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We've known that Cupcake has been floating around in dev circles for months now, but it's been clear as mud how the Open Handset Alliance plans to incorporate all of the lovely features it brings into Android's trunk, how Android will be versioned going forward, and in general, how the group plans to present a unified front to developers, manufacturers, and end users. That all gets a little clearer today with the official unveiling of Android 1.5 that fully incorporates the Cupcake branch, and -- perhaps much more importantly -- a home screen framework for developing widgets and populating live folders with whatever content you can dream up. There's no word on exactly how 1.5 will come to existing Android handsets in the field, but as far as we can tell, there's nothing listed in the changelog that would prevent current hardware from taking full advantage -- and the OHA is going to be releasing a series of articles about new-to-1.5 features in the coming weeks to help devs "prepare your applications for the release of Android 1.5 on phones." Sounds encouraging, doesn't it?
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/04/getting-ready-for-android-15.html
Devs should start working on widgets now :]]

bumpppp nobody cares?

Sounds good. Hopefully thisll help haykuro with his custom G builds

That is good news, should mean the 'cupcake' update will finally arrive. Anyone know if JF will be back on for this?

johnnylicious said:
bumpppp nobody cares?
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Oh I most certainly care and thanks for the information. I have been reviewing the information on updates and there do not seem to be too many surprises. It should be noted that this is a early preview of 1.5 not the final release. Final release of 1.5 is scheduled for the end of April which suggests G1 will not get an update till May.
A widget API is welcome. I can think of uses for the speech input intent as well though I am not terribly impressed with the speech search reliability. Until I have had a chance to review the docs and the upcoming articles though I do not really know what the other improvements bring to the table.
We are in an exciting time for android though. Cheers.

JanetPanic said:
Oh I most certainly care and thanks for the information. I have been reviewing the information on updates and there do not seem to be too many surprises. It should be noted that this is a early preview of 1.5 not the final release. Final release of 1.5 is scheduled for the end of April which suggests G1 will not get an update till March.
A widget API is welcome. I can think of uses for the speech input intent as well though I am not terribly impressed with the speech search reliability. Until I have had a chance to review the docs and the upcoming articles though I do not really know what the other improvements bring to the table.
We are in an exciting time for android though. Cheers.
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i hoped u ment may ;p

Smokuevo said:
i hoped u ment may ;p
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Such is the awesomeness of android, it will fold time and space back on itself so it can update ahead of the iphone 3.0 announcement!

majatt said:
Such is the awesomeness of android, it will fold time and space back on itself so it can update ahead of the iphone 3.0 announcement!
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LOL.... was not a good idea reading this in class.
Does this mean we can expect something similar to the RC33 from JF with the new updates implemented?
or is it all done in Hykuro's 5.01G release?

Eh, already running a form of 1.5. Also I have been excited android keeps getting better and better.

Smokuevo said:
i hoped u ment may ;p
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Oops, yes. May.

Finally
Time to finally get to work on adding video to my snapphoto pro app. FINALLY I can stop getting the
"Hey you should work on a video recording app" emails

Excuse my grammer, practicing withs the soft keys.

Bratag said:
Time to finally get to work on adding video to my snapphoto pro app. FINALLY I can stop getting the
"Hey you should work on a video recording app" emails
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YES... your app will be better than google's

calendar access
I hope the final release will allow access to the Calendar. The content providers have no implementation yet. . .

Bratag said:
Time to finally get to work on adding video to my snapphoto pro app. FINALLY I can stop getting the
"Hey you should work on a video recording app" emails
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hahahaha! I bet you get hundreds of those! Love your camera app. btw...

Anyone get it working? I must have done something wrong, when I try to run it, I just get a dos box pop up for a second then go away.

CBowley said:
Eh, already running a form of 1.5. Also I have been excited android keeps getting better and better.
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This story isn't about running it, they released the SDK, so devs can start making apps for all the other goodies that cupcake includes(like customized home screen widgets)

Minker17 said:
Anyone get it working? I must have done something wrong, when I try to run it, I just get a dos box pop up for a second then go away.
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Try to run what? This is the sdk, you put it on your machine and then use eclipse(or whatever other java compiler) with it to write apps/widgets...

Any way to rip the ROM off the SDK?

I guess I thought I could run the emulator like in the other SDK?

Adobe STOPS further development for Mobile browsers! Only HTML 5 from now on...

