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[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
Excitement! OFFICIAL "THANK THE DEVS" THREAD (AOSP threads discussion) +others

"OFF TOPIC" discussion welcome here :D

Latest thread regarding AOSP builds here :: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1393779

PLEASE :: NO SPECULATION ON KERNELS, BOOTLOADERS, CPU OVERCLOCK, ETC.. IN THAT THREAD.(((if u must ask something similar to that do it here. But be weary. As those questions have been answered countless times lately so a quick skim thru the pages will get u an answer. Don't get mad at somebody if they get frustrated at you for asking about the danged kernel/bootloader :eek:))

Please keep it uncluttered by thanking/discussing related.posts here in this thread ;)

Okay I just wanted to start this thread since I know im not the only one DIEING to express my excitement for the work going on with 2nd init.

It seems we have ourselves some VERY dedicated devs working on this. Even dragonzkiller stopping in here and there to add info and help out.

that thread has been very fun to read

Especially since it is almost empty of posts like this clogging it up LOL

So I wanted to give a spot for anyone reading that thread to come and express how they're feeling so we can hopefully leave that think tank thread nice and neat with informative posts only and none of these "thanks! Keep it up" posts. THAT is what this thread is for so please keep em here. I am sure the devs working on this will stop in now and again to see how everyone is feeling.

PLEASE THANK THEM BY POSTING HERE.

OR BY PRESSING THANKS BUTTON TO THEIR POSTS IN THINK TANK THREAD as requested by them. Please don't go there and post "thanks" ;)

So who else is excited as hell?!

12/5/11 EDIT::

I am noticing MORE & MORE off topic posts and "thanks this is great" popping up in the 2nd init /AOSP part2 threads.

I edited the title to make it pretty obvious what thus thread is for.

PLEASE EVERYONE ----ANY DISCUSSION THAT ISN'T DEV RELATED(this includes "yay kernels, bootloader comments, let's hack it" IS MUCH BETTER SUITED IN THIS THREAD.

P.S. --- it would be REALLY awesome to see the posts unrelated to the dev in those threads to get edited away to "de clutter" so that others aren't so inclined to respond to them adding more clutter. Thanks if u do this. And I will thank your posts as well after u edit out the clutter.

Im just hoping to see a nice smooth thread where we can see what's going on exactly without needing to "wade" through things looking for the devs posts. Thanks for your time.

And again...this is getting even better EVERY DAY. Im loving this.
[Motorola Droid X2] CadenH:
Me for one! Thanks for the thread, great idea! Now we can talk about what's happening openly.
[Motorola Droid X2] singlesword:
Well the progess that they are doing is GREAT I can't wait until it's complete. Only question which I didn't see in the other thread was that this 2nd int is to be a full functionality one that would allow the removal of the kernel and switch to a better one?
[Motorola Droid X2] ztotherad:
thank you guys! you guys are freakin amazingg! keep up the awesome work!
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
Im loving just watching these guys go back and forth on the irc...

And please if u come there to watch...try to keep the "chatter" down so they can focus...

If they ask something off topic or talk yo ya go ahead and respond....but when they are doing their things just sit back an enjoy ;)

If ya wanna talk with someone while in the dx2 channel do a private query to them ;)

Thanks ;)
[Motorola Droid X2] CadenH:
Nice they're in irc too. Every time I went in there nothing was happening.
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
I recommend going there..

And leaving a window open or just minimizing it and coming back to check.

When its quiet but they there they usually working on stuff...

Then all of sudden they start lighting it up wit a bunch of conversation ....then quiet again for a bit and so on...

Just very interesting stuff to read ;)
[Motorola Droid X2] Travisdroidx2:
Ash good job on making a different post for the average person to say thanks to these guys without filling their post with cludder. Everyone should just kick back and enjoy watching them work and say thank you here.
[Motorola Droid X2] T3HBR1AN:
I might have to make an appearance in IRC tomorrow night.

Im glad that this is getting off of the ground. At least we can all see that the dev phone isnt going to waste. I'm never one to complain about waiting. I only complain when updates aren't being provided. So what if all of your attempts failed? At least we know you're trying!

Good work guys.

Sent from my Eclipsed and ICS themed X2.
[Motorola Droid X2] prophecyny7:
Very excited on the work that is going on in that thread, gives us hope and possibly getting a port of ICS in the future since I highly doubt we will get an official update.
[Motorola Droid X2] Steve125:
They got it working. They started a new thread on rom development. Thanks to our great devs!

