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I have a dream of becoming a developer, I absolutely love computers, and I absolutely love phones, especially androids, Iphones suck. So if anyone can give me a short guide on what to start downloading, etc. in order to start developing and any guides to developing would be nice. I current have access to my LG optimus T, my friends HTC Desire, and a LG Optimus S. Yes i realize the Optimus S and the Optimus T are basically the same, but those are the phones I have access to, any help to get me started would be much appreciated.
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I have a dream of becoming a developer, I absolutely love computers, and I absolutely love phones, especially androids, Iphones suck. So if anyone can give me a short guide on what to start downloading, etc. in order to start developing and any guides to developing would be nice. I current have access to my LG optimus T, my friends HTC Desire, and a LG Optimus S. Yes i realize the Optimus S and the Optimus T are basically the same, but those are the phones I have access to, any help to get me started would be much appreciated.
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I think you can PM any one of the developers and ask them the details. They would surely help you.
firstly, learn about cooking a rom Its a really easy once you get the hang of it
have a same question in my mind!
but I am thinking about making one kernel not rom
because it's simple than making rom
I don't know any pro language
anyone here to help or learn us?
@ DeBiasoMan If someday it's possible I will also help you
DeBiasoMan said:
I have a dream of becoming a developer, I absolutely love computers, and I absolutely love phones, especially androids, Iphones suck. So if anyone can give me a short guide on what to start downloading, etc. in order to start developing and any guides to developing would be nice. I current have access to my LG optimus T, my friends HTC Desire, and a LG Optimus S. Yes i realize the Optimus S and the Optimus T are basically the same, but those are the phones I have access to, any help to get me started would be much appreciated.
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just don't be a troll with that 'iphone suck'.
Apple's phone in the 4 version is a good device.
My brother has one, got for a cheap price here in Brazil. (R$ 500,00 something like $200,00)
Using the system we can see how apple approach is on the minimum details level and Android isnt that cos we have too much fragmentation. (Btw, samsung have a very good android mod on Galaxy SII, gratz Samsung!)
So, i like android, i'm not going to try buy a iPhone, but hey, that thing has his merits, until 2007 we all are stuck with phones like blackberry or nokia, no touchscreen devices Thank you apple, AGAIN, PC+Phones. (but i never had a **** from you )
About development, good luck, i dont know how to build a custom rom yet
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just don't be a troll with that 'iphone suck'.
Apple's phone in the 4 version is a good device.
My brother has one, got for a cheap price here in Brazil. (R$ 500,00 something like $200,00)
Using the system we can see how apple approach is on the minimum details level and Android isnt that cos we have too much fragmentation. (Btw, samsung have a very good android mod on Galaxy SII, gratz Samsung!)
So, i like android, i'm not going to try buy a iPhone, but hey, that thing has his merits, until 2007 we all are stuck with phones like blackberry or nokia, no touchscreen devices Thank you apple, AGAIN, PC+Phones. (but i never had a **** from you )
About development, good luck, i dont know how to build a custom rom yet
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Lol, i had a custom rom but only dunno how to change framework till now...
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aspee said:
have a same question in my mind!
but I am thinking about making one kernel not rom
because it's simple than making rom
I don't know any pro language
anyone here to help or learn us?
@ DeBiasoMan If someday it's possible I will also help you
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Kernels are harder to make IMO
Well... I'm myself embarking on this trip of developing Android apps (I'm a Software Engineer but I have not touched a line of code in a few years), and I can give you a couple of suggestions about it.
The good thing about Android apps development is that is totally free to start since the two main tools that you'll use are completely free: The Android SDK and Eclipse IDE. Tools-wise those are the only two things that you'll need initially (beside a fairly decent computer of course).
If you can spend a few bucks I've found that the book "Learning Android" is pretty good, with a good level of detail on the inner workings of the Android OS and a hands-on project throughout the whole book (and Android Twitter Client). The book is fairly recent (March 2011) so it covers Android Gingerbread, unfortunately the only issue with the book is that the Twitter client project was created before Twitter switched their authentication api from simple login to oAuth (a token based authentication API very popular nowadays), so the code on the book will not work right out of the box without some modifications on the authentication module. There's a new Andorid development book from the same publisher (O'reilly) available on Amazon called "Programming Android" which was released earlier this month, so I would guess that whatever the project is on that new one it should work right out of the box.
