yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Topics] cracksmurf:
Dev: Flinny

Devices :HTC Vision / Desire Z and HTC Saga / Desire S

If there were one developer that I would have to give thanks to it would have to be Flinny. His active stance in the developing community has made for amazing progress on my nearly 2 year old HTC Vision. When ICS came out I never expected to even get a half broken port, and he helped bring about a fully working daily driver in hisAndromadus Test Builds . My device is now a beast compared to what it was when I picked it off of the store shelf. Not only that, but he has now started to turn his efforts towards getting 4.2 working! I can definitely say that Flinny is the main reason that I have gotten so much life out of my phone. I have even learned to work around the dead strip on my digitizer, simply because the device runs to smoothly to get rid of.

Good luck to all the amazing developers that continuously make Android better and better. Happy Thanksgiving Android and the XDA community.
[General Topics] lak2004mi:
Best dev..No other thought it should be Quarx.

I bought defy with 2.1 & I am running in 4.1 because of Quarx effort. His build always my daily driver.
[General Topics] zourn:
I nominate chad0989

He has a ridiculous amounts of work for the HTC Rezound, allowing it to run AOSP ICS (and JB AOSP is in beta stages) on a phone with a closed source RIL. Without him the Rezound would still be stuck using modified stock roms and ported roms from the HTC One series.

Also, the fact that he does all the work for the RIL workaround and puts the code out freely for everyone to use.
[General Topics] Gizmoe:
I have to say existz in inspire 4G/Desire HD forums. He can do it all and builds his own work from source. Also is very involved with his users.
[General Topics] howsie:
My vote goes for indie.

His ROMs have always been very stable and any issues are dealt with quickly by the omega team. His ROMs are a perfect balance for me between performance and eye candy. Having dealt with him personally he would have to be the nicest dev on xda always willing to help others out his omega team who beta test the ROMs have also helped in testing other devs ROMs as well.

Here's his link http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=2576548
[General Topics] NiCk.JaY:
Existz, synerge
[General Topics] Steveletack:
Quarx for sure! Motorola Defy running Custom Kernel with locked Bootloader and 4.2 ?!

http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=513620
[General Topics] Aylarth:
My first Android phone was a Samsung Galaxy S i9000 device. I loved it, and the way how easy it was to modify it.

There was a developer, called Sztupy (from Hungary) who has reformed the recovery with his new ideas and many, many devs implemented his work since then, not just for the SGS but for other handsets also. He is a developer since the early windows phone era (6.5 and/or earlier), but surely before windows 7 was hitting the mobile world. I am confident that Sztupy is one of those old school hardcore devs who has contributed in the past years enough to be kept in our good memories. I would be happy to see him winning one of the Nexus 7 tablets. (Seems I'm not alone, check this thread! :) or HERE he made his way to the XDA front page! )
[General Topics] reggiexp:
hummm

Me it isnt realy one developer.

me im very thank full for cyanogen team. They are greatlove there roms.

But more happy for the developers from cm who ported android to the hp touchpad. Realy that is realy the best thing:)

Or other one developer from the lg optimus 2x section stefan gundhor (who left xda... for some stupid disagré with harch...)

He realy made my lg revive (the developement is some sort of dead and now i can say that its dead..)

So i have 2. The cmteam for android on the hp touchpad, and stefan gundhor, for great kernel and ics rom...

ow and for cm7 unofficials from tesmak (he left the lg optimus behind now has a galaxy s3)

but i must say all developers are greatt
[General Topics] Demonlinx:
I Second every word this man says. Th3Bill is an exemplary person for all of the work that he does. Love all of his work and everything that he has done for the photon.
[General Topics] vb15:
Another vote for Quarx. I remember folowing his CM7 thread and 90% of posters said it cannot be done.

But you have to mention all Motorola devs that work very hard against company imposed limitations.

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[General Topics] lotte67890:
Vote for bruce2728

What a great ROM, all I know need is a more powerfull battery :victory:

Regards!

