Guest dodgetimmy Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 To vent my frustration: Thanks ZTE for not releasing the libs for the crescent. Because of this there's no front camera support for any of the ICS/JB roms on here. I would love to try different ones out like most of you fellow "tweakers" but can't as I regularly need use of the front camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Typhus_ Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 Nor flash... Blah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PsYcHoKiLLa Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 Yup, that's why they're cheap. If you want a good chance of any new rom either buy the new LG Nexus 4 or one of the Samsung phones. Any manufacturer actually linked to Google is a safe bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gbosh Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 Samsung is only good for custom roms if they are NOT running an Exynos processor because development for it is a pain as you can read here https://plus.google.com/app/basic/stream/z12iiphp5kvsur0ap04cjzuinuytzv14dkw0k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dodgetimmy Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 Looks like Sony is more promising than Samsung at the moment. Problem is, if I were to spend that kind of money on a phone I wouldn't touch custom roms, at least for a long time. So really what is the best phone at the moment for those wanting a cheap price but decent development? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest OuahOuah Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 Maybe Wiko ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest omegavesko Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 Looks like Sony is more promising than Samsung at the moment. Problem is, if I were to spend that kind of money on a phone I wouldn't touch custom roms, at least for a long time. So really what is the best phone at the moment for those wanting a cheap price but decent development? A Galaxy Nexus or Nexus 4, definitely. Sony also has great developer support, but their phones are far from cheap. Samsung also has good developer support, but only if you buy the Qualcomm variant of their devices. Stay away from Exynos SoCs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PsYcHoKiLLa Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_4_8gb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dodgetimmy Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 None are really in my budget at the moment so I'll have to make do with being 2 generations behind, stream powered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest scuzzbucket Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 You can pick up Xperia S for under £170 if you look about. 2011 Xperia phones like the Arc S have pretty active development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dodgetimmy Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 Just for you experts out there. Is it at all possible for a dev to create front camera/flash support without the libs? Daz put on his cm7 build page that the camera would be "difficult"to get working, but now it seems out of the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PsYcHoKiLLa Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 Well, put it this way, it's like you plugging a mouse or video card into your pc and Windows not being able to find any drivers for it at all so you just can't use it. Same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gbosh Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 Flash maybr, if someone skilled gets it to work on the skate, front camera: forget about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest De@n Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 You can pick up Xperia S for under £170 if you look about. Phones4u are selling them for that price :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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