yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bobdude5:
I think ics looks amazing...way more consistent UI then any other version of android. That was my biggest issue with android and they pretty much nailed it. As far as aesthetics go, I think it looks very sleek. It took all the good parts of every other mobile os while retaining the functionality and feel of android. Multitasking, web browsing, text selection, homescreens etc have all been completely redesigned to make what seems to be a very nice experience.

With that said, I haven't actually uses ics so idk what real world performance is going to be like. My opinion is based solely on the user made YouTube videos and online articles.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Cooking ROM

I'm with you Overstew. I know how to press buttons on my microwave but no clue about cooking a ROM. And that's exactly why we are offering our REWARD for the chef that delivers our yummy ICS dessert!

The more donation pledges we get, the more chefs will work in their kitchens.

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MaliceOmega:
im running the ics sdk port on my nexus and i can tell you that it is absolutely stunning. everything just melds together very nicely. and the added customization just builds on that. its mostly wiped out the reasons that most companies add ui's. i doubt sammy or htc will be killing sense or touchwiz anytime soon but ics runs beautifully without it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
We want Ice Cream !

We want Ice Cream !

:)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bubby323:
Didnt see this until now. Ive been working on it for a while now.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] acrown:
Put me in for $20 with no strings attached!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Ice Cream Sandwich receiving dev praise

Glad you found us bubby323.

Everyone might find this article about ICS very interesting: Developers Praise ICS

And thanks to everyone for the continuing donation pledges

and positive feedback to this thread !

"We want Ice Cream !"

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
OP - thanks for creating this thread, great idea by the way ;):D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] froggg:
Is such a sight legal.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] asqwrd:
have you gotten it to boot and have u thought about bouncing ideas off of PhantomHacker he is working on it as well
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bubby323:
Its not booting just yet but im almost there. Im doing it more as a developer of applications to have a platform to test on not really so much for the money. Ill talk to PhantomHacker.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] asqwrd:
cool i think phantom has it booting im not sure where he is at but maybe yall could work together
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] joetrisman:
from checking out the galaxy nexus forum posts, it seems that a guy over in the uk has already got his hands on a nexus and rooted it. Maybe we'll get a dump soon :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
again i think that isn't a good sign since we are using CDMA and releasing a GSM phone dump might not make the ROM "clean"
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jeffyv2:
I'm taking one right now :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Legal ?

Glad to see we've got a few new developers communicating through our thread about the ROM we want.

Jeffyv2: Why am I not surprised that the only thing you have to contribute to this thread is your feces ?

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MaliceOmega:
Im officially in the club with you guys now. got rid of my nexus today and grabbed a Sprint Galaxy SII (yes i know its the epic blah, blah, blah). Put me down for $10 for a decent port. Would give more but i take care of 2 kids that arent mine, and they are expensive lol. The downside of falling for an older chic lol.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Every donation is appreciated.

I hear you man. On the plus side, you're not paying maternity bills and you now own the greatest smartphone available today!

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MaliceOmega:
Main reason was that i needed a hardware upgrade and i wanted to hop on sprint before they got rid of thier unlimited plan like everyone else. Im gonna talk to a few devs that i used to hit up when i had my vibrant for like 2 months. They really did a good job on those samsung phones so maybe theyll have some input on getting some stuff worked out on our phones. Not sure how much help theyll be though. I understand that gsm and cdma are 2 very different monsters but its worth a shot
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluefire808:
I never really understood what all the hype was about as you can pretty much get the looks of a ICS ron through themes and ICS isn't "omg it looks so different and amazing" as its just a different theme with the same buttons and placement extra. But after reading that short article I see that 2. And 3. Tab/phones will all be on the same OS making it all even more compatible! It mentions there are no ICS compatible devices and that they will use a new type of hardware acceleration pipe line I believe it was called. Remember I'm dyslexic and could easily have read it wrong. Would this mean that et4g's wont have the hardware to completely utilize all of the speed and acceration its going to be bringing to the table? But we will get released a official version that does its best with the hardware we do have? Sorry I got posts of questions as this thread just got me thinking and getting exited about ICS. Also is it official that et4g will be getting a OTA of ICS? Thanks guys! Ill probly have more questions later. At first I honestly really could have given 2 poppies about ICS but I'm exited now. Count me in for $25 ( its not much but I just got laid off ). If work picks up ill toss in more. And yes I'm totally good for it. If you ( open ) needs my e-mail screws for when it actually comes time to cough up cash let me know and ill PM of to you. Btw how are you keeping track of all this? Seems like one big head ache to me
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
ICS is supposed to be closer to the "metal" which you can't get with themes and GB. Plus devs are already providing positive feedback on the unification,polish and consistency that hasn't been a part of android to date
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
ICS on ET4GT