If you wanna get the hang of it without spending a buck you can start with a great tutorial series on Android development available on Youtube here: "TheNewBoston Android Tutorials". The tutorials cover Android development in much of the same way as most books, starting from scratch on installing and configuring the Android SDK and Eclipse to basic development and some advanced topics.
I must say that compared to the things that I was developing when I was still coding a few years ago (Java Enterprise Apps) Android development seems pretty much straight-forward, and I think that what really matters is changing the paradigm to "Mobile Apps", since they behave pretty much differently than normal enterprise apps.
Hope that helps.
Thank you so much, I used to do some Java coding for games so I know alot about Java, but ill check out all those things you all offered. Thanks! Oh and the iPhone thing, they're a good phone, but I can't afford one and prefer android.
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Thank you so much, I used to do some Java coding for games so I know alot about Java, but ill check out all those things you all offered. Thanks! Oh and the iPhone thing, they're a good phone, but I can't afford one and prefer android.
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Wishing you all the best for your DEV efforts. As for the iPhone, those who can afford it are fans of it. The others, choose Android
Does anyone know a developer who is friendly enough to help me walk through this?
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Does anyone know a developer who is friendly enough to help me walk through this?
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DeBiasoMan said:
Does anyone know a developer who is friendly enough to help me walk through this?
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I think the first thing you should and really most important thing to do is pick ONE problem and try and fix it. Maybe this is "I don't like that battery icon" or maybe it is something like "I want my kernel to swap out less and keep more data in RAM so it's a bit speedier".
Unfortunately there is so much going on in Android that probably no single developer can walk you through all of it, not even Linus Torvalds or Larry Page (like we say "We all stand on the shoulders of giants"). If you are new to Linux in general (which Android is) and you want to do some kernel work, a good first step is to start dual-booting Ubuntu or another friendly Linux distribution.
I am some experience with linux in computers, ps3's, even an experimental build me and a few others devoloped for an xbox which turned out unsuccessful. I just honestly dont know where to start to apply what I know to android phones.
here's a slightly dated but pretty good howto on Android kernel building
http://forums.androidcentral.com/htc-hero-rooting-roms-hacks/8072-how-build-your-own-kernel-package-source.html
lots of stuff comes up on google's pages about building Android
http://source.android.com/source/initializing.html
have fun!
I am sorry but we won't get android wave, it is not a popular device and people are happy with only bada.
For sure !
Bada is a good OS but Android is even better.
And it is always a pleasure to have a dual boot device and to switch between OS.
I'm outta here. having just got a Sony Ericsson ray which is roughly equivalent in hardware terms I've discovered a wonderful new mobile life where the OS really works.
random lagging totally not present on android 2.3.4. on BADA this is still present and there are even random crashes (insufficient memory). I've seen Android baulk when doing Facebook + Google navigation + music + just pictures. when returning to the home page some icons take a second or two to fill. that's it.
Web browser : woah! at last a browser that properly handles full desktop sites complete with flash. even chatroulette works! oh and it doesn't forget passwords too.
gps : hot lock in under 10 seconds EVERY TIME
cold fix in under 1 minute using agps. around 3 minutes without data. admitted the phone probably has a more recent chipset but then I've seen a Samsung galaxy S work nearly as well, why not the wave!?
navigation : Google navigation built in. perhaps this is a gadget so I tried igo and sygic.. no stuttering whatever. finally a phone with gps that just works without worrying if it has crashed or is still stuttering at the last junction. Why does bada stutter whereas android doesn't and on similar hardware?!
oh the apps! enough said
Customisation on android is unbelievable. hey I think I'll swap out the keyboard for something better, no problem! Samsung please unlock the OS.
and on a final note, I video skyped my family today using the phone. Samsung, unlock voip now or better dump BADA and give the wave a well deserved android rom please.
Thank you and goodbye BADA.
A lesson in how not to do it.
The project has failed because of pig headedness and neglect. People asking the questions they where told not to, leading to developers getting irate and walking away (this however, is something which any developers must face with a grin and bare it so they don't have any excuse either). In my opinion the Wave community don't deserve Android on their devices.
Sorry if I've offended anyone with this but i have been following this section for many months and over that time the above has become painfully obvious to me.
I hope the developers involved go off to be successful with projects on other devices.
All the best.
While the project could've been handled better, I wouldn't say it has failed yet. Rebellos and Oleg are still working on it AFAIK.
Hope to get android rom for Wave soon! Thank you developers! We only use normal phone for Call/Msg features but we need more than that with a smart phone. Bada is not so bad but i think samsung must do so much to improve it, apps, memories manage etc...
tydaikho said:
Hope to get android rom for Wave soon! Thank you developers! We only use normal phone for Call/Msg features but we need more than that with a smart phone. Bada is not so bad but i think samsung must do so much to improve it, apps, memories manage etc...
