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Hello all, going to be dipping my hands into ROM cooking, and I wanted to get a few opinions on the matter. I have my own ideas on what I want to include, but I would like to get the opinions of some the users that may be utilizing it on what you may prefer.
1) What would you like the source to be? (10c that amberhome uses seems to be pretty stable, but I am open to suggestions)
2) What would be your preferred home screen replacement? (Please only free ones, or ones that have a free version)
3) What kind of tools would you like included?
4) Any other apps you would like baked in?
Any other comments or suggestions are welcome, this is not just my ROM, but will be others as well
I think that Lg's Launcher should be replaced with LauncherPro.
lg's launcher tends to be laggy with the xtra stuff they implement.. please stick with lp or equivalent.
As of now, I am thinking about putting Launcher Pro + vLauncher in. I am a big fan so far of vLaunchers app drawer.
Umm.. launcherPro is more preferable for me. JIT enable + hardware acceleration enabled. For the source can u make another 1 for the Asia version because i stay at singapore
eigokyoukan said:
1) What would you like the source to be? (10c that amberhome uses seems to be pretty stable, but I am open to suggestions)
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By what people tell here,the roms are equal,it only changes locales or operators,so guess V10a would be good,because it is unbranded.
But if this theory is wrong,just go for V10c.
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2) What would be your preferred home screen replacement? (Please only free ones, or ones that have a free version)
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LauncherPro
eigokyoukan said:
3) What kind of tools would you like included?
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The only things that I replaced in V10a and that "for me" make sense to be put on a rom are:
Fancy widget - instead of the LG original one,because it shows the battery percentage.
Compass
GPS Status
Bar Code Scanner
Advanced Task Killer
AndroZip
Astro File Manager
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maybe google reader and skyfire (for the ones that are always asking for flash support for this phone).
Oh and of course this tweak
Another important thing is what shouldn't be removed...
A thing that could be good is if you and corwin42 could work together,because amberhome v1.1 is a good rom,it just needs some things sorted out,and two guys work faster than one most of the times
eigokyoukan said:
1) What would you like the source to be? (10c that amberhome uses seems to be pretty stable, but I am open to suggestions)
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wide language support will be welcomed, so try to compare it and you will see. It's not necessary to have everything because of its size, but it should be possible install next languages like chinese, czech, franch and so one. Most better solution to keep rom as small as possible - include only english and provide mechanism to select/download others.
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2) What would be your preferred home screen replacement? (Please only free ones, or ones that have a free version)
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So, I red few posts and it seems that not possible satisfy everyone - my solution - include home selector and two or three home screens with possibility to uninstall unwanted HSs.
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I will keep this on others. They speaks really reasonably.
eigokyoukan said:
4) Any other apps you would like baked in?
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I will keep this on others too, BUT - possibility to remove unused application is mandatory!!! Ideally for all applications which have not direct impact to system.
eigokyoukan said:
Any other comments or suggestions are welcome, this is not just my ROM, but will be others as well
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Enabling fastboot would be greatly appreciated.
rotorto said:
Enabling fastboot would be greatly appreciated.
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It's not so simple :>
I would love a black status bar instead of the boring white
And LP as default
I would like Super Circle Battery with % instead of the stock one..
tcmixx said:
I would love a black status bar instead of the boring white
And LP as default
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Android 2.3 Gingerbread
http://lifehacker.com/5707296/screenshot-tour-of-android-23-gingerbread-and-its-best-new-features
Also, ATM I am working on getting the modded kernel for the Optimus S (at least parts of it) working for Optimus T versions at the very least, which is the P509. Don't know weather any of it will be applicable to other P50x series, but I would like this to be in any ROM I release.
Hopefully by then others will have 2.3 hacked apart... and then... much fun will be had by all.
BTW anybody handy at sifting through source and with knowledge of arm cpu's feel free to contact me, any help or differing eyes/opinions would be greatly appreciated.
+ 1 Gingerbread!