As far as I know, our ET4G should be able to utilize all the new features of ICS with possible exception of NFC and if I'm wrong, I'm sure one of the devs will correct me in one of the next few posts on this thread. Consensus says Samsung/Sprint will provide an OTA update next Summer, which is why I created this thread so we can get it up to 9 months sooner.

We appreciate your pledged donation.

Glenn :)

"We want Ice Cream !"

P.S. Keeping a tally of pledges isn't that hard thanks to rith-ma-tick but if I forget 2+2, I'll use a cow-cue-later.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] acrown:
Ha ha, Let's round that number off. Put me in for another $3
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Thanks for saving me from the cow-cue-lator

I appreciate the extra $3. I was wearing out my fingers & toes to verify the odd pledged donation total.

Glenn :)

"We want Ice Cream !"
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluefire808:
I'm glad the donation is reserved for a fully working ICA and not he first Guy that released a half baked cake full of little bugs inside. Or wait a better analogy would be a half melted ice cream sandwhich with a bite taken out of it lolz. My moneys in for a fully working daily deiver :-) as is the OP's so I have my faith and trust in him that we all will need to agree its a legit working ics Tom before tossing the dough
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
No melted sidewalk mess here

YES, we are all pledging our donations for a "working & stable" ICS ROM that contains all the features we want. I believe the only exception will be NFC since our phones don't have the near field chip.

Before I as the OP officially ask all donors to pay the winning developer, I think the only fair way to decide if we agree as a group, will be to let each donor VOTE. If a 2/3 majority says we have received a worthy ROM, then we'll ALL be expected to make our donations to the winning developer. If any donors have a problem with my plan or have a better idea, please post it.

Meanwhile, I'm starting to feel like a little kid waiting for Santa to bring our ICS ROM.

Glenn :)

"We want Ice Cream !"
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] digweed4me:
Download: Leaked Galaxy Nexus Full System Dump (ICL23D), Recovery, And Boot Images

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...-system-dump-icl23d-recovery-and-boot-images/
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pyrostic:
Maybe this will help?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19050655
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pyrostic:
Beat me in this thread by seconds
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
DEVELOPERS: You now have the code you've been waiting for!

This should really speed up the development time-frame for our ICS ROM.

OK, I've waited almost 15 seconds.

"We want Ice Cream !"

In all seriousness FELLOW DONORS, repeat after me:

Patience is a virtue

Patience is a virtue

Patience is a virtue

Glenn :D:D:D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] leyvatron:
put me down for another $10 Weltwon and get this thing rolling!!!!!!!!

Total me down for $30 dollars.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] islanda73:
I pledge $1. Sorry for the low pledge I have just dont have any cash
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Every dollar & donor counts !

Your donation pledge is more than THOUSANDS & THOUSANDS of visitors to this thread have offered so it is appreciated.

Glenn :)

"We want Ice Cream !"
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] T.C.P:
put me down for $30 :D:D, i cant wait :o
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xak944:
No code has been released. This was not source code, but merely a dump of the binaries from a different device.

