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Root Custom recovery on x!!!!!!!

anaphora68 said:
Exactly. It sounds like there's a personal beef there too, but that's none of my business. I'll use whatever works best on my phone.

Honestly, if I can get stock Froyo onto my X, I'll donate a pile of cash to whoever makes it happen. I don't care who it is. :)
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Should be sending it to Birdman and Rain. Without them we would be sitting here wondering IF this was ever going to happen not When this was going to happen.

VIO said:
How exactly does one capitalize on something that hasn't been released?

Koush isn't my favorite person (how could he be I don't know him) but its not like he doesn't have the credentials for doing this, I mean he made, arguably the most popular recovery software out for Android, and accompanying app.
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He's taking the process which Bird and Rain spent sleepless days and nights on and trying to push something out before them...
 
BringTheRain403 said:
He's taking the process which Bird and Rain spent sleepless days and nights on and trying to push something out before them...
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So he broke in and stole Birdman's "research" off his computer, whilst they were blurry-eyed with exhaustion and distracted from reality focusing only one the cause!

sorry still trying to figure out how he "stole" this, or how having a Clockwork Recovery on the X at all takes away from the work of B-man and Rain; it didn't take away from SPRecovery, or Amon-Ra. Given that Koush is the major pioneer of Android custom recoverys on any phone I think that he has a right to work on this as much as anyone else.
 
Are you guys sure there is something going on between these guys? I could have sworn they talk about Koush doing the UI and they even thank him for his hard work on the UI "they will be utilizing".
 
I don't know all the details about the situation at hand but please remember Koush is the godfather of rooting. He was the first person to root the G1 and compile apps to help with it. He has also made tons of contributions to the entire Android developer world.
 
I give props to everyone involved. It is amazing what these guys are able to do with the right tools and enough time. I look forward to all of the possibilities my DX has for the future.
 
Man! Just read through the last page guys.... this is nuts. Shouldn't we just all be excited that our hopes, our dreams, everything we have been living for... is about to realized by 3 damn talented individuals who refused to accept "it couldn't be done"? REJOICE!!!! I know I am!
 
Here's the latest -

koush
Droid X Recovery Bootstrap app is ready to release... gonna do that after dinner.

P3Droid also had a post up on Twitter asking for features that people would want to see on the X. Looks like our hopes and dreams are finally answered.

Like I said earlier, I could give a damn about the politics. We're all part of one, big, somewhat-happy community. No more infighting, let's just support each other and make sure we're able to do what we want with our hardware.
 
anaphora68 said:
Here's the latest -

koush
Droid X Recovery Bootstrap app is ready to release... gonna do that after dinner.

P3Droid also had a post up on Twitter asking for features that people would want to see on the X. Looks like our hopes and dreams are finally answered.

Like I said earlier, I could give a damn about the politics. We're all part of one, big, somewhat-happy community. No more infighting, let's just support each other and make sure we're able to do what we want with our hardware.
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so what's the bootstrap app? :confused:

PS does anyone know when Koush eats dinner and how fast or slow he eats? :-)
 
I am kinda of sad no one gets to make a how to because its as simple as an app
I wanted to do alot of adb work:(
 
Here's to hoping he's cloned himself...lol.

The app is basically a way to load recovery in a trickier way. Since we can't really get into the bootloader, the recovery is loaded in a more indirect way, through an app. That's at least how it's been explained over at AllDroid.
 
jonathanmsims said:
Are their only roms ready to run on the Droid X once we get the bootstrap loader?
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No there isn't but P3droid said

X owners what do u want most. Let me know and see what happens in next 5 days.
about 1 hour ago via Twitter for Android

Tell me what x owners and let's see what happens in the next 7 days
about 2 hours ago via Twitter for Android
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A ROM is basically a fully functioning OS, that's the best way to describe it. The benefits of loading a custom ROM are endless.

Basically, provided a developer can make use of the Droid X Drivers, they can compile a new operating system based on the Android Source and make it work with the Droid X. So, potentially, you are looking at limitless options as far as the OS.

That's ROMs, in a nutshell. I figured I would jump in before someone told you that you should run a search.

Go over to Droid-life.com. They have a few profiles of ROM developers, and they normally cover different releases, so you can get an idea for what is out there, and what might be coming to the X.
 
Thanks man.. I appreciate the info... I'm a mod on gaming forum and I slap people all the time with "search!"... but you guys here seem to just answer questions politely... thank you...
 
anaphora68 said:
A ROM is basically a fully functioning OS, that's the best way to describe it. The benefits of loading a custom ROM are endless.

Basically, provided a developer can make use of the Droid X Drivers, they can compile a new operating system based on the Android Source and make it work with the Droid X. So, potentially, you are looking at limitless options as far as the OS.

That's ROMs, in a nutshell. I figured I would jump in before someone told you that you should run a search.

Go over to Droid-life.com. They have a few profiles of ROM developers, and they normally cover different releases, so you can get an idea for what is out there, and what might be coming to the X.
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Well most devs actually don't compile from source rather they modify existing builds to their liking, then there is always themes. The only two devs I know of that compile from source to build their own roms are cyanogenmod and the Sapphire team
 
Droider, true. I was jumping the gun a bit.

On a side note, I will be happier than a pig in sh*t if Koush ports Cyanogen over to the X.

I actually switched back to my D1 for a while so I could use Froyo. Sadly, I missed the speed of the X.
 
Also, ChevyNo1 and Jrummy compile their ROMs from source :)


I already know the first two things I'm going to test once I get my nandroid made:

JIT and custom fonts.
 
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anaphora68 said:
Droider, true. I was jumping the gun a bit.

On a side note, I will be happier than a pig in sh*t if Koush ports Cyanogen over to the X.

I actually switched back to my D1 for a while so I could use Froyo. Sadly, I missed the speed of the X.
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Yep I have that sitting on wifi running bb0.4 with the watermarkd theme
 
Fabolous said:
Also, ChevyNo1 and Jrummy compile their ROMs from source :)


I already know the first two things I'm going to test once I get my nandroid made:

JIT and custom fonts.
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Hmm I didn't know that. I always got confused on Chevyno1's from source frf91 builds, I didn't understand that
 
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