Hello everyone,
I'll choose my next phone based on its compatibility with OmniROM.
What's the best phone supported by OmniROM?
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david.lynch said:
Hello everyone,
I'll choose my next phone based on its compatibility with OmniROM.
What's the best phone supported by OmniROM?
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Nexus devices are usually a good bet. Sometimes someone winds up asleep at the wheel and we fail to update them, but there is rarely much work needed so they get supported fairly well anyway.
Honestly that's it for now - Sony has a lot of potential, but until we get camera HALs compatible with Sony AOSP (there is work being done at Sony on this, but it's taking a while - lawyers and all that) they're a no-go for most people. Also, Sony devices are inconsistently supported by Omni simply because Sony releases TOO MANY DAMN DEVICES (their 6-month flagship cycle is stupid/idiotic) and many of their phones are simply unavailable in the countries our maintainers reside in.
Oppo used to be strongly recommended, but they've been doing an extremely poor job of community support since the November Github Fiasco (when they took down kernel source for all their devices, and when it finally came back up, some devices were missing and it now takes 2-3 months of pestering them for them to drop source for new devices.)
I'm personally working on Sonys right now, but I've been really spending a lot less time on Android lately than in the past. We've had quite a few members of the team semi-burnout unfortunately.
Entropy512 said:
Oppo used to be strongly recommended, but they've been doing an extremely poor job of community support since the November Github Fiasco (when they took down kernel source for all their devices, and when it finally came back up, some devices were missing and it now takes 2-3 months of pestering them for them to drop source for new devices.)
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That's a bummer. I'm still looking for the Holy Grail of a dual-SIM phone that supports Band 12 (T-Mo 700A). They were getting close...
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These devices right out of the box just don't seem ready for market. Whether its some draconian bootloader not letting one install the ROM he wants or tweaks and settings that arent right, out of the box they leave quite a bit to be desired.
But then i comes the people of this board. As i read through the extensive wiki and went through the process of flashing new ROMs on my Hermes I really came to appreaciate the MASSIVE amount of effort put in by this community in order to allow this PDA to really live up to its potential.
So thank you to all the contributors! I couldn't have even begun this process without your help.
i agreee with you
Me too. You folks are great!!!
ditto!
I would probably have sent this thing back were it not for sleuth255 and mikechannon and goestoeleven and others working on this forum.
fortunately htc has this free resource to fix their buggy phones.
i'm still eagerly awaiting the 8525 aku3.3 update. cingular had said it was due out by feb 1st, but here it isn't. maybe it will be soon. I still wake up with a locked up phone pretty often.
thanks to all of you that have helped make this feature rich thing useable.
wes
Thank you and I too like this community
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I agree with all the accolades given. I looked on this board before I bought the phone so I was prepared for what it was not when it came. I had also downloaded all the goodies and was ready to make it the way I wanted it. But since then, more and more things were discovered and shared. Right now, this phone is almost just right. There are a couple of things I am waiting for the new ROM to resolve, but it is currently the best device I have had yet.
As soon as a better toy comes out, I will quickly jump ship and take that one, but only if it has the kind of support this forum gives.
pvs said:
Me too. You folks are great!!!
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me three!!!
Hi all on XDA
I have always liked to make digital pictures in Photoshop and so on. So I just wanted to say that if you want some icons or pictures for your ROM I will gladly help. I'm not a real pro but I can make real good stuff sometimes the only problem I have is that until the 16th of August I've not so much time. After that I think I've time, so if you want just PM me
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy SII on ParanoidAndroid latest hybrid ROM on XDA Premium.
If I helped please press the thanks button :thumbup:
As a graphic designer myself, may I put in some advice? Get a portfolio of your work going. If you don't have anything/want to try something new, start working on some projects for major ROMs, even if they won't be used. It allows people to see how you envision the brand and identity of that particular piece, and it showcases your talents and technique (obviously).
Perhaps start with the biggest, CyanogenMod? With codeworkx releasing the experimental build of CyanogenMod 10 for the Galaxy S II less than 24 hours ago, it's a great opportunity to start! :angel:
screamworks
screamworks said:
As a graphic designer myself, may I put in some advice? Get a portfolio of your work going. If you don't have anything/want to try something new, start working on some projects for major ROMs, even if they won't be used. It allows people to see how you envision the brand and identity of that particular piece, and it showcases your talents and technique (obviously).
Perhaps start with the biggest, CyanogenMod? With codeworkx releasing the experimental build of CyanogenMod 10 for the Galaxy S II less than 24 hours ago, it's a great opportunity to start! :angel:
screamworks
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Thanks for your advice a really good one :thumbup:
That was a great idea with cyanogenmod 10, I'll do that and also upload some of my resent work, if I find it.
Thanks again for the reply
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy SII on ParanoidAndroid latest hybrid ROM on XDA Premium.
If I helped please press the thanks button :thumbup:
Here are some of my work:
This one is for ParanoidAndroid (have one without watermark of course):
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This one I made as the boot picture instead of Samsung Galaxy S II GT-I900:
And this one instead of my charging screen at startup:
I've also made a bootanimation for ParanoidAndroid 1.9.2 + :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1814514
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Nextbit Baton offers several benefits to users, including:
Sync: Keeps apps and data in sync across multiple devices, allowing users to move fluidly from one device to the next without missing a beat.