Probably not. This is a system dump, not source code. The best this could provide would be a port, which is basically a hackjob of making a ROM for another device run on this device. It also severely limits the ability to improve the software or make changes.

What we need is SOURCE CODE. Source code is what enables great ROMs like CyanogenMod and all AOSP ROMs.

Also, I hate to be a negative here (I want ICS just as much as the next person...), but as stated on the Official XDA Rules page, this thread may be in violation:

I guess it comes down to whether "donations up front" also includes "commitment to donate up front." Up to interpretation, I suppose. :confused:

Reminds me of the ill-fated Wimax donation thread on the Evo... :(
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] acrown:
I could see "donations up front" being an issue if there was a specific developer that we were donating to and we're not. Any un motivated dev or group of developers can take on the challenge. A developer doesn't have to accept the money and just do it for the fame and pride. But it's well invested if more deves get motivated and hop on this phone's bandwagon. We all win! Just saying :-)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Interpretation

You are 100% correct when you say subject "to interpretation," which is true of MANY things in life.

I fully understand why XDA would not allow a developer to collect "donations up front" because it might make XDA liable

if the dev never delivers as promised. Aside from this thread simply gathering pledges to donate,

I've added a clause to my original post which says we'll vote on whether we've received a good ROM before ANY of us makes a donation.

Based on overwhelmingly positive responses to this thread by both donors and developers,

I believe we are in very good shape on all counts.

Our pledges just topped $1400 and keep growing daily.

Glenn :)

"We want Ice Cream !"
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
These threads always amazes me, this is 100% voluntary. XDA is 100% free if you want
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
An old expression

I agree. I guess the world will always have people who take a good thing and try to turn it into something bad.

As I learned long ago, success is the best revenge and we will get our ICS ROM !

Glenn :)

"We want Ice Cream !"
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rgregg504:
I think this would only be an issue if the dev only released it to donors. Not to mention this isn't even a dev askin for money, its a user putting a bounty on a ROM.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Exactly right !

Originally Posted by acrown

I could see "donations up front" being an issue if there was a specific developer that we were donating to and we're not. Any un motivated dev or group of developers can take on the challenge. A developer doesn't have to accept the money and just do it for the fame and pride. But it's well invested if more deves get motivated and hop on this phone's bandwagon. We all win! Just saying :-)

and

You gentlemen are both correct.

Just as I named it on day 1 of this thread,

this is an offer for a REWARD because

"We want Ice Cream !"

for our Epic 4G Touch

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Calkulins ROM is much faster & smoother than Starburst

Until today, I was swearing by PhantomHacker's Starburst ROMs and currently running V1.9.5

but I stumbled across a new ROM by Calkulin and after reading some posts, decided to give it a try.

In short, the added speed & smoothness will blow you away !

Based on his very tasty ROM, I posted a REWARD invitation on Calkulin's thread.

Maybe he can beat the other devs and give us an even better ICS ROM !

Glenn :)

"We want Ice Cream !"

P.S. If you decide to try Calkulin's_E4GT_ROM_v1.0.zip you should note the following:

1. Reboot into CWM and run his Calkulin's_FORMAT_ALL_for_E4GT.zip which eliminates all the separate wipes & formats we normally do for Starburst ROMs.

This formatting will delete all your gmail account and all email account info but will not affect your music, pictures, videos and other data files you created. After

you install the new ROM you'll also need to use Market to reinstall all your extra/personal apps.

2. Copy his framework.jar to your system/framework folder using Root Explorer if you want to use or keep your free Sprint HotSpot

3. When you reboot into CWM to make a backup, you might find that power button no longer works as your select button but works at the BACK button. Instead, press your home button to select.

4. If coming from Starburst 1.9.5 you will be giving up lockscreen mods but aside from amazing speed you'll now have 5 icons in your dock, your apps will open/run faster, boot time is shorter and overscroll is orange.

