so i just found this today on
xda http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/orig-development/cyanogenmod-13-galaxy-s6-t3269984
it's still possible we may actually have a alpha on our notes before EOY just figured I'd put this up for you all
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so i just found this today on
xda http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/orig-development/cyanogenmod-13-galaxy-s6-t3269984
it's still possible we may actually have a alpha on our notes before EOY just figured I'd put this up for you all
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Ive been following their progress as well, I'll say its a lot closer than the exynos Note 4 ever got.
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Threads like that make me cringe. Full of noobs who don't know how to read and just constantly ask for things.
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Very exciting, I hope one of our devs will try and port it to our device
The sooner I get off of touchwiz the better in my opinion
i was just about to say that. i miss the note 4 days.
i used to flash mad roms. never again ill buy an xynos device or whatever you call it
but arter said he's not working on one for the note 5
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i was just about to say that. i miss the note 4 days.
i used to flash mad roms. never again ill buy an xynos device or whatever you call it
but arter said he's not working on one for the note 5
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You'll most likely have to switch to a different brand. Remember, they make phones for the world, not just us modders. Their in house processor is literally the best processor that has ever been, ever. No other processor can offer the power and longevity. If CM can harness that as well, that would be great but I highly doubt it.
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@RaymanFX maintains the Note 4 (N910C Exynos), he has a successful build for CM12 and CM13 aswell
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i was just about to say that. i miss the note 4 days.
i used to flash mad roms. never again ill buy an xynos device or whatever you call it
but arter said he's not working on one for the note 5
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Just because Arter isnt making a build for the Note 5 doesn't mean there won't be a build for the Note 5.
Folks are getting all stressed out about this but frankly this is better news than most people should have been expecting, the writing has been on the wall for awhile now in regards to the ease of porting aosp based roms on to Exynos devices.
The rumblings started back in 2013. I just think it's bad business to buy a device that costs as much as this one with an expectation that your every need be tended to by the mod community.
It's also getting to the point that you end up losing functions of the phone's now by unlocking bootloaders. They are being crafty with how new features don't work rooted or unlocked etc, it's all to discourage the modding community, hell, last I checked android pay doesn't work on AOSP. I think they are tightening things little by little.
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It's also getting to the point that you end up losing functions of the phone's now by unlocking bootloaders. They are being crafty with how new features don't work rooted or unlocked etc, it's all to discourage the modding community, hell, last I checked android pay doesn't work on AOSP. I think they are tightening things little by little.
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Look at the root situation where it was handled at the kernel level. I can't really blame them to tell the truth, its sort of expected that cellular companies and manufacturers would not make it easy for the dev community. It's like a cat and mouse game, the cat will always be the cat and the same goes for the mouse.
Heck tactics like these have even bled over into computers. My Samsung laptop has secure boot firmware in the motherboard so I can no longer dual boot linux. Only way to run linux is to wipe windows off or run a live cd...
I'd definitely give it a whirl. Not sure if I'd stick with it though, I like the camera and the Spen features on this phone too much.
It's nice to see that we'll get the choice though.
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I'd definitely give it a whirl. Not sure if I'd stick with it though, I like the camera and the Spen features on this phone too much.
It's nice to see that we'll get the choice though.
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Now would be a perfect time since me spen has been sent off for warranty evaluation..
my spen slot is messed up so something different would be nice
Sure hope one of our devs chime in and let us know they are working on porting this for us! :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::beer::beer::beer::beer:
From what I understand as soon as it works on the s6 it should really simple to port over. Because essentially the note 5 is a oversized s6 with a pen
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From what I understand as soon as it works on the s6 it should really simple to port over. Because essentially the note 5 is a oversized s6 with a pen
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Yes and no. It's working on the S6 but we can't use it on the Note 5. Not yet anyways. Still need a kernel for the Note 5 unfortunately.