Sent from my Eclipsed DROID X2
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
And the excitement once again comes to the x2 dev forum....I feel like when we first got eclipse ;)
[Motorola Droid X2] rp076:
Very exciting news!!! Im very grateful for all the devs & themers putting in their own time to make our misfit phone a better device. Still think this phone has lots if hidden potential just waiting to be released!!! Thanks again guys!;)
[Motorola Droid X2] IDMA.DROID.X2:
Thanks ash! I was gonna post and say "thanks for the hard work guys" in the thread, but felt that would've just clutter it up. Thanks guys!!!
[Motorola Droid X2] litetaker:
I am super psyched to see developers working on this device. I have been following what devs like aceoyame have been doing on both droidforums.net and here. I finally created this account simply to thank the devs. However, I can not find the thanks button, weirdly. Anyway, here I am thanking all the developers for their efforts.
[Motorola Droid X2] droidxdude:
Great idea ash! Thanks to all the x2 devs!!!

Eclipse 1.3 RC
[Motorola Droid X2] Zues532:
I love this community, and I can't wait to see what will be coming over the next couple of weeks. This is surely a great day for the Droid X2.

As far as I know, this 2nd-init will allow us to load custom kernels on top of the stock kernel as long as the boot sequence can be hijacked and told not to panic.. Only time will tell.
[Motorola Droid X2] donlad:
Is the IRC that's been talked about in this thread #dx2 on freenode?
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
Yes

Also seems cvpcs is trying to get all moto maintainers together to work from a central repo or something ...
[Motorola Droid X2] aceoyame:
I was the first dev to sign up for it lol. I will be in that meeting @ 4 today.

Its for when CM9 merges I imagine. The x and the rest are framgented because they werent united for 7 (hence why GB is still unofficial) I think theyre trying to avoid that now.
[Motorola Droid X2] litetaker:
Woo hoo! This is amazing news!!! Can someone knowledgeable on this confirm this? And so, if this is true, is it possible for us to get ICS running on Droid X2??

I am giddy with excitement! :D
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
I don't think a custom kernel can run unless kexec is working also.

which I don't believe we have. ;(
[Motorola Droid X2] T3HBR1AN:
Correct me if I'm wrong but isnt CM7 on a custom kernel?

Sent from my Eclipsed and ICS themed X2.
[Motorola Droid X2] ztotherad:
so without kexec we cant run a custom kernel, therefore were still stuck on the GB-2.3.4/2.3.5?
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
I always took it as that 2nd init will allow us to run CM7 but with our kernel.

Hopefully someone with more knowledge will drop in and correct me if I am wrong...sorry if I am :eek:
[Motorola Droid X2] aceoyame:
That's correct we kill motos init and re init with what we need on motos kernel
[Motorola Droid X2] litetaker:
Is 2nd init way of loading CM7 as good as with a custom kernel then? What disadvantages does it have? Is it slower, consumes more battery or something?

So, then the only way for us to get ICS is to wait for Moto to release it (or get the bootloader unlocked by some magic)?

On a side note, I saw a video recently that showed some devs running an alpha version of ICS on Droid Bionic. I still don't understand how they did it. I mean, the Bionic has a locked bootloader and does not yet have an official ICS OTA update released by Verizon. Soooo, how did they do it??? :confused: Can that trick be applied to the X2 as well?
[Motorola Droid X2] dragonzkiller:
Basically the only TRUE disadvantage (and most notable) is the lack of ability to overclock or underclock. Other than that we can pretty much do what we want as long as we figure out how to do it.

We can eventually get ICS working on the X2, yes. And i'm willing to bet that we'll get an official one. Our phone isn't even a year old yet and older phones are confirmed to get it. The Bionic is locked, but like ace said, we don't have to have custom kernels to get it running. Getting ICS running is basically the same processes as getting CM7/MIUI/AOSP running. The drivers are different and stuff (but that's getting into some dev-speak stuff).
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
"Dev-speak stuff"

Lol

I love it....especially since all other devs are reading that saying "yeah we gotta do...."

Lol

Dragonzkiller...u rock...u a busy guy and still put some free time in for us.