5. If you want more of an ICS look and miss lockscreen mods, install the ICS Theme v1.5 Beta 2 (1).zip ICS theme it will change your from 5 dock icons to 4 dock icons but you’ll gain all the lockscreen options including ability to add text, changes phone keypad to ICS look, changes notification bar icons and overscroll to cyan.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MikeC84:
This will most likely never happen as it is almost impossible to get a fully working rom from an sdk.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Storm T:
What does this have to do with your thread??? You are an odd situation for sure.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Developers

To answer your question, my post about Calkulin's ROM means I found another developer who has the ability to possibly create an even better ICS ROM for us. I posted a REWARD invitation message on his ROM thread after I installed his V1.0 on my E4GT.

Glenn :)

P.S. I believe that "odd situation" is the name of a character on Jersey Shore. :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
When will we get our ICS ROM ?

Mike: Aside from fact that several devs have made progress with the SDK,

they now have access to the full dump AND if all else fails I'm certain we'll get our ICS ROM from a developer

after they're given access to full code and LONG BEFORE we get it from Samsung or Sprint.

I just built a separate POLL thread because I'm sure many are curious to see what the consensus says about this.

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Zoidpilot:
Oh yeah? Tell THAT to someone with a Nexus S.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
Don't feed the trolls
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] deano0714:
Its deffiantely possible... The only thing i think wont be possible is wimax(4G).
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Shoulon:
That assumption based off what the og epic issues had deano?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] deano0714:
Well once aosp ics source is out it should be possible... But without source its basicly imposible

For example- miui isnt open source and no phone has 4g for it...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cdszoke:
Actually miui for OgEvo4g has 4g. the thing that is not open source is the source code for the wimax drivers. The reason miui for the OgEvo4g has 4g is because TeamWin backward engineer the the drivers for the OgEvo4gfor CM. Miui on OgEvo4g borrows codes from CM. That's why it is so crazy TeamWin has our phone. Teamwin FTW. Period.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Need an interpreter

And in English this means?

Sorry, me no speak Teamwin.

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Shoulon:
Lmao... Basically teamwin used reverse engineering and thus evo4g has wimax on miui.

@deano- i didnt know that all the other devices dont have 4g neither.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Reverse engineering

@Shoulon: Thanks for interpreting what might be neceessary to give us 4G under an ICS ROM.

Any chance NFC can be reverse engineered or is it impossible because our SGS2 is lacking a chip or 2?

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] paranoid android85:
I think you need a nfc chip that our phones lack. And as far as 4g on miui...when did that happen? Last time I used it on my evo it didn't have 4g. They said the Chinese don't use wimax or 4g so they wouldn't put it in miui.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] clayginn:
I'm in for $20 on this one
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hugabu:
Would yall be willing to send in half or 3/4 of the reward to Koush or whomever ports an official CM7 to the E4GT? I think that would be equally deserving for the phone, since then when CM9 is released, the phone will be a part of the source tree and made much more quickly available for the phone.

just my $0.02
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
This REWARD is for ICS

I'm always open to suggestions but this reward thread is strictly for ICS.

If you think there are enough people willing to make pledges for a ROM that is already outdated,

you are free to start your own thread. I will say this about CM7,

it was the best ROM I ever had on my Nexus One

but with the speed and smoothness I have with Calkulin's ROM on my E4GT,

I doubt that my device will run any better until we get our ICS ROM.

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] paranoid android85:
Cm7 is far from "outdated". They use the most current Android version and linux kernel. Plus it's pure android as opposed to a samsung based rom. Which means it only uses about 80mb as opposed to 250+mb. Not dissing the devs atm, im using Calkulin's rom right now, but I'm definitely going to use strictly aosp when it comes to our devices
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tomyboombotz:
I just

Looked and I see no miui evo rom that has 4g working can you enlighten me with a link please

---

I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.582082,-74.098011
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jeffyv2:
http://androidheadlines.com/2011/11...or-evo-3d-and-galaxy-s-ii-–-more-to-come.html
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
Honeycomb vs. Ice Cream Sandwich

I understand the differences you mention.

