I had to post this because the only to working roms are the Gingerbread ones and thats it. Did all the developers stop working on their roms and moved on? or can we expect updates on their exsisting roms?
There are some really good roms out there and it seems as though the Eris is coming to an end.
Hmmm the only two working roms are the Gingerbread ones? I beg to differ....
It seems like most of the froyo roms have been updated around mid-late January.. I didn't know a few weeks was the end of our eris' lives! Your right though, in the sense that CM7 is now the new popular choice, and subsequently the most updated/talked about roms. Also alot of our devs have moved on to different phones and only drop by occasionally here to maintain their work and lend an expert hand
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xtrROM was just updated to version 5 a couple of weeks ago. CELB gets updated every few weeks. My guess is that Workshed and Tazz are concentrating on GB rather than Froyo these days, though I think Tazz is still working on the Froyo Sense build.
I think that Froyo has matured, obviously Eclair has as well, and obviously Gingerbread is getting a lot of attention right now.
Tazz is still updating his Froyo rom's, workshed is still updating his Froshedyo build, punk.kaos is still updating his froyo build as well as his GB build. New themes and complete theme roms are being built for cm7 AND cm6 constantly. Just gotta check the forums frequently and watch for updates. There's actually quite a bit of action going on in the Eris forums now a days, on the CM6 side as well as CM7. Also I am about to have a CM6 rom in the works.
Tazz and Workshed are perfecting their CM7 roms at the moment but are still dedicated to their CM6 roms too. There are some amazing devs here at the Eris forums that are working hard through sickness and all kinds of personal issues to give the people what they want. The 1st post is kind of like an insult to their work. Don't give up on them, they just have a lot on their plate right now.
Oh no don't get me wrong, I love my Eris. I do like the new GB roms its basically the same style and it makes it confusing which one to load on the phone. Zenexp, Energyexpress, tenzoRCmix those roms I wish were updated too. Especially those roms with apps2sd which makes it better for the Eris being that the Eris doesn't have lots of space.
But I understand these Dev's working hard to ensure that our phone become part of the whats new in the market on other phones. I commend their hard work.
just fyi both the gingerbread roms now have app2sd and cache2cache working. also, tazz had commented recently in his gingerbread thread about working on the camera for froyo sense.
Any of the 2.1 roms have been taken as far as they can go.
The 2.2 ROMs are almost 100% perfect... so no reason to update.
2.3 ROMs make the most sense.
Hungry Man said:
Any of the 2.1 roms have been taken as far as they can go.
The 2.2 ROMs are almost 100% perfect... so no reason to update.
2.3 ROMs make the most sense.
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OR... you could take those ol 2.1 roms and with the permission of their respected devs, and work on them yourself. Use the android kitchen to change some stuff n tweak it around. Then maybe YOU sir can update them for US!
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punk.kaos is still updating his froyo build as well as his GB build.
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He doesn't seem to be. KF last update was two months ago, and his GB ROM hasn't been updated since Jan 10. I'm not complaining about it at all, but he seems to be spending a lot of time working on his Fascinate ROMs right now.
I think Conap, Workshed, Tazz, Tenzo, and Zach.xtr are the developers most actively working on Eris ROMs right now.
Not so fast, Ranger Rick! They're developing on MANY levels. The Eris is still a big deal, okay? Okay
And now there is another new dev on here..... ME ! Put up my 2.2 rom a few days ago !
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=963722
Started working on a CM7 build yesterday as well and should have it done by the end of the week hopefully !!!!
Thanks for the feedback guys. I didn't mean to sound like a jack, but you're right about the roms. I would love to create my own or better yet take a rom and change to my liking. But don't know how. These roms you guys make are awesome but its like I always want more and always love new updates or new roms.
I'm good with PSCS4 but not coding or even trying to create a rom. I would love to learn and create my own or mod someone elses rom. How?
I think that first learning app creation might be a good place to start, get the basics of programming down. Then try to go deeper with a ROM. Idk, maybe that's just my own idea. I personally am kind of in the process od learning Java coding to make apps and have a few ideas for apps. The developer of one of my favorite apps called Ethereal Dialpad is helping me learn. He suggested Processing. Seems easy enough.
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Thanks for the feedback guys. I didn't mean to sound like a jack, but you're right about the roms. I would love to create my own or better yet take a rom and change to my liking. But don't know how. These roms you guys make are awesome but its like I always want more and always love new updates or new roms.
I'm good with PSCS4 but not coding or even trying to create a rom. I would love to learn and create my own or mod someone elses rom. How?
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Check out this post bro, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=756775
As long as you follow it step by step and don't do anything wrong it's actually kind of easy. Once I got everything installed and running it took me about 2 days to get my own 2.2 rom up and working (very fast and stable if I might add lol) which is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=963722
Now I'm working on a CM7 GingerBread rom for the Eris which will hopefully be done by the end of this week. Main thing you need to do is download the Oracle Virtual Machine and install Ubuntu on it. That first link I posted tells you how to do everything ! Try it out man, gotta start somewhere ! If you need any help with making yours, just let me know and I'll help to the best of my abilities !
