With the introduction of Lollipop 5.1 dual sim now has native Android support.
Up until now different manufacturers implemented this function in their own way. I've had other dual sim (DS) phones that had different ports of CM but the DS function never worked on them. Always just one sim card!
I'm just wondering if in the future we will have CM versions that can be ported and support DS without issue, and how close is that future away?
It is possible (but unlikely) that we could see a future official Samsung firmware of 5.1 for our device that uses the now native DS support instead of their own version of it.
This would make porting a CM firmware with native DS support much easier I'd imagine.
Any thoughts people?
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Since now we know MS will not be supporting older devices for wp8 upgrde, is it possible that a custom rom be made to run on older devices?
I dont think so, sadly. because windows phone 8 will be configured for at least dual core i suspect, only rom we might get is a tango like rom (think lumia 610) not capable of running all apps.
Theelichtje said:
I dont think so, sadly. because windows phone 8 will be configured for at least dual core i suspect, only rom we might get is a tango like rom (think lumia 610) not capable of running all apps.
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so its not possible at all?
It was announced yesterday so i suggest you wait for leaked roms so that devs can take a look.. sit tight.. no one can anwser you for sure what will happen in the future.. for me i'll get a new phone anyway
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Not sure yet! The rom is not available still so we can't be sure of anything....once it releases lets just hope the DFT team releases a rom
hope it can be ported over. just like how they ported wp7 to Hd2
i dont see why it cant be ported. unless the bare minimum is dual core. but I doubt they let go of the cheaper market. with that being said i believe we will see a port to the htc devices like the hd7 because it actually has a sd slot.
the cpu support would be the largest of our problems. drivers are what windows is know for. a newer kernal without the correct drivers may leave us stranded on 7.8 but not tango. our devices are on parr with newer genration wp7 but lack camera features. so EXPECT 7.8!
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i dont see why it cant be ported. unless the bare minimum is dual core. but I doubt they let go of the cheaper market. with that being said i believe we will see a port to the htc devices like the hd7 because it actually has a sd slot.
the cpu support would be the largest of our problems. drivers are what windows is know for. a newer kernal without the correct drivers may leave us stranded on 7.8 but not tango. our devices are on parr with newer genration wp7 but lack camera features. so EXPECT 7.8!
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wp8 runs on scalable cpu architecture. means the 2nd core can be switched off.
so Theorertically it runs on single core if no heavy load is present
Earlier this year dual SIM support was added to cm: https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_frameworks_opt_telephony-msim
Is there anyone working on this for omni? What is the challenge integrating it into the omni tree? Does it require a lot of modification of frameworks and telephony?
aguaz said:
Earlier this year dual SIM support was added to cm: https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_frameworks_opt_telephony-msim
Is there anyone working on this for omni? What is the challenge integrating it into the omni tree? Does it require a lot of modification of frameworks and telephony?
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It's a massive amount of effort that has a high risk of breaking things, and 0 devices currently supported by Omni use it.
The only devices anyone is working on that might benefit from this are Moto G (and most of its maintainers just don't have the time for it and also don't have XT1033 variants) and possibly Oppo R819 - but R819 has all sorts of other issues.
That does not sound too motivating.
On Google I/O a dual SIM Android One phone was shown. Hopefully that means AOSP L/One will come with native Dual SIM support.
Entropy512 said:
It's a massive amount of effort that has a high risk of breaking things, and 0 devices currently supported by Omni use it.
The only devices anyone is working on that might benefit from this are Moto G (and most of its maintainers just don't have the time for it and also don't have XT1033 variants) and possibly Oppo R819 - but R819 has all sorts of other issues.
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i don't know whether you still are on this thing or not. But today i saw this post in the ages. I have dual sim device XT1033. Well still omni is avaliable for single sim devices or did it changed for good. something for dual sim ??
Android 6.0 has a feature which lets you use the external microSD card as internal storage. Does anyone know based on the leaked releases for other variants if this feature will be supported by Samsung?
According to this article, no.
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016...-wont-support-android-6-0s-adoptable-storage/
I know it's about the S7, but I doubt they add a feature to the older models and not the newer ones.
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Nope. Who knows though in the future if someone can figure out how to enable/disable for those that want to use it.