Real question is whether or not the CM7 crew can tweak settings

as well as Calkulin so that our E4GT would run as fast, smooth

and deliver the same battery life.

From everything I've read, I still believe that a good ICS ROM

will beat anything built on Honeycomb. If anyone has seen otherwise,

please direct me to that information.

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mmmajor:
Idk if anybody else knows this but the nexus s forum now has everything working.....kinda jealous :'(
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
ICS Sooner? 4 more pledges might help !

Can you give us a link to wherever you saw a Nexus S ROM with "everything working?"

If anyone hasn't seen a good list and review of new features and improvements in ICS,

I suggest the Techradar ICS Review

Call me crazy but a little voice in my head says that getting our total pledges over the $1500 mark

might have an impact on developers.

All we need is 4 new people pledging $20 each today.

Glenn :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] robert_ayala:
Here's the link...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1313337

Seems like it's taking forever to even get a beta version of ICS for the E4GT. Here we are throwing money to developers and not getting any success while other forums / handsets are getting it done without having to reward (bribe) developers to accomplish this. Done ranting now.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] leyvatron:
Somebody needs to hit up Haka, beezy, Drew and others to tell them about the bounty.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] leyvatron:
AT&T SG2 has an ice cream sandwich miui. Jealous.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1335745
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MaliceOmega:
As of right now we have no cm7 available for our device. But if a cm9 came to the E4GT then id definatly put my money there as thanks.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] weltwon:
ICS on Nexus S & lack of E4GT attention from devs

I agree that for some reason(s), we're not getting similar developer attention.

Considering this thread has been viewed almost 18,000 TIMES,

I'm disappointed that only 45 Epic 4G Touch owners have pledged a donation.

If more E4GT owners pledged even $1 we might get an ICS ROM sooner than next Summer.

Right now, I don't blame developers for ignoring us.

Glenn :confused:

P.S. It amazes me that EVERYONE paid $200+ for their Epic 4G Touch phone,

but only 45 people would pay even $1 more to get all the ICS improvements & features before next Summer.

Now I'm done ranting!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AvatarOfFrost:
You can ask for donations all you want. money isn't the problem.

The problem is that we simply for have developers that can do this.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] joetrisman:
+1

The source will drop soon and we'll have a rom. Till then, there isn't really any way for us to have the requested "FULLY WORKING" rom. Even the fully working nexus S rom has bugs.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jeffyv2:
We'll be here then when summer comes and ill be atleast $1 richer and even if I donated to this or not we all had to wait the same time...and when it does get released we'll all get whether we donate or not....

/rant over... :/
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gtuansdiamm:
I payed only 155 :p

Most ppl payed less

Wirefly ftw

And what dissapoints me most is that a 16 year old (me) put up a higher bounty than all those ppl that didnt even place a penny

Also views dont mean ****

Most donators viewed this thread a ton of times

My birthdays in like a week (13) so if cm9 came out by then it would be a great present

(but i kinda doubt that we will even have cm7 by then)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mprziv:
Don't be amazed, plenty of people have mentioned that this is pointless in this thread already. Remember it will be near impossible to get everything working for a port of ICS with only the SDK to work off, and as has happened every time in the past...people will not end up paying what they pledge. Sad, but true.

All of your crossposting and cheerleading may very well end up being pointless.

If more money will pledged will cheer you up...throw in some more of your own.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
Is it me or do these threads get trolled the hardest.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
Why would we want CM7 on this phone? I doubt CM is even going to waste time with that when source for ICS is going to be released shortly. If you want CM7 I highly suggest a reward thread for that as it might let the CM team know what the demand is.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] paranoid android85:
Since no phone is the same and what works for some doesn't always work for others, who decides which dev gets the money?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
This is what I don't get. This is a list of folks that would donate for ICS. It's 100% voluntary. There is no over arching governing body, donate how you want and pledge to do so publicly or privately. The key is only donate on your terms if you decide to