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I may be the only one interested in this, and I know its set for froyo 2.2 and not sure if its possible but is there no way to port this back one version? Maybe make it work for us?
I really like the idea and would be disappointed to have to wait the loooooooooong time before 2.2 is ported to G1.
no it uses the new pushy mc jig from froyo
probably could back port the whole framework, but seems like a wast ogf time to me
atantekeier said:
I may be the only one interested in this, and I know its set for froyo 2.2 and not sure if its possible but is there no way to port this back one version? Maybe make it work for us?
I really like the idea and would be disappointed to have to wait the loooooooooong time before 2.2 is ported to G1.
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How do you know it will be such a long time?
Depending on the code changes between 2.1 and 2.2, it may be little more than trivial to get 2.2 running.
Also, I suggest that the first step required in either backporting or building a whole system would be to actually wait for the availability of the source code. Then we judge what would be a more efficient use of time -- building a whole system or backporting chunks of it.
2.2 will support the ION, so in turn, it will support the Dream. We just have to WAIT for it, people.
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Just a thought: during the google io presentation of google TV they make a presentation of this feature with the google box in 2.1. So I don't know if the sdk or the source code is published but can't we use that to make it working with eclair roms?
PS: here at 1:30
Time is relative here, by the time a new update is released from modders porting it to another much older phone version a new version is almost ready to be released.
This is not a bad thing and Im not talking down about it ether. But was simply asking the question if it would take too much effort to get just that .apk to work for even 2.1 that is now very stable on the G1.
2.2 was just released, and it will probably take a while to get it stable, to the point where 2.0 or 2.1 is now for the G1 anyways.
I just really like the chrome to phone and think its a super idea. Maybe I'm a bit impatient too.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/08/28/cyanogenmod-6-0-final-released/
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Not yet....we have to wait til 6.1
Awww. I want it now.
Sorry, didn't mean to get you all excited for nothing! Don't worry though, we'll definitely post once CM6 is released for any Galaxy S devices - that's something people will want to know
-Aaron
Will they release a version of the mod for the i9000 (the eu one not the vibrant)?
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leoon said:
Will they release a version of the mod for the i9000 (the eu one not the vibrant)?
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Obviously yes, since phones are almost identical (you can even cross-flash firmwares, but you have to be careful about it).
If and when CM6.1 comes out, this board will be a flurry of activity and you will definitely not miss it.
Also it will be stickied at the top of the board
has any tried it to see if it does work?
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has any tried it to see if it does work?
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tried to see if what works? all thats been announced is that galaxy s is on the official "supported" list, so no mod for it yet but we will get the mod when they release 6.1
http://lifehacker.com/5624778/cyano...stom-froyo-goodness-to-tons-of-android-phones
Lifehacker (sister site of Gizmodo) is also reporting that it supports Galaxy S phones.
There is only a start of CM6 for SGS. Check status here:
https://spreadsheets1.google.com/ccc?key=twp73Jg2Ks2cNp9zAVG3q_g&hl=en#gid=0
I am fairly new to Android ..But still heard the buzz about the fantastic cyanogen mods .. I also read that because of copyrights etc .. cyanogen mod do not contain google items ( market, gmail etc) ...Does that mean I can't use any of the googleprograms or can the be ( legaly) downloaded and installed in the rom ?
What makes the cyanogenmod so special that we even want that into our sweet SGS' ??
petzku said:
What makes the cyanogenmod so special that we even want that into our sweet SGS' ??
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Faster, better, smarter and definitely much more geekier
petzku said:
What makes the cyanogenmod so special that we even want that into our sweet SGS' ??
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lots of tweaks and experience in enhancing android
petzku said:
What makes the cyanogenmod so special that we even want that into our sweet SGS' ??
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Although there's been some good answers already, what I'm particularly interested in is that the 6.x releases are all Froyo based which will bring a load of new amazing to the SGS, and depending on the CM release schedule, it may well in fact come to the galaxy BEFORE the official samsung froyo rom.
If that happens, it'll be a major coup for the CM guys, to not only be better than the stock rom, but to be dropping before samsung.
Froyo brings JIT and naitive apps2sd, which is awesome, as well as plenty of other goodies. The reason why the N1 recently jumped almost up to SGS levels on quadrant on 2.2 is because of JIT coding, so expect a pretty impressive jump in performance for us.
