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Hi, I have tried nearly all roms on xda-dev. The Hero Rom rocks totally - still to slow on Magic...hope for some optimized Roms.
But, what about the great htc apps from Hero? there must be a way to get them on other roms... One has to be able to export them.
With the HTC apps you have not to much of this google-stuff onboard, possible to have your OWN calender and contacts etc. You have Ms Exchange and many more options...like taking of 3g-connection! No words about the camera, it's rockin!!!
So would be great to have some guys thinking the same and want to do something about that.
brianius
The main thing preventing the apps from being ported directly are the Hero specific add dependencies. The apps seem to make require different libraries than other roms, probably due to the high level of integration with Rosie and the Hero rom. As an example, Peep won't install since it's missing shared libraries.
Maybe once we can understand how the Hero rom is structured better, then we can start porting apps.
How about this as a starting point
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=530572
Seems like a good place to start, I might have a go later if I have time, sure there is someone else who'll give it a crack.
My personal favs to port would be the music player, the browser, and maybe people. At least we'll have flash in October anyway so thats not worth it yet
Cyanogen has the Camera ported perfectly to his build for the Dream. I think we NEED this ported to the Sapphire. SOON!
Anyone know what dependencies we need?
I ported hero´s camera to ION ROM, but when you try to play a video in the gallery force closes.
BR
dazcox5181 said:
How about this as a starting point
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=530572
Seems like a good place to start, I might have a go later if I have time, sure there is someone else who'll give it a crack.
My personal favs to port would be the music player, the browser, and maybe people. At least we'll have flash in October anyway so thats not worth it yet
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yeah, that's a great example! So will these days go back to a modified Vf. Rom and check my exported hero apps...
This has been on my mind for a long time. I hope I will get a definitive answer in this topic.
I am quite fond of the HTC Dream, but I got a Hero because my carrier did not have the Dream. To my disappointment, almost every application was skinned by HTC. The music player, the lock-screen, the message-application, almost everything.
The browser even had some functionality removed, although it gained 'pinch to zoom'. Also the photo app is a lot slower, and the music player is very clumsy compared to the Dream player.
-Is it possible to port these applications to other android phones, in this case the HTC Hero?
-If so, would it be difficult?
Here is a list of the 'applications' that I confirmed as skinned by HTC:
-sms application
-music player
-calendar
-browser
-lock screen
-cellphone /dialer application
-contact list
-camera application
-albums application
I understand that the Hero is at 1.5, thus it would require the corresponding 1.5 Dream applications.
I ask this in the Dream forum, because you obviously have experience with the Dream, and also a very good understanding of how android works. Thanks for reading this!
Grab a 1.5 rom and try to install the apps.
You do realize that this is a feature of the hero and senseUI correct?
evilkorn said:
Grab a 1.5 rom and try to install the apps.
You do realize that this is a feature of the hero and senseUI correct?
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I understand that the skinned apps are 'features'.
I want to know if it is possible.
E2K said:
This has been on my mind for a long time. I hope I will get a definitive answer in this topic.
I am quite fond of the HTC Dream, but I got a Hero because my carrier did not have the Dream. To my disappointment, almost every application was skinned by HTC. The music player, the lock-screen, the message-application, almost everything.
The browser even had some functionality removed, although it gained 'pinch to zoom'. Also the photo app is a lot slower, and the music player is very clumsy compared to the Dream player.
-Is it possible to port these applications to other android phones, in this case the HTC Hero?
-If so, would it be difficult?
Here is a list of the 'applications' that I confirmed as skinned by HTC:
-sms application
-music player
-calendar
-browser
-lock screen
-cellphone /dialer application
-contact list
-camera application
-albums application
I understand that the Hero is at 1.5, thus it would require the corresponding 1.5 Dream applications.
I ask this in the Dream forum, because you obviously have experience with the Dream, and also a very good understanding of how android works. Thanks for reading this!
