anything new rom wise, on the horizon that anyone knows about?
Just an FYI, this isnt a question for the development section.
Now to answer your question, we really only have one developer working on ROMs for us and thats dragonzkiller. I'm sure we will get an update to our CM9. And apparently he is working on JellyBean but thats not guaranteeing us to be getting it.
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Just an FYI, this isnt a question for the development section.
Now to answer your question, we really only have one developer working on ROMs for us and thats dragonzkiller. I'm sure we will get an update to our CM9. And apparently he is working on JellyBean but thats not guaranteeing us to be getting it.
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Would also love too see a port of the Droid Razr's new ICS rom. The updated motoblur. Looks cool
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Would also love too see a port of the Droid Razr's new ICS rom. The updated motoblur. Looks cool
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The only way we would get that though is if we got someone to do it. dragonzkiller can't do EVERYTHING. lol. I dont see very much else coming out for this phone. All the developers who have ever had it has moved on to something else already.
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The only way we would get that though is if we got someone to do it. dragonzkiller can't do EVERYTHING. lol. I dont see very much else coming out for this phone. All the developers who have ever had it has moved on to something else already.
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Is the guy who built eclipse no longer on x2?
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wareju said:
Is the guy who built eclipse no longer on x2?
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Oh, Nitro? I believe he has moved on from using the phone but still updates the DX2 ROM if he can. I could be wrong. I think he is MORE involved with other phones though.
Questions should be asked in the Q&A forums, not Development forums.
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Oh, Nitro? I believe he has moved on from using the phone but still updates the DX2 ROM if he can. I could be wrong. I think he is MORE involved with other phones though.
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I believe you nailed that on the head, but I will go a little further and say he's probally NOT looking to do anything for the X2 aside from the Eclipse. That's not saying he won't ever put out anything more for it but I believe if he does it will be Eclipse update. (Not holding my breath).
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Title says it all. I know we already got a rom really quick but I was currious if atrix well ever get on the nexus one level with a bunch of roms and devs? Also will there be roms that remove moto blur?
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Development for the atrix won't be quite like the Nexus, since that was a dev style phone.
Also, we don't technically have a ROM as it is just the modification of system files, and not a complete flashable package.
If a Nexus One like experience is important, consider the Nexus S when it comes to AT&T.
Can't afford and iI love this phone. I just want to rid it of blur or a less laggy blurr. will it at least get roms like the vibrant?
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Can't afford and iI love this phone. I just want to rid it of blur or a less laggy blurr. will it at least get roms like the vibrant?
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Try installing an alternate launcher like ADW, Go Launcher, or Launcher Pro (my launcher of choice) in the meantime.
Edit: Also, Moto said somewhere they will give us the tools in the future to really play with the phone, so only time will tell. If they ever keep to that promise, then we'll have nothing stopping us from really getting ROMs and Kernels out just like any phone with an unlocked bootloader.
Im sure were getting closer. I think we have quite a few developers working on trying to unlock it. Also, DG is working very hard at it too. Once it's unlocked we should see quite a few ROMs, kernels, and themes since it is atts first major android phone and the first dual core phone out.
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Im sure were getting closer. I think we have quite a few developers working on trying to unlock it. Also, DG is working very hard at it too. Once it's unlocked we should see quite a few ROMs, kernels, and themes since it is atts first major android phone and the first dual core phone out.
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i dont think its getting unlocked, according to some questions ive asked developers, it probably never will be.
jeebus i hope im wrong though. it pains me to have a phone that is locked down.
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Title says it all. I know we already got a rom really quick but I was currious if atrix well ever get on the nexus one level with a bunch of roms and devs? Also will there be roms that remove moto blur?
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I think its summed up pretty nicely here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=975714
This belongs in General or Q&A - NOT DEVELOPMENT.... people need to learn the flipping RULES and start FOLLOWING.... this is why these forums become so cluttered up.... NOONE follows RULES..... **facepalm**
Sorry
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Im sure were getting closer. I think we have quite a few developers working on trying to unlock it. Also, DG is working very hard at it too. Once it's unlocked we should see quite a few ROMs, kernels, and themes since it is atts first major android phone and the first dual core phone out.
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actually DG got rid of his atrix...
absolutely never.
trell959 said:
actually DG got rid of his atrix...
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This thread is like a month old...but anyway.
why not? do u know how much motorola want to do this?