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Trust me on this, they won't, but I've been using it like you, the dual boot isn't much of an inconvinience to me. The only problems I've had are lack of 3G, accelerometer and some apps not working due to Froyo/Filesystem.
I've got round all the other problems ^^
Are you kidding me? We can't reaching Android level because of you and you-like HUMANS. Please stop demotivating us and get the hell out of here...
Yeah i'm looking forward for it patiently ^^
what a silly and useless thread... closing this is the only sensefull thing about stuff like that.... i does not help anyone-.- demotivating developers is the only effect of threads like that
all said. i'm in for android on wave2.
well,
sitting in a chair for 10 hours daily... working on some IT **** is making me suffocate.
BADA has no release of v2.0 for my region and i'm stuck with v1.2.
im just a jughead.. a lazy bastard who wants to have fun with this new toy called S8530.
I hope all the devs round here help each other and do some real cool things with their brains.
all said. i'm in for android on wave2.
It's a shame that this excellent hardware cannot yet run Android complete with modem chip drivers. I am still waiting for android on Bada as I have a number of people around me who like me have been decieved my BADA. If I can help, please feel free to contact me on the forum
p.s. I point out that I'm by no means a dev but I'm capable of flashing firmwares on my GT8500.
no, sold it!
The Wave isn't as good as you think. I hated the pentile screen, the round edges that made it slip out of my hands all the time, the ****ty OS and the small screen.
Bought the HD2 and it is a whole different class. Sorry guys, but the bada phones are literally cheap crap. The OS is at least as important as the hardware. Bada is crap, no matter what you say.
Get an Android smartphone, you'll be much much happier!
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Get an Android smartphone, you'll be much much happier!
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I think that this thread have to be closed, it is not the spirit of xda.
All member sould support all developments as it is the goal of xda.
Also the hardware of the Waves are really good ,and as you said the os is very important, porting android will make of the Waves a wonderful device.
By buying a new device and to tell all the xda community that you think that the Waves phones are crap you just actually said that you are weak (for the xda community).
I can say I've now given up waiting.
I'm tired of the Wave, it's boring me and I can see no Android port coming around anytime soon. I have the resources to buy a new phone, hopefully going to be a Tegra 3 monster.
I will make sure the damned thing does all I want this time!
I respect the work that the people here at XDA are doing, but I think even they know this will never be finished, I guess it's a learning curve.
I tried to get some interest built up and succeeded in some ways, but oh well.
Bada is dead, but wave is superb!
Ok, i want an android phone with basically same specs with wave and in any case hardware call buttons and not touch. I cannot find anything like that!
I got this idea from over on the X8 forums and thought it would be a good addition over here aswell. Note to the mods, if there's any reason this thread shouldn't be here, then just get rid of it. Not like you need my permission eh?
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hello XDA., bought xperia P last week and now i m learning how to root..
I finally conclude to use this bootloader for both unclock BL and ROOT.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1560613
so is that possible? becoz i m little confued on all those commands as i m newbie to this linux thingy :silly:
BTW: This forum is great and members are giving great support. Happy and excited to be a member :good:
Hi everybody. William here. User of Xperia S and Sola. Trying to learn more about my devices. I'm a noob in android...well, read n learn...no shortcut. :angel:
hi all, Zsolt here!
im 18. bought a sola 2 weeks ago, but i used x8 for around 2 years.
now i am waiting for official 4.0 for sola. then ill see if im going to throw some roms to it
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Hey all
Firstly thanks for making this thread kidkarter.
I bought my Xperia S last month but to my dismay the phone bricked in two hours. Basically I was updating via pccompanion and a quarter of the way through the installation it stopped. Tried flashing back to GB but could never get past bootloop. Three weeks on and I received the replacement. The phone has it's good and bad but I'm very happy with it...and with the thorough support and development available at XDA! Looking forward to being part of the crew.
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tej911 said:
hello XDA., bought xperia P last week and now i m learning how to root..
I finally conclude to use this bootloader for both unclock BL and ROOT.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1560613
so is that possible? becoz i m little confued on all those commands as i m newbie to this linux thingy :silly:
BTW: This forum is great and members are giving great support. Happy and excited to be a member :good:
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Hey Tej. Welcome to these forums
I don't really know that much about unlocking BL or rooting and even though my device is rooted, I flashed a pre-rooted rom onto mine that was specific to my device. As I'm not sure if this is available for your device, I would suggest asking in that thread then say after a couple of days if you haven't received a reply, send the OP a little reminder of your post.