I mean we are close none the less which makes me happy as there isn't much in the way of roms for my note
This does tell me it may at least boot up before Christmas I mean we still have 15 days till the year is over so it can still happen
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/general/guide-dualboot-cm13-tw-t3271545
IMO, if you're going to use CM, why did you buy a note? CM typically doesn't support the pen features at all. (please correct me if I am wrong)
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ICS has also now been ported and boots up on the Droid 3 lol. Great work to Hashcode for getting it going!
http://hash-of-codes.blogspot.com/2011/11/you-got-your-ice-cream-on-my-droid-3-no.html
Well, it is a 3G phone, so there shouldn't be issues getting the radios working. I do find it amusing the type of the support these cheesy phones get though.
I don't want to get off topic, but I am curious what sort of CIQ and other potential spyware has been implemented in ICS. It seems a good opportunity for Google to embed CIQ deep within the framework, but alas, who knows.
The main two features of ICS that I think I would like, but don't need, is USB OTG and WiFi Direct.
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ICS has also now been ported and boots up on the Droid 3 lol. Great work to Hashcode for getting it going!
http://hash-of-codes.blogspot.com/2011/11/you-got-your-ice-cream-on-my-droid-3-no.html
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Smh we will never see it
I keep hearing we won't have ics because we have a 4g phone but the bionic just got ics port... Maybe we still have hope?
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I keep hearing we won't have ics because we have a 4g phone but the bionic just got ics port... Maybe we still have hope?
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Very good point!!!!
I'm one person, would you rather have me work on getting a good ROM out based on stock TW, or go to work on what may never be a fully functional AOSP build? If you want it so bad, no one here is going to stop you from taking up the work on your own...
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I'm one person, would you rather have me work on getting a good ROM out based on stock TW, or go to work on what may never be a fully functional AOSP build? If you want it so bad, no one here is going to stop you from taking up the work on your own...
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Don't do it because of us! Do what you enjoy doing and share with us because your proud of your work.
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I'm one person, would you rather have me work on getting a good ROM out based on stock TW, or go to work on what may never be a fully functional AOSP build? If you want it so bad, no one here is going to stop you from taking up the work on your own...
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You already know. Yes, we are eager for ICS/CM7.1/CM7.2/CM9...and everything under the sun that a working RIL would enable us. But, having said that, I think the vast majority of us place FUNCTION in front of FEATURES.
We, Android enthusists with the skills to flash but not actually dev, are like children and will never be satisfied. We need a healthy meal, but are going to whine to have candy for dinner every night. As a dev, you're more similar to our parent in this metaphor... Don't take it personally when we metaphorically say we hate you--we don't. We love you. We need your help to eat at all, so make sure it's the best meal you can provide.
Besides, if the RIL never comes, who bought this phone for Ice Cream Sandwich anyway? I bought this phone for 4G.
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I'm one person, would you rather have me work on getting a good ROM out based on stock TW, or go to work on what may never be a fully functional AOSP build? If you want it so bad, no one here is going to stop you from taking up the work on your own...
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imnuts, please don't take my post or the title the wrong way. I am in now way at all saying anything bad about what you do for this phone. Your work is very highly regarded in my book. I was just pointing out how crazy it is with all these ICS ports coming out now. I can promise you that I am grateful for all the work you do for us.
If you want an AOSP ROM, you shouldn't buy a Samsung phone.
Twice bitten for me. Neither of my Samsung phones has had an AOSP ROM.
As a self-proclaimed nube, I am generally curious what advantages we would see on AOSP anyways.
Is there some super-spiffy amazing bad-ass feature that I don't know about?
Humble 5.0 is great for me. I will try Infinity if/when its ready.
ICS in particular has WiFi Direct and USB OTG as I mentioned above, which I assume that CM7 wouldn't enable.
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As a self-proclaimed nube, I am generally curious what advantages we would see on AOSP anyways.
Is there some super-spiffy amazing bad-ass feature that I don't know about?
