I am following the experimental CM 11 and the Lollipop threads, but they have lots of things that are not working yet. I am also wondering why AOSP development is not ready for users. Since the Z3 is a minor update to the Z2, shouldn't porting AOSP roms from the Z2 to the Z3 be simple? What needs to happen for us to have AOSP roms good enough for daily use?
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I am following the experimental CM 11 and the Lollipop threads, but they have lots of things that are not working yet. I am also wondering why AOSP development is not ready for users. Since the Z3 is a minor update to the Z2, shouldn't porting AOSP roms from the Z2 to the Z3 be simple? What needs to happen for us to have AOSP roms good enough for daily use?
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Diferent kernel, camera and other things protected with DRM keys. Many things need to rewrite, build from source, drivers.
And no one want to put effort in kitkat aosp, everyone wait for lollipop firmware from sony and cm, to build nice rom.
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Diferent kernel, camera and other things protected with DRM keys. Many things need to rewrite, build from source, drivers.
And no one want to put effort in kitkat aosp, everyone wait for lollipop firmware from sony and cm, to build nice rom.
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Pretty much sums it up. :good:
So, can we expect it to be a popular dev-Friendly device? Because I'm using a Galaxy S4 Exynos variant and it is a mess. There are very few active devs working on it (actually only 2, that I record) and Samsung doens't care about Open Source. I have already ordered my Z3 D6643, but still time to cancel it. I know that Sony is releasing sources and binaries, but will we have sufficient and good ones devs working on it?
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So, can we expect it to be a popular dev-Friendly device? Because I'm using a Galaxy S4 Exynos variant and it is a mess. There are very few active devs working on it (actually only 2, that I record) and Samsung doens't care about Open Source. I have already ordered my Z3 D6643, but still time to cancel it. I know that Sony is releasing sources and binaries, but will we have sufficient and good ones devs working on it?
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There is FXP team, there is doomlord, there is krappabel(sorry for misspellings), and many others good devs which I can't remember right now.
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So, can we expect it to be a popular dev-Friendly device? Because I'm using a Galaxy S4 Exynos variant and it is a mess. There are very few active devs working on it (actually only 2, that I record) and Samsung doens't care about Open Source. I have already ordered my Z3 D6643, but still time to cancel it. I know that Sony is releasing sources and binaries, but will we have sufficient and good ones devs working on it?
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I can't see why not. The Z3 is still very new, and not all the devs have one yet. The Z/Z1/Z2 were all very popular with devs, so I can't see why the Z3 can't be just as popular.
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There is FXP team, there is doomlord, there is krappabel(sorry for misspellings), and many others good devs which I can't remember right now.
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I can't see why not. The Z3 is still very new, and not all the devs have one yet. The Z/Z1/Z2 were all very popular with devs, so I can't see why the Z3 can't be just as popular.
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Thanks for your answers. Since it's my first Sony device with android, I still don't know who are those devs. I will believe in your words and assume that they are great devs
I'm only afraid that devs just jump this generation (Z3) by having an older one (since they are all great devices) and by waiting for the next one (Z4). But I'm probably concerned with no reasons, since there is a long list of Sony devices sharing the same hardware and there is also the unified kernel.
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What are the chances?
I waiting for too +1
It will come.
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I hope it will be officially supported!
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Flip a coin I'd say, not the most powerful device and not a nexus device either so I'm not sure but hopefully
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considering the price specs and unlocked bootloader it will almost definitely be supported
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I hope CM's cozying up with Chinese manufacturers doesn't affect their motivation to support other brands. There's now business involved too.
On the other hand the latest Moto handsets are the closest thing to a Nexus without actually being one. Moto/Google's level of openness and the code they release should be telling. An interesting issue is also support for the dual-sim edition. I understand CM has been working towards it behind the scenes and shortly the first dual-sim device by Moto/Google themselves will be on sale. Will they or won't they release the code for dual-sim support for incorporation in parallel Android projects too?
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I hope CM's cozying up with Chinese manufacturers doesn't affect their motivation to support other brands. There's now business involved too.
On the other hand the latest Moto handsets are the closest thing to a Nexus without actually being one. Moto/Google's level of openness and the code they release should be telling. An interesting issue is also support for the dual-sim edition. I understand CM has been working towards it behind the scenes and shortly the first dual-sim device by Moto/Google themselves will be on sale. Will they or won't they release the code for dual-sim support for incorporation in parallel Android projects too?