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the browser and music application have been ported if thats what u were asking
It would be possible, you would just to have the corresponding apps from a 1.5 dream rom. You would lose all of the features that the skinned one's have though. It also would not be possible without root access as you would need to replace system apps, which need elevated permissions
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It would be possible, you would just to have the corresponding apps from a 1.5 dream rom. You would lose all of the features that the skinned one's have though. It also would not be possible without root access as you would need to replace system apps, which need elevated permissions
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In the Hero forum, a developer was claiming that this would not be possible, because the Dream apps use a custom framework, which the Hero lacks. He (literary) said they would never be fully functional or stable
But root access, plus replacing the app should suffice?
E2K said:
In the Hero forum, a developer was claiming that this would not be possible, because the Dream apps use a custom framework, which the Hero lacks. He (literary) said they would never be fully functional or stable
But root access, plus replacing the app should suffice?
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i have run many hero roms and had no issues installing older apk files from my G1. this has never been a problem. I am now running 2.0 and most of the widgets that i was able to run on hero i cannot run on here so in a word "no" they are probably not compatible. im thinking of going back to my hero =(
E2K said:
In the Hero forum, a developer was claiming that this would not be possible, because the Dream apps use a custom framework, which the Hero lacks. He (literary) said they would never be fully functional or stable
But root access, plus replacing the app should suffice?
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It should yes, you would grab the Browser.apk from a cupcake build and push it to something like /system/app or /data/app_s or /system/sd/app_s or /data/app_int depending on what rom you're running
You MIGHT be able to use the early,non Sense UI Hero ROM dump apps.... but I have no idea where to find it now....
Stock Android?
Well, replacing all those apps should be as simple as replacing the apks in /system/app with the apks from stock Cupcake... but.... why have Hero if you replace them all? You're pretty much left with just stock Cupcake and some Hero framework that doesn't do you any good, except maybe for HTC Peep and Weather.... Why wouldn't you just use a regular Android build? 1.6 AOSP + Google apps should run fine on Hero... I don't know how well CyanogenMod supports Hero, but I imagine it should work just fine, considering Cyanogen officially supports the Magic.
I know this doesn't exactly answer your question, but, seriously... why the heck would you want to do that, instead of just run an AOSP-based build?
Thanks for all the replies!
The Hero devs have not yet produced a working AOSP-based build, which is why that would not be an option.
Exchanging all the apps would, for me, be the best solution because 1.6 is not needed, and I want the trackball to function, along with the GPS for example.
1.5 with the original apps would be a blessing.
Afterwards, I can try to delete all the HTC things that keep popping up in the memory, like touch-flo (I use the regular homescreen), or the HTC mail, which I never used or set up, and see if it keeps working (without crashing).
So my best course of action would be:
1) collect all necessary apps from a 1.5 cupcake build
2) backup everything
3) root hero
4) nandroid backup
5) locate the to be replaced app
6) replace an app and see if the phone still works
7) repeat 5 and 6 until everything is working as much as possible
8) another nandroid backup of the working "stock cupcake-apped" Rom
and if I have time left;
9) locate HTC sense-related programs, delete them and see if the rom still works.
Any tips or changes to my plan before I attempt this?
barking up the wrong tree, here's what you do:
1. Find 1.5-based HTC rom (like in rogers or sapphire phones, not stock google ones)
2. ???
3. profit
jubeh said:
barking up the wrong tree, here's what you do:
1. Find 1.5-based HTC rom (like in rogers or sapphire phones, not stock google ones)
2. ???
3. profit
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lol an oldie but a goodie
honestly, to the OP, i'm not sure if you can push apps over adb to the hero. If you can, go and download haykuro 6.0r1. This is a "hero" rom, but in very early stages that I assume would run the stock apps from it on your hero. None of the hero apps at that stage were themed.
but remember, this is only if you can push apps to your hero over adb.
also, hate to say it, but the hero isn't rooted...
wait it has! mebbe i should buy one now... lol
jcarrz1 said:
also, hate to say it, but the hero isn't rooted...
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No somebody found it, but it is way too complicated. It requires a goldcard and this and that. Way too long of a guide for my way too short attention span.
