[HTC Amaze 4G] Android1126:
Harsh Truth.. not for sensitive young hearts.

I've been following this thread for some time. I installed this "ROM", and while it was good (prior releases), it is nowhere near functional for someone who really needs to use his/her phone, and has real world responsibilities and tasks.

Dude, I keep hearing this "Developer" complaining about getting "thanks", and threatening people that he will leave and/or stop "Development".

Look, I think it's great that you want to learn development and are making en effort. I applause your efforts, but tweaking and theming is not development.

I've worked in the IT industry for 14+ years and have been in Infrastructure Design, Systems Architecture and Engineering for over 10 years. I work with REAL "Developers" and real software "Architects"!!!!!!! There are always going to be bugs and whatnot, but if you can't fix them, don't put out a halfway working modification of some tweaked/themed Android code and call it "Android development".

In the real world, people need to receive calls. I have missed more calls than I can count in the past few days. No matter what I try, I know I can install Zedge or another ringtone application, but if you can't even make the bleeding phone ring, then everything else is POINTLESS. Let's not forget that this is a phone, first and foremost. Used for making and RECEIVING calls..

Secondly, I can't even connect this device to my PC. No matter what I do, I can't access Internal or External SD using this "ROM" via USB cable (it's not the bleeding cable, my Nexus 7 connects without issue, as does my work phone).

Most of the tweaks are done via different sources, and/or the 3rd party launcher.

I am not in any way shape or form knocking your efforts. If you read through this thread, I have thanked you and appreciated your efforts and progress. But this is ridiculous. I can't even receive business calls, or calls from my wife.

I can't even transfer files to and from my PC using the USB cable, nor can I even transfer a different ROM or backup to use via USB so I can revert back, without having to upload it to the cloud or something along those lines (pain in my ass).

Look, keep learning, keep progressing, but this is not development. This is just theming and tweaking and then honoring and glorifying yourself by asking everyone to thank you, and complaining when you aren't receiving enough thanks (don't get offended ddue, I can quote you if need be). You shouldn't act like you are doing this for the Android community to benefit, when all you really want is falsified glory and praise.

I don't mean to offend you, which I am sure I did, I am being REAL. Fix the damn ringtone issue, AND more importantly, figure out why the phone can't connect via USB to the PC.

I know what you're all thinking, why are you even using this ROM then? Good question, I would have liked to use it, if these bugs were fixed, but I'd rather go back to Stock, and do the "tweaking and theming" myself.

I'm going to have to find an old backup of stock and upload it to dropbox, and hope that I can even save it to my SD card.

Whatever the case, not cool man. Thank you for your work. Thank you for your attempts. But, if I can't do two of the most important and basic things using this tweaked version of Android, then it isn't worth a penny.

PLEASE, put these BUGS in the original post, so you don't waste more peoples time. You owe people at least that much. In your second post, you said there are "minor bugs" with an easy work around. So please tell me, what is the work around for not being able to use USB storage via USB cable?

Again, I'm not trying to start a petty fight, or knock your work. Really, I don't mean to do that. I'm just FUMING over here because I can't transfer a single file to and from this phone, and now I am going to have to waste an hour of my work day just making this phone functional again.

NOT COOL BRO.

Android1126

---------- Post added at 12:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:00 PM ----------

Where is the Connect to PC option in settings? I've thanked you already. I read somewhere that you lost your USB cable and are doing this half blindly.

Freaking Kids, I swear. I applaud your efforts, but keep it real dude. These aren't "Minor" Bugs. Put these in the first post and keep up the good work.

"THANKS!"

Android1126