Yes black notification bar would be greatly apprecaited.. and song shuffle with long press of volume +- keys would be a great addition...
Black status bar, circle battery with %, launcher pro, root.
It would be also nice to have gingerbread and fastboot.
A ROM like Kang-O-Rama would be great, I use this on my Nexus One and love it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=670317
I am posting because I have bought an LG Optimus T for my wife and want to customize it for her.
Gingerbread implementation!
New thread here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=866115
Closing this one....
It's on engadget:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/14/ice-cream-sandwich-source-code-released-sync-pending-go-ahead-f/
ICS source released!
Well.... *twiddles thumbs with evil grin"
Thoughts? Anybody gonna try to make it for our device?
It's still uploading, but hey they're taking care of it.
Apparently it requires 16 GB of RAM, 250 GB empty disk space, and some other killer specs to compile.
Here's a nice video qbking77 made about the release:
I hope maybe a cm8 port will be in our future
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mcord11758 said:
I hope maybe a cm8 port will be in our future
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CM9. The CyanogenMod Team reserved CM8 for HC, but as the source never got out they're just skipping to 9.
Did not know that, learn something new
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Apparently its a real monster to compile.
I read elsewhere that even with 250gb+ of HD space and 16gb RAM were looking at 5+ hours to compile.
Not to mention all the tweaking that has to happen for the vanilla to work on specific devices.
Green light.
http://groups.google.com/group/android-building/msg/40cbd4ea69e035d5
Ready? Go!
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Something tells me that we are at the back of the line with the Flyer even though this device might benefit most from it.
Hidden in the article in the op was that honeycomb source looks to be in the release.
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Something tells me that we are at the back of the line with the Flyer even though this device might benefit most from it.
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HTC's fault. They gotta spend around.. hmm... couple months to integrate sense ui, and for View customers they gotta wait for Sprint to get done with it too.
well at least this will open up things for some neat custom ROM tweaks. Especially since ICS is based off HC and we already have working kernel and radio.
I see that the Flyer is not among the devices that Cyanogenmod develops for.
Is there any hope that someone will put together an ICS mod for Flyer?
I like HC but I don't like the permanent status bar and I don't like the way notifications work. ICS is much more suited for the flyer for these reasons. I would take stock ICS over HC with Sense even though I think that Sense is really cool.
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I see that the Flyer is not among the devices that Cyanogenmod develops for.
Is there any hope that someone will put together an ICS mod for Flyer?
I like HC but I don't like the permanent status bar and I don't like the way notifications work. ICS is much more suited for the flyer for these reasons. I would take stock ICS over HC with Sense even though I think that Sense is really cool.
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For Cyanogenmod, we need to find a lead developer to bring the Flyer into the fold.
If the status bar in HC is one of your big issues, you won't like ICS any better. It's still there and works the same, can dim but not remove the bar.
"Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich System Bar and Action Bar
These are located in the System Bar - present in all apps - and enables you to navigate instantly to Back, Home, and Recent Apps. Virtual buttons are present across all apps, but can be dimmed by applications for full-screen viewing.
You can also access the contextual options for each app in the Action Bar at the top of the screen."
http://techland.time.com/2011/10/19/android-ice-cream-sandwich-explained/
DigitalMD said:
For Cyanogenmod, we need to find a lead developer to bring the Flyer into the fold.
If the status bar in HC is one of your big issues, you won't like ICS any better. It's still there and works the same, can dim but not remove the bar.
"Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich System Bar and Action Bar
These are located in the System Bar - present in all apps - and enables you to navigate instantly to Back, Home, and Recent Apps. Virtual buttons are present across all apps, but can be dimmed by applications for full-screen viewing.
You can also access the contextual options for each app in the Action Bar at the top of the screen."
http://techland.time.com/2011/10/19/android-ice-cream-sandwich-explained/
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I read somewhere that for devices like the Flyer that have capacitive buttons, that the bar is not needed. I could be wrong.
How do we go about enlisting a developer?
lawguy said:
I read somewhere that for devices like the Flyer that have capacitive buttons, that the bar is not needed. I could be wrong.