Lotte
[General Topics] ezantera:
Quarx

What story do I need to tell? Quarx for president, do I need to say else :laugh:
[General Topics] Kevets:
I'll give another vote for Th3Bill. He jumped in to a half-finished project and made it his own. Constant updates of many versions of his ROMs and his dedication to the community despite having an actual life makes him an easy choice.
[General Topics] ttav:
Thanks for the edit mate...if i could thank you again i would:good::)
[General Topics] Chellikus:
Quarx is my favorite! I would like child from him! :o
[General Topics] Ninolina:
::indie:: - the BEST

I want to vote for the very best - ::indie:: - http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=2576548

Beside that he develop ROMs for several devices he is very User Friendly Developer and his ROMs are very good tested before releasing which give minimum chances that users flash ROM which is not the best or the best it could be in that moment (they are sometimes made from leaks). He always keep us updated to newest versions sometimes few times a day...:)

For me personally, he is best for one more reason - he gave me (A GIRL) an opportunity to participate in making his great ROMs by testing it which not many developers wouldn't do - give an girl a chance for this as many find this place a men's place. Without him xda wouldn't be the same place...:)

P.s. I hope that developers outside US will have chance in this contest as other way it won't be in a "xda" way which means - international, without country differences. :)
[General Topics] gal peleg:
omega!!

my vote go to

:indie: [

with the Omega i got this rom in my s2 and my s3 been with it sense its started.. its the best!!!
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Bruce2728
[General Topics] teapa:
Thumbs up omega!!
[General Topics] pedja381:
Vote for Indie & Omega Rom series !! :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=2576548
[General Topics] jkissane:
Indie & Omega ROM for me definitely! :good:
[General Topics] Quiksilver20:
I vote for Quarx. The best i've seen :D
[General Topics] camil:
Indie

Indie for Omega ROM http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=2576548
[General Topics] Chris_84:
I voting for my good mate and team boss Indie http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=2576548 ! He give me the honor to join his great team! Words can't describe how friendly and wonderful the work in this team is and what amazing team boss Indie is! It's just like a big family! Indie put so much work and energy in his projects and be always friendly no matter what problem he personal got. If you got a problem ask Indie. He always do the best for the rom, his team, to the community and of course to xda. Take him for best Dev, I promise you want regret!

Greetings

Chris

Throwing out of the window from my flying Ferrari killer S3 driven by a proud omega team member :P
[General Topics] taiger78:
My vote goes to Kallt_Kaffe for all his CM ports to Galaxy tab 8.9 (both versions) Without his work I would be stuck on old 3.2 (for P7300). And my tab would be match less useful ...
[General Topics] AAccount:
My vote goes out to pershoot. He's made it possible for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 to be kept up to date by maintaining CM for the device and adding extra goodies in his custom kernel. Samsung has done an extremely poor job of maintaining this device so relying on stock roms leaves you out of date. What's more impressive is how much work he can get done in so little time. As a new developer, I am just stunned at how he can get a working cyanogenmod port in a month. All of this he does on his own spare time and without compensation. I really appreciate the cyanogenmod port he maintains because it is so unbloated compared to the stock rom and really makes the tablet fly.

His kernel is also the basis for my own custom kernel. Without seeing his modifications, I wouldn't have been able to create my A1 kernel. I ported over some of his honeycomb features when the ics sources came out for the device and a lot of people on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 forums enjoy these ports. I've also learned how to make a few minor changes to add even more features. Without pershoot's original work I probably wouldn't have made my custom kernel since there would be no base of extra features to start tinkering with. I have also ported my kernel to the Galaxy Tab 8.9. This means pershoot's hard work has extended beyond my own Galaxy Tab 10.1 and into the Galaxy Tab 8.9.
[General Topics] mchu6am4:
The one and only Indie for fantastic Omega ROMs..:)...makes my S3 that much more pleasurable to use!
[General Topics] milestonefail:
Th3Bill. He doesn't even have an Atrix, but ports several of his Photon ROMs to it, in addition to his work on other phones. Manages to post updates often, and replies on the forums quite a bit for someone so busy. All he asks is that you provide logs for debugging, since once again, he doesn't even have an Atrix.
[General Topics] unfunda:
I vote for Quarx

Its because of his ICS builds then and JB builds now that my Defy continues to defy the odds and stay up to date.
[General Topics] rb3:
+1 His work speaks for itself.
[General Topics] rsngfrce:
Sorry to be a downer, but IMHO, this started as a great thread with people expressing genuine thanks for a dev who they appreciate and why... then suddenly every post was thanking the same specific dev... now it seems to have turned into a "vote" between mainly three devs. I don't know if people are 'campaigning' or what, but this is always the problem when prizes are offer for something like this, IMHO... ;)
[General Topics] Xode:
Firstly, I would like to thank all the developers on XDA community for their efforts and great work .....

