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Official Froyo Changes ((For fun))

I just thought we should all share our thoughts of what's going to change or what's getting better in the official release of froyo just to pass time..
Ill start!
I don't know how but i think it will be faster and i think they are doing some changes to the launcher.
Share!

1. Smoother graphically when changing homescreens
2. Even better memory usage
3. Minor speed tweaks to the browser to make it even faster

What'll be different from the pre-release to the official you mean?
My vote is next to nothing

Rusty! said:
What'll be different from the pre-release to the official you mean?
My vote is next to nothing
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i think there is something big and they are hiding it!

johnnie93 said:
i think there is something big and they are hiding it!
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If it were that big, they would be beta testing it. I'm assuming they are just trying to make it as solid as possible.

Neah... i think they are just patching things up for Flash. I don't think we'll see something new. Just a few bug fixes with waking up from standby, browser improvements to meet the full flash requirements and most importantly a new build number

i think they will listen to us users and enable GPU acceleration

I predict they release Gingerbread instead of Froyo

Blueman101 said:
I predict they release Gingerbread instead of Froyo
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Gingerbread will be released in 2012 when the world ends

johnnie93 said:
Gingerbread will be released in 2012 when the world ends
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I though that was when Duke Nukem Forever was supposed to be released? And Black Mesa Source? Boy 2012 is gonna be a busy end of the world.

johnnie93 said:
Gingerbread will be released in 2012 when the world ends
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On December 21st, 2012 Google will announce the biggest news in the history of mankind: the best mobile OS ever made, but its never going to be released because the world ends at midnight )

lorin.bute said:
On December 21st, 2012 Google will announce the biggest news in the history of mankind: the best mobile OS ever made, but its never going to be released because the world ends at midnight )
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Now would that be 12 midnight Eastern Standard Time? I think they'll release it at 11pm let us play with it for an hr then the supposed end will come!

lorin.bute said:
On December 21st, 2012 Google will announce the biggest news in the history of mankind: the best mobile OS ever made, but its never going to be released because the world ends at midnight )
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Im thinkin that the Mayans weren't predicting the end of the world, but the end of Apple?

No Honeycomb Source til after ICS

Has everybody noticed how this has slipped thru the cracks with all the distraction of Google I/O 2011 news?
Google I/O Google has said that the next version of Android, dubbed "Ice Cream Sandwich", will be open sourced "by the end of the year," and that it will not open source the current Android incarnation, the tablet-centric Honeycomb, before that time.
Source:
UU UU UU dot theregister.co.uk/2011/05/10/android_ice_cream_sandwich/
Andy Rubin has backtracked on making the Honeycomb source available until after it is no longer relevant (if even then). There is no promise any more of EVER getting the Honeycomb source, so it looks like the best we'll be able to do is SDK11 unless B&N updates stock to Honeycomb (don't hold your breath).

I wouldn't say Honeycomb will no longer be relevant after ICS. After all, ICS is a smart phone OS, whereas HC is designed for tablets. What I'm getting from this is that ICS is basically going to be the smartphone version of HC. Google has stated that they don't want people porting HC to smartphones. By delaying the release of source for HC until after ICS hits the shelves, Google is trying to forestall the translation of HC to phones by waiting to release HC code until it no longer makes sense to do so (beacuse there'll be no point in doing so).

dsf3g said:
I wouldn't say Honeycomb will no longer be relevant after ICS. After all, ICS is a smart phone OS, whereas HC is designed for tablets. What I'm getting from this is that ICS is basically going to be the smartphone version of HC. Google has stated that they don't want people porting HC to smartphones. By delaying the release of source for HC until after ICS hits the shelves, Google is trying to forestall the translation of HC to phones by waiting to release HC code until it no longer makes sense to do so (beacuse there'll be no point in doing so).
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Actually, from the presentation, ICS is just as much for tablets, since the UI is supposed to scale based on the device.
However, they keep saying ICS for quarter 4, which is half a year away. Frankly, i am pissed that they yanked devs around for so long HOPING we might see the code, when in reality, i have no doubt they held it back solely on the request of Moto and others, to help maintain a monopoly on HC market..