How do we go about enlisting a developer?
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$$$$$$$$$$
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I read somewhere that for devices like the Flyer that have capacitive buttons, that the bar is not needed. I could be wrong.
How do we go about enlisting a developer?
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I have not seen anything that indicates there is an option to remove the bar. Google considers the bar "permanent decoration". You can dim it, not remove it.
DigitalMD said:
I have not seen anything that indicates there is an option to remove the bar. Google considers the bar "permanent decoration". You can dim it, not remove it.
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It seems that you're right and that I was mistaken.
It also seems that on tablets, ICS notifications will work the same as they do on HC. That's too bad because I reallly like the pull down notification screen. For a 7" tablet, this works better than the pop up notifications on HC. I also still like the task killer. It is crazy that it is so difficult to close Apps on HC or earlier versions of Android.
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I guess that's the answer to most questions.
There is really no reason to close apps unless they are misbehaving. Running a task killer just fights with the internal android task manager which works very well in HC.
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There is really no reason to close apps unless they are misbehaving. Running a task killer just fights with the internal android task manager which works very well in HC.
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What you are saying may be true from a technical perspective but enough people want this feature that Google has added it as a standard feature of ICS.
For me, it is just a housekeeping issue. Once I am finished with an App, I don't want to see it unless I need it again. If I am working on three things, I want easy access to those three things. I don't want to see some game that I played yesterday or the image of some website that I last visited.
Ok, I wasn't clear. Some people obsess about trying to close all tasks to free up memory, which is fruitless and fights the system which is trying to maximize memory use so that task don't have to be reloaded when needed. That action using a "task killer' is bad, makes the system lag and use more battery. Closing individual apps that you are done with and that don't need to run for background data is fine and there are many good applications on the market to do that, just be careful about automated task killers.
It would be nice if someone were to start a CM port for the Flyer. If HTC even does do an ICS update (unlikely, in my opinion), it's sure to be much later, considering Honeycomb is still not out. I'm sure there will be ICS ROMs for the Flyer, though...just maybe not CM.
Marko!s Mod list and Ideas
Dear NOOB,
first off welcome to the android family and welcome to the transformer prime. I have compiled a list below that will help you along the way to getting your TFP rooted and customized the way you want. i will also include an FAQ for some of the very new users. I hope you find this list helpful and informitive.
for almost everything below you NEED ROOT so check out those threads first.
SEE THIS THREAD !!!!!!!=======>http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1441138
Root/Unlock:
Root ICS + BusyBox INCLUDES LATEST UPDATE
Root HC
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ROMs:
N/A
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MODs:
Tweaks App
ViperControl OC to 1.5/1.6GHz
Kernel Modules
Install Ubuntu
Universal Drivers
VPN Support
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Themes:
ICS Buttons & quick panel
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feel free to PM me if something is missing
Transformer Prime DEV & Themes
Ideas suggestions and discussion
This is also a thread for everyone and anyone to give their ideas and input on what you would like to see on the prime. If you have a suggestion question or idea you can post it here and hopefully someone will be able to get it done. This can be themes (ports from other devices or new ones) or more technical mods. Please keep this thread clean and don't post ideas that you see in the list below, I will try and keep it as up to date as possible. Feel free to also post questions about the possibility of certain mods or your ideas .
If you see an idea here that has already been accomplished pm me and I will include links to all the mods, roms, features and themes. Hopefully this will become a very easy place to find everything you need
Suggestions:
Dev Ideas:
battery life improvements(obviously)
Battery settings fix for 3rd party apps
Kernel awesomeness : OC, wifi(5GHz)
Stylus mode(no palm detection)
Camera Quality
3D!
Remove SD notification
Remap keyboard shortcuts
Full USB support
Dual Boot
Native IDE
USB support
tether through dock
Gestures
web OS port
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THEMES:
Mint green
Windows
Futuristic
Cybertron
Star trek
All around transformers
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Ill hopefully keep this thread as updated as possible
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Im actually almost done porting that to my house phone. Shouldn't be to hard to get it running on the TP after that.
