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[Q] Rooting my android

hi Experts,
i tried to find the answer from the forum, took me hours but no answer.That is why I am posting this thread.I want to root my HTC G1.But I don't want to use custom roms.On iphone when I jailbreaked my phone i did not go for another rom ,i used the same that came with it.My question is if I root my android device ,do I really need to install a new rom or I can use the same that came with it but will gain some power of having root.
sincerely,
ml

You don't need to but why not use a rom that has more features than stock.

Thanks for reply.I want to but afraid of make the device too slow.i can still remember when I upgraded ios 3.0.2 to ios4 on my iphone ,it was quiet annoying to use.I just want to root to move my apps to the sd card.

Installing a custom rom, normally, doesn't make your phone goes slow... but it gives it a HUGE boost and add features!!! And Android is not Ios 4...

yukinok25 said:
Installing a custom rom, normally, doesn't make your phone goes slow... but it gives it a HUGE boost and add features!!! And Android is not Ios 4...
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Thanks now I think there is no way to turn back.Can you or any one please tell me which rom I will go for.Cause My Htc G1 is not T-Mobile version ,it is from Rogers.i know there are a lot of thread about it ,I just need to focus on that rom which is the most stable and will work all functionality of the phone.

[Q] nee help on motorola quench XT3

Hi guys...
i am planning to buy(India) Motorola quench XT3, i need few help from you
Q1. is it advaisable to buy motorola quench xt3? is it great phone for budget price? i don't have much money to spend on phones since i have lost my iphone recently..
Q2. right now they are providing Android 2.1 with it....is it possible to upgrade to android 2.2? official or unofficial upgrade is possible ?
Q3. if i upgrade to 2.2, will i loose any features?
Q4. is xt3 possible to mod? i mean changing theme, adding widgets, etc..
Please help me in this....
i am looking for your support on this.
cheers

Can someone put light on this.....i am looking for your help dears....

its a great phone and i am using it know.Technicaly speaking its a phone that states its camera is 3mp on its backcover but mine is a newer android 2.1 version that motorola recalled it to change its camera sensor.It is shown in the camera launcher which says 5mp.It is pretty similar to the htc legend and i like it as the ui is very fast!It is so far very good and fast.No lag and it is very customisable.It can put almost any widget and at this price,It really is better then any phone even better then the legend.It also has a unscratcheable screen as it is gorilla glass!Its processer is 600mhz and that makes it alot better then the wildfire which loses in every way to the xt3!There is no 2.2 rom yet!But no features will be lost!And i am also a user of the iphone and i dumped it cos this is alot better if you know how to use it to its potential!Battery life is very good and can last a whole day with heavy youtube+web+Music+video usage!Get the phone!You will not be dissapointed!Make sure you get the android 2.1 version as there were two versions of it!

Hey Thanks Alisterrox....Thats great help....much much appriciated...
actually i already bought it - Motorola quench xt3.
i felt its good and the speed also good.....everything is fine...i played few games .....it went smooth.
also i have googled about 2.2 upgrade....few people have upgraded to froyo....which is cynagen mod.
if you know how to root our device...that will be helpful for me....there are few method ...i don't know which one works fine...
if you have rooted your device..pl. give some direction also if you have installed any theme or rom...please guide me how to do that
i hope i am not asking you somuch...
cheers

Root problem
Don't mention it!I did not root my phone as i have heard rumors that an official froyo update is in Feburary!I am sorry for the slow reply!As for cynagen mod it is the orange boston class which means you can try the mod in the class of the HTC legend or HTC Hero!I'm sorry if i am of not much help.However if you like the Samsung Galaxy S theme i have the file and i am gonna leave it here if you want!