Other media reports are characterizing the discussion as Rubin saying that they will never release the Honeycomb AOSP. Yet another reason to ignore the Xoom, et al. tablets if they're going to pull this bull****.
Brilliant plan -- release a closed buggy version, refuse the community to do de-bugging work for free and then hope that it will be magically fixed by merging with the OS that originally was thought to not be up to snuff.

Google thinks that they can "merge" Honeycomb back into Ice Cream Sandwich (after they "get it right").
What I want to know is, how is Andy Rubin justifying withholding the source of an "open source" OS? And what is to keep him from doing the same thing again next year with ICS?

There are more comments over in the developer thread on this subject. I started this one first, but I don't have enough posts to start one over there (grumble, grumble). I'm slowly getting closer to being able to post there though (grin).
One school of thought over there is that the Honeycomb AOSP is a hacked up kludge "not ready for primetime" and that's why Google doesn't want it out.
While that is very likely true and (and will probably continue to be true now that 3.1 is released), that is no justification for opposing "opening" the source.
Since I expect the kludges will be "grandfathered" throughout future releases, I don't expect to ever see HC AOSP. I could be wrong, but it really doesn't matter because ICS will be out by then and everybody will be wanting to port to it.
What I'm concerned with is the "promise" of ICS being released in a timely fashion. Mr. Rubin has made earlier "promises" that have later been rescinded. I don't think he EVER wanted HC released and was just trying to "buy time" until Google I/O 2011 so that he could take the heat off with the announcement of ICS.
I hope I'm wrong, but ... fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice....

Divine_Madcat said:
However, they keep saying ICS for quarter 4, which is half a year away.
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Fiscal, or calendar? Because fiscal Q4 is July-September.

zombieflanders said:
Fiscal, or calendar? Because fiscal Q4 is July-September.
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Technically, i don't think they have said, but i have never seen any other Google release announcement refer to a fiscal quarter instead of the calendar. I would love for it to be fiscal, but that is a real pipe dream.

DM -
Tell them over in the other thread that Andy Rubin's quote was in a Q&A w/press after his keynote.

DiDGR8 said:
DM -
Tell them over in the other thread that Andy Rubin's quote was in a Q&A w/press after his keynote.
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Consider it done.

Divine_Madcat said:
Consider it done.
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Thanks (just one more post and I can get into Dev!!)

Android 4 ics

will ics come to Tab unnoficially ported? Is anyone looking into it?
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Unlikely- but possible, eventually. Do not expect anything fast, at the least, and if it does come sometime next year, it will NEVER come to the p1010

UP!
Hope the day come shortly.

It depends a lot on Google releasing the full source code of ICS. Considering that this version supports all device sizes (unlike Honeycomb) we may see the full code drop, as Google should have no fears about fragmentation anymore with this version.
On the other hand, if only partials are released, as was the case with Honeycomb, we may never see it happen or we may see it as late as winter 2012, two years after the P1000 release. Few devices still receive full attention on XDA two years after their release date and more than a year after the release of next generation devices.
I honestly like Gingerbread on the P1000. It's running fine and all functionality works well. It has a good battery life and a lot of power cramped in such a small package.
We'll have to wait and see,
C.

In other words chances are slim for an official release. I am on 2.3.7 which is a nexus s port (Boca) and very happy. The nexus s will get ICS soon so if Dizgustapatid gets his new computer we may be very lucky to see a release
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Hopefully we will see this once the source is released

What to expect from Android 4.2

Some nice features coming in
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/1...rogress-gallery-and-more-multiple-user-stuff/
Oct. 29th is not very far away!!
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Hmmm, I look forward to the official changelog. JellyBean works wonders at the moment.
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azoller1 said:
Oct. 29th is not very far away!!
Sent from my ICS LG Spectrum, Tapatalk
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Well, the 29th may be soon, but an announcement is far from an upgrade. That doesn't mean were gonna get it any time soon.

boufa said:
Well, the 29th may be soon, but an announcement is far from an upgrade. That doesn't mean were gonna get it any time soon.
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You must not understand what nexus means
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So that mean we will get another update soon. That's fast. :good:

That's why I get nexus devices they always get updated first well I don't have a nexus phone yet
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If I remember correctly, there was quite a few weeks between the announcement and the AOSP availability for ICS. Sure, Nexus gets it as soon it hits AOSP. But announcing it does not imply AOSP availability the same day.