Herp derp
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marko! said:
Im actually almost done porting that to my house phone. Shouldn't be to hard to get it running on the TP after that.
Herp derp
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House phone:O?
This is what pops up in my head when you mix win8+house phone:
(No need to comment on my pro shopping skills)
mafiapanda said:
House phone:O?
This is what pops up in my head when you mix win8+house phone:
(No need to comment on my pro shopping skills)
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No comment .
A windows theme would be nice though
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I'd suggest you abandon this thread and base one in the Dev forum where the "iron fist" rules can apply.
IMO, this unmoderated sub-forum is going to have your thread go to hell ...
Heavily gesture based ICS!
Like a task switcher like on windows 8 swipe from bezel to screen to switch windows...
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curreyr said:
I'd suggest you abandon this thread and base one in the Dev forum where the "iron fist" rules can apply.
IMO, this unmoderated sub-forum is going to have your thread go to hell ...
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I agree but the same iron fist would keep this out of the dev section because there is no development happening.
If the mods feel like it should be in the dev then someone please move it
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Are you doing a pre or post ICS? For me, I will wait for ics to come out before rooting. Then ill play with ICS heavily before adding a ROM.
-Over clocking all 4 cores to 2ghz a piece, if possible. For some serious horse power to compete with newer tablets coming down the road. Of course needs to be stable or doesn't overheat n melt the device..lol
-some sort of uploader for native browser or even compatible with 3rd party browser. For ex. Safari on my iPad couldn't upload or download on stock setup. With jailbreak n Cydia, I have safari downloader, which enables download manager in native browser, and safari uploader. Which allows me to upload something thru the browser by accessing device files. Ex. I go to a site I need to upload resume. I just click on upload link on page, then it accesses my files. Then I search for resume, click on it , and proceed to upload.
-Some sort of futuristic theming around Transformer prime, movie or whatever. Completely changes the look up to a more high tech device.
-optimize and increase camera/video quality even more, if possible. I know it's already good, but could be a way to raise MP rating through software adjustments.
-an app like g power, available from Cydia for JB iPad. I double tap the top of screen(through activator) and it brings up quick menu to power down, reboot, or respring(if that applies to android). Or maybe just subtle gestures to access important features of device or apps.
-make skype and any other video chat apps that don't work with prime, work
-Tegra 3 supports 3d. Maybe make a way to enable 3D mode, with or without 3d glasses.
-see if any ways to optimize/beef up the gpu even more.
-maybe a way to download and install IOS tablet apps/games through an emulator or some other way. So we have access to even more apps, especially since IOS tablet only apps far outnumber androids.
-dual boot capabilities , possibly windows
-hack pad tool set..lmao
-a special feature, cybertron mode, that whenever Prime is in vicinity of an IOS device, we can disable and shut it down. Then we go over n show off how cool the prime is and enable that device to run run again. Showing that we can amd did, fix the device wirelessly or if you want it completely disabled for life, so be it.
Just throwing stuff out there, I'll update this post as I come up with more ideas.
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-Over clocking all 4 cores to 2ghz a piece, if possible. For some serious horse power to compete with newer tablets coming down the road. Of course needs to be stable or doesn't overheat n melt the device..lol
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I'm sure that people will overclock it, but I don't think we need it at this point considering that even with stock, the TFP will likely annihilate anything currently out. It won't have to compete with any other tablets for a long time.
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-an app like g power, available from Cydia for JB iPad. I double tap the top of screen(through activator) and it brings up quick menu to power down, reboot, or respring(if that applies to android). Or maybe just subtle gestures to access important features of device or apps.
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Many phone/tablet ROMS can already do this; all you have to do is hold the power button to bring up the menu.
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-maybe a way to download and install IOS tablet apps/games through an emulator or some other way. So we have access to even more apps, especially since IOS tablet only apps far outnumber androids.