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The model that probably will have the support of CyanogenMod will be the A 8GB chip, 2 chips but who knows Also gain support, This will depend on the developers. What remains is to wait
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I hope CM's cozying up with Chinese manufacturers doesn't affect their motivation to support other brands. There's now business involved too.
On the other hand the latest Moto handsets are the closest thing to a Nexus without actually being one. Moto/Google's level of openness and the code they release should be telling. An interesting issue is also support for the dual-sim edition. I understand CM has been working towards it behind the scenes and shortly the first dual-sim device by Moto/Google themselves will be on sale. Will they or won't they release the code for dual-sim support for incorporation in parallel Android projects too?
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Cyanogen is still community based.... If there will be an developer who sync the cm repo with the device and fixes the bugs and offical submit it to cm there will be "official" cm support. Check out the CM Forum and the Rules to geht offical cm support then you can answer this question your own.
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Cyanogen is still community based.... If there will be an developer who sync the cm repo with the device and fixes the bugs and offical submit it to cm there will be "official" cm support. Check out the CM Forum and the Rules to geht offical cm support then you can answer this question your own.
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What part of my message were you unhappy about again?
I can't see how The Rules would have anything to do with what I was wondering about.
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I'm confident the Moto G will be popular and there will be a wide variety of ROMs available, both stock and AOSP based should there be much difference (?).
I think the variety of ROMs will be more important than the presence or not of any specific ROM.
The $200 or less price point for the features has resulted in a LOT of online admiration by the sorts of people who root, ROM & customize.
Just convince ROM devs that it's a wonderful phone and the process will begin.
For those who prefer expensive flagships for their personal use, the Moto G is great for backup (after failed flashes etc, LOL) and great for the kids, grandma, and the rest of the family.
Now that it's been rooted (quite easily), it might not take too long till we see some custom roms popping aroud.
i don't understand why this device isn't more popular..
In the short time i had i've been very amazed at the pricepoint/performance, and on top of that the device is a google device with unlockable bootloader and android 4.4 promised, so i would've thought the developers would jump on board. Hopefully more developers will start working on this device :fingers-crossed:
Well, give it some time, this device is rather new, I am sure it will be popular, it's the cheapest quad-core around
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First of all Motorola has to release the Blobs and Sources, which may happens next Week with Luck.
I've read somewhere that it's gonna get an update in January... maybe it's gonna be where everything will start.
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I've read somewhere that it's gonna get an update in January... maybe it's gonna be where everything will start.
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It has already started.
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It has already started.
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Source?
It's been a month plus and there isn't any signs of cyanogenmod development going on? what the big deal? No sources? or are there sources and devs can't figure out the complications? like it happened with the exynos 4 platform. I had a Galaxy S3 and there was reasonable support from the devs. Looks like the devs are just frustrated with the Exynos source.
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It's been a month plus and there isn't any signs of cyanogenmod development going on? what the big deal? No sources? or are there sources and devs can't figure out the complications? like it happened with the exynos 4 platform. I had a Galaxy S3 and there was reasonable support from the devs. Looks like the devs are just frustrated with the Exynos source.
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I'm waiting for this myself.. hope they release soon because in all phones I had CM was running.
Didn't even care. I have sd801 on my klte return to stock rom after join cm bugwagon since it out till tw lp comes out. My n9505, and previous phone also got the same fate. Yeah, yesteryear is the last cm I used. My 920f is the first phone that I didn't even root. This is my opinion. Ignore it if hurt you. ?
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I haven't been paying attention for a while, but last I knew, exynos sources are closed, as they are proprietary to Samsung. This is why there was a bunch of discussion prior to release of the device that CM would likely be very late to the party, if it shows up at all, because there would be a lot of reverse engineering required. This was also expected to make CM run comparatively poorly vs. Stock based ROMs.
Not sure if anything has changed in this regard in the last 6 weeks..
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Didn't even care. I have sd801 on my klte return to stock rom after join cm bugwagon since it out till tw lp comes out. My n9505, and previous phone also got the same fate. Yeah, yesteryear is the last cm I used. My 920f is the first phone that I didn't even root. This is my opinion. Ignore it if hurt you. ?
