yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
And my instincts were right!

So without any further ado, I present to you all RA-Mod Build 2:

RA_Mod_Build_2_(24-6-2012).zip

It's a CWM flashable zip, but here's the procedure I followed and found working:

- Flash CM7.2 A8.2 by MarcellusBe, do a data/factory reset after install (So everything is all clean and nice).

- Boot one time to check everything is working.

- Reboot in recovery and flash the RA_Mod_Build_2_(24-6-2012).zip and boot into the OS.

- Now, download GAPPS using Pyramid, I've included the version recommended by MarcellusBe in his CM7 thread.

- Reboot in recovery to install GAPPS, after the install do another data/factory reset (And this one is important, otherwise RA Launcher keeps on FC'ing and it's the only launcher included.)

- Setup your google account and enjoy!

Now do note, this ROM is still one big WiP, so expect some errors here and there.

If you find an error, please tell me the steps you took and I'll see if I can reproduce it.

I'm going to try and do some more work on the custom apps next week, but we'll have to see how much I'll get done because of my job.

I'm going to update first post in an hour or so, first a nice hot bath :P

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Oh, stupid me!

I forgot to add a scrollview to the about section of Pyramid, already fixed it in code but will be available in the update next weekend.

Beside that small fix, I'm also reworking some of the XML, it seems fill_parent (which let the object height or width fill the whole screen) has been deprecated and you should now use match_parent.

Going to try out some more Twitter integration in RA Social :D

Oh, btw, I'm wondering if there are some designers out there who have amazing ideas for the custom apps and want to help me realize them by sending me their design.

If you're interested, send me a PM!

Of course you'll be creditted in the app itself and the about section (:

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] PersianSphinx:
Your ROM is simply awesome. Easily THE BEST. could've done with some extra options but this isn't the like full release so no complaining here. Keep up the good work man!
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] sajjt:
It seems people are silent in this long long.. much awaited ROM release? Any detailed reviews? Am interested in flashing after a review..
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] mohsin2cool:
why dont u urself flash and give a review...
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] sajjt:
If I flash any ROM I dont forget to post my opinions as it will be an inspiration for the developer, but am hard pressed for time for the trial and re installation if required any.

And you too??? Its better to have coments about the ROM rather than spaming with irrelevant posts as its really annoying to others especially the dev. Period.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Oh, I don't care if you spam my thread with errors you found, it will help me fix them for you guys!

Anyway, a quick little question and I'm off to bed (have to get up early tomorrow morning, must say, after 2 weeks I still love my job xD):

Are there other users experiencing problems while retrieving their current location in the weather part of RA-Social?

Somehow it seems to crash now, not sure if it's just my phone or the code..

Anyway, I'm still looking into Twitter, hopefully I can give you guys a working Twitter client in RA-Social next Sunday :D

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] PersianSphinx:
I found my location fairly easily, but yea, the keyboard showed a happyface option instead of enter or done :D Had to go to options and fix it there, butafter that, no crashes.

OK, after almost a week, here is my review of the ROM. Works great, extremely fast, and simply awesome. I don't love the music app UI, but I don't look for power AMP quality there in a alpha or beta build :p

Would also appreciate if you integrated the quickpic instead of gallery, I'm not sure if the gallery battery drain is still there (wasn't for me) but Samsung gave me a simple phobia of that app.

I like the theme, it is simple, but that is how it should be. maybe more Egyptian, or less green more yellow (Dune Yellow :p) would be to my liking, especially with the internet/signal stuff.

I don't really use GPS so I didn't try it.