My vote go to ::indie::

His outstanding work with OMEGA roms which always offer the best, always friendly and ready to help everyone, without exception, amazing team boss, an incredible OMEGA team where i am also a proud member ..RESPECT....... :good: :good:
[General Topics] Iama:
All my thanks goes to ::indie:: : Omega Rom Series,Samsung Galaxy S III I9300 for all his hard work
[General Topics] kaizer hanz:
I found the best thing in GNote 2, and ::indie:: make it PERFECT..!! with his Custom ROM for N7100.

vote him.. http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=2576548

:victory: :good: ;)
[General Topics] JamesEh408:
I agree...this is the best and most active ROM Dev
[General Topics] rsngfrce:
A brief intermission...

On a more positive note... I thanked three devs in an earlier post who I found particularly helpful this year, but there is one who I didn't mention because it is sometimes difficult to remember to thank the omnipotent among the mere mortals ;) and he hasn't been mentioned enough in this thread... for his development for Samsung phones and the Android platform in general, Chainfire, with SuperSU, Mobile Odin, Triangle Away, Got Brickbug?, and on and on, deserves more thanks and :beer: than he can ever possibly receive! :good:

(Ok, back to your voting... ;))
[General Topics] ttav:
I totally respect what you are saying mate.When it comes to a winner he/she will be the most popular,caring,kindest dev...not probably the most inventive...i`d pick Chainfire for that.Blame the wording in the initial announcement.

I will still vote for:indie: as he affected me the most.Coming from a long line of HTC phones,i was a bit lost,but quickly found a good home in Omega. What makes a great dev? Someone who actually cares about you...and someone you actually care about.:indie:has made a rom series that delivers the goods and does it by promoting a good family feeling.

This is not a vote about the best dev...it`s a vote about the dev you respect the most.
[General Topics] ortrigger:
My vote goes to Hashcode. He got the OG Kindle Fire kernel going and basically worked all the bugs out of it. He is also responsible for the bootstrapper for the Kindle Fire HD coming to life. My first android device was the Kindle Fire and it was fine for a while. I wanted more and came to XDA, learned how to root, flash, etc. Without Hashcode, I wouldn't have ever gained my love/obsession with rooting. I also never would have gained the interest in Android programming that I have now.
[General Topics] robertobsc:
My vote goes for Gokhan Moral, creator of Siyah Kernel ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=23810024)

He is for sure the greatest developer for Samsung Galaxy S2.

I say that for his history. Always inventive, always creative, his kernel was the only one with dual boot feature. All the others with that feature is copy and paste.

Not only dual boot, but with him you can be sure that from one version to another you'll get new features, new technologies.

And not only that. He is open to people that wants to start developing or to people that wants to include new features to his kernel. I can tell that by myself. I'm just a starter in kernel development, and he is always supportive and helpful, giving tips, teaching, and so on.

And to finish, i would say that he has a enormous knowledge, being (in my opinion) the most respected dev for S2, and one of the most of all xda.

Including that he is not only a kernel dev for S2. He is also developing for S3 and he is starting Motorola kernel development.

So thanks to him and I really recommend him to win this nexus 7.

Cheers,

Roberto.
[General Topics] shiro1811:
My vote goes to arco68. He (and many other great Devs) developed Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean and also the 3.0 Kernel for my Device, the (not well known) Samsung Galaxy S+ (i9001), but also for the Galaxy W or the Exhibit. Without him the S+/W Community would be stuck at the original 2.3 Gingerbread by Samsung. He done the Job so well that he need the attention and the gratitude for his awesome work!
[General Topics] Evil ONE:
My best Dev

My best dev :Indie

http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=2576548

For this ROM:

[ROM][XXELK4][20Nov] Omega v33.2 ●►JB 4.1.2◄●Omega Files Kitchen●►11 Themes◄●

I'm following this ROM from V29.