RMerlin said:
If I remember correctly, there was quite a few weeks between the announcement and the AOSP availability for ICS. Sure, Nexus gets it as soon it hits AOSP. But announcing it does not imply AOSP availability the same day.
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Everyone knows that
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Face plant when you find the "4.2" part is more of a "42" reference in that the new LG Nexus phone is the answer to life, the universe and everything.
We'll see if it's more than the Google employee that tweeted "L.O.L" after the 29th.

BrianDigital said:
Everyone knows that
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Apparently not, as some people seem to expect Google to announce 4.2 Monday, and download it on their Nexus 7 Tuesday.

Does any one thinks that 4.1.2 and 4.2 will be same?
And more over They named 4.2 Jelly bean again, instead of Kim Lime Pie

Cant wait.
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As stated, it will only be announced later this month, but it will make a nice Christmas present though...
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you guys obviously don't understand what nexus means. at the last I/O event, they announced it JB4.1, and it went live the same day... as well as every device they gave out that day had it pre installed.
hell, i didn't even have a nexus device, but our developers in the kindle fire section had a rom ready within 12 hours.

smirkis said:
you guys obviously don't understand what nexus means. at the last I/O event, they announced it JB4.1, and it went live the same day... as well as every device they gave out that day had it pre installed.
hell, i didn't even have a nexus device, but our developers in the kindle fire section had a rom ready within 12 hours.
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That was only a preview build. AOSP released it weeks later.
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hirenvasani said:
Does any one thinks that 4.1.2 and 4.2 will be same?
And more over They named 4.2 Jelly bean again, instead of Kim Lime Pie
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Kim Lime Pie, wasn't he that Korean dictator? I don't want him anywhere near my Nexus.

smirkis said:
you guys obviously don't understand what nexus means.
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Well, everyone knows that it's that strange glowing thread of gas where Captains Picard and Kirk got to meet each other!!!
The rest is your own interpretation of events. Never had a service level agreement that shows a guaranteed release upon announcement, but it's lined up so far. It's likely that 4.2 will be available on our devices fast due to no vendor customization.

Bad news guys Oct 29th event cancelled, thanks to Hurricane Sandy
We will have to wait more

That was the highlight of the week.

OMG Life as we know it will stop and wait for the event to be re scheduled.I hope the people in the path of the storm seek shelter and be safe..
Never forget the people and there families.. Hurricanes are nothing to mess with.Being from southern florida been thru a few..

Nougat Release Date?

So who thinks Android 7.0 will be release on Monday, or sometime next week?

wont go out til end of September/October, like it does every year.

simms22 said:
wont go out til end of September/October, like it does every year.
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Pretty sure it will be August. LG has stated that the V20 will be the first Non-Nexus phone to get it, and the release date for it is the first week in September.

jmartin72 said:
Pretty sure it will be August. LG has stated that the V20 will be the first Non-Nexus phone to get it, and the release date for it is the first week in September.
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lg can post it, release it, whenever. lg doesnt make googles official hardware nor software. it will OFFICIALLY! come out when the nexus devices get released.

jmartin72 said:
So who thinks Android 7.0 will be release on Monday, or so...
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The question should be as follows:
Who knows when Android 7 will be released?
Answer: Some persons at Google.
http://www.androidauthority.com/android-7-0-update-679175/

According to leaked info from Canadian carrier Telus, Android N will release August 22nd for the 5X and 6P, not sure about the 6.

Telus was correct about the release date with marshmallow. So...

http://www.androidauthority.com/android-7-0-update-679175/