Sorry I couldn't be of more help
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Hi everybody. William here. User of Xperia S and Sola. Trying to learn more about my devices. I'm a noob in android...well, read n learn...no shortcut. :angel:
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Hi there Will. 2 nice devices you've got there. Treat um nicely and they'll treat you better
zsszeli199417 said:
hi all, Zsolt here!
im 18. bought a sola 2 weeks ago, but i used x8 for around 2 years.
now i am waiting for official 4.0 for sola. then ill see if im going to throw some roms to it
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Hey Zsolt. It's nice to have you as a part of these forums
Is there not an unofficial way to get ICS onto the Sola? Or would you rather just do it officially?
red.leader87 said:
Hey all
Firstly thanks for making this thread kidkarter.
I bought my Xperia S last month but to my dismay the phone bricked in two hours. Basically I was updating via pccompanion and a quarter of the way through the installation it stopped. Tried flashing back to GB but could never get past bootloop. Three weeks on and I received the replacement. The phone has it's good and bad but I'm very happy with it...and with the thorough support and development available at XDA! Looking forward to being part of the crew.
Cheers, -Red
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Heya Red No problem at all. As I say, I seen it on the X8 forum and thought it would be good over here especially because we have 4 devices all into one section xD
Glad to hear that you've received your replacement I actually manager to brick my SXS within a few hours aswell but mine was just a major noob error by attempting it when I only had 35% battery left. Obviously it ran out mid-update and bricked my device. Luckily it was only a soft brick so I was able to come on here and find a solution to that. That's simply what I love about XDA
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Hii
Bought Xperia P two weeks ago.Used galaxy mini for 1 year.Developed Chakra Rom for Galaxy Mini.New to Xperia forums:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:
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Bought Xperia P two weeks ago.Used galaxy mini for 1 year.Developed Chakra Rom for Galaxy Mini.New to Xperia forums:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:
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Hi im relatively new and only recently active, I have owned an xperia x10 mini pro, neo and s.
Dedicated Sony fan, though I currently have a xoom :S
Been on several forums but xda is a bit hard to get active on as there are so many users and there's not much sense of a community and you don't really get to know people as much
I'd go on to help people but there's like 5000 others who can help before me
Ill lurk around for the years to come
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Hi im relatively new and only recently active, I have owned an xperia x10 mini pro, neo and s.
Dedicated Sony fan, though I currently have a xoom :S
Been on several forums but xda is a bit hard to get active on as there are so many users and there's not much sense of a community and you don't really get to know people as much
I'd go on to help people but there's like 5000 others who can help before me
Ill lurk around for the years to come
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KidCarter93 said:
Hey Tej. Welcome to these forums
I don't really know that much about unlocking BL or rooting and even though my device is rooted, I flashed a pre-rooted rom onto mine that was specific to my device. As I'm not sure if this is available for your device, I would suggest asking in that thread then say after a couple of days if you haven't received a reply, send the OP a little reminder of your post.
Sorry I couldn't be of more help
Hi there Will. 2 nice devices you've got there. Treat um nicely and they'll treat you better
Hey Zsolt. It's nice to have you as a part of these forums
Is there not an unofficial way to get ICS onto the Sola? Or would you rather just do it officially?
Heya Red No problem at all. As I say, I seen it on the X8 forum and thought it would be good over here especially because we have 4 devices all into one section xD
Glad to hear that you've received your replacement I actually manager to brick my SXS within a few hours aswell but mine was just a major noob error by attempting it when I only had 35% battery left. Obviously it ran out mid-update and bricked my device. Luckily it was only a soft brick so I was able to come on here and find a solution to that. That's simply what I love about XDA
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Thanks for the advise, James...I will remember it!!!:angel:
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Hey guys, I thought I'll introduce myself too, just for the sake of it. It's grown into a quite lengthy post, but anyway, here goes.