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Completely impractical. iOS is not open source like Android, and even ignoring Apple coming down on anyone that attempts to do it, the architecture for the two are completely different, so even emulating it isn't something that can be done. At the risk of exaggeration, building a rocket to the moon sounds more plausible.
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-dual boot capabilities , possibly windows
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Someone will do it eventually, I think.
Suggestion or aquestion of viability since I have no idea what you can really do developing a rom.
Some sort of "stylus mode" where large touches from your palm don't get registered and mess up your writing for all those apps that using a stylus is nice but don't have palm recognition.
There's something i think fits both transformer tablets perfectly: A native android IDE. Developing for Android and testing it in the same tablet you're coding on the fly. No need for an additional device.
As far as ROMs go.... i still don't have the prime so i can't see what should be changed
+1 on the stylus mode.
usb support. I'll try to explain. whatever needs to happen to make the usb adapter work like a "real" usb port like on the Iconia A500. I wanna use flash drives and the remote control dSLR app to controll my camera. If that isn't already built into ICS.
Not too crazy on the tweaks. I've noticed the more tweaks in cooked roms the more custom problems there are.
Glad you're starting early.
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-Over clocking all 4 cores to 2ghz a piece, if possible. For some serious horse power to compete with newer tablets coming down the road. Of course needs to be stable or doesn't overheat n melt the device..lol
-some sort of uploader for native browser or even compatible with 3rd party browser. For ex. Safari on my iPad couldn't upload or download on stock setup. With jailbreak n Cydia, I have safari downloader, which enables download manager in native browser, and safari uploader. Which allows me to upload something thru the browser by accessing device files. Ex. I go to a site I need to upload resume. I just click on upload link on page, then it accesses my files. Then I search for resume, click on it , and proceed to upload.
-Some sort of futuristic theming around Transformer prime, movie or whatever. Completely changes the look up to a more high tech device.
-optimize and increase camera/video quality even more, if possible. I know it's already good, but could be a way to raise MP rating through software adjustments.
-an app like g power, available from Cydia for JB iPad. I double tap the top of screen(through activator) and it brings up quick menu to power down, reboot, or respring(if that applies to android). Or maybe just subtle gestures to access important features of device or apps.
-make skype and any other video chat apps that don't work with prime, work
-Tegra 3 supports 3d. Maybe make a way to enable 3D mode, with or without 3d glasses.
-see if any ways to optimize/beef up the gpu even more.
-maybe a way to download and install IOS tablet apps/games through an emulator or some other way. So we have access to even more apps, especially since IOS tablet only apps far outnumber androids.
-dual boot capabilities , possibly windows
-hack pad tool set..lmao
-a special feature, cybertron mode, that whenever Prime is in vicinity of an IOS device, we can disable and shut it down. Then we go over n show off how cool the prime is and enable that device to run run again. Showing that we can amd did, fix the device wirelessly or if you want it completely disabled for life, so be it.
Just throwing stuff out there, I'll update this post as I come up with more ideas.
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NVM my last post.......what HE said....
tried to deodex the system, but im getting really wierd errors.. i htink its honeycomb related buttt.
Is it possible to have a four finger swipe function on the ROMs for the transformer to switch recent applications or to look at the recent apps like the iOS? i.e. As was previously asked gesture based OS would be pretty nice..
Also possibility of overclocking and undervolting, mainly the companion core for the background tasks which might improve the response further.. It is pretty good in comparison to old tablets from what the demos show but I guess bumping up the 500MHz 5th core could possibly help mundane tasks?
GPU improvements would be absolutely great- as previously mentioned..
Also perhaps a possibility of changing color saturation on the screen (in addition to the already present brightness- akin to settings on laptop GPUs)?
I see from a lot of demo photos in review sites that the camera gives a slightly reddish tinge to the photos- in comparison to the photos from Galaxy tab- it will be great to have some sort of a s/w fix to improve the quality..
As mentioned before, stylus mode would be very nice..