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absolutely never.
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I recently came over to the DX2 from the DX where I was running CM7. Is there any way to get that on the deuce? Have been looking around and it seems that this Droid has been forgotten for the most part.
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Rumored to be coming soon...we shall see
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Rumored to be coming soon...we shall see
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That would be sweet!
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Rumored to be coming soon...we shall see
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I do not want this to become a rumor because "coming soon" is a very bad way to put it. If this rumor is about my current project, I'm telling you right now that CM7 is not my current project. What I will tell you is that what I'm working on will help me or whomever with CM7 and any other ROM dev such as nitro and his Eclipse ROM. Until then, CM7 is only a dream that every X2 owner (including myself) see as a future goal and not as a current project.
Also, moderators can we get this move out of the dev section and into the general or Q&A section? Please keep this section clean for actual development related topics.
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I do not want this to become a rumor because "coming soon" is a very bad way to put it. If this rumor is about my current project, I'm telling you right now that CM7 is not my current project. What I will tell you is that what I'm working on will help me or whomever with CM7 and any other ROM dev such as nitro and his Eclipse ROM. Until then, CM7 is only a dream that every X2 owner (including myself) see as a future goal and not as a current project.
Also, moderators can we get this move out of the dev section and into the general or Q&A section? Please keep this section clean for actual development related topics.
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Its awesome to see you are working on anything....no.matter how big/small for x2
ANY work for x2 dev is good news....thanks for taking time out of your EXTREMELY swamping school schedule for us. Unbelievably appreciated whether something happens or not.(wish u had donate button...just to show appreciation for.time spent
And YES agreed ...wrong section for.sure.
Oh yeah to the OP....IF we had a way to have any CM(cyanogenmod).on X2. It would be in the sticky originally posted by booked....which.is.consistently updated/monitored by booked) trust that anything u need or want that is possible for X2 is there.
This is not development. Please don't post question threads in the dev section...
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I doubt CM7 will see the light of day on the X2 unless the boot loader gets unlocked.
Since CM7 uses a custom kernel, the kernel in the X2 cannot be replaced/modified until the boot loader gets unlocked, which in turn would unlock the kernel. That's the reason CM7 hasn't been released for the X2 since it uses a modified kernel, which is different from a modified ROM.
Until then, we have to use the current ROMS which are coming out that mainly remove bloat from Verizon, tweak the UI (such as the task bar) and do some other tweaks to the settings to help improve the performance and maintain battery life. I really like the Eclipse ROM from Nitro. He's doing an excellent job. There's also Liberty and Molten.
Things like overclocking are not possible until the kernel itself is unlocked. However, due to encryption and not having access to the key to do the decryption, this is next to impossible. From what I've read, the only way to get the bootloader unlocked is to have some developer from Motorola leak an unlocked boot loader/kernel image. I believe that's the only way it happened with the Droid X or some other Motorola phone.
As for Motorola's statement that they would unlock phones starting in October, that was allowed ONLY if the carrier allowed it. Verizon isn't allowing it. So, the only way to really get this to happen is to complain to Verizon who probably will just ignore the complaints anyways.
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I doubt CM7 will see the light of day on the X2 unless the boot loader gets unlocked.
Since CM7 uses a custom kernel, the kernel in the X2 cannot be replaced/modified until the boot loader gets unlocked, which in turn would unlock the kernel. That's the reason CM7 hasn't been released for the X2 since it uses a modified kernel, which is different from a modified ROM.
Until then, we have to use the current ROMS which are coming out that mainly remove bloat from Verizon, tweak the UI (such as the task bar) and do some other tweaks to the settings to help improve the performance and maintain battery life. I really like the Eclipse ROM from Nitro. He's doing an excellent job. There's also Liberty and Molten.
Things like overclocking are not possible until the kernel itself is unlocked. However, due to encryption and not having access to the key to do the decryption, this is next to impossible. From what I've read, the only way to get the bootloader unlocked is to have some developer from Motorola leak an unlocked boot loader/kernel image. I believe that's the only way it happened with the Droid X or some other Motorola phone.
As for Motorola's statement that they would unlock phones starting in October, that was allowed ONLY if the carrier allowed it. Verizon isn't allowing it. So, the only way to really get this to happen is to complain to Verizon who probably will just ignore the complaints anyways.
