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Amidst all the threads with 4.2 bashing and complaining and websites calling 4.2 the worst since Honeycomb, I wanted to just say that 4.2 is the best version of the OS to date. I've been sole on Android since 2009 with the Droid release and had experience since eclair. A major gripe I've always had with Android is that regular reboots were required to keep the system running efficiently. Custom Roms were required to have good features. But Android has matured to the point of greatness.
I have a De-Odexed version of 4.2 with not one reboot in over 100 hours on my Nexus 7 and Ive been draining the battery to at least 10% each day. (I use it a lot Lol). This is something I would never have been able to do on any other version of the OS. It is fast, stable and very efficient.
Way to go Google... Can't wait for the next one
Don't worry, it's always the same handful of whingers. Besides them, there are millions of satisfied owners...
If there were a company in the market who had changed their business model from innovation to litigation,
and they had more cash than any other company on earth,
you would think they might be spending some of that cash throwing up FUD for their competitors.
No one says they have to play fair.
Same here, really like and enjoy 4.2.
Of course there's a couple of bugs, esp. with new features, but that's nothing unusual and they will be fixed.
On another note: would you mind telling me how and what you used to deodex 4.2?
Wanna mess around again the ROM but the tools I got barely worked on 4.0 so can't even think of using them on 4.1 or even 4.2.... :-/
Appreciated
HellcatDroid said:
Same here, really like and enjoy 4.2.
Of course there's a couple of bugs, esp. with new features, but that's nothing unusual and they will be fixed.
On another note: would you mind telling me how and what you used to deodex 4.2?
Wanna mess around again the ROM but the tools I got barely worked on 4.0 so can't even think of using them on 4.1 or even 4.2.... :-/
Appreciated
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Its the Dev section....
The system apps are deodex but not framework...
CrazyPeter said:
Don't worry, it's always the same handful of whingers. Besides them, there are millions of satisfied owners...
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Whingers you say, funnily enough in the years I've been on XDA I've not come across as many people complaining about an Android update as I have about 4.2 but if you say everyone one of these people are *whingers* then it must be true eh
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I love 4.2.
Screw December! Damn month had quite the ego.
Overall I am very happy. I am 100% stock and not rooted and I don't seem to be having any issues other than December being gone.
Can't wait for the next one!
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I just prefer 4.1.2. I just haven't been whining about it all over the forum.
The only feature that I actually used on 4.2 was the keyboard. So I downgraded back to 4.1.2 and just flashed the keyboard. And 4.1.2 performs better on my device.
wpghtc said:
I love 4.2.
Screw December! Damn month had quite the ego.
Overall I am very happy. I am 100% stock and not rooted and I don't seem to be having any issues other than December being gone.
Can't wait for the next one!
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I love it. Chrome seems light years faster.
As much as I would love to give my thanks to google for this update I can not. I've been using android since cupcake and one of the biggest fans. Eleven different devices running android over the years. I am always one of the lucky ones and don't have the issues others complain about, untill now.
I've had my n7 since launch and it is the only android I never bothered to root as it was perfect from the start and I had little use for my rooted apps. After the ota I had constant hot reboots and a somewhat flawed ui (not that's a real complaint as much of that was supposed to happen) not to mention worse battery life and slower charges.
I was forced to root, and am happy I did, alrdeay running three different custom roms and pretty impresses, much more so than googles official 4.2 update
This is the first time that in my opinon the update was worse than the previous.
So I guess I like it as it finally made me root my n7!
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I quite like 4.2 the only thing I would like added is a restart option on the power button. Have had some random reboots but its nothing major for me and as apps get updated they are getting less frequent.
I don't think I have ever bashed a release version in over 3 years of solely using droid os.
Cursed a few custom ROMs tho
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wpghtc said:
I love 4.2.
Screw December! Damn month had quite the ego.
Overall I am very happy. I am 100% stock and not rooted and I don't seem to be having any issues other than December being gone.
Can't wait for the next one!
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December isn't gone. Run the stock calendar app and you'll see it just fine. The place where it's AWOL is in the "People" app.
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demkantor said:
As much as I would love to give my thanks to google for this update I can not. I've been using android since cupcake and one of the biggest fans. Eleven different devices running android over the years. I am always one of the lucky ones and don't have the issues others complain about, untill now.
I've had my n7 since launch and it is the only android I never bothered to root as it was perfect from the start and I had little use for my rooted apps. After the ota I had constant hot reboots and a somewhat flawed ui (not that's a real complaint as much of that was supposed to happen) not to mention worse battery life and slower charges.
I was forced to root, and am happy I did, alrdeay running three different custom roms and pretty impresses, much more so than googles official 4.2 update
This is the first time that in my opinon the update was worse than the previous.
So I guess I like it as it finally made me root my n7!
