yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OfficerJimLahey:
I'm not. Something I learned some time back is that unless the kernel and device tree of the aftermarket ROM (like AOSP, or a derivative like CM) is developed by someone that knows every last nook can cranny of the device (as in the OEM, and I don't imagine that happening), the device won't be optimized out of the gate to provide better battery life than stock.

Hacking a device tree from scratch, rather than building on what the OEM has provided (albeit not knowing what route they are going with this one) spells problems. Of my two devices that I had custom ROMs for, neither worked fully (no matter which ROM you chose) or engaged more hardware (something was always missing or broken) , and the battery life was worse than stock (even with modest OS jump, from stock GB to ICS/CM9).

You can see how I voted, although I am not reserved to stock forever. CM13 or CM14 would be the time I would be interested in something other than stock, when the kernel and device tree becomes mature enough to prove myself wrong regarding the above. ;)
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Archmage1809:
The only thing I like in official FW is "double-tap to wake".

But it's actually not "double-tap to wake" because the phone never sleep.

When I watched CPU state with CPU Spy and found out Deep Sleep state never be used.

The reason why it's drain about 1%/hour even not connecting to anything.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcof93:
I have DT2W active and I have deepsleep..try wiping everything, maybe you have some problem on the phone.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Harfainx:
Everyone that wants CM, feel free to devote some time and help build it.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noki57oo:
Please dont forget about ze550ml model :)

(Even if the roms look like they are pratically the same, except for DPI setting)
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shafwan7:
yeayyy cynogenmod for our zenfone 2 yeHaaaa
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trnscnd:
This thread should be closed..
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatteXperiaU:
why? finally here we can discuss about development of cm12.1 that is already wip :)

waiting that the official thread is open :)

no eta, of course..
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarthak96:
Is there a github link? I've never contributed to any open source project but always wanted to
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Harfainx:
Second post in this thread.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trnscnd:
What about it would you like to discuss?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatteXperiaU:
i don't know, unfortunately i can't help because i have no skills in development..but..maybe here we can follow the news and someone could join the work :)
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Majorcrafter:
Im reallly tired of Asus UI and i really need CM 12 but only if it's stable.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trnscnd:
You could follow here if you wanted. I believe the only thing you will get here with regards to CyanogenMod for the ZF2 will be the ROM post/thread when it is ready. I understand what you are getting at. My point was this particular thread should not have been made in the first place. A simple search would have yielded info the OP was looking for (with the exception of an ETA).
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Immortel.CZ:
Shame on me but never saw any CM rom, not even from distance. Can someone link me some good source of picture/video so I can see some good/cool stuff about CM and decide if it is worth more than ASUS stock rom (which is pretty good by me)?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trnscnd:
http://www.cyanogenmod.org/
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rocky4android:
Thanks for your views.

I used Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos with CM11 for more than 2 years. The CM builds were more stable and reliable than samsung builds with lot of customization options. I have tried AOSP, Glade, etc .. all were awesome.

Hope to see similar trend for our ZF2 as well.

No offenses against ASUS official builds but most of us are not satisfied with it. We have the best hardware specs but still software is not upto the standards and no signs of improvement.

We all hope for the best !

- Sent from my ASUS_Z00AD using XDA Free mobile app
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rocky4android:
Hey buddy,

I'm not forcing anybody to build CM12 rom nor I'm asking for any ETA.

Its just a general question that most of us have.

We all love our ZF2 device and would want CM12 to run on it.

We all are excited and eager to know whatever info we can find and thats what this forum is all about.

No offenses, all in good spirit.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rocky4android:
Thanks for your views.

I used Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos with CM11 for more than 2 years. The CM builds were more stable and reliable than samsung builds with lot of customization options. I have tried AOSP, Glade, etc .. all were awesome.

Hope to see similar trend for our ZF2 as well.

No offenses against ASUS official builds but most of us are not satisfied with it. We have the best hardware specs but still software is not upto the standards and no signs of improvement.

People have rooted, unlocked bootloader and now custom rom is next step.

We all hope for the best !

-Sent from my ASUS_Z00AD using XDA Free mobile app
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rocky4android:
Thanks buddy :thumbup:

Thats the ray of hope ... ;)
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rocky4android:
Hey buddy,

I would love to help. I'm a developer but a kind of new to this kind of stuff (android custom roms)

Would you like to guide me to start with, then I can pickup later on ?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Harfainx:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Development

:good:
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rocky4android:
Ignore it if you are not interested.

There are lot others who are interested.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rocky4android:
Awesome .. Thanks :thumbup:

Loading bullets in my gun :D
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trnscnd:
Who said I was not interested? I will be overjoyed when CM comes out. I think you may have missed the point.

