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Hey all, I'm a new DS7 owner (well, UPS is right now but I will be). My interest was grabbed when I heard the news about the official Honeycomb being released for the DS7. After some add'l reading around about it (including discovering Honeystreak), I decided to trade my Nook Color in for a DS7.
I'm by no means new to Android hacking but I am totally new to the DS7. So I was wondering if a couple peeps would mind helping me play catch-up so I know what all is going on with it. For example:
What's the recovery situation? I see a stickied CWM thread but I also see comments such as "I doubt we'll be seeing cmw any time soon since partitions keep changing and we all know how badly cmw has screwed.us in the past...". If not CWM, then whatcha got?
Are there generally-accepted bugs with the device that I should be aware of before I waste time banging my head against the wall? For example, all AOSP ROMs for the Thunderbolt have a GPS and Network Location bug, and MMS only works if Wifi is disconnected.
What firmware-flashing tool is used? (equivalent to Odin, HBoot, RSDLite, etc.)
What other things are there that I should know about that are specific to the DS7?
If not here on XDA, where is DJ Steve posting new HoneyStreak updates?
I appreciate your help and a bit of patience while I ask the dumb questions.
Hey Jax, good to see a fellow Thunderbolt owner over here, well....the rom game is slow around these parts. Most owners including myself are waiting for the official 3.2 ota which may be days or weeks away for the wifi model. DJsteve is the streak dev but has CHOSEN to take his work elsewhere due to GPL issues.
The known bugs or issues for the most part have been well documented, battery life and screen, although I wouldn't call the later a "bug". Battery life is supposed to be addressed in the ota as well. In my opinion this is going to be a sweet little tab once 3.2 arrives and will hopefully attract some devs.
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Hi Jax,
Welcome to the Streak7 world. I too am a new DS7 user (wifi only). Only just getting mine back on the 2nd of Sept. I used the stock rom and thought it was a decent running system. In fact, I kinda disagreed with most who said it was a bit sluggish, as mine seemed to run quite well. Got my DS7 on Friday afternoon,by late Saturday night I had it rooted to Honeycomb.Why live with last years model when you can have this years model. I worked under that for a few days to see how it ran. Then I went back to the stock Dell rom for comparison. Well... after going back to the stock rom I saw just what everyone was saying about it being sluggish. Now granted the stock rom ran fine & I was fine with it untill I rooted. Then I got spoiled. SO not only does the stock rom run a bit slower, it has a lot of bloat. (as one would expect). Going over to the root rom fixes these issues. Its a clean fast running system now. I have not found any troubles with the rom Im using or the stock rom. I think you'll be happy with the DS7 & even more so after rooting it.
I use DJ_Steve's HoneyStreak HD7 2.0 (3.2)R4 (Going to R5 today as he just posted the R5 yesterday) & I love it. You'l need to install R2 first,then update to R4 or R5.
DJ_Steve has moved over to another site & his work can be found here :
R2 : http://tabletroms.com/forums/honeyc...[r2]-honeystreak-hd7-2-0-release-2-3-2-a.html
R5 : http://tabletroms.com/forums/honeyc...m][r5]-honeystreak-hd7-2-0-release-3-2-a.html
Good luck with your new DS7. If I can help any more please feel free to drop me a line. And keep us posted on your goings on with it.
^^^I also think the stock rom isn't so bad, I do have adwex on top of it though. I'm yet to root mines. I'm shocked how much I'm liking my DS7.
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Before you go installing HC, can you check what stock rom you have installed first?
The version is in system -> about phone
You might have a newer version rom then what's available. Dell has been releasing most of their updates as preinstalled only recently.
TheManii said:
Before you go installing HC, can you check what stock rom you have installed first?
The version is in system -> about phone
You might have a newer version rom then what's available. Dell has been releasing most of their updates as preinstalled only recently.
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I bought mine used on Ebay. I had honeycomb on it within 3 hours of playing with my Streak.
Anyone ever flashed a RAZR rom to a BIONIC? I was thinking about doing one of these...