Also, there's the possibility that the CM rom will totally drop samsungs crappy slow ass proprietary file system that's caused so much woe for our devices, which translates into no need for lagfixes, and generally improved performance all around.
Thinking of streamlining stuff... No more bloatware, just the services and apps we need, which translates into better memory management, and so better stability and even better performance for multi-tasking.
Finally, no need for GPS fixes. CM should be coming with good, accurate and thoroughly tested gps code.
So yeah... All the joy of Froyo, minus the samsung junk, thats been developed by SGS users for SGS users. Might not see everything perfect in 6.1, but it will sure as hell be a leap forward. *straps myself in*
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What makes the cyanogenmod so special that we even want that into our sweet SGS' ??
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It just happens to be the best build of Android out there, by far! Runs like a bat out of hell on my Nexus One, would love to have it on my SGS.
lewymd said:
has any tried it to see if it does work?
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Judging by the thread over at the CM forums, yes, they've tried - they've also tried hacking it on, with no progress. It's not something you can easily just drop in. If you want the dirty tech details, head over http://www.cyanogenmod.com and check the SGS section of the forums. You'll see which thread.
Looks like theres already an alpha version in the works
Scepterr is the person adjusting it and hes already droping some good teasers
bit.ly/aTggxt
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Looks like theres already an alpha version in the works
Scepterr is the person adjusting it and hes already droping some good teasers
bit.ly/aTggxt
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Nice, I just can't wait to see the best hardware phone out there with the best software
Will it be possible for us to get 2.3 ported on the milestone?
We haven't even got official 2.2 yet...
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Will it be possible for us to get 2.3 ported on the milestone?
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needs higher memory requirements like 512Mb, so only Miletone2 and in 2012..
(it took 1yr for milestone1, so thats easy to estimate from now+12months)
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needs higher memory requirements like 512Mb, so only Miletone2 and in 2012..
(it took 1yr for milestone1, so thats easy to estimate from now+12months)
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Is that really true? What would require higher memory than Froyo? I don't see anything in the features which would require 512MB..
Guys: let's focus on what is REALLY important from 2.3. We don't need all those features...I mean: we WOULD like to get them all but I think it's a hard challenge for developers (the upgraded kernel hasn't even been released for 2.2, I don't want a 2.3 with battery draining and kernel_issues just becuase of Motorola laziness...). I just need a 2.1 (which covers all the "basics" of what a smartphone MUST do) with some improvements from 2.3! I'll start with mine:
1) New Keyboard: I really want to try the new keyboard and think shouldn't be so difficult to port it to 2.1 (just a hope!)
2) Download manager: not a must-have but hey...would be useful!
3) New UI and "smoother" animations: I'm quite sure this is almost impossible to port..
4) Support for WebM: see above...
By the way maybe the whole gingerbread can run on 2.6.32 kernel! So a good porting would be ready when motorola releases the official 2.2 sbf. Am I correct?
EDIT: Look at these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AAFF9PN-WU&feature=channel
Youtube 2.0 is also available for 2.1! I can't notice any difference with 2.3!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCgf8RW7B88&feature=channel
Newer streetview and Maps navigation are available on 2.1...No voice controls though!
Dexter_nlb said:
needs higher memory requirements like 512Mb, so only Miletone2 and in 2012..
(it took 1yr for milestone1, so thats easy to estimate from now+12months)
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And also (correct me if I'm wrong)
Probably some features like GPU accelleration in openGL 2.0 may be a little difficult to port over right?
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3) New UI and "smoother" animations
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it's a sweet dream... but i would be awesome
@89luca89: I didn't see anywhere that 2.3 supports GPU acceleration! This would be AWSOME especially for the browser!! How have Opera's guys been able to enable hw acceleration on their browser? Do you think it would be also possible on custom browsers like Dolphin or is that a "Presto" (the Opera's rendering engine while Chrome's one is Webkit) feature? Thanks!
@razer54: Being sincere...I'd really like (read as NEED) a smoother browser than smoother animations...Launcher Pro is smooth enough for me! And menus scrolling is too! The only one who lacks smooth interaction (scrolling, pinch2zoom etc.) is the browser! But, as I wrote above, there could be the possibility to port Opera's hw acceleration on a browser like Dolphin (or the stock one being the source code public). Couldn't it?
