No Custom ROMs for Honeycomb

[thunderstruck!]

The thing that has made Android so great to date is the aftermarket community, not Google. Release the supposedly half baked source code, and Team Douche will have it fixed far faster, and better, than Google could or would. If it wasn't for JesusFreke, thedude, and Cyanogen, my G1 would still be stuck on 1.5 or whatever it came with. It grew to be so much better as a direct result of aficianados, not Google. A Xoom running a custom ROM would be so much better to show off the hardware than what the official release can do.
My plans for getting a Xoom are like the source code-on hold for now. I don't think Moto realizes this is not helping sell tablets. Until it can be loaded with a custom ROM, I simply don't want one. If I wanted a tablet that could only run the official ROM I'd buy an iPad.

 

[kcrudup]

When you folks develop way better ROMs than the crap with bloatware that they try to pass off to us, it hurts [carriers'] wallets

Please explain to me how modding the phone you've already bought from, and likely committed to a carrier's contract for, "hurts the wallets" of said carrier?

 

[ericdabbs]

The thing that has made Android so great to date is the aftermarket community, not Google. Release the supposedly half baked source code, and Team Douche will have it fixed far faster, and better, than Google could or would. If it wasn't for JesusFreke, thedude, and Cyanogen, my G1 would still be stuck on 1.5 or whatever it came with. It grew to be so much better as a direct result of aficianados, not Google. A Xoom running a custom ROM would be so much better to show off the hardware than what the official release can do.
My plans for getting a Xoom are like the source code-on hold for now. I don't think Moto realizes this is not helping sell tablets. Until it can be loaded with a custom ROM, I simply don't want one. If I wanted a tablet that could only run the official ROM I'd buy an iPad.

You do know that if you were stuck on android 1.5 it would have been the manufacturers fault because every manufacturer has to slap on their own stupid skin like Motoblur, Samsung Touchwiz, HTC Sense which cause the long delay in users getting the latest releases. Samsung is the worst with providing timely updates to their phone users (ex: Galaxy S series).

Don't blame google for that when it is the manufacturers that are taking away the pure google android experience and loading it with bloat and crapware.

Just look at the galaxy tab 10.1. I was impressed with the hardware until samsung announced they were putting that crappy Touchwiz UX UI layer on top of stock honeycomb UI.

 

[lesjaw]

You do know that if you were stuck on android 1.5 it would have been the manufacturers fault because every manufacturer has to slap on their own stupid skin like Motoblur, Samsung Touchwiz, HTC Sense which cause the long delay in users getting the latest releases. Samsung is the worst with providing timely updates to their phone users (ex: Galaxy S series).

Don't blame google for that when it is the manufacturers that are taking away the pure google android experience and loading it with bloat and crapware.

Just look at the galaxy tab 10.1. I was impressed with the hardware until samsung announced they were putting that crappy Touchwiz UX UI layer on top of stock honeycomb UI.

then we need HC AOSP to put Pure HC in it..

 

[ericdabbs]

then we need HC AOSP to put Pure HC in it..

I agree but unfortunately it will be awhile before google releases the HC source code to the devs.

 

[Squeak22]

My plans for getting a Xoom are like the source code-on hold for now. I don't think Moto realizes this is not helping sell tablets. Until it can be loaded with a custom ROM, I simply don't want one. If I wanted a tablet that could only run the official ROM I'd buy an iPad.

What exactly is the custom rom going to do for ya? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

 

[orionshock]

What exactly is the custom rom going to do for ya? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

USB Host Mode, Overclock, Overhauled UI customization... there are alot of things you can do with a custom rom...

I <3 the HC UI... but it does kinda suck. It certainly not as bad as TW or SenseUI

 

[kcrudup]

What exactly is the custom rom going to do for ya? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

I don't see the HC source-code delay as the end of the world as some here do- but at the same time I don't think I've ever seen as untrue a statement on XDA as yours.

I'm running at 1.5G, have host-mode USB and will soon get updated WiFi, all because the kernel source is available. Having the OS available for rebuild opens up even more possibilities.

 

[Dandarebr]

What exactly is the custom rom going to do for ya? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

I Believe that you don`t have a Samsung Galaxy S Phone....

Custom roms gave me:
- Lag Fix
- Three time more battery time
- Increased Speed
- Better home program

I could go on and on telling each of the new features, but I can resume it:

Custom rom gave a new and better phone. A Galaxy S working as it should!

 

[Squeak22]

I don't see the HC source-code delay as the end of the world as some here do- but at the same time I don't think I've ever seen as untrue a statement on XDA as yours.

I'm running at 1.5G, have host-mode USB and will soon get updated WiFi, all because the kernel source is available. Having the OS available for rebuild opens up even more possibilities.

Kernel != ROM. I don't disagree that having the open source gives us something, but it's not the end all be all like the guy I quoted thinks it is.

The reason that custom roms are needed is because either the features that said custom roms give are not available (like the captivate), or the performance is not up to spec.

I would say at this point, we don't even know what the hell we want from the tablet, let alone what we would add to it.

I Believe that you don`t have a Samsung Galaxy S Phone....

Custom roms gave me:
- Lag Fix
- Three time more battery time
- Increased Speed
- Better home program

I could go on and on telling each of the new features, but I can resume it:

Custom rom gave a new and better phone. A Galaxy S working as it should!

I had a captivate. You are talking about custom kernels, which already exist.

Still waiting for a reason.

We have OC, we don't need a lag fix because we don't have the retarded RFS filesystem. The home program(I assume you mean launcher) can already be replaced.

 

[lesjaw]

Kernel != ROM. I don't disagree that having the open source gives us something, but it's not the end all be all like the guy I quoted thinks it is.

The reason that custom roms are needed is because either the features that said custom roms give are not available (like the captivate), or the performance is not up to spec.

I would say at this point, we don't even know what the hell we want from the tablet, let alone what we would add to it.




I had a captivate. You are talking about custom kernels, which already exist.

Still waiting for a reason.

We have OC, we don't need a lag fix because we don't have the retarded RFS filesystem. The home program(I assume you mean launcher) can already be replaced.

one thing for sure for me, wpa_supplicant..

we can't mod it .. I need it to play ar.drone with my xoom