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/1050-aokpaxi0m-ab5kang/
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/2405-romcdmakoa-aokp-5282012/
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/2366-romcdmakoa-rom-any-leak-5282012-1122pm/
From what I understand, the two phones are pretty much identical hardware, but the RAZR has an overclocking feature on the processor. I don't think I'd brick the phone, not permanently anyway, as long as I have a NAND backup right?
the razr and the bionic are pretty much cousins in terms of the hardware department, yes.
i wouldn't risk it though, then again, i am used to HTC rom precedures, so, and i know there each htc phone is different, though the HTC evo is similer to verizon's old Droid Incredible, despite being two tottally seperate sizes.
From what I've read they have figured out RAZR's video recording, which is one of the big downfalls of the Bionic ICS roms right now - no video rec. Wanted to try it, but if I brick it, I will have to buy another...cash.
Thought I'd post a shout here in case anyone else had already been through the pain and suffering
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From what I've read they have figured out RAZR's video recording, which is one of the big downfalls of the Bionic ICS roms right now - no video rec. Wanted to try it, but if I brick it, I will have to buy another...cash.
Thought I'd post a shout here in case anyone else had already been through the pain and suffering
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it's the same way with the incredible and evo on HTC, and some other newer phones, the camera app crashes everytime and ends up resulting in a stream of force close errors.
IMHO, i'm not even going to bother with new OTA'S until the devs here cook up a de-bloated rom, same goes for ics, truth be told, Google owns a majority share of motorola mobility now, so we might see a quasi motoblur/vanila look.
Flashed RAZR AXI0M CMPLX from...just hung at black screen after Safe strap intro screen. Went into Safe strap and flashed the latest 'Bionic CM9 unofficial' and it booted. Bummer :-/
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Well, I will give you a E for effort. I have a bionic also and was going to try this too but so much for that. I will have to wait for official build in July or August. Sucks
Ok kinda on topic. On my DROID bionic (that I just got as a warranty replacement from the piece of trash called the DROID charge), I went from ICS to gb temporarily because I wanted to try liberty. I tried it and it was on. 8XX, so I decided to download a new rom. I went to download eclipse, and I accidentally downloaded the version for the DROID 3, and being me, I didn't notice. Wiped data, booted, and it said welcome to Droid 3. I was confused, but kept going. Anyway, everything worked perfectly, except for recognizing an sd card and the radio. And the DROID 3 hardware is much different than the bionic im pretty sure. Out if curiosity and foolishness, im going to go try and flash the razr aokp axiom rom. will report back.
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Ok kinda on topic. On my DROID bionic (that I just got as a warranty replacement from the piece of trash called the DROID charge), I went from ICS to gb temporarily because I wanted to try liberty. I tried it and it was on. 8XX, so I decided to download a new rom. I went to download eclipse, and I accidentally downloaded the version for the DROID 3, and being me, I didn't notice. Wiped data, booted, and it said welcome to Droid 3. I was confused, but kept going. Anyway, everything worked perfectly, except for recognizing an sd card and the radio. And the DROID 3 hardware is much different than the bionic im pretty sure. Out if curiosity and foolishness, im going to go try and flash the razr aokp axiom rom. will report back.
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Sorry for replying so late, but the custom ROMs do not contain radio data, so you'll need to revert to stock, upgrade to latest stock, THEN flash the custom ROM of your choice.
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rami98 said:
Ok kinda on topic. On my DROID bionic (that I just got as a warranty replacement from the piece of trash called the DROID charge), I went from ICS to gb temporarily because I wanted to try liberty. I tried it and it was on. 8XX, so I decided to download a new rom. I went to download eclipse, and I accidentally downloaded the version for the DROID 3, and being me, I didn't notice. Wiped data, booted, and it said welcome to Droid 3. I was confused, but kept going. Anyway, everything worked perfectly, except for recognizing an sd card and the radio. And the DROID 3 hardware is much different than the bionic im pretty sure. Out if curiosity and foolishness, im going to go try and flash the razr aokp axiom rom. will report back.
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I know this is a crazy thought.. but why not try this the other way around? The Droid 3 guys are desperate for ICS after learning that will be no official. All I can be sure of is that you will have to wipe data first. Im on my first phone,... so I cant personally do this.
Hey guys,
It turns out my Atrix 4G is eligible for the Motorola trade up program and the Atrix HD is the only high end Motorola phone on AT&T. Is the phone rooted yet and are there any roms available? I did a search and there doesn't appear to be official Cyanogenmod, or any other roms for that matter. The main reason I would want to flash would be to get rid of motoblur ... if there are no custom roms is there at least a way to get rid of motoblur and return to android stock UI?
