Cm7? - Verizon Droid Charge

Thinking about getting a charge from swappa or Craigslist. What is the possibility that the charge will see cm7 any time soon?
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watt9493 said:
Thinking about getting a charge from swappa or Craigslist. What is the possibility that the charge will see cm7 any time soon?
-My life is a shooting range, people never change-
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it won't be CM7 it'll most likely be CM9/ICS at this point and I'd say its probably a month or more off unfortunately... however it's a nice phone regardless, the best of the older single core generation for sure and if you can pick one up for cheap then I'd suggest glancing through the general and q&a sections to see if theres any problems you can't live with and then make your decision

anoninja118 said:
it won't be CM7 it'll most likely be CM9/ICS at this point and I'd say its probably a month or more off unfortunately... however it's a nice phone regardless, the best of the older single core generation for sure and if you can pick one up for cheap then I'd suggest glancing through the general and q&a sections to see if theres any problems you can't live with and then make your decision
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Thanks for the quick answer. Ill be honest, cm7 has been my b&b on my incredible since it came out. And it'll be hard to leave it. Ill have to try a charge out to see if its worth parting with my incredible for.
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watt9493 said:
Thanks for the quick answer. Ill be honest, cm7 has been my b&b on my incredible since it came out. And it'll be hard to leave it. Ill have to try a charge out to see if its worth parting with my incredible for.
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well RIL/radios are the only setback now for 4G phones getting any kind of AOSP stuff like CM7/CM9/ICS, I don't see a reason why CM7 wouldn't be possible I only say the other two because they're the most recent

If you don't mind waiting a while, the charge is the best of the first gen 4g phones (tbolt, charge, rev, bionic) and the best single core phone on Verizon hardware wise. Once we get aosp running and the ability to oc the gpu to nexus speed it will be amazing.
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watt9493 said:
Thanks for the quick answer. Ill be honest, cm7 has been my b&b on my incredible since it came out. And it'll be hard to leave it. Ill have to try a charge out to see if its worth parting with my incredible for.
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Dude do you know that the incredible has ICS already ported to it? Kushdeck has an Alpha5 version already running- running well might I add. My wife has the incredible and I would say that the ported over ICS is giving cm7 a run for its money. Cyanogen has stated also that they will be supporting the incredible amongst others soon with cm9.. FYI.. The Charge is great- just hope that this break through with ICS will happen- it will lead the way for more development for the Charge.

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Dude do you know that the incredible has ICS already ported to it? Kushdeck has an Alpha5 version already running- running well might I add. My wife has the incredible and I would say that the ported over ICS is giving cm7 a run for its money. Cyanogen has stated also that they will be supporting the incredible amongst others soon with cm9.. FYI.. The Charge is great- just hope that this break through with ICS will happen- it will lead the way for more development for the Charge.
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The battery drain is way too much. I can go 2 days on a 1900mah battery on cm7. On ics, I get maybe 12 hours out of the same battery. And I like the stability of gingerbread, versus the slight instability of ics. Ill take the battery life.
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G2x Lack of Support?

