Difference between cm10.1 and GE.

[gmac1990]

Hey guys. With the new GE releases coming out, I was curious what the major differences are between GE and CM10.1. I'm on cm now and it's awesome. What's the difference tho?

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[thekalby]

Well firstly CM10.1 was built from AOSP source, while the GE build was created from the software on the GE edition HTC One, which is actually built on sense framework.
As far as functionality wise, there is just much more customization and functionality on CM 10.1 that isnt present in stock aosp android, I cant even start to list the additions, but there are a lot. There site HERE lists some of them. Ultimately though CM is just nightlies for the time being, meaning its not 100% stable right now. The GE rom is much smoother obviously because it was built by the guys over at HTC.

 

[gmac1990]

I appreciate the solid answer.

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[ArmedandDangerous]

Well firstly CM10.1 was built from AOSP source, while the GE build was created from the software on the GE edition HTC One, which is actually built on sense framework.
As far as functionality wise, there is just much more customization and functionality on CM 10.1 that isnt present in stock aosp android, I cant even start to list the additions, but there are a lot. There site HERE lists some of them. Ultimately though CM is just nightlies for the time being, meaning its not 100% stable right now. The GE rom is much smoother obviously because it was built by the guys over at HTC.

Actually the GE ROM does not rely on the Sense framework, that's why the IR blaster, Zoe and Internet Pass-through don't work. The ROMs are provided by Google, but HTC provides the kernel. CM10 on the other hand uses the base Android code provided by Google and makes it to whatever they want. They've got a pretty solid team

 

[thekalby]

Actually the GE ROM does not rely on the Sense framework, that's why the IR blaster, Zoe and Internet Pass-through don't work. The ROMs are provided by Google, but HTC provides the kernel. CM10 on the other hand uses the base Android code provided by Google and makes it to whatever they want. They've got a pretty solid team

That makes sense, I knew HTC provided something in the rom, sorry for the mix up.