Along.with all u other x2 devs. I believe I speak for all of us when I say "Thank you for your hard work and determination. And also thanks to the "Dev Knights of X2" for getting together and constantly pushing forward WHILE providing us all updates and.information "
[Motorola Droid X2] CadenH:
This really is the news we've all been waiting for (other than an actual unlocked bootloader). All this real developing by the pros is make me want to do something so I've just been fooling around with 2.3.5 as this all unfolds. Again great job to all the dev's for putting countless effort and hours into making something out if nothing.
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
:I also want to say thank you to all the x2 users using THIS thread to say thanks instead of the development threads ;)

Anyone thanking there----> shame on you :mad:

Just kiddin :)
[Motorola Droid X2] Xb0i:
Yea i gotta thank all the devs for their work.im excited to see where this development is going.kind of reminds me of the days in iirc when the psp homebrew scene started
[Motorola Droid X2] motcher41:
I wonder who is gonna post the first alpha. Wish I knew how to dev but im all thumbs with that stuff. XD
[Motorola Droid X2] motcher41:
If devs can get GB running on my OG Droid or my Old Eris as well as on my X2 I seriously think ICS on here once they get this finished is not far off. These devs regardless of what phone are amazing. They should be the ones working at Moto...Samsung and HTC!
[Motorola Droid X2] lhkjohn:
This is friggin AWESOME news! Been keeping up with the thread in the dev forum and it sounds like real progress is being made.

kind of annoying that people are still posting clutter in that thread though after repeatedly being asked not to.

Tapatalkin' from my eclipsed DROIDX2
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
Lol lol

maybe THIS thread should be mentioned in the OP or somewhere in that thread

Hey ace... ;) ;) ;) nudge nudge wink wink ;) lol
[Motorola Droid X2] skwoodwiva:
Maybe when him or one of the other Devs has to swat another pesky question. Good you started this Ash...
[Motorola Droid X2] T3HBR1AN:
Wooo. Im happy to see progress being made. The money spent on the dev phone is well worth it at this point.

Sent from my Eclipsed and ICS themed X2.
[Motorola Droid X2] Jeffmeister:
Thanks to all the developers working on our phone. WE APPRECIATE IT!
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
12/5/11 EDIT:: I am noticing MORE & MORE off topic posts and "thanks this is great" popping up in the 2nd init /AOSP part2 threads. I edited the title to make it pretty obvious what thus thread is for.

PLEASE EVERYONE ----ANY DISCUSSION THAT ISN'T DEV RELATED(this includes "yay kernels, bootloader comments, let's hack it" IS MUCH BETTER SUITED IN THIS THREAD.

P.S. --- it would be REALLY awesome to see the posts unrelated to the dev in those threads to get edited away to "de clutter" so that others aren't so inclined to respond to them adding more clutter. Thanks if u do this. And I will thank your posts as well after u edit out the clutter. Im just hoping to see a nice smooth thread where we can see what's going on exactly without needing to "wade" through things looking for the devs posts. Thanks for your time.

And again...this is getting even better EVERY DAY. Im loving this.
[Motorola Droid X2] gaad0701:
Can't wait to see what can be done on this beast of a phone, there is so much untapped potential in this things processor, it makes me sad to think that Motorola is being so closed door on this.

Love CM and MIUI and I for one cannot wait to be switching between Eclipse and those two all the time!
[Motorola Droid X2] electroman987:
Great idea ash. Following for several months now. All of the previous post + I'm ecstatic about us moving forward and finding ways around our "keepers."

About the fuse in the asop part 2 thread: there is a thread in previous development (dead somewhere) that gives the link to the patent for an electronic fuse. Not like a burn fuse in the normal sense. Opamps and resistor dividers. Would be interesting to see if we could physically manipulate the fuse though. I wasn't able to see a schematic. Would be possible if it were external. My 2 cents.

Thx ash for the thread and Thx to the devs working on our "prisons"!!!!!!
[Motorola Droid X2] vr4marine:
I was sad when I broke my Fascinate and came to the X2 and realized that the X2 didn't have CM7...but it looks like patients will win :)

And I really can't wait for custom kernals, but one step at a time :p

Thanks devs for your hard work.
[Motorola Droid X2] motcher41:
Editted mine away best i know how even the ones in the begininng when I was trying to track down boot.img(since it didnt help any but i tried)

---------- Post added at 06:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:20 PM ----------

It's been an impatient wait coming from my OG Droid to this. That thing was limitless and I know this has a lot of potential. I am sure AOSP/CM7 based roms will help that potential come out but I just hope someday the lock is picked.
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
The ones in reference to the boot.img were fine IMO.

