First ROM Since Cyanogen to Truly Embrace Open-Source

[cvpcs]

oh also, i'm working on a minor release (0.5.1) that will include smoked glass and dark edge. it might take a few days since i have to kind of reverse-engineer smoked glass :S

also, that version should have everything good and optipng'd (had to throw it out this version due to a minor bug that produced a major bug ><)

 

[Tanknspank]

oh also, i'm working on a minor release (0.5.1) that will include smoked glass and dark edge. it might take a few days since i have to kind of reverse-engineer smoked glass :S

also, that version should have everything good and optipng'd (had to throw it out this version due to a minor bug that produced a major bug ><)

See you've already found yourself a spot on the beta team.

I honestly can't wait to have smoked glass blue back. I really missed it. And DarkEdge will be a nice plus too.

 

[Isaiah]

I'd be more impressed if there was a picture or better description to what makes this rom unique. And for that matter what makes it worth installing.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but jrummy's Shiz was built from source after cyanogen and before this. Not trying to bash this, just trying to point something out.

Id really like to know more about this

 

[Tanknspank]

I'd be more impressed if there was a picture or better description to what makes this rom unique. And for that matter what makes it worth installing.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but jrummy's Shiz was built from source after cyanogen and before this. Not trying to bash this, just trying to point something out.

Id really like to know more about this

If you were to go to the website and read a little more, you would probably understand what makes it different.

 

[mentaloaf]

So....anybody try this yet? Thanks ahead of time for all your hard work!

 

[Tanknspank]

So....anybody try this yet? Thanks ahead of time for all your hard work!

Yeah, and it runs VERY smooth. Can't wait to see what they do to improve it.

 

[Isaiah]

I'd be more impressed if there was a picture or better description to what makes this rom unique. And for that matter what makes it worth installing.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but jrummy's Shiz was built from source after cyanogen and before this. Not trying to bash this, just trying to point something out.

Id really like to know more about this

If you were to go to the website and read a little more, you would probably understand what makes it different.

No don't get me wrong, I did. I went and read both sites. I don't really see anything unique about it yet

 

[mjh68]

So....anybody try this yet? Thanks ahead of time for all your hard work!

I loaded it up and it was quite smooth . My first text message freaked me out because of the default voice that tells you that you have a message . I didn't play with it alot , but it was a stable 2.1 rom . I was getting ready to go to work so I backed it up waiting for a theme for it since I hate the stock look .

 

[pdroid]

Talk to koush and try to get on ROM Manager, this sounds like excellent work, well done!

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[Tanknspank]

I'd be more impressed if there was a picture or better description to what makes this rom unique. And for that matter what makes it worth installing.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but jrummy's Shiz was built from source after cyanogen and before this. Not trying to bash this, just trying to point something out.

Id really like to know more about this

If you were to go to the website and read a little more, you would probably understand what makes it different.

No don't get me wrong, I did. I went and read both sites. I don't really see anything unique about it yet

Ok... As the title suggest, it is the first truely built from source ROM since Cyanogen. They didn't use koush's vender setup, etc. They did it all on their own. A lot of other built from source ROMs used koush's vendor setup. This was all down ON THEIR OWN, built all on their own, using their own vendor setup they made. Maybe sniff or cvps can explain it better.

 

[cereal killer]

Talk to koush and try to get on ROM Manager, this sounds like excellent work, well done!

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better yet koush can buy it so he can put it on ROM manager.

Let's make these devs some money : )


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[cereal killer]

So far running rather smooth at 1200. No heat issues yet.


This combined with Dark Edge will be a force to be reckoned with.

Question. I went into terminal and typed dalvikjit. Did that automatically enable it.

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[cvpcs]

If you were to go to the website and read a little more, you would probably understand what makes it different.

No don't get me wrong, I did. I went and read both sites. I don't really see anything unique about it yet

Ok... As the title suggest, it is the first truely built from source ROM since Cyanogen. They didn't use koush's vender setup, etc. They did it all on their own. A lot of other built from source ROMs used koush's vendor setup. This was all down ON THEIR OWN, built all on their own, using their own vendor setup they made. Maybe sniff or cvps can explain it better.

That is essentially the largest bonus. The most unique thing about this ROM isn't currently the feature set, but more the way in which it is built.

Now don't get me wrong, Cyanogen and Koush do fantastic work and while the vendor setups for my ROM were complete rewrites, I did spend a lot of time looking into their setups to determine how they set them up and why, and then redo them from scratch.

The thing about pulling from cyanogen's repos is this: He has been working on this since the early days of Android 1.5/1.6, and therefore as he made mods, it becomes harder and harder to merge in the 2.0.1 and 2.1 and so on updates, as the source has changed so much. Sapphire takes a more hands-off approach to mods. If I can add a feature without modifying the original source, I do it that way, even if it is a bit round-about (so long as it's stable). In this way, when a new version of Android comes out (can someone say 2.2?), then theoretically I should be able to simply drop in the new source (since the original hasn't been changed), apply any minor updates I need to, and be ready to go. This means faster source releases, less re-coding of the same features, and generally better all-around stability.

Also, another big reason for this ROM was simply to have another one out there that DOESN'T depend on cyanogen and koush's repositories, because it is my opinion that choice is an important thing, and open source is all about doing things your own way with what is given to you, and not about being locked in to using one defined source.

Those are a few of the ideas behind sapphire. I tried to best explain them on the site, but perhaps I will overlook the text again and see if it can be explained better.

Also, there's the many things that I have floating around that i'd like to implement, some of which have been done before (like using spare-parts to pick your default text color for notifications and whatnot), and some which have not (like ripping out the core OTA functionality and replacing it with my own).

I hope that helped to answer the question of what is different about this ROM.

 

[cvpcs]

Talk to koush and try to get on ROM Manager, this sounds like excellent work, well done!

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better yet koush can buy it so he can put it on ROM manager.

Let's make these devs some money : )


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already have been in contact with koush, he's ready to put it on ROM Manager. just waiting to get the permanent links online so that it will all work (i already have the manifest files written and ready to go )

 

[kook]

Sounds nice....may have to try it.