Humble 5.0 is great for me. I will try Infinity if/when its ready.
ICS in particular has WiFi Direct and USB OTG as I mentioned above, which I assume that CM7 wouldn't enable.
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AOSP tends to offer a faster experience, and better battery life. It does this by not having any carrier or OEM bloat anywhere. There is a lot of stuff added on to the stock ROM that cannot be removed. To give you an idea, a heavily debloated TW ROM for the Fascinate is usually ~160MB, give or take, where as a stock AOSP ROM is <100MB for the same Android version, GB in this case. That would mean that even the best debloated/cleaned up TouchWiz ROM is still going to have about 40% more useless junk in it than a stock AOSP ROM, and that junk slows down the system and drains the battery.
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I keep hearing we won't have ics because we have a 4g phone but the bionic just got ics port... Maybe we still have hope?
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Bionic got ICS support because Kejar has a Bionic probably. I'm just glad we are on the eve of GB finally and that Imnuts and Imoseyon can get to business with some code.
Over the years around computers I've learned one thing, the next OS is always easier to use, easier to program in and what not, but it is always more complex and requires more hardware, more RAM and shortly after release the end user experience isn't all that much better than it was 6 months earlier. You should see DOS 5 run on a quad core monster processor - wow!
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Bionic got ICS support because Kejar has a Bionic probably. I'm just glad we are on the eve of GB finally and that Imnuts and Imoseyon can get to business with some code.
Over the years around computers I've learned one thing, the next OS is always easier to use, easier to program in and what not, but it is always more complex and requires more hardware, more RAM and shortly after release the end user experience isn't all that much better than it was 6 months earlier. You should see DOS 5 run on a quad core monster processor - wow!
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I agree with what you're saying mostly, but your post almost sounds like you expect Imnuts and Imoseyon to develop and post their work when they have zero obligation to develop and/or share any of their work in any way. If I wasn't so hard-pressed for cash, I would donate more to the devs. I will when I am able though.
One should also remember the short life cycle of smartphones. I am already looking forward to the Galaxy S III mostly for the display- SAMOLED III.
Also, I would like to be able to watch 480p Flash content in the browser without having to overclock, hopefully 720p Flash in the browser with the GS3.
Of course I would like my Charge to blaze along at its maximum potential, but there is a thin line between spending and wasting time on dated hardware. If you want the the best experience on a device, then it would be best to buy older hardware that it well-developed, like the Fascinate. I am willing to sacrifice for the perks of the Charge, like the SAMOLED+ display and 4G.
Well, the Infuse is now 2 years old. How long will people develop for it? Does anyone plan on keeping their infuse for a while?
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Well, the Infuse is now 2 years old. How long will people develop for it? Does anyone plan on keeping their infuse for a while?
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if you need to be on the tech cutting edge, it would be considered old.
Otherwise, it is still a fast single core device, 4.5" amoled screen and takes great pics and vids
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if you need to be on the tech cutting edge, it would be considered old.
Otherwise, it is still a fast single core device, 4.5" amoled screen and takes great pics and vids
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Which is why I sent mine back to Samsung for repairs! I love the camera!!!:cyclops:
I plan on getting a nexus 4 soon, but I will be keeping my infuse as a tag out phone. I imagine people will develop for it as long as there are new things to bring to the table. Here's hoping we can get some key lime when it finally drops
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I plan on getting a nexus 4 soon, but I will be keeping my infuse as a tag out phone. I imagine people will develop for it as long as there are new things to bring to the table. Here's hoping we can get some key lime when it finally drops
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Maybe the bugs in JB should be worked out first.
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Bought mine used for $50 and plan to keep it till it craps out or I trash it(if it wasn't for the ballistic case I already would have) if that happens i'll look for another one most likely.
