Holy Finishing Touches Batman, it's Sapphire 1.0

[captdroid]

LMAO... so BB is only noob friendly and that's what makes it so good??... oh, come on now...
To me Sapphire is more noob friendly since it gives so many tweakable settings in a noob-friendly UI...... :icon_ banana:

J/K... I have much love for both... but I surely do not share the contempt towards Pete and his BB for not being built from source....lmao

I think you are mistaken about 'contempt towards Pete'. In fact Pete recent interview said he will be building from source in the future! He is learning what he needs to know to move forward building from source. Not hacking leaked or stock ROMS.

There you go.... you are more grounded about Pete than most.... but the posts I've seen makes no mistakes about some of the contempt.

Anyways, when Pete does put out a source built BB, then perhaps he'll finally get an acorn of respect...lol:icon_eek:

Pete has and continues to receive respect from many IMO. People want what they want. Pete wants what he wants. And I believe Pete said he wants to work for Google doing Android development. Pretty good driving force to continue development of some great ROMS I would think.

CVPCS and CCROMS team currently develop some of the best source built ROMS for the DROID. I like there development approach. On the same token I have an appreciation for other devs source built ROM's. IMO source built ROM's is the future at least for phones that are not locked down and can not be flashed with custom source built ROM's.

 

[Mbk]

I think that all of the Devs here would be great assets for Google...... they have enough Billion$$... they should hire all of these talented Devs...

 

[captdroid]

I think that all of the Devs here would be great assets for Google...... they have enough Billion$$... they should hire all of these talented Devs...

lol.. my guess is that google has eyes in the skye And google obviously has quite a bit of talent in their house.

 

[YankInDaSouth]

Latest development change log now up to 1.0.1

CHANGELOG at froyo-gem from cvpcs's android_vendor_cvpcs - GitHub

Where do we find this update?

We don't. Yet. That's just the changelog of what's coming in the next release.

1.0 is my first Sapphire ROM; when this update is released do we just install it like a patch (no data/cache wipe)? Or do we need to reinstall the ROM fresh (wipe data/cache, etc)?

 

[ck3jr]

Any way of getting the navigation on this rom? Its real good to have when u travel.

Have you downloaded the Google Maps app from the market?

That got it. Thanks

 

[Tanknspank]

Latest development change log now up to 1.0.1

CHANGELOG at froyo-gem from cvpcs's android_vendor_cvpcs - GitHub

Where do we find this update?

We don't. Yet. That's just the changelog of what's coming in the next release.

1.0 is my first Sapphire ROM; when this update is released do we just install it like a patch (no data/cache wipe)? Or do we need to reinstall the ROM fresh (wipe data/cache, etc)?

It depends on if anything major has changed since the last release. If not, then no wipe, but if something major does then it would be recommended that you do. Though cvpcs always says wipe.

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[SamuriHL]

Tank you should publish your response. I nor anyone else could have said it better

Bleeding edge FTW

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Agreed. That was an excellent response. Being a software engineer myself, I appreciate the time and effort that's put into creating a source built rom. It's the approach I prefer as, like tank said, it opens up a lot of possibilities. I've had no force close issues at all since installing sapphire 1.0. My initial setup was a bit trickier than I'd like, but, only 1 other person that I know of encountered the same issue as me and we both worked through it just fine. I'm running the Droid X theme and battery life is decent. Stability, meaning apps simply working, has been awesome for me. Once you find a rom that works for you, it makes sense to stick with it. Personally, I respect all developers working on roms and themes for the Droid. The community would be a lot smaller if we only had 1 person working on custom roms and themes, and the choices available to us would also be much smaller. Let's remember that no one is making a living off customizing Droid roms and that this is a hobby for everyone doing the work. Respect for everyone putting in the time.

 

[jayman350]

Very well said Tank. What people don't seem to realize is that different roms will run differently on each and every phone.

When I first rooted I loaded up BB as my first rom. It was decent, but it never quite ran as well as I was hoping for. So I switched to Simply Stunning and was running that for a while. Then I jumped on the Team Chaos ROMs and stuck with them until TC had to disband.

I was a rom orphan. I flashed just about everything that was under the sun, SS, CM, Kangerade, UD, BB, etc, etc, etc. Most of them were good, some were not.... but I was looking for something different, something that had good themes, ran smoothly, didn't make my phone overheat, and had good support for it. I found that with Sapphire.