I don't like it.
Damn...
Source:
blog.gsmarena.com/adobe-stops-development-on-flash-player-for-mobile-browsers-focuses-on-html5/
What bad is it gonna effect our GSII?

ithehappy said:
What bad is it gonna effect our GSII?
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Bad? Nothing. We still have flash, it's not going away. This is a good thing, flash sucks and it's good that it's being replaced by html5.
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That's a good thing - all we need is HTML5 .

This is BS. Don't get me wrong, I hate flash, and I know HTML5 is much better. Now try and convince the content providers. They'll be hanging onto their DRM-capable flash if only to restrict content to desktops without paying extra to view on mobile (unless of course you're using my flash hack to make your phone think its a desktop
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Seriously Adobe, Google has just finally turned honeycomb into a "finished product" with ICS and now just as things are getting going you're going to pull the plug? For better or worse, flash is easily one of the best features of android. Someone over at Adobe needs to quit huffing gasoline...

Adobe is stopping mobile developement only. Desktop browser will still have flash videos.
The whole point of having flash on mobile is to be as close as possible to a desktop experience. If this is true, you will not be able to watch videos on sites that did not convert to html5
I think this is really a bad news for sgs2 users. With ics coming in 2012, we may not have flash support anymore

In the grand scheme of things, this will have a negligible effect for the end-user and really just shifts the onus on the browser providers to ensure they keep up to HTML5 etc standard.
I'm sure Adobe et al. will be migrating/developing content to help push HTML5 forward as it is moving at a snails pace. This is a good thing for all.

=\ shyt
Sent From In between Your Moms Boobies

Bout damn time flash was abandoned as the Gold standard. Even on a PC its a resource hungry POS.

Hi, I have foun this comment on Engadgets article, might be helpfull:
OverDriven 15 minutes ago
To all the little nooblets on Engadget (which appears to be 99% of you, judging from the comments), this simply means that they will no longer focus on displaying Flash IN THE BROWSER. AIR stands for Adobe Integrated Runtime, and it is a Flash runtime environment. In other words, it's purpose is to run Flash applications on the desktop (or as an app). Adobe simply is moving from primarily in-browser to primarily out-of-browser, which is a step up for them. Running Flash apps in a browser on a smart phone never made any sense at all in the first place. It's main use in browser is for video, and HTML5 can take care of that. "Laying down their sword", as Engadget refers to it, is not at all what they're doing. They're making a strategic move to increase their presence on mobile devices via AIR.
Also (and I get tired of saying this), if you are "anti-flash" then you're undoubtedly uneducated on the ins and outs of HTML5 and Flash. They are different tools for different jobs. Do us all a favor and educate yourself before you decide to log on to the next tech blog and act like you know what you're talking about.

FutureClimax said:
Hi, I have foun this comment on Engadgets article, might be helpfull:
OverDriven 15 minutes ago
To all the little nooblets on Engadget (which appears to be 99% of you, judging from the comments), this simply means that they will no longer focus on displaying Flash IN THE BROWSER. AIR stands for Adobe Integrated Runtime, and it is a Flash runtime environment. In other words, it's purpose is to run Flash applications on the desktop (or as an app). Adobe simply is moving from primarily in-browser to primarily out-of-browser, which is a step up for them. Running Flash apps in a browser on a smart phone never made any sense at all in the first place. It's main use in browser is for video, and HTML5 can take care of that. "Laying down their sword", as Engadget refers to it, is not at all what they're doing. They're making a strategic move to increase their presence on mobile devices via AIR.
Also (and I get tired of saying this), if you are "anti-flash" then you're undoubtedly uneducated on the ins and outs of HTML5 and Flash. They are different tools for different jobs. Do us all a favor and educate yourself before you decide to log on to the next tech blog and act like you know what you're talking about.
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While I agree with your take on what Adobe is doing. It doesn't take a tech educated person to see CPU/Memory load while using flash on either Desktop or Mobile, is far more inflated than while using HTML5

The full post is from him.
Comment about "non educated" belongs to him as well.
Just to clear ;-)
I agree that flash is resource hungry but it looks like its gonna changed little bit. I personally don't use flash on mobile at all.

I'm kinda happy in some ways.
First I've gotten sick of updating flash plug in as well as activex on the desktops.
I wasn't going to play drm videos on phones/tablets and those will have its own apps anyway.
And finally it brings clarity to me on what I'll get for a tablet.

