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How to Build a Custom Recovery image?????

So My girlfriend has Garminfone and there is no info on the internet at all on how to overclock or a custom kernel or anything really so i Have rooted it but would like to do more so i have done a lil research and will like to build Custom Recovery for the phone but before i start i thought i would post a thread here with all my Optimus one family that i trust and love to get some tips and hopefully even some instructions as the instructions online are hard to fallow ??? so anything ???

Can give a clear answer about that, because its different for most phones.
Some phones like our Optimus One have a recoverypartition, a phone like Samsung Galaxy 3 has not. It took some work to port CWM to that phone and mumbozver (an XDA-user on de Galaxy 3-thread) managed to port it to that phone).
Guess it's best to post a question in the main android-section for this

make "cat /proc/mtd" in "adb shell".
If there are error - porting will be hard

_Arjen_ said:
Can give a clear answer about that, because its different for most phones.
Some phones like our Optimus One have a recoverypartition, a phone like Samsung Galaxy 3 has not. It took some work to port CWM to that phone and mumbozver (an XDA-user on de Galaxy 3-thread) managed to port it to that phone).
Guess it's best to post a question in the main android-section for this
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Ok so how do I figure out if I do our not and then what's next
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dislplin01 said:
Ok so how do I figure out if I do our not and then what's next
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Maybe start with telling us which phone we are talking about...

Here some specs that might help you:
Garminfone is the market name from "Nüviphone A50".
- MSM7227 chipset
- ARM Cortex A11 procssesor (ARMv6) @600MHz
- 256MB RAM
- 4GB ROM
- A-GPS
- WLAN b/g
- 3MP camera
- display have 480 x 320 Pixel
with this informations you can go at first to the step from mik, if it works might be
you can adapt a custom recovery for that phone

Oh... Nuviphone A50. I got this junk for free with their navigation. Well, frankly - you are better off throwing that brick away. One of the worst Android phones ever.
andy572 said:
with this informations you can go at first to the step from mik, if it works might be
you can adapt a custom recovery for that phone
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Do not hold your breath.
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/5864-garminfone-a50/

doktornotor said:
Oh... Nuviphone A50. I got this junk for free with their navigation. Well, frankly - you are better off throwing that brick away. One of the worst Android phones ever.
Do not hold your breath.
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/5864-garminfone-a50/
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Yea I have seen that thread and some other threads on other forums and sites but they dont tell you much thank you tho and thanks for the specs 2 any info I can get is good
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dislplin01 said:
Yea I have seen that thread and some other threads on other forums and sites but they dont tell you much thank you tho and thanks for the specs 2 any info I can get is good
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Well, if the guys on the thread I have linked are not even willing to team up to finally produce something after basically having wasted about a year on this without getting it even bootable... good luck with this.
I would personally suggest bricking the phone intentionally and claiming warranty. Pretty sure this junk has been EOLed so you might get a decent phone as replacement. (Though, you might be unfortunate enough to get a brand new replacement brick since the Garmin's stock must be full of these collecting dust. )

andy572 said:
Here some specs that might help you:
Garminfone is the market name from "Nüviphone A50".
- MSM7227 chipset
- ARM Cortex A11 procssesor (ARMv6) @600MHz
- 256MB RAM
- 4GB ROM
- A-GPS
- WLAN b/g
- 3MP camera
- display have 480 x 320 Pixel
with this informations you can go at first to the step from mik, if it works might be
you can adapt a custom recovery for that phone
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Thank you andy and mik you guys are awesome for this and all the work you put in will let you know how that goes tomorrow
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Will be another week before I try I have work a newborn baby to take of but will let you know
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I for one would be very happy I dont have the smarts to even attempt this. But yes the garminfone is very very slow boring.. It would be just wonderful to have a recovery even better a rom mayb some point to bring this phone at least upto an ehhh ok phone status := Im willing to test/help what ever it is . Im not the best in the develoment area but I do have a garminfone and enough sense to try and give a hand.

Calendar upto 2030 only

Did anyone notice that the calendar in almost all mobile phones is only till the year 2030!! Strage huh!!
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Update: I just set my date to 3/11/2030 and my phone started lagging and froze...
Can anyone else try and report...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem
Could be related.

boardsportsrule said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem
Could be related.
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It will be interesting to see if this will turn out to be just a conspiracy or this will prove to cause major system damage.