Unless you have a Sprint Hero, but I didn't do a google search for that so I would
For the last couple of days I've been trying to get Eclair 3D acceleration running on 32A with old radio. I was somehow succesful so I decided to release one Sense based ROM port and one "plain" Eclair. I had succes with other ROMs though (not all of them, but a few). Edit March 2nd - It now seems that it works on 32B/G1 as well, so I've added the porting package for those phones, see below.
This ROM is highly experimental! So bear that in mind. The only testing I've done is here on my own Magic - I am not using any ext3/ext4 partition for app2sd, for example, so I'm not sure how it behaves if you use one.
I've added a few things here and there that are essential to me like Market Enabler, More Locale 2, some ringtone and notification files and mixed in a few files from other Eclair ROMs to get a few things working. I've also changed the default analog clock (the Android widget, not HTC widget) to Pulse clock.
Thanks to:
ahmgsk (obviously), Kingclick, Cyanogen and all the other devs working on his kernel source, Amon_RA, all OpenEclair devs, polyrhytmic, dzo, vilord and many others.
What seems to work:
- 3D acceleration seems to work fine. I can get about 20fps in Neocore benchmark. I've also tested Radiant, Armadillo Roll and iDracula and they all seem to work. 3D Gallery works as well.
- Multitouch works
- Camera works, mostly - no video recording, though. If you take picture, it shows a garbled screen for a moment, but the picture itself is taken just fine.
- GPS and accelerometer work
- LED notifications work, all colors
- Bluetooth MIGHT work, needs testing. But you can enable it.
- Google Sync seems to work just fine
What seems not to work:
- YouTube and video playback in gallery doesn't work at all for now. Sorry.
Known Issues:
- Rather slow on startup. Give it time to start up fully, even after you see the home screen. You may even get a few "App not responding - FC/Wait?" warnings - just click on Wait and give it more time. But after it starts, it seems pretty fast to me. It's no SuperD, but still quite fast, I'd say.
- Live wallpapers are problematic and I'd recommend staying away from them. Some work (not very fast, though), some don't.
- Launcher 2 is problematic. I've kept it in the ROM and it certainly looks nice, but I've had all sorts of problems when I had it enabled, including long phone freezes, terrible lag in applications and other. I'd HIGHLY recommend just using the "normal" launcher (it's "Nexus style" anyway).
Note:
Take this port "as is" 'cause I probably won't support it much. I think of it more as a "proof of concept" that seemed too cool to me not to share it with others, but I don't have enough time to offer full support or work on it much these days. Maybe I'll release another version someday, maybe not. Sorry. I'm just being honest here.
Download:
v1.0 - md5 1d52c09ac080abd6f1620a00afb96d30
Rapidshare mirror
Mediafire mirror
Porting package for 32B - Warning: potentially unstable in many different ways! (see the thread comments first) - md5 506d30b69186059abc2a22804952e7a8 (Flash over the main ROM without rebooting the phone)
Rapidshare mirror
Mediafire mirror
(reserved just in case)
I will check it inmediatly...
but this driver 3d not work on magic 32b??Why not come out yet for the ROM 32b?
It might, as I don't think the solution here is specific to 32A. I'll maybe try to make a 32B kernel soon and let someone test it. Right now, I've yet to hear about this working for someone else on 32A other than me
Im flashing it ATM.
Give me a few minutes
ok when you relase a 32b Kernel,Warn
Well, i flashed it.
You're right, 3D is working
I tried it with SpeedX and Hyper Space, and they both are working. Not as fast as it would on a donut based rom (looks like the frame rate is a little lower) but they are absolutely working.
Launcher2 is still a bit laggy.
Some Live Wallpapers aren't working, they forced the phone to restart.
The gallery is working.
There are some bugs (like pressing the home button while in an app, will sometimes block my phone) that forced me to remove the battery.
This rom is not working enough for a daily use, but you did a great job.
Waiting for a bug fix Imma try the hero port now
Good to know, thanks!
