minor bugs than you would find in the stable release.
Nightly - these are releases based on the latest release ( can be either based on stable or RC, currently based on RC2 ), aimed at adding new features, which may or may not work, or providing bug fixes to features already present (which again may or may not work).
Currently RC 2 is feature locked, therefore the nightlies are aimed at bugfixing or polishing features already present in preparation for the next stable release, As such the nightlies should improve upon the current RC, although it's not unknown for bugfixes to break functionality in a major way.
I can highly recommend CM7 RC2 with the Battery drain fix (#5) by mad-murdock.
I've been running it for the last 2 days, after coming from Android Revolution 3. It's fast, stable, and very light-weight.
Camera and video recorders work, however they're not quite as polished as the HTC versions.
Before the Battery drain fix, the battery life was terrible, however now it's better than Android Revolution.
Currently have 62% battery remaining, 13 hours after removing it from the charger.
OOO. Alright. THank you!
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I can highly recommend CM7 RC2 with the Battery drain fix (#5) by mad-murdock.
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The thread with information and a link to #5 patch is here. I've been running that for several days and it's great even with the latest nightly build. There are a couple of caveats so reading the thread will help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=984337&page=1
Any noticeable differences between RC2 and the latest nightly?
The only bug I've noticed with RC2 so far is the occasional freezing in landscape mode after finishing a call. Easily resolved by locking and unlocking the rotation though, so hasn't been an issue.
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Any noticeable differences between RC2 and the latest nightly?
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I haven't noticed any new issues that aren't already in RC2. And with Mad's #5 battery patch idle power consumption is about 1% per hour, but you can use that on RC2 too.
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whats the differences between cynongen mod 7 & cynonged mod 7 nightlies
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whats the differences between cynongen mod 7 & cynonged mod 7 nightlies
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There are three flavors.
Stable, Release Candidate and Nightlie. Consider the nightlies beta releases; they aren't quite RCs, are most likely buggy and they're released so that folks can help the CM team find some glaring bugs before the RC is released.
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The CyanogenMod team are constantly adding new features, testing new tweaks, and trying to fix bugs. They have set up "Build-Bots" which automatically build a new version of a the phone's ROM every night, using the latest "commits". Sometimes, there have been no changes "committed" to the build, so two nightlies can be exactly the same, because the Built-Bot keeps going.
Once they get to a place where the nightlies seem pretty stable, they will announce that the next one is a "Release Candidate" (RC). Many more people will install the RC version, because these tend to be more stable than the experimental "nightly" versions. There can still be bugs to work through, and the devs keep working, and the Build-Bot keeps churning out new nightlies.
After a couple of RC versions, and after the dev teams are comfortable that the bugs have been worked out, they will announce that the next build is the "Stable" version, which should be good for everyone. (Very rarely odd bugs will still creep in, but the CM team is quick to jump on them, and .1 releases will take care of those nasty bugs.)
They still keep working, tweaking and adding features, however. They probably won't stop tweaking CM7 until the Source Code for Android 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) is released, at which point everyone will shift to CM9. (CM8 was going to be the "Honeycomb" version of Android, but that was only ever released on Tablets, so they're moving straight to Version 9.)
And there's my submission for NaMoWriMo.
I know that the Andromadous Rom now includes a toggle to remove the ime switcher notification that is a feature in ICS. I would like to see this feature in the CM9 unofficial Beta. Is it possible to port it over? Can the framework be edited to accomplish this? I would ask in the development thread, but I still don't have the necessary number of posts. Thank you in advance.
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I know that the Andromadous Rom now includes a toggle to remove the ime switcher notification that is a feature in ICS. I would like to see this feature in the CM9 unofficial Beta. Is it possible to port it over? Can the framework be edited to accomplish this? I would ask in the development thread, but I still don't have the necessary number of posts. Thank you in advance.
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Of course it's possible, took me 5 mins to do with Andromadus . The issue really is that the dev of the Cm9 "unofficial" ROM is trying to keep the source as close to stock cm9 as possible. It doesn't look like the dev doing that rom is actually adding his own features, just merging in cm9 code and fixing bugs where appropriate.
That said, Andromadus is also based entirely off cm9, just with added features and similar bug fixes. If you want andromadus features, use andromadus. The roms are very similar anyway.
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How similar is Andromadus Beta 3 to CM9 Beta 5? Should I switch to Andromadus tests? I appreciate the response.
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How similar is Andromadus Beta 3 to CM9 Beta 5? Should I switch to Andromadus tests? I appreciate the response.
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They're almost identical. They're both based off the CM9 source code. There are some differences in the non-CM9 code they use (hardware-specific), and as I said Andromadus does contain custom features/fixes that the other ROM does not.
Try them both. Neither ROM is an official CM9 release & both arguably contain the same amount of CM9 code.
Thank you.
Guys is there any nougat AOSP based Roms for oneplus 3 ? (AOSP based not CM)
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Akhayev said:
Guys is there any nougat AOSP based Roms for oneplus 3 ? (AOSP based not CM)
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Only Tesla N as of now
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Only Tesla N as of now
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Yeah, only Tesla N. I wish there were more. I prefer AOSP. Perhaps it will change when official 7.1 comes out for our OP3.
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Yeah, only Tesla N. I wish there were more. I prefer AOSP. Perhaps it will change when official 7.1 comes out for our OP3.
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Is there much of a difference between AOSP and CM based ROMs? Last time I read the Tesla thread it was mentioned that it had most of the same bugs that CM currently has.
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Is there much of a difference between AOSP and CM based ROMs? Last time I read the Tesla thread it was mentioned that it had most of the same bugs that CM currently has.
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I don't know whether they have similar bugs, but bugs are temporary so I don't take it into account when comparing between AOSP and CM. Bugs becomes even less of an issue when there aren't any serious ones. And neither have significant bugs atm imho.
No, bugs isn't the reason I like AOSP. I like AOSP because 1. Substratum theme engine, 2. This:
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The more I use CyanogenMod, the more I notice its lack of optimizations.
AOSPA is miles better in terms of device specific optimizations(kernel and entire ROM base).
Not to mention that it's way bugless than CyanogenMod. Nougat will be stabilized quite soon.
However, AOSPA is not all that feature-packed like CyanogenMod.
And I'll be porting some CM features over to AOSPA myself.
I hope to see you guys moving for the future the same way
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I don't know whether they have similar bugs, but bugs are temporary so I don't take it into account when comparing between AOSP and CM. Bugs becomes even less of an issue when there aren't any serious ones. And neither have significant bugs atm imho.
No, bugs isn't the reason I like AOSP. I like AOSP because 1. Substratum theme engine, 2. This:
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You do realize that arter is talking about AOSPA, not AOSP, right? AOSPA for non-nexus devices is not based on AOSP.
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You do realize that arter is talking about AOSPA, not AOSP, right? AOSPA for non-nexus devices is not based on AOSP.
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Holy.... You are right, and I completely missed that. All this while I've read it as AOSP. AOSPA is Paranoid Android right? PA is based on what exactly? CM? But that wouldn't make much sense cause Arter said he is leaving CM development for AOSPA development??
AOSPA is a CAF branch.