Possibly some sort of audio processing (like beats audio processing on the HTC sensation android revolution ROMS)..
i would say make a couple themes for it now but mainly study the ICS source code so that when it lands on the prime you can make the best ROM's possible and release them quicker. but im all for a windows 8 theme as long as it truly looks like windows 8 which im not sure if you can do without a launcher but i think windows 8 if it's good will finally convince me to switch from mac
demandarin said:
-Over clocking all 4 cores to 2ghz a piece, if possible. For some serious horse power to compete with newer tablets coming down the road. Of course needs to be stable or doesn't overheat n melt the device..lol
-some sort of uploader for native browser or even compatible with 3rd party browser. For ex. Safari on my iPad couldn't upload or download on stock setup. With jailbreak n Cydia, I have safari downloader, which enables download manager in native browser, and safari uploader. Which allows me to upload something thru the browser by accessing device files. Ex. I go to a site I need to upload resume. I just click on upload link on page, then it accesses my files. Then I search for resume, click on it , and proceed to upload.
-Some sort of futuristic theming around Transformer prime, movie or whatever. Completely changes the look up to a more high tech device.
-optimize and increase camera/video quality even more, if possible. I know it's already good, but could be a way to raise MP rating through software adjustments.
-an app like g power, available from Cydia for JB iPad. I double tap the top of screen(through activator) and it brings up quick menu to power down, reboot, or respring(if that applies to android). Or maybe just subtle gestures to access important features of device or apps.
-make skype and any other video chat apps that don't work with prime, work
-Tegra 3 supports 3d. Maybe make a way to enable 3D mode, with or without 3d glasses.
-see if any ways to optimize/beef up the gpu even more.
-maybe a way to download and install IOS tablet apps/games through an emulator or some other way. So we have access to even more apps, especially since IOS tablet only apps far outnumber androids.
-dual boot capabilities , possibly windows
-hack pad tool set..lmao
-a special feature, cybertron mode, that whenever Prime is in vicinity of an IOS device, we can disable and shut it down. Then we go over n show off how cool the prime is and enable that device to run run again. Showing that we can amd did, fix the device wirelessly or if you want it completely disabled for life, so be it.
Just throwing stuff out there, I'll update this post as I come up with more ideas.
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Rofl
Android already does almost all of those things, without hacks. Silly ios sheeple.....
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A transformer silhouettes or style theme (doesn't have to contain pictures of the primes or what not) or maybe a 2 tone theme of cybertron very stylized so it's clean and slick.
Excuse me if there are themes like this out already (regardless I would like to do so 2 tone art work) and I would like some old school transformer sound bytes in there for transitions. I'm envisioning more of a theme of what a computer UI would look like on cybertron or to a transformer and not just a generic cartoon theme. =)
Ello,
I have an Alcatel One Touch Mini running Jelly Bean on stock rom, and themer installs fine and I can apply themes.
However, when I go to 'browse' and then 'newest', to display the latest themes, the latest theme is "city", which is from a couple of months back. It would appear that I can't view any of the newer themes.
I've tried reinstalling themer but it doesn't help. My resolution according to "lcdspecs" is:
res - 480 x 854
pixels/inch - 240
I haven't knowingly installed anything which should effect it.
Does anybody have any ideas what's going on here? I want the greenly theme so badly!
Thanks
Candiety said:
Ello,
I have an Alcatel One Touch Mini running Jelly Bean on stock rom, and themer installs fine and I can apply themes.
However, when I go to 'browse' and then 'newest', to display the latest themes, the latest theme is "city", which is from a couple of months back. It would appear that I can't view any of the newer themes.
I've tried reinstalling themer but it doesn't help. My resolution according to "lcdspecs" is:
res - 480 x 854
pixels/inch - 240
I haven't knowingly installed anything which should effect it.
Does anybody have any ideas what's going on here? I want the greenly theme so badly!
Thanks
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Hi, sorry we didn't get back to you on Facebook, was speaking to the rest of the team.
