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[LG Revolution] PlayfulGod:
I would just like to say i am still working on the cm9 port for the esteem. What i learn, find , n figure out with it should all be used for the revo too.

;)
[LG Revolution] spc_hicks09:
You are awesome PG!
[LG Revolution] Beamer9408:
Joking completely..
[LG Revolution] threevolve:
I fear I have been misunderstood. MT, I truly appreciate all of the hard work you have put into the Revo (I am downloading GV 2.0 as I type this), but with only a couple of guys working on CM for this phone, I feel it's doomed to always be a version behind the latest CM.

It's not about the grass being greener, it's about having choices in ROMs, and having a diverse developer community for my device. That just doesn't exist for the Revo.

Thanks for the top notch development, MT, we all appreciate it, and I understand you guys have other commitments (Who doesn't?). I'm not complaining, and I don't expect any of you to interrupt your personal business for something as trivial as this. In light of that and because of that, my decision is to move to device which has a larger development community. Nothing personal, so please don't take it that way.
[LG Revolution] mtmichaelson:
Oh, nothing you said was taken personal (I tend not to take things said on the interwebz personal), but it was more of a literal statement. I am honestly a fan of phones. I have been since my first Blackberry, to the Palm Treo, to the Palm Pre, to the Droid Eris, to the Samsung Fascinate, to the LG Revolution, and now have a HTC Rezound. Albeit the Rezound has some options the Revo lacks, the Revo is a smoother, less buggy phone. The 1.5ghz dual core processor is slower in real use than the Revo. I hope you find a phone that makes you happy, it is all personal preference anyways. I tend to choose off of which phone looks good to me, and feels the best in my hand. I bought my Revo 9 months ago, that is a long time in the Android world anymore. Just remember things are always progressing. The phones that are out now will be passed by in a couple months, and those will be passed in 6 months after that. It is just the way it goes. Good luck, and I hope you find what you are looking for!!!
[LG Revolution] smokedkill:
First the revolution has to get a working version of cm to be a version of behind. Its a shame because all the talk about unlocked bootloaders and when one like the revolution is released, it gets very little support.

Along with you, and others, I feel that having a choice in which rom you use is important. No matter how good a rom is, some of us like to be able to have a choice. Unfortunately, I don't see too many more roms being released for the revolution unless LG releases ics.

Maybe if the people who were willing to donate to the first person who gets cm working would instead donate towards getting an established developer a revolution to play around with, rom development for this device will pick up. That's the main thing this device lacked, support from the more established developers. No offense to the people who developed for the.revolution, but they can only do so much.without more help.

You guys who were willing to donate for cm may want to get in contact with team liberty or some developers of that stature to see if they would be interested in developing for the revolution if one could be gotten for them, or donations could allow them to get it.
[LG Revolution] jimmyhawk:
The revolution was not released worldwide (as far as i know) only in the united states so that probably has a lot to do with the development as well

As many of the developers are not in the united states. Much credit to all developers everywhere though as i cant do it and so i should not complain. Lol. No time to learn either.. Maybe one day......
[LG Revolution] S.Meezy:
U guys find 'm and I got a donation Revo for the cause....
[LG Revolution] vortmax:
MT, are you going to develop something like GV on the Rezound?
[LG Revolution] Haxcid:
There are already a ton of ROMs for the rezound.

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1392

and I think he enjoys his revo more.
[LG Revolution] smokedkill:
Its really not hard to find them. Just check out the galaxy nexus forum. Many of the nexus roms are currently being ported over to other devices.
[LG Revolution] JetBlue:
Think he means if you find the developers he has a revo to donate. Unless, that's what you meant and I didn't pick it up.
[LG Revolution] kcarden:
^^^

What he said
[LG Revolution] PlayfulGod:
/me waves ;)
[LG Revolution] JetBlue:
Would actually be pretty neat if you developed for both phones may be more time consuming but then you could port stuff from the Esteem to the Revo and back and forth with having both phones.
[LG Revolution] smokedkill:
I was telling him how to find the developers. Its his phone to donate so he would have to talk to them.

When I first got a revolution, I did contact a few developers who said they weren't going to developer for the revolution but would give advice to anyone who was. In fairness, I didn't contact the developers who have roms developed for several devices, instead contacted ones whom I previously used their roms and they mainly developed device specific roms for the phone they personally used. If I knew then what I know now, I would have contacted some of the bigger development teams instead.