But here are a bunch of smiley faces for you.. :):o:D:p;):):o:D:p;)
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamranyusuf:
Can't wait for CM12.1, it will be great :D
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ntrasme:
Can someone tell me what I should do so I can help out in building CM? I have all summer to do something productive. I have some C/C++/Visual Basic knowledge.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 29y6145:
https://github.com/CM-zenfone2
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ntrasme:
Is there some sort of guide or clear tasks to do? I know I may need to learn some Java.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tacit_:
I've been trying to get up to speed for the same reasons... Here are a few links that I've been following, and I'll post whatever info I can as soon as possible (ie. partition info, etc.). I figure after going through the following links, I might have enough prereq info to help out. (Apologies for text links, I'm new and can't post them apparently).

General Development Stuff (check out the build guides):

wiki.cyanogenmod[DOT]org/w/Build

Porting Guide:

wiki.cyanogenmod[DOT]org/w/Doc:_porting_intro

If in Ubuntu, this is really handy for adb:

bernaerts.dyndns[DOT]org/linux/74-ubuntu/328-ubuntu-trusty-android-adb-fastboot-qtadb

Also, having root access is great (shell stuff through adb and busybox). I'll try and post here (or start a new thread) if I gain more insight over the next few weeks.

Also, if any devs with more experience (because I have very little in terms of system dev stuff) have some starting tips, pointers, links, a list of tasks, or suggestions for where to start... help is always appreciated!
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BobboVilla:
Personally I was never too fond of CM, but maybe it was because I initially installed it on my HTC Desire after moving from SenseUI (stock ROM), and the "nakedness" of the UI was too difficult for me to handle :D. On my SGS4 there was no question, because there's (still) no stable AOSP ROM (thanks, Samsung) so I stuck to stock ROM.

However, since CM are usually the first to develop a new ROM for a device that other then build upon, I do want CM for the ZF2 so that other ROMs will be created :p.

I agree - in all the ROMs I installed (and on my Desire I installed a lot) there was also some kind of problem. However, as long as the problems aren't too severe, or can be resolved by using a different app, custom ROMs can have some advantages.

And after all that, since I only started "playing" with my ZF2 yesterday night, I'm not sure that I'll even want a custom ROM :laugh:.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rocky4android:
To get feel of CM based ROMs ...

Guys,

For those who are not aware of Cyanogenmod power, its look and feel & how does it help us, I suggest you go to following thread - http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-grand-duos/development.

This thread is for Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Development. Here you can see there are numerous CM based custom ROMS.

Check features, changelog & screenshots in each thread. This will give you an idea what is this all about.

I have personally used all the ROMs there & Blisspop is my favorite !

This 3 year old device is getting lot of ROMs & recent 5.1.1 ROMs as well. The current builds are more stable, customizable & daily drivers.

There was a time I used to install new ROM every week :D

Don't you want ZF2 to have these ? ;)

It would be long process & it would take sometime for the ROMs to become mature so that they can be used as daily drivers.

Get ready to gear up, have patience & support the devs in all possible ways.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sagarvaghela:
Give Thxx to the contributors of CM12.1 for Zenfone 2 ... I have just uploaded the Link..
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BobboVilla:
Actually, no :p.

I think I'm over the whole "change ROM every week for some minor new features", and I just want a stable OS that lets me do what I want. Of course that if this means I'll have to flash a CM or CM-based ROM I'll wait until it's stable enough and flash it, but as far as I'm concerned, all I need is one good ROM ;).

Like I wrote about - I want this device to get AOSP ROMs.

Another advantage is that AOSP ROMs will eventually allow us to upgrade to newer android versions even after Asus stops updating the ZF2 (which I hope will be a very long time from now :D).
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smartbuddy:
Uploaded the link for what and where?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rocky4android:
You got me wrong :D.

By "change ROM every week" I meant installing variety of ROMs & trying it out. This would quantify the number of ROMs that were created for that device every week :P
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatteXperiaU:
i think, maybe i'm wrong, something is going on for our ZE550ML too :) look

https://github.com/CM-zenfone2/andr...mmit/ae9323a412863d30be9b266965a7a5c451f8c725

awesome developers
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CenereZar:
I know teams are developing cm12 for zenny ,but do you have a time indication ?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knowledge@heart:
Is there a way to request the Cyanogenmod devs to Make CM for Zenfone 2??

Currently, CM is available for 5 Asus devices (Transformer devices). And i do not think that official CM is yet available for the x86 Architecture.

If there is any way where we can vote for our device to be officially supported, it will certainly be a great thing.

We have quite strong specs.

viz.

1. Kernel Source Code officially available,

2. 4 GB RAM(Greatest Plus),

3. x86 Processor (It will probably the first x86 device to get official CM),

4. Flagship status( ZE551ML is Asus's current flagship).

5. 64bit ready processor.

