Several users at the official MYGingerbread Gaia development forum, lowyat.net, have already known that the upcoming release of latest Gaia ROM for commtiva z71 series is coming near to release date. There are several notes before the initial release, and no, there are no confirmed release date as for now. There are several tests and tweaks to ensure that the firmware will run as fluid and stable as possible.
Development Environment Changes
As of this year, I am migrating my workspace again to a new box, since I had bought a new laptop for developing where ever I can hence decreasing development time as I can develop anywhere I can. The laptop is an older model of Asus A43SJ/K43SJ mobo based system with the following specs :
- A modest Core i3 2330M @ 2.2GHz
- 4GB DDR3 RAM
- CUDA enabled Nvidia GT520M
- 64bit Windows 7 / 32bit Ubuntu 11.10
This should make my work a little faster compared to my old trusty T2300 1.6GHz laptop :)
Upcoming Changes to Gaia ROM/Firmware
There are several changes that may or may not be implemented to the upcoming release. Most unique and "stand out" update are several UI changes such as overall changes to several parts of the firmware, this will include translucent status bar and notification tab revamp. This does not just make the overall experience more pleasing, it can make the interface more less cluttered and easy to manage. Several contrast issue are also fixed to provide more readability. Roboto font from the latest Android ICS are also implemented as default, the font are proven to provide the best readability for both large and small screen phones.
As to simply put, the upcoming release will include the following (do note that some might change depend on release) :
As to simply put, the upcoming release will include the following (do note that some might change depend on release) :
- Tethering are support for both USB and WiFi (2.6.35.14 EA kernel version)
- Much more stable then the last version
- Much more detail power usage and compatibility (2.6.35.14 EA kernel version)
- Apks are zipalign to provide more memory efficient system environment
- Translucent status bar as default
- SD read ahead increase to more than 2048 (still testing to find that perfect balance)
- VM heap size will be larger, although not more then 64mb
- Tweaked Auto brightness
- Custom Launcher may or may not be use
- Overall UI changes (not in beta release if any) [may or may not be release for 1.2.0 update, maybe release in Gaia 2]
- Updated Adreno 200/205 driver and module
- New Splash (thanks terry@adroid for suggestions)
- Custom DPI tweak may or may not be implemented
- Roboto font as default
- Better hardware acceleration tweak in conjunction with new Adreno 200/205 module
- Updated su bin (update Superuser app are recommended after flash)
- Updated codec are included, fully support mx player (mx player will be a sys apk as a seperate ROM package download)
- and much more, note that features are note to change depending on final release
This release should fix and provide users that longed for stable release of Gaia Android firmware such as Wireless tethering and also keep awake wifi for streaming over wifi when display sleeps. All and all, the upcoming release will be the best that changes everything about your phone, yet :)
Thanks to all at lowyat.net community forum for feedback and suggestion, come and see the latest discussion there. Follow me on twitter @_angelictears , or click the links on the sidebar. Also be sure to donate to this project to show your appreciation.
when will it come out ? :)
ReplyDeletethe gaia 1.1.0 is having compass issue on the wrong orientation of left and right which exist in older version of cm7 kernel.
ReplyDeleteHope that you can fix it becoz this sensor issue cause the camera captured photo orientation is upside down when viewing the photo in landscape mode.