Its rooted and there will be official jb coming out soon! (beta already out)
Motoblur is only in traces, it got phased out.
I'm a flashaholic myself but I'm actually enjoying the Atrix HD just the way it is. Upgraded from the Atrix 4G as well and I'm definitely glad I did. The jellybean leak is very well put together and the 4.2 apps available for download definitely adds to the greatness that is the Atrix HD. The Razr MAXX battery mod increased the life of the phone big time.
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I've had my AHD for about a week now, and I'm usually a flashaholic, but honestly I don't see any obvious reasons to need to flash anything. I loathed Motoblur, and thankfully it's not here. I did root though, for obvious reasons. I can tell you that I am extremely picky about phones, and can name probably ten phones I've used this year, and this is my favorite.
Okay cool, thanks for the info guys! Looks like the Atrix HD will be my next phone!
You won't be disappointed!
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Yeah same here, I was a flashaholic as well, probably been through 6 or 7 phones this year already and once I got my hands on the Atrix HD, I am completely happy.
Agreed that the stock jellybean leak is very well done, feels like vanilla jb with a few nice tweaks. Of course once we have recovery working there will be ROMs and kernels hehe
Do keep in mind that your SD card can not be used to install any apps on to it nor can it be used to install a game and then the game installs any extra data.
A working recovery is almost here guys. Hashcode is working his azz off to finish it right now!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1964259&page=10
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Do keep in mind that your SD card can not be used to install any apps on to it nor can it be used to install a game and then the game installs any extra data.
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Hopefully custom ROMs will bring a workaround for this.
AzraelsVoice said:
I've had my AHD for about a week now, and I'm usually a flashaholic, but honestly I don't see any obvious reasons to need to flash anything. I loathed Motoblur, and thankfully it's not here. I did root though, for obvious reasons. I can tell you that I am extremely picky about phones, and can name probably ten phones I've used this year, and this is my favorite.
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100% confirm!
Snappier than the S3 and Hox (int.) i compared with..
No lags, freezes, etc...just runs extremely good under stock os..
heifeif said:
100% confirm!
Snappier than the S3 and Hox (int.) i compared with..
No lags, freezes, etc...just runs extremely good under stock os..
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Exactly, I haven't had a single hiccup AT ALL with my AHD. I wanted to throw my S3 against the wall. This Motorola is just solid.
Hey guys! My contract from verizon is running up and I desperately need a new phone; but I still have unlimited 4G and I'm not going to let Verizon contract me into another phone and lose it! HAH What a joke, 2gb a month for the "cheapest" option? No thank you. So I went ahead and ordered a mint condition Droid 4 for a nice price It should arrive this Friday
I'm upgrading from a Thunderbolt (the old girl served me well) and I cannot, and I can't stress this enough, cannot WAIT to have a physical keyboard back. I used to to be a Blackberry Curve and Tour owner back in the day before I made the switch to Android.
My question to you guys is, what ROM should I run? I want a full experience, so no non-working mechanics so I will be staying away from the broken camera roms, at least til they're stable. Also, what other things should I know before getting my new phone?
Thanks, and I hope to be part of the xda droid 4 owning family in a couple of days
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Hey guys! My contract from verizon is running up and I desperately need a new phone; but I still have unlimited 4G and I'm not going to let Verizon contract me into another phone and lose it! HAH What a joke, 2gb a month for the "cheapest" option? No thank you. So I went ahead and ordered a mint condition Droid 4 for a nice price It should arrive this Friday
I'm upgrading from a Thunderbolt (the old girl served me well) and I cannot, and I can't stress this enough, cannot WAIT to have a physical keyboard back. I used to to be a Blackberry Curve and Tour owner back in the day before I made the switch to Android.
My question to you guys is, what ROM should I run? I want a full experience, so no non-working mechanics so I will be staying away from the broken camera roms, at least til they're stable. Also, what other things should I know before getting my new phone?