Great news!
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Not so fast, Ranger Rick! They're developing on MANY levels. The Eris is still a big deal, okay? Okay
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this is great news and I am glad to read this! My Eris was my first Android phone and I am glad to see it is still being developed for! yeah!
The Eris is still alive according to Droid Life's article. We might get an OTA update. AWESOME. I still love my phone and love creating icons and putting ideas on it. Its just that every other phone is getting more attention and the Eris is in the back burner.
I'm still keeping mine.
The update is confirmed and people are already getting it. Justrelaxing on the Android Central forums has already got the update along with a few others. Here's the page, go to post #27
http://androidforums.com/htc-droid-eris/286167-just-had-system-update-eris.html
2 teams working on cm7 and coolya working on it again, why not all stick together and help each other to make a perfect cm7 more faster? because more people then working on it would that be not a better idea?
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That is a very good idea, but it all depends on the different egos of each developer, there are way too many ROMs to my liking, but since I won't be developing a new one I have to stick to what is available.
Anyways, I feel that this diversity has given us several average ROMs instead of two or three excellent ROMs.
Hopefully things will change in the future, but right now, I still feel jealousy for my wife's X8 with a fully working CM7 ROM... sigh...
I am just curious because I just put it on my Motorola Defy today and love it, I can only imagine how it would be on my Streak!!!
you know I just woke up with the same exact question. it's just a shame that my sister's old backflip can sport official support for cm7.1 and the streak doesn't.
I fear the main two reasons are the lack of support from dell (source codes etc) and the lack of developers. I myself am trying to understand how to actually make a rom just for the purpose of porting cm7.1 to the streak...
edit, I just realized that dj steve and fards are back on business with another rom. once those two guys have a rock solid version of gingerbred up and running on the streak, porting cm7.1 will be easy as pie...
I think Dell's strange 'customizations' to the hardware and unreleased source code for some obscure stuff (audio driver is one of the culprits iirc) are the things holding up a CM7 (or MIUI) release; i think a CM7 build could be theoretically done, but it would require lots of work and it might be really hard to get together as a daily usable rom.
Is probably for more than a year that DJ_Steve, fards and others have tried to convince Dell releasing source code for this stuff, but as of now it seems really unlikely we will ever get something.
Dell has released source code for the Dell Streak 5:
http://opensource.dell.com/releases/streak/
Is this incomplete or something that is not usable ?
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Dell has released source code for the Dell Streak 5:
http://opensource.dell.com/releases/streak/
Is this incomplete or something that is is not usable ?
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That is the kernel release, not the heart and soul of the Streak, that is why Steve, Fards, AWD and many others are hand jamming code. The release from the "Friend from the East" has helped, but is not everything they need in one single piece, again requiring more hand jamming of code. However 2.4 beta (Ginger Bread or AKA Ginger Streak)is working like a champ (IMHO).
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sorry for posting in the wrong place, still new around here, but ill try to make sure it doesnt happen again
and thats interesting, i think i might try a gingerbread ROM for the streak
can somebody tell me how it would differ from CM7? i am just curious how well the custom streak roms run compared to the CM7,
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sorry for posting in the wrong place, still new around here, but ill try to make sure it doesnt happen again
and thats interesting, i think i might try a gingerbread ROM for the streak
can somebody tell me how it would differ from CM7? i am just curious how well the custom streak roms run compared to the CM7,
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Well, since cyanogenmod has never been on the steak, there's no way to compare the two. I can tell you that it's awesome on my Aria.
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I've read about other programs useful for cooking, but as a newbie to Android/Rom dev'ing I'm curious as to which program would be best to begin Rom development for the Streak 5?
I too would like any info on developing roms. I recently traded my iphone 4 for my current dell streak. I absolutely love this phone.
If any dev out there could give any tips I would live to start playing round with roms. Makes for a great hobby especially with winter on the way.
I know theres alot to it, everyone has to start somewhere, it would be nice to start having more of s choice of roms for our device
Thanks in advance, thanks for starting this thread
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I know that dsixda's Android Kitchen is compatible with the Streak 7, I wonder if one of the plugins will support the mini. If not, is there another feasible Kitchen prog to deodex?
That kitchen does work for the 5 inch Streak ROMS. Its what I used for Streakin' 354.
if i wanted to port a rom to the streak 5 say ics for example, where would i start , and what software would i need etc, i have a lot of spare time after work so might aswell try and learn something while im at it
any help is appreciated
The drivers are the biggest issue in porting ROMs to the Streak. Even if you did get the required hardware and software you almost certainly would have to create drivers from scratch because the company that made the Streak for Dell won't release the source code. Something not nearly as easy as you might think. I believe DJ_Steve has been trying to create ICS for the Streak 5 with little success so far.
how about if i just wanted to create my own version of 2.3?
You would probably be better off taking the released version, 407, and making edits to it then repackage. There is a kitchen created by dsixda (at least I think that's the name) here on XDA. It doesn't list the steak as one it works for, but it does.
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