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I'm sorry to say that the only unlocked Verizon device is the XOOM. The DROIDX and all other Verizon Motorola devices are still locked. We can however use 2nd-init to essentially rewrite our root file system and restart the boot processes. This is how the DROIDX does it and that is how we will do it. The kernel cannot be replaced, that part is correct. But we can still get CM7 running. I have twice, but there were too many FCs to even begin calling it usable.
Sorry for posting I'm the wrong section. I'll just keep my questions to myself or stick with the more friendly boards.
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Sorry for posting I'm the wrong section. I'll just keep my questions to myself or stick with the more friendly boards.
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I didn't see anyone get mad at u lol.
U actually got off pretty easy from what I've seen other.people go thru for posting in wrong
forum.(I have seen some.nasty unnecessary stuff b4...when all that's needed is report to politely move thread..like was done here)
Don't be afraid to ask questions
Just ask em in Q&a or general
Don't be.offended.that our moderator arrrghhh moved your.post and requested that u only.post developments in dev section.
Hope to see more from u soon
I am really hoping for CM7 for the simple fact is I want my CM7 OG Droid Theme on my X2. I wish I was talented enough to port it.
I would like to see it for the simple fact I've NEVER used it lol.
So I guess I'm not itching for it like others because of that reason. Lol
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I'm sorry to say that the only unlocked Verizon device is the XOOM. The DROIDX and all other Verizon Motorola devices are still locked. We can however use 2nd-init to essentially rewrite our root file system and restart the boot processes. This is how the DROIDX does it and that is how we will do it. The kernel cannot be replaced, that part is correct. But we can still get CM7 running. I have twice, but there were too many FCs to even begin calling it usable.
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Thanks for the clarification. I was under the mistaken impression the DROIDX had been unlocked. The X2 is my first Motorola Droid, so I wasn't up on all the other hoopla except from what I read and thought I understood.
In any case, thumbs up for doing whatever development/testing I see you tweeting about.
Some nice ROMs and themes came around after the bootloader was unlocked last summer, but I can't help but feel as though the dev community is done with it. There's still no Cyanogen and I just know it's not getting any ICS goodness.
Why is that? The Droid X2 is still one of the best Android phones out there, plenty of people have it. Opinions?
The bootloader has never been unlocked.
The X2 is a great phone....if you've never played around with another android device before.
we still have devs around, like dragonz, ace, masta, and that team, theyre trying to port over CM7 and we have 2nd-init, so theres still dev love, but with the BL not being unlocked as of yet there isnt too much we can do at this moment
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As stated, the bootloader is not unlocked. Root was acquired, but that is different from unlocking the bootloader.
But I feel what else hurts it is the 512mb main memory. Even though it's a dual-core phone, the limited main memory has hurt it, IMHO.
But, the locked bootloader is what has really held this phone back. As stated by ztotherad, you can only release so many deodexed ROMs before it just doesn't matter anymore. I think we are getting to that point.
Since the kernel and bootloader are locked, you can't do much more customization.
We are on the brink of aosp roms running on our phones. That has taken a lot of time to work on, and by some wonderful devs. It may have taken a while bit this phone is starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Really there are now only a small handful of things this phone cannot do, like overclock, but we are now seeing a huge door open for us and its all because of "dev love", a few never gave up on this phone even though so many others have.
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We are on the brink of aosp roms running on our phones. That has taken a lot of time to work on, and by some wonderful devs. It may have taken a while bit this phone is starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Really there are now only a small handful of things this phone cannot do, like overclock, but we are now seeing a huge door open for us and its all because of "dev love", a few never gave up on this phone even though so many others have.
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and honestly, im so grateful for these devs, if it wasnt because of them wed be in the same boat as my devour (with no dev support). so im thankful we have amazing devs!
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Some nice ROMs and themes came around after the bootloader was unlocked last summer, but I can't help but feel as though the dev community is done with it. There's still no Cyanogen and I just know it's not getting any ICS goodness.
Why is that? The Droid X2 is still one of the best Android phones out there, plenty of people have it. Opinions?
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If you have an unlocked bootloader u.need to share that right now
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if you have an unlocked bootloader u.need to share that right now
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exactly, share yo' keys, bro! :d
There are devs cranking out code for the X2 as I write this. Have you even read any of the threads in the development forum?
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The bootloader has never been unlocked.
The X2 is a great phone....if you've never played around with another android device before.