BTW, as I've mentioned in the first post, I don't recommend using Launcher 2, it causes all sorts of weird issues with this ROM. And I also mention that live wallpapers are problematic and you should just stay away from them
Oh, and as for the framerates in 3D - in my experience they're actually slightly higher on average than with my own SuperD port I'm now using as a day-to-day ROM (I miss Sense UI, but 1.5 is starting to lag behind on all the interesting stuff, so...).
Case_ thx for working on this
i could not work becoz my tester was on new radio
i hope u get my hero 2.1 working too
From what I gather, this is a KERNEL modification that makes the HERO drivers work with this "old radio", correct?
Could you please provide the kernel diff (patch)?
ahmgsk: You're welcome. I'm always somehow uneasy as to what the reaction of the original dev would be when I'm using and perhaps modifying someone else's work, so thanks for this
I'll try to follow the progress of most Eclair ROMs but I'm gonna be quite busy for at least the next week or so, so no promises on any other updates or more ports (but I'd LOVE to have a reliable Sense UI ROM with Android 1.6 or higher, I can tell you that - Kinglick's Eclair Hero is close, but still not close enough to rely on it on day-to-day basis). I'm glad I managed to at least steal the weekend for Android for once and got this working, more or less.
lbcoder: Actually, there's really not much to patch. I've spent countless hours trying to port parts of the Kaiser kernel as discussed in one of the G1 forum threads, yet in the end I've ended up using pretty much just the plain vanilla Cyanogen Eclair kernel sources with only the camera code backported from the Donut sources to get the camera working (but I can certainly provide some kind of diff if need be).
Then there's the permission problem with /dev/msm_hw3dc and /dev/msm_hw3dm that on most Eclair ROMs needs fixing (chmod 666 and chmod 660 in init.rc, respectively).
And then it might or might not be an issue with the contents of /system/lib/egl and /system/lib/hw (and perhaps some other libs as well) which, I'm sorry to say, I've yet to fully test. Those from ahmgsk's AME Eclair seem to work, but looks to me like it's not exclusively just those, that it might work with some others as well. I know it's not very professional (but I've said it many times, I'm no dev and certainly no coder, I'm just determined and persistent ), but I honestly didn't have time to test those different libraries fully, sorry. I was just trying to get something as usable as possible and share it with others so they may perhaps investigate further. Though it somehow amazes me that I of all people got it working when there's so many people with coding and Android knowledge WAY beyond my own here (which is not that hard to achieve, anyway)
Case_ said:
ahmgsk: You're welcome. I'm always somehow uneasy as to what the reaction of the original dev would be when I'm using and perhaps modifying someone else's work, so thanks for this
I'll try to follow the progress of most Eclair ROMs but I'm gonna be quite busy for at least the next week or so, so no promises on any other updates or more ports (but I'd LOVE to have a reliable Sense UI ROM with Android 1.6 or higher, I can tell you that - Kinglick's Eclair Hero is close, but still not close enough to rely on it on day-to-day basis). I'm glad I managed to at least steal the weekend for Android for once and got this working, more or less.
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i hav no problem when u use my rom
its no probs -> but i m glad 32A (old radio) users are getting this. i m working on hero rom i think i can try to get everything working
for now videos and all are working
now some widgets n network is remaining (mostly solved) v2 coming soon
YouTube and video playback in gallery doesn't work at all
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Why? I remember in the original ahmgsk 's ROM they are working as well...
What has been changed from the old to the new Radio/SPL to break the YouTube/Gallery video playback?
As for the "why?", that's a very good question I'd really like to know the answer to.
As for "what has changed" - the kernel has changed (had to for the ROM to work with the old radio) and with it all the "drivers". I'm not happy that YouTube and video doesn't work, but I don't have much time to investigate further right now. And until now, neither did Eclair 3D acceleration with the old radio, so I guess it's still progress.
I'm sure someone will figure it out eventually.
Added links for 32B/G1 porting package. Yes, 3D really seems to work on those phones as well.
how do I apply the 32B patch?
just replace the files with the once from teh original zip file , repack it, and then apply the new zip?
stefanero313 said:
how do I apply the 32B patch?
just replace the files with the once from teh original zip file , repack it, and then apply the new zip?
