[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] Dark Passenger:
As you might know there are millions

of ARMv6-based devices in the world,

and many developers are trying to

prolong their life porting latest

Android Ice Cream Sandwich to them.

Last time we asked you to release

Adreno 2xx driver updates for ARMv6-

based chipsets MSM7225 and

MSM7227. And Qualcomm has

released the update which is really

greatly appriciated. (http://

www.groubal.com/ics-drivers-c...vers-

released/ )

But now we stuck at another point

and we couldn't proceed any farther

without the help of this great

company.

I'm talking about OpenMAX

Integration Layer update (core

& codecs) for our devices. It is

used for hardware-accelerated video

recording and playback, image

capturing, camera controls etc. Now

we are able to use only software

"acceleration" for that, which makes

device almost useless for many things.

It was present in Gingerbread, but it

has lower API version, so we can't just

use it in Ice Cream Sandwich.

Without help of Qualcomm it's nearly

impossible to overcome, because our

devices uses QDSP5 digital signal

processor, which has no publicaly

available specs to port OpenMAX by

hand.

Qualcomm has also released updated

version of the chipset named

MSM7227a which has pretty same

hardware (QDSP5 too), but ARMv7

core. Devices with MSM7227a are able

to run ICS out of box!

So, please Qualcomm, hear our

voice again!

Please sign the petition if you have

a device that meets one or more of

the following:

1. uses ARMv6

2. has an unofficial ICS port (CM9,

AOKP, MIUIv4, etc.)

3. does not have an ICS port due to

the lack of these drivers

These devices are affected by the

problem (according to Wikipedia):

LG Optimus Me, Samsung Galaxy Fit,

Samsung Galaxy Mini, Samsung

Galaxy 551, LG Optimus Chic, ZTE

Blade, HTC Legend, Mytouch 3G Slide,

HTC Gratia, LG Optimus One P500

GSM, ViewSonic ViewPad 7, Samsung

Galaxy Europa, Sony Ericsson Xperia

X8 (SE Shakira), HTC Aria, Palm Pixi

GSM, OlivePad VT-100, HTC Wildfire S,

Alcatel OT-990, Micromax A70, LG

Optimus chat L-04C, Huawei Pocket

WiFi S II S41HW, Huawei Ideos X3,

Huawei Sonic U8650, Sony Ericsson

Xperia X10 Mini, Sony Ericsson Xperia

X10 Mini Pro, Garmin & Asus

M10, WellCom A88, Coolpad W706,

Garmin & Asus A10, Samsung

Galaxy Gio, Samsung Galaxy Ace,

Odys Space, LG Optimus Net, LG

Optimus Hub, ZTE Skate, HTC ChaCha,

HTC Salsa, Huawei smart bar S42HW,

Coolpad 7260, ZTE Blade S

If you have anything you would like to

say, please add a comment along with

your signature.

Also, please spread the word about

this Groubal (in forums, social

networking sites, etc.). For example,

if you are using some kind of ICS port,

you can post in the thread of your

rom. Or if there is a Facebook page

for your phone, you can post there

too.

Please do not sign the petition

more than once or spam the

petition. It ruins its credibility, not to

mention that you are probably

lowering the chance that our voice

will be heard. If you really want to

support this petition, then don’t spam.

Other than signing the petition

below, please voice your opinion in

the following links :

https://developer.qualcomm.com/

forum...ion-qdsp/13248

There is another petition about this

problem, but author forgot to

mention any technical information

into it :

http://www.change.org/petitions/

arm-...ecs-for-arm-v6

can someone please explain this to me just let me know if this will help cause he specifically mentioned our devices...