Comments on: Samsung Makes Source Code Available for the Verizon Galaxy S3

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 08:57:00 +0000

Preaching to the choir, i wish all oem’s gave the option to use their modded android or stock

By: donebrasko

donebrasko — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 05:26:00 +0000

I am looking for the purest jellybean Rom with the fewest bugs.What do you guys recommend?

By: DMZMAN

DMZMAN — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 23:23:00 +0000

Why release crap for a piece of crap that people are trading out of like crazy?
The Droid Charge turned out to be an abortion after the subsequent Gingerbread updates beyond the initial one of 12/3/11 that that phone’s processor couldn’t handle. I went through SIX of them in 14 months.

As Elmer Fudd would have said, “Good Widdance Ta Bad Wubbish!”

Now a happy S3 owner for 3 months.

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 22:06:00 +0000

Liquid Smooth 4.2.1 Beta 1

By: S2556

S2556 — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 21:47:00 +0000

Verizon is the cause not samsung.
My GS3s source code was released within the first week of the release. The only one that wasnt was verizons. I’m glad they finally did though

By: Nicholassss

Nicholassss — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 21:06:00 +0000

Waiting for pure android on my note 2

By: Zac St. Louis

Zac St. Louis — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 20:36:00 +0000

this is such BS!! Why do they release the source code for the gs3 their number 1 smartphone but they won’t release crap for the droid charge?!? I hate gingerbread now that my tablets running JB…

By: Damon C. Walden

Damon C. Walden — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 20:24:00 +0000

All of the TW specific features rely on the TWFramework.res file. The only way to implement them in a non TW romm is to remove the dependancies on that file which is not a simple or quick task. The only time I’ve seen it done was around a year ago TeamSbrissenmod managed to pull the TW camera on the fascinate and Male or work in their AOSP rom. I quotient hold my breath for any of the more involved features to get ported.

By: munir

munir — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 19:58:00 +0000

as was said earlier, TW is still closed source, so don’t expect TW-features to be brought over to AOSP-based roms like CM or AOKP. However, I wonder if this will help sort out the camera issues that developers have been facing?

Also, can someone recommend a stable 4.2.1 rom for the vzw s3? Everything I’ve seen seems to have an issue ranging from no data, GPS not working, camera not working, etc. The three I listed are dealbreakers, so I’ve stuck to 4.1.2, but if you have a recommendation, I’d love to hear it.

By: Adrynalyne

Adrynalyne — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 19:57:00 +0000

Kernel source yes. The rest, not so much. Some will certainly help, but none of it is for Touchwiz source.

By: JohnPA2006

JohnPA2006 — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 19:49:00 +0000

I would love the Nexus style “pure android” interface for my S3.
I can live without TouchWiz.

By: s

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 19:44:00 +0000

Don’t we need those for proper AOSP implementation?

By: TheDrunkenClam

TheDrunkenClam — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 19:07:00 +0000

Will this help them bake in missing features such as photosphere?

By: erismaster

erismaster — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 19:06:00 +0000

That’d be nice if the vibrate could be fixed in aosp now.

By: Adrynalyne

Adrynalyne — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 19:06:00 +0000

Not uh. Touchwiz is very much closed source. The source code they released consists of kernel source code and various stock components that they modified to their needs and requires release per GPL. Those components have no bearing or concern to most people.