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yeah how do us g1 owners do this thang ...
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I guess I figured it out,
download both zip files, apply zip one, then apply the 2nd one other the other.
replacing files wont work because of the files within the "META-INF" folder
Disclaimers first:
1) The original ROM thread is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=642643. Read it for details of what works, what doesn't. I've posted this in a new thread, because I didn't want to derail King's thread with an "unofficial" hack of his ROM, which might potentially generate support requests and people claiming there are problems that aren't down to his work.
2) I deserve no plaudits for this. All I did was rip the kernel (and, as it turned out, I also needed the wlan.ko) out of OpenEclair and shove it into King's ROM.
3) This also includes the fixes by xSunny and Vega over in the original thread (in fact it's based on Sunny's Nexus boot .zip file)
4) The WG kernel doesn't work with 2.1 3D. So I figured we might as well have the RAM hack and get our 10Mb back. SO DON'T EVEN BOTHER TO TRY TO RUN 3D APPS ON THIS - THEY WILL RUN LIKE A DOG. If you want Sense AND 3D, use King's original ROM.
5) As always with ROMs, I am not responsible for anything that might happen, e.g. your phone getting bricked, the world undergoing a total existence failure, etc. If you don't agree with that assertion don't flash this.
Right, that's over with. So what is this?
King's original ROM, especially with the tweaks made by Sunny and Vega is a beautiful bit of work. It's the first Sense ROM that's actually been usable on my phone. However, it has a BFS kernel and I absolutely *hate* BFS with a passion. I personally don't think it helps performance that much, and the way it makes the device miss half of your finger swipes so it's like having a resistive screen again. So I decided to see how the WG kernel worked out, being (IMO) the best kernel around at the moment.
I used the non-ram hack WG kernel from OpenEclair initially, and got good results, but on my Magic 32b (what you Yanks would call a MT3G ) the ramhack kernel is a frelling BEAST. This makes Sense feel as smooth as Dwang's Donut.
Enough yakking, give it a try, give some feedback. And most importantly, enjoy and have fun.
Requirements:
* FAT-EXT4-SWAP partitions on your SD. That's EXT4. Not EXT3 or EXT2. You'll get gapps FCs left, right and center if you ignore this little infonugget.
* A nice big SWAP. I've got 106Mb. But at least 96Mb.
Non-RAM hack version - this is a bit pointless now, as 3D doesn't work anyway so you might as well have the ramhack version, but just in case:
http://chillbeast.com/KingSunnyWGKernelSigned.zip (thanks to chillbeast for the mirror)
Ramhack version:
http://www.4shared.com/file/240315699/5ee0521f/KingSunnyWGRamHackSigned.html
Thanks to King, Sunny, Vega, WG - and please note my total contribution on this has been in total about 2 hours tops. I'm just the bloke who mixed the cocktail. Those other guys are the master distillers.
What about a version without A2SD??
both of them get broken camera. will u fix it?
This is the fastest Sense ROM I ever used on my 32b!
This thing is perfect and runs like hell!
Please fix the bug with the weatheranimation on homescreen and the camera bug!
If that is fixed, this ROM is really perfect!
Thanks for it!
Great Job!!!
very very fast and stable
BRAVO !!
Massimo - Milan Italy
Is it possible to flash the latest update 1.1.2 from KingxKxKlair over this rom?
So the weatheranimation bug would be fixed!
Anybody has an idea if that works?
Wow, I just put this on my phone and it just zooms along. Really great. If anything changes I let you know but very happy so far.
Sorry if i missed this but which radio and spl should i use for this I have a mt3g [magic 32b]if some one could reply or point me in the right direction i would be much obliged thanks in advance,
Robey68
mt3g black
I'm going to try it using Fireat's modified A2SD and see how it works.
OK So I got it all installed and man does it fly, however all of the Google Apps are missing. I was hoping that Fireat's modified version of A2SD would allow this ROM to work. I'm almost motivated enough by the speed of this ROM to figure out how to fix it, just not yet.
Should have clarified. In my previous post I was trying to get it to work without an EXT partition.