Hahaha pretty interesting.... Learn something new everyday

thakur90 said:
Update: I just set my date to 3/11/2030 and my phone started lagging and froze...
Can anyone else try and report...
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Dates ending 31+ are treated as 19xx
Open excel and type in 05/05/34 and you'll get 05/05/1934

thakur90 said:
Did anyone notice that the calendar in almost all mobile phones is only till the year 2030!! Strage huh!!
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if you think about it.... your are unlikely to keep the phone for more than 4 years
google keeps releasing software updates every few weeks
and some of us might not even be alive by 2030

I can't honestly see this as a viable concern, but it's pretty interesting nonetheless. If I have this phone in 2038 though, something must have seriously went wrong.

johnston9234 said:
It will be interesting to see if this will turn out to be just a conspiracy or this will prove to cause major system damage.
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Major issue. Easy to rectify, but if not addressed, all our electronics will not recognize years after 2038...
Just like y2k, could be a major issue, but it won't be because people recognize it and will fix/patch it. 64bit computers already mitigate this, but phones, watches, etc. all would need to be 64bit as well...
Major problem is that most devices have one 32-bit register to hold time. Ether need to ADD another register to get two 32-bit registers to hold time, or increase the single register from 32 to 64 bits.
or...?

On my ST15i the calendar it's up to 2100. But if i try to set an event using that year, the date goes back automaticaly to 1970...

Non issue; once the world ends in 2012 there will be no need for smartphones.
In all seriousness though, I'm sure we'll have another Y2K scare and they'll manage to fix it rendering all the people who stock up on water by the jug and jars of pickled eggs feeling empty.
Until next time..!
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I can goto the end of 2036

Oh No! The mobile industry must know when the end is coming! Everyone start planning now...for our demise will come in 2030!

TheRomMistress said:
Oh No! The mobile industry must know when the end is coming! Everyone start planning now...for our demise will come in 2030!
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OMG! THE WORLD IS GOING to END!!!

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2005/13may_2004mn4/
this is why, there won't be a 2030 could be a good day hope im alive to see it 1-in-60 chance
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2002/26jul_nt7/
check this one out 1-in-250,000 chance

upichie said:
I can't honestly see this as a viable concern, but it's pretty interesting nonetheless. If I have this phone in 2038 though, something must have seriously went wrong.
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Or seriously right!
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Ok i use my desire up to 2030 and throw it away.
In 20 years i have a new phone whose date go upto 2050...
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Wow I'm so sad, i was gone for a week or two and ......

I can't believe this, I left for a bit, went back to my xperia play.
put together a quick theme for my xperia play (it's so much easier to theme, it's already blue).
Then came back with my raider/vivid ready to work (xperia play is my daily now) and looks like pirategohst left, wildchild left. I'm so sad.
I was so ready to move from VJraiders rom to Pirategohost rom. but if development is dead why bother.
One thing i can say, this phone seems to not get much work on it like other devices, I have an xperia x1 (i know it's old), xperia x10, xperia play, htc evo 3d and all those devices are worked on daily. I know the raider is the newest device but....
Well enough with that, time to put to rest my raider and play with my evo 3d and play. all i need now is sony to release the xperia s and I'll be good.
Hey wildchild and pirateghost sad to see you leave and hope all is well, take care.
BYE BYE raider.
PM me if you want to make me an offer for my raider, it's from rogers.

Sad is right... I was about to buy a Raider/Vivid... But it looks as though the entire Dev community has decided to pull support... No sources, no links, no ROMS aside from Cyanogen and shipped?!?!
Sad scary day, I'll look around for XDA alternatives, but this makes me fairly upset, I've got a couple other androids at home, and there's a fair share of fighting on dev, but in the end it's about making a GOOD ROM, for yourself, and sharing it with a community... I can't fathom the flame wars that started in this forum.
Oh well, I'll wait for the HTC One series LOL

This was already a small dev community, and then the fact that a bunch of people wouldn't listen and bother taking the effort to try and read and really understand what they were doing meant they screwed up a very expensive device.
Oh well, everyone is already off to the One series.