Getting mine in a couple of days.
Seem kind of weary. Is it because the G2x is new OR is it just not that popular?
Don't see much dev support on this device.
Anyone shed some light?
actually there are many top devs that have been starting to develop for this phone. Some are top Vibrant devs like morfic (kernels/ Team Whiskey i believe?), krylon (team whiskey as well/Bionix Roms), MT4G faux, cyanogen (CM7 Roms), and more devs are popping up. Google made this phone pretty easy to work with from what I understand.
these are just the big devs that i can think of off the top of my head.
Also we had one click root and Clockwork Recovery within 24 hours after G2x release. Source code was released within a few days after G2x release from LG as well instead of the normal 90 days.
now all we need is the Official Gingerbread from T-mobile to get us rocking even more
yeah g2x development got rocking pretty fast. very well orgainiazed in here as well.
Development doesn't come in full force overnight...
regP said:
Development doesn't come in full force overnight...
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this ^^
the biggest hump we need to get over is our first big patch from LG/tmobile which will give us gingerbread (2.3.4 hopefully) and a new baseband with much better driver support...
all of the 2.3 builds are hampered a bit right now because of kernel issues or wonky drivers for the battery, bluetooth, light sensor, keyboard/touch sensor (spacebar deadzone), govenors for the kernel, ect... drivers are not easy for devs to build and optimize, thats more of a manufacturer job
for complete stability right now the Eagles Blood rom is hands down the best in my opinion but again its only 2.2...
I would really expect the update fairly soon, within weeks I am hoping and after that id imagine things will start to explode... faux is already taking great strides in a pure AOSP rom which will be a great base for future rom cookers to build off of
Tbh, I think development for this phone is great. I mean we have morfic and faux making kernals. We have CM. We have Krylon with Bionix and we also have Team Shockwave with EB. Development for this phone can only grow much bigger.
I think you have to be one of us ex-Vibrant users to really appriciate G2x development in its current state.
The support is incredible for this phone. I really can't see how it could be any better or more prolific, it's only been out for a month.
What are you talking about dude? This phone has been out for a month and it already has some of the most popular names in development. You are out of your damn mind.
I'll take quality over quantity any day. The people who are currently developing for the G2x are top notch. I've been very pleased with the progress of things
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I think you have to be one of us ex-Vibrant users to really appriciate G2x development in its current state.
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+1 to that. Thoughts of my old Vibrant give me the shivers....
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t keyboard/touch sensor (spacebar deadzone),
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So spacebar deadzone is a known issue?? I just had mine refurbed for this haha.
Dolphinwigs said:
+1 to that. Thoughts of my old Vibrant give me the shivers....
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You think the vibrant was bad? Take a look at the at the epic's forum. They still only have like 4 stable roms.
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Yea I think this thread is misleading. For a 3 month old phone there is TONS of dev work going on.
They are just getting the AOSP roms ironed out, which means smaller devs will have a good base to customize roms their way. We already have several Kang Developers as well as Faux, EB, Bionix and CM7. This is excluding the handful of custom kernels.
For 3 weeks I think we're doing hella good. I'm happy
Wasn't aware it has only been out a month. Not bad indeed!
Off thread topic, but is everyone just living with the LCD light bleed?
I'm not sure if sending it in for refurbs will really fix the underlying issue.
Does it really just become a game of "hope for the best one"?
xomikronx said:
Wasn't aware it has only been out a month. Not bad indeed!
Off thread topic, but is everyone just living with the LCD light bleed?
I'm not sure if sending it in for refurbs will really fix the underlying issue.
Does it really just become a game of "hope for the best one"?
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did you get yours yet? i just got mine, 24 hours now, i have a little bit of bleed. kind of annoying at first, but its not nearly as bad as others so i'm letting it go. everything else about the phone is great. i have cm7 on it and its been really solid so far. each hour goes by i like the phone more.
Juat got mine about 7 hours ago. Running bionix 2. Miss the CM features....mine isn't too bad with the bleed...but just wondering what others felt about the issue...
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What are you talking about dude? This phone has been out for a month and it already has some of the most popular names in development. You are out of your damn mind.
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this.
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xomikronx said:
Juat got mine about 7 hours ago. Running bionix 2. Miss the CM features....mine isn't too bad with the bleed...but just wondering what others felt about the issue...
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At this point I feel like those who couldnt live with it are gone and everyone whos still in this forum isnt bothered . I still only ever thing of the bleeding when I hope on XDA and someone brings it up.
I just got this phone 3 days ago, and its my first with Tmo service. In comparison to ATT phones, except Cappy, Im super impressed by the attention from major devs. I have been waiting for this phone to release for awhile. Was advertised as quad band prelease, then found out release day that its not, so actually had to open tmo acct.
This is the first phone in a year that has made me leave my Cappy at home.
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Hey guys...Fascinate user switching over

