[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] LTxda:
hello all...

Well i've been slammed with work and also had to prioritize my family first so havn't been online much.

I tried to read through the entire thread but I didn't have time so excuse me if i double post but here goes:

- Unlocker: As for the unlocker. We have to wait. A few things need to be worked out and the new ROM will not work without you running the new unlocker FIRST. If you try, as olipro said, you will mess up your device. We could release the ROM but you wouldn't be able to do anything with it. Also, to provide clarity for some members...of course the development team is already "unlocked" in order to test the new ROM. We had to manually go in and apply the unlocker and it wasn't something for the faint of heart. Olipro and Cmonex are working hard in "cleaning" things up a bit to reduce the...OH NO I BRICKED MY PHONE...comments. Let's sit back and relax on this.

- ROM: After many many many many many many hours of painful testing, the ROM is in a releasable state. Trust me when I say it was painful. Being a full time father and business person who uses the Athena FULL TIME, let me define full time by saying I consider this approx 18 hours a day by no stretch, I can say the ROM is stable. I have no problems with BlueTooth, performance is back, etc. One word of warning though...not all software may run properly on the new ROM. Two products I know for a fact break are Skype (general 6.1 issue) and WeatherPanel (one of my personal favorites). We might try to fix these but might not be able to do much, we'll just have to see.

- Release & Testing: Once the ROM is released I would like for everyone to pitch in and contribute by testing the crap out of it. We caught most of the annoying issues but I'm sure, as with any new "product", there are bound to be issues we weren't able to catch. Let's just make a list, prioritize it and determine what can be fixed immediately and what needs work.

On behalf of the team we appreciate all of your support and enthusiasm. Reading through the thread helped me relieve some stress. LOL

Very funny stuff.

No we didn't send that idiot over to distract you guys. Not sure where these people escape from. I think he might have had some free time while in jail and decided to create some excitement for his life...man you never know. Either way it was funny in itself to see someone make a fool of themselves like that.

Now I need to head out. Work calls then when I get back family is first until I can get back online and continue reading, testing, etc.

Now that Pawel is done with his part of the work, he's going to dedicate most of his spare time to the Polaris ROM. Olipro/Cmonex have already released an unlocker for that device and Pawel will dedicate his time to that and also to responding to issues related to the AP4 release.

One thing I ask is that we, as a community, work together to respond to each other's issues before relying on the core team. I think it's very doable.

Also, a big thank you on behalf of all of us on the core team when I say thank you for your continued donations.

The waiting continues but at least we know it's right around the corner now. Please don't ask for an ETA because anyone that gives you one becomes a liar and we don't want that of good people. They are only trying to please.

Excuse me if all of this sounds a bit flakey...i'm writing it in a hurry and need to get to work now. Just wanted to check-in and say hi to everyone as well.