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I am posting this to see if any of you thunderbolt users would be interested in another, different idea of a custom rom for this phone.
The Blackhole Build-Your-Own-Rom series is a ROM I created, first for the Samsung Fascinate, which is based on the same idea as the Droidmod custom rom for the Motorola Droid. The premise is that you have a base ROM, which has been stripped of all but the very core programs, and you choose to add back only what you want. This combines the ideas of a clean/debloated ROM, and allows you to choose what versions of various apps you prefer to have. Choose from stock apps, mods, market apps, kernels, etc. and you'll be up and going without having to remove what you don't want from a "One size fits all" ROM.
I do typically provide a standalone flashable version for easy grab and go flashing, and in that case it's a super stripped down stock rom, with a few usability mods included in most cases. I'll be releasing the ROM in both ROM Manager, and the Android Customization Suite. If you have any questions, comments or suggestings anyone can feel free to contact me at [email protected].
If anyone wants more details, or would be interested in donating to help cover the cost of the phone check out the post at androiddoes.net http://goo.gl/r4Yi9
That would be pretty sweet.. new to the android scene and I gotta say theres a lot of roms/kernels, some have great features, then something added/removed I don't like, could of course always add/remove something but this is a good idea. If you are able to add kernels as well, along with sense/senseless would be good. I say do it up.
Sounds great! I will certainly be downloading it. Thanks!
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Thank you for your comments guys, keep 'em comming.
yea this would be awesome. i think i saw this mod on my wifes fascinate and heard good things about it.
LOVE IT!!!! very interested in this!!!!
Great, thanks for the positive feedback guys. I just picked up my Tbolt from the VZW store, and as soon as I figure out how to use it I'll get started =)
Yes, I would also love to see a grab, populate and go rom >> GPG ROM <<< thanks.
I would definitely dig this.
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I'm definitely interested in this
I loved your rom on the fascinate, great to see you start work on the TB
I've had blackhole running when I had my Fascinate and v4.3 currently on my GF's fascinate so I'd love to have it ported over on my TBolt!
I would love to have a Terminal type "toolbox" like ApeX... Nothing would be better than to add what Sense I want like I could with Blur.
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Definitely interested!
You might recognize my name, but I used to run it on the fascinate. I like it, I don't like themed markets and stuff, and with backhole I can chose what apps I want bundled with it, it just makes it really convenient to me when I can do that all in rom manager.
I remember sonofskywalker3 bringing the Blackhole rom project to the Vibrant and the sheer magnitude of the project on the Fascinate. I'm excited to see the possibility of bringing this to the Thunderbolt.
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Thanks alot for all your interest guys. I'll have a forum up at Androiddoes.net soon with the details and info for people who would like to beta test. I'll post a link when it's up. And it's good to see some familiar faces in here: ilogik, ignitros, destroyerbmx... what issues did you guys have when switching from Fascinate to Tbolt? I'm having a heck of a time finding the power button =)
Yea it took a while to get used to but apparently the power button sinks over time... Mine used to stick out but now is flush with the case.
I was more talking about it being on top instead of the side
But it does seem pretty low to the case, still works fine tho.
Yes! Definitely interested!
http://miui-dev.com/forums/showthread.php?4679-ROM-WIP-LG-Optimus-2X-Port-In-Development
Any news for g2x? I have taken a break from making roms and am also new to Porting roms, so someone should have a go.
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Can't be too far behind. Its what I'm looking forward to most.
Yes!!! I love me some Miui :-D
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After seeing the new update for the MT4G, I can't wait for MIUI! I haven't been this excited about it in months.
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After seeing the new update for the MT4G, I can't wait for MIUI! I haven't been this excited about it in months.
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I've never personally used MIUI but from what I have read people either love it or hate it. Why do you want it so much? What are the benefits?
its AOSP and the UI is different from the android we are used to here in the US. Even if you use a different launcher. Lots of extra features and customization to be done also.
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I've never personally used MIUI but from what I have read people either love it or hate it. Why do you want it so much? What are the benefits?