Since they were in reply to the Devs requests. Thanks either way! :D
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
Just gotta say thanks again to ACE and masta for keeping us up to date and really getting down and dirty with this to try to get it 100% so we can start having tons of funs :D

And thanks to any other devs that are helping that we don't know about.

Keep giving the X2 hell guys!! Can't wait to see some type of finished products eventually :D I know my patience will SURELY pay off on this project(s) ....I don't care if I gotta be.patient till 2012 even lol. Just knowing that SOMETHING is being done & how hard/howmuch time os being put into this is consolation enough that the effort to get this dev the phone was not a waste at ALL!!!! :) ;) :D :cool: :eek: :p :)
[Motorola Droid X2] motcher41:
I havent heard any news in a while what is the latest. Tried to snoop using IRC(no idea how to use it really) and no one was chatting even though users were logged in to the DX2 channel.
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
LOL

Just that work is being done almost everyday and that almost everyday progress is being.made that is bringing us closer and closer ;)

Have u looked at channel #motomagic as well?

Most of the time ill log into #dx2 and #motomagic and just leave a window open and come back later to see what was said. I imagine that's what a lot of those idle users u r seeing are doing as well ;)
[Motorola Droid X2] CadenH:
Fantastic update! Ace and masta, you are both a gentleman and scholar.
[Motorola Droid X2] aceoyame:
I for one typically log into #dx2 #motomagic and #miui-us. For the deving if I dont have questions for all the devs I just pm them inside IRC.
[Motorola Droid X2] cooljake6:
Thank you gentlemen... your work is much appreciated!
[Motorola Droid X2] T3HBR1AN:
Thanks again guys. As always I wish I could be of more help. Im going to try to hang around the X2 chat channel since my winter break starts today and Im not doing much else but gaming and working on my car. Id be glad to be of any help.
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
I take it everyone has seen the newest update on the situation?

AOSP part 3(revenge of the RC) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1380605

HOLY CRAP this moving along at an unprecedented rate!!!!!

Thanks to mastafunk for "shout out" to this thread in hopes for an uncluttered dev thread ;)

I would also like to say thanks to all the people who were a part of all the testing for this. Without all u testers things would have developed a LOT slower for sure.

I cannot believe how quickly this got off the ground and took flight. I was gonna compare it to an airplane take off but.now it seems more like a cruise missle aimed straight at its target guided by a laser. I can't wait to see what aosp builds look like ;)

This X2 is my first smartphone and I've never had the luxury of using CM7 or.MIUI...but I hear its awesome!!

Can anyone give me some ideas on what to expect when we get a finished product?

Just curious as to why CM7/AOSP/MIUI are so beloved in this community....thanks fr any info guys...(and gals;))

Keep rocketing out there devs....ur doing amazing work!!!
[Motorola Droid X2] Travisdroidx2:
This X2 is my first smartphone and I've never had the luxury of using CM7 or.MIUI...but I hear its awesome!!

Can anyone give me some ideas on what to expect when we get a finished product?

Just curious as to why CM7/AOSP/MIUI are so beloved in this community....thanks fr any info guys...(and gals;))

Keep rocketing out there devs....ur doing amazing work!!![/QUOTE]

I was wondering the same thing. This is also my first smartphone as well. Told the wife to get me the nexus prime for Xmas but now I feel like I am going to miss out.
[Motorola Droid X2] motcher41:
I was wondering the same thing. This is also my first smartphone as well. Told the wife to get me the nexus prime for Xmas but now I feel like I am going to miss out.[/QUOTE]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMg8TLN0zLc for CM7

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cQ_bfnfSWk&feature=relmfu for MIUI

Hope this kinda helps.
[Motorola Droid X2] litetaker:
CM7 and MIUI! Here I come

I am rooting for a functioning CM7 and/or MIUI ROM before Christmas! I really hope that happens. And I hope we get CM9 with ICS in January! :D

What do you guys think? Do you feel we will get CM7/MIUI before Christmas or after Christmas or in January?
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
How's about ON christmas...nice present to wake up don't ya think? :eek:

imagine thread title "merry Miui christmas "I lol
[Motorola Droid X2] roland0fgilead:
I've been reading these development threads with great interest. Most of the conversations between devs around here are done in IRC or through PM, so having the chance to see devs collaborate in real time is a nice treat. Thanks to ace, dragonzkiller, mastafunk and everyone else who's worked so hard to get us this far at such an amazing rate. Your work is much appreciated!
[Motorola Droid X2] Yatkoos:
I can't wait. Thanks to everyone for their work.
[Motorola Droid X2] motcher41:
Im not a huge miui fan but maybe it would be e better on here then on my OG DROID. It was a nice system but a bit too iPhonish to me. Definitely a well built rom series though but at the same time I'll pray for miui christmas cuz that means cm7 or asop roms :)

