[Q] Is there a vanilla 2.2 ROM? - Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
Hey guys,
I've spent a lot of time here on XDA and around the internet and I can't seem to find an answer to my problem. I've been looking for a week or so, on and off.
I really would like to use my Vibrant for some mobile gaming, including some of the emulators that are available on the Market. What I would like to do is use the Wiimote Controller application alongside the emulators, because I never feel very comfortable using a touch-screen game pad.
The trouble is that for some reason, Samsungs Galaxy S line of phones will not sync up with the Wii Remote via Bluetooth. Most if not all HTC devices have been able to sync up, so I know the Wii Remote is capable of it. I spoke to the developer of the application and he said that for some reason the SGS line of devices just won't do it. He suggested a while back that flashing a stock-Android ROM should solve that problem.
My question, then, would be is there a Vanilla ROM based on 2.2 or do you guys know of a ROM that will accomplish what I'm going for? Right now I am using Frankin-TWIZ by Eugene and I love the ROM but the Wii Remote problem is still there.
So, I appreciate any advice and suggestions that you guys can offer and I do apologize if a similar thread has been started elsewhere, I really couldn't find anything.
Thanks so much,
Nate
Vanilla 2.2 will not help you here. The problem is in the Samsung implementation of Bluetooth. Bluetooth v3.0 + HS is on the virge of existence, but is not yet a fully ratified standard. Samsung used this fact to be able to release a device they call Bluetooth 3.0, but since there is no standard yet they can do whatever they want with. Apparently what they wanted was to not support Bluetooth game controllers.
T313C0mun1s7 said:
Vanilla 2.2 will not help you here. The problem is in the Samsung implementation of Bluetooth. Bluetooth v3.0 + HS is on the virge of existence, but is not yet a fully ratified standard. Samsung used this fact to be able to release a device they call Bluetooth 3.0, but since there is no standard yet they can do whatever they want with. Apparently what they wanted was to not support Bluetooth game controllers.
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So, I'm assuming there is no way for a Samsung Galaxy S device to use an older implementation of Bluetooth?
Thank you for your help, I really do appreciate it, this has been bugging me for a while haha
You should be able to gleam more information from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=746489
I am not saying that it is not possible, just that the ROM is not the issue, but rather the Bluetooth implementation is. It almost feels as if Samsung did this intentionality.
As far as I am aware all the ROMs here are based off either Samsung source or Samsung leaks. A TRULY vanilla ROM to get the original Bluetooth implementation would mean building it from Google source, which would be sans drivers and you would need to make everything work with your hardware by building your own drivers. I don't think you are going to find this just yet.
You could try CM 6.1, but it is not stable or final yet on the vibrant and I don't really know if it fixes the Bluetooth issue.
Everything works great with my MotoROKR S305 Stereo Bluetooth Headset, and that is all I really care about.
T313C0mun1s7 said:
Vanilla 2.2 will not help you here. The problem is in the Samsung implementation of Bluetooth. Bluetooth v3.0 + HS is on the virge of existence, but is not yet a fully ratified standard. Samsung used this fact to be able to release a device they call Bluetooth 3.0, but since there is no standard yet they can do whatever they want with. Apparently what they wanted was to not support Bluetooth game controllers.
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T313C0mun1s7 said:
You should be able to gleam more information from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=746489
I am not saying that it is not possible, just that the ROM is not the issue, but rather the Bluetooth implementation is. It almost feels as if Samsung did this intentionality.
As far as I am aware all the ROMs here are based off either Samsung source or Samsung leaks. A TRULY vanilla ROM to get the original Bluetooth implementation would mean building it from Google source, which would be sans drivers and you would need to make everything work with your hardware by building your own drivers. I don't think you are going to find this just yet.
You could try CM 6.1, but it is not stable or final yet on the vibrant and I don't really know if it fixes the Bluetooth issue.
Everything works great with my MotoROKR S305 Stereo Bluetooth Headset, and that is all I really care about.
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I'll take a look at that thread, and I just wanted to say that I really appreciate you taking the time to help me out here.
If there's anything I can do for you to return the favor, please don't hesitate to ask. Thanks again
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OK, thanks a lot! Then I won't have to look in vain. Any idea how far that future is?
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OK, then I'll wait a month or so for that. Thanks!
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Thanks, mate! Thread subscribed. I'm sure my wife can wait a few weeks, especially since I haven't told her about it yet. Much easier to tell her "time to update your phone, honey" than "in a few weeks or months it may be possible to update your phone, honey".
Mastiff said: Thanks, mate! Thread subscribed. I'm sure my wife can wait a few weeks, especially since I haven't told her about it yet. Much easier to tell her "time to update your phone, honey" than "in a few weeks or months it may be possible to update your phone, honey". Click to expand... Click to collapse Hahaha you are always welcomed! You did the best thing :good:
@Mastiff Go to bluez.org All KitKat roms on this forum use it as their Bluetooth stack. When they list a2dp as working it will work.
Thanks! But according to them, on the 11th of March: "On the Android side by far the biggest feature addition is full support for A2DP 1.3 and AVRCP 1.5. Several other profiles, such as HFP and GATT have continued receiving a fair amount of patches as well, but they are not considered complete yet." So that should mean that it's already working and has done so for almost a month. Or do I misunderstand it?
Our plaform is tricky. Is not enought BlueZ support (they work on Nexus devices) we need adapt our platform to BlueZ, because old Sony code is deprecated
OK, thanks. A bit more complicated than Hamza thought, then. Well, I'll probably just have to wait a bit longer.
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