The social HuB is OK. The launcher needs more options like resize the widgets, err.... a function for the massive arrow in the middle (:confused::p) and bigger tabs for Social/settings/add, some people have big or clumsy fingers. I also don't like the internet shortcut there, if it was upto me, I would have changed it to Reddit, but I couldn't find how to delete the thing or replace. I suppose that would be fixed after the arrow project is done :p

BIG suggestion, which would go even as far as making me dump Power AMP, give iPod-like Lyrics support for music player. the current UI would be fine, but it would be better if the album art covered all the screen and we had translucent play/pause back and forward buttons. Here is what I mean by lyrics:

Also metadata add/change support :D thanks for reading :)
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] poorna:
will angry birds work perfectly without white textures(background) in this rom as i doesnt work on alpha 8 due to open fimg??
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] PersianSphinx:
Works good, the grass is whitr but no white to ruin game so works just fine .
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Hey PersianSphinx, thanks for the feedback!

I'm going to take a look at a lot of the feedback you gave me, I'll see how much I'll implement (:

And yeah, the massive arrow in the center of the dock is going to be used for a favorites section.

Users will be able to add favorite apps or bookmarks so they can access them from any page in the launcher.

Right now I'm looking into easier ways of developing, I found PhoneGap, which is nice but doesn't provide Native UI.

Right now I'm fiddling around with MoSync, which provides full Native UI!

Anyhow, I'm still messing around, experimenting and now I finally have a weekend break, so probably going to play some minecraft (I always play on a server, if interested, PM me :P).

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] egonzalv:
Hi, I have a couple of days with your ROM, and have to say, that is fast and clean. I don't understand the function of the big buttom on the dock's center, no idea about that.

I like the launcher, but it has no config options. i like to have 5 rows on the home screen, and I just use 3 homescreens, maybe you can add it to RA Launcher.

When I tried to config my city on RA Social I get a FC.

I like to request a semitransparent notification bar and in my opinion, the bootanimation its a little ugly, but this is too personal, maybe because the combination of blue and yellow... no sure

I will like to add, thanks for your work

Sorry for my bad english

Greetings from Colombia
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Well well, what do we have here..

https://twitter.com/DympyDev/status/219466180258304000

(In case you haven't noted, take a look at the "via" part)

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] PersianSphinx:
Yea so been using the eom for some time, and the camera does not work at all, and neither does usb tethering (but this is original bug right)
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
That's weird, I can just use the camera..

Yesterday I took an amazing photo of my cat because it was being awesome, and everything seems to be alright..

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] mohsin2cool:
kindly confirm......is build 2 only 10mb file.....as my dowload manager showd it...:mad::mad:
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] rubensollie:
Yes, you have to flash cm7 alpha 8.2 first and then flash this.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] PersianSphinx:
Well it is odd but camera started to work suddenly! Well good for me i guess. Before it gave n error and said cannot connect to camera :confused:
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] PersianSphinx:
Hi rubens nice to meet you :D I am a Sphinx
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] PersianSphinx:
Sorry for this spam, but camera stopped again but now i have proof lol
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] ahsanaimad:
This happens to me on CyanogenMod 7 when I switch to video mode of Camera.. After Reboot though all's fine..
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] mohsin2cool:
how can i change the system default theme to the one which i like..no theme choser application available.......tried jrummy's theme chooser but tht dint work or im not familiar to run that application...........kindly help.:(:(:(:(
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] rubensollie:
Try this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/p6mmdz95diy8dtg/update-ThemeChooser.zip
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] PersianSphinx:
Yes after reboot it is fine, but...

This happened: Went to camera. worked. immediately after, went to QR app, worked too.

After sometime (when camera app was closed) went straight to QR app, the QR app erred. Then the camera app gave the message provided before upon my attempt to enter...
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Weird, I still haven't found any problems..

Anyway, I had to flash ICS for my job, and I'm kinda forced to keep using it until the end of summer..

This doesn't mean the project has fully stopped, it does mean I'm going to slow down development (And yes, I know, again, and I'm terribly sorry) until I can use GB normally again.

I'm also talking with Pixdev about redoing the UI of a lot of apps, my ultimate goal is to have an Android ROM, that doesn't look like Android at all, but something so awesome that just thinking about it will make your head explode.