6. Substantially Huge 3000 mAh Battery.

7. Vibrant XDA community :laugh:

If there is way to file a petition/request, it will be a great thing for our device's future.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdrawkcab3:
The easiest way for anyone to get answers about this type of development is to become a contributing part of a development team. Set up a build environment on an old machine so you can sync the github repos that users are setting up. Start building, experience the errors that happen, read the incredible tutorials that are around xda-dev and learn tons. In the end, you'll understand so much more about the incredible devices that we love to tweak!

...and there's always the possibility that you are one of the first to have CM on your device because *you* can build it!
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bushcrafter:
+1 Could not have said it better myself.:good::D
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deltawye:
I couldn't agree more, I only install custom roms now, when the phone is at least a year old and the roms have matured. And even then things are broken. Personally I'm loving this phone stock and won't be flashing anything in the foreseeable future. I'm coming from a moto x 2014, with CM 12 and the stock zenphone 2 blows it out of the water! I finally have working GPS, and working Bluetooth!
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrcpu:
I find myself echoing most of this sentiment. I've been a samsung user for a long time, and always installed custom ROM's from the captivate up through the note 3 because the carrier stuff was bloated or didn't have features I want. But with this zf2, after debloating, I've got no serious issues. I use the google launcher, and everything works the way I want it to. Battery is more than sufficient for my usage pattern. So while I would probably try a CM ROM if one was available, on this phone, I don't have the "Oh my gosh, get me off this carrier-supplied-crap on to something mean and lean". If my banking app would work (US Bank app), that would pretty much eliminate my list of gripes, but for now, I just use the web page interface in chrome and it works fine.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sangalaviral:
They already have built x86 and x64 roms. Check out Yu Yureka.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dasklney:
Well, if you are talking about Yu phone then those roms are difference because ARM 32bit and 64 bit processors are not Intel x86 and x86-64 processors.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gdonanthony:
sync'ing my source to build cm12.1 for you guys... im not a dev so dont expect much from me
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knowledge@heart:
Nope. Yu Yureka is ARM Based. And we Are Pure x86 based and running ARM Apps through the "libhoudini" built by Intel. Houdini is ARM to x86 translator.

Effectively, we will be the first Intel Devices with CM support if it ever comes. (And i hope it does)

You got it right
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 29y6145:
Gửi từ ASUS_Z00AD của tôi bằng cách sử dụng Tapatalk
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mannulko:
Are u using on airline mode?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatteXperiaU:
But cm is already in development!! Check out github cm zenfone 2

Here https://github.com/CM-zenfone2
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hardwarechaos:
Hi there

Nexus Player is x86 and has CM ;)

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Fugu_Info

Hope it won't take too long to wait :D

Thx

Chaos
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatteXperiaU:
Already in development!! Like I wrote in my Last post
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hardwarechaos:
Hi

I know and i daily track the progress.

Hope waiting for a flashable version won't take too long ;)

thx

Chaos
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gdonanthony:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347769400

try and report..
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gambit1091:
can you try it first and please post some ss?:D
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sookieball:
I'll have my zenfone tomorrow and I'll be flashing this asap.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AkiroX:
Doesn't work. : pp Just stuck in the "Asus in search of incredible" screen. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news everyone. X3
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 29y6145:
Oh my god

Cm12.1 for zenfone 2 ???

Gửi từ ASUS_Z00AD của tôi bằng cách sử dụng Tapatalk

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iam downloading

Iam will check build.prop and kernel

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unlock bootloader

I think rom only for ZE 551ML

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My devices ZE551ml

Unlock bootloader and use TWRP 2.8.7.0

Iam wipe full and

Flash ok but then reboot

Devices bootlop

Stop Asus In search of incredible
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrior001:
The Realistic answer, whenever its ready. Intel devices have thus far lacked CM support. Intel keeps a lot of their hardware source private. We have a CM build that's boots but you'll notice nobody that's working on it posted a build because its more or less unusable. I'm not gonna release anything that's less than usable.

What we have now boots, WiFi/BT/NFC are working. Everything else (camera/radio/all sensors and who knows what else) is broke.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tuanies:
What do you need to get those working and I'll check with our HQ and Intel to see what I can do.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrior001:
Any and all source they are willing to show me :)

