Is there a custom rom based on google pixel for our lovely nexus 6?
I see that the nexus 5 have it
Any 32-bit device claiming to have a Pixel ROM likely is using AOSP 7.1 as a base and porting over the usable 32-bit components of the Pixel ROM. In other words, it's not a Pixel ROM, even if it uses Pixel components. Porting the Pixel ROM in its entirety over to the Nexus 5 or 6 is simply not possible, due to the 5 and 6 using 32-bit processors (Snapdragon 800 and 805) which cannot read 64-bit code. For the 5X and 6P however, full ports are possible as those two devices use 64-bit processors (Snapdragon 808 and 810).
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So with both phones packing the same CPU+GPU combo, does this mean the (American) Note 4 is Android L ready, by that I mean is it ready for ART? Because if Google is packing the 805 in the N6, it should be 64 bit ready right? Can this be said about the Note 4 as well because of the identical chips?
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The 805 is 32-bit.
The Note 4 will get the Android L update sometime in the upcoming few months.
Yea thats just weird for me to understand as Google is preparing to head towards 64 bit but chose a 32 bit processor.
almost 90% of apps on desktop are 32bit, the need for 64bit is really not for standard, everyday apps. It's just the hype, guys.
There already is a Note 4 vs N6 thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/note-4-vs-nexus-6-t2906800
Please ask your question there and in the future ask your questions in the Q&A instead of the General section.
Thread closed.
I've seen a handful of messages both here and on reddit lamenting the fact that the Nexus 6 is a 32-bit device. What all of these posts have in common is a lack of information: what does 32-bit vs 64-bit actually mean for day-to-day use and what are the practical implications?
Will the lack of 64-bit turn out to be a big deal within 2 years? How?
there's no way of telling. the first 64-bit Android device is the Nexus 9 and it's too new to tell any implications for the next year, let alone two.
as far as we know, it's schrodinger's cat... until there are 64-bit phones in the market, we'll neither know, nor not know, what we actually get.
It took apple a year (since the release of 64bit on the iPhone 5) to enforce 64bit code change for all apps... So likely you won't be hearing about 64 bit android apps probably until early 2016. Even then, the adoption rate will be gradual and slow until the majority of 32 bit handsets are phased out.
Hello guys! I just had a question about the fast charging in the nexus 6. I recently flashed the Android M preview to my nexus, used it for a couple days, and then reflashed 5.1.1 back to complete stock. It got me to wondering about if the fast charge feature was software related or all hardware. Like, if I installed an AOSP rom like cyanogenmod or another one, does it affect the phones ability to fast charge? How does that work? Is that built into the chipset or is it part of the phones kernel?
Sent from my Nexus 6
Chipset. Fast charge doesn't turn on and off depending on roms or anything.
Future questions should be posted in the Q & A section.
Alright! So not software related at all? Changing the entire phones software does not affect that?
Sent from my Nexus 6
There is many things wrongfully stated here...Quick Charge aka stock nexus 6 and Qualcomm certified quick chargers are based on hardware...where as fast charge is mostly for those NOT on proper chargers with lower outputs that allow the phone to pull a higher "Mah" from said charger for quicker charging. The other thing wrong is CM and AOSP are 2 very different things...AOSP based is ROMs mostly based from google code itself where as CM uses a very heavy amount of CAF related additions as well as legacy device support from elsewhere... Also considering here..CM Inc is looking to become an "Android without google aka true AOSP"
Sent from a Desolated Nexus 6
I was wondering why there is much better support for Qualcomm Snapdragon version of Leeco smarphones than the one with Mediatek MTK?
For example check out the LineageOS (download.lineageos.org) or pixel or any other line of android's, all of them are developed for Snapdragon version. All recent versions of Android Oreo or Pie are developed and supporting Snapdragon SoC.
Can someone explain me what is the reason for such weak support in recent android versions for the case of Leeco (for example Leeco S3 X626) with MTK cpu?
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Seems like I find partially the answer in: https://www.xda-developers.com/mediatek-source-code-release-no-plans
However, I thought that android source kernel is open source so it can be compile by anyone for any SoC, I mean new source kernels has already implemented new CPUs right? Or am I wrong?
So Android 12 is apparently very lightweight and is gonna be a better OS even for older devices.
Is there any hope a custom ROM based on Android 12 for our old friend Nexus 7 (grouper) ?
With cpu cycle sucking scope storage I don't see how it can be considered lightweight.
Android 9 be a better choice. Below 9 there are more rootkit vulnerabilities.