PixDev is still a bit busy with some jobs, so he hasn't had time to fix the RA-Mod site yet.

We do hope it will be back up soon, just like a new release of RA-Mod.

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] bscraze:
I wish you guys luck to become as big as cyanogenmod :). That day would eventually come if you guys persevere, I'm sure of it, after all so much effort has been put in :D
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Aaaand, I have a week off :D

So this means I'm going to focus on this project as much as possible.

However, I still want this project to be highly community driven, so I'm going to ask you all again for help.

Now you may be wondering how you can help, well, quite simple, suggest me stuff to add into and above all, please, PLEASE, suggest me some UI designs.

When it comes to programming, I have no problems at all, however, I suck at designs.

Well, the creation of a design that is, the conversion of an image to a working layout is no problem at all.

So yeah, any help is appreciated regarding this.

PixDev is still a bit too busy with doing a lot of paid projects, resulting in him not being able to work on RA-Mod for a while.

By the way, I got the uploading of new tweets working, however mentions don't work (YET!).

I'm also able to retrieve user feeds with the help of JSON requests to their API, and if I'm not mistaken I can do the same for DM's and such.

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] bscraze:
A suggestion for the music player: add a size buffer, so media files below a certain size would not be detected, it can be irritating sometimes. I really liked this feature on the MIUI music player, and I a minimalistic design, however I know you want your player to be unique, so I am not suggesting you follow the design MIUI music player, just the size buffer. Sorry I suck at themes too, can't offer much help in that field :p
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
I don't think I fully understand, but let me try to explain what I think you mean.

You want the music player to scan ALL media files on the phone, but not show media files below a certain size.

So this way you won't have smaller media files and only the bigger?

Is it something like that, or am I on a whole other track.

On a sidenote:

I'm getting a new phone! A Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro, my dad just ordered it.

I am keeping my old trustworthy G3, but most probably purely for development, so I'm going to try out all kinds of new stuff on it :P

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] Smonic:
I would like to request a feature. Can you add a shortcut on the LOCKscreen for the voice search app or your own voice command app if you decide to create :D
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] bscraze:
Yes I mean that. Like many game loft games have .ogg files, thus some music players just make it show up in my list of songs which is irritating.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Okay, that would be fairly easy, just another if statement and, if you want to define the size buffer by yourself another option in the settings screen.

Today I won't do a thing on programming (at least, not while the sun's still out, damn it's hot), so maybe tonight, I mean, sleeping is overrated right? :P

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] bscraze:
Well the MIUI provides a scroller, so you can scroll to whatever size you want the buffer to be. Thanks for implementing this btw :D
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
So a slider?

Well that can be arranged, what do you think would be a good min and max value, or tell me what the min and max of the slider in the MIUI Music Player are.

I'm still looking for people who are willing to help by helping me design (:

Also, Thanks everyone, never thought I would reach the 700 thanks when I basically started as a complete newb/leecher :P

I have this feeling tomorrow will be a good day for both me and RA-Mod..

Why? Well, I get my new phone then which will allow me to (well, not really) completely destroy this G3 >:3

That and I'll get salary for this month which will allow me to get myself a new laptop so I can build it all from source :D

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] aditnryn:
To overcome the problem of various .ogg files being included in media scan, place a .nomedia file in the folder u want to be exculded from music list. SIMPLE!!:D
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] bscraze:
It's not that I don't know that, some music players don't even have an option to scan for .nomedia files. Anyway @dympy, i kinda forgot(I needed a stable rom for a while), but I think there was a 1024kb option, some options less than that size and a max of 2048kb option. You well deserve the thanks btw :)
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] PersianSphinx:
I salute you sir. a true dev :) also, I know this sounds harsh, but what do you think about this: when you press the big up button on the launcher, you get like a number of choices. all you need to do is set up several screen for it (widget mode, game mode, music mode sense mode, etc.) you can give them icons or names.... any good?
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
First of all, yaay, new phone :3

Secondly, yesterday I went messing around with the functionality of that big button, and I kinda think I sorta have the function I originally had in mind working.