So i should be getting my charge in on thursday. I am on my 4th fascinate and just cannot put up with this shut anymore. Missed called, mass storage failures, voicemail eff ups...ect.
So i just want to intruduce myself...hopefully rooting and flashing procedures go just about the same as the fassy...i have started to read up on it a little but will do more so tomorrow.
I am going to miss aosp cm7 and the glitch kernel(best kernel ever). Hopefully this phone wont give me as many hicups as my fascinate did.
CM7/Glitch ML 1.5ghz/Steel Blue tapatalkin
Also i have not done enough reading up yet. If i am stuck with touchwiz for now will my charge atleast have voodoo?
Also how would you guys compare this phone to a fascinate? I have heard it is just a slightly beefed ul version of it. Anyone having missed calls or mass storage issues with it?
CM7/Glitch ML 1.5ghz/Steel Blue tapatalkin
Another fascinate use, i am getting my charge tomorrow and am getting very excited seeing that many people from fascinate are coming to the charge. I have been reading and seeing what people are writing about the charge. It looks like Charge threads may start to take off like fascinate ones did.
fitti28 said:
Another fascinate use, i am getting my charge tomorrow and am getting very excited seeing that many people from fascinate are coming to the charge. I have been reading and seeing what're people are writing about the charge. It looks like Charge threads may start to take off like fascinate ones did.
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It seems like with verizon letting fascinate owners upgrade to the charge for free without using an upgrade a lot of people are hopping on the band waggon. Hopefully the charge will get some aosp goodness in the near future
CM7/Glitch ML 1.5ghz/Steel Blue tapatalkin
I've had my Charge for about a week now, coming from Fassy too.
Yes, we do have voodoo for Froyo Roms and ext4 for GB roms.
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I've had my Charge for about a week now, coming from Fassy too.
Yes, we do have voodoo for Froyo Roms and ext4 for GB roms.
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This makes me feel a lot better about my choice
CM7/Glitch ML 1.5ghz/Steel Blue tapatalkin
bobthesalesclerk said:
This makes me feel a lot better about my choice
CM7/Glitch ML 1.5ghz/Steel Blue tapatalkin
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I LOVE THIS PHONE! The gorgeous screen! BLAZING fast LTE.
bobthesalesclerk said:
It seems like with verizon letting fascinate owners upgrade to the charge for free without using an upgrade a lot of people are hopping on the band waggon. Hopefully the charge will get some aosp goodness in the near future
CM7/Glitch ML 1.5ghz/Steel Blue tapatalkin
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r2doesinc and xoomdev are gonna get started on OMFGB for the Charge. I PM'd him last wknd and he said that they had a couple loose end to tie up in respect to other devices. He wants to put his full attention into the charge and not have 20 different projects going. I dont think we are gonna have to wait as long as we did with the fassy for AOSP.
With that said, if you are coming from the fassy and were using either CM7 or OMFGB yhen I recommend going with Gummy Charge. Its really stripped down and gives the feel of AOSP.
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and whatever you do stay away from quadrant
GrainOsand said:
r2doesinc and xoomdev are gonna get started on OMFGB for the Charge. I PM'd him last wknd and he said that they had a couple loose end to tie up in respect to other devices. He wants to put his full attention into the charge and not have 20 different projects going. I dont think we are gonna have to wait as long as we did with the fassy for AOSP.
With that said, if you are coming from the fassy and were using either CM7 or OMFGB yhen I recommend going with Gummy Charge. Its really stripped down and gives the feel of AOSP.
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I talked to R2Doesinc last night in IRC. I told him my charge was coming wednesday and i heard that OMFGB was coming to the charge. I said i ran it on the fascinate and loved it so i was so excited to hear it was coming to the charge. He said he was actually starting to work on it last night so i am hopeful it will be here very soon. But in the meantime i am going to follow GOS as he always gives good advice on what to use.
GrainOsand said:
r2doesinc and xoomdev are gonna get started on OMFGB for the Charge. I PM'd him last wknd and he said that they had a couple loose end to tie up in respect to other devices. He wants to put his full attention into the charge and not have 20 different projects going. I dont think we are gonna have to wait as long as we did with the fassy for AOSP.
With that said, if you are coming from the fassy and were using either CM7 or OMFGB yhen I recommend going with Gummy Charge. Its really stripped down and gives the feel of AOSP.
