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[G2 and Desire Z General] redpoint73:
Unfortunately, Apple has taken the road of "if you can't beat em, sue em". They are just pissed because somebody came around, and gave people what they wanted, instead of TOLD them what they wanted. Like how about big screen smartphones, and the ability to move files without having to use Apple's crappy iTunes bloatware? And now they wonder why Android has taken the smartphone marketshare from them.

Now Apple is burning the bridges with other companies that made the iPhone what it is, in an attempt to extort Android from the top spot. Samsung has made the CPUs for all the iPhones, and the memory chips for many of them, until recently where Apple is now trying to move to other suppliers, so it can more easily attack Samsung without repercussions. And how useless would the iPhone be without the Google search engine, or Google Maps? Some have postulated that the iPhone location logging debacle earlier this year was an indication that Apple is trying to come up with a map and navigation solution so it can break away from Google.

Hopefully, the recent patent ruling against HTC will be tied up with appeals and countersuits. I don't see the smartphone landscape changing just from a few patent suits. And hopefully that would never happen, as I enjoy having a smartphone that actually acts like a computer, not a closed architecture iPod.

Back to the OP, it seems like HTC's is just starting to reveal specs on its 2012 devices. Of interest are the Elite (4.7" display and LTE on AT&T), the Ville (4.3" AMOLED display, dual core 1.5 GHz CPU) and the Edge (4.7" SLCD and quad core 1.5 GHz NVIDIA CPU). Unfortunately, no hint of anything with a hardware keyboard anytime soon, AFAIK.

http://www.bgr.com/2011/12/19/htc-elite-flagship-phone-and-4g-lte-windows-phone-to-hit-att-in-early-2012/

http://www.bgr.com/2011/11/09/htc-ville-detailed-htc-sense-4-0-ice-cream-sandwich-thinner-than-iphone/

http://www.bgr.com/2011/11/08/htc-edge-to-lead-the-smartphone-pack-with-quad-core-cpu-optically-laminated-display-and-unibody-design/

The HTC Vivid (released on AT&T earlier this month) looks pretty nice. But the body is a little too angular and plastic for my liking. It seems that HTC might be (thankfully) going back to the aluminum unibody that it has become known for.
[G2 and Desire Z General] MrTechnikron:
news

i heard that they were going to come out with quad-core android phones in 2012.
[G2 and Desire Z General] redpoint73:
Just see my post, just before yours. Its got links with some specs on the 3 HTC phones coming out early 2012.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] marko!:
Marko!s Mod list and Ideas
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Dear NOOB,

first off welcome to the android family and welcome to the transformer prime. I have compiled a list below that will help you along the way to getting your TFP rooted and customized the way you want. i will also include an FAQ for some of the very new users. I hope you find this list helpful and informitive.

for almost everything below you NEED ROOT so check out those threads first.

SEE THIS THREAD !!!!!!!=======>http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1441138

feel free to PM me if something is missing
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Transformer Prime DEV & Themes

Ideas suggestions and discussion​

This is also a thread for everyone and anyone to give their ideas and input on what you would like to see on the prime. If you have a suggestion question or idea you can post it here and hopefully someone will be able to get it done. This can be themes (ports from other devices or new ones) or more technical mods. Please keep this thread clean and don't post ideas that you see in the list below, I will try and keep it as up to date as possible. Feel free to also post questions about the possibility of certain mods or your ideas .

If you see an idea here that has already been accomplished pm me and I will include links to all the mods, roms, features and themes. Hopefully this will become a very easy place to find everything you need

Suggestions:

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Ill hopefully keep this thread as updated as possible
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mafiapanda:
Windows 8
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] marko!:
Im actually almost done porting that to my house phone. Shouldn't be to hard to get it running on the TP after that.

Herp derp
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mafiapanda:
House phone:O?

This is what pops up in my head when you mix win8+house phone:

(No need to comment on my pro shopping skills:P)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] marko!:
No comment .

A windows theme would be nice though
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] curreyr:
I'd suggest you abandon this thread and base one in the Dev forum where the "iron fist" rules can apply.

IMO, this unmoderated sub-forum is going to have your thread go to hell ...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Wordlywisewiz:
Heavily gesture based ICS!

Like a task switcher like on windows 8 swipe from bezel to screen to switch windows...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] marko!:
I agree but the same iron fist would keep this out of the dev section because there is no development happening.

If the mods feel like it should be in the dev then someone please move it
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] g0t0:
Are you doing a pre or post ICS? For me, I will wait for ics to come out before rooting. Then ill play with ICS heavily before adding a ROM.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
-Over clocking all 4 cores to 2ghz a piece, if possible. For some serious horse power to compete with newer tablets coming down the road. Of course needs to be stable or doesn't overheat n melt the device..lol

-some sort of uploader for native browser or even compatible with 3rd party browser. For ex. Safari on my iPad couldn't upload or download on stock setup. With jailbreak n Cydia, I have safari downloader, which enables download manager in native browser, and safari uploader. Which allows me to upload something thru the browser by accessing device files. Ex. I go to a site I need to upload resume. I just click on upload link on page, then it accesses my files. Then I search for resume, click on it , and proceed to upload.