The developers you want to get in contact with are on the nexus and they are currently porting their nexus roms to other devices. You got kejar, droidth3ory, dhacker, along with many others. I'm not saying they would port their roms over but it wouldn't hurt to ask. At the very least, they may be willing to help someone port their roms over.

I'm just trying to help you guys out because you deserve to have the power of choice when choosing roms. The power of choice is one of the key principles of android and you guys deserve that.
[LG Revolution] PlayfulGod:
very true ;)
[LG Revolution] spc_hicks09:
I think what PlayfulGod is getting at is "SEND HIM THE DAMN PHONE ALREADY!" Lol.

The above statement is loosely translated and does not reflect the views and opinions of PlayfulGod.
[LG Revolution] PlayfulGod:
I think you meant doesnt reflect my view n opinions lol, but yea, what he said. ;)
[LG Revolution] spc_hicks09:
Lol good eye, don't know how the hell that happened but I fixed it haha.
[LG Revolution] JetBlue:
^This. Then aichrist wouldn't be alone doing this by himself and both Revolution and Esteem owners could possibly enjoy CM9 eventually.
[LG Revolution] threevolve:
Hope is twinkling in my head reading this... please guys, work this out! This device would be spectacular with CM9..
[LG Revolution] ivalum21:
Haven't seen an update on this in a couple days....can someone update us all on the progress? Maybe update the "What Works" section on the first post?

Thanks and keep up the good work!
[LG Revolution] ChiefOdie:
I found the files that LG gave back to the opensource community and am willing to try my hand at merging the code; I just need someone to help me make the shift from windoze programming :-(

Chief
[LG Revolution] PlayfulGod:
you mean the GB & kernel src? I've had it lol, LG's android src is useless, the kernel src I have been using along with some stuff from the 3.0 kernel, n stuff for here n there.
[LG Revolution] drt054:
Maybe so PG.. but not for the Revolution!!! lol :D You are probably further ahead on Esteem than AI was on the Revo. Yours would probably work on Revo if someone figures out how to convert the Revo to ext4 file system.
[LG Revolution] ChiefOdie:
I figure:

1) Download the Gingerbread source from the Git Repo.

2) Create a Diff from AOSP gingerbread to Revo Source.

3) Determine required drivers.

4) Beat the CM9 Source with lots of sticks and hope I can get the diff to apply

5) After I finally get it to compile, Prey it works without bricking my phone. :(

Hopefully, that's the part of the CM9 Source...

Enjoy

Chief
[LG Revolution] PlayfulGod:
Its been out for the Revo too lol, how ya think mt has been compiling kernels for the revo??? ;)

Oh building from src its not hard to convert the revo to ext4, boardconfig controls that n the recovery.fstab.

With stock is harder as you have to find everything that calls for the fs type etc etc n edit it.
[LG Revolution] drt054:
I knew we had the src.. I was joking with ya PG!!! :D
[LG Revolution] threevolve:
*tumbleweed*
[LG Revolution] PlayfulGod:
notthing to report n its not gonna happen over night regardless ;)

Unless a few very knowledgable Dev's jump on board we are prolly looking at months b4 it is 'fully' functional even if that is a possiblity.
[LG Revolution] JohnnyAn:
Completely fine with waiting several months, it's just nice to get a weekly update saying that, yes it is still being worked on :-) Even a, yup we're working and have gotten no where in the last week is greatly appreciated :-)
[LG Revolution] PlayfulGod:
I will try ;)
[LG Revolution] JetBlue:
Wait, Does this mean you're developing for the Revo now too?
[LG Revolution] JohnnyAn:
Much obliged :-)
[LG Revolution] PlayfulGod:
Sorta atm I don't have a revo but been working with aichrist n mt. A revo has been promised to me when dude gets a chance to send it.
[LG Revolution] Cal8192:
Find my extra extended but your not getting that one. :D Haven't forgotten!
[LG Revolution] PlayfulGod:
Oh i'm good on batteries lol
[LG Revolution] Silicon Knight:
what about CM7, i heard that was a lot closer to actually working on the Revo ? I just really hope we can get one of em to work, cause then i can use my PS3 controller with my Revo. Among all the other benefits of CM7/9
[LG Revolution] PlayfulGod:
I don't know where thecube was with CM7 but I have it booting n basic functions working but not luck with RIL yet, so no call, txt, wifi etc yet.
[LG Revolution] spc_hicks09:
I'm pretty sure that's where thecubed was at too but not 100% sure.
[LG Revolution] Grizzy3:
So I got my revo replaced by a bionic and they got ICS runnin pretty smooth over there. I suggest trying to team up with DroidTh3ory to try to get it ported to the Revo as well. He's been doing a get job of porting the AOKP source to a few phones like the bionic. Just a suggestion if you guys are looking for a little help.
[LG Revolution] PlayfulGod:
His assistance and/or his repo could be of some help.

