Guest utternoob Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 Just read on G+ that devices such as Nexus One, even the Blade are having their official support for CM9/10 dropped because their hardware isn't upto the task and it involved serious code changes etc. for it to work. Needless to say, I for one am a little worried, because doesn't the blade have near enough the same hardware as our skates? Full post here: https://plus.google.com/app/plus/x/10nzhv4matvpp/?v=stream&partnerid=mgc&force=1&aid=z12mcdax2m3asrndt22pcz2wbpfzjlptf&surl=%3Fv%3Dstream%26partnerid%3Dmgc%26force%3D1&sspath=%2Fapp%2Fplus%2Fx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest razzmataz1478 Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 Blade has never been official for CM9/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest utternoob Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 Oh right. Still makes me at least wonder how long we have. Think someone mentioned our skates in the comments section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sui785 Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 Post not available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest razzmataz1478 Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 Just go through the blade cm10 thread, quite an intersecting read to be honest, what people say... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest De@n Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 The Nexus One, along with the other first generation Snapdragon devices (devices with the QSD8x50, MSM7x25, MSM7x27 and MSM7x27T SoCs), will not be supported beyond the CM 7.x (Gingerbread) branch. We’ve been holding off on finalizing this, looking for ways that we could make this work and be happy with the release. Sadly, it never panned out, and we’ve decided that it’s time to stop our efforts. The Nexus One in particular would have required a custom hboot to repartition the internal memory (which itself was limited to 512 MB, like most devices of that generation) and the proprietary libs available (from 2.3) would have required compromises in the CyanogenMod code that we are not willing to make. The wide variety of MSM7x2x(T) devices, on top of these problems, also have a complete lack of media libraries that are compatible with the new APIs introduced in ICS (video decoding and encoding, specifically). The pieces just aren’t there. Does the capability to run ICS or Jellybean exist on these devices? Yes, with enough time, effort, and hacks it can be made to work. Do we feel the experience is worth all of that? No. To measure our releases, we use the same subjective criteria as users do: “speed”, “jank”, “butter”, but also factor in user experience (UX) and other intangibles. However, beyond this is something that we can (and do) use as a ‘pass or fail’ mechanism, the Android Compatibility Test Suite. The CTS is used by device manufacturers to ensure that their changes to Android source do not break Android API, platform and other standards. This, in turn, brings stability to the Play Store for app developers. Breaking CTS would lead to a bad and inconsistent experience for app devs, which in turn would lead to a bad experience for you guys as users. If CyanogenMod was perceived to be blatantly violating CTS, developers could eventually blacklist CyanogenMod users from using their apps (or worse, Google could blacklist CyanogenMod from the Play Store altogether). No one would win by going down that path. If, in the future, a solution is found that passes CTS, we will revisit the topic. For users that are adamant about trying to run ICS and beyond, options exist. We are not going to recommend other builds however, as they are more than likely breaking CTS, and therefore our quality assurance standards as well. You can find them if you look in the usual places. -The CyanogenMod Team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest razzmataz1478 Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 It's just snobbery. The ICS experience on the Skate is great, it's a lot smoother than gingerbread. They're thinking about the Nexus One and blanking out every other msm7x2x device. (Blade skate p500 etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jtharmor Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 They have hit nail on the head......CM9 on skate was never complete on advantages that ICS had to offer over GB. Its very practical what they have said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ukgnome Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 Summing this up as, you can't nail a turd to the wall no matter how big your hammer is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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