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Have already been researching roms/kernels and im going to go with gummy charged and pb otb version. Is the pb otb version currently the only kernel that allows oc/uv?
CM7/Glitch ML 1.5ghz/Steel Blue tapatalkin
Hey guys, add me to the list of people jumping over from the Fascinate.
I am interested in a de-bloated ROM that stays pretty true to the stock build. Since this phone is brand new to me, I'd like to stick with a "mostly" OOTB experience, save rooting and de-crapifying.
What ROM/Kernel would be best for this? Sounds like GummyCharge is the winner at the moment.
Fassy Refugee here too. So far with 1 day of use I'm really liking the charge. It gets 4 3g bars where the fassy was lucky to get 1, also it is much snappier than the stock fassy i had to run for a week. I'm just hoping that cm7 and MIUI make it to the charge soon.I miss MIUI.....
I just got my charge today. Coming from fassy, so I like the fact that its pretty much the same set up. I haven't been on stock in so long I have a few questions. how to get the keyboard to capitalize the letter i automatically?
How do i add words to the dictionary when they pop up under suggestions?
How do i find out what's causing my internal storage to be almost full?
Thanks!
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bluevolume said:
Hey guys, add me to the list of people jumping over from the Fascinate.
I am interested in a de-bloated ROM that stays pretty true to the stock build. Since this phone is brand new to me, I'd like to stick with a "mostly" OOTB experience, save rooting and de-crapifying.
What ROM/Kernel would be best for this? Sounds like GummyCharge is the winner at the moment.
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EE4 de-bloated is closest to stock. GummyCharged has alot of AOSP apps integrated in. If you like the TW experience go w/ debloated EE4
Another ex-Fassy user here too. ;D
So far,I'm loving my Charge. The screen is AMAAAAAAZING. D:
It puts my Fassy's screen to shame, lol. It's very crisp and vibrant. I don't have LTE in my area yet, but according to two different stores, we should be getting it sometime this week.
The charge is a beast, in my opinion. Then again, I came from an LG Versa, so even a Fassy or a G'z Commando...or OG Droid would be a beast.
Sent from my Droid Charge running Humble 1.4
I've never had a Fascinate but I help a lot of customers with theirs and I think the screen looks great. I don't know what you're talking about.
Also, welcome to Droid Charge City guys.
Everyone else can take their metal frames, quad scores and dual cores and shove em up their butt holes. I don't care if this phone is considered "last year's specs"; there is nothing boring about this stealthy ninja....I can't say the same for any other.
The physical shape of the phone is awesome too. It just looks COOL!!!
I wish I had some pull in this world so I could have Samsung build me an LTE GS2 in a Droid Charge body. Maybe Samsung will go the route of the Moto Droid and keep each of their "Droid" branded phones looking the same. That would be awesome. I would skip on the Function if I knew Samsung was building a Charge 2.
Also, TW all the way now. Embrace the colors capabilities of this screen. It has film-like quality. Samsung was the only phone manufacturer to get an "Outstanding" rating for their screens when it came to contrast...according to some standards organization.
Rominucka said:
I've never had a Fascinate but I help a lot of customers with theirs and I think the screen looks great. I don't know what you're talking about.
Also, welcome to Droid Charge City guys.
Everyone else can take their metal frames, quad scores and dual cores and shove em up their butt holes. I don't care if this phone is considered "last year's specs"; there is nothing boring about this stealthy ninja....I can't say the same for any other.
The physical shape of the phone is awesome too. It just looks COOL!!!
I wish I had some pull in this world so I could have Samsung build me an LTE GS2 in a Droid Charge body. Maybe Samsung will go the route of the Moto Droid and keep each of their "Droid" branded phones looking the same. That would be awesome. I would skip on the Function if I knew Samsung was building a Charge 2.
Also, TW all the way now. Embrace the colors capabilities of this screen. It has film-like quality. Samsung was the only phone manufacturer to get an "Outstanding" rating for their screens when it came to contrast...according to some standards organization.
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Just got my charge in but I am having some problems activating it. Called customer service on my fassy but need another phone to call in. I am already sick of the puzzle piece unlock. I just want this phone activated so I can start rooting it already!
I know this is a silly question but did you get the sim card?