I'm trying it now with an EXT partition to see how it goes. Loccy, did you include any of the patches from the original or is this based off of the 1.0?
Added the EXT4 and I can confirm that this ROM is fast!
Yeah, this Rom is awesome fast!
The only bad thing is that the wheateranimations don't work on the homescreen!
May be someone can fix this bug?
I updated with kings last update to fix the wheatherbug, but I'm on kings kernel again when updating and it slows down this rom. So in this way it's not possible to fix the bug...damn. Anyone has another idea??
I want to use this fast rom, but I want to have the wheatheranimations on homescreen!
Google Login
Hello.
Love the ROMs speed but it won't let me log into my google account. Under the account option it just reads "google_login". On startup I had an app force close. It was the Google Partner Login Service or something similar. I think I'd be right in guessing that's where my problem lies. I can't into either the market or my Gmail account. A bit of a problem.
Any ideas?
P.S. Just seen the error again. "Google Partner Setup" force closes. Any workarounds or anyone having the same issue?
Does this Sense have the pinch feature to select the various panels?
Just flashed this and i will give you some feedback momentarily.
I just came from Kingklicks and it was nice so im excited for this one.
So far so good.
Camera/Camcorder doesn't work.
Full screen weather as has been mentioned.
Get more widgets doesn't seem to work under 'add htc widgets'
The ASTRO that is preinstalled is expired, need the updated one although you can update it yourself. Same goes for BACKup PRO
Also same problem as the old rom, cant delete sim sms and can't hide sim contacts in the contacts.
I think that about covers it.
I have no fc, everything seems to work pretty good and the ROM is pretty damn fast.
Great work, i agree this is way better then the BFS.
All around though good work from everyone.
Looking forward to updates!
And btw im running EXT4, 256swap
Given under my hand this 12th day of August 2011, I hereby post a bounty of $100 for a ROM build for the Samsung/T-Mobile Sidekick 4G (AOSP?) that functions, and will allow me to sync e-mail from Exchange @ work.
I) This will have to have a non-Touchwiz/Samsung Dialer (contacts in same window, not open a new one, like on Droid1 [Vanilla?]), and not have any of the Bull known to be associated with the WHACKNESS that is typically seen on this phone with Stock.
II) It will be running Launcher Pro, so must work as such.
III) Another requirement is that when a page is loading, and you scroll at the same time, the BS Checkers are not showing (I think this is TouchWiz/Samsung specific, so shouldn't be a problem), if I wanted the checkers when scrolling, I'd have an iPhruity device.
IV) As staed above it will have to pull e-mail from an e-mail app (email.apk?) from MS Exchange server from the drop down notification without a FC.
*EDIT*:
V) Calendar must allow multiple notifications (from the app), and actually notify as such.
*/EDIT*
*MUCHO EDITO*
VI) PATTERN Lockscreen must be the only one. Not doubled. (No Shade lockscreen 1st if pattern is enabled, I need the pattern!)
*/MUCHO EDITO*
I am hoping this is kosher to post a bounty, but I detest TouchWiz, Samsung's dialer (phone.apk), etc.
I am looking to get something like Cyanogen's Vanilla builds.
I haven't coded anything since Borland's/MS C for DOS, so I cannot do this myself.
Hopefully I can get some takers, and they can better this phone for the community.
I assume the source is out there, just need to be compiled. Several ROMs are very good, but all have Samsung's TouchWiz elements, seeking to avoid that.
Thank you for your time!
i like that you're going at! i know that if you use oprea mobile browser you dont get the bs checker boarding. its a very good browser check it out
sduvick is working on a stock dialer i believe its on his long list of work!
also he is trying to port cm6 which is helpful
im sure someone can get this working and will be easier if we get a gingerbread leak.
We can't get a AOSP Vanilla ROM there are no leak's of gingerbread so we can't get anything beside's TouchWiz but if i was you try out my ROM "Light'ning ROM V2" It has the vanilla feeling .
the86d said:
Given under my hand this 12th day of August 2011, I hereby post a bounty of $100 for a ROM build for the Samsung/T-Mobile Sidekick 4G (AOSP?) that functions, and will allow me to sync e-mail from Exchange @ work.