Have to keep in mind I learn this stuff as I go, so any help from those with more knowledge or experience is appreciated.
[LG Revolution] JetBlue:
thecubed only had up till 3d hardware acceleration animations and such no wifi or anything.
[LG Revolution] kcarden:
how in the world did my old peice of crap Samsung intercept get ICS before we do? ok guys... how about some green motivation... first to have a working/running/full featured cm9 or AOKP ICS rom will get their next upgrade on me! (of course upgrade price only up to $200) anyone got an idea on a good deadline to give these wonderful devs?
[LG Revolution] G4 Man2:
Ive lost track of how much money the first dev that gets it running is getting....
[LG Revolution] JetBlue:
Like 150+ but that still doesn't bring attention to people.
[LG Revolution] kcarden:
well as far as im concerned i give them 3 more weeks... its been a WIP far too long! Time for some progress. First done by april 1st gets the prized free upgrade... anything after that youd be working for free

ready...

set...

GO!!!:cool:
[LG Revolution] PlayfulGod:
You all have no clue what all is involved in porting this to any device. Even CM9 wont be officially released til June, so how y'all expect 1 or 2 devs to get in going any faster is beyond me. Aichrist is expecting a new baby any time now, same for mt I believe, thecubed has moved onto a diff device, and for myself getting my business back to making money and/or me getting a job and getting my bills paid come before messing with phones.

Yea if I myself or any other dev could devote to this full time I am sure it could be gotten to a usable state by April, but it will be far from fully functional.

Now some of these lesser phones u see with working ports are prolly dirty ports done for another device n just key files swpped out. I/we are working with src n are doing it properly to ensure the best ROM when its done, not some jury rigged pos from another phone.
[LG Revolution] spc_hicks09:
If I could +1,000,000 a post. It would be this. People who have never done it, have no idea what it actually takes.
[LG Revolution] JetBlue:
Because half of them don't have any idea where to start. Like myself I'd like to learn but have no idea where to start when building a Rom.
[LG Revolution] spc_hicks09:
I understand that but there are tons of ways to learn. All you gotta do is go to Google and type in "build android ROM." You'll get results like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_H4AlQaNa0
[LG Revolution] PlayfulGod:
Another thing to try for those not savy enough to do it thierselves is support those who are trying to do what they can, when they can in their spare time. Y'all have to realize devs have lives too. When I have time n can I do what I can n my history shows such. When aichrist n myself can work on it n compare notes u all will be the first to know if/when we have sumtin to release. I can say myself I park in many irc channels just to get ideas on what to try next. We may just be stuck until we find or lg releases some more src tho for RIL for either cm9 or 7.
[LG Revolution] G4 Man2:
What we really need is someone that lives in his mom's basement and is willing to work on it 24/7
[LG Revolution] PlayfulGod:
lol true but unfortunately I have a wife n bills to pay lol
[LG Revolution] yankneck696:
Everything you all are doing is fully apreciated !!!

Ed
[LG Revolution] smokedkill:
Instead of offering a bounty that will probably never get claimed, you should use your money to help attract another developer to help. I highly doubt it will ever be finished unless some outside help comes in.
[LG Revolution] PlayfulGod:
I wont confirm nor deny tat lol, n would def help things along.