Well, as more and more people move on from the infuse, I'm just wondering if it's worth the developers time and effort to keep coming out with new roms. I imagine that within a year or so, there won't be a lot of infuse users left. But hey, if it floats your boat, keep working on it for the next 10 years. I myself will be moving on next February when my contract is up. It's been a fun ride, but time to get a quad core behemoth like the Note 2. Or maybe even the new Samsung Mega (6.5" screen). If it's available in the US.
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Maybe the bugs in JB should be worked out first.
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That's true, but we should also be thankful we got JB on a device that didn't even officially get 2.3.7 lol
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That's true, but we should also be thankful we got JB on a device that didn't even officially get 2.3.7 lol
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No doubt we should be thankful. But it took GB a long time to be completely stable, (REVENANT rom is awesome) and that's why I'm only recently jumping on board the Gingerbread Express. Stability/100% usability are my only criteria. If JB had that, I'd be all over it like flies on excrement.
It seems like for a lot of people, installing new roms is like changing their underwear. Which is cool if you're into it. And actually, I know what it's like to install something new every other day being a linux user. I've tried every distro under the sun in the past. New features are cool, but at some point you have to ask yourself what do I do on my phone that a new rom will make better? In reality, it's probably not much. I need my phone to work, and work perfectly, that's all.
Computers are another thing. At least on my computer I can install Virtualbox and try things out before I go for the BIG INSTALL. But hey it's all good. If you can live with imperfections with new roms, go for it.
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No doubt we should be thankful. But it took GB a long time to be completely stable, (REVENANT rom is awesome) and that's why I'm only recently jumping on board the Gingerbread Express. Stability/100% usability are my only criteria. If JB had that, I'd be all over it like flies on excrement.
It seems like for a lot of people, installing new roms is like changing their underwear. Which is cool if you're into it. And actually, I know what it's like to install something new every other day being a linux user. I've tried every distro under the sun in the past. New features are cool, but at some point you have to ask yourself what do I do on my phone that a new rom will make better? In reality, it's probably not much. I need my phone to work, and work perfectly, that's all.
Computers are another thing. At least on my computer I can install Virtualbox and try things out before I go for the BIG INSTALL. But hey it's all good. If you can live with imperfections with new roms, go for it.
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That sums up the beauty of android. To each their own, everyone likes something different. As long as I don't have major bugs, I want to run the latest and greatest. Some are like you describe yourself, all about stability. Either way, its all right here to get. I hope the infuse stays alive for a long time, and I'm sure the talented devs we have can iron out most if not all the bugs
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Wasn't sure if this is more Q&A or not.
Right now I have the evo 3d. Support for it was really good, actually still 2 or 3 developers working with it, so I'm running kitkat on it right now, which has kept me from feeling the need to upgrade right away.
Anyway, like a lot of other people I'm deciding between the m8 and s5, I might wait a little longer just to see what LG drops. I'm not too familiar with how developer friendly the Galaxy line of phones are, specifically the Sprint models. I've read varying opinions from there's little development outside of some TW roms to development is strong.
Developer support is a big deciding factor for me since it can really allow you to prolong the life of your phone, hence why I'm still using my evo 3d, though it's falling apart now and showing its age so its time to finally bite the bullet and upgrade.
Not asking anyone to predict the future on how dev support will be for the s5 but just looking for input on how it's been for the previous Galaxy phones just so I have some idea. Talking TW roms as well as AOSP roms.
Thanks!
Once you get used to using Odin to flash you'll be fine. I find that Samsung Galaxy's (I've now owned Sprints epic 4g touch, S4 and now S5) have always had excellent support here. I generally only root stock to clean up the crap software but on numerous occasions I've used full roms from XDA to see what else is out there.
A few annoyances:
1) Knox is security software that trips when you modify parts of the system and supposedly Sprint can use a tripped Knox counter to refuse warranty work. This has never happened to me however and I've had to swap handsets many times.
2) Samsung is good at getting you hooked on touchwiz and their ecosystem of apps; I like the smart view covers and it's been tough getting it to work on some of the roms available. I also like the Samsung default camera which thankfully works well on most roms, but some functions within the camera weren't available.