Sapphire may not work as well on your phone, just like a few roms out there just plain out hate my droid (UD). But that is the beauty of all of these devs out there making their own roms..... there is something for just about everyone. So thank you to ALL of the devs who pour hours of their "free" time into making something enjoyable for us.

 

[pdroid]

Like most things in life, we tend to turn things into a competition - like sports, we choose our favorite "team" (ROM/developer), we root for that team, we razz on the others. While inevitable, ultimately this attitude tends to be counterproductive and more often that not just leads to a lot of bad feelings.

The guys that are putting these ROMs together are doing it because they love the development and they have a lot of fun doing it. I stick with Sapphire because on a personal level I think the team are a group of good guys that I enjoy interacting with on IRC, I like the direction the development is headed in, I like the structure of the development team. The users of Sapphire I find to be just as friendly and helpful - whether on this forum or on IRC, I'm sure we've helped many with their problems and got them up and running with Sapphire.

I'm sure for similar reasons others use Lithium, Cyanogen, Bugless, etc. And if I were to load one of those on my phone today, I'm sure it would run just fine and I'd be happy with it.

So no need to disparage anyone - and to BB users who come here out of curiosity - there's no need to come in with a chip on your shoulder, demanding to know how Sapphire is better, etc. Just load it up and give it a try. If it doesn't suit your needs then you can stick with BB or try something else - you absolutely should run whatever works best for you, on your particular device. The one thing I would ask is that since Sapphire is a bit different from what you may be used to (particularly with gapps being a separate install), do a little bit of reading and research before trying it out. Any problems you do run into, I can assure you that myself, the other users, and the Sapphire team are happy to help.

 

[sqhhr]

Like most things in life, we tend to turn things into a competition - like sports, we choose our favorite "team" (ROM/developer), we root for that team, we razz on the others. While inevitable, ultimately this attitude tends to be counterproductive and more often that not just leads to a lot of bad feelings.

The guys that are putting these ROMs together are doing it because they love the development and they have a lot of fun doing it. I stick with Sapphire because on a personal level I think the team are a group of good guys that I enjoy interacting with on IRC, I like the direction the development is headed in, I like the structure of the development team. The users of Sapphire I find to be just as friendly and helpful - whether on this forum or on IRC, I'm sure we've helped many with their problems and got them up and running with Sapphire.

I'm sure for similar reasons others use Lithium, Cyanogen, Bugless, etc. And if I were to load one of those on my phone today, I'm sure it would run just fine and I'd be happy with it.

So no need to disparage anyone - and to BB users who come here out of curiosity - there's no need to come in with a chip on your shoulder, demanding to know how Sapphire is better, etc. Just load it up and give it a try. If it doesn't suit your needs then you can stick with BB or try something else - you absolutely should run whatever works best for you, on your particular device. The one thing I would ask is that since Sapphire is a bit different from what you may be used to (particularly with gapps being a separate install), do a little bit of reading and research before trying it out. Any problems you do run into, I can assure you that myself, the other users, and the Sapphire team are happy to help.

Very well said. Ya'll have helped me many of times. AS for your comment bout the IRC, ya'll are nuts. But that suits me perfectly.:icon_ banana: :icon_ banana: :icon_ banana:

 

[Armyof2]

I think that all of the Devs here would be great assets for Google...... they have enough Billion$$... they should hire all of these talented Devs...

lol.. my guess is that google has eyes in the skye And google obviously has quite a bit of talent in their house.

You mean eyes in the skynet :icon_eek:

 

[clairecakes]

Any chance of Sapphire updating to the v1.8 of Music Mod currently available on the Market or do I need to just suck it up and have two music players on my phone?

 

[bgill55]

Any chance of Sapphire updating to the v1.8 of Music Mod currently available on the Market or do I need to just suck it up and have two music players on my phone?

I didnt know there was a newer version. :huh: ill update incognito with it!

 

[clairecakes]

It was released back in July. Solves 99% of the bugs I've seen people mention.

But it's also available on the Market so I thought he might have had some weird licensing thing going on that wouldn't allow people to put it in their ROMs.

 

[bgill55]

It was released back in July. Solves 99% of the bugs I've seen people mention.

But it's also available on the Market so I thought he might have had some weird licensing thing going on that wouldn't allow people to put it in their ROMs.

Ill look into it thank you so much

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