As people start to head towards using there phones and or tablets for browsing content on the web more than ever I don't think losing flash will be an issue for us, for the simple reason that Apple are still the big guns in the mobile and tablet sectors. And as they will never support flash and are fully behind HTML 5 I'm sure the content providers will follow suit.

compuw22c said:
This is BS. Don't get me wrong, I hate flash, and I know HTML5 is much better. Now try and convince the content providers. They'll be hanging onto their DRM-capable flash if only to restrict content to desktops without paying extra to view on mobile (unless of course you're using my flash hack to make your phone think its a desktop
)
Seriously Adobe, Google has just finally turned honeycomb into a "finished product" with ICS and now just as things are getting going you're going to pull the plug? For better or worse, flash is easily one of the best features of android. Someone over at Adobe needs to quit huffing gasoline...
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QFT! no one seems to understand that very little of the internet uses HTML5. flash is still standard, and it will take forever to get everyone off it. in the meantime, adobe had made sure that no "mobile" device can have full "desktop" capabilities for a long time.
flash has exponentially more usage than HTML5. fact. taking away flash means a large portion of the internet is inaccessible. this takes away from the overall capabilities of android, and ANY other flash capable OS.
i know many people who wouldn't even buy an android device until flash was released, because it was integral to make most websites work. this is still true. how do you people not see that?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1339722

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I'll start !
No more Adobe Flash-Player for Android >=4.1.
Tho I like that decision, it might suck for some people that visit websites which use alot of Flash.

amokkx said:
I'll start !
No more Adobe Flash-Player for Android >=4.1.
Tho I like that decision, it might suck for some people that visit websites which use alot of Flash.
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Not a problem for me, but yeah, some will not like that too much....
I guess it's pretty stupid to make it incompatible. Why cannot they just leave it put by default and let it work with other browsers of the user chooses to download it from Play?
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Chrome as a default browser is GREAT.
They'll definitely put a lot of effort to it and make it even better with shorter release cycles and so forth.
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Jelly Bean source comes out in July.

Had someone with a Nexus that already had JellyBean on it and he gave me a demonstration of "Google Now". Never was that interested in the whole Siri thing but I have to say I was damned impressed. And now I know how tall Mt. Everest is too!

Very, VERY Excited for Jellybean. I used to have a nexus and literally sold it 2 days before jellybean came out for it (AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY) but I am content for now with ice cream sandwich. Jellybean is really nice, my friend has my old nexus and let me try out all of the new features, our phone is still faster though.

GerBBAR14_c said:
[...] I guess it's pretty stupid to make it incompatible. Why cannot they just leave it put by default and let it work with other browsers of the user chooses to download it from Play?
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My guess is, that Google will implement Flash into Chrome, maybe even as a system-app.
Google said that they'll support and keep developing Flash for Chrome(Linux-Version)

amokkx said:
I'll start !
No more Adobe Flash-Player for Android >=4.1.
Tho I like that decision, it might suck for some people that visit websites which use alot of Flash.
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is that really gonna to happen? so what will happen when we visit sites that have flash (which many do)?
sounds like android wants to become IOS?

Based on the little material I have read
4.1 Change log
.chrome as default
.adobe flash removed
.Smoother ui (butter)
.secure face unlock
.scrollable notifications
.disable notifications feature.
.google voice search/now (Replace search button)siri
.improved home screen customization
.google play content update.
.NFC update.
Correct me if I'm wrong or missed something
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mythek88 said:
is that really gonna to happen? so what will happen when we visit sites that have flash (which many do)?
sounds like android wants to become IOS?
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As I understood it, Adobe will leave the app in the store, they just won't optimize/develop it any further. And as I said in my earlier post, Google will keep developing Flash Player for Linux as a plugin for Chrome. So my guess is, that they will implement it in their Chrome-App.
Flash always sucked in perfomance and had security issues all the way. HTML5 is the way to go. We just gotta hope that more and more websites will support HTML5 instead of lame Flash Player.

mythek88 said:
is that really gonna to happen? so what will happen when we visit sites that have flash (which many do)?
sounds like android wants to become IOS?
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Maybe flash is just integrated

Flash player is going to go away in the future anyways, it's all going towards html5. You're going to start seeing more html5 and less flash on the internet.

xxquicksh0txx said:
Flash player is going to go away in the future anyways, it's all going towards html5. You're going to start seeing more html5 and less flash on the internet.
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I agree, Adobe decided to kill flash. Google has no reason to keep flash alive. Don't you think Chrome would already support Flash if they were going to?

whozilla said:
Based on the little material I have read
4.1 Change log
.chrome as default
.adobe flash removed
.Smoother ui (butter)
.secure face unlock
.scrollable notifications
.disable notifications feature.
.google voice search/now (Replace search button)siri
.improved home screen customization
.google play content update.
.NFC update.
Correct me if I'm wrong or missed something
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You missed google ears. If you ask what is it? Is widget like shazam, find title of music and search in google music

amokkx said:
As I understood it, Adobe will leave the app in the store, they just won't optimize/develop it any further. And as I said in my earlier post, Google will keep developing Flash Player for Linux as a plugin for Chrome. So my guess is, that they will implement it in their Chrome-App.
Flash always sucked in perfomance and had security issues all the way. HTML5 is the way to go. We just gotta hope that more and more websites will support HTML5 instead of lame Flash Player.
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thanks for the information, i feel more relieved

Ahh the long months before we get a glimpse of Jelly Bean on our device...

