[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] blk_jack:
== Oh Great, Another ROM??? ==

Let me get on my soapbox here..

This may come across as righteous, arrogant or even just plain unnecessary. You've been warned! :)

As a main (and relatively new) Andromadus developer it has saddened me to see the once vibrant G2/Desire Z community reduced to primarily winzip devs and kangers. There are some notable exceptions. In regards to AOSP-like ROMs, the unofficial "CM9" ROM by jerl92 and the unofficial AOKP ROM by adamz667 are both excellent and both authors have put in a lot of hard work, as well actual development effort.

Literally every single other [ICS] ROM you'll find is a version of those two ROMs or Andromadus. All 3 ROMs are open and yet no ROM "dev" compiles from source. They're all versions of the three aforementioned ROMs, unzipped with APKs and framework/prop hacks applied.

Not to completely marginalize those individuals' effort, as I'm sure most of the time they put real time and thought into what they were doing, but those creations actually offer very little lasting value to the development community for the Vision. In some cases it's actually harming the community by splintering support for the base ROM and prolonging issues that have been fixed in newer versions of the original ROM, but are unbeknownst to users of the kang.

Most of those "devs" could be putting out flashable zip customization packages that offer the exact same "enhancements" and additions that their ROMs do and yet they do not. This would solve the fragmented bug report/squashing issue, as well as allow their add-on packs to be applied across a broader ROM base. Cyanogen himself put it very well in an old post of his. Sagely advice indeed.

My goal with Mimicry is to provide actual new development and functionality to Android ICS users. I want feedback from the community and I want a ROM where new features are implemented in a scheduled, reliable manner. I've been listening to the few alpha testers very closely and implementing new features and ideas from them, and I hope to bring that to even more interested people with this public release.

Lastly, any major bug fixes or small feature additions I apply to Mimicry will also be merged into the main Andromadus repositories. This fork exists because the new work/code being done is too much of a departure from the standard CM9 source code that we sync with. I solely maintain these forks and merge them into the Andromadus/CM9 branches myself with every new Mimicry release.​

== Credits & Thanks! ==

Thanks to ufoman, Zubs, Cimer, ashwinmudigonda, Nipqer, magic_android, EdKeys and pierre_ja for their help with testing both the tweaks and the Mimicry alpha builds to support them. Kudos to shapr for first publicly acknowledging the Dr. Strangelove reference.

Andromadus Team - This ROM would not be possible without the efforts of the Andromadus Team! Much love to fellow Andromadudes darkspadez, Flinny and fyodor. <3

V6 Supercharger was created and is maintained by zeppelinrox. Thanks to him and wraithdu for their help and with testing the webapp.

Virtuous OC Daemon is the work of rmk and the Virtuous team.

Enhanced Keymaps were tested and contributed to by xep and zub on freenode. LW_temp helped with and tested Russian keymaps.

Sense4 Style Recent Apps is by evilisto [link].

T-Mobile WiFi Calling & lib-ril and .so updater packages created by EdKeys! [link] [link]

AOKP Lockscreen Weather Icons & AOKP circle battery icons are of course from the incredible AOKP team and their ROM.

Translations

– Chinese: lz2android, michuo, dj_frc

– Czech: dakf, Krusty, Petrs, TBest

– Dutch: HugoBoss, dinfinity

– Finnish: lempiainen, hezeri, Whippler, karalaine

– French: xviames, dwardo, GizMoQC

– German: TpmKranz

– Hebrew: SuperKid

– Italian: lombardia2k, matteoa91, skui

– Japanese: LordGenki, montydrei

– Korean: goodhyun

– Lithuanian: daanas

– Polish: ufoman, Ventricle, WMP

– Portuguese: magno23

– Romanian: bogdan

– Russian: VitaliyK, NeverGone

– Serbian: tomaja

– Slovak: Filip.Hunka, shared_ptr

– Spanish: Latino38, Jinxtedium, SuperKid

– Turkish: CebeLL, TheGed129

== Disclaimer ==

Disclaimer: I am not responsible for damage to your device due to this ROM. While this ROM has been tested by myself and other individuals for months, I cannot guarantee that you will have the same positive experiences we've had. Flash at your own risk, etc. This ROM is built using the same methods as Andromadus Audacity and as such there is no additional risk over flashing any other custom ROM on this forum.

In the same vein as my above "rant", do not kang this ROM as a base for other ROMs. If you have an idea, suggestion, addition or enhancement PLEASE discuss it in the forums and, if it is good, will likely be included in the ROM itself. Hurray!

== Donations ==

I will never ask for or accept donations for anything I've done on Android. The contributions I have made pale in comparison to the contributions of the CyanogenMod & Andromadus teams as a whole. There are so many people involved in the process that to me, donations for ROMs seem a bit misplaced. The small amount of money I pay each month for hosting and whatnot is such an incredibly tiny price to pay for all the benefit I've gained off others' work over the years.

Not to say I don't appreciate the kind words & offers of beer, as I do and they definitely inspire and motivate me with the work I do.

That said, feel free to rate this thread to appropriately match your experience with the ROM :)