Why do "developers" develop custom roms? - Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II

Why do developers develop their custom roms?
From what I understand, these custom builds take a lot of work in development time, and also in software support through threads on forums such as xda. All of the roms I have tried are always free, with the opportunity of providing a small donation.
My question is - what is the incentive for these people, who are obviously talented and educated people, to do this on what seems to be their own time?
Is it solely for fun? For bragging rights? For experience? What do you do for a living? How did you learn how to develop android?
The reason I am posting this here, rather than just taking to Google, is that I think it would be interesting to hear personally from some people on this board. Big time devs or people that just dabble, what makes you do this? Any insight would be appreciated. I just want to hear what some of you have to say. Please feel free to provide as little or as much information as you feel comfortable.
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I'm pretty sure it starts as a hobby.
Some devs do it for donations (rare)
Some devs just make custom roms because they wanted to do it for themselves (more likely)
Some devs form teams and work in source code because they have an idea of how they want the OS to look, and they have the ability to make those changes (likely)
Some devs keep doing it because of their reputation (less likely)
Some devs....

For me, it's just for fun. There is nothing particularly unique about anything I've done, but I wanted to learn how things are put together, and I had a lot of fun doing it. The fact that people enjoy using the stuff I've made is just a bonus.
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It's all about the Benjamins. I want to make it rain :laugh:
It's more about having fun and a hobby to pass the time.

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For me, it's just for fun. There is nothing particularly unique about anything I've done, but I wanted to learn how things are put together, and I had a lot of fun doing it. The fact that people enjoy using the stuff I've made is just a bonus.
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You did a great job with countershrike, loved it on the rez:good:

Thank goodness for them. I can't imagine they do it for the donations, I'm sorry. Those that receive several work a ton on the rom and it's still such a small percentage of users. When you figure the time involved, you don't do it to get rich.

shrike1978 said:
For me, it's just for fun. There is nothing particularly unique about anything I've done, but I wanted to learn how things are put together, and I had a lot of fun doing it. The fact that people enjoy using the stuff I've made is just a bonus.
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Lol!

I know in the early days it was done just to do it... for the fun and challenge of pushing the boundaries. There were few devs back then compared to now... and only one device.
It was a much friendlier time overall too. There was a little drama with a dev or two though... CM's receival of a C&D letter from Google was an interesting time.
Now the motivations of devs is as varied as the number of devs out there.

This is all awesome, but I'm also interested in what you guys do when you're not developing for these communities. Were you already into software and this is just a hobby as a logical extension of your job?
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This is all awesome, but I'm also interested in what you guys do when you're not developing for these communities. Were you already into software and this is just a hobby as a logical extension of your job?
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I'm a software developer by profession, but it's almost entirely Oracle database development and not directly applicable to this. I'm a tinkerer and just like to take things apart to see how they work. My Rezound kernel project began entirely because I wanted to get a better grasp on kernel internals, and my proudest moment in that project was being the first person to port the ROW scheduler to the Rezound. My first ROM was an answer to the major instabilities of ICS AOKP on the Rezound...a lot of people wanted AOKP, but couldn't run it because of the hotboot issues, so I tried to pack as many of the AOKP style features as I could onto a CM9 base without destabilizing it. I wish I could say it made decent donations, but I've given more in a single donation to a single developer that I've ever received combined, but I'm not really upset about that. TBH, the only reason I put a donation link up in the first place is because someone asked me to. It still surprises me every time I actually get one, and it still surprises me when someone calls me a dev...I don't feel like one.

XDAs site has had some great mini features about this very thing with interviews with devs asking the same question. I think you would find them interesting. I'm mobile so I can't link but just explore the main page or features.

I heard they do it to get the chicks!

For science!
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For science!
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wierd science

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wierd science
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I like your style. Well played, my man.
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I like your style. Well played, my man.
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indeed that was a good one!

imnuts said:
It's all about the Benjamins. I want to make it rain :laugh:
It's more about having fun and a hobby to pass the time.
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Imnuts, I can not Thank you enough. Your work helped me out so much when I had several devices. Good job and thank you again. Because of devs here I actually started to buy apps intead of pirating. Pirating habbit is still there but I reserve it for EA and other big greedy corporations.
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It's something to do. Why hide your work?