I always been impressed by their quality and wondered how could it be better for the next release...

And i have to say this thread is big! Never seen such pages for ROM developing, the community is great and always here to give you a hand !

So for the last ROM update (which is v33.2) i flashed it and enjoyed this rock solid ROM with new stuff in it such as the awesome MultiView...

And by reading the posts came the problem of GPS...The GPS signal was not holding the satelite. But for some people, they had not this issue.

I did not use the GPS for a few days and according to Google Map i guessed the issue was not in my concern.

But when i got ouside and i was really needing the GPS i saw that problem occur.

So i went back on reading the forum to try to find back the fix (using the search button !!!)

I saw someone bringing up that problem again, and i knew someone will give him the solution...

It was done shortly after, directly the link of the thread.

Which made my day!

I also wanted the camera app from the note 2 for it's slow/fast motion option...Someone gave the solution. I just had to look in his Omega Files kitchen app to install it. Perfect!

So as the SNote app from SNote II...i had hour of headack to make it work. And finally find a good thread about it. Awesome!

This is how it helps me and allow me to enjoy a wonderfull phone (SG3) !:D:victory:

So as long as there is good devs coocking such killer ROM and with a welcoming community, i will stick to XDA

Keep on the good work :good:
[General Topics] gokhanmoral:
my vote goes to Codeworkx

he reminds me of *nix systems: the user interface is bad but the implementation is great :)
[General Topics] pendroz:
Vote

My vote goes for Gokhan Moral, creator of Siyah Kernel "One kernel to rule them all" :good:

( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=23810024 )

( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1709686 )
[General Topics] shaq1907:
My choice is gokhanmoral. He did best kernel for S2 (and maybe S3, I don't S3 because of I am S2 user). He doesn't have Galaxy S2 now but still develops his kernel for these phones. He deserves all awards.
[General Topics] fserve:
My favorite dev here is francisco franco.

A portuguese guy who made the old lg p500 phone rocks, and have kernels for others devices too.

His kernel was so good on the old LG that until today, all of his work is being used to keep the community alive.

On the time that i had this phone, we got from 30fps on stock lg kernel to 70~80 fps on benchmark tests like neocore. And the system was smoothier than a pricier phone like Motorola Defy (even with the good releases from Quarx).

Faster, Squeezing every bit, with new kernel from linux mainline, new patches, new everything and wow. The cellphone was rock solid, with a very long battery life. This is like a slogan for franco.Kernel.

And he helped me to start learning about kernel dev, i'm very thankful for this.

For sure he is one of the best around XDA.

franco.Kernel is the best thing in XDA :)
[General Topics] aegeuss:
This poll should go definitely to Indie 1. for his kind and pleasant personality 2. his quality work in Omega rom series 3. his devotion to fast updates!

Thanks for the chance to show appreciation.

Regards.
[General Topics] pilgrim011:
One kernel to rule them all, one dev to rule them all: gokhanmoral.
[General Topics] dr.devman:
EDIT: never mind
[General Topics] tcorless:
Vote for Bruce2728

My vote is for Bruce2728, he has kept my Sensation alive and given it new life!
[General Topics] Kr@zY_J:
I say vote for your favorite dev no matter if its mainly between 3 or 5 or 10 tbh ... (that says somethin)its not a who has the biggest contest lol but the description of the contest is going according to how it asked to vote .I voted for my favorite dev nd I dont know of any of the othe just my opinion :rolleyes:

My vote stays the same call it vote ..campaign ... favorite ..lol I gotcha all the way Mijj ...your count must be still rising ;);) ..slide it in ninja :sly: style ..you know how we roll ...all is good is the Land of Goodness
[General Topics] slightlyevolved:
T3hbill gets my vote. Dood has done more for the Moto Photon/Electrify than anyone else... Except maybe Jokersax, but poor Joker had to stop development due to that pesky personal life, and T3hbill stepped right up; not only continuing Joker's good work, but even went further and pushed us onto a stable cm10.