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That depends.
My previous phone was an LG Vortex - ARM6 processor, 600mhz processor, Android 2.2.
So, the X2 is a major upgrade compared to that sorry excuse for an android phone. But hey, it was free!
Why no dev love for the x2?!
That's an understatement to the awesome devs that we do have. There 2nd-init development is no joke.Im suprised they stuck with the dx2 and didnt move to another device seeing as how difficult it is to work with. I have faith in the devs here with the dx2 in a matter of time they'll get it running sum sweetness.
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Why no dev love for the x2?!
That's an understatement to the awesome devs that we do have. There 2nd-init development is no joke.Im suprised they stuck with the dx2 and didnt move to another device seeing as how difficult it is to work with. I have faith in the devs here with the dx2 in a matter of time they'll get it running sum sweetness.
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I concur. Look at Nitro. He's moved on with a different Moto device yet he still updates the Eclipse ROM for us. Heck, he's juggling Eclipse for three phones.
There's dev love for the X2.
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How in the world can you say that there is no development for this phone? Yes, it's been slow, and yes, not a lot are on it. But the ones who are (definitely myself included) are hard at work trying to get this thing going.
Read the development forums. I have at least two [REF] posts in there that explain a lot of the work I've been doing. In fact the one about CM7 needs another update. I update my twitter before I update that though. It's @dragonzkiller. Even if you don't have an account just look me up and you can see that I've been making a lot of progress with CM7. That, sir, is dev love.
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How in the world can you say that there is no development for this phone? Yes, it's been slow, and yes, not a lot are on it. But the ones who are (definitely myself included) are hard at work trying to get this thing going.
Read the development forums. I have at least two [REF] posts in there that explain a lot of the work I've been doing. In fact the one about CM7 needs another update. I update my twitter before I update that though. It's @dragonzkiller. Even if you don't have an account just look me up and you can see that I've been making a lot of progress with CM7. That, sir, is dev love.
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Sic em boy!!! ARF ARF GGRRRRR....LOL j/k
Your work is GREATLY appreciated by those of us who know what's going on
Thanks for all the insane amount of time you put into this....(and everyone else to!)
Thanks for me filling me in; didn't realize that having root and unlocking the boot loader were different. I wasn't hating on the devs when I said there was no love; there is plenty of it, it's just that X2 ROMs never seem to play nice, and low RAM doesn't help an often slow and buggy UI.
So we may be getting MIUI soon. "Within a week or so" according to aceoyame
http://twitter.com/aceoyame
Wether it happens or not (Im not trying to stir up any expectations), what is the big difference between the two ROMs?
Very cool, I tried MIUI back when I had the OG X, it was nice but buggy. Hopefully this will be a better turnout!
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Very cool, I tried MIUI back when I had the OG X, it was nice but buggy. Hopefully this will be a better turnout!
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I've never used MIUI, obviously since I have an X2. What are the major features on it?
This might be construed as sacrilegious in this forum, but MIUI from what I understand is an AOSP ROM that has an iOS look and feel to it.
See what I mean by being sacrilegious?
http://miuiandroid.com/
I actually believe once the BSR was released for the X2, someone released the "Chinese ROM" for the X2 which is what MIUI is from what I understand.
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This might be construed as sacrilegious in this forum, but MIUI from what I understand is an AOSP ROM that has an iOS look and feel to it.
See what I mean by being sacrilegious?
http://miuiandroid.com/
I actually believe once the BSR was released for the X2, someone released the "Chinese ROM" for the X2 which is what MIUI is from what I understand.
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Yeah, I just looked up some videos and I definitely see the iOS resemblance (which kinda throws me off). The one thing I see they have for that ROM though is a lot of different lockscreens, which is cool but not important to me. I guess its just another option for people. I love CM7 and how it runs on my phone now. Apparently they are working on an ICS port too. I will probably flash that when/if it comes out.
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I've never used MIUI, obviously since I have an X2. What are the major features on it?
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It's a lot like an iPhone, but the UI is very customizable.
(sorry for the random thanks, hit the wrong button, derp!)
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This might be construed as sacrilegious in this forum, but MIUI from what I understand is an AOSP ROM that has an iOS look and feel to it.
See what I mean by being sacrilegious?
http://miuiandroid.com/
I actually believe once the BSR was released for the X2, someone released the "Chinese ROM" for the X2 which is what MIUI is from what I understand.
