Vanilla AOSP

[Trentoncc24]

Why are there so few vanilla aosp roms? Most aosp roms I've tried include go launcher as the main launcher. I understand go launcher may be a popular launcher, but why not just make a vanilla rom and allow the user to download the launcher of their choice? Or leave it stock if that's there choice. I'm sure there's a reason, what am I missing?

 

[mightyfacundo]

The way I understand it, every ROM has to have a launcher, so the devs have no choice here. Vanilla ICS on the Nexus, still has a "launcher", but it doesn't have a name like Go or Nova. Google just built it into the phone, so it's still a launcher. However, you can still load whichever launcher you want and use it instead of Go Launcher or Sense or any of them. And I agree with you; Go isn't my favorite, so I use ADW Launcher EX instead. Just install it, press the Home button, select the Launcher you downloaded, and check the box to make it the default. From then on, you won't even know that Go is on your phone.


Liquid just released his ICS build with almost everything working (no camcorder yet), and according to the preferences, he's using his own Launcher. I'd give this a try; it might be the closest we get to a Vanilla build. Check it out at xda.

 

[dreedy01]

Indeed, Liquid has a working AOSP ICS rom for the Thunderbolt. I've been using it for several days now and have been very satisfied with it! A few little glitches in it but nothing really major, although, I'd like to, personally, see if I can find alil better radio for it. Overall though, excellent build!! Link for it is below:

[ROM][AOSP]LiquidSmooth-ICS-v1.5-MR2[09/09/2012] - xda-developers

 

[jwerwie]

Anyone know if there will be a fix for the camcorder issue? Kind of bothering me that I can't video chat. Other than that, it's the best rom I have ever used on my Thunderbolt. Brings the device back to life!

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[recDNA]

Does your still camera work well?

 

[jwerwie]

Sorry for the delay.... I have been busy lately. The still camera seems to work well for me. No issues to report.

On a different topic. My wireless connection seems to drop when the screen is off for a while. I check my phone and notice it had been syncing for a while using 1X, which drained the battery significantly. Anyone have any suggestions?