I do it because I want my phone to run a certain way and don't like hoping/begging others do it for me.. I also do it for the fun and learning experience.. Pretty simple really.. Also this is not just a question for Android developers but can be asked of any Open Source developer.

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[Q] How do developers learn to do all this???

Hey I am 13 years old and i would love to learn how people like eugene and team whiskey and jeallette can make all these awesome roms and wondered if anyone could be nice and give me advice on how to learn all this... i am really facinated by the devs in xda no homo
You could download the android SDK, eclipse and learn some by just downloading their ROMs and looking around. I think the best answer is going to come from one of them, but learning Java and playing should be a good start.
I don't really think the no homo at the end was necessary.
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I don't really think the no homo at the end was necessary.
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I don't think your post is either.
@OP
As s15 said download sdk.
download some roms from here and get familiar with whats what.
some of the newbie roms out are nothing but a popular rom with theme and custom applications.
Learn java as well.
chris17922 said:
Hey I am 13 years old and i would love to learn how people like eugene and team whiskey and jeallette can make all these awesome roms and wondered if anyone could be nice and give me advice on how to learn all this... i am really facinated by the devs in xda no homo
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13!?!?!?!?! Why would you expose your age on the internet with a bunch of strangers....have you even rooted? Do you even know how to set up adb? Is this your first android phone? Good luck if your gonna try but just follow development for awhile and learn from trial and error not that I'm a developer but that's what I would do.
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13!?!?!?!?! Why would you expose your age on the internet with a bunch of strangers....have you even rooted? Do you even know how to set up adb? Is this your first android phone? Good luck if your gonna try but just follow development for awhile and learn from trial and error not that I'm a developer but that's what I would do.
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For what it's worth, when I was 13 I was poking around in the terminal on my desktop and writing calculator programs in basic (following tutorials of course), and I'm by no means smart. Never under-estimate whiz kids. I'm sure you had that nerdy kid in your neighborhood who was building robots in elementary school and winning the science fair every year.
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13!?!?!?!?! Why would you expose your age on the internet with a bunch of strangers....have you even rooted? Do you even know how to set up adb? Is this your first android phone? Good luck if your gonna try but just follow development for awhile and learn from trial and error not that I'm a developer but that's what I would do.
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Whats wrong with that I'm 16.
Yeah I'm 16 and I actually would like to learn to at least theme. I'm slowly learning more and more though.
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Oh well there's nothing wrong with it, I'm 14. Yeah I'm kinda smart don't get me wrong , I took the ACT when I was 12 ,in gifted classes, in algebra, 1400 something on my Sri, and in all challenge classes. Have had 3 rooted android phones. Set up all the necessary things to root. There's nothing wrong with being young but at least go out hang with friends or work out/ get fit. Rooting is a hobby. I even helped my teacher root I didn't mean it to be offensive my bad.
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I'm by no means an expert with android work, but I've learned by reading ,by tinkering, and asking. I'm personally better with C, C++, & C#, but I can do a bit of java and html. Just start reading, you cant hack a system if u don't know it inside and out. Learn everything you can about android, linux, arm, qualcomm, cell technology, etc. just start absorbing any info u can get ur hands on regarding the systems & hardware Hope that gives u a place to start =)
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13!?!?!?!?! Why would you expose your age on the internet with a bunch of strangers....have you even rooted? Do you even know how to set up adb? Is this your first android phone? Good luck if your gonna try but just follow development for awhile and learn from trial and error not that I'm a developer but that's what I would do.
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Well ill b 22 soon and I'm getting my bachelors in game software development & was writing basic @ age 7 and dinkin around online, what's it matter if he states his age? He can say w.e he wants, and age should never b a defining factor in your answer. btw just to point out I don't think u had been trying to start anything, just try to sound less like u r scrutinizing his age.
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Well ill b 22 soon and I'm getting my bachelors in game software development & was writing basic @ age 7 and dinkin around online, what's it matter if he states his age? He can say w.e he wants, and age should never b a defining factor in your answer. btw just to point out I don't think u had been trying to start anything, just try to sound less like u r scrutinizing his age.
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Well thank you at least you realize I wasn't trying to start anything -_-
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Keep interested! If you really like this stuff, you won't be able to stop yourself from learning more. Try out some Linux distributions, read up on programming languages (I recommend python and it's java-fied version jython,) and just read whatever interests you.
If you're interested in making themes, get yourself a copy of Photoshop (doesn't have to be CS5) or if you don't feel like breaking all kinds of copy right, get The GIMP. There's a a whole lot of tutorials out there for every kind of effect you'd want to achieve with an image. There's also a lot of tutorials on xda for people looking to get into theming.
Life
chris17922 said:
Hey I am 13 years old and i would love to learn how people like eugene and team whiskey and jeallette can make all these awesome roms and wondered if anyone could be nice and give me advice on how to learn all this... i am really facinated by the devs in xda no homo
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This is Deep
But You still have to live your Life..
Before start down that tunnel behind the monitor at 13teen .
The Practical Nerd Rule:
#1: Do not accept the status quo.
Allowing society to dictate your life forces you to waste time, money, and energy. Here’s a big, shocking secret about today’s American society: we’re all idiots.
Tell yourself today that you are going to start a new life – one that bucks the trends. Make your own educated decisions, and stop caring about what everybody else is doing. You’re not wasting your time trying to keep up with the Joneses anymore.
Be yourself ...and Mod, Dev, Coded and flash all you want..
http://www.thepracticalnerd.com/2009/11/17/the-practical-nerd-rule-1-do-not-accept-the-status-quo/
beat y'all to it.
I'm 73 this year.
Strike!!
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beat y'all to it.
I'm 73 this year.
Strike!!
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Get outta here you old fart!... Lol XD jk
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You guys have a better head start than I did - just google the computers I started with when I was 13 in 1984!
Not many devs can do 100% of this. It takes a team and asking for help.
I was going to ask the same original question!
I am in CS 1400, its my first "major" specific class outside Math.
It is for a Computer Science Degree which I will probably emphasize in Game Engineering.
This first class lasts two semester's covering the same book:
Deitels "Java: How To Program (9th)".
I assume these classes and books are going to be my best bet on getting into the hardware hacking and learning this kind of stuff?
I wouldn't mind other suggestions, I mean most the stuff I already know is from messing around and learning from experience!
hell I'm 41 with a GED and I'm lucky if I can remember how to use the microwave let alone develop a rom
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You guys have a better head start than I did - just google the computers I started with when I was 13 in 1984!
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Oh my goodness... How did you survive? ↘
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Also, I'm turning 15 in 15 days