Things like cm9 imo are hard to work with w/o the device. The esteem is close enough n I have been promised a revo.
[LG Revolution] JetBlue:
Hopefully once you get a Revo you can convert stuff from the Esteem over to the Revo and help us get going on cm9
[LG Revolution] kcarden:
Revo = esteem...
[LG Revolution] spc_hicks09:
Yeah but there are still differences. Can't use the same ROMs on both phones so regardless of which phone gets it, it will have to get ported over to the other.
[LG Revolution] JetBlue:
This. My friend has the Optimus Slider there's a phone that's the same exact phone that has cm7 and cm9 but he can't use them since the phone's are different inside.
[LG Revolution] Silicon Knight:
tru.dat. offer that bounty and/or money to another dev who has previously worked on CM 7 or 9. I would be willing to throw down on that bounty or cash offer. We should start a pool, and everyone could throw like 5 or 10$ (or more if you want) and offer it to some devs, or the 200$ upgrade is pretty good incentive as well. If I was better at developing roms (i am still learning how to make my first rom ever) i would totally take that offer for sure !
[LG Revolution] PlayfulGod:
True but not much, storage size, something in the kernel, and the revo uses ext3. Which working with src all are simple edits in the make files. When I get to sit at my pc againg I will copy my repo n make the edits needed for the revo n push it to github. Reason i've not done so already is no seeable improvements. I will also start adding the backports to the revo kernel src.
[LG Revolution] kcarden:
But they are not different guts..correct me if I'm wrong but the esteem is simply a revo on a different baseband for that carrier.meaning that if cm7 or 9 comes for one, it will be followed very quickly by the other
[LG Revolution] PlayfulGod:
Yes, simple edits n swap the kernel out.
[LG Revolution] kcarden:
The only reason i offered the upgrade is because i have 0 faith or hope left in these devs regarding cm or aokp in general.this post has been stuck at the same point far too long and i highly doubt they will even come close to the deadline. I guess I'll just have to wait to get my box back and do it myself
[LG Revolution] PlayfulGod:
Excuse me/us for having lives. And yes maybe you should attempt porting it so u can see its not as easy as some think.
[LG Revolution] kcarden:
Or i could port it and buy myself an upgrade :-P for $300+ you should probably consider taking a couple of sick days from taco Bell and get the **** done... Offer still stands, and April 1st ...
[LG Revolution] kcarden:
And sorry to say devs. I meant to say device... Damn custom dictionary!
[LG Revolution] Cal8192:
Your package has been posted. It's coming from Texas so don't go getting in a hurry expecting it!
[LG Revolution] PlayfulGod:
1 I don't work at taco bell, tho might have to resort to that. 2, it will take more than a few days for any dev to port it, n 3, night even rake the best dev more than a few weeks to port it.

And again if ta think its so easy to port, go far it.

And not to mention, my DX is still kicking ass, so I don't need a upgrade at this time 8P
[LG Revolution] PlayfulGod:
Thank u, your support is greatly appreciated.
[LG Revolution] spc_hicks09:
You need to stop right there. You haven't even done so much as to put out a damn theme or anything so watch how you talk to people and show some damn respect. I personally don't care how much of a dev you THINK you are, you don't give a dev a time line. It will get done when it gets done. Don't like that answer? Go buy a different phone. Contribute or stfu.
[LG Revolution] kcarden:
lol don't get your panties in a wad. I meant device in the first place... And if you can't do it then don't try...i made an offer with my hard earned money, i can put any kind of time limit that i want on it. If they have it by then, they will have a new phone.it's simple... If not then no harm
[LG Revolution] PlayfulGod:
The offer wasn't what was offending or disrespectful, it was the no faith, hope in the devs n the taco bell comments.
[LG Revolution] Mr Frog:
I know I can't fully appreciate all the hard work you devs put in on developing software for our phones, but I would like to say thanks for all your dedication and work you've done here! Also, thanks for giving the revo and esteem a future when LG gave up on them!!
[LG Revolution] spc_hicks09:
+1
[LG Revolution] smokedkill:
Like this is going to motivate anyone to get down to work on it. The fact is when you look at successful rom communities, they have more than just 2 or 3 people working on things and have other developers to discuss things with.

Your offer is irrelevant anyways because it won't be out by April 1 anyways. If you really want a rom like you claim, how about buying someone like droidth3ory a revolution to play around with. I'm sure the people who are trying to work on something would rather have his help than your bounty.
[LG Revolution] kcarden:
That was the smart keyboard.it's really a great community. I meant "this device".simple misunderstanding. And how am i supposed to knew where you work?
[LG Revolution] PlayfulGod:
No way w/o asking but implying taco bell didn't help lol
[LG Revolution] drt054:
WOW.. you guys wasted 2.5 pages of comments on that? lol :D
[LG Revolution] PlayfulGod:
Notice the sig, i'm bored n only have my phone to entertain me atm lol
[LG Revolution] JetBlue:
Is your power still out? Or is there another reason why you can't do anything if you care to share.
[LG Revolution] PlayfulGod:
Yup, I have my desktop setup at my bros house but the wife n I are staying in our house. Out hunting jobs dialy n I am still looking for work online. 1 or 2 descent web design jobs would catch the power bill up. Already got about everything else caught up.
[LG Revolution] JetBlue:
Hopefully your life gets back on track soon and you have time to spare to develop again.
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
seeing as this hasnt been mentioned figured i would share it since my buddy jrtduke an x2 owner shared this with me.. all credit goes to Overmind for this great scipt. Do not have to use the universal script.