Im willing to bet it will probably be around mid january though. That's my guess for something semi stable
[Motorola Droid X2] michael7168:
CM7 over MIUI but both have amazing theme support. I personally have over 40 themes for CM7 on my sd card from my old DX just a waiting. If ya want battery life MIUI is top dog here but it reminds me too much of Iphone
[Motorola Droid X2] Agodbout87:
Eclipse 1.3

Running Eclipse 1.3.....Awesome speed and power, Thanks all! i owe you a christmas gift
[Motorola Droid X2] motcher41:
Your right about theme support. There is a lot for CM7 but I was surprised about all the miui theme love out there.
[Motorola Droid X2] litetaker:
Can someone explain in lay man's terms why the devs are unable to boot any AOSP ROM as of now? They got the 2nd-init running, so what else is left that is causing issues? I really don't know.
[Motorola Droid X2] motcher41:
As moto and verizon have it set up it will only run a blur(stock moto based) based rom.

What they are doing is bypassing those requirements to allow pure ASOP/CM7 type roms
[Motorola Droid X2] aceoyame:
That is sorta right. We have 2nd init working but we need to produce our own working init script. Just taking one from the atrix or photon will not work. If we can get all the devs in on this it would go faster as this is normal development now.
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
Has anyone been in touch wit nitro to see if he is willing/able to help out?

Just curious ;)
[Motorola Droid X2] (aq):
thanks for all your hard work, its much appreciated!
[Motorola Droid X2] bswides412:
I am looking forward to seeing what all this dev work brings to the x2. Once there are some bootable roms, will it matter what kernal we are on? I am currently on 2.3.4 but was gonna upgrade to 2.3.5 once eclipse 2.0 is released
[Motorola Droid X2] LordRalh3:
Yes, the kernal always matters

from my X2 roaming the north
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
Oh FREAKING A BABY!!

THE EXCITEMENT GROWS AGAIN!!!

how long u guys think b4 we get these roms running?

Anyone seen the latest update from mastafunk in the AOSP pt3 thread???

Yeah baby!!!
[Motorola Droid X2] bswides412:
This is real exciting! Looking forward to seeing what comes from this!! Does this mean ics could be ported over to the phone now?
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
Im not sure on ICS.

We are most likely to see some long awaited AOSP first of course...cm7, Miui ....
[Motorola Droid X2] 03civicdx:
We are now one step closer! :D
[Motorola Droid X2] ninjasailas:
I am very excited. i had just downloaded all the stuff for cm7 on the original droid x the day i broke it and got my x2 as a replacement. talk about devastating. so i have not yet had the joy of running cm or miui.
[Motorola Droid X2] motcher41:
So excited. So looking forward to AOSP roms but whatever is out first ill take lol :-)
[Motorola Droid X2] donlad:
Now that 2nd-init is fully working, aceoyame can start his work on CM7/MIUI as was originally planned back around the 20th of November.

I am EXTREMELY excited.
[Motorola Droid X2] doobie711:
not sure how anyone else feels but this is really the only news that is keeping me from fretting about the galaxy nexus delays. The closer the development get to aosp roms the less worried I get about Verizon's death grip on hardware. Thanks devs. Especially dragonzkiller for being such a good sport and helping. mastafunk too.
[Motorola Droid X2] mkane848:
I'm still relatively new to the the Android scene, especially custom ROMs and whatnot, but the community here is fantastic and helpful. I've been checking the 2nd init thread every day for updates, I'm pretty excited for the possibilities.
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
Thanks for posting in the right spot noob

SIKE just playing wit ya lol

I also am a "newb" to this whole smartphone majigger thingys lol.and im definitely happy I never got that I phone...I looked at it ((all by itself and lonely on other side of room) then saw like 15droid devices on other side of room...((I think I said this b4lol) but needless to say I never went back to that lonely side of the room.

This community is AWESOME. This is great

Every day.it gets better for us X2 users...this rocks!!! Boo yah!!! Can't wait to get a taste of cm7 or ANY AOSP rom...I've never used any...excited to see what it is first hand...