Emulation

Got wiimote working. That and super mario bros 3 is friggin great. Now off to get some sega genesis games. Ah the memories
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Your thread-starting skills are second to none.
You guys kill me with the time you take to make lame responses. Grow up damn. You think your immature remarks bother me? It just shows what immature dumbasses you are.
Being the general section ill post whatever the hell i feel like and if you dont like it just move on and dont reply. All people like yall do is continue to run this place into the ground. Maybe after more developers leave and continue to start their own forums the mods will get rid of you people that degrade others and keep up with your pointless stupidity. Damn
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I somewhat can't blame them. I mean, you've made a lot of threads lately, most of which contain rather useless info. And the Freeza ones could have been accomplished in a PM. I'm just saying, man. And you're right, this being the general section, we can say whatever the hell we want. And we have been.
U mean u used the e3d as a wiimote?
If so what did u use ...are u on a ROM. Or stock ?
Ulllllllllllltttrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yea I keep forgetting that every topic made on this forum must be about important stuff like starting a thread about jumping ship whenever a new phone is announced, bad sprint customer service, which rom is best etc or you get flamed. Whatever you say. This place is infected with people who act like children
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It seems like some back round info would be helpful...
sprintuser1977 said:
Got wiimote working. That and super mario bros 3 is friggin great. Now off to get some sega genesis games. Ah the memories
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What above brings anything to the community that is even somewhat useful without people coming in asking a bunch of questions? Now, if you would have said that you use got the wiimote working on a sense rom and shared what you did, then that would be worth starting a thread.
Could you imagine if everybody did what you are doing? The general section would be full of absolutely nothing useful at all.
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Could you imagine if everybody did what you are doing? The general section would be full of absolutely nothing useful at all.
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Umm which it mostly is hence the name general.
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sprintuser1977 said:
Yea I keep forgetting that every topic made on this forum must be about important stuff like starting a thread about jumping ship whenever a new phone is announced, bad sprint customer service, which rom is best etc or you get flamed. Whatever you say. This place is infected with people who act like children
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Sounds to me like you fully understand what kinda threads will be flamed for being redundant/retarded. Yes, it is the general section and you can start whatever threads you please, on the flip side, people like myself will be there to say things like "hey, think twice before wasting my screen space with your dumbass threads, you make me move my thumbs too much..."
It's a general forum, so shut up and let him post what ever he wants to post, you like it klick it, enjoy it, if not dont even bother comment!
How did you get wiimote working on sense? Or is this entire thread just informing us you installed an apk on a AOSP rom?
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It's a general forum, so shut up and let him post what ever he wants to post, you like it klick it, enjoy it, if not dont even bother comment!
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What he said. Dont like my posts stfu and stay out
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What he said. Dont like my posts stfu and stay out
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You know, normally I don't have a problem with threads, but you've just come in here saying "I got wiimote working, cool, lulz" and stuff, but have provided no information.
If you have wiimote working on an AOSP rom, you're quite late to the party. However, if you have it working on a Sense based rom, you should inform people how you did it, rather than just saying you have it working. People aren't flaming you for the thread in general, they're flaming you for the lack of information.
He has had multiple threads deleted because of lack of anything with substance. He will get the picture eventually.
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$50 bounty mhl on CM9 or aokp