Thanks, and I hope to be part of the xda droid 4 owning family in a couple of days
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If your looking for bug free myfishbear's Eclipse ROM is probably the way to go. As for other things to know, you will need to root and install safestrap recovery in order to install ROMs. I recommend the Droid 4 Utility ICS Only. That will allow you to root and also has a function to install safestrap.
And welcome to the D4 forums!
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kwyrt said:
If your looking for bug free myfishbear's Eclipse ROM is probably the way to go. As for other things to know, you will need to root and install safestrap recovery in order to install ROMs. I recommend the Droid 4 Utility ICS Only. That will allow you to root and also has a function to install safestrap.
And welcome to the D4 forums!
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Thank you! I was seriously expecting responses like "buy a better phone" or something. Quick question; do I have to flash radios like I did with the Thunderbolt? If I get stock gingerbread OS, should I upgrade to stock ICS and then root? Or will it not make a difference?
Thanks!
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Thank you! I was seriously expecting responses like "buy a better phone" or something. Quick question; do I have to flash radios like I did with the Thunderbolt? If I get stock gingerbread OS, should I upgrade to stock ICS and then root? Or will it not make a difference?
Thanks!
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I love my D4 You do not need to flash radios or anything like that. If it still has GB on it I would go ahead and update to ICS first and then root. That way you don't have to mess with root keeper or anything like that.
Thanks for the reply again! I will upgrade to ICS then root
It'll be here tomorrow, can't wait!
I suggest rooting stock and freezing a bunch of the garbage ICS apps that you will never use.
Fwiw, I've recently bought a used D4 for the same reason
(High 5!) And have not installed a new rom. I've just rooted, mainly so I could freeze a few things and use rom toolbox's ad blocker. Not to take anything away from the devs who do great work, but personally I'm totally happy with the (rooted) stock ICS. I know JB is supposed to be snappier, but I'm not seeing any sluggishness anyway. Welcome to the D4 world-the keyboard is AWESOME, really.
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I'd prefer to install Eclipse rom because there is no bloat to freeze and it's really fast. Also, it gets rid of a few spy tools Moto and Verizon placed on the stock roms.
Moreover, when using safestrap (which is needed to flash a rom) you don't have to worry about screwing up your system because it prevents you from messing up the stock rom.
FedEx is terrible. My phone won't be here til tomorrow
Anyway.
I think I will try and use Eclpise first. It looks like what I am after
Another vote for Eclipse here
The JB ROMs, CM10, AOKP etc. are all very nice, but missing crucial features like camera flash and the HDMI port.
Does eclipse introduce any bugs? If it gives stock functionality without the stock bloat, I'll be changing my mind...
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Does eclipse introduce any bugs? If it gives stock functionality without the stock bloat, I'll be changing my mind...
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Not noticed any bugs.
I find the (optional, flashed separately) speed tweaks to really hurt battery life, but the basic ROM (plus olegfusion's GSM patch) works just fine.
Thanks! In that case I'll probably try it out when my semester ends and I have time to tinker.
I want to tag in here, I recently purchased this phone and im from the Netherlands. I read that the Droid4 will have stock JB (4.2) support. The thing is, I am dutch and the phone isn't unlocked. Now i've been trying to understand if the update is possible for me and if the update is out allready (cant find anything about it)
Little background info:
I've had the desire Z when it intially launched and it broke down last month. Been using the desire for a month and im going nuts! Really missing a physical HD and when I started googling it seemde that the droid4 is made for me, but not being sold in stores in the NL.
It depends... what are running right now? what are you looking for? performance or battery life??????????????
I have not seen any news that this phone will get 4.2, but Motorola currently has the device listed among those that will receive 4.1 at some point (no date scheduled, though). There has not yet been an official stock release of any form of Jellybean to the Droid 4 so far.
Sorry for the late reply, I got the phone now and I saw that Hashtag is one of the core dev's for 4.1/4.2 AOKP/CM10. The phone is unlocked when upgrading to ICS via WiFi, so thats not a worry. The problem is that I cant get the data to work, ive posted about it here
Fixed! Was blind and didnt see this post Ideal for GSM users
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Sorry for the late reply, I got the phone now and I saw that Hashtag is one of the core dev's for 4.1/4.2 AOKP/CM10. The phone is unlocked when upgrading to ICS via WiFi, so thats not a worry. The problem is that I cant get the data to work, ive posted about it here
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I've never had much luck with GSM/UMTS data on Hashcode's ROMs. Stick with something like Eclipse ICS for now until Hashcode's ROMs mature a bit.
if I were you, I'd also go for the eclipse rom.
