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★★★LG G2x OFF-TOPIC THREAD!★★★

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Eagleeyetom... Miss you on ace's board.

TheBlackWolf said:
Eagleeyetom... Miss you on ace's board.
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Nice to hear that. I miss all my former boards, but have great fun with the new one

eagleeyetom said:
Nice to hear that. I miss all my former boards, but have great fun with the new one
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Nice to hear that.

thank da lord someone made a thread so now ppl can shutup on the other threads :victory:

:good: ...now what?

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:good: ...now what?
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this
http://youtu.be/CMNry4PE93Y

WHEN WE GONNA GET CM10??!!!??!!11??11?1?one??!?!11!!!

jryan388 said:
WHEN WE GONNA GET CM10??!!!??!!11??11?1?one??!?!11!!!
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Yessss......

jryan388 said:
WHEN WE GONNA GET CM10??!!!??!!11??11?1?one??!?!11!!!
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When available.

jryan388 said:
WHEN WE GONNA GET CM10??!!!??!!11??11?1?one??!?!11!!!
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patience is the key to success young padawan

I think Google has dropped the ball with Android by not requiring phone manufacturers to enable their hardware to run strictly vanilla Android without any difficulty. If Google had done that, every phone which has the basic hardware for a specific version of Android would have it now. Open Source Android and Linux is a farce because manufacturers have made them essentially closed source due to not releasing the source code for their drivers, etc. May as well have an iPhone.

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I think Google has dropped the ball with Android by not requiring phone manufacturers to enable their hardware to run strictly vanilla Android without any difficulty. If Google had done that, every phone which has the basic hardware for a specific version of Android would have it now. Open Source Android and Linux is a farce because manufacturers have made them essentially closed source due to not releasing the source code for their drivers, etc. May as well have an iPhone.
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very true i have the iphone and its my daily driver as for the g2x im just waiting for a stable ics or jellybean lol would like to see that in the near future but it must suck for the people who only have a g2x... :/ i recommend just getting a galaxy nexus for those ppl lol :silly: frickin LG and their nonsense attitude

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very true i have the iphone and its my daily driver as for the g2x im just waiting for a stable ics or jellybean lol would like to see that in the near future but it must suck for the people who only have a g2x... :/ i recommend just getting a galaxy nexus for those ppl lol :silly: frickin LG and their nonsense attitude
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At least the iPhone is less frustrating because it is a closed system that can't be modified except by Apps and, even then, only those which comply with Apple's requirements unless the phone is jailbroken. I've got an iPod Touch 2nd generation, jailbroken, which I still use and enjoy using but I highly doubt I will still be using the G2X for as long.

HeXaLox said:
patience is the key to success young padawan
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When available.
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WHEN WE GONNA GET CM10??!!!??!!11??11?1?one??!?!11!!!
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TheBlackWolf said:
Yessss......
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I wish I had your optimism. These 3 that are playing in the arena are good. VERY good, but I don't believe Google or LG or nVidia has given us enough to work with to get the radio going. Call it the pessimist in me.

Core Memory said:
At least the iPhone is less frustrating because it is a closed system that can't be modified except by Apps and, even then, only those which comply with Apple's requirements unless the phone is jailbroken. I've got an iPod Touch 2nd generation, jailbroken, which I still use and enjoy using but I highly doubt I will still be using the G2X for as long.
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lol i fully agree with you bro ) i wish android and apple could combine OS's lol andropple lol tht would be funny but insane too bad thts never gonna happen ahahaha

A iPhone ?
You know what's nice with android phones ? You want a overclocked kernel, I can make you one. You want good battery life, I can make something out for you. You want your favourite theme, download it. You want to install a incompatible OS update, give thanks to your devs and they'll make it compatible for you . You want a ROM with nice flames when it boots, then give thanks to your favourite ROM cooker out there.
You want a iPhone, then you get a iPhone, that's it. Gotta like apples.