So how is this going to work?
The JB source will be released in July, right? Can modders start building full, working ROM's after that or do they need something more? What? Do we need something from HTC?
The system dump or anythin' like that isn't enough for a fully working ROM, AFAIK - right?
Dunno about making ROM's like... anything
Thanks for everyone who dedicate their time for this!!

GerBBAR14_c said:
So how is this going to work?
The JB source will be released in July, right? Can modders start building full, working ROM's after that or do they need something more? What? Do we need something from HTC?
The system dump or anythin' like that isn't enough for a fully working ROM, AFAIK - right?
Dunno about making ROM's like... anything
Thanks for everyone who dedicate their time for this!!
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the jb developer kit is already available for download from google, the ota updates will begin for the nexus line in july. The ability to create a aosp rom is already available. I believe we already have some devs working on a kernel.

Sorry if this is a stupid question, I am new to the One S picture. The Ville will be getting JB, correct? I'm guessing it is, but just a matter of when.

Adobe to discontinue supporting Flash on Android 4.1

Adobe to discontinue supporting Flash on Android 4.1
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In February this year, Adobe announced that it will no longer develop further versions of its Flash Player for mobile browsers, and said that the beta version of Chrome for Android will no longer be supported. However, the company added that its Flash Player will continue to run on the stock Android browser. Today, Adobe is announcing that there will be no certified implementations of Flash Player on Android 4.1 a.k.a. Jelly Bean. Adobe added that beginning August 15, it will stop new installations of Flash from Google Play. However, security updates and other vital patches will continue for its existing Flash users.
Adobe added that the easiest way to ensure ongoing access to Flash Player on Android 4.0 and previous versions of the platform is to use certified devices that have Flash Player installed on them by the manufacturer. Android users running uncertified Android 4.0 or earlier devices will have until August 15 to get the Flash Player. “If a device is upgraded from Android 4.0 to Android 4.1, the current version of Flash Player may exhibit unpredictable behavior, as it is not certified for use with Android 4.1. Future updates to Flash Player will not work. We recommend uninstalling Flash Player on devices which have been upgraded to Android 4.1,” Adobe added.
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Source: http://www.ubergizmo.com
WOW Any thoughts on this?

I think it's unfortunate, but if they don't see the point then what can ya do.
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They are just mad about the lawsuit.

j0hnh0lmes said:
They are just mad about the lawsuit.
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???? are you confusing Flash with Java?

Its a shame. I use flash all the time when watching videos or streams on the go and hoped to see it get better in terms of optimization. I guess you can still just download the apk off somewhere and run it though unless im mistaken.

RobBull69 said:
???? are you confusing Flash with Java?
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*face palm* yea sorry.

Sad, let's see what html5 can do for us.
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This action kinda proves Apple right. They dropped flash support a while ago.

That's one of only views where I actually agreed with Steve Jobs. Flash is an incredibly archaic program that slows browsing. I remember when I upgraded from Eclair to Froyo that most of the OS was much faster, but web browsing became a lot slower due to all the flash ads loading. I'm running JB on my Xoom and do have Flash installed because some sites have not made the switch, but I prefer site that favor HTML5. The writing has been on the wall for some time. Adobe had poor earnings and laid off some people and diverted resources from Flash to HTML5. Google releases Chrome for mobile devices without Flash support. Also, virtually every flash update for Android for the past 9 months or so has been a security fix and had nothing to do with improving performance.

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This action kinda proves Apple right. They dropped flash support a while ago.
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A bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy, that. Apple's market share was such that they could, and did, change the playing field. If you're a web site owner who wants to attract mobile views, and over half your mobile target audience doesn't have Flash, it's pretty dumb to have your site rely on Flash. And with web site designers having a large incentive not to use Flash, and with a viable alternative now at hand, it doesn't make much sense for Adobe to keep putting resources into it, either. It's been clear for a long time that Flash was on its way out; the only question was how it would take to make it official.
Having video support built-in to the browser is clearly superior to the plug-in solution that Flash had to use. Still, I'm glad that we've had Flash available for these last couple of years to deal with the remaining Flash-based sites.