I) This will have to have a non-Touchwiz/Samsung Dialer (contacts in same window, not open a new one, like on Droid1 [Vanilla?]), and not have any of the Bull known to be associated with the WHACKNESS that is typically seen on this phone with Stock.
II) It will be running Launcher Pro, so must work as such.
III) Another requirement is that when a page is loading, and you scroll at the same time, the BS Checkers are not showing (I think this is TouchWiz/Samsung specific, so shouldn't be a problem), if I wanted the checkers when scrolling, I'd have an iPhruity device.
IV) As staed above it will have to pull e-mail from an e-mail app (email.apk?) from MS Exchange server from the drop down notification without a FC.
*EDIT*:
V) Calendar must allow multiple notifications (from the app), and actually notify as such.
*/EDIT*
I am hoping this is kosher to post a bounty, but I detest TouchWiz, Samsung's dialer (phone.apk), etc.
I am looking to get something like Cyanogen's Vanilla builds.
I haven't coded anything since Borland's/MS C for DOS, so I cannot do this myself.
Hopefully I can get some takers, and they can better this phone for the community.
I assume the source is out there, just need to be compiled. Several ROMs are very good, but all have Samsung's TouchWiz elements, seeking to avoid that.
Thank you for your time!
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This phone is really crippled, even with the AWESOME Custom ROMs posted here, and MANY are VERY good.
The issue is features that were not thought about when Samsung screwed up their TouchWiz version of Android for this phone. Calender not able to add multiple notifications, or not notifying via the 1st one if two were added prior (via gmail or a functional phone), Phone.apk not having built-in Contacts section, etc.
tylermaciaszek said:
i like that you're going at! i know that if you use oprea mobile browser you dont get the bs checker boarding. its a very good browser check it out
sduvick is working on a stock dialer i believe its on his long list of work!
also he is trying to port cm6 which is helpful
im sure someone can get this working and will be easier if we get a gingerbread leak.
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Revolution said:
We can't get a AOSP Vanilla ROM there are no leak's of gingerbread so we can't get anything beside's TouchWiz but if i was you try out my ROM "Light'ning ROM V2" It has the vanilla feeling .
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It too is very good, but the dialer is still without the built-in contacts that is VERY efficient, and the calender is still touchwiz crippled.
I was late to an appointment due to this and the mentioned ROM.
Revolution said:
We can't get a AOSP Vanilla ROM there are no leak's of gingerbread so we can't get anything beside's TouchWiz but if i was you try out my ROM "Light'ning ROM V2" It has the vanilla feeling .
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he didnt say it has to be GB, just AOSP. and Sduvick has quite some projects on his hands atm but an AOSP build is definitely one of them
ayoteddy said:
he didnt say it has to be GB, just AOSP. and Sduvick has quite some projects on his hands atm but an AOSP build is definitely one of them
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Nice, I am treading very badly right now!
Are there better leaks with MotoPhones or something?
Those came out all the time, solid and fully featured.
(FYI: Currently running your TouchMIUIwiz v2.0 ROM, 'Tis very nice.)
I would gladly drop the $75 for a new T-Mobile phone with a larger screen (since I am in my 30 Day trial for a few more days) but no other QWERTY w/dedicated number phones avail, and the stock on those will probably have the same issues...
Sduvick is building CM6 / 2.2 i herd , but i doubt that'll be any time soon cause he's busy with other thing's prob .
ayoteddy said:
he didnt say it has to be GB, just AOSP. and Sduvick has quite some projects on his hands atm but an AOSP build is definitely one of them
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Revolution said:
Sduvick is building CM6 / 2.2 i herd , but i doubt that'll be any time soon cause he's busy with other thing's prob .
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Lol i just said that.. CM6 is an AOSP build
We can get AOSP, it will just be AOSP 2.2.
This just jumped to the top of my list, I shall begin the challenge as soon as my Kernel finishes compiling.