ImWarped said:
Sad is right... I was about to buy a Raider/Vivid... But it looks as though the entire Dev community has decided to pull support... No sources, no links, no ROMS aside from Cyanogen and shipped?!?!
Sad scary day, I'll look around for XDA alternatives, but this makes me fairly upset, I've got a couple other androids at home, and there's a fair share of fighting on dev, but in the end it's about making a GOOD ROM, for yourself, and sharing it with a community... I can't fathom the flame wars that started in this forum.
Oh well, I'll wait for the HTC One series LOL
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WC has his own site with vivid ICS roms. The vivid forum doesnt show till you register, but they're there.
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Yo Hackit, you know... I'm gonna have an ICS ROM once the HBOOT for Bells/Rogers comes out.
And of course it's gonna be as good as my actual ROM

Theres always new dev that show up, be patient my friends =]

Hey vhjc, I might work on fixing the HTC sense issue I had. Or just upload and advise you need too use another launcher.
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hackit said:
Hey vhjc, I might work on fixing the HTC sense issue I had. Or just upload and advise you need too use another launcher.
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What sense issue you have?

vhjc said:
What sense issue you have?
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If i change the xml's in framework res it makes sense crash after the first boot. this is what caused me to set my xperia play back up, I need a daily phone.
then i was going to try and fix what was causing the issue. i needed to be able to flash and reflash each time i mod the apk's.
Funny thing is, my raider is the fastest phone i have right now and the more i use my xperia play i really miss the speed of a dual core cpu.

creasy425 said:
WC has his own site with vivid ICS roms. The vivid forum doesnt show till you register, but they're there.
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What's his website?
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hackit said:
If i change the xml's in framework res it makes sense crash after the first boot. this is what caused me to set my xperia play back up, I need a daily phone.
then i was going to try and fix what was causing the issue. i needed to be able to flash and reflash each time i mod the apk's.
Funny thing is, my raider is the fastest phone i have right now and the more i use my xperia play i really miss the speed of a dual core cpu.
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Do you get the apk from the dist folder after building it on apktools? Or are you replacing the res folder on the original apk file?

vhjc said:
Do you get the apk from the dist folder after building it on apktools? Or are you replacing the res folder on the original apk file?
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I use the apk in your rom, then run it in apktools, then recompile with no errors.
I did not have an issue with version 2 of you rom.
But just to be clear, the apk's i theme are all from your rom, thats why they wouldn't work in any other rom.

They're all around if you know where to look. WC is on his own site, and I saw Pghost post on that site about obtaining and possibly porting the Endeavor RUU. Cm9 development is paused until we get kernel sources from HTC, so not all is lost. It just requires patience.

mrakifa said:
What's his website?
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Check WC'sSig. Click on "my site", it'll take right to it.
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I really don’t care what happens to the Vivid anymore since the HTC One X and the Galaxy SIII should be out in a month or two. I’m sure those two beasts will have a ton of developer support. I guess next time I’ll make sure to get a more popular phone even though I think the Vivid is one of the best LTE phones that AT&T has.

development- unlock the bootloader

I want to take another stab at unlocking the bootloader, I see the forums seem to be next to dead and i believe if we can successfuly unlock this thing it will breath a bit of new life into our device. anyone who is willing to help and has some information to share please post it here. ive got a few ideas on people to talk to.
until then
lets brain storm

Not trying to be a negative Nancy but why? We got Kexec but just a lack of good developers.
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MrObvious said:
Not trying to be a negative Nancy but why? We got Kexec but just a lack of good developers.
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Because we have a pretty good device, and development was great for a while but the bootloader has kept this device from being truly great for a long time. i think if we can crack it it would bring back some development. and not only that but if we can find a way to crack this maybe we can put our information forward to other motorola devices with the same issue. id love to have the kernel options, and variety of roms available ive had on past devices. the og evo was awesome for that one reason. and i honestly believe its possible....

idontwanttobeanoob said:
Because we have a pretty good device, and development was great for a while but the bootloader has kept this device from being truly great for a long time. i think if we can crack it it would bring back some development. and not only that but if we can find a way to crack this maybe we can put our information forward to other motorola devices with the same issue. id love to have the kernel options, and variety of roms available ive had on past devices. the og evo was awesome for that one reason. and i honestly believe its possible....
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An unlocked bootloader would make no difference. With kexec we can bypass and use a custom kernel anyways. However the custom kernel is still in development as motorola never released an ics/JB kernel
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idontwanttobeanoob said:
I want to take another stab at unlocking the bootloader, I see the forums seem to be next to dead and i believe if we can successfuly unlock this thing it will breath a bit of new life into our device. anyone who is willing to help and has some information to share please post it here. ive got a few ideas on people to talk to.
until then
lets brain storm
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Lmao

I think it would be great to crack the bootloader. However, has any phone with a locke bootloader been cracked without a leak from the manufacturer?
Moto must be using pretty large bit keys to lock the bootloader. You'll have to be lucky to crack it, not good.