[Q} cyanogenmod?

Does anyone know if cyanogen will ever come to the charge? I've seen rumors and and some threads but nothing concrete
Development is for releases of ROMs/Kernels/Mods/etc not to start threads and ask questions. Also, I'm sure no one would mind if you started working on it yourself...
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Development is for releases of ROMs/Kernels/Mods/etc not to start threads and ask questions. Also, I'm sure no one would mind if you started working on it yourself...
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that was too funny
imnuts said:
Development is for releases of ROMs/Kernels/Mods/etc not to start threads and ask questions. Also, I'm sure no one would mind if you started working on it yourself...
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PWNED
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Since nobody wants to give you a straight up response, having been using a Fascinate from the beginning, based on that cycle, it is probably a year out if I had to guess. That's if people are actively working on it I suppose. We just now got it working well on the Fascinate...look at the Fascinate launch date, make a few assumptions, and do the math. Unless something huge happens I would expect it to be a long time, if ever. The one saving grace for this phone is probably its similarities to many other phones like the GalaxyS line and NexusS. Nobody knows when.
Likes the poster above me said, there's no definitive information. I'd say that's the worst thing about the Charge. Not the low RAM or the lack of official GB it's just not a huge scene. Look @ the Galaxy S2, not even released in the U.S. and it's already got Cyanogen. Kind of sad to see such a beautiful phone not getting the attention it deserves.
I'm not expecting much in the way of Charge development. I kind of knew when i got it as a replacement for the fascinate that it was a holdover till March (my 20 month upgrade eligibility). At least i got a better camera, front camera and LTE for real nice chatting video.
orateam said:
I'm not expecting much in the way of Charge development. I kind of knew when i got it as a replacement for the fascinate that it was a holdover till March (my 20 month upgrade eligibility). At least i got a better camera, front camera and LTE for real nice chatting video.
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We hopefully have omfgb coming soon . I cant wait for AOSP.
Droid Charge/Humble 1.42/PBJ OTB 1.4ghz
bobthesalesclerk said:
We hopefully have omfgb coming soon . I cant wait for AOSP.
Droid Charge/Humble 1.42/PBJ OTB 1.4ghz
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That would be nice for sure.
blarrick said:
Likes the poster above me said, there's no definitive information. I'd say that's the worst thing about the Charge. Not the low RAM or the lack of official GB it's just not a huge scene. Look @ the Galaxy S2, not even released in the U.S. and it's already got Cyanogen. Kind of sad to see such a beautiful phone not getting the attention it deserves.
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Galaxy S2 got Cyanogen first because Samsung sent a phone to one of the devs a few months back.
I love my Charge! Came from the Fascinate and had plenty of time to try out CM7. The GPS on the charge is lightning fast right out of the box, touchwiz camera and video player are by far the best available. CM7 definitely offers more control, but the TW camera alone is enough to make me stay.
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i think i read samsung sent 4 phones to the guys at cyanogen mod.
that's pretty amazing if you ask me, to get support from such a major manufacturer.
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Galaxy S2 got Cyanogen first because Samsung sent a phone to one of the devs a few months back.
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While true, that should make everyone feel even worse about the dev scene for our phone (that the manufacturer cares enough to get dev for one of their phones but not the one we have).
That said, I've never had a phone with CM. I'm completely happy with the stuff put out by Danalo, Nitro, and I'm sure I'll like kejar's stuff whenever I try it out.
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While true, that should make everyone feel even worse about the dev scene for our phone (that the manufacturer cares enough to get dev for one of their phones but not the one we have).
That said, I've never had a phone with CM. I'm completely happy with the stuff put out by Danalo, Nitro, and I'm sure I'll like kejar's stuff whenever I try it out.
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I can tell you when CM7 for the Fascinate got stable and MMS finally got fixed, o tried it out, and compared to all the other Touchwiz based roms, its ridiculously fast. The BML/MTD implementation is above and beyond any TW deodexed, debloated, voodoo ext4 type of rom. That's not to discredit those roms, but a stable CM build with a good kernel literally turned my Fascinate into a whole new device more than a year into its life.

[Q] Is anyone in the loop on new Roms?