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Miui is a Chinese rom based on cyanogenmod. It's ui is based on several different OS's and ui's however. The main reason people think its too much like ios is the lack of an app drawer on the launcher. The launcher can be replaced just like any other, though.
There was a time on the og Droid when it certainly was buggy, but those kinks were ironed out pretty well in the gingerbread iterations.
Full support from Miui.us would depend on official support from cyanogenmod. Unofficial ports are possible whenever somebody takes the time to do it.
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Apparantly aceoyame, along with others, has been working on MIUI and ICS ports. But he can no longer post here on XDA. So I will be keeping an eye on his twitter.
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Apparantly aceoyame, along with others, has been working on MIUI and ICS ports. But he can no longer post here on XDA. So I will be keeping an eye on his twitter.
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Lol. You, me, and a ton of others ..
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Lol. You, me, and a ton of others ..
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Well I just stumbled across that today so I got excited. lol
LOL i wouldnt listen to ace. He probably ripped that off too.
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Apparantly aceoyame, along with others, has been working on MIUI and ICS ports. But he can no longer post here on XDA. So I will be keeping an eye on his twitter.
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Why can't he post here? Not to revive what could have ended badly, but I just never came across anything like that in the threads. If you have a brief explanation, I'm just curious to know why.
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LOL i wouldnt listen to ace. He probably ripped that off too.
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Could you elaborate? I thought aceoyame was a reputed developer
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Why can't he post here? Not to revive what could have ended badly, but I just never came across anything like that in the threads. If you have a brief explanation, I'm just curious to know why.
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I dont want to be spreading stuff about others. Check his twitter and read what he said:
http://twitter.com/aceoyame
I like the MIUI look more than CM7. It is a very clean look and cool UI. I'm currently using MIUI on my OG Droid and CM7 on my X2. And regardless who the Dev is, it is a win for us to have options for an until recently dead in the water device.
Well, with aceoyame's new beta MIUI rom now posted I will be giving it a go in a few minutes to see if I like it better or the same as cm7. It is nice to have options. Just have to wait for dkz ICS rom now. Hopefully?
I will update my $.02 on likes/dislikes of the two roms as a casual user after I spend some time with MIUI.
Just nandroided back from the miui beta. Install went perfect. Got apps and everything set the way I like it... after an hour, decided I did not like it. Just seemed way to busy for my liking. ÇM7 for this Guy!!
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Just nandroided back from the miui beta. Install went perfect. Got apps and everything set the way I like it... after an hour, decided I did not like it. Just seemed way to busy for my liking. ÇM7 for this Guy!!
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This is the same thing that happened to me. I tried MIUI and honestly it feels hacked together. I don't know what the issue was/is but my phone definitely did not like it nearly as much as CM7 or even Eclipse 2.0.3 for that matter.
Perhaps in a later version I'll try it again to see if it's working a bit smoother. Until then, I really can't afford to have so many performance issues and anomalies.
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Just nandroided back from the miui beta. Install went perfect. Got apps and everything set the way I like it... after an hour, decided I did not like it. Just seemed way to busy for my liking. ÇM7 for this Guy!!
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I just installed MIUI for the first time. It is really smooth and parts of the UI are cool. But I'm with you. Tomorrow I will probably nandroid back to CM7. MIUI just isn't for me.
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I gave MIUI a try last night but after a few hours of messin around I ended up back on CM7. I'll pry try it again after some more development.
a week or two back there was talk and proof of a sir named angel with some x's in his name or something working on Gummy for our rascal of a phone. just wondering if anyone knows more info. or anything ROM wise for this phone for that matter. ? thanks guys.
I have been following him on twitter since that post. I have not seen him mention anything about the x2.
In fact, he was stopping development on some of his work.
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right on makes sense.
I would say it's safe to say that the only ROM in any kind of develop for our phone is whatever DK does... which I think at the current he is trying to work on CM10 and still keep CM9 updated as much as he can as well. This is not an official statement only what I understand and know of the ROM community for our phone.
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I would say it's safe to say that the only ROM in any kind of develop for our phone is whatever DK does... which I think at the current he is trying to work on CM10 and still keep CM9 updated as much as he can as well. This is not an official statement only what I understand and know of the ROM community for our phone.
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Nitro as well. Eclipse rom was and still is the go to rom.
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