Could you at least make a statement that Stock OS with updates disabled is discontinued?
I think they stopped working on new features for Chromecast, but AFAIK they purposely opted for not update to a couple stock updates 3xxxx builds since they were bricking some devices. There are a few bad feedbacks about the last builds. People reported device bricking and other losing YouTube cast functionality.Kinda seems that way, doesn't it? I'm thinking about just flashing back to 100% stock - there doesn't seem to be any reason to keep root at this point. Especially with the whitelist issue.
I think they stopped working on new features for Chromecast, but AFAIK they purposely opted for not update to a couple stock updates 3xxxx builds since they were bricking some devices. There are a few bad feedbacks about the last builds. People reported device bricking and other losing YouTube cast functionality.
IMO, one of the best eureka ROM feature is google auto update disabled.
Actually, I got one of my rooted Chromecast bricked in early builds (with recovery). Fortunately I got it hard unbricked by forcing it to boot from USB (where there was another recovery and a ROM to reflash it). I had to open the Chromecast and short two CPU pins. There's a tutorial made by @ddggttff3 over there.I know that TE intentionally skipped one iteration. But three updates have past. Chromecast with recovery is simply unbrickable. I am amazed why there are no new stock with updates disabled where it is no risk at all.
It's the same what I suggested before that eureka mod with eureka updates should be divided to stable and beta branches.
On the other hand I understand lack of commitment because of low interest in the project.
If we are currently still running the Eureka ROM based on 14975 and using the custom whitelist feature that you guys integrated into the 14975 Eureka ROM image, would it CURRENTLY be possible for us to take advantage of all these new apps that are going to be flooding the Google Play Store/Chrome(PC browser apps/extensions) Web Store, or MUST our Chromecast be the newest updated version 15250(with either a future Eureka ROM update to 15250, by flashing this "nearly stock OS build" 15250, or simply someone just has a stock, NON-rooted Chromecast that has taken all the OTA updates and has recently updated itself via an OTA to the newest stock 15250 firmware build) ? I understand that by using Eureka ROM's "custom whitelist" that you guys manually update the whitelist yourselves and it's obviously not physically possible to update your whitelist fast enough to keep up with the "stock Google whitelist," thus always lagging slightly behind the stock Google whitelist AND quite possibly accidentally leaving out some of the lesser-known Android apps and/or Chrome Apps and/or Chrome Extensions that have been added by Google to their stock whitelist, due to the simple fact that you guys just haven't learned of them yet or just haven't been told of them yet?
Basically, if one wants to be able to take advantage of all these new apps that will be flooding Google's stock Chromecast whitelist over the coming weeks/months, etc., to cover all our bases right now so that we're not either hoping that you guys find out about lesser-known apps such as, for a hypothetical example: XCompany's "FancySchmancy Chromecast Media Caster", should we use this upload that you posted so that we're on the newest 15250 and use the stock Google whitelist? Or is it still possible to take advantage of the new apps that the released SDK is gonna bring to us if we're on the older 14975 firmware and disabling your Eureka custom whitelist and instead using the stock Google whitelist? ie. [Eureka 14975 ROM]/[stock Google whitelist] ?