Im thinking about trading my Droid incredible 2 for a charge, and i'm only looking in the development threads right now. Are there any new ROMs on the horizon? Or any latest news i can be informed of?
x Eacott said:
Im thinking about trading my Droid incredible 2 for a charge, and i'm only looking in the development threads right now. Are there any new ROMs on the horizon? Or any latest news i can be informed of?
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Well gummycharged 2.0 is currently in the works and from the previews we've seen it looks pretty good. I don't know much about the other froyo ROMs and I haven't messed with GB yet. But development is still going strong for the charge.
The developer community for the Charge is likely smaller, so the number of available ROMs is lower compared to the Inc2. However, what is available is pretty good for being all based on the stock software. AOSP based ROMs will come in due time, but again, given the small developer community, it may take some time.
Darkslide charged is suppose to be coming soon! it will be GB.
Appreciate guys. I almost assumed it was a smaller Dev. community but that doesnt make it any less good to everyone, Everyone on the DINC2 forums were great, and im hoping to join this. Im no Dev, but i still would like to give something back to help anyone out there as best as i can
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Darkslide charged is suppose to be coming soon! it will be GB.
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Darkslade sounds very intriguing...
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OMFGB/OMGB & CM7 are coming to the Charge but it's rumored to be a long ways away. Gummycharged 2.0 is looking great and Team Gummycharged keeps growing. As of now the best ROMs out are Gummy/Humble/Eclipse, my personal favorite being Eclipse.
If u have lte its probably worth the trade...otherwise.
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If u have lte its probably worth the trade...otherwise.
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Yeah, 4G Area over here
Once you go 4g you don't go back.
I thought that was black...
anyways
Yeah the gummycharged roms are very solid. 2.0 will be amazing. 1.9rc2.3 is a gingy build and is already rock solid.
AOSP will be great once we get it. I heard it is partially samsung's fault for making their phones so hard to port from one to another or we would have had it a long time ago with the dev community on the fascinate.
As long as kejar doesn't go anywhere, we will be good lol. He is a mastermind.

It's laughable at this point.