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I've used it.. and loved it on my G2. It's android with the iPhone polish man. Lots of great eye candy, downloadable boot animations themes, wallpapers, ringtones, notifications, etc... all built in. a GREAT task management/settings/net traffic tracker... built in.
I would suggest you give it a shot when it comes out. TONS of features.
Here's what i boils down to"
If you like a smooth clean polished and highly customizable UI (a lot of the work done for you.. it eliminated my need for quite a few apps I use for system management)... you'll like this.
if you want to run a stock vanilla form of android that allows YOU to do all of the tweaking and enjoy adb pushes and coding... run CM7 (which is also a FANTASTIC option)
I personally liked how aesthetically pleasing miui is. But I bought an android device to run android os not ios ;-)
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I know BUT ios is polished so is miui. It's the best of both worlds
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Right.. that's my point. it doesn't LOOK like iOS.. but i don't think ANYONE would argue that iOS has a lot more "love in the UI details" (ie... POLISH.. it's nice looking and consistently so). While android.. is definitely a hacker/programmers UI. VERY tweakable and functional.. just not that nice looking.
the resemblance it iOS is really peoples only objection to MIUI but the fact is that's only the default launcher. change the launcher and its no longer an issue.
Really?!? people think it looks like iOS?!? why because they're no app drawer? that's literally the only thing I can think of that's like iOS that isn't part of android anyway. (they both have dockable apps at the bottom, they both have a status bar with signal/time/date/etc). otherwise.. it's just Android with some UI love (polish). that's IT.. and like you said.. you can change the launcher.. but i don't see a reason to.
True. The only other thing is the way they changes the ticking system to the tab system. That's all i can think of.
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Really?!? people think it looks like iOS?!? why because they're no app drawer? that's literally the only thing I can think of that's like iOS that isn't part of android anyway. (they both have dockable apps at the bottom, they both have a status bar with signal/time/date/etc). otherwise.. it's just Android with some UI love (polish). that's IT.. and like you said.. you can change the launcher.. but i don't see a reason to.
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the icons themselves have an iPhone feel to them as well. as for the launcher.. that comes down to preference.
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the icons themselves have an iPhone feel to them as well. as for the launcher.. that comes down to preference.
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But there are themes. If you really hate iPhone you can still live with miui.
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I'm quite aware of that. I'm pro-MIUI.. Had it on my Vibrant since it was released for the phone. I was just saying the default theme is what turns people off of the ROM upon first glance.
There are lots of benefits to MIUI. For starters it usually runs VERY fast. It was the first rom to include toggles in the notification menu (CM7 does this now too). Also the menu's are no longer 6 squares, but listed. The whole OS is themable (CM7 is now too).
I am not particularly fond of the homescreen setup (No App Drawer) because all of your apps are on your desktop like iOS. The stock launcher is basically the same as iOS except you can put icons anywhere and supports widgets.
The Icons are very pretty and large, which I like.
You can accomplish most of this by using CM7, a good CM7 theme, and ADW EX with a MIUI theme.
I'm all about more custom roms. I enjoyed MIUI for a few days but damn CM7 nightlies always have me going back to try out the new features.
MIUI is a lot more than a simple skin. As others have said, its blazing fast, has amazing features built in (I really like being able to control all of my connections by the dropdown bar and even being able to reboot and such through the same bar) and is extremely polished.
The availability of themes can make it decidedly un-iOS very easily. The customization options built into the ROM are absolutely insane and I have it on my Inspire as well as my Captivate - I really hope someone picks it up and ports it to the G2x.
In comparison to most other devices, development on the G2x seems to be pretty slow overall which is a huge bummer. I guess too many people are busy constantly exchanging their devices to actually get cracking on development. *eye roll*
I'm trying to theme Touchwiz to look more, AOSPish
And would like some assistance, I have no coding skills whatsoever so I'll just be ripping stuff out of the systemUI.apk
I plan on changing those navbar buttons (God they look like crap)
The Quickapps flip button, to look like more minimal, maybe like the green dot Lenovo use to have on their HC tablets
And that blue divider on top of the NavBar (Why did they put that there.