I presume everyone has seen this:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.3-highlights.html
Heaps of the new improvements look awesome, improved responciveness, native audio control, new keyboard, dalivik garbage collector, native voip, updated video drivers - all this stuff would make lots of apps (including games!) much better on Android.
I really hope game devs start getting serious about Android with the approah of the Playstation phone and Android 2.3 available. I'm no expert but I assume while some things like the new keyboard may be possible to port back to 2.1 or 2.2 on milestone, we will never see the bulk of 2.3 on our phones.
Ballinor I almost forgot to ask if copy&paste can be ported from 2.3!!
EDIT: Ok I changed my mind...I NEED Gingerbread!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell me that will be possible to install it on Milestone!
can someone port the new keyboard? there´s already a couple of leaked keyboards but they all appear small on our precious .... its like a hyper compact keyboard ....
Dexter_nlb said:
needs higher memory requirements like 512Mb, so only Miletone2 and in 2012..
(it took 1yr for milestone1, so thats easy to estimate from now+12months)
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I'm sorry but what you're saying is mostly a dull statement. I wouldn't expect this coming from you at all, seriously. You didn't even explained what would need more memory. Its clearly stated the most of the higher specs would be used for new Multimedia standards and gaming improvements (Concurrent garbage collector being one of them!).
It took a bit more then half of year for Milestone 1 to get unofficial 2.2, the biggest problem being unlocked boot loader.
This is the same thing as telling its impossible to get Froyo to G1. Officially, that is correct. Unofficially, Cyano and everyone in XDA and other communities are doing everything to keep G1 alive. And I can tell you, Froyo on G1 is working smooth and without problems.
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I'm sorry but what you're saying is mostly a dull statement. I wouldn't expect this coming from you at all, seriously. You didn't even explained what would need more memory. Its clearly stated the most of the higher specs would be used for new Multimedia standards and gaming improvements (Concurrent garbage collector being one of them!).
It took a bit more then half of year for Milestone 1 to get unofficial 2.2, the biggest problem being unlocked boot loader.
This is the same thing as telling its impossible to get Froyo to G1. Officially, that is correct. Unofficially, Cyano and everyone in XDA and other communities are doing everything to keep G1 alive. And I can tell you, Froyo on G1 is working smooth and without problems.
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The 512mb of RAM is a statement from Google. They just want less fragmantation in android devices.
What that really means is it'll probably run on the Milestone if we didn't have that damn bootloader..
It'll probably be ported to the Droid.
It will be ported to Milestone too..
greglord said:
It will be ported to Milestone too..
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Yup,but without proper kernel
I hope so!!!
Unfortunately I'm not an expert in programming, but I'll give all my support for testing!
Milestone is too young do be abandoned, it is still an optimum phone in my opinion!
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@89luca89: I didn't see anywhere that 2.3 supports GPU acceleration! This would be AWSOME especially for the browser!! How have Opera's guys been able to enable hw acceleration on their browser? Do you think it would be also possible on custom browsers like Dolphin or is that a "Presto" (the Opera's rendering engine while Chrome's one is Webkit) feature? Thanks!
@razer54: Being sincere...I'd really like (read as NEED) a smoother browser than smoother animations...Launcher Pro is smooth enough for me! And menus scrolling is too! The only one who lacks smooth interaction (scrolling, pinch2zoom etc.) is the browser! But, as I wrote above, there could be the possibility to port Opera's hw acceleration on a browser like Dolphin (or the stock one being the source code public). Couldn't it?
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you got a point, i wanted to speak about browsing experience when i wrote animation ^^
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The 512mb of RAM is a statement from Google. They just want less fragmantation in android devices.
What that really means is it'll probably run on the Milestone if we didn't have that damn bootloader..
It'll probably be ported to the Droid.
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Can you please post a link where I can see such Google statement? Thanks.