3) Root, in my opinion, is required to make Sprint's handsets run optimally. Mostly because you need to remove the crap software, but so far Chainfire has been fantastic getting root out very quickly for most of the handsets/providers within days of release.
Hope this helps!
So why don't you just look in the respective Galaxy phone forums and see for yourself how development is coming along? It's a simple thing to pop in here and there and just see the different ROMs, etc.
The Galaxy line is by far the most popular Android brand right now and as such gets a lot of developer attention.
I just pray @sacs will get an s5. He had the best rom ever for the s4. Id be willing to drop some $ if it would guarantee he got this phone. Kind of worried about development right now haven't seen any devs talking about doing anything for is yet. I guess thats what you get when you get a phone at release.
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I just pray @sacs will get an s5. He had the best rom ever for the s4. Id be willing to drop some $ if it would guarantee he got this phone. Kind of worried about development right now haven't seen any devs talking about doing anything for is yet. I guess thats what you get when you get a phone at release.
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Unfotunately he won't be. He's devoted to the Note series at the moment, and has not expressed any need to get teh S5
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I just jumped from the S2 to the S5 - I was hooked on Dirty Unicorns and SlimBean, so I'm crossing my fingers they release those (or some variant them) for the S5 soon. I've already rooted mine, but just sitting here waiting with a boring stock ROM is killing me!
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I'm stewing on it. Cost is an obvious factor but I have an idea on how to pull it off.
If do it won't be likely until May at earliest.
Regardless whether I get or not I'll do what I can to help things move along.
Where is the almighty Myn these days....?
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I just jumped from the S2 to the S5 - I was hooked on Dirty Unicorns and SlimBean, so I'm crossing my fingers they release those (or some variant them) for the S5 soon. I've already rooted mine, but just sitting here waiting with a boring stock ROM is killing me!
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I know what you mean. Same here.
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I just jumped from the S2 to the S5 - I was hooked on Dirty Unicorns and SlimBean, so I'm crossing my fingers they release those (or some variant them) for the S5 soon. I've already rooted mine, but just sitting here waiting with a boring stock ROM is killing me!
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I know what you mean. Same here.
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Once we get our trees up Slim will be one of the first I build
The S2 was my first time playing around with custom ROMs, and by the time I got around to it there were already several available - how long does it usually take custom ROMs to hit the community when a new phone comes out? Are we talking months?
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Where is the almighty Myn these days....?
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Myn switched over to T-mobile years ago, but I don't think he does much develop like he used to
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I love Samsung...but looks like the majority of Devs went to the M8...reason why I switched over....both are amazing devices...but I love to have a phones with a lot of options....but im sure both phones with have good support....
Anyone else find themselves bored with the Note 5? My device is rooted, slick wrapped, whole shabang but I just like eh...what's next. Thinking of moving to S6 edge plus. ..any thoughts
Get a flip phone.....
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How do you get bored with a phone? You mean you get bored cuz you have nothing to do? How does a phone make your life less boring? I suggest you pick up an activity other than holding a phone. I suggest you use your a S-pen and draw something to pass time.
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Nope.
Give it done time until the experimental roms come out with all new features and a ton of instability. You become less bored and use tons of time
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Nope.
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Nope. It's not the phone. It's you.
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Nope. It's not the phone. It's you.
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Yep I've been bored with my past phones too and after close self examination, wala, it's me! So.........It's you! :angel::cyclops:
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Yep I've been bored with my past phones too and after close self examination, wala, it's me! So.........It's you! :angel::cyclops:
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I know the itch trust me, but much like many of my failed relationships. Im gonna try and make this one work. Flashing tends to tide me over, the downside is we can't flash anything but TW based roms.. Flashing CM on my Note 4 gave me a little bit of that new phone feeling.