As a developer
Some of you may know me from the Desire scene, where I worked (the slacking-around-IRC-doing-random-stuff kind of work) on ICS and then switched to maintaining AOKP. I'm quite new to the Sony scene (excuse my using the word 'scene' here, it's just a short way of saying 'developer community' or something), but I'm learning the quirks and we (KeiranFTW, nickholtus, championswimmer and me) have set up a nice little team with the Big Project being bringing vanilla AOKP / KangXperiaProject to all 2012 devices. While waiting for the development to gain traction (and for FreeXperia to release their sources), I've also worked on a little side project - porting AOSP / AOKP to the Asus TF101, where I learned a bit about the new quirks introduced in JellyBean and forward-porting ICS stuff. Some more words on the Big Project: first we wait for the Xperia P to get an official ICS update. Then the plan is to try and build JellyBean for the P, just to see if we can make it work with ICS blobs and kernel sources. If we run into some issues that can't be solved without support / blobs from Sony, we'll fall back to building ICS. The Xperia P goes first in any case, then we'll investigate ways we can share the code with other U8500 devices, and release ICS based on Xperia P stuff for those.
As a user
I have a total of 3.5 Android devices: the HTC Desire, the Asus TF101, the Xperia S and the Nexus 7 (shipping). I've fallen in love with HTC when the N1/Desire series was released, but the following (Desire HD, Sensation, IncS) series disappointed me multiple times, so I turned away from HTC and switched to Sony. When it comes to tablets, I've had a lot of good experience with ASUS in the past (desktop components, laptops, network equipment and most of their products really), so the TF101 and now the Nexus 7 were an obvious choice. I'm also an AOSP fanboy (and a hater of most vendor skins), and my faith in AOSP has grown way stronger when ICS, and then JB were released. I sincerely hope that in the future vendors will stop skinning Android and just provide the hardware, but for now I just use custom ROMs wherever possible. I'm currently running AOKP on both the Desire and the TF101 and Sony's stock with Trebuchet launcher on the XPS.
As a person
I'm a geek when it comes to mobile technologies, Linux, board games, anime and Japanese culture in general, quality sound / music and smart computer games (i.e. not Call of Duty and friends), in no particular order. I enjoy playing and designing games as a hobby, though I've never released anything as a developer and some of the ideas never went further than pen and paper prototypes. I'll go into a bit more detail on that later. I don't like people who are too lazy to actually use their brain and RTFM / search before asking, especially when it comes to questions that have been answered multiple times, though I often don't mind the general / off topic chit chat in release (i.e. not dev) threads.
Mobile technologies
I'm an Android fanboy in a good sense, though I try to stay open minded when it comes to iOS, WP8, B2G and other competing products. I've been very enthusiastic about Meego, Maemo and the idea of a Qt/Linux based mobile operating system that is largely compatible with desktop Linux and now I'm closely following the Plasma Active project and the Vivaldi/Spark tablet for largely the same reasons, though I think Linux on tablets is not quite there yet.
Linux
I've never really 'fanboyed' Linux in terms of thinking that Linux > any other OS like some people do. But it works the best for my tasks, and I'm looking forward to the large community growth that is going to happen after Windows 8 is released, as it's going to be a change too big for many people, and the big release of Steam that is hopefully to remedy one of people's most common complaints - gaming. I currently run Arch Linux testing / community-testing / kde-unstable / AUR VCS packages, which is about as unstable as Arch can possibly get, but it somehow works for me.
Board games
I don't like TCG's and other 'collecting' games (except for Warhammer, I enjoy playing it even though I don't have an army of my own), I prefer games that are fun to play with friends and don't take a lot of time and rule reading because you can get more people in, especially those who never played it before. My personal favourites are Risk, Munchkin and (since recently) Cards Against Humanity.
Anime
I love good anime (faves: SE: Lain, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Spice and Wolf, Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu, Soul Eater, Steins;Gate), know about the existence of Japanese music and don't think jRPGs are long and overcomplicated, which already makes me an otaku for some people, though I don't consider myself one.
Quality sound / music
I don't have any specific genre of music I prefer over the rest, there's a special 'Music that I like' genre which includes music that I like. Most common last.fm tags in my library are metal, anime and post rock, if that matters. I also have a weird sense of 'how stuff should sound' that usually involves good headphones and often doesn't have too much in common to how the original performer intended it to sound. I currently use Sony V6 headphones with the Xperia S, my laptop (ASUS N55, Realtek ALC883) or my old Creative Zen player.
Smart computer games
This includes games that actually make you think about what you're doing or about some other matters that exist outside the game world. This includes many indie games (LIMBO, Braid) and excludes most AAA titles (Call of Duty series). I also enjoy hardcore RPGs with as many choices as possible both in the script and in character development. The upcoming games on my wishlist are Torchlight 2, Borderlands 2 (those are not very 'smart', I know, but the originals were really fun, and sometimes it's all that matters), 0x10c, Dishonored, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 (if it's actually developed by Bethesda now) and some other less known projects like Defense Grid. I currently play Skyrim with a bunch of mods, Minecraft with a bunch of friends and re-enjoying Final Fantasy X on my PS2 (which is the only console I own now, and likely the only one I'll own ever).