-Some sort of futuristic theming around Transformer prime, movie or whatever. Completely changes the look up to a more high tech device.

-optimize and increase camera/video quality even more, if possible. I know it's already good, but could be a way to raise MP rating through software adjustments.

-an app like g power, available from Cydia for JB iPad. I double tap the top of screen(through activator) and it brings up quick menu to power down, reboot, or respring(if that applies to android). Or maybe just subtle gestures to access important features of device or apps.

-make skype and any other video chat apps that don't work with prime, work ;)

-Tegra 3 supports 3d. Maybe make a way to enable 3D mode, with or without 3d glasses.

-see if any ways to optimize/beef up the gpu even more.

-maybe a way to download and install IOS tablet apps/games through an emulator or some other way. So we have access to even more apps, especially since IOS tablet only apps far outnumber androids.

-dual boot capabilities , possibly windows

-hack pad tool set..lmao

-a special feature, cybertron mode, that whenever Prime is in vicinity of an IOS device, we can disable and shut it down. Then we go over n show off how cool the prime is and enable that device to run run again. Showing that we can amd did, fix the device wirelessly ;) or if you want it completely disabled for life, so be it.

Just throwing stuff out there, I'll update this post as I come up with more ideas.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hbk19:
I'm sure that people will overclock it, but I don't think we need it at this point considering that even with stock, the TFP will likely annihilate anything currently out. It won't have to compete with any other tablets for a long time.

Many phone/tablet ROMS can already do this; all you have to do is hold the power button to bring up the menu.

Completely impractical. iOS is not open source like Android, and even ignoring Apple coming down on anyone that attempts to do it, the architecture for the two are completely different, so even emulating it isn't something that can be done. At the risk of exaggeration, building a rocket to the moon sounds more plausible.

Someone will do it eventually, I think.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BongoBong:
Suggestion or aquestion of viability since I have no idea what you can really do developing a rom.

Some sort of "stylus mode" where large touches from your palm don't get registered and mess up your writing for all those apps that using a stylus is nice but don't have palm recognition.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] darth_suicune:
There's something i think fits both transformer tablets perfectly: A native android IDE. Developing for Android and testing it in the same tablet you're coding on the fly. No need for an additional device.

As far as ROMs go.... i still don't have the prime so i can't see what should be changed :P
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] colonel187:
+1 on the stylus mode.

usb support. I'll try to explain. whatever needs to happen to make the usb adapter work like a "real" usb port like on the Iconia A500. I wanna use flash drives and the remote control dSLR app to controll my camera. If that isn't already built into ICS.

Not too crazy on the tweaks. I've noticed the more tweaks in cooked roms the more custom problems there are.

Glad you're starting early.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] g0t0:
NVM my last post.......what HE said....;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] marko!:
tried to deodex the system, but im getting really wierd errors.. i htink its honeycomb related buttt.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] avinash60:
Is it possible to have a four finger swipe function on the ROMs for the transformer to switch recent applications or to look at the recent apps like the iOS? i.e. As was previously asked gesture based OS would be pretty nice..

Also possibility of overclocking and undervolting, mainly the companion core for the background tasks which might improve the response further.. It is pretty good in comparison to old tablets from what the demos show but I guess bumping up the 500MHz 5th core could possibly help mundane tasks?

GPU improvements would be absolutely great- as previously mentioned..

Also perhaps a possibility of changing color saturation on the screen (in addition to the already present brightness- akin to settings on laptop GPUs)?

I see from a lot of demo photos in review sites that the camera gives a slightly reddish tinge to the photos- in comparison to the photos from Galaxy tab- it will be great to have some sort of a s/w fix to improve the quality..

As mentioned before, stylus mode would be very nice..

Possibly some sort of audio processing (like beats audio processing on the HTC sensation android revolution ROMS)..
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cordell507:
i would say make a couple themes for it now but mainly study the ICS source code so that when it lands on the prime you can make the best ROM's possible and release them quicker. but im all for a windows 8 theme as long as it truly looks like windows 8 which im not sure if you can do without a launcher but i think windows 8 if it's good will finally convince me to switch from mac
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] colonel187:
Rofl

Android already does almost all of those things, without hacks. Silly ios sheeple.....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ultradsa:
A transformer silhouettes or style theme (doesn't have to contain pictures of the primes or what not) or maybe a 2 tone theme of cybertron very stylized so it's clean and slick.