I know the problem. You're bored because your phone is fully functioning, great battery life, great screen etc etc. What you need is a phone that has compromises. Then you can spend hours and hours trying to fix issues with root and xposed and stuff like that
Well isn't this a wasted thread. Buy an Iphone.....done!
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Well isn't this a wasted thread. Buy an Iphone.....done!
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Its not really wasted when you can help another user find a new way to love their device.. This certainly isn't any more useless than the new threads that get created everytime there is an update, I mean we do have stickied posts that speak on that very topic.
To the OP I would ask what your expectation is with the Edge Plus, do you think the loss of the pen will be overshadowed by the edge features gained? Why not try that new LG?
Trust me I know the struggle. I can't wait for cm builds so other rom maintainers can cook some other roms up. Tw based roms suck. But better than stock.
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Trust me I know the struggle. I can't wait for cm builds so other rom maintainers can cook some other roms up. Tw based roms suck. But better than stock.
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I wouldn't say TouchWiz based Rom suck, they just aren't stock Android. I like both but TouchWiz can pretty much do the heavy lifting of android plus the added features Samsung gives it.
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I know how you feel, but you will never be satisfied in life with anything at this rate... Slow down, there is nothing worth upgrading to over the Note5 anytime in the near future. Just use and learn the features of the phone. I fell into a rut for several years of always tweaking, optimizing, flashing roms nonstop and sidegrading devices constantly and I finally realized I had spent 90% of the time on my phone, PC, laptops, etc.. just tweaking and configuring them for "ultimate" performance and only 10% of the time actually using the devices. Often times reliability was an issue because I constantly had to reconfigure my apps and programs and I just never had what I needed when I needed it because I had just installed some ROM the night before.. I've learned to cut back and just simply use the phone more to do real things. I'll still tweak a new device to my liking, but err on the side of stability instead of every untested tweak in the book, and once it is setup and working well, I just learn to not touch it until the next device limiting myself to once a year upgrades.
Ain't nobody got time for that.
I get bored quick too but, I just got the note 5 so, I'll hold it at least till January. And then jump on something new. Coming from iPhone 6 BTW
Not bored with mine.
S6 Edge Plus is similar to the Note 5 - the pen. I had a S6 Edge and liked it but had a Jump to use so got a iPhone 6S for something different since I had the Note 4 before the S6 Edge. I figured the regular 6S would be to small which it was. The plus was on back order so I got the Note 5. I would have got the Nexus 6p if Tmobile carried it. I've never owned a Nexus phone. I like the Note 5 though just not a lot different then s6. I try and switch manufacturers so I don't get bored as quick.
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Flash a rom, do some mods, download some apps...
Install xposed and experiment lol. That's what I do when I get bored
Install wanam and the limits are almost endless
This is just my opinion but here me out. I had all the flagship devices the last 3 years or so. Huge addiction, bought all the cool accesories, flashed the latest roms daily, always messing with my phone to "fix it". Had an iPhone 6+ most of last year and while it was alright cause for the most part it just worked, I missed android so when the Note5 came out I picked it up. Come to find out rooting breaks Samsung Pay forever, and here I am with a stock Note5 and content. It's fast, amazing display, quick charging wired and wirelessly, with a great camera. When I find myself bored I install a couple different launchers and tweak some icon packs to help curb the addiction. That's just me though. I'm quite content with a non-rooted Note5.
When I the I had nexus 5 there used to be loads of content in xda be it roms or mods. Now for the pixel 2 there is no custom rom to begin with. I understand the stock Google oreo is as good as ever but still the basic tweaks would add much more to it.
Is there any specific reason for this? May be Google's security is much complicated in oreo to implement changes in the stock rom?
I was just looking for dual speaker ring, status bar tweaks.
I hope to see more soon as well. Now that Verizon phones are on board for rooting there will probably be more devs getting their hands dirty.
Not to mention there are still only a few phones running Oreo. Right now it's just basically pixel owners. So all the mods made for other phones haven't been ported or upgraded.