And as always make a back up before any modding

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1246822

big thanks to Petr for showing us the way here.....

to remove it delete the scripts from /etc/init.d and reboot
[Motorola Photon 4G] RockoDev:
good find man
[Motorola Photon 4G] MikeyLee:
Does this work with locked and unlocked phones?
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
I'm rooted locked stock cwm bootstrap 198_6. using zeps v6 root toolbox tweaks motomizer app from market. stacks on top of all of that.
[Motorola Photon 4G] daddymikey1975:
will this work on CM7 ?
[Motorola Photon 4G] roundeye1987:
Kinda curious how this works for us but don't have time to mess with it right now lol anybody having any positive results?

Sent from my CWM OC'd CM7 Electrify.
[Motorola Photon 4G] daddymikey1975:
I'm going to make a nandroid then flash. I'm on CM7 as well and am curious to see if/how it works..

worse case scenario I gotta restore my nandroid..

EDIT: gotta get to bed. 5am comes around quick. Maybe I'll have time in the morning before work.
[Motorola Photon 4G] roundeye1987:
That's kinda my plan as well but Archam City has been very addicting lately haha

Sent from my CWM OC'd CM7 Electrify.
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
should work on cm7 but like you said nand first to be safe please report if it works so others wont have to guess. thanks
[Motorola Photon 4G] daddymikey1975:
fixin' to hit this up right quick... I'll report back shortly...

<runs off to nand... then flash>

ok, i made a nandroid backup.. then just flashed over my existing working daily driving CM7.. didn't wipe anything (wanted to just try a flash without wipe)..

Confirmed working on CM7 w/ Joker's 1.3 overclock kernel. First boot takes a while.. almost so long that I was pondering doing a battery pull.. but i waited.. (I had 45% battery left LOL).. after first boot I let all my widgets load etc.. then did another reboot (per the OP linked thread).. this thing seems SUPER snappy.. I'll report back tomorrow with my impression of battery usage improvements based on what's normal usage for me.

So far.. so good.. although the second boot seemed to take a bit longer.. it almost hangs a little on the moto screen.. but it WILL boot..

EDIT: forgot to mention, I have my phone set to 1gig max speed.. I am not overclocked (although I'm running the OC kernel).

Hope this helps (remember to hit the thanks button for me being the guinea pig) :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
so far I've ran it for a day phone boots faster, screen transitions are quicker no sign of lag any where not sure about battery cause I use my phone constantly but I get around 8-10 hours on a battery will see how that fares. but do far so good no fc, no lags, internet loads fast maybe just on my mind but I say its doing its thing me likey
[Motorola Photon 4G] daddymikey1975:
facebook usually takes for-damn-ever to load.. after this script/mod.. it's sper quick. That is the most noticable difference in addition to everything you've mentioned.

I'll report back tomorrow after playing w/ it to report back on battery life.
[Motorola Photon 4G] WHYDavid:
Thanks for trying this out!

Did you guys flash the Universal version or the Blur version???
[Motorola Photon 4G] daddymikey1975:
I'm on CM7 so I flashed universal version
[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
universal only
[Motorola Photon 4G] xNicoyAx:
So, just flash the file on bootstrap, and that is it?....
[Motorola Photon 4G] roundeye1987:
Damn XDA app needs to let u thank from it! And do polls.

Sent from my CWM OC'd CM7 Electrify.
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
Can really tell the difference!

Sent from a Rocko solid Mopho!
[Motorola Photon 4G] AKDMA:
Boots a little slower, easily an extra 30+ seconds, but once started seems faster.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Android 17:
Can anyone compare this to the V6 Superscript?
[Motorola Photon 4G] daddymikey1975:
If you use taptalk, the most recent version let's you thank posts but not polls yet.
[Motorola Photon 4G] AKDMA:
The change log says it's integrated.