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Exynos is a very "proprietory" platform, the sources are most likely not made available and if they are , its not maintained like Qualcomm does. My point being, sooner or later by december this year samsung will out hints for the next flagship, and thus our updates will be killed. My s3 never got a taste of kitkat or lollipop officially. The sooner the source is available, the better it is. Devs can start working on it.
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I haven't been paying attention for a while, but last I knew, exynos sources are closed, as they are proprietary to Samsung. This is why there was a bunch of discussion prior to release of the device that CM would likely be very late to the party, if it shows up at all, because there would be a lot of reverse engineering required. This was also expected to make CM run comparatively poorly vs. Stock based ROMs.
Not sure if anything has changed in this regard in the last 6 weeks..
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Even if it is proprietary they do release source. They did release code for Exynos 5. ( galaxy alpha is getting some cm treatment). The s3 had so many roms, yes the reverse engineering Codeworkx, Andrew and gokhanmoral had to do was messed up but amazing.
Popular question:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/help/curious-rom-development-t3108196
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/help/question-exynos-rom-development-t3093581
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/help/dev-s6-t3075461
BTW, per the sticky in the General section, questions should be posted there.
http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=sub&sub=F&searchValue=SM-G920 we do have the source
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Even if it is proprietary they do release source. They did release code for Exynos 5. ( galaxy alpha is getting some cm treatment). The s3 had so many roms, yes the reverse engineering Codeworkx, Andrew and gokhanmoral had to do was messed up but amazing.
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Thanks for this info. I've been very much out of the Samsung scene for a couple years - last Sammy device I had was an SGS2. Good to know there is hope for decent CM support. It's cool to see some of the same awesome devs in this community that i remember from the S2.
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Thanks for this info. I've been very much out of the Samsung scene for a couple years - last Sammy device I had was an SGS2. Good to know there is hope for decent CM support. It's cool to see some of the same awesome devs in this community that i remember from the S2.
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The kind of effort andrew and codeworkx put to fix the emmc bug in s2 is amazing.. Hope something like that doesn't show up on the s6..
Quite simply, from what I'm reading about S6, and Exynos, the main reason for lack of major AOSP ROMS (CM13 has been finally ported), is the idea that Exynos is not documented so coding for it is difficult.
Knowing now that Snapdragon 820 is a Qualcom chip, which apparently is the most common SoC used for phones, should we expect to see a lot of AOSP based ROMs?
I am very used to Vanilla Android, and I don't think I could deal with TouchWiz, I like CM Theme Engine, and RRO Layers, so the big reason for my question is based on the hope that the probability of non-TouchWiz ROMs is high.
Also, I had a moto x 2014 and I've come to fall in love with AMOLED, and would like to stick to a small form factor 5 to 5.1 inches, combined with healthy ROM community, I'm kind of hoping S7 with SD820 might be the phone for me.
Please don't say "If you like Stock don't buy a Samsung", I get it, but it looks like maybe that stigma might not hold up soon if the ROM cookers are supportive.
Thanks!
I'm not sure on the international versions, but I know most carrier versions of the Note 4, S6, Note 5, etc. never got unlocked bootloaders in the first place, let alone custom ROMs. Knox is killer.
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I'm not sure on the international versions, but I know most carrier versions of the Note 4, S6, Note 5, etc. never got unlocked bootloaders in the first place, let alone custom ROMs. Knox is killer.
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Tmobile variants of all the phones you listed are bootloader unlocked. Knox has never stopped anything.
@Shemploo yes more than likely AOSP roms will be available for the snapdragons. I'm betting even exynos variants will get it although probably a little later.
I don't do carrier contracts so I'd most likely look/hope for a developer/pure edition of the S7.
The Edge does not really interest me, unless they figured out some cool things to do with the curved screen that are actually useful.
I'd much rather have a fingerprint reader, and front sensors like the Moto's, I love waving my hand in front of the display to have it wake up and tell me the time.
People go... you are a Jedi!?
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Tmobile variants of all the phones you listed are bootloader unlocked. Knox has never stopped anything.
@Shemploo yes more than likely AOSP roms will be available for the snapdragons. I'm betting even exynos variants will get it although probably a little later.
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I know AT&T and Verizon are different stories, good to know it works for T-Mobile though.
Most if not all Sprint phones have unlocked bootloaders too. At least last time I checked!
