Android 2.2 ROM inevitably falls victim to device ports
By Chris Ziegler 
posted May 20th 2010 11:33PM
posted May 20th 2010 11:33PM
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
posted May 20th 2010 11:33PM
HTC Google Nexus One
Google Android 2.2
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Gotta love those XDA guys
@forHim247
Haha its no longer the 'xda guys' ...android and its devs have come quite a ways...with tons of sites, blogs, rom hosts...this is #teamandroid #kanged :-)
@ac2913 The whole open community is awesome. Now if I could just figure out how to root my 2.1 eris.....
@forHim247
here you can borrow my hammer
@forHim247
Truth. Now we just need them to root the Incredible.
Do it boys... I'm supporting you with many nods of appreciation!
@forHim247
look up the root for a 2.1 hero should be the same thing.
@machikakara There is no root for the 2.1 Hero... yet.
@forHim247 Ok seriously, i dont know how to do this kind of thing but would it be impossible for someone to Port 2.2 to my HD2? i mean its essentially the EVO, so any hope for that in the future??
The HD2 is a winmo phone
@forHim247 That is all I want too. I am on 2.1 Leak V3 and...no Google Earth and 2.2 looks so good
Awesome.
Love you XDA
Sponsored by Mountain Dew?
@Teslanaut
mountin dew and pizza are examples of hacker/programer food and drink
Jesus, that was Quick! Pirates are FAST, arrrrrrrr! lol
@SParklingCYaNide
Its not Pirates, its hard working developers. Theres a big difference, they're not stealing anything. They're using an open source code thats been provided to the public.
The sad part is a lot of these kids do better work then the actual release that we'll get do to cell phone carrier restrictions. I'm glad Google left this to be open and hard working devs are kind enough to share their talents with the public instead of being dicks and showing off how cool their modded devices are compared to everyone else stuck with boring stock UI's and Vanilla OS's.
@misterhearn Agreed again thank you kindly developers
@misterhearn
Well.. Perhaps things like this will eventually inspire them to get their fingers out. Hearing "I'm cancelling my contract because the other guy pushes out software updates faster" will sink in.
But we are in a transitional phase right now.
Previously, you bought a phone form somewhere, and that was it. Why would a carrier or a cell phone service provider bother with updates? At best, minimal improvement, at worst, bricked phones and upset customers. Who needs it.
Now.. Customers are aware that updates bring new functionality, and if the provider is tardy with the updates, they will find themselves with fewer customers, because up to date software will be a big selling point. And if Android keeps growing, and if phone manufacturers design the ability to easily accept up[dates for say the next three years minimum.. then the pressure on providers to keep things up to date increases.
@misterhearn
[quote]grand voyage into hacky, totally unofficial device ROMs[/quote]
Doesn't sound like open source software to me. Also, is this software provided by the Android development team?
It's only a matter of time before Cyanogen Rom
I'd hardly say 2.2 has "fallen victim" to ports... Google has made it clear from the beginning that they're OK with people customizing the OS.
I buy HTC phones on the strength of XDA coming through to deliver the baked goods. ROM cooks FTW!
As an iPhone 3GS user, seeing all this badass androidery and such a lame new iPhone os (seriously, who touts Ads as a good thing?) I'm seriously thinking of jumping ship. Poor flash performance my ass, Steve. Give me flash!!
@alex4lex +1 lol
@alex4lex I jumped shipped from the 3g to a Droid. I've run several different roms, different homes. Android just keeps getting better. i can't wait to install some froyo.
@alex4lex Froyo caused brain freeze and open the eyes of an Apple user! The curse is BROKEN!!!!
@shloopa
rofl +1
@alex4lex
While I felt the same way about ads, if you saw the conference Google is doing the same thing as Apple...
@alex4lex The Android OS looks ugly as hell. Meaning the icons and such. It looks like they copied icons from Windows 3.1
@alex4lex Jump ships and join the Android party :D
@Happy So because icons on Android (created by the developers btw) aren't all uniform, status quo boxy radial made to look like Apple branded every app types makes them ugly? The you sir, are fugly.
Ahhhh, yes Android I will be apart of this world soon. June 4th. YES!!!!!!
Well? Should we all run out and get the Evo or should we wait until Evo does Froyo?
As soon as the new leaked ROM is out, you should be able to get it on "A4D Mobile Utility" developed by Android Technical. http://www.androidtechnical.info
I believe the word you're looking for is *impractical*
@TrueDis I can haz vocabulary!
The '2.2 ROM' you speak of is just the emulator img and ramdisk pretty much. The reason of its instability is just that, its an emulator. Froyo still hasn't been released, only announced.
i love the kid's at xda. hey guys, share some froyo with me too once it is stable?
Cool but y not get better service and soon lte with the HTC.incredible with its super fast 3g upgrade in a year... yearly upgrade... and rock out with a group eve Rom if u wish....so much better :)
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Its awesome that you've thought this newsworthy, but next time please ask before posting my pics, and credit me for my rom? Thanks Engadget :P
Thank you kindly brilliant rom writers. Looking for a stable Droid rom
So, people on their free time can port Android to various hardware. Yet, HTC with it's team of professionals working full time takes forever to release updates? I'm glad that the hacker spirit is alive and well.
@xtasi Because HTC will only do it when the carriers say it's okay. Why would HTC spend their time on an update when later the carriers say no-way?
@pika2000 : I somehow doubt that. Since the "feel of the phone" is a selling point. I would agree if the phone was no longer on sale. Since Sprint still sells the Hero, 2.1 is a lot smoother, it would sell more to see it on store when giving it a try. I was debating between a Palm Pre and the Htc Hero when I wanted to buy a phone. I went to a Sprint store, the Pre was not working, so I bought the Hero. I no longer by items sight unseen based on reviews. A review is someone's else personal preference which may or may not match my own. IE, on a touch device how it works for me (based on fat/skinny fingers of the reviewer) may not work the same for me. Some features like "media sync" don't matter to me, I prefer to use my phone as a mass storage and just dump music, I prefer to play shuffle. I haven't used "playlists" in years (if you life to make playlists then this is a bigger issue for you).
@xtasi WTF are you talking about.
Buglessbeast... best I have used.
I would wait a lil bit guys and gals.
@Mrwirez
CyanogenMod>BuglessBeast
@Steve B false. Just saying, I've used this both and bugless beast is much more stable and faster. All my subjective experience of course. Different strokes.
I'm one of those unhealthily brave/curious individuals who wouldn't mind testing this on my Moment, if and when an unofficial rom ever gets leaked.