As far as your list goes, let me make sure that I've got everything figured out:
I) This will have to have a non-Touchwiz/Samsung Dialer[\QUOTE]
This shouldn't be an issue, as an AOSP build will have the AOSP dialer, rather than Touchwiz.
II) It will be running Launcher Pro, so must work as such. [\QUOTE]
I use Launcher Pro myself, wouldn't dream of letting anything release without it working.
III) Another requirement is that when a page is loading, and you scroll at the same time, the BS Checkers are not showing (I think this is TouchWiz/Samsung specific, so shouldn't be a problem), if I wanted the checkers when scrolling, I'd have an iPhruity device.[\QUOTE]
I'll have to check in with you when I get it built to see what that part is doing, I'm not familiar with this, but I'm guessing it would be fixed by AOSP
IV) As staed above it will have to pull e-mail from an e-mail app (email.apk?) from MS Exchange server from the drop down notification without a FC. [\QUOTE]
Should work, if I remember correctly it worked right in AOSP
*EDIT*:
V) Calendar must allow multiple notifications (from the app), and actually notify as such.
*/EDIT*[\QUOTE]
If this works in AOSP, it should work, never tested I suppose, but could be wrong.
*MUCHO EDITO*
VI) PATTERN Lockscreen must be the only one. Not doubled. (No Shade lockscreen 1st if pattern is enabled, I need the pattern!)
*/MUCHO EDITO*[\QUOTE]
there won't be any doubled, pattern should be no issue. (Misread that the first time, thought you wanted puzzle :])
let me know if you had anything else on your mind you wanted in it.
too lazy to fix quotes
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I've been wanting to do this for quite some time as well. The only issue is being a full time student without a job makes putting up any sort of "bounty" just for some improvements is not possible.
However, I do have some spare cash and will toss all of it towards whoever breaks out an AOSP rom.
Good luck.
Meanwhile, me being a fulltime student who wants to get married, any extra payday sounds incredibly enticing ;]
Just to clarify, I want it as close to AOSP as possible.
Then, from that point, as much of it to work in landscape (EG: lockscreen) as possible.
And of course, any improvements like supercharge, voodoo, and so on.
I say improvements because I want just that. No changes.
I figure specifics aren't too important, because I can always tweek it from there or ask for what I'm not capable of.
Current unallocated money in my bank is just over 15$ xD
But with you already making the AOSP ROM, I figure it won't take too much effort from you.
I'm excited :3
Well, compiling AOSP, rather than just making an AOSP rom is very different. making an AOSP rom is just a matter of theming some things and pulling certain apps, where compiling an AOSP rom is more like building a kernel, where you have to compile the system from the source.
Whenever I see or use the words "AOSP ROM" it's always related to a ROM that is built entirely from the source code. Unless otherwise specified.
AOSP themed stuff, and AOSP apps are of course, just that. But when I say AOSP ROM, I mean a true AOSP ROM.
If there's something I'm missing, please let me know!
That's what I'm working on, theming is lame anyways, doesn't do what you really want it to. but because I have to compile it and screw with the source it may take a bit, it's my current project though and I'm starting now.
I am not sure if this helps but I have a non-rooted phone and hae "Go Contacts EX" (Contact Manager and LANDSCAPE Phone dialer) & "Business Calendar Free" (Calendar Replacemets - more like Google Calendar for Desktop Web)
These are much more feature-rich than the stock apps.
ncmacasl said:
I am not sure if this helps but I have a non-rooted phone and hae "Go Contacts EX" (Contact Manager and LANDSCAPE Phone dialer) & "Business Calendar Free" (Calendar Replacemets - more like Google Calendar for Desktop Web)
These are much more feature-rich than the stock apps.
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your not rooted why? so much more potential in the device
YES!!!
Alpha ETA? Hahahaaa!
KIDDING!
In case all you developers here are unaware, YOU BELONG IN THE ANDROID BIBLE!
the86d said:
YES!!!
Alpha ETA? Hahahaaa!
KIDDING!
In case all you developers here are unaware, YOU BELONG IN THE ANDROID BIBLE!
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they really do they put so much work into our devices!