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Old 10-20-2008, 02:16 PM
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Re: @ / to rom devs

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Originally Posted by Willis111 View Post
Hey,

I was just wondering what the point of adding things like googlemaps, .net 3.5 etc (3rd party software) into a rom is. Doesn't that just make it impossible to remove some software? I can see adding things like Java/QuickGPS (things the phone should have come with) but it seems all this other stuff is just taking up space in system memory. Shouldn't a rom be a stripped down version of the os software w/tweaks and fixes applied vs a software package which would be a package of my favorite software? Thanks for cluing me in.

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Will
Like Rstoy said it's all personal preference. I cook my own rom that's bare minimums, it has a couple programs that I know aren't being updated any time soon built in, everything else is installed later because I want to be able to upgrade it without having two copies of the program.
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