Thanks alisterrox...thanks for your help....i already have installed Cyanogen mod 6.1.2 on my system....i didn't know that there will be a official update of 2.2....i could have waited for some time....even the installed cyanogen mod, i am not feeling its good....the touch resposive become bit lagish and the speed is very similar to 2.1...the battery drains early(this is the big issue).....the only benifit is i can install app on my SD card thats all.
between the file which you have attached here....how i can use...can i use 'rom manger to install ?
Thanks
Cheers

It is an apk technically speaking u just place the file in your sd card that will do the trick.You can use any app installer.As for the sluggishness of the mod it is expected as it is a general rom which may not be built for this phone specifically.....i will try probably to write a froyo rom into it if i have the time while i port a htc rom or any rom i can get hold of!Maybe dext motoblur rom as the specs are pretty similar!

Thanks alisterrox...whish you very very happy new year...i will try the theme and let you know....if you buil any rom please let me know...
also i have noticed that ...cyanogenmod people have ported the Gingerbread rom to our devices...pl. do check
http://boston-mania.blogspot.com/2011/01/rom-23-cyanogen-mod-7-rc0-for-z71.html
Cheers

ThanQ
I m screwed up with my pretty old HTC Touch.. I am looking for best of HTC Wildfire, Samsung Galaxy 551, Motorola Quench XT3, LG Optimus1 P500, Sony Ericsson XPERIA X8..
but after seeing this thread and other threads I will definitely go for Motorola Quench XT3. Only one question how is the display colors and resolution compared with others ?
ThanQ

@ kbmkreddy
according to me ....Motorola quench XT3 is best buy...
Screen quality is better than any other mobile in this category ....(you can check the specification and compare...XT3 is best in class).
i would recommend do check LG optimus 1 p500 also...this is also a pretty good mobile.
cheers

Cyanogen 7 testing.quench running 2.3
Well it's now very very stable.personally I have rooted it and I will provide any help for any one who wants to root and install gingerbread rom to their phone.my phone is now running cyanogen 7 build 28 android 2.3.2.there is no problem whatsoever and is very capable rom compared to 2.2.if u need help feel free to ask.I have a way to install root to update ur phone.I will do my best.and if needed I will give a step by step tutorial to ensure u have a good running 2.3 phone.I will post the tools if needed to ensure u guys will have a good phone.thanks alot for giving me the link!

@ alisterrox
thanks man...its great to hear that gingerbread is working fine in our devices...Please give the proper guide to upgrade our device....that will be a great help for us.
i have tried build 25 of CM7....then again i turned back to froyo...now we have good froyo rom's ...also few official froyo rom's for our device. right now i am using firetrap's rom(froyo).
thanks for the update
hope to see your guide.
cheers

Posting of guide
Well I will post my guide tmr.btw cyanogen has released build 31 alr.not sure how much improved it is but I guess it should be better on the battery(it's horrible on build 28).oh pls give me a link to any official froyo Rom?or link to firetrap's rom?I intend to see which is better on battery and performance as I prefer a quick plain and battery efficient rom.cheers and I will give a detailed guide tmr asap.cheers!

hey here by i have attached few froyo rom's for our device....these are works fine without draining much battery...
i would recomment you to try 'jellybean' 'Apanda' & firetrap rom's to test..
http://boston-mania.blogspot.com/2011/01/rom-22-official-apanda-a60-rom-22.html
Bug: 1. there may be a chance to loose IMEI ...also 2. registering the network in the beginning is very slow 3. App2SD is not so good...you can't move everything.
http://boston-mania.blogspot.com/2011/02/rom-22-flphfiretrap-jellybean-221.html
bug: when ever you do in setting menu changes....will be restored to the factory setting whenever you restart. but one of the best rom i have ever used.
http://boston-mania.blogspot.com/2011/02/rom-22-android-bakpia-cokelat-221.html
bug: it says official rom for XT502 but whenever i install through SUT...it shows some error...but works fine...App2SD is not so good.
http://boston-mania.blogspot.com/2011/01/rom-22-official-foxconn-rom-22_28.html
bug: IMEI issue, Have to root, for some device...will be locked...
http://boston-mania.blogspot.com/2011/01/rom-22-firetrap-twonights-221.html
bug: App2SD is not good, I didn't like the dialer but this is the 2nd best rom i have used.
hope i have helped you.
cheers

