I see that most of the custom roms, include a number of options.. But can you still customize it further? ie; can you still change icons, change launchers, change & add apps etc?
Thanks
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Its yours to do whatever you'd like with. Thats the beauty. Have you ever checked out the uot kitchen? Its a pretty simple way to make basic changes like batt icons....ect just follow the directions.
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Its yours to do whatever you'd like with. Thats the beauty. Have you ever checked out the uot kitchen? Its a pretty simple way to make basic changes like batt icons....ect just follow the directions.
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Thanks cd.
I think that I might have the misconception, that once you flash a custom rom, you loose some of the flexibility to use things like, golauncher, etc... I'm learning at the speed of molasses at the South Pole.. While I've looked at the Kitchen, I don't know what it entails. I WANT an ICS rom NOW, I'm just not very confident in my abilities.. I like the notion of flashing the rom & then be able to do, more or less what I'm able to do with the stock rom..? Pipe Dream... Maybe?
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No pipe dream my friend. Its all reality. You can do whatever you'd like. Your only limit is your own knowledge and willingness to learn. and with google search available everything you need is a click away
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No pipe dream my friend. Its all reality. You can do whatever you'd like. Your only limit is your own knowledge and willingness to learn. and with google search available everything you need is a click away
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I'd be far more intrepid, if I had a spare phone to experiment with
At the moment, this beauty is my only communication... & I'm not really near any "hands on help" If I go off the "cliff"
I've been using a huge amount of my 6gig plan, just on reading, well that & asking some almost embarrassingly dense newbie questions
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shaggyskunk said:
Thanks cd.
I think that I might have the misconception, that once you flash a custom rom, you loose some of the flexibility to use things like, golauncher, etc... I'm learning at the speed of molasses at the South Pole.. While I've looked at the Kitchen, I don't know what it entails. I WANT an ICS rom NOW, I'm just not very confident in my abilities.. I like the notion of flashing the rom & then be able to do, more or less what I'm able to do with the stock rom..? Pipe Dream... Maybe?
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You can do whatever you want with a rom man, launchers, icons, color schemes, it goes on and on. UOT kitchen is very simple, I use it all the time and it really helps complete the theme you're going for
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what's the best popular rom for us
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I'm using the new venom ROM. I've tried buoyancy, nexusmod, and super stock. I like venom so far. I'll probably switch before to long. That's the beauty of Android - lots to choose from.
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personal preference my friend. Try a couple out and see which one you like
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Agreed, you have to try some out and pick your favorite. If you ask 20 people on this section by PM randomly I bet you'd get at least 5-6 different answers.
SkyICS + Venom depending on your personal taste get my vote right now for multiple reasons, but the biggest being support and production. A vast majority of the roms that have come out for this phone have never/rarely been updated (no offense intended, people have lives, things happen, you get new phones, etc...).
Often, the stock ROM is the best since at least all the phone's capabilities are accounted for. More often, a rooted stock ROM is better since you can freeze bloatware, get around tethering restrictions and the like. Beyond that, it's kind of up to you to do your homework to make sure that a particular ROM does everything you need it to do (Bluetooth streaming, both cameras work, etc) and that you like the layout.
On a side note......
Q: What's the best way not to spam the board?
A: You don't post the same question in multiple sections.
Please don't do it again. Thank you.
Running venom right now and very pleased.
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If you enjoy a nice, clean, look, I'd check out NeXuSMOD 2.0. It does everything I need it to do, and it's very easy on the eyes. Solid battery life as well.
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what's the best popular rom for us
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I've been enjoying Ice Cream Sandwich - Multiple Flavors. While I'm tempted to try some of the other ROMs out there, this one is really great.
It's the overclocked version, I scored a AnTuTu benchmark of 7284.
Does anybody when and or when I can drop Android 4.0.x on my baby?
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To all the New Xda Members !! patient is a virtue !!
Well to be honest there are tons of threads that can answer your question. The answer that i know is Sammy said they will release 4.0 for all galaxy variants in first quarter of this year and they said this back in December and have not heard any fixed time period since than.
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Doltek said:
Does anybody when and or when I can drop Android 4.0.x on my baby?
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Phone/carrier: gs2 skyrocket, att 2 gb data plan, southern california
Goal of Thread: Step by step what to do to root and then obtain sky ics and how to back up all my stuff and address some concerns I have
Concerns: What disadvantages are there as far as functionality and usability, will the phone still work well with Samsung Kies
Also how should I back up my contacts and stuff.
Also what version of this rom should I use?
Oh son if you need to ask for advantages and how to's you aren't ready read more
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Oh son if you need to ask for advantages and how to's you aren't ready read more
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I'm sorry, just to clarify I'm just a bit hesitant, I'm relatively well versed in the advantages of rooting, I'm just trying to be clear as I'm new to this forum and would rather be humble than assuming.