In theory your phone shouldn't be supported as it doesn't have soft keys (as far as we can tell). So only devices with a 480x854 resolution with soft keys are properly supported.
Did you root your device?
If it's completely stock, it might have been lucky that your phone supported themes up till now. Devices with a 480x854 resolution and no soft keys will be supported very soon though.
ThemerSupport said:
Hi, sorry we didn't get back to you on Facebook, was speaking to the rest of the team.
In theory your phone shouldn't be supported as it doesn't have soft keys (as far as we can tell). So only devices with a 480x854 resolution with soft keys are properly supported.
Did you root your device?
If it's completely stock, it might have been lucky that your phone supported themes up till now. Devices with a 480x854 resolution and no soft keys will be supported very soon though.
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Okay thank you. Purely out interest, do you have any idea why they stopped working after the 'city' theme?
My phone is rooted using kingo root, but themer installed just fine before that was the case!
hmmm maybe the rooting is the problem then if it was working before,but as suport posted the resolution isn't supported
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hmmm maybe the rooting is the problem then if it was working before,but as suport posted the resolution isn't supported
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Ahh, you misunderstand me. Themer installed fine before I rooted and it installs fine now. It still has the issue with not displaying a massive proportion of the (seemingly newer) themes though.
but did it display them before rooting ?
Candiety said:
Ahh, you misunderstand me. Themer installed fine before I rooted and it installs fine now. It still has the issue with not displaying a massive proportion of the (seemingly newer) themes though.
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Like we mentioned it could have been purely coincidence. Some themes aren't seen on other devices due to the complexity of the theme. If it completely stops showing any new themes though, then it might due to your device.
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Like we mentioned it could have been purely coincidence. Some themes aren't seen on other devices due to the complexity of the theme. If it completely stops showing any new themes though, then it might due to your device.
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Sorry for bringing this thread back, but I have been thinking about this recently and think it's probably quite important.
So basically the situation as alread stated is:
1. Alcatel One Touch Mini phone
2. All themes released before the theme 'city' work
3. All concurrent themes don't
As far as I can work out, this theme was released in December. As such, at around about the time of that date, something changed within the programming structure of Themer which makes all concurrent themes incompatible with my phone.
I know that themer are trying to increase the list of supported models, so I would imagine this is a pretty important thing to note!
Just thought I would put it back out there.
Any further ideas? Surely coincidence does not apply here.
Thanks
Candiety said:
Sorry for bringing this thread back, but I have been thinking about this recently and think it's probably quite important.
So basically the situation as alread stated is:
1. Alcatel One Touch Mini phone
2. All themes released before the theme 'city' work
3. All concurrent themes don't
As far as I can work out, this theme was released in December. As such, at around about the time of that date, something changed within the programming structure of Themer which makes all concurrent themes incompatible with my phone.
I know that themer are trying to increase the list of supported models, so I would imagine this is a pretty important thing to note!
Just thought I would put it back out there.
Any further ideas? Surely coincidence does not apply here.
Thanks
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Hi,
Unfortunately there's not much that our team can do. We don't have the resources to check why rooted phones have issues, especially ones that aren't fully supported (as mentioned, only a 480x854 resolution with soft keys is fully supported). The team probably removed a root-fix feature after that specific update as many people were complaining about crashes/bugs with devices that weren't supported.
We apologize for the inconvenience, but at this moment in time, our team don't have the time or resources to work on rooted devices.
The tablet received a major update the day before yesterday. It was 4.0 GB in size, bumped Android version from 11 to 12. Otherwise there were almost no good changes.
