[Nexus 4 Android Development] ph37rd:
Rabbits, bunnies, stew and Kool-Aid and Dr Sykopompos' Frankenbunny: A brief history

June 26, 2014 11:01pm Android 5.0 Lollipop Discussions

Throwing my hat in the ring on this and starting to work on it. I have been out of all this for a long while so expect me to be rusty. Starting with dumps of n5 4.4.4 and the preview image so I can examine the file structure since people say it has changed, then I'm gonna work with the nexus 4.4.4 dump and figure out where everything needs to go and get rid of the nexus 5 stuff.

June 27, 2014

everyone just wants to check out the preview, nobody should be expecting a daily driver when even the dev image we are working off of isn't one

Given a "challenge" by some other "developers" and tag-alongs that failed to produce anything near bootable, @sykopompos sets out to prove them wrong.

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Fast forward to July 6, 2014, @sykopompos, along with @defconoi @percy_g2 @bpye and a few others, finally get around to creating a thread in Development for the daily driver worthy port of the Android L preview. The vast majority of nay-sayers seem to have tucked tail and run away.

While there were some bunnies yet to be dug out of their holes, for the most part, quite a few users were using the port of a developers' preview as their daily driver. Kernel development commenced, ramdisk fixes, changes and enhancements, multirom support and the like were thrown in along the way.

Memorable moment occurs:

Good job!

Congratulations, from one of the doubters.

[MENTION=275009]ramjet73[/MENTION]

First, there were the numbered releases and then alphas and betas. Next the betas had their own subreleases.

Around the middle of July, @sykopompos waved jazz hands over other devices with alpha releases for deb, flo and hammerhead.

About this time, we started to learn more about @sykopompos personal life. July 17th we found out he likes hanging out with "bears." Polar, grizzly or big, hairy effeminate men, we may never know. He also has a thing for rotund, green females wearing high heels.

SELinux enters the crosshairs. WiFi disconnect, bluetooth, pin locks, MMS, VPN and tethering are problem areas. Some will find solutions, others are long term issues.

After the initial release of Beta 4, the team starts using github. More structure ensues and releases start getting dot versions: 4.1, 4.2.2, etc. July 21st saw the introduction of the Oy Vey version to directly counter the Google I/O version of the preview and its apps.

Speaking of new versions, @googleygoggles ported L to his butt. We’re not sure what he used as a base.

But my battery is literally dying D:

1-2% per minute! Just typing this and I lost 4%!

Then again I AM over clocked to 1.8 GHZ

Sent from my butt running Android L

Mark this date down, July 25, 2014 @sykopompos is completely stumped:

Quote: Originally Posted by cfrank38

Tapatalk in battery status. I want yo ask if tapatalk os showing un tour battery stats ? If i use many timed tapatalk it os not un battery status and i hace high misc consume ..

Uh what?? :what:

Food is a constant subtopic (mentioned often enough not to be off-topic). Pizza, donuts, kkaenip kimchi and cheesesteaks among others.

Version 4.9 delivered kittens and not one meme was hatched…. (July 26th)?

Fr3quency doesn’t like off-topic stuff:

Can you touch your brain with your fingers before typing such things? 80% of this forum is crap posts.

July 27th, @sykopompos attempts “godship” status

@sykopompos moves from bears to Roselyn Sanchez

@sykopompos werk on 4.9 managed to bug the snot out of @googleygoggles.

After reading this far into the tale of “_insert_name_of_the_week_” developers’ preview for Android L for mako, you should have already figured out what @sykopompos finally admitted in this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=54470032&postcount=6023

Idk, I'm just making it up as I go along. I was lost somewhere back on page 10 or so
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We delved into the realm of morning/early afternoon talk shows with relationship advice on July 29th. Interesting tidbits that speak of some other worldly place where husbands are allowed to be themselves.

Poor @googleygoggles still doesn’t get it…

WERK: A congratulatory declaration of support, praise or approval, for an outstanding achievement in any area of life. Probably for original, sensational or courageous accomplishments in the fields of art, fashion, music, sport and friendship.

googleygoggles July 29, 2014 | #6074

Originally Posted by CalicoJeb

Its driving him CRAZY

Check the urban dictionary - it will help

It didn't help

Can honestly say, until @kittuboy made this wish, I’d never heard of it before:

Wish you would bring out a kernel that lets me shoot lasers from my eyes instead of nipples, but enough nitpicking

More bunnies mentioned and chased around the end of July… Is this the start of a theme?

MANBOOBs make their first appearance: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=54511312&postcount=6292

Rabbits, bunnies and scary places: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=54513170&postcount=6316

Not sure we were all ready for it, but @ramjet73 introduced us all to bunny manboobs: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=54514064&postcount=6325

“Sometimes this thread looks like a mix of offtopic hangout and development thread” - @Fatal1ty_93_RUS caught on to the master plan...

Where did the gnomes come from? Why is @dodgebizkit so excited? http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=54533816&postcount=6450

August 2nd, the seed was planted for @sykopompos to use a poll asking about direction for the team’s creation. Instead, the poll idea morphed into naming and versioning his vision of the future. This is also the start of the 4.9.9…9 series in preparation for v5.0 (or so we thought).

What’s this? No version 5.0? Going straight to 9001? Can it be just to use a meme? Say it isn’t so…

Wait, what was that about a poll?

The date: August 3, 2014. With this a star is born. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=54579689&postcount=6946

Rabbit Stew, Kool-Aid and such have found their way into the annals of Androidum. The story doesn’t end here, but this does. I’ve brought you up through page 695. Now, the rest is up to you.