I had installed the jb rom at first, but somewhen it got really slow and apps began to crash, I also lost connection with my carrier more often then with the eclipse rom that I've changed to now.
captainstarbucs said:
Hey guys! My contract from verizon is running up and I desperately need a new phone; but I still have unlimited 4G and I'm not going to let Verizon contract me into another phone and lose it! HAH What a joke, 2gb a month for the "cheapest" option? No thank you. So I went ahead and ordered a mint condition Droid 4 for a nice price It should arrive this Friday
I'm upgrading from a Thunderbolt (the old girl served me well) and I cannot, and I can't stress this enough, cannot WAIT to have a physical keyboard back. I used to to be a Blackberry Curve and Tour owner back in the day before I made the switch to Android.
My question to you guys is, what ROM should I run? I want a full experience, so no non-working mechanics so I will be staying away from the broken camera roms, at least til they're stable. Also, what other things should I know before getting my new phone?
Thanks, and I hope to be part of the xda droid 4 owning family in a couple of days
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I just recently got a used Droid 4 myself, and I have to agree with ECLIPSE. It was the first rom I installed (immediately after I got the phone), and I rooted/safestrapped with the ICS Utility. It was an absolute breeze, and ECLIPSE is running wonderfully.
I have a rooted KFHD 7" (2012 model) and I have 2nd bootloader and kinology flashed in it. It's getting glitchy so I am intending to remove kinology and try another rom, and I found Chameleon OS in a thread in here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2414026
It says it is for KFHD, and I can probably figure out how to remove kinology and flash it from the threads in here, but I have an issue figuring out which file I should download. I'm still a new member so I can't ask directly to that thread, but I can't figure out the download links that are attached. I am supposed to find my device from their site's download list but I only see Kindle Fire (otter) and I'm getting the feeling that this is the previous gen so I don't want to mess with my kindle too badly, I had already bricked it once.
If anyone can help, I'd appreciate it, thanks!
I found the Tate builds. http://goo.im/devs/ChameleonOS/roms/tate/
I really really really don't recommend flashing this ROM for a very simple reason. Look at the dates of those ROMs that are posted. Since that time period there have been a ton of bug fixes and we are on kk builds of android now and the kindle runs faster now too. Not putting the ROM down but if those are the only flashable zoos for the ROM then they are quite dated.
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Hmmm, you think I shouldn't? I noticed now, I was going through the comments on the thread and it does indeed seem somewhat dead. It's a shame cause it looked like a really nice rom. Well, I really need to replace Kinology though... I liked it at first but it's getting really, reaaaally glitchy right now... It delays in really simple stuff for no reason, I'm leaving on purpose at least 2GB of the internal storage free (since I've noticed it's going really slow when I put too many things in it), but it's still quite annoying.
I plan on buying a new tablet eventually, but at the moment I'm saving money and keeping an eye for any offers...
So what rom do you think is best? I really messed up the first time I tried to flash a rom, so I'm somewhat scared of trying it again (I do have a factory cable though if I brick my kindle). I want a rom that lets my KFHD run smoothly and I need the kindle reading app to work, either from KFHD's launcher, or from the app icon (since in Kinology I need to get back to the original launcher to open books)
I started looking for other roms... Came across this. Seems decent, it looks like it's getting updated pretty often. Any ideas? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2355103
I haven't tried that ROM before, I stick to cm 11, but I have heard that ROM is pretty good, go for it.
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Can I ask you one more thing? I still haven't made enough posts to be allowed to post in the development forum, so I can't really ask them in the thread. How exactly do I pick the latest stable version? I'm not a tester, so I don't want to accidentally come across a glitchy version, but I want the latest that I can get. Both in Chameleon and in this one, I am not quite sure which version I'm supposed to download and flash... there are so many...
YuriPan said:
I started looking for other roms... Came across this. Seems decent, it looks like it's getting updated pretty often. Any ideas? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2355103
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I've tried this one, and I can never get to boot past the boot animation. I prefer CyanogenMod as my ROM of choice.