Pass: Send any open app in its current state to another device, saving time and eliminating the tedious process of manually finding and opening apps on different devices.
Backup and restore: Save apps and data to your Nextbit profile in the cloud, so you can always get your apps back on any device.
Nextbit’s private beta is exclusively on CyanogenMod, the leading open-source, community-driven Android OS backed by Cyanogen Inc. The future public release of Nextbit will be available first on the commercially distributed Cyanogen operating system.
“Cyanogen continues to reimagine Android by introducing bold new firsts,” said Kirt McMaster, CEO of Cyanogen. “Nextbit represents one of these platform firsts that could only manifest on a truly open Android. We enable Baton to become a native OS level feature, creating huge benefit for our users.”
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About: https://nextbit.com/about/
Press Release: https://nextbit.com/press/
Articles and videos
The Verge: http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/27/7079623/this-is-nextbits-try-at-fixing-app-switching-on-android
Engadget: http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/27/nextbit-baton-continuity-for-android/
Android Police: http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/1...nogenmod-with-app-syncing-backup-and-restore/
This looks intriguing! I'll be keeping an eye on this. Thanks Nextbit!
WEM97 said:
This looks intriguing! I'll be keeping an eye on this. Thanks Nextbit!
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I was actually an Alpha tester (can come out and say that officially now). It really is awesome and rather useful.
Nburnes said:
I was actually an Alpha tester (can come out and say that officially now). It really is awesome and rather useful.
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Lol me too. That NDA was scary. Glad I can finally talk.
Same Here, been testing it for the past 2 months. now i am just using the nextbit app on PA.
Hey guys glad to see one of us has posted to xda already, I'm about to quote Nburns and spread the word on the nexus 5 forum also just saying those alpha shirts are so soft <3
Hello and thanks for developing such a good ROM for Android!
I'm looking for info specific for Note 4 910C, Exynos. There's any prediction of when it would be available?
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david.lynch said:
Hello and thanks for developing such a good ROM for Android!
I'm looking for info specific for Note 4 910C, Exynos. There's any prediction of when it would be available?
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Exynos devices? Unlikely. Developers hate them.
That's really bad news... So good results with a Galaxy Note 2 N7100.
Not a bad hardware, but without the great work from OmniROM team I'm feeling abandoned.
I'll never lose my hope that one day it will be supported, among others. In the meantime, would you guys, a lot more experienced than me, recommend me another ROM for this specific model?
david.lynch said:
That's really bad news... So good results with a Galaxy Note 2 N7100.
Not a bad hardware, but without the great work from OmniROM team I'm feeling abandoned.
I'll never lose my hope that one day it will be supported, among others. In the meantime, would you guys, a lot more experienced than me, recommend me another ROM for this specific model?
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I don't think anyone has supported any of the Exynos5 variants well. Yeah, sort-of "supported", but not WELL.
The hatred opensource developers have had towards Samsung has been no secret since late 2012, Samsung devices, especially Exynos 4 and later (Exynos3 was great due to being used in a Nexus. The Exynos 5250 in the Nexus 10 was vastly different from all of the other 5 variants), are the last ones you want to buy if you want consistent and reliable community support.
Samsung has made a point for years of NEVER using the same SoC in their flagships as they do in Nexus devices. (Nexus S was the only exception to this, and that was their first Nexus.)
So, as of late, I've been reading up on the whole 'Windows 10 on ARM devices' debacle. I've recently come across an article stating that Qualcomm has partnered with M$ on this project (some time ago, actually), and they're supposed to be releasing Snapdragon 835 based Windows machines later this year.
This got me thinking about what that could potentially mean for us smartphone users. With the release of the DeX station, it opens up a perfect avenue for a full (true) desktop experience built right into our phones. I know this is all wishful thinking at the moment, but I honestly see an opportunity for something amazing (given we have an unlocked bootloader for the Snapdragon variant).
Sorry for the shoddy paragraphs. I've been awake for a good day and a half, and wanted to get people thinking about this before I forgot myself lol. I'll leave a link to one of the articles talking about
SnapWin (idk) below.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3154...a-new-start-with-qualcomm-snapdragon-835.html
https://arstechnica.com/information...t-claims-x86-emulation-is-a-patent-minefield/
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MansonDroid said:
So, as of late, I've been reading up on the whole 'Windows 10 on ARM devices' debacle. I've recently come across an article stating that Qualcomm has partnered with M$ on this project (some time ago, actually), and they're supposed to be releasing Snapdragon 835 based Windows machines later this year.
This got me thinking about what that could potentially mean for us smartphone users. With the release of the DeX station, it opens up a perfect avenue for a full (true) desktop experience built right into our phones. I know this is all wishful thinking at the moment, but I honestly see an opportunity for something amazing (given we have an unlocked bootloader for the Snapdragon variant).
Sorry for the shoddy paragraphs. I've been awake for a good day and a half, and wanted to get people thinking about this before I forgot myself lol. I'll leave a link to one of the articles talking about
SnapWin (idk) below.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3154...a-new-start-with-qualcomm-snapdragon-835.html
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Unless someone plans to build a kernel from scratch, it's gonna be a no go. Given android uses a Linux kernel