Community ROM Ideas... (Theory, Proposal, Ideas)

[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 " 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?

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 )
- HTC Footprints
- HTC Branding

(End List)

Please suggest your ideas. Thanks.

Cheers,
Coburn.

 

[reuvenb]

I think everyone would be happy with Apps2SD support. I know I would.

 

[svprm]

Bluetooth full support.
Sending....
Receiving....
Thank in advance.

 

[chtamina]

faster rom, withouth useless app: remove footprints for instance.

 

[LordGiotto]

faster rom, withouth useless app: remove footprints for instance.

I agree with Chtamina.
A faster rom, maybe with JIT actived for boosted performance

 

[HTCDevil]

App2SD and bluetooth...that's all

 

[shtefand]

a music equalizer will be nice, like the milestone's audio effects application.

 

[reuvenb]

faster rom, withouth useless app: remove footprints for instance.

Hey, I use footprints quite a bit!

 

[-bm-]

If we ask 100 people about their most wanted apps, we will get 200 answers. There might be some most-wanted applications... I think everybody wants to see full bluetooth support and installing apps to SD.

I personally would like to see a complete HTC-free ROM, some others won't. Maybe we could deliver a very slim ROM which includes an easy way to install some community-recommend apps (maybe with some profiles to chose from) as an alternative to the market.

Just my 2 cents.
-bm-

 

[yash08]

An option somewhere to disable sense ui?Is that even possible?Because I find it a bit laggy with sense.

 

[chtamina]

I forgot the most important thing: disable sense ui !
It's a nice ui but it slows down the tattoo a lot, and even if you disable it, it keeps running in the background.

stupid question: even if an app is included the user can disable/uninstall it being root, isn't it like this with cooked rom ?

EDIT: and off course app2sd and bt support

 

[LordGiotto]

Well, i really like sense ui, so i vote to keep it (how wants can disable it and use another home)

 

[sheik_yerbouti]

An option somewhere to disable sense ui?Is that even possible?Because I find it a bit laggy with sense.

Just go to Settings>Applications>Manage Applications>HTC Sense and click on 'Clear Defaults'. Now press the 'Home' button, and you'll get a window asking you to select an app to perform this function. Click on the check box to set an app as the default, and select 'Home'. Now you'll use the default Android home screen and not HTC Sense.

PS: You won't be able to use ANY of the HTC widgets now.

 

[Coburn64]

Just go to Settings>Applications>Manage Applications>HTC Sense and click on 'Clear Defaults'. Now press the 'Home' button, and you'll get a window asking you to select an app to perform this function. Click on the check box to set an app as the default, and select 'Home'. Now you'll use the default Android home screen and not HTC Sense.

PS: You won't be able to use ANY of the HTC widgets now.

Awesome. My Tattoo got a speed boost now!

Thanks for the tip, sheik_yerbouti!

As for the suggestions, keep them coming, I'll compile a list shortly.

 

[mobisat]

Shame we can't get auto focus for the camera......

 

[Coburn64]

Autofocus is enabled by default, you just gotta hold it very still.

EDIT: Updated first post with the new list, check it out and keep the suggestions coming!

 

[mobisat]

Oh, I forgot and an unlocked HTC radio ROM for those of us stuck with Orange UK phones.

 

[chtamina]

disabling sense in that way will keep it running anyway.

 

[LordGiotto]

The best thing to do, in my opinion, is to keep sense and add an option to disable it.

 

[Bikers]

maybe I'm offtopic sorry if that's true. I would like the starting sound to be disabled...