I don't really see the actually bootloader lock changing in anyway. As said above kexec is a good system, just have to be patient.

The-Captain said:
I don't really see the actually bootloader lock changing in anyway. As said above kexec is a good system, just have to be patient.
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Patient for what? Hashcode himself said "What do you want me to improve on JB for D3?!". I don't really see D3 getting camera on 4.x anymore

DoubleYouPee said:
Patient for what? Hashcode himself said "What do you want me to improve on JB for D3?!". I don't really see D3 getting camera on 4.x anymore
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He didn't specify camera in OP. I don't care about camera TBH. I have an actual camera I carry around. I though he wanted 4.2
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The-Captain said:
He didn't specify camera in OP. I don't care about camera TBH. I have an actual camera I carry around. I though he wanted 4.2
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well glad to see my dumb post has gotten a bit of attention.... lol
id not touched my d3 since long before kexec, found it in a drawer and got a bit carried away.
went back and looked into kexec after everyone mentioned it and i agree its a pretty good system so im gonna start doing my research and see if there is anything i might be able to do.
sorry guys

idontwanttobeanoob said:
well glad to see my dumb post has gotten a bit of attention.... lol
id not touched my d3 since long before kexec, found it in a drawer and got a bit carried away.
went back and looked into kexec after everyone mentioned it and i agree its a pretty good system so im gonna start doing my research and see if there is anything i might be able to do.
sorry guys
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Focus on the camera.
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The-Captain said:
He didn't specify camera in OP. I don't care about camera TBH. I have an actual camera I carry around. I though he wanted 4.2
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Amen. Motorola DROID 3's camera is a total bs anyways.

Hey guys, can anyone tell me in a nutshell what's wrong with our D3's cam? For example It doesn't work under CM7. Is it that special?
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paleee said:
Hey guys, can anyone tell me in a nutshell what's wrong with our D3's cam? For example It doesn't work under CM7. Is it that special?
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For CM7 you need a 3rd party app like camera 360

I know that we have Kexec on D3, but I'm going to try an experiment on the Bootloader this weekend to see if I can unlock it. Reason being other devices do not have kexec and something crazy happened last night at work. In short, I cracked an AES encryption on a Motorola Radio(the ones Ambulances use). I know that may not sound like much, but I think I might have a way to do the same method on the Bootloaders for our Motorola Phones. I don't wanna go into too many details on it, but I'll try to get you guys a response next week sometime.
Please lol no trolling, I just like trying things. Chances are the method may not work.

Peperm1nt said:
I know that we have Kexec on D3, but I'm going to try an experiment on the Bootloader this weekend to see if I can unlock it. Reason being other devices do not have kexec and something crazy happened last night at work. In short, I cracked an AES encryption on a Motorola Radio(the ones Ambulances use). I know that may not sound like much, but I think I might have a way to do the same method on the Bootloaders for our Motorola Phones. I don't wanna go into too many details on it, but I'll try to get you guys a response next week sometime.
Please lol no trolling, I just like trying things. Chances are the method may not work.
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Good luck

Peperm1nt said:
I know that we have Kexec on D3, but I'm going to try an experiment on the Bootloader this weekend to see if I can unlock it. Reason being other devices do not have kexec and something crazy happened last night at work. In short, I cracked an AES encryption on a Motorola Radio(the ones Ambulances use). I know that may not sound like much, but I think I might have a way to do the same method on the Bootloaders for our Motorola Phones. I don't wanna go into too many details on it, but I'll try to get you guys a response next week sometime.
Please lol no trolling, I just like trying things. Chances are the method may not work.
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Hopefully waiting
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What happened to Nik Project X and ViperVivo???