I will give anyone $50 who can either make CM9 or aokp mhl compatable or make sammy bluetooth work with wii remotes my reason for all this is a so I can use a Wii controller and use the mhl adapter.at the same time to play emulators on my phone with a Wii controller to the TV. Bluetooth Wii remote works in cm9 and aokp roms but the mhl adapters don't ? Anyone think they can do this?
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These bounties just make people seem extremely ungrateful
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I'm not ungrateful what so ever I have prob donated double what you have it is just if they want to make a bit of cash I mean this concept seems reasonable...
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Why no unlock your Wii and put emulators on it
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Well I have it unlocked but that is my kids pride and joy lol I'm not pushing this I'm just asking if a dev is bored and wants to tackle this I will throw in incentive
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Bounties just fragment development by fostering competition instead of cooperation.
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Bounties just fragment development by fostering competition instead of cooperation.
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I agree, no need to make competition, but is there a better way to get something fixed that is low on dev todo list? I dont want to ask a specific dev to do anything, I'm exteremly happy people are willing to do any kind of development. Mhl is one of the things keeping me on tw and if I knew how to fix it, I would.
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I'm not trying to strike a competition I just want to be able to play emulators with a wii mote with mhl and I'm willing to donate to a dev that wants to take up the task or is just plain bored
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...or is just plain bored
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cm9 wii remote working
I found out how to get passed the Bluetooth password for the wii remote
Bus driver, move that bus! Omg omg what is it ? Its a .....wtf....a closed thread? Because devs are not for sale for us to just buy like hookers on the strip? What do u mean we shouldn't try to foster competition by throwing money at it?
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Don't listen to them, I get what you're getting at. Thanks for offering the bounty.
Take that $50. Buy a book. Learn how to do what u need done. Profit.
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lol if you guys dont want the money dont do it, idk why you guys are complaining. it aint like you guys are doing anything in this transaction.
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lol if you guys dont want the money dont do it, idk why you guys are complaining. it aint like you guys are doing anything in this transaction.
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It's an insult to devs. They'll fix it when they get to it. Other things are more important.
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It's an insult to devs. They'll fix it when they get to it. Other things are more important.
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BAM! +1 I agree and that's exactly what I'm saying. Keep any kind of "bounty" crap away from our forums. This place is about innovation, creativity, sharing and helping others. Not about making money.
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I see no problem with bounties. He's just asking for something to be done for more then just a click on the thanks button.
I do think the "bounty" idea does not help community based development, at the same time this is something I would like to see developed.
Given that developers are working hard on nightlys for CM9 on many devices I can understand that this is not a priority and at the end of the day all these projects a community based.
I imagine most CM developers are committed to the project for each other rather than "customers" like me and the original poster, their goal is to improve their coding and help the community.
That said a dedicated wishlist forum with +1 style buttons in xda or cyanogen might be nice to gauge community interest.
Meh, I want MHL suport in CM so bad that I stoped using CM since march 2012.
I see nothing wrong with the op's bounty.