Whoo, that's been one hell of a long post. Anyway, enjoy and feel free to ask if you have any questions, whether they are dev related or not
P.S. Please, please, don't quote this whole post. If you want to highlight something, remove the rest of the quote.
K900 said:
Hey guys, I thought I'll introduce myself too, just for the sake of it. It's grown into a quite lengthy post, but anyway, here goes.
As a person
Anime
I love good anime (faves: SE: Lain, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Spice and Wolf, Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu, Soul Eater, Steins;Gate), know about the existence of Japanese music and don't think jRPGs are long and overcomplicated, which already makes me an otaku for some people, though I don't consider myself one.
Smart computer games
This includes games that actually make you think about what you're doing or about some other matters that exist outside the game world. This includes many indie games (LIMBO, Braid) and excludes most AAA titles (Call of Duty series). I also enjoy hardcore RPGs with as many choices as possible both in the script and in character development. The upcoming games on my wishlist are Torchlight 2, Borderlands 2 (those are not very 'smart', I know, but the originals were really fun, and sometimes it's all that matters), 0x10c, Dishonored, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 (if it's actually developed by Bethesda now) and some other less known projects like Defense Grid. I currently play Skyrim with a bunch of mods, Minecraft with a bunch of friends and re-enjoying Final Fantasy X on my PS2 (which is the only console I own now, and likely the only one I'll own ever).
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Gargantuan post!
I love Anime too!. My all time favourite is code geass.
K900,
How did you started developing?
Sent from my Xperia S using xda premium
Erachter said:
K900,
How did you started developing?
Sent from my Xperia S using xda premium
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It's a fun story really. I saw the eight-way lock screen on Virtuous Wossname on a friend's DHD and I wanted to have that on my Desire. So I just went ahead, read the docs and built it from Evervolv's tree. I had some experience with random Linux hacking, so I knew my way around makefiles and git, so I got the code together, built it and thought I'll just throw it out there for anyone who wants it. I did and it all kind of snowballed on me.
I thought I might introduce myself too
My first Android powered phone was a HTC Wildfire, which I couldn't flash anything on till about a month after getting it because of HTC and their stupid S-ON bootloader lock. At the time I had to wait for AlphaRev X (a.k.a Revolutionary as it is called now) so I could "unlock" my bootloader and install a custom recovery. This was back in November 2011, and I didn't even know what a kernel was then, you could say I was a noob back then, except I actually knew what the search function is for.
On this, I flashed CyanogenMod 7, and forgot about it, until ICS source code was released (around November) and I didn't know how to build from source so I started learning, helped port from another phone (Droid Eris) and fixed the touchscreen driver in the kernel to get a half working ROM. Unfortunately the Wildfire didn't have a GPU and so support for it was dropped by CM in ICS and that is probably not a bad idea considering the last HTC release was 2.2.1 (Froyo).
I then bought an Xperia PLAY, and started tinkering with development, created a few ROM's based of the stock Sony OTA's, then a few more kernels. But I still wanted to learn to build AOSP from source.
So, I learned how to compile, and how to fix compilation errors, and all that. Then I waited for FreeXperia to release CM9, and they did. It had a few problems though, they were using kernel sources for Arc S ICS beta not meant for the Play, so deep sleep was broken and so was hardware acceleration. So, I got the newer Sony kernel sources meant for the Play for the ICS beta, and rebased their stuff on top of it, added a few optimisations such as zRam and tweaks, and then released it.
Then, one day I had a personal message from FXP asking me where my kernel sources are so he can track them. We had a short conversation and I started working with Jerpelea and the FXP team. I fixed a few things here and there into CM, but nothing major.
I stopped working with FreeXperia after as I didn't agree with some of the rules set in place by the CM team for people developing on CM (I didn't get told them all, you have to be part of the CM team for that) and so I started to lean to AOKP.
Sony then released the Xperia U, and it didn't pick up much developer interest in these forums, there was no recovery. I wanted to develop for the Xperia U, and with FXP confirming CM support on it, I wanted to bring AOSP/AOKP onto it, so I talked with K900 who maintains HTC Desire in AOKP, and we decided to form a team, me, nickholtus, K900 and championswimmer. It is the AOKP Xperia Project.