Tried rom
I have tried all but the best so far is the official 2.2 xt502 rom with gingerbread ui.it's very stable fast allows the installation of apps to sd card.also the kernel 2.6.32.9 is way u will want if u want superb battery life and great speed.cyanogen of course is faster but it gives horrible battery life.apanda's and foxconn rom's are very good generally.but I heard the clock speed is capped mostly at 480mhz.apanda's are 600mhz but don't worryfficial Rom usually have no imei fault whatsoever.oh if u are facing problems with any rom that gives u other region setting(that's wat I got with the official rom) just go android market and dl the regional settings app.I suggest the official rom bcos it's made for our phones and u will not get things like commitiva z71 or any other orange boston clones;it say xt502.Apps2sd works fine here if u do a custom partition;I did it and it works fine.generally if u like firetrap has good rom.but recent roms also built on the official rom such as the balakaila rom have the same stable kernel.look for those as they are special kernel for our phone.oh error codes on sutlr are very common as we had clockwork mod to install cyanogen b4...thus it works wierdly.I have been fiddling around and I will most probably attempt rom building on the 2.6.32.9 kernel with no root.complete stock will give good performance.besides the gingerbread ui is gorgeous so try that out!it even has smart dialing enabled unlike other rom's.it make dialling a dream unlike the previous roms mentioned.cheers!maybe we should request for a thread specially for our xt502!

Hi alisterrox,
Where do I get the official update to 2.2 mentioned in your last post? I'm running stock 2.1 rom on my XT502 and need to update specifically for apps2sd and such other features.
Thanks in advance.
Sent from my Motorola-XT502 using XDA App

@ pamfu ...Official rom i have attached in my post...the first link is the official rom for our device(not exchatly xt502 rom but its official rom for similar variant.....i guess you know...its just a brand name...everything else are same).
@ alisterrox ...Thanks man....even i thought the same....official rom are fine to use..its very stable.......
since you have knowledge about rom's...you should cook some rom for our device....we should ask seprate thread for our XT502....that will be very much helpful
Cheers

rom building and guide
well i am waiting for the 2.4 sdk to come out b4 i try anything....oh if u want to know how to update to the 'official rom',the steps are
Flashing non cyanogen rom
Step 1ownload and install the SUTLR to your computer(link to dl:http://uploading.com/files/7942c5ef/SUTLR_v1.7.0.zip/)
Step 2ut the phone in download mode -> red call button + vol up + power.Rmb to download the rom u want on ur computer and unzip it.It is a nbo file.
Step 3:In SUTLR ,choose the option "erase user data"
Step 4:Click flash rom.wait a while and it should work.
Step 5o not worry about the errors u get after flashing.Just go ahead and boot ur phone up.After the motorola badge u will get the green android robot.It should boot up.
Step 4:If u dont like the chinese root explore use system app remover to clear file and dl the full version using applanet
Rmb to always backup ur rom!
If problems persist with booting(applies to most roms)
Step 1:Go into recovery mode(power+vol up+camera button)
Step 2:Using trackball or volume buttons,select wipe cache and wipe user data(select button is camera button,back is power button)
Step 3:Go into advanced settings and select wipe dalvik cache and wipe battery stats
Step 3:It should work.If there are problems feel free to ask.
Rooting ur phone if u are still on stock 2.1 and want cyanogen
Step 1:Using the universal androot apk provided,install it to ur phone.Click root after installation and opening the app
Step 2ownload rom manager.U can use the market but u can dl the premium version using applanet which is a app that provides paid apps free.
Step 3:In rom manager,flash clockwork mod recovery.
Step 4:Back up ur rom by selecting it in the app.
Step 5l the cyanogen rom u want.Rmb to download gapps or google apps.
Step 6ut the rom rar file into ur sd card root folder.Rename the cyanogen rar file as update
Step 7:Go into recovery mode again.Select the flash 'update.zip' option.
Step 8:After complete,clear all user data,cache and everyting as mentioned b4.
Step 9:Reboot ur phone.U should get the cyanogen mod robot.If stuck at the motorola badge dont panic.refer to the help at the top of this post.
Step 10:Ur done!But rmb to download the latest google apps to ur phone.Its the same way put the gapps mdpi to ur root folder.This time dont rename it.just select flash zip from sdcard.after complete u will get the latest google apps.
Step 11:Voila u are done!
If u have anything such as removing apps from ur phone that u dont one but cnnt semm to uninstall it feel free to ask.I will do my best to help.