Let's force HTC to release ics sources

Time is passing and there isn't still no reply from HTC, even if a lot of us ask about. This delay of realization of such an important thing unables us to get unstock kernel with oc and optimizations. Without sources devs have to work hard and there is no sucess to get stable and with fully working camera cm9, aokp, aosp and other ROMs.
My idea is to force HTC to hurry up this process. We can create a petition and spam HTC 's FB, Twitter, mail and in other ways.
We need volunteer, who can create the petition (everyone will sign it) and ideas of content of messenge, that all of us will send to HTC.
We can't let them to fool us!
Peace.
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"Hey everyone, I'm starting a riot! And by that, I mean I'll just stand here and let you go find some bricks and bottles to throw."
If you want a petition, make one. So sick of what xda has devolved to.
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"Hey everyone, I'm starting a riot! And by that, I mean I'll just stand here and let you go find some bricks and bottles to throw."
If you want a petition, make one. So sick of what xda has devolved to.
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I only meaned to force HTC do it faster.
I'll make a petition, but my kernel and android rom building is very basic, so I wanted someone good at it to write this thing. Also my English isn't perfect...
Pissing of users and people who have bought this device for a lot of money is unacceptable...
New one series users didn't had to wait for such a long time... Please understand it.
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Better yet. why don't you buy a gun and make it happen? hahahha. the only way to force something is with death and violence. Do some research in your history. Making a fake petition won't get you anywhere. They'll just laugh at you. HTC has got too big. They no longer care about their customers. I'd care less if the source got released.
Bug Sprint, not HTC
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Yep, HTC released ics a week or so ago. All major markets have it now except the states. The fact that op doesn't even know who to be yelling at shows a lot about the sincerity of his frustration.
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Good luck
You can follow me on Twitter - @NotSo1nter3stin
I want to start a band. I need 5 volunteers. I need a singer, a bass player, a drummer, a rhythm guitarist and a lead guitarist. I need money for equipment and money to pay a manager. We can force people to listen to whatever sounds they make.
Seriously, I think don't you can "Force" HTC to release anything. They will release the kernel source when they are ready to. They have a business to run and we can't interfere in any of their of affairs. A petition would be meaningless.
What the hell is wrong with you people? At least the OP is trying to effect change. What are you doing? ****posting in a legitimate thread. Until you guys can pull something out of your asses, you have no right to insult the OP and you should drop you little entitled BS because you're even worse than the OP. If you want to insult him, make your own petition or whatnot. No? Well then leave, you ungrateful children.
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What the hell is wrong with you people? At least the OP is trying to effect change. What are you doing? ****posting in a legitimate thread. Until you guys can pull something out of your asses, you have no right to insult the OP and you should drop you little entitled BS because you're even worse than the OP. If you want to insult him, make your own petition or whatnot. No? Well then leave, you ungrateful children.
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Very well said! In 100% agreement.
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If you want a petition, make one. So sick of what xda has devolved to.
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Really? A post like this is a perfect example of what you are claiming as to what XDA has "devolved to"....
OP, while a petition is certainly not gonna work, I would like to apologize for the ignorant, trollish replies from some of the imbeciles in your thread.
I remember we were doing this for the gb source for the 3d when it first came out get it op
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blather, drivel
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talk about not getting it
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I wonder why zero tolerance threads are "unacceptable" because they are irrelevant, but meaningless troll posts are ok. Seems like this forum needs a revamp.
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szymko1995 said:
My idea is to force HTC to hurry up this process. We can create a petition and spam HTC 's FB, Twitter, mail and in other ways.
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Let's aggressively attack their mailboxes... Which will be added to a junk list... THAT'LL do the trick... Certainly!. And ALL your stuff will be automatically ignored. Not only will that make this look evenmoreso of a worse community, HTC will see devs as a joke, and do what they can to hold off on releasing until they absolutely HAVE to. Why the hell do i even check XDA forums anymore. shoulda learned, i say that every month... oh well. Eventually.