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Did you perform a full wipe after updating to 4.2. If not it might have been some incompatible apps making your n7 do the reboots and other things. By the way do you have an 8 or 16 GB n7? I have 16, and haven't had a single problem after updating.
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I dont feel like saying thanks google because its their job. and on one side am happy on the other i wait for 4.2.1 to fix all the bugs ..so its balanced
I haven't had an issue with performance at all did a clean install from a image and been great.
The only thing that I find useless are the " quick settings" cause they are not quick making a five step process into a four step process is not quick
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Brian, do you use a second multi user profile?
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A full wipe doesn't help. I did one before installing 4.2. I haven't had a reboot since I uninstalled HD Widgets, but it hasn't been that long. It may not be causing the problem, but it certainly does seem to make the problem come to the forefront.
Well I have noticed that HD widgets are fine until you use a lock screen widget then all hell breaks loose.
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Brian, do you use a second multi user profile?
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Am I to assume that the update for three nex7 I'd totally different than the one for the gnex? I mean I know they are totally different devices but I have a stock 4.2 rom on my phone and it's fine. Battery life is way better than the cm Rom I was running and I haven't had any problems.
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I've never looked at the magazine before, but it has a topic called which devices will get KLP update. It's so retarded because the N4 isn't on the list but other nexus devices are.
Wow glad I have xda.
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dude... those are pure speculations... don't believe everything you read. the nexus 4 will definetly get klp or whatever the next major version of android will come.
besides you read it wrong) it says "devices that wil get klp" and then "we rounded up which devices are likely to get treted to google's shiny new os" meaning a smart guy chose some smartphones that he thinks will get klp )
And below this, there is "instruction how to get klp on your phone" and that you need to root it etc. It is not possible to get klp now, hell, klp doesn't even exist yet it's just some noob writing stupid things, and people that don't know that much about android would believe it.
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Funny how the HTC One S is in the "Maybe" category, considering HTC already said they aren't updating it to 4.2. Other devices on here that have been abandoned at 4.1 also...
Speculation like this makes me lol.
At least he could've done some investigative journalism.
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Hack only: all devices lol, considering it might not need a lot of RAM to run
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I know the n4 is getting klp, I was just pointing out how dumb they are.
How out of touch the writer's are
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Funny how the HTC One S is in the "Maybe" category, considering HTC already said they aren't updating it to 4.2. Other devices on here that have been abandoned at 4.1 also...
Speculation like this makes me lol.
At least he could've done some investigative journalism.
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I was just going to point that out about the One S.
Anyway, this list makes no sense. Even the Nexus 10 isn't there, and it's still one of the best & fastest resorts around. And of course Nexus will get it. First, hopefully, though the way the 4.3 leaks have been going I'm not so sure lol.
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Definitely a bogus mag and list...
Mag is fine for a regular user
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Some devices (like the moto x) have had rumors about it for years about EVERYTHING but we didn't know this thing existed until the day it was released.
I just find it odd but why
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It kind of was. Not down to the specifics like the Moto X, but a successor to the Nexus Q was always rumored and the H2G2-42 name was leaked in late spring.
Google just did a good job keeping the specifics in house.
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Yeah, I heard about it on the TWIT podcasts. It was always rumored to be the follow-on to the Q so nobody took it seriously.
Devices like this usually have smaller teams of hardware and software engineers that work on them so it is a lot easier to keep things under wrap.
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It was rumoured, as the chrome key, though a lot of people thought it was going to be a way to put Chrome OS on a display, not how it actually is now.
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It was rumored:
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/06/07/is-google-creating-a-35-hdmi-dongle-called-chromekey/
cammykool said:
Some devices (like the moto x) have had rumors about it for years about EVERYTHING but we didn't know this thing existed until the day it was released.
I just find it odd but why
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The DIAL protocol was talked about months in advance but not specifically the Chromecast dongle.
It also only needed WiFi certification. No Bluetooth, cell radios, nfc, etc. Which means there was less paperwork to be leaked and less people who saw the paperwork to leak it.
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It also only needed WiFi certification. No Bluetooth, cell radios, nfc, etc. Which means there was less paperwork to be leaked and less people who saw the paperwork to leak it.
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cammykool said:
Some devices (like the moto x) have had rumors about it for years about EVERYTHING but we didn't know this thing existed until the day it was released.
I just find it odd but why
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It's not that odd. The Moto X required Motorola to source parts from all over the world. Plus, it required many months of carrier testing (carriers are well known for being the biggest source for these leaks). You didn't really have this situation with the Chromecast that is pretty basic and software wise probably only required a few engineers.
Most of the leaks about phones seem to come from the screen manufacturers. Since the Chromecast has no scree there was a lesser chance of a leak.