Again, I'm no designer, so it still looks like crap, it's really just a big list of all your favourited apps.

Now, today I'm going to sit back, relax and enjoy the nice weather.

We never have this kind of weather in the Netherlands, it's amazing :D

Tonight I'll do some more developing, I hope it's getting cooler by then :P

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Hey all, big announcements coming up on the next couple of lines!

First of all, let's start with the biggest announcement of all the announcements I'm making:

The new RA-Mod site is finally done!

I'm going to let PixDev know he can make it public and post the url here.

Secondly, the other big announcement is the following:

We're leaving CM7.

CM9 is now stable on over 45 devices and we're going to make a universal pack for all CM9 devices, we are also going to look into backward compatibility for GB ROMs.

Now, since it's going to be universal, it can be possible even Stock ROMs can use it, however, ofcourse, with restrictions because it's not officially supported.

I'll still be compiling from source for you guys, don't worry, the G3 was the first and will be the original RA-Mod device.

Thirdly, we're going MoSync!

Now you're probably wondering, what the hell is MoSync? It allows users to create native apps using C++ (Or HTML5/JS, but I prefer C++) It's pretty awesome and cross-platform compatible, so maybe you'll eventually see RA-Mod Apps on your iDevices..

That's it for all, right now I'm at work doing home automation stuff :P

I'll update soon!

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
And we have lift off!

The url to the site is:

http://ra-mod.com/

The content is nowhere near finished, I'll add in some stuff later today (:

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] pixdev:
Yes, it's finally here! Trust me, its worth the wait. We have blogs (with support for multiple blogs and multiple users), status updates, friendships and a new group forum system - in fact, RA-Mod.com been rebuilt from the ground up!

We hope you like this version - please share it on the social network of your choice if you want to help us out.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] harkan89:
Lookin neat bro!
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Hey all, another update!

Since Pixdev is on holiday and I was a bit busy with work, I decided to do some simple stuff.

Wanna know what this simple stuff is?

I'm currently ripping out as much code as possible and add that into it's own library.

Eventually the idea is user of the ROM can use this library in their own apps.

This way social integration will be as easy as stealing a bluray rip from the internet! (Don't, Piracy is bad!)

But yeah, the goal is to keep all function calls well documented and stuff, so it will only be easier for developers.

If developers have finished their apps they can add them to Pyramid so other users can use them.

I also ordered more RAM today, it will arrive tomorrow, and I'm currently learning some basic level kernel development on my new phone (but I think I can use that for this phone).

But yeah, things are really starting to get going again!

Oh, and please help us out by submitting ideas and such over at http://ra-mod.com/!

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
And we're making progress again!

It's all a bit slow, bu that's because my (Awesome, capital A) internship is taking up a lot of my time.

Anyway, I have another update for you guys, it's regarding the current progress in reworking RA-Social from the base up.

Check it out here!

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Hey guys,

It's been a while, again, but this time the news I bring is joyful!

Remember how I wanted to implement Facebook into RA-Social?

Well then, please look at this Facebook post I made. (If you see dutch comments, ignore them, just some friends trying to be funny :P)

Anyway, we're getting closer to the end!

I've also started working on the Launcher again and I've dropped the weather part of RA-Social, since it's not really social related and Yahoo is messing around with their API's (Then again, why would you want to share or tweet the current weather at your location?).

If you want to follow the progress more closely, register at RA-Mod.com and keep the community alive :D

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] ak700:
Whoa! I thought this project was long dead. All the best bro!
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] MicroGeek:
Me too until i checked hid github yedterday :D
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
I kinda rebooted it about a month ago :P

But yeah, my github is currently up-to-date, but for certain apps you'll have to check the ICS/JB branch.