Excuse me if there are themes like this out already (regardless I would like to do so 2 tone art work) and I would like some old school transformer sound bytes in there for transitions. I'm envisioning more of a theme of what a computer UI would look like on cybertron or to a transformer and not just a generic cartoon theme. =)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] clouds5:
+1 on stylus mode. Would be awesome :) I already a transformer test day at uni. One day without paper and only the prime! Scanning all sheets i might need with the camera and edit them with a stylus, or taking notes with the keyboard dock.

I was already thinking about getting some kind of glove but solving this software side would be awesome^^
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Cothek:
I was hoping that MIUI would get ported...any else with me?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] doeboy711:
I am with you and a bad a$$ kernel developer, like Chad Goodman from the Evo 3D section.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] marko!:
Yes a lot depends on kernal developers. I'm hoping faux123 may get on board . He does a lot of kernels
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] marko!:
Both! Hopefully ill get something happening asap then port everything over to ics
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] irishtexmex:
Count me in as +1 on the gestures. I've been on Android for over a year since switching from a release-day Pre and I still can't get over the lack of gestures.

I was really disappointed to see that ICS didn't deliver on that front.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Cothek:
Perusing XDA I saw something else that might be interesting...WebOS anyone?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Wordlywisewiz:
Sounds fun maybe we can triple boot it android 4.0.1 windows 8 and WebOS!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] colonel187:
Windows 8 will need drivers. Hopefully when it comes out it's on a tegra3 device.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
There is a good chance of that happening. There have been talks of of that very thing occurring. When it does, dual boot will be a must.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Swiftks:
First thing we need to do is get bootloader unlocked.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
Yeah and at least this is not Motorola :D hopefully wont have to jump through hoops to make this possible. Also hoping that new update Asus pushed won't break or disable the RazorClaw rooting method. Someone rooted a store model one on older firmware with Razorclaw. Then someone else tried RC on Prime with update and said it didn't work. I might just wait till after ICS to root and unlock boot loader. IMO it'll be best to let development mature first than load up experimental builds. I can see some people now, from not following directions properly or researching, bricking their prime in less than a week SMH
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ChrisDos:
For those that want Windows 8 on your Prime, why? I just don't get it? You won't be able to install any of your current windows software on it until it is compiled for ARM. It's just not nearly as nice as Android, much less ICS. I just don't get it. Now if you wanted Debian or Ubuntu on it, I could see that. They have native ARM software with (last I counted) of over 25GB of software available. And it's open.

I will root the Prime fist thing and not upgrade to ICS or accept any OTA updates. An update from Asus might prevent root or unlocking the boot loader. Having root is critical for me. Especially since I plan on running chrooted Debian on this.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] skinien:
I'll get back to you after I find some bugs :p
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] marko!:
perfect
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Wordlywisewiz:
Okay transformer sounds! Docking. Undocking notifications ect...

Transforming screen transitions! Like idrk but it would look wicked cool!

Uhmm...

Transformer boot animations!

And I will add more!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] marko!:
So transformers...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Wordlywisewiz:
Lol well not over transformery just the sounds would be cool to add! And an animation would be sweet like kinda how they transformer... Idk
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] marko!:
yes I agree
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Wordlywisewiz:
Now I'm just debating if I should root before or after the OTA update... Any ideas?

Will the update get rid of root?

Will it lock the tablet up like how say Amazon did with the kindle fire?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] marko!:
my best guess is that rooting will not effect the update BUT you will almost definitely lose root. and have to find a different way
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Danishswag:
I second Ubuntu. It runs far better than Windows Platforms do with limited RAM. Admittedly, I only know that Windows 8 will require less RAM, but I feel like 1 GB wouldn't work too well. Also, Ubuntu is a full-fledged OS with years of development behind it. Not to mention, I've been wanting to try the Unity interface on a tablet for awhile now.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] g0t0:
I will wait till after ICS, and only to root. No new roms or anything else. I want to play with it untouched before I start tearing into it. I'm learning how to build a rom. Slow as hell, but I don't really have anything else to do.....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ChrisDos:
I don't think some people understand, that root could totally be locked out by an update from the manufacture. This has happened many times, and for some devices root has never been re-achieved after the update.

Root is also only step one. Once root is achieved, that paves the way to unlocking the bootloader (for the most part) and having custom roms.

If you ever want root on your device and a root method exists, never update until they can unlock the boot loader and then you can install the rooted rom from the devs.