Phone OEM's leak info all the time to create hype and get the rumor mill going. All the other considerations mentioned here before are all valid too.
This is not a high ticket ítem and with the previous experience with the Q I can imagine Googlr might have been a little hesitant to create much expectation regarding the Chromecast.
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Are any fellow Gear users slightly disappointed by the lack of new apps appearing in the official Samsung store? Like, I'd love a Spotify app that showed the name of the track/album art etc...
I know unless I can program (which I can't), it's not going to happen. It seems the update for dev's is really slow :/
I was just thinking that today. I am less impressived now that the excitement of a new device is over
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I just got the gear 2 days ago and I expected much more from sammy. Altho I should have learned my lesson getting the note 1 opening day and I was in this very same situation, awesome new device that might as be a paper weight. The few apps there are are littered with bad reviews or they are the pointless. Sucks
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samsung store has been empty since day one. i do not expect it to change anytime soon. there is still no official SDK available to developers. we can make apps for android that will work on gear by sideloading, but we can't use all of it's features..
An SDK will not come any time soon.... Only to selected partners Sammie choose...
It is Sad but it is how it is ...
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Jeshter2000 said:
An SDK will not come any time soon.... Only to selected partners Sammie choose...
It is Sad but it is how it is ...
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I love samsung products, although hate there attitude..
SDK is the last piece of the puzzle.
fOmey said:
I love samsung products, although hate there attitude..
SDK is the last piece of the puzzle.
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Considering how powerful the hardware is, Sammy should be really pushing this with an SDK. Unless they are planning to load the gear up with missile blasting codes, they should cut the secrecy and get everyone to start developing, or hang around while iWatch or Pebble 2 or Google Watch or whatever comes and takes away the advantage.
I'm sorry but has gotta be the most boring forum I ever encountered since being on XDA.
It just dead!!!! it either nobody got nothing to talk about, or the S5 has been a poor seller, all the other Galaxy forums on XDA are alot more active than this place, even the S4 one.
Or is there another reason why nobody bothering to post much these days?
Cause XDA has lost its touch. S5 is great but I have stopped development on phones like most devs have. XDA is boring. /My Opinion
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DesertHawk said:
Cause XDA has lost its touch. S5 is great but I have stopped development on phones like most devs have. XDA is boring. /My Opinion
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Maybe it's just such a great phone, easy to root, and with Xposed modules, you don't need anything else. Battery life and performance are great, the OS keeps improving.
Perhaps people are realizing that there is more to life than caring about minuscule incremental upgrades to your phone.
harry_fine said:
Maybe it's just such a great phone, easy to root, and with Xposed modules, you don't need anything else. Battery life and performance are great, the OS keeps improving.
Perhaps people are realizing that there is more to life than caring about minuscule incremental upgrades to your phone.
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+1. Last few months I don't even change ROMs. No need.
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+1
Xposed & NOVA = perfect phone
Nothing more to add. Still using stock firmware, no need to change that untill stable CM or Google Play Edition firmware will show up. Untill then it's perfect as it is with towelroot.
I can agree with all above. Rooted and Xposed. So far so good. Cyanogen or Google play edition would be nice , but until then no worries.
Xposed + wanam + TouchWiz Xposed + Nova + Google everywhere = amazing everything
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I miss the old good days of XDA
It just needs more cowbell.
My phone works as it should!
There is not much to talk about.
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I'm just learning. Being new it's a fine line to actively contribute whilst trying to avoid getting 'search forum' to everything you post.
I can say I've learned vast -- incredibly vast -- amounts in my short time here. Been anxiously waiting my first rom flash. Had to get SD card (im new to smartphones also) but then my charge flap broke so now i need to take it in for a fix. Having towelroot only, and just started tinkering with nova & themer today.
I did not want to buy the S5 to be honest but I am glad I did. Great phone with zero lags an good battery life. No complaints so far ?
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to be honest i think most of the rom devs want the gps and camera errors to be fixed, then well get aokp pa and cm
Maybe because everyone already has experience in XDA so most problems are solved
And the fact a new phone is pushed out almost every month?
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XtreStolite works perfect,really amazing rom+nova and of course xposed give me a really smooth experience and almost 3 days battery power,couldnt be happier with this phone
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It is summer so there is not as much activity.
And we have a perfect root method and there are some good custom ROMs for TW and some kernels that are very good for modding and tweaking. We got pretty much what we need until the camera and gps issues is fixed for some custom roms, there is not too much to talk about right now. So the activity is not as high. Come up with some interesting topics if you feel there is something missing in SGS5 General!
mcreego said:
I miss the old good days of XDA
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Everything is changing.. that called life...
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Especialy new(er) menbers are different these days imo, users used to search and read up and now its as they expect on demand service and satisfaction. Spoiled & lazy brats, i`d love to kick some in the ass some times