The Launcher is being rewritten from scratch with the original ADW Launcher as a base (I can't find the current ADW Launcher sources anywhere..) and stuff will get added on the go (:

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
I'm going to update the first posts in my break, the old, not recommended, build 2 zip will still be available until I release my first build of the new ROM.

I won't upload the first build of the new ROM until I get Facebook and Twitter working, this way we have a somewhat social, social hub :P

Dympy..
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Forgot to update the first post, but I will do it when I get the time!

For now, why not read the newest blogpost on ra-mod.com, and please, do participate in this project!

http://ra-mod.com/blog/2012/11/11/sneak-peek-sunday-home-sweet-home-part-1/

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] m1trand1r:
?:D

Sent fom my S-II running Vanilla Rootbox >>Nightly (2013/03/31)<< :D powered with DorimanX kernel v. >>9.12<<
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
My guess is that you posted this as a "Is this a dead project? I sure hope not! :D".

This project isn't dead, well, maybe a little, but it will soon rise with nice new screenshots of HOLO UI elements in a lot of my apps.

I've also narrowed the number of apps down, for instance, the Launcher, the Music Player and the Social Media App are all integrated into one app.

I've also added something I would like to call "The Dash" to the Launcher, I've already posted a few not-quite-holo screenshots on my twitter account a while back, I'll also post them here.

Because I want these apps into one app, I decided to rewrite it all from scratch, so even the app drawer as it is right now is self-written (and still terribly slow xD).

For the G3 I will only release a CM9 variant, and if CM10 ever gets a bit stable, also a CM10 variant.

I'm currently working at this awesome domotica company and I'm also still in school, so I don't have that much time.

Besides that, I'm no UI Designer, so any help on that platform would be welcome (though I do want you to know how to work with HOLO elements and the Google Card system (or at least the looks of the Google Card system)).

So yeah, bring me some nice comments and if you happen to be a UI Designer, contact me!

Dymion.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] m1trand1r:
lol...I just found this thread and remembered it's meaning....hence my post...to get it up on front page....maybe you'll find what u're lookin' for:D

Sent fom my S-II running Vanilla Rootbox >>Nightly (2013/03/27 Unofficial by kroz)<< :D powered with DorimanX kernel v. >>9.13<<
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] PersianSphinx:
yes please. its a bother for me using a dual 1.66GHz to de-odex :(
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Poll is added, will close on the 10th of January.

Why the tenth?

I'm hoping to release a public pre-alpha then.

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] cdesai:
Why not release a separate update.zip with deodexed apps and framework?
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] vishnu:
^^ +1 for this!
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Well, I was planning on adding some kind of update center, specifically for this ROM.

This way all updates can be downloaded in flashable zips, but it could also be used as a center for downloading "extras".

If that's what sounds best and you guys want (the flashable zip), that's what I will do and then I can close the poll and add another one (yes, I really want your opinions in designing it all :P).

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] PersianSphinx:
I dont care for zips, as long as i get what i want. and that is a deodex rom xD i already have deodexed files from alpha7 if you need them.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
I think I'll just create two version, normal and deodexed.

No OC and non-OC versions for me, I'm going to use something my Archos has, it's pretty neat, I'll explain it later (;

Dympy.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] PersianSphinx:
OMG OMG OMG! A SURPRISE!!! now im gonna buy an Archos just to see what your talking about xD

did you manage to complete the social hub thingy? :)
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] dympy:
Far from, I'm also doing other Apps beside this project, to make money and such :P

That, and school stuff, I have a deadline next Tuesday.

So the social hub thingy is going to be tricky, simply because I also have to do the facebook part of the app, AND I have to learn how to handle SMTP in Android for the mail part (not even mentioning the XDA part, as far as I know their app is closed source).

At the moment I'm so busy with programming for apps, school and this project, my social life is falling behind.. So I'm going to make a schedule for myself where there's actually time for me to enjoy my remaining last days of vacation.

Dympy.