alisterrox said:
I have tried all but the best so far is the official 2.2 xt502 rom with gingerbread ui.it's very stable fast allows the installation of apps to sd card.also the kernel 2.6.32.9 is way u will want if u want superb battery life and great speed.cyanogen of course is faster but it gives horrible battery life.apanda's and foxconn rom's are very good generally.but I heard the clock speed is capped mostly at 480mhz.apanda's are 600mhz but don't worryfficial Rom usually have no imei fault whatsoever.oh if u are facing problems with any rom that gives u other region setting(that's wat I got with the official rom) just go android market and dl the regional settings app.I suggest the official rom bcos it's made for our phones and u will not get things like commitiva z71 or any other orange boston clones;it say xt502.Apps2sd works fine here if u do a custom partition;I did it and it works fine.generally if u like firetrap has good rom.but recent roms also built on the official rom such as the balakaila rom have the same stable kernel.look for those as they are special kernel for our phone.oh error codes on sutlr are very common as we had clockwork mod to install cyanogen b4...thus it works wierdly.I have been fiddling around and I will most probably attempt rom building on the 2.6.32.9 kernel with no root.complete stock will give good performance.besides the gingerbread ui is gorgeous so try that out!it even has smart dialing enabled unlike other rom's.it make dialling a dream unlike the previous roms mentioned.cheers!maybe we should request for a thread specially for our xt502!
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Hi Alisterrox,
I'm using official XT502 with 2.3 UI rom too, it worked good so far. But why everytime I restart my phone my internal memory always reduced a little ? I used app2sd with ext3 partition in external. Did it happen too in yours ? Thank you.

@alisterrox
You really rock man! Such flawless instructions! My XT502 upgraded in flat 5 minutes!
THANKS THANKS THANKS ..... MANY THANKS!

[8 Mar 11][ROM][Ginger Bread]Kumar's DHD Ginger Sense V1.0 Test (ACE)

[8 Mar 11][ROM][Ginger Bread]Kumar's DHD Ginger Sense V1.0 Test (ACE)​
Introduction:
Basically, i was/am a windows mobile cook and tasted android in HD2 and got addicted to it
Bought Desire HD lately and i was verymuch impresed with Android with high end hardware of DHD.
As android seems to be the future of Mobile OS for some years atleast, i wanted myself to be not left alone along with the disappearing wm.
Iam very much new to Linux & android stuff but thanks to XDA, i can start learning with the help of so many friends here. Thanks to everyone who have helped me and directed to the right direction in android cooking.
Thanks to:
Most of the friends who helped me to start with, sorry if i miss someone.
My major thanks to dxida for his excellent kitchen, Chainfire, Leedroid, Mike1986, Phunkycow, robocik, Rey-619, xmoo and others.
Kumar's DHD Ginger Sense ROMs:
Back to topic,
As i said, iam new to Linux and android, please try to help me with solutions if you face any problems with my ROM
To startwith, iam not going to modify much of the theme stuffs. My ROMs will be close to stock as much as possible.
Basic Requirements:
1. Read this thoroughly before proceeding ---- [GUIDE]How to flash a ROM onto your DESIRE HD [COMPLETE]
2. Desire HD with Eng HBoot & S-OFF
3. Radio S-OFF (for flashing Radios)
4. ClockworkMod Recovery 3.0.0.6 (Update from Marketplace)
Change log:
Kumar's DHD Ginger Sense V1.0 test:
1. Based on leaked official leaked GB ROM (Gingerbread V2.3.2, Sense V2.1) (PD98IMG_Ace_Gingerbread_S_HTC_Generic_2.16.0.0_Radio_12.41.60.19_26.06.04.14_M_test_172762)
2. Rooted & added superuser.
3. De-odexed.
4. Zip aligned.
5. Removed boot sound.
6. Removed debug tools, feedback, amazon mp3, sound hound, etc.
7. Offcial kernel from GB ROM (2.6.35.10)
8. Have not updated any of the applications for V1.0.
Use Radio_12.41.60.19_26.06.04.14_M for compatibilty.
Download Links:
Kumar's DHD Ginger Sense V1.0 test:
http://www.multiupload.com/FPPNBPEYS4
Screen shots:

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Nice one, the more the merrier
Can't wait for release

Nice to see you in this forum mate. I've used your roms many times over the years on different handsets

MrYuiM said:
Nice one, the more the merrier
Can't wait for release
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pablo11 said:
Nice to see you in this forum mate. I've used your roms many times over the years on different handsets
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Thanks a lot for the support friends.
Hope to provide some good ROMs for you all
Uploading the V1.0 in progress now

Kumar's DHD Ginger Sense V1.0 test:
http://www.multiupload.com/FPPNBPEYS4
Kindly post your feedback friends

Nice to see new cookers for HD.Nice to see u in the game...
Im downloading right now your rom hoping less lugs than other...Still beta so must be patient...
Keep up....

eliashadow said:
Nice to see new cookers for HD.Nice to see u in the game...
Im downloading right now your rom hoping less lugs than other...Still beta so must be patient...
Keep up....
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Thanks friend.
Waiting for your feedback

nice to see you here kumar, hows cooking for hd2 going
now i can be finally happy with my desire hd. lol.

So...im back from a small report...
I can compare this rom only with Villain and RCMix, 2.3, which i tested in my HD...
This rom is really look stock first of all...
Everything looks work fine after full wipes(full wiper 1.3) and flashing with CWM 3.0.Just restore all my apps with TB and i have no problem until now.Wifi ok,mobile network ok,market ok,GPS ok.I can see only the problem with lugs, like the other roms, for 2-3 sec. when i waking up the phone.So far so good...I didnt change radio yet but i dont have signal problem yet...
Finally nice work friend...Until now i cant see any problem more than other roms which have more experiences cookers in android...
Keep up...Hope for better test 2...

tids2k said:
nice to see you here kumar, hows cooking for hd2 going
now i can be finally happy with my desire hd. lol.
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Thanks for the confidence & support friend.
Not getting much response for HD2 ROMs nowadays
Working on a android themed ROM and will be releasing it sometimes this week
eliashadow said:
So...im back from a small report...
I can compare this rom only with Villain and RCMix, 2.3, which i tested in my HD...
This rom is really look stock first of all...
Everything looks work fine after full wipes(full wiper 1.3) and flashing with CWM 3.0.Just restore all my apps with TB and i have no problem until now.Wifi ok,mobile network ok,market ok,GPS ok.I can see only the problem with lugs, like the other roms, for 2-3 sec. when i waking up the phone.So far so good...I didnt change radio yet but i dont have signal problem yet...
Finally nice work friend...Until now i cant see any problem more than other roms which have more experiences cookers in android...
Keep up...Hope for better test 2...
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Thanks a lot for the report. Will try to improve the ROM further & much lighter in next version
The official GB HTC ROM still needs some work it seems on drivers side.
Let us hope for the further DHD GB leaks from HTC

Planning to release a Froyo ROM with arabic support.
If interested, i'll be releasing it by tomorrow

I Can`t download !

thanks skr_xd
good job
where is locale language?
give me arabic language files , then i try to translate it to persian/farsi and then you add it to your rom
many persian/farsi people wants it

Very Stable ROM. I have been using your ROMs from my HD2 times, always liked them. This one after 24 hours of usage is running very stable and fast. Thanks Kumar

Arabic patch
Hey mate
is it possible to have an Arabic patch compatible with android 1.84 based roms please ? been looking all over for weeks for a patch working with 1.84 based roms but could find a thing.
would highly appreciate any help
cheers.

When are we going to see the next version Kumar ?. Eagerly waiting for the next one. I am very impressed with this one, having used it for over a week. Amazing.