I can't begin to express how thankful I am to these two, and but since Joker is on sabbatical, Bill autowins ;)
[General Topics] sykoism:
I would like to vote for quarx. He is the best developer I have seen. Defy development is definitely one of the hardest one due to its bootloader. However, quarx could still bring defyers from stock 2.2 to cm7, 9 and 10, with all amazing developing speed and fully working features. Recently, he has brought the custom kernel to us as well. He is the most incredible one!!!
[General Topics] Lightroom:
My vote is Indie with Omega rom. :)
[General Topics] MAGNUM.:
My vote is for the best dev in galaxy y forum -Nitubhaskar.......

And a special thanxxx to Sir Maroc-os & Sir White-xp for their contribution in our galaxy y forum...
[General Topics] jeffsrawr:
my vote

SGA for his great work on HP Touchpad! :o
[General Topics] Dovidhalevi:
Rashed97!

A nominate Rashed97.

Hey, he is not even recognized as a dev. And a bit controversial at that.

But while others with much much more experience (he is only 14!), officially said no-no-no (while still working on it behind the scenes, though!), Rashed kept the flame alive for a JB port to older LG Optimus handsets. Despite the continuing disenfranchisement of ARMv6 by Qualcomm (criminal since they still manufacture and sell it!) and now, more and more, by Google!!, Rashed stubbornly built and released ROMs for our oldies but goodies. ROMs that are, indeed, good enough for daily use. Now we have a bunch of decent CM10, a Paranoid, AOKP, AOSP and Pacman ROMs for these phones.

Yes, the CM10s remain "unofficial." We will, without a spectacular hack, not have "offline" voice recognition. (CM9 was unofficial for these handsets.) But thanks to one teenage star's perseverance, we can at least taste and latest and greatest on our phones without going out and putting down ridiculous amounts of money for the newest hardware.
[General Topics] Barbatos19:
dreaming of Nexus 7

hi, good day to all of you. This is a great opportunity to share to you my favorite developer. but before anything else, im a galaxy y user. Before, i dont know that much about android until i saw some thread referring to this forum. I saw many thread for galaxy y and i was so amazed at it. I tried ROM's (my first try bricked my phone actually) ahahahaha. But thnx TO this developer named "evanlocked". with his ROM it open my mind on how to do basic on android.

i really love this community :)
[General Topics] persoched:
thanks to ::indie::

I would like to enlighten the work of ::indie:: http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=2576548

I have been using Android since the very beginning, more and more interested by Roms, kernels and all that stuff. But I wasn't quite ready to take the risk.

Thanks to indie attention to the user, and the way he includes the Aroma installer in its Roms, thinks are now made easy. His Omega Roms for Note2 are known for their quality, stability, reliability, ease to install and, of course, huge increase of autonomy and speed compared to stock Roms.

So, this guy combines skills of development and attention to final Customer, which makes him remarkable, imho, in the community (I don't mean of course that other ones are less this or less that, just that, from my point of view of half newbie, he makes the doors of android moding more open).

Thanks ::indie::, and that to xda developers.

Persoched
[General Topics] jeffsrawr:
thanks to

christian troy for his work on the AINOL NOVO 7 series... my fire is awesome :)
[General Topics] ajaysinbeast:
My vote goes to Dragunkorr for his best PA roms for my Sensation.
[General Topics] emanon:
I would like to vote for DragunKorr for the DKOS and DKOSPA project. One of the best dev on xda.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1879111

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2001330
[General Topics] dligon:
I am going to have to go with task650 as my favorite dev for my SGS3 AOKP ROM. It seems like he is always there in the thread giving us noobs and also ones that think we're somewhat experts but still have noob tendencies the right insight to problems we get stuck with by not always following directions and reading the OP.
[General Topics] joomlafreak:
My vote too goes to DK. He has made my sensation a joy again with JB AOSP. I enjoyed PA release but the pure AOSP he has been working on recently is just beautiful. He works hard and he is very polite and gentleman in his attitude over the thread of his ROM. Really a dev I admire for this work and attitude.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1879111

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2001330[/QUOTE]
[General Topics] daminux:
Wow many ppl up in here that’s good, I do thanks every dev and theamer here in xda but my vote is for bigfau he’s been hard work even when not good in health he’s done such hard work trying to keep our galaxy note in shape all my thanks goes to hem i have tried many many rom’s but always come back home to one of hes rom specialy BLACKSTAR he’s work is one of the best out there for our galaxy note …THANK YOU BIGFAU my vote goes to u many respect for every one