Then we made recovery (after several attempts (documentation == null)) for the P, U and Sola.
Then the community helped raise funds so I could get an Xperia U (which is awesome btw)
And, now I am here posting on this thread.
Sorry if my English is bad here, I am not used to writing this much
PS: If you want to contribute to AOKP Xperia Project, look here: https://github.com/AOKPXperia, pull requests are welcomed. If you would like to join the team, show us what you got and what you can do.
Keiran
Hey all,
My dad just got a Xperia S for himself...he is in love with it...the design, the looks everything is fantastic... I've never seen him decide on a phone so fast..
Cya!
Sent from my RaZr NeXus.
Hi, Xperia people. You probably don't know me, but in the future I might be getting an Xperia U, and looking forward to it!
I couldn't find a XPU Q&A sub-forum, so I decided to post here. You're probably wondering why won't I get an Xperia S, or P? That's because my dad said I could pick a phone, up to £200, and he might get it for me, as a present for getting good grades.
Reading my own post, I probably sound like some stupid trolling, spamming kid who doesn't know a thing about Android, or programming, etc...
Well, I previously owned a HTC Wildfire S, until it got stolen. I do know about bootloader unlocking, rooting, fastboot, specs (CPU, RAM, etc.), Linux, Bootloaders, prgramming (I don't know any programming languages, but I know a bit about them, and I only know the tiniest bit of Java in the world that won't help anyone). I like making ROMS, and flashing them.
So I just wanted to know some basic stuff about the XPU. For example, as soon as I get it, play around with it for a bit, then should I unlock the bootloader, and start flashing some new ROMS (like ICS and stuff), or do I need to do some stuff before that. I want to try lots of ROMS (and I want to make one too. I made a stock like basic HTC ROM once.) I also want to know how to boot into the bootloader, and stuff. I know this all probably has been asked before, but if I get a good enough amount of answers, I might consider transforming the thread into a Noob Guide.
If you own an XPU, can you post links to some good ROMS, ICS, stuff like that. Thanks!!!!
My missus has an Xperia U and it's a fine phone. For the <£200 price, it's unbeatable IMHO. Sure there are compromises, but they are in the right areas, not the wrong ones. Sony got it perfect for that price.:good:
I probably won't be getting it now. I've done more research, and there's a lack of development, so I don't think I want to get it.
get it now!
AndroidM0d said:
get it now!
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Indeed, you don't get alot for a £200 budget, certainly not ICS update, dual core, unlockable bootloader and the U's build quality....
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I probably won't be getting it now. I've done more research, and there's a lack of development, so I don't think I want to get it.
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there is lack of development indeed, but only because xperia U is using a relatively new chipset. once the devs gotten familiar with it I think development will roll in nicely
Actually I've got my XPU for about 3 weeks, it worked fine for me and no problem was faced.
I'm proud that I can get a such brilliant smartphone with a very reasonable price and the chance for eating ICS:laugh:
Yeah, well it is a good phone. But I can't take my chances and waste money. Even if there is more development, it might not be that much. DoomLord said himself that he might not do any development for XPU as he's already busy with the other XPs and he can barely keep up doing that. Believe me, I'd like to make ROMS myself (I made one for personal use, then distributed it), but I don't think I can just buy a phone to do that, and there aren't many development resources to do that. Also, this sub-forum is kind of "claustrophobic" because it's most of the XP devices together, and it's kinda messy, for me. Sorry guys, I'd like to become part of your community, but I don't think I can. I might just get a Desire HD, if I can, because I know a lot about HTC devices, it's got S-OFF, and plenty of development. It's already got ICS (was in the second page of Portal).
Anyway, thanks for the encouragement.
Hi XDA,
This is my first on xda. Actually i want a ROM based on IOS 10. So can u please develop a ROM.
And the main thing is, is it possible get the iphone camera to my xperia z2.
It is not possible to run ios on an android phone
But i found this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se2a3W3oNfQ
It's android but it is EXTREMELY SIMILAR to ios. Can we port this rom for our xperias ?
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Hi XDA,
This is my first on xda. Actually i want a ROM based on IOS 10. So can u please develop a ROM.
And the main thing is, is it possible get the iphone camera to my xperia z2.
