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You may have noticed by now that the Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-i9500 has no AOSP ROMS, that means no CyanogenMod, AOKP or Paranoid Android.
While the Qualcomm i9505 is basking in Google edition ROMS and Nightlies of CyanogenMod, the i9500 is in the dark.
The only ROMS available for the Exynos powered i9500 currently are Touchwiz based, and are essentially only modified versions of Samsung's own stock ROM. :crying:
There is a reason for this...
You see, to build an AOSP ROM developers need the phone's sources, in this case, devs such as those who work on CyanogenMod and AOKP need the Exynos 5 sources. The problem, Samsung isn't giving them out just yet.
Now back with the Exynos 4, Samsung promised to release the sources to give devs a fighting chance, what they ended up getting was incomplete, and almost useless. It took the developers two years to get something that half worked out of it!
I'm not saying we will never see non touchwiz based ROMS for the Exynos S4, mainly because it appears progress is already being made.
However, until the day comes where we see an AOKP ROM for the i9500, check out this ROM by doga.ozkaraca
It's a heavily modified version of touchwiz with the only noticable Samsung feature being Settings.
Until next time,
Droidulation
I already have an AOSP Rom on my i9500 :good:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2294176 Check this out, It should be available soon.
CM for I9500 is work in progress... Intervigilium is working hard on bring AOSP love to I9500.. I can see, we are like few weeks away from CM ROM (not stable but at least usable) on I9500..
It takes time but that's worth it
LegendJo said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2294176 Check this out, It should be available soon.
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Yeah, I saw that.
I linked it with the word "progress" in my original post.
Thanks anyway!
Rahulrulez said:
CM for I9500 is work in progress... Intervigilium is working hard on bring AOSP love to I9500.. I can see, we are like few weeks away from CM ROM (not stable but at least usable) on I9500..
It takes time but that's worth it
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Yeah, can't wait for the day where I can finally flash a Google based ROM to my i9500, almost stating to regret I chose the i9500 over the i9505 :laugh:
Grarak said:
I already have an AOSP Rom on my i9500 :good:
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waiting patiently for it ...
Because Exynos. Simple answer really. Exynos has been an enemy of AOSP ROMs since Galaxy S2 all the way to Galaxy Note 10.1.
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MaKTaiL said:
Because Exynos. Simple answer really. Exynos has been an enemy of AOSP ROMs since Galaxy S2 all the way to Galaxy Note 10.1.
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Because of proprietarys
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Because of proprietarys
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That's what I said....
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Devs lije chainfire, koush etc walked away from any Samsung soc a long time ago. We were more or less lied to at the android bbq so it no surprise.
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Patient to wait...
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There is AOSP Roms for the i9500.
GR36 said:
Devs lije chainfire, koush etc walked away from any Samsung soc a long time ago. We were more or less lied to at the android bbq so it no surprise.
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I couldn't agree more with them with all the issues they faced with exynos soc, without talking about the brick bug in n7000...
So could someone start making stock 4.2.2 like rom which doesnt have those fancy things and something. Just stock 4.2.2 like rom for samsung galaxy tab 2 10.1 GT-5110 because we dont have it and i think it could be faster that CM and AOKP roms. I dont know will we get 4.2 stock rom from samsung in next 2 months but i would love it if we could have it already.
Funny, CM and AOKP are closer to stock android than a Samsung ROM...
Don't worry, there will be plenty of 4.2.2 Touchwiz (aka Samsung) ROMs once it is released by Samsung.
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After all we might get 4.4 update....
http://www.sammobile.com/2013/12/06...ace-3-galaxy-core-and-other-low-cost-devices/
Excuse my ruff language but this is complete bull****.
We'll be patient with samsung -.- ... always for ous ACE 2 they take their time...
I dont think samsung will spend time on ace 2 anymore
It is already 1,5 year old phone... There are many new models to care about.
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After all there are some gullible people in our community..
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Maybe in 2015 or 2016 ;(
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samsung oifficially announced the 4.4 update list, and ace 2 is included... so we can hope!..
mercator54 said:
samsung oifficially announced the 4.4 update list, and ace 2 is included... so we can hope!..