I'll have this phone for the next two years I'm hoping there will be more with time.
I haven't even been able to get debian, Ubuntu, or Kali to work along side this phone yet. Proot and chroot don't seem to be working as they should. I tried 3 methods. Linux deploy, termux ,and using the nethunter module. Guess I'll just keep at it until New methods are found.
I assumed the Pixel line would just replace the Nexus line for modders. Sadly, that couldn't be further from the truth for either the Pixel 1 or 2. Which phone(s) have all the devs moved to?
teh_lorax said:
I assumed the Pixel line would just replace the Nexus line for modders. Sadly, that couldn't be further from the truth for either the Pixel 1 or 2. Which phone(s) have all the devs moved to?
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One plus because of the price
Sent from my Google Pixel 2 XL using XDA Labs
Sman999 said:
Is there any specific reason for this? May be Google's security is much complicated in oreo to implement changes in the stock rom?
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The a/b bootloader partitions... No dedicated recovery.... Blah blah blah too much for me to understand but basically it's screwing with devs.
teh_lorax said:
I assumed the Pixel line would just replace the Nexus line for modders. Sadly, that couldn't be further from the truth for either the Pixel 1 or 2. Which phone(s) have all the devs moved to?
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I guess oneplus or Samsung. The later cuz the design is awesome but software experience is poor so if the software is improved it ll be awesome Samsung. ?
I wondered the same thing but then it dawned on me, I only rooted/ROM'd devices to run something that's a vanilla build of Android. That's what this is. There's a few nitpicky things that I would love to have but for the most part, I'm happy with it.
main reason for me is the PRICE.. if it was just priced same as the nexus 5, . thats why oneplus devices are being so favored
teh_lorax said:
I assumed the Pixel line would just replace the Nexus line for modders. Sadly, that couldn't be further from the truth for either the Pixel 1 or 2. Which phone(s) have all the devs moved to?
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pixel devices are no where near as easy to get roms on. Not only is the device tree clustered, but a b partitions, the trend of users demanding security, the expensive price of the device, the changes to the build process, and how Verizon royally made blobs more complicated contributed too.
I have brought up a few device tress before but I definitely had to debug the most for pixel 2. Theres an entire new flashing method and it doesn't help ramdisk is in system now.
Now after all that negativity, I can tell you I know of 4 roms actively working on roms. And two of them booting, including my shameless plug in p2xl forums of ABC Rom working with plenty of mods.
I'd say the good times are on their way, once one rom goes up more will pop up instantly.
Let's hope this helps start the domino effect.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pi...sp-tamien-8-1-opengapps-t3727948/post75108624
Surge1223 said:
pixel devices are no where near as easy to get roms on. Not only is the device tree clustered, but a b partitions, the trend of users demanding security, the expensive price of the device, the changes to the build process, and how Verizon royally made blobs more complicated contributed too.
I have brought up a few device tress before but I definitely had to debug the most for pixel 2. Theres an entire new flashing method and it doesn't help ramdisk is in system now.
Now after all that negativity, I can tell you I know of 4 roms actively working on roms. And two of them booting, including my shameless plug in p2xl forums of ABC Rom working with plenty of mods.
I'd say the good times are on their way, once one rom goes up more will pop up instantly.
Let's hope this helps start the domino effect.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pi...sp-tamien-8-1-opengapps-t3727948/post75108624
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Good to know you're busy helping us all with our crack flashing addiction. I can't wait for the goodies to start. Thank you and all the other devs. I've been waiting to unlock my bl because of lack of roms. Is bajasaur still in the game? I haven't really seen him since my note 3 days.
bmwh0r3 said:
Good to know you're busy helping us all with our crack flashing addiction. I can't wait for the goodies to start. Thank you and all the other devs. I've been waiting to unlock my bl because of lack of roms. Is bajasaur still in the game? I haven't really seen him since my note 3 days.
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Ironic you should ask..I helped him come back to the game today you could say lol