And if anyone knows if its possile to change the panel that slides up, please let me know!
I'll get into it as soon as I get the latest version for the n8013 usa, (few hours)
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I'm trying to theme Touchwiz to look more, AOSPish
And would like some assistance, I have no coding skills whatsoever so I'll just be ripping stuff out of the systemUI.apk
I plan on changing those navbar buttons (God they look like crap)
The Quickapps flip button, to look like more minimal, maybe like the green dot Lenovo use to have on their HC tablets
And that blue divider on top of the NavBar (Why did they put that there.
And if anyone knows if its possile to change the panel that slides up, please let me know!
I'll get into it as soon as I get the latest version for the n8013 usa, (few hours)
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i have been working on something all nite, it is quite painstaking, still need to work out a few bugs, really need to figure out how to change the font color, any feedbad would be great
TouchWiz is Fine
ThaDSman said:
I'm trying to theme Touchwiz to look more, AOSPish
And would like some assistance, I have no coding skills whatsoever so I'll just be ripping stuff out of the systemUI.apk
I plan on changing those navbar buttons (God they look like crap)
The Quickapps flip button, to look like more minimal, maybe like the green dot Lenovo use to have on their HC tablets
And that blue divider on top of the NavBar (Why did they put that there.
And if anyone knows if its possile to change the panel that slides up, please let me know!
I'll get into it as soon as I get the latest version for the n8013 usa, (few hours)
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IT IS TIME WE STOP BUYING INTO APPLE'S ISSUES WITH SAMSUNG & ANDROID. It is the reason Adobe stopped supporting Flash on mobile which we all like. TouchWiz looks a lot better than stock Android with the black app drawer. TW is just adds a transparent affect among other things plus the multitasking. Somebody should be trying to make stock Android and IOS look more polished liked TouchWiz.
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IT IS TIME WE STOP BUYING INTO APPLE'S ISSUES WITH SAMSUNG & ANDROID. It is the reason Adobe stopped supporting Flash on mobile which we all like. TouchWiz looks a lot better than stock Android with the black app drawer. TW is just adds a transparent affect among other things plus the multitasking. Somebody should be trying to make stock Android and IOS look more polished liked TouchWiz.
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That's the one good thing a about all flavours of Android they are highly customizable. As for Apple they make a great product don't get me wrong, but I think the main reason Apple is losing traction is because it treats is users like children, you can only have a cookie is mommy says you can
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That's the one good thing a about all flavours of Android they are highly customizable. As for Apple they make a great product don't get me wrong, but I think the main reason Apple is losing traction is because it treats is users like children, you can only have a cookie is mommy says you can
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Actually, I think Apple is losing ground because better technology has been coming out at more and more affordable rates, and Android has been getting better and better each year. I know of a lot of people who went from the old Android (the crap, free ones basically) to Apple because of how ****ty Android used to be, compared to Apple. However, with the better, affordable tech that has been coming out, it's given people a chance to see how good Android is now, so people don't have this "amagawd, I'm computer illiterate so I must use Applez" mindset as much anymore.
Also, I think that Steve Jobs was a really great marketeer. Without him to convince people to love the new products.. I think people just don't feel as excited.
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IT IS TIME WE STOP BUYING INTO APPLE'S ISSUES WITH SAMSUNG & ANDROID. It is the reason Adobe stopped supporting Flash on mobile which we all like. TouchWiz looks a lot better than stock Android with the black app drawer. TW is just adds a transparent affect among other things plus the multitasking. Somebody should be trying to make stock Android and IOS look more polished liked TouchWiz.
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What the hell are you talking about?! I didn't see the OP mention anything about Apple or Samsung. This is a thread about making Touchwiz look more like AOSP. I don't mean to be rude, but if you aren't interested you don't have to read the thread.