Nice to see you here....
skr_xd said:
Basically, i was/am a windows mobile cook and tasted android in HD2 and got addicted to it
Bought Desire HD lately and i was verymuch impresed with Android with high end hardware of DHD.
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Hello, "skr_xd" I was looking in forums and find out Kumar's Android ROM nice to see you here I used your WM ROM's.
My story is pretty the same as yours I also was WM user and ROM tester and I had HD2 (just for 4 months) but when I started to use Android on it I understand that I need better phone so here we meet again. Both with same device.
I wish you good luck to create ROM's for DHD and I'm also new to Android ROM's so if you wold like to work together with me please PM me. Maybe we can make something interesting together.

[Q] Missing featured apps ??

I need your help guys and devs for one problem. I had to downgrade from wildhero (2.3.3 sense) to 2.1 cuz I needed more stable rom for a few days. I choosed one and flashed it, but the market didn't show most of the featured apps, like Skype, My Tracks, Google Sky Map, Xda devs, Tapatalk and many more. I used Search and it's the same - they're not in the results.I thought its location problem but it isn, cuz after a lot flashing different roms I haven't any problems till now. Tried 3 different 2.1 sense roms - its the same - same missing apps. Now when I flashed back this wildhero 2.3.3 sense rom (ver1.2.1) everything is fine , like it should be. I think its 2.3.3 Sense problem , somehow it restricts old android`s version market.. its wired... could you help me somehow ?? please its important to know !!

The Android market will not display any apps which are written specifically for newer OS versions on older ones:
http://developer.android.com/guide/publishing/versioning.html

Man , I know that, Im not so stupid...Imagine you downgrade from Froyo to Eclair and when U open the Market - most of the usual apps U can see in Eclair are misiing. Thats whats going on here.

[Q] Galaxy Y Rom port for S3?

Hi, im not a Dev but deadly rom flasher. .. i have seen many devs porting roms from different devices as i saw galaxy Y running on GB, searched in forums that any dev has tried to port it for our sweet S3 but could nt find any. ... requesting devs to port 1 thankyou..

...it is simply impossible. We need to build gb frm scratch, which marcellusbe is doing greatly

andreapier said:
...it is simply impossible. We need to build gb frm scratch, which marcellusbe is doing greatly
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Thanks for replying, I have been using Htc hero since long time and have seen lots of developers porting different Htc mobile rom example Htc Explorer, Htc Salsa Rom for Hero and have been able to port Sense 3.0 for hero .... As m not a dev and I dnt knw programing ( m a navigator) so I don't knw anything but has any one has tried it?

never try to install other phones firnwares
every phone has a specific hardware and software.
never try to install other phones fiwares, it may cause your device dead or sth. if you are a programmer edit your own firmware.
if you want gingerbread rom go through cianogenmod7 or kyrillos10.
those two roms are in alpha stage but stable.

porting..
pchenna143 said:
every phone has a specific hardware and software.
never try to install other phones fiwares, it may cause your device dead or sth. if you are a programmer edit your own firmware.
if you want gingerbread rom go through cianogenmod7 or kyrillos10.
those two roms are in alpha stage but stable.
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hi i m not saying to install other phones firmware m saying to port Ex, this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1090186

take assistance
hirencj said:
hi i m not saying to install other phones firmware m saying to port Ex, this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1090186
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ok in that case you can take assistance from marcellusbe
apollo5801
arakmar
tom3q and kyrillos
they are doing same work
IF I HELPED YOU PLEASE PRESS THANK YOU

:
It would be possible, but it's harder than porting it from source.

hirencj said:
hi i m not saying to install other phones firmware m saying to port Ex, this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1090186
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I said it is impossible because it is VERY difficult, not really impossible.
However ther will not be any significant improvement to our GB stage:
1) When you port a rom you will need at least to replace original drivers with your device ones => If the driver for GB is still not ready that particular feature will not work even if it used to in the original rom (ie: b/w preview in camera in CM7)
2) Performances will be surely lower compairing to a rom that was compiled from source
At last i suggest not to ask developers to start porting a rom because they are pretty busy with lots of projects right now.