Yes. However you got something wrong there. The reason why Qualcomm has all the fancy AOSP based ROMs (I say fancy because most people consider non aosp roms boring) is because of this. This is where QCOM releases their soruce code for the platforms. This makes fixing easier because you actually have the code. However exynos and all the other ones don't give a crap about the small percentage of their users that actually flash roms etc. Infact, they only want money. And guess what? ROMs = Longer device lifespan. That's why they don't release it. Thankfully enough there are some geniuses here on XDA that still are able to do the job for exynos! However, QCOM has allot better optimization with CM in terms of performance than with any other chipset. I live in the EU, which means Exynos. After already owning 2 exynos devices, I'm tired of the work that has to be done for them. I was lucky enough that both of them had Exynos chipsets that already had allot of devs mainly from other devices which made building possible for me.
@CTXz I suppose the closest thing to AOSP on Samsung devices QCom, or Exynos, is going to be Cyanogen right?
Would I be right to assume Cyanogen would be the first (possibly only) AOSP to build for Samsung?
In other words, would/could anyone build true AOSP based on Google's source code?
I understand both are considered AOSP, I'm asking cause from general experience with ROMs, when ROM is built on CM, they usually just build in the CM Theme Manager, and only the ROMs based on Google's code do things like RRO Layer support.
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@CTXz I suppose the closest thing to AOSP on Samsung devices QCom, or Exynos, is going to be Cyanogen right?
Would I be right to assume Cyanogen would be the first (possibly only) AOSP to build for Samsung?
In other words, would/could anyone build true AOSP based on Google's source code?
I understand both are considered AOSP, I'm asking cause from general experience with ROMs, when ROM is built on CM, they usually just build in the CM Theme Manager, and only the ROMs based on Google's code do things like RRO Layer support.
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Ofcourse, infact that is up to the devs, however CyanogenMod is usually recommended over pure AOSP due it's great documentation, common updates, it's optimizations and tweaks above stock AOSP. It's also the simplest to get the hands on.
EDIT: It's also important to know that CM isn't just AOSP with a few apps. While CM is based on AOSP, it still has it's own community and is still a different ROM than AOSP mainly when it comes to the internal changes.
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Ofcourse, infact that is up to the devs, however CyanogenMod is usually recommended over pure AOSP due it's great documentation, common updates, it's optimizations and tweaks above stock AOSP. It's also the simplest to get the hands on.
EDIT: It's also important to know that CM isn't just AOSP with a few apps. While CM is based on AOSP, it still has it's own community and is still a different ROM than AOSP mainly when it comes to the internal changes.
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After Cm started trying to push that you make an acct with them I will never use CM again. I know that people say Inc has no relation to... whatever non-Inc calls themselves, but I no longer trust any of them and would rather buy a Windows phone or iPhone before I run them on any phone of mine again.
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After Cm started trying to push that you make an acct with them I will never use CM again. I know that people say Inc has no relation to... whatever non-Inc calls themselves, but I no longer trust any of them and would rather buy a Windows phone or iPhone before I run them on any phone of mine again.
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Um... CM =/= Cyanogen Inc
CM is a completely separate group that is not affected in any way. It's like XDA and GOogle. XDA is for developing and still both work on android. I know some people in the official CM group, all of them very friendly and none of it is affected by Cyanogen Inc. You're making yourself lies that aren't true. It's like blaming the entire CyanogenMod team because one dev for a specific device didn't fix the issue yet.
If CM is the main like, why not just get a Nexus and get it over with? You'll get CM right away.
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If CM is the main like, why not just get a Nexus and get it over with? You'll get CM right away.
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Because some people don't want a nexus
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Because some people don't want a nexus
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But if CM is what you look for, isn't a Nexus your best bet? Unless you want the S7 hardware.
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But if CM is what you look for, isn't a Nexus your best bet? Unless you want the S7 hardware.
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And cripple it with bad, forever-beta, with half the functionally misssing software.
Sure hope we get aosp!
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I thought it was primarily due to the 64 bit architecture that was the hold up with aosp on the s6. Buy I could be wrong. Been a while since I went looking.
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But if CM is what you look for, isn't a Nexus your best bet? Unless you want the S7 hardware.
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That is a good argument, however many people DO actually go for the look/hardware and with that said. Afterall xda wouldn't be this big if you could use the word nexus for all excuses, right ?