(And to be clear, I'm not interested in links to the old rumors that have been denied and ridiculed directly by a google engineer a long time ago.)
mardurhack said:
Guys: let's focus on what is REALLY important from 2.3. We don't need all those features...I mean: we WOULD like to get them all but I think it's a hard challenge for developers (the upgraded kernel hasn't even been released for 2.2, I don't want a 2.3 with battery draining and kernel_issues just becuase of Motorola laziness...). I just need a 2.1 (which covers all the "basics" of what a smartphone MUST do) with some improvements from 2.3! I'll start with mine:
1) New Keyboard: I really want to try the new keyboard and think shouldn't be so difficult to port it to 2.1 (just a hope!)
2) Download manager: not a must-have but hey...would be useful!
3) New UI and "smoother" animations: I'm quite sure this is almost impossible to port..
4) Support for WebM: see above...
By the way maybe the whole gingerbread can run on 2.6.32 kernel! So a good porting would be ready when motorola releases the official 2.2 sbf. Am I correct?
EDIT: Look at these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AAFF9PN-WU&feature=channel
Youtube 2.0 is also available for 2.1! I can't notice any difference with 2.3!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCgf8RW7B88&feature=channel
Newer streetview and Maps navigation are available on 2.1...No voice controls though!
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i agree...
obviously we won't get all the new implementations, but it would be nice to have some of them... the easier ones to port...
I think one of the most important think to port it"s the jit no ? if i remember well, the jit from froyo was ported to eclair, so the one from gingerbread can be ported to froyo no ?
It seems really slow getting things off the ground. Apart from decdexed and roto who seem to have hit a brick wall, no-one else appears to be developing. To me, this seems really odd considering Samsung claim to have shifted a million plus units. Is there an underlying reason that devs haven't got behind the tab? Is it proving a difficult beast to master?
The whole reason i got the tab was because i assumed the dev community would fully back it. It doesn't seem to be the case which is making me consider jumping ship to a tab which i know will be supported.
What is everyone's thoughts?
I fully appreciate the work Rot and decodexed have done and hope they have more success in the near future.
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For sure there will be devs to focus the mod of ROM. But frankly speaking, after compared with the performance of my galaxy s, I can say only that the original tab rom is good enough even without deodexed an zipaligned.
Of course if there is better ROM, I feel happy too.
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I tend to agree - unlike other phones, stock performance is pretty good and there's little else that I personally need from the Tab.
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I think this device is absolutely perfect for cyanogenmod. With its speed and opensource goodness, this thing will truly hit its stride.
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Price of tab
A few of the devs I spoke with pretty much said they would love to work on it, but its a bit pricey and none of them had one. Maybe once a few of them get ahold of one, they will start developing for it.
i agree. Development has been slow. But i kind of figured it would be. Its because of the price of the device. i think the tab is good but not great. I was expecting more, i feel like it needs to be tweaked. i mean the hardware is there its just the software, imo, thats lacking or not keeping up. I multitask like crazy on this thing! I feel like it cant keep up with me which is a shame. I think we should start a mini pot. Meaning everyone donates a couple bucks. We gather the money and buy a tab. then we give the tab to one capable dev who cant afford one. This will kickstart development. Kinda like how google gave nexus' to devs. What you think?
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I think it is because the device with stock rom is fairly good and since jm6 it is very close to being perfect unlike the sgs who needed so many tweaks and hacks to get to this stage.
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What new features or improvements do you imagine in an alternative ROM for the Tab?
If you can't name a few, then what exactly is the point of developing one? As soon as the juicy new features of Gingerbread and maybe even Honeycomb start spreading around a bit, I'm sure a lot of Tab users will see stuff they'd like a piece of. That's when the dev scene will take off.
I would like a modified kernel. One that undervolts and overclocks the processor. I would like to see better memory management. I don't know what they can do there but my RAM is almost always full and I need to kill tasks. Didn't think I would need to do this but I do. Maybe include BFS (I heard its better for multitasking). I would to see a modified modem.bin file. One that allows both 3G and phone. That's about it. I'm on JM6 and it does run well but I have been having a few issues with this tab. Not enough for me to return it or anything close to that. I do love it. But I feel like it has more to offer.
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Thought of something else. Maybe push the camera to record better videos. Enable video recording from the front facing camera would be nice.
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Slow going
I thought for sure would see some great roms by now. This is the reason i picked up the tab. I'm hopeful development will pick up soon!
Rapax said:
What new features or improvements do you imagine in an alternative ROM for the Tab?