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A iPhone ?
You know what's nice with android phones ? You want a overclocked kernel, I can make you one. You want good battery life, I can make something out for you. You want your favourite theme, download it. You want to install a incompatible OS update, give thanks to your devs and they'll make it compatible for you . You want a ROM with nice flames when it boots, then give thanks to your favourite ROM cooker out there.
You want a iPhone, then you get a iPhone, that's it. Gotta like apples.
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lol idk what to say but i love your kernal dude..its quite the work and im in full support for you lol i use both cause both OS's are nice just that customization is fully apparent and available on android and i love android for that but for utter smoothness i would go with apple and I know ull hate me for that (( but its true u cant deny it -.- anyways ANDROID RULES still in my case i still love android more so dont be too hard on me if cm 10.1 gets stable with the rom and kernal i will throw my iphone away and never use it again (; lol damn i wish i learned C and C++... :/ too bad i only know pascal and some basics of java :/ dontt hate

Can we allow a joke here?
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[Poll][Discussion] MIUI

Hello fellow XDAers,
I am waiting for MIUI 9 to drop so we can pull that into the kitchen and cook. I am going to attempt to work with the new system, I haven't ported anything after Jellybean. So with that, I wanted to see who was on-board to potentially want to try MIUI.
Two things; One - I am not saying I am for sure going to be successful, but I will try. 2; MIUI 9 release date is expected to be end of May or early June 2017.
Feel free to have a discussion of MIUI here, I will also use this thread for small updates in regards to MIUI.
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MIUI 9 ?
Here is a small list of features to potentially look out for in the new version of MIUI. This is a leap forward into Nougat from MIUI 8.
Multi-window support
Quick-reply from notifications
Optimised dose mode
RAM optimization
Improved data saver
Always-on VPN
Call screening feature
Dual space feature
Dual apps

I have honestly never once run a MIUI ROM. Im not quite the flashaholic i used to be (especially now, as finicky as the v20 seems to be), but i could be game for flashing it a few times to kick the tires, see how it rolls.
Am i to understand that it does not have a home screen/app drawer for stock launcher ala iOS? it does retain androids ability to change launchers?
Is there anything "must see" on MIUI? ...not so much eye candy·· I don't care about bling so much, im all about that utility.

Read miui is the best u can find

elijah420 said:
I have honestly never once run a MIUI ROM. Im not quite the flashaholic i used to be (especially now, as finicky as the v20 seems to be), but i could be game for flashing it a few times to kick the tires, see how it rolls.
Am i to understand that it does not have a home screen/app drawer for stock launcher ala iOS? it does retain androids ability to change launchers?
Is there anything "must see" on MIUI? ...not so much eye candy·· I don't care about bling so much, im all about that utility.
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Hello! We have all been there with the flashaholic syndrome. It's a fortunate disease ? the V20 is a unit that is quite more finicky than most, but surely not the worst.
Initially, this will be a project starting off with the 918 and working into other variants as I relearn Android and what the new systems look like. It is a launcher that emulates that of an iOS landscape. Yes, you still have all of the ability of changing launches, etc. Must "see" would be animations, style, small 'functionality' pieces like that of the battery bar rather than a battery icon and so on.
It's more or less a eye candy piece of OS rather than something slim, although it is still smaller than a factory image. More "bloated" than a aosp rom but still functions greatly under the right environment.

pbedard said:
Read miui is the best u can find
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Suggesting to read, or is there a system labeled Read Miui?

I tryed MUI on my note 3 n note 4 very nice OS

Gabe2014 said:
I tryed MUI on my note 3 n note 4 very nice OS
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Gee, long long time since playing with any new Mi Miui 9 is supposed to drop within 60ish days. I will pull the patch rom and play with that. It will be based on nougat!