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That is a good argument, however many people DO actually go for the look/hardware and with that said. Afterall xda wouldn't be this big if you could use the word nexus for all excuses, right ?
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Might want to get used to it as sooner or later it will only be nexus devices that are worked on.
Also what's the point of getting the device fore the hardware when aosp doesn't take advantage of the hardware? Aosp drivers don't compare to the stock ones.
Hello
For over one year we have the S6 . We still expect that developers lay us an AOSP ROM. CyanogenMod but we dodge ! And AOKP ? It's over?
Have you any news? Thank you in advance!
I think I'll leave Galaxy for Nexus !
Why bother for a cm full of bugs..just use a tw rom debloated and with a custom launcher.
S6 wont get any stable cm even in a few years. So just move on
just change title mate, it's against the rules do something like this.
no opensource = no cyano. it's like trying to build a rom without codes.
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Hello
For over one year we have the S6 . We still expect that developers lay us an AOSP ROM. CyanogenMod but we dodge ! And AOKP ? It's over?
Have you any news? Thank you in advance!
I think I'll leave Galaxy for Nexus !
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Any device utilizing a Exyenos CPU is always a no-go for CM and never-ever good for any bug-free modding. Always & forever. I believe any rom Dev would tell you this.
Samsung's hardware imo is superior to Nexus, say what you will, but Samsung knows how to produce a quality handset. Too bad about the mod-ability! But hey, as you pointed out, there's always Nexus
The exynos chipset is always difficult to get a cyanogen build for, mainly cos Samsung never release sources which makes development very hard.
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Any device utilizing a Exyenos CPU is always a no-go for CM and never-ever good for any bug-free modding. Always & forever. I believe any rom Dev would tell you this.
Samsung's hardware imo is superior to Nexus, say what you will, but Samsung knows how to produce a quality handset. Too bad about the mod-ability! But hey, as you pointed out, there's always Nexus
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Except for the Nexus 10 which has an Exynos aswell.
Officially it has 5.1.1 but unofficial cm13, maybe Android N in the future.
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Except for the Nexus 10 which has an Exynos aswell.
Officially it has 5.1.1 but unofficial cm13, maybe Android N in the future.
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I never argued Exyenos can't/won't run/didn't have decent builds of CM; simply said it's a no-go meaning the end-user experience is inferior to devices that run it well e.g. devices with Qualcomm's CPU's.
Devices with Qualcomm/Snapdragon CPU's are usually the ones to go for. Look at the thread and compare rom's/cm of i9500 vs i9505 - BIG difference! :highfive:
The phone is about 6 months old now and we barely have root available. Are developers just not interested in the Xperia 5? I was really hoping for someone to come around and fix the fingerprint scanner issue and maybe release an unofficial LineageOS. What are your thoughts on this?
I believe it's due to a lack of TWRP and root on Android 10, especially on Sony devices. Could also be that devs are on older devices and not on the 1 or 5.
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I believe it's due to a lack of TWRP and root on Android 10, especially on Sony devices. Could also be that devs are on older devices and not on the 1 or 5.
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To be honest, this is My first Device ever which isn't that much bloated with 3rd Party Apps from a OEM and other Stuff. Pretty clean Google like with smart additions. Good perfroming and with awesome Battery Life. Sound is awesome compared to previous SONY Devices over the Speakers and Root isn't a problem since You can edit Your Kernel Image with Magisk App even without TWRP. So at the end aren't there any efforts anymore to get TWRP (There was one on the Xperia 1 Forums that did not work right). Think that could be a thing once the new Xperia 1 (2) or even the next comes really out with new Software Gimmicks to port over or once we get outdated with official Updates from SONY (GSI/AOSP Development). I don't see a reason besides a Magisk Module with small additions and tweaks to make a Stock ROM for example atm. and to be honest again. Someone de-motivated me a bit some time ago with developing for SONY Devices. But who knows, maybe am i at least starting something again for the 1 and 5 Series (Don't know anything about a new 5 Model yet) if i get some free time again. Just use My Xperia 5 as daily atm. with a Module Prototype ported from My last Project...
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I hope development picks up soon. Its a brilliant phone. Would love to have LineageOS on it.
Params7 said:
I hope development picks up soon. Its a brilliant phone. Would love to have LineageOS on it.
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I have my doubts because the last Sony phones that had decent development were the XZ1 and XZ1C. XZ2, XZ3, and 1 had little to no development.