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So you want to make your phone ugly and non-open source? I would have given you a hatefull answer, but I have been warned before. So I will only say this- get an iphone and leave this heaven. You don't even want to learn... When I registered in XDA I was already reading and using the forum for a few months. I knew all the terms, flashed roms and I didn't create useless threads with stupid questions.
get a theme
BlAckXpeRia said:
So you want to make your phone ugly and non-open source? I would have given you a hatefull answer, but I have been warned before. So I will only say this- get an iphone and leave this heaven. You don't even want to learn... When I registered in XDA I was already reading and using the forum for a few months. I knew all the terms, flashed roms and I didn't create useless threads with stupid questions.
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how can theming android like ios make it not open source? the reason you see people wanting the ios or windows look is because they believe they can get it. they believe in the power of android. I don't know why some people hate the ios look like its an abomination but if it was there wouldn't be so many companies trying to emulate that look. ios does look pretty (for a while anyways) and there's nothing wrong in somebody wanting to emulate it on their android. the only stupid thing here is your useless comment that doesn't help at all.
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Abinash Stallone said:
Hi XDA,
This is my first on xda. Actually i want a ROM based on IOS 10. So can u please develop a ROM.
And the main thing is, is it possible get the iphone camera to my xperia z2.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxfdhJgkKxY
check out this
I have two requests for some people :
1. Get a brain or get an education
2. If there is a thumb down button here at XDA, someone would probably get a most thumb down record in Z2 forum.
Really wish mod could close the thread.
Abinash Stallone said:
Hi XDA,
This is my first on xda. Actually i want a ROM based on IOS 10. So can u please develop a ROM.
And the main thing is, is it possible get the iphone camera to my xperia z2.
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FOR loCKED & UNLOCKED bOOTLOADER:
You can Flash MIUI 7 which have a look pretty close to IOS but it is based on 4.4.4
If you prefer to stay with Sony Stock you can flash Mr. SL Rom in the link below or you can just use layer theming on Stock MM and use Ilayers RRO Theme.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z2/development/rom-sl-rom-v8-5-audio-beautify-t3272092
i am Kal-El said:
how can theming android like ios make it not open source? the reason you see people wanting the ios or windows look is because they believe they can get it. they believe in the power of android. I don't know why some people hate the ios look like its an abomination but if it was there wouldn't be so many companies trying to emulate that look. ios does look pretty (for a while anyways) and there's nothing wrong in somebody wanting to emulate it on their android. the only stupid thing here is your useless comment that doesn't help at all.
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He didn't say he was looking for a theme and he didn't mean it. Read first post again.
BlAckXpeRia said:
He didn't say he was looking for a theme and he didn't mean it. Read first post again.
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that's his naivity i suppose.
Sorry if i was wrong
BlAckXpeRia said:
So you want to make your phone ugly and non-open source? I would have given you a hatefull answer, but I have been warned before. So I will only say this- get an iphone and leave this heaven. You don't even want to learn... When I registered in XDA I was already reading and using the forum for a few months. I knew all the terms, flashed roms and I didn't create useless threads with stupid questions.
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Bro read my request properly, i just asked for the android rom, which doesnt change my android to a complete ios.
Abinash Stallone said:
Hi XDA,
This is my first on xda. Actually i want a ROM based on IOS 10. So can u please develop a ROM.
And the main thing is, is it possible get the iphone camera to my xperia z2.
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well nice try but no.
android is a open source operating system AND WE ARE PROUD OF THAT FACT
this gives many developers and other people the option to make wonderfull things for android phones like kernels, mods or roms to improve performance, battery life, sound output, camera quality, and a bettter looking UI. Apple doesnt give us the opptunity to modify any things. thats why there is no IOS for Android and hardly no ROMs for IOS. I only know Grayed00r and Whited00r for iPhone/iPad/iPod wich give the user the feeling of a newer IOS on a old device like a ipad 1 (2010) with a IOS 5.1.1 based system wich looks like IOS 8 and has some IOS 8 features like the control thing after swiping up. as I said before, its only a UI change and is very hard to make. the IOS 8 apps wont work even on a IOS 8 looking os....
Apple gives a **** on individuality and wants that every single person on our planet uses an apple device, wich is more a status symbol and not a VERY VERY usefull device for 800$
Abinash Stallone said:
Bro read my request properly, i just asked for the android rom, which doesnt change my android to a complete ios.
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I read it again-same thing.
1. Don't make me quote your first coment and the thread name. Is it just me or the word "theme" is invisible?
2.You are requesting someone else to make the thing YOU want. And a very specific thing on top of that.
3. We all know that if an iOS-themed ROM(not iOS directly, that would be super hard and probably illegal) comes out it will be used by 0,1% of users.