If you can't name a few, then what exactly is the point of developing one? As soon as the juicy new features of Gingerbread and maybe even Honeycomb start spreading around a bit, I'm sure a lot of Tab users will see stuff they'd like a piece of. That's when the dev scene will take off.
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Here are a few:
- working nandroid backup/restore (amon ra)
- integrated openvpn
- quiet hours settings
- fix for current home screen artefacting
- better inbuilt camera
- better music app / music widget
- phone function for all and correct APNs
- smoother scrolling and window transitions
- improved battery life
- inbuilt status and notification bar customizations
- flexible performance settings
- fix for exchange email start up and listing lag
- inbuilt torch
- improved stock browser
Etc. (CM nightlies)
Practically all that has been done for Nexus One, and Nexus was awesome when its came out stock either
From the little info i've seen on the Nexus S it seems that Gingerbread does the Hummingbird justice and it would be nice to see the Tab a bit smoother and better front camera implementation.
All the things that shmigao listed...
I've come to this from a Nexus One like others. The mod community really pushed that little fellow to be one of the best pocketable Android devices that currently exists. Just a bit of that love aimed at the Tab would be awesome . Still early days yet...
i think too that alternatives roms development is too slow...i dont know why especially since sgs and sgt are identical platforms..i have seen insanity rom on an sgs and i cant wait to flash it to my taqb too...please xda-dev an insanity rom 4 my tab!!!
build in cifs would be nice
rom based on 2.3 as we will have to wait few months for Samsung..
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Native SIP
This is my first Android device and the only thing I miss so far is native SIP which is promised already in 2.3:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.3-highlights.html#UserFeatures
The most important feature to me is making/taking VoIP calls using bluetooth headset.
So Sipdroid is not doing it properly.
shmigao said:
Here are a few:
- working nandroid backup/restore (amon ra)
- integrated openvpn
- quiet hours settings
- fix for current home screen artefacting
- better inbuilt camera
- better music app / music widget
- phone function for all and correct APNs
- smoother scrolling and window transitions
- improved battery life
- inbuilt status and notification bar customizations
- flexible performance settings
- fix for exchange email start up and listing lag
- inbuilt torch
- improved stock browser
Etc. (CM nightlies)
Practically all that has been done for Nexus One, and Nexus was awesome when its came out stock either
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i would be happy once i am able to use my Tab for voice and data with my current Vibrant SIM. I am able to use voice after flashing the Euro Rom but still no data. COME ON SOMEONE PLEASE GET THIS WORKED OUT!!!! that is all i need nothing else....
I could be wrong but I think the main thing that is holding back development on the Tab is the lack of a stable recovery ROM. Just today, Koush from ClockworkMod tweeted that he would be happy to write a custom recovery for the Tab if someone would be willing to send him their Tab for a few days.
I don't have a Tab yet or I would send him mine. Perhaps a better idea would be to buy him one. Then not only would we get a good stable custom recovery but we would reap the benefits of his future development using the before mentioned TAB.
Put me down for $25. Anyone else?
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I could be wrong but I think the main thing that is holding back development on the Tab is the lack of a stable recovery ROM. Just today, Koush from ClockworkMod tweeted that he would be happy to write a custom recovery for the Tab if someone would be willing to send him their Tab for a few days.
I don't have a Tab yet or I would send him mine. Perhaps a better idea would be to buy him one. Then not only would we get a good stable custom recovery but we would reap the benefits of his future development using the before mentioned TAB.
Put me down for $25. Anyone else?
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I'd happily lend him mine, but what with me being in the UK it's unlikely. I'd put about £20 to getting him one.
shmigao said:
Here are a few:
- working nandroid backup/restore (amon ra)
- integrated openvpn
- quiet hours settings
- fix for current home screen artefacting
- better inbuilt camera
- better music app / music widget
- phone function for all and correct APNs
- smoother scrolling and window transitions
- improved battery life
- inbuilt status and notification bar customizations
- flexible performance settings
- fix for exchange email start up and listing lag
- inbuilt torch
- improved stock browser
Etc. (CM nightlies)
Practically all that has been done for Nexus One, and Nexus was awesome when its came out stock either
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+1 on the list
The tab isn't that expensive, it's practically the same $$$ for an iPad. I agree that the Tab is pretty darn good out of the box, but being an avid XDA- Dev poster and follower for all ROM's on the Droid Incredible, rooting and flashing ROM's is essential in which a simple animation here and there keeps the look and feel of the device feel brand new like is the case with my D-Inc. For a while I was considering switching to a Fascinate, but it only runs Android 2.1 plus other differences, but being rooted and flashing the most up to date version of Android keeps things fresh and helps me wait out for the newest version of the Incredible (Incredible HD).