If you don't care about root, update away.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] doeboy711:
I will not update to ICS until the bootloader is unlocked on either HC or the ICS. Also most apps are not ready for the ICS update just yet, so I might just hang back on HC until they are, unless ICS is just mind blowing.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jptech:
so, I know we can't get true 3d because there's no lenticular display.

how about at least anaglyph?

and maybe 3d 24p support since the display is 60Hz.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cyi1:
I think it would be awesome if you could tether through a usb cable connected to the dock. I'll probably end up using my g2x to tether wirelessly but this drains the battery so quickly.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] marko!:
That would be very helpful but sounds difficult
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] cyi1:
yeah i doubt it being possible. it would just be badass lol
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] adampdx:
I didn't see that this had been asked yet...

So this 5th core. Is it permanently locked at 500Mhz or can it be run higher? Would a custom kernel be able to have all 5 cores running overclocked?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] marko!:
I don't think we will know until we get source
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] adampdx:
I thought I heard that there would be an Ethernet adapter. So the software can handle wired connections, is the USB connection similar?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] darth_suicune:
The software manages wired connections since, at least, 2.1. There are 7" netbooks with Android 2.1 running and ethernet adapter (tried one and works). The only problem would be the adapter needing specific "drivers" or tweaks to work.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hakarune:
I would love win 8 dual boot since it can run on the it
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jptech:
only windows 8 for tablets can run on it. That's not out yet.

Not only is the OS ported to ARM, but all the windows programs you want to use must be ported to ARM first.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hakarune:
I know the apps have to be ported. I just think it'd be awesome
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ChrisDos:
Don't forget, you will have to buy Windows 8. It is not free. I just don't see the appeal of the Metro interface and Windows 8 in general compared to Android.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ckoadiyn:
Twrp would be nice for recovery lol
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hakarune:
Who buys windows. I haven't purchased windows since win95 lol. Alwats used torrents, irc, or kazaa/limewire
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] avinash60:
From what I know, the TP has a Broadcom BCM4329 chip which supports 5GHz mode of Wi-Fi operation. However, Asus did not include the support for running the device at that mode, either in software or due to the type of antennas used. Could be for saving power..

I don't know if it will be possible- but could someone look into the possibility of enabling this 5GHz mode in a custom kernel?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] franky_402:
That would be awesome...i wonder if that card supports injection??
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] avinash60:
Right, So we all know that the GPS on this thing is finicky at best and not working at worst. But I hear that Asus is planning to remove the feature all together from the primes. A few users seem to be have already got their gps.config file removed after the ICS update.

Perhaps the devs can look into somehow making this work- if not better at least as its former self so as to have the feature on our devices.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Lock-N-Load:
I want to see the battery settings issue fixed so we can see 3rd party apps & not just system resources

I want to see the GPS on/off switch put back into quick settings like it was in HC

I really want to see ad hoc network acceptance fixed like we had days ago under HC so we can tether if no native tether app on our phones (wpa_supplicant files?)

Its a small list a nice list & a list crying out to be dealt with :D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Frooty:
I'd love to be able to reboot my prime by holding the power button. Most phone ROMs have this, and I've added it before and know it can be done with only root.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] -viperboy-:
Cayniarb will be getting a Prime, so no worries on the kick ass kernel developer :)

That's in android.policy.jar (unless it moved post GB) but I'm not sure how hard that is to add in to post GB ROMs.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] sporty377:
Would like to get internet explorer browser....website i have to use for work is only compatble with it
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
-enabling ad-hoc tethering mod

-also since we have overclock now, an even higher one. 1.8-2Ghz or more.

-like diamondback mentioned before, tweaking the wifi to enable it to conncet at lower signal strengths. be said this is governed LR something within the prime only let it connect at a certain strength. it could be changed. I think he mentioned how Desire phones had crappy wifi or something and they tweaked it to allow connections at lower signal strengths. a way of increasing the range if actual signal can't be made stronger.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Swiftks:
Adhoc wifi tethering & perhaps enabling 5GHz band wifi, if the radio supports it.

And if not to much trouble, maybe get a jump start on porting CM9, that way when bootloader gets unlocked we'll be good to go :P j/k

Sent from my CM7 Atrix 4G
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jimbob_sf:
1. WIth all the real-estate in the "taskbar" at the bottom, how about an icon when hardware acceleration is being used. If we're talking custom roms, this will help figure out who is writing good apps.

2. Given all the hoopla with WifI, how about a real-time throughput notification. Say 2 numbers for up / down speed.

3. Roms like MIUI could be great with all this processing power. Bring Paulie Vicious in!

4. I think someone already noted a browser that works faster than a crayon and paper. I'm sure it's noted somewhere, but the browser speed SUCKS.

5. Ability to move the menu soft keys to the right side. I find it easier to use my right thumb for common tasks and shifting to the left thumb is a bit awkward sometimes.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] doeboy711:
to be able to hide all of these icons on my taskbar
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] FrameCityJackal:
A un-bricking mod of course.

I think I would cry if I bricked it....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] -viperboy-:
Seriously?? Not possible. And you can change the user agent in most browsers so that the websites you go on think you are using IE.