HiddenKnight said:
Gee, long long time since playing with any new Mi Miui 9 is supposed to drop within 60ish days. I will pull the patch rom and play with that. It will be based on nougat!
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I'm excited to hear that, good news for our v20 , thanks on avance bro ???

I have attempted MIUI 8 but there are too many differences in the framework(MM vs N) to patch correctly. I was going to patch 9 in once it releases but if you want it you can have it.

Last time I had miui is when i ported it to the skyrocket in the jellybean era. Would love to see it again. Back when porting ROMs was simple

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I have attempted MIUI 8 but there are too many differences in the framework(MM vs N) to patch correctly. I was going to patch 9 in once it releases but if you want it you can have it.
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Collaboration is a very good method :good:

hawkeye29 said:
Last time I had miui is when i ported it to the skyrocket in the jellybean era. Would love to see it again. Back when porting ROMs was simple
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This is why I am ready for a challenge!

HiddenKnight said:
Collaboration is a very good method :good:
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Collaboration is better when its on big projects. something like miui wont need a collab. Now if you do get stuck then sure ill certainly help.

Would love to have someone seriously try to get a stable Miui going. Ran it back in my old Droid X days and really enjoyed it. Good luck and I hope you can do it.
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me2151 said:
Collaboration is better when its on big projects. something like miui wont need a collab. Now if you do get stuck then sure ill certainly help.
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I'll be sure to reach out.

moejoe88 said:
Would love to have someone seriously try to get a stable Miui going. Ran it back in my old Droid X days and really enjoyed it. Good luck and I hope you can do it.
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I will get it booting, the real problem for me will to get mostly everything working.

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I will get it booting, the real problem for me will to get mostly everything working.
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From the skyrocket era the camera was the biggest pain in the ass. Now its everything but the camera thats a pain in the ass.

Added some minor information to OP about Miui 9 itself.

I've offered testing to me2151 and I'll offer it to you too. If you need a guinea pig for testing purposes I can help out

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I've offered testing to me2151 and I'll offer it to you too. If you need a guinea pig for testing purposes I can help out
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me2151 - being described as?
Are you talking about Miui 8.2 the stable global builds?

Will this phone support Project Treble?

I assume that since the Mi Mix 2s ships with Oreo that it will support Project Treble, is this correct?
Will this make custom ROMs easier to make? Will we still need to wait for sources?

Yes, it will support Project Treble so making a custom ROM should be quite easy. Hopefully @skeleton1911 makes one for Mix 2S because his work is awesome.

Killer007TV said:
Yes, it will support Project Treble so making a custom ROM should be quite easy. Hopefully @skeleton1911 makes one for Mix 2S because his work is awesome.
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Which Rom(s) does he make ?

SlyUK said:
Which Rom(s) does he make ?
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Clean AOSP MIUI based ROM.
Pre-rooted with Magisk and de-bloated from Chinese apps, it was probably the first thing that interested me while looking at Mix 2's ROMs and probably the very first ROM I would instantly flash after buying Mix 2, aiming for MIUI features without useless stuff.

Killer007TV said:
Clean AOSP MIUI based ROM.
Pre-rooted with Magisk and de-bloated from Chinese apps, it was probably the first thing that interested me while looking at Mix 2's ROMs and probably the very first ROM I would instantly flash after buying Mix 2, aiming for MIUI features without useless stuff.
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Very good for Western tastes then ?

SlyUK said:
Very good for Western tastes then ?
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Not really. MIUI is not really the western tastes outside of Iphone people, but that wont matter as not many in the west will get the device.

zelendel said:
Not really. MIUI is not really the western tastes outside of Iphone people, but that wont matter as not many in the west will get the device.
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I'm in the UK and am interested in the device. I know it will be available for import
Any advice will be most appreciated ?

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I'm in the UK and am interested in the device. I know it will be available for import
Any advice will be most appreciated ?
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I cant say. No one I know has ever gotten one of their devices, and where I work they are banned.

zelendel said:
I cant say. No one I know has ever gotten one of their devices, and where I work they are banned.
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Ahh:-
Whats the reason for the ban out of interest ?
If anything I was hoping for LineageOS or similar availability for it (at least).