Cm is clearly biased toward qcom (and rightfully so because qcom dumps all basic source to caf) at this point and without proper source its difficult process to reverse engineer things
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Induced_Apathy:
I didn't pick either choice. I'm more interested in seeing the boot loader unlocked officially. We should be able to install windows 10/8.1 Ubuntu or Android on this device imo. That's what makes this such a landmark device. I already have a Baytrail tablet running Android x86 and Windows 8.1 (full copy). It has micro hdmi and usb3 and I can use it as a portable workstation with any contemporary TV or monitor w/ KB+M.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gdonanthony:
any logcat to show ?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IW4N93:
For now, cm12 will be a perfect firmware for zenfone 2, but once asus realese 5.1.1 I think we won't need cm12 anymore since the memory leak (that cause battery draining) problem has been fixed
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hank87:
A dual boot windows 10/android will be the perfect combination... Maybe a skilled dev will be able to do this magic [emoji2]
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jhdoubleoseven:
If you could talk to them about releasing general drivers compiled against more recent kernels or possibly even a vanilla Linux kernel with the drivers compiled in that would be awesome. This device has the potential to be used as a real computer and it would be awesome if we could take a distribution like Arch Linux and build a new mobile interface on top of it that would be incredible -- you guys say you're "In Search of the Incredible" and here it is! ;)
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ligu:
I admire your optimism, but who say we need CM just for memory leak fix?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tuanies:
We have kernel source posted in our support section. Not sure posting the drivers are possible. I can send you a list of what the hardware we use is though.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrior001:
I'd like that list as well. And anything you can convince them to let go of for open source Hal's would be amazing. I've seen clear hints that there way more than the public fugu device hals and it would be great for the dev world to have for intel support in general. I'm not asking for device trees but just the common hals for display/audio and the like similar to what qcom/caf provide.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tuanies:
Can you guys PM me your email addresses? I'll send you our technical reviewer's guide that has a little more information than most people need.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kanagawaben:
I'm not sure why some people want to see desktop Windows or Linux running on a 5.5" phone. It would be totally impractical. Would be interesting for about 5 minutes of "Wow, look at that. Tiny little windows. That's awesome." And then you'd realise that it was too small to see properly, let alone to navigate and use to actually do anything worthwhile, and the novelty would wear off.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cangcan:
we need both stock asus zenUI rom but with bug fixed (5.1.1 or newer version) and also CM12.1 (or CM13 M version)! For zf2 users who prefer stability can stick with stock rom, and for users who prefer performance, development, cm12 engine theme, and most importantly FREEDOM, will choose CM rom, or any AOSP rom. As for myself, Im an ex-galaxy SIII user, my TWRP is full with backup of STOCK TW rom and also CM rom, not to mention CM12.1 thats been cooked by different devs (such CM-based Archidroid, RR, and Blisspop, and also AOSP based SlimLP and Omni).. Im sure there will be many people who will still prefer stock ZenUI rom because ASUS cares for their customers and frequently release updates, but with more sources being shared and opened, ASUS may even develop more preferable features by customer and also may improve and fix bugs or security holes if its was found by other developers.

But YES, we need CM, to bring the fun to this beast ZF2 once it can be unleashed.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AkiroX:
I told you so. XD I told you it didn't boot. lol I have my device unlocked and yes, it's a 551ML, I know how to flash ROMs. x3 It doesn't boot.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BobboVilla:
I don't think the point is using it as a windows device as-is, but by connecting it to a large screen you can have a full windows machine that's extremely mobile/portable. Besides, from what I understood, in Windows 10 there won't be a major difference between the mobile OS and the "regular" OS, so if it's good enough for WP/WM devices, why shouldn't it be good enough for the ZF2?

I'm not saying that I would do this, but I can see the appeal ;).
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nishuksd:
My dear friend, I was a CM12 user on Sony Xperia L. And I used to follow for Xperia SP(for my friend), you know one thing for both the devices even though nightlies started 1yr back, still there is not a single stable build released.

CM nightlies/milestones are not for those who want stable build,long battery life and use the device as a daily driver!!

But you can use it if you want custom looks and hell lot of features!!!

But for me, presently CM is not even an option. I know how terrible it will be. Asus knows their devices and they will fix the bugs., they also let me customize the phone very much. The only thing I may do in near future is, ROOT!!

CM is just for fancy!!

But remember, all that glitter is not Gold.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kanagawaben:
So they say, although I don't see how the phone version of Windows 10 can possibly be very similar to the desktop version, as the desktop version (insider preview) is more of a classic windows desktop than 8/8.1 was. Guess it will be more a case of the underlying system being the same, rather than the ui.

I take your point about hooking the phone up to a screen to have a very portable full computer. But with only a single micro USB port plus bluetooth/wifi (no separate power-in port, no HDMI or dvi etc) it would be very limited in connectivity. I really can't see how there would be enough need or demand for it to be worth devs' time. I may be wrong though - perhaps someone will want to try just to see if they can?

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Also worth remembering that Linux and Android are open source, and therefore it's perfectly legal and above board to mod them and make distros/ROMs. Windows however, isn't. Modifying windows code and distributing ROMs would almost certainly involve illegality.