Changes I noticed:
Android Version 11 > 12
like on the phones no dark mode settings for individual apps
Material You support (but also like on phones no settings)
Security patch to October 2022
Launcher:
appicons change their positions during the update
grid is no longer adjustable & changes automatically (!) after display rotation (4x6, 6x4), therefore the icons also move
there is a large margin to the left and to the right, both orientations
many app names must be abbreviated with "..."
the new widgets are finally here, BUT this restricts all other widgets in size & position (There may be gaps that are large enough but can only be filled with apps)
Notifications and Control Center:
background Blur for notifications and quick settings: "simple-blur" > "real-glass-blur"
the notifications are displayed in a smaller space in landscape (like phone in portrait)
thus also more abbreviations than before
the control center has been updated and now looks more like (a fake of) iOS
One thing is striking: some things that were previously adapted to the display size are now more optimized for phones. This can be seen from the fact that, for example, the notifications are only in the middle of the screen and look more like a "portrait on landscape". As a result, the content no longer fits in completely and is abbreviated to "..." for most notifications. Something similar can also be observed in the launcher: The icons always have a large distance to the edge, they are so close together that the app names have to be abbreviated with "...".
Would it be possible that the base of the ROM was changed to that of the phones? I don't know how to check that, but I think in this case it would be possible to release the xiaomi.eu ROM for the tablet.
So don't update yet right? My Pro wifi version still stuck on 13.0.10.
I would ditch MIUI altogether if you're on the Elish (WiFi only) model.
I'm using Arrow OS (A12) and this is just 100x more smooth than the stock MIUI ROMs.
It BAFFLES me that this is the case.... team that makes the device should be able to optimise it as much as possible, yet some random built ROM from source is far superior. Sheer incompetence....
There's a Telegram group if anyone is interested.
kickassdave said:
I would ditch MIUI altogether if you're on the Elish (WiFi only) model.
I'm using Arrow OS (A12) and this is just 100x more smooth than the stock MIUI ROMs.
It BAFFLES me that this is the case.... team that makes the device should be able to optimise it as much as possible, yet some random built ROM from source is far superior. Sheer incompetence....
There's a Telegram group if anyone is interested.
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Do PM me for the Telegram group link, thank you so much.
tssphysicsboi said:
So don't update yet right? My Pro wifi version still stuck on 13.0.10.
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I would say it's a matter of getting used to it. After a few weeks I no longer noticed the disadvantages. On the contrary, I'm happy about (the reintroduced) real glass blur and Material You support (especially Gboard).
The fact that the app icons in the launcher always switch between 6x4 and 4x6 (screenshot attached) is also the case with the new 12.5 tablet. If you want a pen/keyboard and up-to-date security patches, there is no way around it.
Unfortunately, I discovered something else (Does not have to be related to the update): if you leave Firefox, just to answer a message, for example, everything is reloaded. Means when I read an article I end up at the beginning, when I pause at a film I'm back at the beginning, if I want to add a photo to this post I need 5+ tries because the page will refresh in the time of choosing... Unfortunately, adding a lock to the app in the app overview does not change anything.
kickassdave said:
I would ditch MIUI altogether if you're on the Elish (WiFi only) model.
I'm using Arrow OS (A12) and this is just 100x more smooth than the stock MIUI ROMs.
It BAFFLES me that this is the case.... team that makes the device should be able to optimise it as much as possible, yet some random built ROM from source is far superior. Sheer incompetence....
There's a Telegram group if anyone is interested.
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Hi friend,
I'm just wondering if you're able to use desktop mode or anything similar with Arrow OS. A big feature I'm looking to use with the wifi tablet is desktop mode (connect keyboard and mouse)
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Hi friend,
I'm just wondering if you're able to use desktop mode or anything similar with Arrow OS. A big feature I'm looking to use with the wifi tablet is desktop mode (connect keyboard and mouse)
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There's a bug in that the on screen keyboard doesn't come up by default... So I plugged in a usb c hub with keyboard and mouse. All worked great.
kickassdave said:
There's a bug in that the on screen keyboard doesn't come up by default... So I plugged in a usb c hub with keyboard and mouse. All worked great.
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Cool! Are you using the desktop mode APK (launcher) do do your work or just using it in the regular tablet mode
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Cool! Are you using the desktop mode APK (launcher) do do your work or just using it in the regular tablet mode
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Regular tablet mode, but I would expect that means your hardware should work as you expect. End of the day, you could easily flash back to stock.