I am just curious here but What happened to Nik Project X v4.1 and the Transformer ROM???
Also what happened to ViperVivo. I usually look at it every other day and one day i noticed all the pictures and everything were gone????

072665995 said:
I am just curious here but What happened to Nik Project X v4.1 and the Transformer ROM???
Also what happened to ViperVivo. I usually look at it every other day and one day i noticed all the pictures and everything were gone????
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Yeah the vipervivo pics were at a specific site and they're gone lol
Nothing bug, nits is going to get them to a new site if he remembers
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Well "apparemtly" Nik tried uploading the Rom 3 or 4 times about 2 weeks ago, but I'm not buying that excuse.
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Alright lol. Yea im not buying he tried 3 or 4 times uploading it...... Im thinking he needs more time for the ROM. Lets just hope its as great as all other ROMs Nik's made or ported.

You guyz are putting too much pressure on nik.
Remember this is a privelage, nit a right. He is not obliged to supply roms to us, it is volounteery
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Why must he make excuses then? Why can't he just tell us straight.
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Have a heart guys, Nik's just moved to Italy for higher studies. He already has enough on his plate (new country, strange lingo, inadequate funds, restricted to public or free (read limited) college WiFi /no internet etc). You think he needs to care more for the flashing needs of you guys, than what he's facing now? Stop whining at his heels like noisy puppies at mealtime. Put a sock in it and do meditation or yoga, it improves your patience quotient.
Dead cookies leave no trails...

Well I supported Nik when he said that he had difficulties uploading the rom, I still belive him for the fact that most connection has 50kb/s in upload..
BUT
Another guy offered to upload the rom for him; I suggested him to split the rom in 2+ files so that he could upload the files without getting interruped by timeout ( every 15-20 the campus's connection ask to relog-in)...
He accepted an IncS (without battery) from someone and disappered from his facebook page for 10days...
2days ago said that he was sorry because he was busy...
He could behave differently, I don't know what to think...
probably if I had my phone rooted and still s-off'ed I would be under his home pretending the rom xD

Piccilino said:
You guyz are putting too much pressure on nik.
Remember this is a privelage, nit a right. He is not obliged to supply roms to us, it is volounteery
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Cookie Ninja said:
Have a heart guys, Nik's just moved to Italy for higher studies. He already has enough on his plate (new country, strange lingo, inadequate funds, restricted to public or free (read limited) college WiFi /no internet etc). You think he needs to care more for the flashing needs of you guys, than what he's facing now? Stop whining at his heels like noisy puppies at mealtime. Put a sock in it and do meditation or yoga, it improves your patience quotient.
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Well im just asking what happened. Cuz Project X v4.1 from the index of stuff, the download link disappeared and plus he said he would do upload it... never did..... and im currently using dla's Unofficial CyanogenMod 10.1. I really dont have much need for a new ROM right now (CyanogenMod 10.1 got CRT-OFF XD). Just I was wondering...

Cookie Ninja said:
Have a heart guys, Nik's just moved to Italy for higher studies. He already has enough on his plate (new country, strange lingo, inadequate funds, restricted to public or free (read limited) college WiFi /no internet etc). You think he needs to care more for the flashing needs of you guys, than what he's facing now? Stop whining at his heels like noisy puppies at mealtime. Put a sock in it and do meditation or yoga, it improves your patience quotient.
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OP was curious about where Nik has disappeared to.
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abt Nick
So i`m thonk soon we will see the rom ,and it will be great!

Missing Project X, it was my first custom rom on my IncS, hope Nik get back.:fingers-crossed:

Project X doesn't exist anymore.
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AW: What happened to Nik Project X and ViperVivo???
I personally think after he got the device from a user he sold it and left our section, but i always think pessimistic so just wait
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Silversniper said:
I personally think after he got the device from a user he sold it and left our section, but i always think pessimistic so just wait
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I also agree.
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Nik is Back ...!!
Patience is the key...!!
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Sandeep_Jagtap said:
Nik is Back ...!!
Patience is the key...!!
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Yes he has. Nik Project_X_ Rebirth

Wait is there going to be an update to Nik's roms?
Like is he making a new rom? Sorry been out of the scene

NIK is back ! downloading the new rom now

The Epik Dude said:
Wait is there going to be an update to Nik's roms?
Like is he making a new rom? Sorry been out of the scene
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