Hello,
I want to turn my old N1 into an ICS camera. I'm going into some dicey country and dont want to bring my GN, but I really want my N1 to have the ICS camera app. I have a DICApac for it and want to do some light underwater usage and lots of quick response "action" shots (fishing).
Anyone have any recommendations on which ROM would be best for me? I quite literally only care about the camera functionality from ICS and the speed of use. And the SD card All other functionality will not be used.
At first glance it appears that these are my two best options?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1366897
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1557606
Will either of those suit my needs? Is there something better I didnt see?
Great. Thank you for your time.
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Hello,
I want to turn my old N1 into an ICS camera. I'm going into some dicey country and dont want to bring my GN, but I really want my N1 to have the ICS camera app. I have a DICApac for it and want to do some light underwater usage and lots of quick response "action" shots (fishing).
Anyone have any recommendations on which ROM would be best for me? I quite literally only care about the camera functionality from ICS and the speed of use. And the SD card All other functionality will not be used.
At first glance it appears that these are my two best options?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1366897
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1557606
Will either of those suit my needs? Is there something better I didnt see?
Great. Thank you for your time.
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Is your N1 rooted and has blackrose HBOOT installed? If no, then you don't want to flash ICS if you are planning on taking it with you because ICS is still WIP. Use the Gingerbread ROMs for now.
Agree. The ICS camera for the Nexus One isn't yet perfected.
I'd recommend CM7.2 stable or MIUI Gingerbread. At least they won't let you down.
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smot13 said:
Hello,
I want to turn my old N1 into an ICS camera. I'm going into some dicey country and dont want to bring my GN, but I really want my N1 to have the ICS camera app. I have a DICApac for it and want to do some light underwater usage and lots of quick response "action" shots (fishing).
Anyone have any recommendations on which ROM would be best for me? I quite literally only care about the camera functionality from ICS and the speed of use. And the SD card All other functionality will not be used.
At first glance it appears that these are my two best options?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1366897
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1557606
Will either of those suit my needs? Is there something better I didnt see?
Great. Thank you for your time.
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Well, I've gotta commend you for conceding this might be a tricky task, my man.
I hate the easy answer of "ICS isn't what you're looking for," as I know sometimes it's the kind of thing you just really gotta have.
I'll say this:
You'll hear reports of the ICS camera being a bit kinked up right now. These reports are somewhat true.
The ICS CAMERA isn't so much the problem as is the functionality of the camera APP.
Meaning: In my experience, the camera (still photos) worked fine. If you're looking to do any sort of recording, the ROM simply is not able to accomodate it. The devs (bless 'em for all their hard work) have yet to wade through fixing the video coding to allow for flawless video recording/playback within the camera app.
My suggestion:
If you really want ICS, download one of the distros (I really enjoyed BCM CM9) and test it out. Go in expecting ****e -- not an amazing platform for camera-play. If it ends up meeting your needs for speed and quality (and, I guess, style), then you've got a winner.
For what it's worth though, I actually entertained a hiatus from the ICS party and flashed the stable release of CM7.2 (recently released).
I'll just say it felt like I was playing around on my Atrix again, and Gingerbread has an UNDENIABLE speed/response advantage over ICS. I feel these advantages are crucial to photography and that Gingerbread ROMs might be able to better accommodate your demands.
I could be wrong, though...never want to assume...and if there's a vital feature of ICS's you're keen on having, let us know. We'll try our best to guide you to a good ICS photography-platform (even if extensive tweaking is involved), and if that just doesn't seem possible, I'm sure there's a way to get what you're looking for in a GB ROM.
Good luck though either way, breaux.
Thanks for the responses. I appreciate it. I'm going to dig into some GB roms and see what works best for me.