[Touch GSM ROM Development] Demo[95]:
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Etymology

The word αἰθήρ (aithēr) in Homeric Greek means "pure, fresh air" or "clear sky", imagined in Greek mythology to be the pure essence where the gods lived and which they breathed, analogous to the air breathed by mortals (also personified as a deity, Aether, the son of Erebus and Nyx). It corresponds to the concept of akasha in Hindu philosophy and is linked to Brihaspati (or the planet Jupiter) and the center direction of the compass. It is related to αἴθω "to incinerate", also intransitive "to burn, to shine" (related is the name Aithiopes (Ethiopians), meaning "people with a burnt (black) visage".

reference Wikipedia

Purpose

As you may have understand from the etymology, the goal of this ROM is to provide a really light OS without any fancy app; Just a minimal working device ready for your OWN customizations.

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Why

Simply because each of us have different tastes/preferences and i wanted to give you the possibility to customize your device as you'd like it to be.

I wanted to learn cooking... and i hope you'll like my receipes

I needed a base ROM for my next incoming AEther "Flavored" ROM; (Flavored means préconfigured ROM)

I needed a base ROM for my next project; A visual environment (ala Visual Studio) which allow user to

at least easily customize their ROM with UC

maybe easily cook their own ROM... visual Kitchen

How

You can easily install wich ever application you like thanks to UC;

Please report to Sleuth255's excellent tutorials here and here.

Where

Here you'll always be abble to find the lastest downloadable version of AEther. I actually provide a WWE version and a French one.

AEther 0.5 [WWE]

AEther 0.51 [FR]

NOTE, that i'm actually taking request for translation; If there are enought people requesting the same language i'll do the translation.

Obsidian Flavor​

For those who love more shiny interfaces, i'd like to introduce you Obsidian. This is a Manilla2D enabled flavor of AEther.

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While in other ROMs you won't be abble to uninstall programs or change anything the cooker decided for you, Obsidian let you do what you want.

This is simply possible as it is composed of cab files, that can be uninstalled if you don't like them.

What is there inside Obsidian ?

2DManila

Album

DShow

AudioManager

CommManager

EnlargeStartMenu

GoogleMaps_compressed_2.3.0.9

IContact

LargeTitleBar

S2U2-1.40-QVGA

TaskManager

WLanSettings

Which means a fully fonctional Manilla2D interface + IContact + S2U2

How do i Install Obsidian ?

Extract the archive

Copy the SDConfig.txt file and Obsidian folder in the root folder of your Storage Card

Flash the latest AEther Rom.

How do i upgrade AEther to Obsidian (manual) ?

Extract the archive

Copy the SDConfig.txt file and Obsidian folder in the root folder of your Storage Card

Install each cab in the Obsidian folder

How do i upgrade AEther to Obsidian (automatic) ?

Extract the archive

Copy the SDConfig.txt file and Obsidian folder in the root folder of your Storage Card

Hard Reset your device

Download

Like AEther Obsidian is shipped in English and French languages :

Obsidian 0.2 [WWE]

Obsidian 0.2 [FR]

Credits

First of all i want to thank ababrekar who gave me the first tips on cooking; I guess i wouldn't post this today without him.

All developpers who made great soft/utils/kitchen, without you guys we would still use shipped rom.

All Chefs that participate in the Cooking Class Class of 2008/09 thread; you guys are real Gurus!

Humrod with whom we've shared our knowledge on ROM translation.