I'm a engineer for fun, and after I found out T-Mobile will be merging with Sprint, I decided to upgrade from my GSIII to a Note5 based on modability, compatibility, and my repair skills being sufficient enough to maintain it long-term.
But, I wanna know from you guys which model is the best overall in your opinion (Specifically thinking of GSM network compatibility and ROM availability) and what is the best performing ROM for that model in your opinion?
(I also hope to use a GearVR headset I got free from a relative, so bonus points for native ROM compatibility with that, but it's not mandatory.)
The international models (SM-N920G/C) getting all attention and the stock rom is the most powerful/stable, but u can try other roms and the rest will be at your discretion
Hello. I am thinking of getting a Note 9 as my daily driver for the next several years, but I am a bit confused because of the many variants available. I want to use this thing for as long as I can, and modding is quite important to me on Android, so I want to ensure that the device variant I get will be most supported by 3rd party developers writing custom ROMs and other modifications. I am coming from a Xperia Z3, of which there are at least two main variants, and only the main single-sim variant (D6603) has had (and has) the most attention by developers, so this is where my concern is coming from.
On the forum the general line seems to be that if you want to do modding, then the Exynos devices are the way to go. I am buying from Europe so that is not an issue, but even then there are versions with 6GB or 8GB of RAM, and those come in single sim (N960F) and dual sim (N960F/DS) variants. I am reading that all variants are technically dual sim, so that probably also means that any custom software will be compatible with both variants, but I am most concerned about the difference between 6GB and 8GB devices. I am most interested in the 6GB variant, but I wonder wether one has been more supported than the other in existing custom ROMs and mods, and if there are any indications of that happening when future versions of Android will be ported over to the Note 9.
I would also like to know if the dual sim variants can mount two sim cards in addition to the MicroSD card, or if you necessarily have to swap one sim card to use the MicroSD.
Thank you
@omarelhajj97 there is no difference between the 6GB and 8GB models other than the obvious 128/512GB storage and 6/8GB RAM thing. Both versions have exactly the same firmware. If you want future proofing - get the 8GB model like I did
About your other question if you can use both sim cards and a microsd - by default no, you choose either 2 sims or 1 sim and 1 sd. But thanks to the following method you can use 2 sims + sd: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-9/themes/xposed-unlock-dual-sim-sd-card-t4085559
My advice would be against rooting the Note9 when you get it. It will be on the latest Android 10 OneUI 2.1 version which won't be outdated at least 2 years from now. And if you want customization try the official app GoodLock (since you're in Europe, get NiceLock or FineLock from play store and download and install GoodLock modules manually from apkmirror).
I am with @koragg97 on this one. Even if you leave your Note 9 running Pie with all the latest security updates, you have a excellent android experience. Rooting your device voids the warranty and you will loosing access to the Secure Folder and S Health
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I am with @koragg97 on this one. Even if you leave your Note 9 running Pie with all the latest security updates, you have a excellent android experience. Rooting your device voids the warranty and you will loosing access to the Secure Folder and S Health
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Secure folder and shealth can be patched though.
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Secure folder and shealth can be patched though.
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Rooting android these days are only beneficial to developers, who require Admin access to the entire directory of android. For everyday users modern releases of android right out the box is perfectly fine.
iceepyon said:
Rooting android these days are only beneficial to developers, who require Admin access to the entire directory of android. For everyday users modern releases of android right out the box is perfectly fine.
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I think rooting is still worth it. For example I need the stock call recorder which you can't get without root on EU model and any other recording apps are nothing compared to the stock one. Also I like how Dr.Ketan provides quite some optimizations for his custom rom and I've always used his roms both on N8 and N9.
There are some great reliable developers here in xda imo.
xchatter said:
I think rooting is still worth it. For example I need the stock call recorder which you can't get without root on EU model and any other recording apps are nothing compared to the stock one. Also I like how Dr.Ketan provides quite some optimizations for his custom rom and I've always used his roms both on N8 and N9.
There are some great reliable developers here in xda imo.
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The first reason I root my phone within 2 weeks after I bought it was to get rid of ugly stock look. Just looking at the status bar is enough to make my eyes sore. Samsung never change it, just with android 9 they allow us to move the clock to the right, but that's all about it.
At the end everyone on each own. We have different views when we see things. Just because I think something is ugly doesn't means it is for others.