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I couldn't even fj d the downloads, I ran into a folder with all the Devs folder and didn't know which one was the dev to choose from there...
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I've tried this one, and I can never get to boot past the boot animation. I prefer CyanogenMod as my ROM of choice.
>>>Sent from my homebuilt TARDIS running Android 4.4... or maybe it's a Kindle Fire HD running Cyanogenmod 11<<<
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Does it work smoothly? I need a rom that lets me use my kindle as a normal tablet on the most part... Oh, and something else. If I run CM, do amazon apps still run in the background anyway? Does the kindle reading app work properly? Is it even installed or do I have to download it from the playstore?
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I couldn't even fj d the downloads, I ran into a folder with all the Devs folder and didn't know which one was the dev to choose from there...
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I am not quite familiar with all the terms you used. I dunno what you mean "fj d" and I'm not sure what you mean by "dev" either... Sorry Don't worry about it though, I'm thinking of going for plain CM since it seems too much of a mix up to get involved with less well known roms... If I decide to flash this one I'll go ask in their thread, I'll reach 10 posts soon so I'll be able to
Fj d was my autocorrect failing at the word "find".... Devs means developers(aka the people that make and port ROMs).
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Oooh. Hahaha, silly me, I could have figured out devs >.<
Yeah, I came across this too, I browsed through them and there was one saying "pacman" I picked that and then "tate/" but then there were far too many options. A folder saying "nightly/" another saying "release/" and another one saying "stable/". (I would have sent you the direct link but the site won't let me post outside links just yet...) And each folder has a bunch in it, so I can't figure it out. Actually I'm not quite sure what nightlies are so that's my biggest problem. Especially this folder has too many files...
Nightlife are autobuilt every night and can (and usually do) contain bugs because it's just a build of the latest commits made to the source code. I would go with stable or release. The files usually are dated in some manner. If it us in the filename or listed next to the duke somewhere I recommend just grabbing the most recently dated one. If you get cm11 then just grab the m7 snapshot from cm's site.
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Ooooh, I see. Makes sense that they're buggy, that's all they talked about in PacMan's comments... It's all about new bugs they get with nightly versions. I'll wait a bit longer in case they answer to me there about which is the latest stable version, cause now they say there's a 4.4 version too and I'm feeling pretty dumb not being able to see it (I'm afraid it's one of the nightlies, not a stable or released one) and I'll probably test it out and if I don't like it I'll go for CM 11.
Oh, hey, that tablet UI patch that you've made... it doesn't go as far as CM11? What are the differences, I couldn't find any screenshots..
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Ooooh, I see. Makes sense that they're buggy, that's all they talked about in PacMan's comments... It's all about new bugs they get with nightly versions. I'll wait a bit longer in case they answer to me there about which is the latest stable version, cause now they say there's a 4.4 version too and I'm feeling pretty dumb not being able to see it (I'm afraid it's one of the nightlies, not a stable or released one) and I'll probably test it out and if I don't like it I'll go for CM 11.
Oh, hey, that tablet UI patch that you've made... it doesn't go as far as CM11? What are the differences, I couldn't find any screenshots..
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It doesn't work with CM11. Tablet UI was removed in Android 4.3 I believe.
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Oh really? But why? That doesn't sound too smart... what's even the point of removing it, tablets are getting more and more popular, it's a "must" (In my opinion at least..)
It was googles decision, and it was removed in 4.4, my patch only worked for cm 10.1, there was a cm 10.2 version not made by me but it wasn't public so there's no links to it. Hopefully someone will recode 4.4 to have that feature added back in, I miss it too because I hate using two thumbs to reach for the softkeys.
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I'm used to using both thumbs, on a 7" screen it's easy(ish) anyway, but it'd be a nice change not to have to do so. I think I'll go for 4.4 anyway though (yes, I still haven't flashed anything, only updated TWRP cause mine was outdated), to see what's new there.
I don't think I've ever seen what's past 4.2 in my devices. My cellphone can barely be called a smartphone, and having kindle as my first tablet is making it quite difficult. I think I'll go for something somewhat cheap but Samsung next time, Galaxy Note 8.0 seemed good, the resolution could have been better but I can live with that. It certainly seems to have more potential than my good old kindle.