Please forgive my badly phrased post.
Make yourself a pot of coffee ....and begin reading. Every question you have will have an answer in this link.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1383464
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Make yourself a pot of coffee ....and begin reading. Every question you have will have an answer in this link.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1383464
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Agreed. It takes a lot of reading, and sometimes trial and error (with a good portion of patience).
I had a friend who tried to flash and thought he bricked his phone, after hours and hours of trying to fix it. Gave it to me and after a little while more got it fully working.
It's pretty hard to brick these phones, and it'll almost never happen if you follow instruction (probably like 99.9% of the time you won't brick).
Once you get the hang of it it's pretty easy.
i don't think you really learn until you brick(soft). Thats how I did.
Hi....looking to fix up my nieces inspire as its all goofy and unstable. What do u guys suggest as a very stable and battery friendly ROM ?? Thanks
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http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/files/2010/02/double-facepalm.jpg
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OK kid go play somewhere else if u can't contribute a helpful answer....I'm on vacation so sorry that I don't want to spend hours looking through mass of posts on my phone....if u came to the epic touch corner I could help you with the same question...here I'm clueless...sorry for seeking help....
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This isn't going to end well, so lets nip it in the bud now. As is probably on all the forums there is no most/best/awesomemest etc. Its all subjective on what a person likes or dislikes does or doesn't do. I can say black ice, but the next person says AR, then the next says something else until you essentially have all the roms listed from the Dev section.
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OK kid go play somewhere else if u can't contribute a helpful answer....I'm on vacation so sorry that I don't want to spend hours looking through mass of posts on my phone....if u came to the epic touch corner I could help you with the same question...here I'm clueless...sorry for seeking help....
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You don't even have to read a lot of posts, you read maybe one or two pages at the most and you'll find out, for instance absolution(the only Rom I use on my inspire) is extremely stable for me and is perfect for my needs but it may not be the same for you it may not work for you, you may prefer sense, so really its all personal preference. Threads like these get closed all the time because they're unnecessary since most of the roms in this forumare plenty stable except the ones that say they are betas and have things that don't work. There is that a good enough answer for you? Because that's exactly what that picture says. A picture is worth a thousand words.
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This isn't going to end well, so lets nip it in the bud now. As is probably on all the forums there is no most/best/awesomemest etc. Its all subjective on what a person likes or dislikes does or doesn't do. I can say black ice, but the next person says AR, then the next says something else until you essentially have all the roms listed from the Dev section.
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I guess maybe you guys have more going on here with your roms then the epic touch community has atm.. there are probably 3 or four roms that ppl would agree on being the more stable and bug free roms....that may not be the case here, but like I said im out on vacation and was just hoping for a way to find something to fix my nieces phone before I head out home tomorrow. Either way I looks I'll just have do some searching of my own when I get back from the beach....best regards and sorry for being that guy to post a subjective question
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You don't even have to read a lot of posts, you read maybe one or two pages at the most and you'll find out, for instance absolution(the only Rom I use on my inspire) is extremely stable for me and is perfect for my needs but it may not be the same for you it may not work for you, you may prefer sense, so really its all personal preference. Threads like these get closed all the time because they're unnecessary since most of the roms in this forumare plenty stable except the ones that say they are betas and have things that don't work. There is that a good enough answer for you? Because that's exactly what that picture says. A picture is worth a thousand words.
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that is defenitely better...and like i said its not for me ....the girls phone gets lockec up daiy and is just all messed up...im just looking to give her a daily driver thats hassle free thats all....thanks i will llok at the info on the absolution rom
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that is defenitely better...and like i said its not for me ....the girls phone gets lockec up daiy and is just all messed up...im just looking to give her a daily driver thats hassle free thats all....thanks i will llok at the info on the absolution rom
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Beware though it does not have sense so it'll be quite different
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Beware though it does not have sense so it'll be quite different
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Thanks,I think she'll be happier just to have a phone that she doesnt need to pull the battery out of on a regular basis....as long as she can call and text shes good to go...l
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Thanks,I think she'll be happier just to have a phone that she doesnt need to pull the battery out of on a regular basis....as long as she can call and text shes good to go...l
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It does that quite well and looks good doing it (I recommend going into phone options and you'll be able to turn on the t9 dialer to come up with names first or numbers first
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Best ROMs are subjective, try them on for size and make your own decision.
any chance theres a good how to out there to start making custom roms for the Skyrocket?
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any chance theres a good how to out there to start making custom roms for the Skyrocket?
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Pretty much the same as any other phone.
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lol don't you wish hahaha but me too ; (
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Pretty much the same as any other phone.