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Ahh:-
Whats the reason for the ban out of interest ?
If anything I was hoping for LineageOS or similar availability for it (at least).
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I work on a military base for a nuclear missiles which requires secure devices. There are very few devices that are allowed there. Samsung and apple being the main ones. Most of the Chinese OEM are banned from use and depending on your job, you cant even own a device from some of them.
That may happen but to be honest I am not a LOS supporter. Too many issues left over from the CM days. Like random reboots, data corruption and issues with BT and WIFI.
Im sure there will be rom ports for the device.

Lineage OS?

Any idea on the status of development for a Lineage OS ROM? Is there anything we could do to help? This phone already have a great battery life but I'm sure it would be even better with a clean ROM without Samsung bloatware.

At this time none
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Nico3d3 said:
Any idea on the status of development for a Lineage OS ROM? Is there anything we could do to help? This phone already have a great battery life but I'm sure it would be even better with a clean ROM without Samsung bloatware.
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Currently someone is building device tree for aosp on a8 and it may even be android pie, idk because they were like "**** y'all I'm building pie"

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Currently someone is building device tree for aosp on a8 and it may even be android pie, idk because they were like "**** y'all I'm building pie"
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so we will have android pie aosp?

andrea2004 said:
so we will have android pie aosp?
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Maybe, not really confirmed

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Maybe, not really confirmed
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OK thanks

SaboorTheCool said:
Maybe, not really confirmed
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@Le Penguino and @McFy are interested on it so there's an high chance A8 will actually get a working tree, but not in a less amount of time since it's summer now and since to get a really stable tree it needs lots of work and testing, expecially on Exynos lol

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@Le Penguino and @McFy are interested on it so there's an high chance A8 will actually get a working tree, but not in a less amount of time since it's summer now and since to get a really stable tree it needs lots of work and testing, expecially on Exynos lol
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Nice, you know my name [emoji23] yes, currently working with @McFy on a working tree.
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Le Penguino said:
Nice, you know my name [emoji23] yes, currently working with @McFy on a working tree.
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love ya im going crazy for an aosp rom
the stock one is absolute crap

galaxy 97 said:
love ya im going crazy for an aosp rom
the stock one is absolute crap
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Same

no news??

galaxy 97 said:
no news??
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Nope, theres a very low amount of developers working on this device, idk why i expected there would be a fair amount of developers since this is a mid/high range device

587.saboor said:
Nope, theres a very low amount of developers working on this device, idk why i expected there would be a fair amount of developers since this is a mid/high range device
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me too i should have bought an s7 or something

galaxy 97 said:
love ya im going crazy for an aosp rom
the stock one is absolute crap
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Why do you find the stock one absolute?
What a new rom can "really" improve?

Robert978 said:
Why do you find the stock one absolute?
What a new rom can "really" improve?
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for one the design. i love the aosp designs, and im not in favor of samsung experience.
second, the bloatware. too much bloatware in the stock. finally, the great customizing you can do in aosp roms

I hate bust a bubble but this phone will not get asop.

mchlbenner said:
I hate bust a bubble but this phone will not get asop.
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It actually will, just in the very far future

587.saboor said:
It actually will, just in the very far future
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That sucks a lot since i had this device not by my own will it was a gift and from day one i loved the design rounded corners glass all black and most of the specs camera,ram,battery not the cpu so much but the software omg it suck so much ,i have a nexus 5x with a recent pie beta rom and even for an outdated phone it runs way better,i just wish someone had made a stock rom for this cause the specs are just a shame to throw way.

I would love to get LineageOS on my Samsung A8. I'm sure I'm not alone. Please keep this thread updated with developments.