ICS has also now been ported and boots up on the Droid 3 lol. Great work to Hashcode for getting it going!
http://hash-of-codes.blogspot.com/2011/11/you-got-your-ice-cream-on-my-droid-3-no.html
Well, it is a 3G phone, so there shouldn't be issues getting the radios working. I do find it amusing the type of the support these cheesy phones get though.
I don't want to get off topic, but I am curious what sort of CIQ and other potential spyware has been implemented in ICS. It seems a good opportunity for Google to embed CIQ deep within the framework, but alas, who knows.
The main two features of ICS that I think I would like, but don't need, is USB OTG and WiFi Direct.
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ICS has also now been ported and boots up on the Droid 3 lol. Great work to Hashcode for getting it going!
http://hash-of-codes.blogspot.com/2011/11/you-got-your-ice-cream-on-my-droid-3-no.html
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Smh we will never see it
I keep hearing we won't have ics because we have a 4g phone but the bionic just got ics port... Maybe we still have hope?
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I keep hearing we won't have ics because we have a 4g phone but the bionic just got ics port... Maybe we still have hope?
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Very good point!!!!
I'm one person, would you rather have me work on getting a good ROM out based on stock TW, or go to work on what may never be a fully functional AOSP build? If you want it so bad, no one here is going to stop you from taking up the work on your own...
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I'm one person, would you rather have me work on getting a good ROM out based on stock TW, or go to work on what may never be a fully functional AOSP build? If you want it so bad, no one here is going to stop you from taking up the work on your own...
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Don't do it because of us! Do what you enjoy doing and share with us because your proud of your work.
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imnuts said:
I'm one person, would you rather have me work on getting a good ROM out based on stock TW, or go to work on what may never be a fully functional AOSP build? If you want it so bad, no one here is going to stop you from taking up the work on your own...
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You already know. Yes, we are eager for ICS/CM7.1/CM7.2/CM9...and everything under the sun that a working RIL would enable us. But, having said that, I think the vast majority of us place FUNCTION in front of FEATURES.
We, Android enthusists with the skills to flash but not actually dev, are like children and will never be satisfied. We need a healthy meal, but are going to whine to have candy for dinner every night. As a dev, you're more similar to our parent in this metaphor... Don't take it personally when we metaphorically say we hate you--we don't. We love you. We need your help to eat at all, so make sure it's the best meal you can provide.
Besides, if the RIL never comes, who bought this phone for Ice Cream Sandwich anyway? I bought this phone for 4G.
imnuts said:
I'm one person, would you rather have me work on getting a good ROM out based on stock TW, or go to work on what may never be a fully functional AOSP build? If you want it so bad, no one here is going to stop you from taking up the work on your own...
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imnuts, please don't take my post or the title the wrong way. I am in now way at all saying anything bad about what you do for this phone. Your work is very highly regarded in my book. I was just pointing out how crazy it is with all these ICS ports coming out now. I can promise you that I am grateful for all the work you do for us.
If you want an AOSP ROM, you shouldn't buy a Samsung phone.
Twice bitten for me. Neither of my Samsung phones has had an AOSP ROM.
As a self-proclaimed nube, I am generally curious what advantages we would see on AOSP anyways.
Is there some super-spiffy amazing bad-ass feature that I don't know about?
Humble 5.0 is great for me. I will try Infinity if/when its ready.
ICS in particular has WiFi Direct and USB OTG as I mentioned above, which I assume that CM7 wouldn't enable.
xdadevnube said:
As a self-proclaimed nube, I am generally curious what advantages we would see on AOSP anyways.
Is there some super-spiffy amazing bad-ass feature that I don't know about?
Humble 5.0 is great for me. I will try Infinity if/when its ready.
ICS in particular has WiFi Direct and USB OTG as I mentioned above, which I assume that CM7 wouldn't enable.
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AOSP tends to offer a faster experience, and better battery life. It does this by not having any carrier or OEM bloat anywhere. There is a lot of stuff added on to the stock ROM that cannot be removed. To give you an idea, a heavily debloated TW ROM for the Fascinate is usually ~160MB, give or take, where as a stock AOSP ROM is <100MB for the same Android version, GB in this case. That would mean that even the best debloated/cleaned up TouchWiz ROM is still going to have about 40% more useless junk in it than a stock AOSP ROM, and that junk slows down the system and drains the battery.
mikehal38 said:
I keep hearing we won't have ics because we have a 4g phone but the bionic just got ics port... Maybe we still have hope?
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Bionic got ICS support because Kejar has a Bionic probably. I'm just glad we are on the eve of GB finally and that Imnuts and Imoseyon can get to business with some code.
Over the years around computers I've learned one thing, the next OS is always easier to use, easier to program in and what not, but it is always more complex and requires more hardware, more RAM and shortly after release the end user experience isn't all that much better than it was 6 months earlier. You should see DOS 5 run on a quad core monster processor - wow!
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Bionic got ICS support because Kejar has a Bionic probably. I'm just glad we are on the eve of GB finally and that Imnuts and Imoseyon can get to business with some code.
Over the years around computers I've learned one thing, the next OS is always easier to use, easier to program in and what not, but it is always more complex and requires more hardware, more RAM and shortly after release the end user experience isn't all that much better than it was 6 months earlier. You should see DOS 5 run on a quad core monster processor - wow!
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I agree with what you're saying mostly, but your post almost sounds like you expect Imnuts and Imoseyon to develop and post their work when they have zero obligation to develop and/or share any of their work in any way. If I wasn't so hard-pressed for cash, I would donate more to the devs. I will when I am able though.
One should also remember the short life cycle of smartphones. I am already looking forward to the Galaxy S III mostly for the display- SAMOLED III.
Also, I would like to be able to watch 480p Flash content in the browser without having to overclock, hopefully 720p Flash in the browser with the GS3.
Of course I would like my Charge to blaze along at its maximum potential, but there is a thin line between spending and wasting time on dated hardware. If you want the the best experience on a device, then it would be best to buy older hardware that it well-developed, like the Fascinate. I am willing to sacrifice for the perks of the Charge, like the SAMOLED+ display and 4G.

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