AOSP lacking

Why is AOSP support lacking so bad with these newer evo's? Are we ever going to get a fully functional AOSP rom?
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thispaininmyhead said:
Why is AOSP support lacking so bad with these newer evo's? Are we ever going to get a fully functional AOSP rom?
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Yup as soon as you learn to code
YoungCorruptionV2.0 said:
Yup as soon as you learn to code
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It's not lacking. We have multiple Devs working on aosp jelly bean.
Sit back and enjoy the ride. Also, this belongs in q and a where all the other Omg where is aosp threads reside.
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We've had wayyyy too many thread complaining about AOSP lately.
Why is it hard to search the forums before making a thread? Are we ever going to get a consolidated thread about a specific topic?
Copy-cating aside, it really would be useful to have one thread for this so people that really want AOSP can discuss it to death there. Seriously a quick search yielded these results:
AOSP on EVO LTE?
Is there an AOSP rom out yet?
Why no AOSP/AOKP ?
We're a friendly bunch of people and will help anyone with any question/issue. Just search before making a post or we'll lose our sanity
Also, our devs are making awesome progress with AOSP. You can get a CM9 build here and even a bootable build of CM10 if you join the IRC channel. I want this as much as everyone else but we are not entitled to it, the devs don't owe us anything. Join an existing thread to discuss this but don't be so demanding about it. :good:
Firstly, we've only had source code for what, 2 weeks? maybe 3? What in the hell you do want? Secondly deck has release a few versions of his CM10 port including a newer build just an hour or so again on IRC. I'm running it right now, and so far his progress is a hell of alot better than alot of other even official alphas right now.
I have always ran sense roms on my phones, but am interested in pure android experience. With the release of source, can we expect working LTE and camera?
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Yep, definitely lacking.
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Yep, definitely lacking.
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Damn you beat me too it lol
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Man yall are so angry by nature... I was pertaining this to official support... Everything seems to be done unofficially by a small handful of very good devs and i was just wondering why can't the Evo line get any official support anymore?
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Racer Of All said:
Why is it hard to search the forums before making a thread? Are we ever going to get a consolidated thread about a specific topic?
Copy-cating aside, it really would be useful to have one thread for this so people that really want AOSP can discuss it to death there. Seriously a quick search yielded these results:
AOSP on EVO LTE?
Is there an AOSP rom out yet?
Why no AOSP/AOKP ?
We're a friendly bunch of people and will help anyone with any question/issue. Just search before making a post or we'll lose our sanity
Also, our devs are making awesome progress with AOSP. You can get a CM9 build here and even a bootable build of CM10 if you join the IRC channel. I want this as much as everyone else but we are not entitled to it, the devs don't owe us anything. Join an existing thread to discuss this but don't be so demanding about it. :good:
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+1 for a consolidated thread. It should be sticky near the top too. This is a very popular topic and the the #1 reason I come to check the forums.
The day I say goodbye to Sense will be a good day, indeed.
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thispaininmyhead said:
Man yall are so angry by nature... I was pertaining this to official support... Everything seems to be done unofficially by a small handful of very good devs and i was just wondering why can't the Evo line get any official support anymore?
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I don't think any handset in the EVO line ever had AOSP supported officially. It's always been SENSE on top of android. If you ever wanted AOSP on anything besides a NEXUS device, it's unofficial.
Cleanrom DE is not bad.. I know its not full
logie said:
Cleanrom DE is not bad.. I know its not full
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clean rom is not aosp at all
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snakecharmer23 said:
I don't think any handset in the EVO line ever had AOSP supported officially. It's always been SENSE on top of android. If you ever wanted AOSP on anything besides a NEXUS device, it's unofficial.
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He probably means official CM.
Don't forget to twitter, email or message HTC to get them to live up to their obligations and comply with GPL.
thispaininmyhead said:
Man yall are so angry by nature... I was pertaining this to official support... Everything seems to be done unofficially by a small handful of very good devs and i was just wondering why can't the Evo line get any official support anymore?
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We aren't angry by nature, we just dislike repeat threads every single day. Do you not realize your question has been asked dozens of times with the same answer every time?
Patience. Learn the word. The phone hasn't been available long. People are still slowly flowing in. We need someone from CM to support our device. Decks CM10 is already pretty damn stable.
What you need to do is calm down and read the forums before posting a thread, because if you're going to make the same thread we've all see ten times in the past week, and then complain when we get angry, then you aren't going to be very well liked around here.
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Besides asop gets boring. I love the evo I love sense 4 it all flows so good.. but I am using the ice keyboard.
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Can we create an official "***** and Moan" forum and/or thread and "quarantine" certain XDA users to it?
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