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And where is this official list? That picture in the posts above is just nothing. The fact that they considering update this doesn't means that we will get it. Even on sammobile.com they say this:
"However, just because Samsung is considering the update doesn’t mean the updates will actually come – the Galaxy S4 mini is one device that is most likely to get the update, but for the other devices on that list, there might not be much hope, if only because Samsung’s heavy and bloated TouchWiz skin might negate the work Google has done on reducing the memory consumption on Android 4.4 KitKat."
So no more updates for ACE2. That's the big bold fact.
mercator54 said:
samsung oifficially announced the 4.4 update list, and ace 2 is included... so we can hope!..
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my hope was gone when jellybean came out so late
I trust in Samsung no more... Howevwr. we have kitkat-based CM 11, so we don't really need official release!..
KitKat
teddytsen said:
my hope was gone when jellybean came out so late
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...but does it matter now Rox and others are making CM11?
To be honest - if KitKat on Ace 2 will ever be released and will be full of bloatware, such as JB, then I prefer unofficial CM releases. At least they're smooth and very fast and they don't kick off the launcher from memory as JB did, when I tried to go back from any app.
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Rox said:
I dont think samsung will spend time on ace 2 anymore
It is already 1,5 year old phone... There are many new models to care about.
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+1
additionally Samsung original firmwares are very unwieldy. I don't think so new original firmware fast, reliable and useful. Cause Samsung accomplish the break 4.4 KitKat fast and reliable key points.
grrigor said:
To be honest - if KitKat on Ace 2 will ever be released and will be full of bloatware, such as JB, then I prefer unofficial CM releases. At least they're smooth and very fast and they don't kick off the launcher from memory as JB did, when I tried to go back from any app.
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Yes but then we have more 4.4 blobs for custom rom and maybe kernel source 3.4.X. I don't believe, but if samsung release kitkat for Ace 2, we have some benefits from it.
I hope one day samsung release stable jb 4.1.2 like old 2.3.
MG2 is good, but it's not stable like GB. (freezes, UI lag, games lags).
i wish someone could make fully working AOKP 4.4 for my Ace II
dixee said:
i wish someone could make fully working AOKP 4.4 for my Ace II
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Someone might. Just wait.
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I'm having a quick dabble with Rox's CM11, it seems pretty darn smooth on first impressions. However I need my camera so I'll go back to 10.2 for now, great work though
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Even if samsung release any JB update (up to 4.2.x 4.3.x) or even a kitkat after having such messed up 4.1.2 I am not going to use them (well maybe as a base for further flashing). At this momment, custom roms are only option here. Luckilly, we have some skilled rom builders here so we should be fine for now
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Even if samsung release any JB update (up to 4.2.x 4.3.x) or even a kitkat after having such messed up 4.1.2 I am not going to use them (well maybe as a base for further flashing). At this momment, custom roms are only option here. Luckilly, we have some skilled rom builders here so we should be fine for now
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Hey, KitKat is built specially for low-end devices, so it would definitely be faster...
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Hey, KitKat is built specially for low-end devices, so it would definitely be faster...
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Only if is made right - something that Samsung won't make.
So, cyanogen finally released the oneplus one kernel source as it mentioned here m.androidcentral.com/oneplus-one-kernel-source-now-available-download does this means the rom can be ported?
well, it could be ported regardless. with lots of work of course. but that kernel is for that device, that hardware. drivers for that device specifically. if it will be ported, it would probably be using a nexus 5 kernel. as porting the kernel would be a much harder and more tedious job. anyways, we have a cm11 for the nexus 5, with a cm kernel?
Kernel source and ROM source are completely different. Kernel source means nothing in the context of this question.
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I've also been wanting ask if we are going to be seeing the CM11S ROM port anytime soon for our devices.
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Chill dudes. I would think we will be seeing nearly all features of the 11s ROM in due time. Most of the apk's from the OnePlus dump are already working on cm11 nightlies for our N5's.
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Hello guys,
I wonder which kernel is compatible with the nexus 5 build Mokee hammerhead?
If I remember right mokee is cm based?
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Ben36 said:
If I remember right mokee is cm based?
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yes ,
ok friend
Can help me,
by I install CM Code Blue and inciado the rom, but gets FC
Any kernel for cm should work. But if I think mokee may use different ramdisk so you need one that installs with 'anykernel' method
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