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^ this LOL are you wanting to compile a build or just customize a stock rom or just theme a rom
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iam going to edit/alter existing roms
few goods links ive found
http://theunlockr.com/2010/03/26/ho...om-for-android-part-1-setting-up-the-kitchen/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246
looks simple to me.. setting up my ubuntu VM right. now.. maybe I will release a modified ROM later tonight
a bit more direct to the skyrocket http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390903
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a bit more direct to the skyrocket http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390903
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those are basically the same directions as any other device....
the kitchen works with nearly EVERY device...and its the same basic principle.
HOWEVER
when you want to look for info on how to work on roms, you cant just limit yourself to searching for information for your specific device. its all pretty much the same across the devices. motorola tends to get a little trickier, sometimes....
samsung and htc are very similar to work with until you get down into the smali and the meat of the device...
you will see. just keep looking up info on building roms from a plethora of sources. dont just limit yourself to the skyrocket forums
I'm thinking of building a ROM of sorts, and I'm wondering if anyone would be interested in it.
The ROM would basically be what i run on a daily basis. A combination of a ROM and Kernel that work well together, with my own tweaks, changes, and settings baked right into it.
The idea would be that you would flash the rom, then forget you ever did. No changing frequency, no profiles, no Undervolting, no flashing other kernels, just the ROM and nothing else needed. (and I'd discourage trying it)
I would change UV settings to work on most phones, and a small overclock (most likely a 1.1 or 1.2Ghz), as well a stock Frequency/Voltage version. and each version would be stable enough to use as a daily driver.
It would most likely be a 'Flavor of the week' kind of thing, and I'll most likely change the base rom/kernel somewhat frequently (like once a month at most) to what I'm using that's stable.
So, does this sound good to anyone, or am i building for a demographic that's not there?
I would use it if u make it for the photon
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sounds like a great idea... in this trend of rapidly developing roms, a stable rom with recent source changes for a change is great to fallback to.
Do you have any rom development experience? where would you rate your skill level at?
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Sounds like a really good idea, I myself sometimes get sick of constantly flashing & re- setting up my phone the way I like it, a good long term rom with everything would be awesome. How bout using the new 2.3.4 stock as a base?
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Do you have any rom development experience? where would you rate your skill level at?
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ive been programming in C/java for about 4 years now, (2nd year programming student currently) and ive been building my personal roms from source for about 6 months, and in the past few months ive started actively changing source code, integrating parts from some kernels and ROMs, and adding things to system apps (like voltage control and frequency mod in the settings.apk)
however, on the other hand, i do have fairly large gaps in my knowledge. i only barely know how to use github, and i haven't really dealt with the Linux/android kernel much before this.
honestly, on a scale from 1-10 (1=android user, 10= developer like Whitehawkx/Morfic) id say about 7.
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Sounds like a really good idea, I myself sometimes get sick of constantly flashing & re- setting up my phone the way I like it, a good long term rom with everything would be awesome. How bout using the new 2.3.4 stock as a base?
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would most likely be ICS. (sorry )
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honestly, on a scale from 1-10 (1=android user, 10= developer like Whitehawkx/Morfic) id say about 7.
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Wow, i don't even rate myself that high, lol. I say go for it, the more devs we got the better.
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Wow, i don't even rate myself that high, lol. I say go for it, the more devs we got the better.
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i feel im a very competent programmer, but there are thing i am pretty much oblivious too. outside of android I've got a good portfolio of programs and source, but when it comes to android, I'm still learning. (and i definitely feel your more knowledgeable than me)
Do it one more person helping the community isn't a bad thing. You're obviously knowledgeable enough. Once you start playing with it and have a base crowd that likes what you do you'll get further involved and make a great rom in my eyes. You're willing to help everyone and give a very insightful solution to most and all types of questions.
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I agree with the above, but be weary of the people who destroy devs by all the nagging and begging.
Anticipating the arrival of this ROM!
I would do it. If you can base it off of stock with some cm7 improvements that would be cool, like with weapon g2x. I was using weapon till I switched to HFP.
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I will always support you, you always have long detailed responses to everyones questions and if anyone complains about your rom, let me know we will have a flame war. We don't want to lose a dev. Also I'm sure the other devs I'll help you out if you have any questions because they are all amazing people IMO. Go for it! Even if no one uses it, its a learning experience for you. You have nothing to lose
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I would use it if u make it for the photon
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Too bad this isn't a photon forum hurrdeedurr
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I personally like playing around with all the different kernels, etc..., but this would be perfect for my wife's phone, so I would definitely be interested
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Too bad this isn't a photon forum hurrdeedurr
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sorry i was looking at the top threads lol
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well ok then, it looks like im gonna go for it. thanks for all the support!
it will be ICS, and im still not sure about what ROM and Kernel i will base it off of (i still want to get permission from the original devs first).
keep a lookout for it coming soon(ish)!
ive also asked a mod to lock this (i dont want a hype machine happening that i cant live up to!)
locked as requested!