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I agree with OP I hate the blue divider on the nav bar, In fact, the nav bar seems to cluttered imo. Having the nav bar time out to the dots on every app would be a good work a round. If its a matter of theming im sure it can be done quite easily.
Wow! I thought this thread went completely ignored and got no replies.
So sorry guys, I had very little success and got discouraged.
I didn't know there was actually activity here.
I'm down for giving it another try though. (lol, I replied 5 months later)
@ckavvouras That looks awesome! Can you share how you did that please? Or share your systemui.apk?
@edirector What the deuce are you talking about?
@relldroid Yeah I think the faded 3 dots look so clean! But I just couldn't find the image in the roms I searched in.
Also this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2186102
But for the 10.1 of course
So i have been looking for custom roms on many different websites, but there isn't one that i would say "this is the one" rom.
I have been think for what kind of rom i want for my GT-I9500, and here are some ideas that i came up with.
1) I have the google nexus 4 as well and the screen color on it looks amazing. Every time i switch on the phone, it just makes me want to look at the phone long. So maybe a rom that can make the screen color on the s4 better looking. (i don't know how to describe it)
2) I kinda like some of the samsung features like the multi window, quick glance, air browse, air move, air call accept, the palm motions, s beam.
3) On my nexus 4 i flashed the PAC-man rom, and i like it too.
4) I saw that some people can finish entering their pin and unlock the screen like the iphone without clicking ok/enter.
So maybe some developers can combine all these features and make a new rom, so for the people who doesn't want to get ride of all the samsung features and have many good features from the other roms.
If there is some kind of rom is like that already, can someone tell me the link? Thank you ~
Why is there a double post? Ooooo deja vu here lol
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How is it possible to make a thread with only 3 posts?
boterkaaseneieren said:
How is it possible to make a thread with only 3 posts?
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what do u mean
So you're all just gonna be ***** and make stupid comments?
Give the guy a break.
I think many of us here on XDA feel that combing AOSP with Samsung features would make a very cool ROM, however most of those features are Samsung proprietary features, so unfortunately it won't happen
Good idea but sadly there will always be a line between AOSP and Touchwiz.
However DSA came very close with his BlackBox ROM, it's Touchwiz but has a AOSP look and a few cool features.
Check it out
Obagleyfreer said:
So you're all just gonna be ***** and make stupid comments?
Give the guy a break.
I think many of us here on XDA feel that combing AOSP with Samsung features would make a very cool ROM, however most of those features are Samsung proprietary features, so unfortunately it won't happen
Good idea but sadly there will always be a line between AOSP and Touchwiz.
However DSA came very close with his BlackBox ROM, it's Touchwiz but has a AOSP look and a few cool features.
Check it out
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thank you so much for your comment~
I'm just curious, I don't see a lot of people really using the CM11 Roms here as much as I used to in the past devices that I've had.
Is there something I'm not seeing that others see?
What's your thoughts on the Snapshot releases on the Nexus?
I used to use cyanogenmod because it was so clean and had lots of options, but the last time i used it on my nexus 4 i saw it changed alot, looks more like an own os. I like roms like ParanoidAndroid, not bloated, very clean.
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I used to use cyanogenmod because it was so clean and had lots of options, but the last time i used it on my nexus 4 i saw it changed alot, looks more like an own os. I like roms like ParanoidAndroid, not bloated, very clean.
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I actually like PA myself, used to use it alot as well, but there isnt much optimization in regards to customizing. I don't like using Xposed personally, so thats out of the question. I also like the themes.
I dont mind so much that it has slowly become its own OS, I just decided to give it a run today and I enjoy it for the 2 hours I've had it, but I guess I'm prepping myself incase I do like the OnePlus One.
Can a mod please move this back to general? It was supposed to be a discussion not a question...
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justinisloco said:
Can a mod please move this back to general? It was supposed to be a discussion not a question...
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Use the report button, however it looks like a question to me. More people frequent q&a than general too. I don't see a problem being here and it's closer related to here too.