Now that Jelly Bean source has been released to the masses and Hashcode has worked his magic on the hardware I figured it was time to get started on some fixes and customizations to this bad boy. So here is the beginning of a whole new ROM.
What's Included Version 1.8.0 - Please note this will be the last build with theme support
Updated to Android 4.1.2
Included stock launcher now that it supports landscape orientations.
Switched from Superuser app to SuperSU app
Version 1.7.3
Updated Kernel and drivers
Fix issue with tablet status bar being to short when using standard tablet UI
Version 1.7.2
Added back ability to kill apps by long pressing the back button (GoodieBag -> Buttons)
Added display of used/free memory when showing recent apps list
Minor tweaks under the hood and cleaning up old/unused code
Version 1.7.1
Added the Goodie Bag for custom ROM settings such as the UI type and other goodies yet to come
Added quick access to Themes and the Goodie Bag from the main Settings
Added battery indicator next to clock on Quicknav panel
Added Battery bar option for displaying a bar where the length indicates the battery level
Added Battery percentage option to display battery % on top of battery icon
Version 1.7.0
T-Mobile theme engine support added
Version 1.6.3
Added notifications count to Quicknav notifications button
Added clock to center of Quicknav for quick access to the time
Changed colors to reflect the holo theme of ICS/JB
Fixed touch input going out of sync when changing Status bar UI type
Version 1.6.2
Added quick access to volume and brightness in Quicknav tablet status bar V2
Added customization options for Quicknav tablet status bar
Fixed rotation of recent apps screenshots
Version 1.6
Added Status bar UI type to UI settings
Added the new Quicknav tablet status bar (you saw it here first!)
Removed unnecessary debugging information
Version 1.5.1
Added UI Settings
Added collapsible tablet status bar
Auto-hide option, with 2,5,10,30, and 60 second timeout values, for collapsible tablet status bar
Removed option to hide tablet status bar, use collapsible status bar option instead.
Version 1.4
USB mass storage fully operational with status bar notifications for mounting
Added screenshot option to Power menu (long press power button)
Added option to Power menu to hide/show navbar in tablet mode (long press power button)
Temporary fix for apps that use network location and were getting an exception causing FCs (Google Earth, etc)
Version 1.3
Added USB mass storage activity to apps list for temporary fix to mounting device to a PC
Fixed issue where normal reboot would still reboot into recovery mode
Version 1.2
HW Codecs thanks to Hashcode
Reboot options in power menu
Version 1.1
Added setting to force the phone UI mode (Settings -> Display -> Force phone UI)
Added a toggle switch to the WiFi setting in the tablet status bar
Removed the Airplane mode toggle since we don't need it
Fixed the screen rotation bug
Version 1.0
Superuser.apk and su binary
Busybox
Execution of init.d scripts
Tablet UI (instead of that nasty phone UI)
Volume slider in the tablet status bar panel
Trebuchet launcher with dual docks and settings button
Wifi works out of the box without needing to manually run fix-mac.sh now
So much butter even Paula Deen wouldn't know what to do
What doesn't work
Charging LED works some of the time
Charging indicator icon in status bar
Erectile dysfunction
I'm sure there is more but for now this is a damn good start for us Kindle Fire owners
I noticed root apps constantly asking for permission even when told to always allow. To fix this I opened up the Superuser app and manually updated the binary.
I forgot to add that those that are interested in this port's source code you can use:
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