It is a shame there is no flash support. I installed cyanogenmod 10 preview build for galaxy s 3 and loved it until I tried to download flash player 11 and was not compatible. Restored right back to 9 which is 4.0.4 I need that flash player support. I don't know much about HTML 5 which is supposed to be the new thing.

You can still get flash through firefox I believe.
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Leapdroid - a brand new and most performing Android virtual machine

Hi All,
We have just released a new Android virtual machine, called Leapdroid, it is a Windows program that allows you to run Android Apps in Windows. Our focus has been on graphics performance. It outperforms all other players on market, such as BlueStacks, Genymotions, Andyroid, etc... it supports a lot of games, and it it is totally free, you can download it from our website:
http://www.leapdroid.com
From development point of views, we have implemented most features that Google's emulator has, such as compatible adb. Our virtual machine is the only vm that can start adb before vm starts, same as a real device, so you can get the first line of adb logcat. We have also optimized other aspects of the system.
Check it out!
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Here is a video with Leapdroid playing a few games, including a shooting game. This video demonstrates the advanced key mapping feature.

Booting Speed is really amazing
I tried using several android emulators such as B****, G*****. Tried this new one. Having not gone through intensive usage now, I am already shocked by its launching speed. Amazing! Really beats others. It is a fresh boot, not like B****'s not shutting down and faking instant boot.

I forgot to mention that our vm supports multiple instances. After installations, two android virtual machines will be created.

Has been looking around for a VM to play Minecraft. This is the only capable so far.
Thanks, Leapdroid!

How I can switch input language?
"Control + Spacebar" not working for me.

What is the Windows input method software you are using?

huisinro said:
We have just released a new Android virtual machine, called Leapdroid,...
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That looks awesome!!
One question: (You would rock some worlds with that)
Could you somehow release a version compiled for arm-thumb2 so windows-rt-JB users could finally open android apps on their first gen surface RT <3
Probably impossible, but I never give up the hope

Hi Blade,
Thanks for the nice suggestions. A thinner run-time version that can run on ARM systems is definitely our direction, but it will take quite sometime to implement. For the moment, we are focusing on developing a new generation of android virtual machine on X86 architecture. As you may have noted, current android virtual machines are still not that compatible if compared with a real android device, many apps still don't run well inside emulators. Leapdroid will lead in these aspects.

Good performance
Run very smoothly so far. Is there a way to install apps without using Google account?

outrain said:
Run very smoothly so far. Is there a way to install apps without using Google account?
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Assuming you have your APK ready:
I've found the following information on their website h t t p : / / leapdroid . com / helpcenter . html. It seems that they reply on standard adb to install programs.
I typically use apkmirror to download APKs. What kind of channel do you use?
BTW: I do not understand XDA does not let me to post web links. Maybe for safety reason....

http://www.leapdroid.com/helpcenter.html has more info
Before we enable drag/drop (which should come soon), you will have to use adb to install apk.

Adb works for me. Great work!
When can we see a Mac version?

We are working on Mac and actually Linux version too, but currently focusing on Windows.

How do I unroot or install Xposed?

You can do adb remount, then you can change system partition

I'd love to try this, but I feel very suspicious.
There's no "about" page on the Leapdroid website, so we don't know who we are giving our Google Account credentials to when we login.
Three of the comments on this thread were written by new members who signed up just after this thread was started... that's a red flag for me.

If you look at my profile, you will see I am not new, you can also google my name, will find out.
Our website will have more info soon, we are a VC funded company, located in Fremont, California. I did Android vm a few years back, also released here, please check my old posts.
We have another thread, which is here, with more comments:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/android-4-4-free-leapdroid-super-fast-t3404640
EP2008 said:
I'd love to try this, but I feel very suspicious.
There's no "about" page on the Leapdroid website, so we don't know who we are giving our Google Account credentials to when we login.
Three of the comments on this thread were written by new members who signed up just after this thread was started... that's a red flag for me.
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huisinro said:
If you look at my profile, you will see I am not new, you can also google my name, will find out.
Our website will have more info soon, we are a VC funded company, located in Fremont, California. I did Android vm a few years back, also released here, please check my old posts.
We have another thread, which is here, with more comments:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/android-4-4-free-leapdroid-super-fast-t3404640
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I appreciate the info. I'll keep an eye on this project and will reconsider installing it once more info is put up on the site.

It works really Well. Is there any thought of updating it to newer Android versions? Definitely the best Emulator I have used so far.
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