[Click Android Development] Coburn64:
Hey guys.

Since we're making progress with hacking the Tattoo, I was wondering if we'd like to create a community ROM.

When I say community ROM, I mean that it's not a free-for-all ROM vs ROM setup. Community ROM means we have a team of people (Kernel Tweaker, ROM Cooker, Theme Designer, Recovery Image Medic, etc) and people suggest things (either by a wishlist of apps to pre-install on the ROM) or just send the apporiate member a PM/post in a thread.

By this, it provides a community ROM for people to test, love, hate, and turn their Tattoos into portable campfires. It also will help spread the load over a dev team, if one dev is sick/other commitments, the other dev can fill in. Team work. :)

Myself, I dreamt about CoburnROM in the limelight and taking a potshot at CyanogenMOD. (Bang! Whizzzz... *glass smash* *alarm* *droid with laz0rs comes out and does the prowl*).

Now, my attention is to support everyone else who makes Android hacking on the Tattoo possible.

Without the devs (possibly even my hacks/sanity?), members asking questions and even the n00bs providing a "lol rofl :D" source of laughter, this device would be unloved, and unlikely to have been rooted.

Seriously, I'd like to say to the newbies that even we crown you as dumb for your dumb questions, don't take it seriously. We're a caring (questionable?) mob of developers and users, we still are there for you to rely on if your Tattoo suddenly gives up the ghost.

I know the Droid Eris guys are against a brick wall, I feel sorry for you guys. Maybe trade it for a HTC Tattoo? :p

Even if on first boot we have a short welcome video with all the member's names/credits. CoburnROM may become a community ROM project, or it may grow up into a different name.

I don't mean to compete with anyone (we're free to do as we please), hence it's a community ROM project. Users can stratch up resources, perhaps design a theme, etc.

If we compile everyone's resources, give credit where it's due, into a big SuperROM, we can pat ourselves on the back saying "Job well done".

Last Update 2/3/10 - Wanted List

Proposed ROM Flavours

> HTC-Free/Basic/FireStarter (Lightweight, barebones, no HTC apps, stock source apps, Apps2SD, BlueTooth File Send/Recieve, SuperUser)

> Standard (Middleweight, no HTC apps, some community recommended apps, Click Community Installer (community recommended app installer), Apps2SD, BlueTooth File Send/Recieve, SuperUser)

> Deluxe (Heavyweight, HTC apps, hand-picked community apps, Click Community Installer, Apps2SD, BlueTooth File Send/Recieve, SuperUser)

> Professional (The works. Bloated, but packed until the Droid bursts).

Add/Keep

+ HTC Sense (Rosie UI) - Switcher Script/App from stock Home to Android default home (classic)

+ BlueTooth File Transfer Support

+ Apps2SD

+ Autofocus for the camera (?)

+ JIT, for that extra speed kick

+ Music equalizer

+ Community App Installer (Thanks -bm- ;))

+ Sexy Girl holding HTC Tattoo on boot screen (hehe, I wonder how many people will spot this entry :))

Chuck it in the bin

- HTC Sense (one member says it's laggy :p)

- HTC Footprints

- HTC Branding

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Please suggest your ideas. Thanks. ;)

Cheers,

Coburn.