I am interested too in a version of Lineage OS for the A8 2018. The Smartphone is very good for the price. But Samsung's Software is awful and I love the possibilities to customize the Smartphone with Lineage OS. I am looking forward hearing from the developers!

Android 9 to be released in November.

Confirmed by Nokia at Nokia 7.1 Plus reveal at London. Can't wait !

Gee thats very late

Faster than expected, some people expected next year.
Source of the news btw

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Gee thats very late
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Relative to what? Many other recent flagships don't have it yet, never mind last year's flagships. Getting a major update in the same year is very good.

Stringy said:
Relative to what? Many other recent flagships don't have it yet, never mind last year's flagships. Getting a major update in the same year is very good.
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Well I just wish they could have done it this month, we don't exactly have custom ROMs to be able to wait till then

It's fast enough for me.

Same.
Also, pie has no changes worth it for me.

Who said it's too late, wait for samsung or lg to release a new version then.

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Well I just wish they could have done it this month, we don't exactly have custom ROMs to be able to wait till then
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Man you "sound" like we have an unusable phone in our hands with the firmware we run to the date. I believe it's as good as any other phone out there. Having pie as soon as possible it's just a whim.

For real, why even care for Pie?

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Man you "sound" like we have an unusable phone in our hands with the firmware we run to the date. I believe it's as good as any other phone out there. Having pie as soon as possible it's just a whim.
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Someone who likes to tinker with his phone this phone is abit useless to me considering there are no custom ROMs existing. Not only that there are still quite options that the current version is missing such as the ability to be able to actually have stuff on Glance. I'd rather have Ambient Display. Pie in general is useless but in this phones case I'm hoping it brings the changes I need

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Someone who likes to tinker with his phone this phone is abit useless to me considering there are no custom ROMs existing. Not only that there are still quite options that the current version is missing such as the ability to be able to actually have stuff on Glance. I'd rather have Ambient Display. Pie in general is useless but in this phones case I'm hoping it brings the changes I need
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Yeah that is certainly true what you say, ambient display been able to function in a custom ROM is quite useful indeed. I hope it too, to have custom ROMs available to flash and use. It would be awesome.
My point was just about there is not real noticeable change from pie over Oreo.
Cheers

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Faster than expected, some people expected next year.
Source of the news btw
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Yup
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Man you "sound" like we have an unusable phone in our hands with the firmware we run to the date. I believe it's as good as any other phone out there. Having pie as soon as possible it's just a whim.
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Install a substratum theme and you'll get kinda Pie lol
BTW I needn't mention the fact that almost all base apps have been already pie'd. Lol. So you still getting some of pie's experience.

LoaderFabi said:
For real, why even care for Pie?
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Well if 8.1 was perfect then they wouldn't have needed to make 9.0
But then 9.1 will likely be out a bit after 9.0 so 9.0 is already assumed to be imperfect (but then nothing ever is truely perfect is it ).
The assumption is that each update builds and improves on the previous one. So if there is something new that the teams of people who develop android have built and I can get it for free then why not have it?
But I do get what your saying, it's not like there's anything wrong with 8.1 on our device at the moment.
It's hardly a big deal If we get it in 30 minutes or 30 days... we're still getting it :laugh:

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Well if 8.1 was perfect then they wouldn't have needed to make 9.0
But then 9.1 will likely be out a bit after 9.0 so 9.0 is already assumed to be imperfect (but then nothing ever is truely perfect is it ).
The assumption is that each update builds and improves on the previous one. So if there is something new that the teams of people who develop android have built and I can get it for free then why not have it?
But I do get what your saying, it's not like there's anything wrong with 8.1 on our device at the moment.
It's hardly a big deal If we get it in 30 minutes or 30 days... we're still getting it :laugh:
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Very true. And maybe the camera update will make it a thing worth waiting for.

ajgftw said:
Well if 8.1 was perfect then they wouldn't have needed to make 9.0
But then 9.1 will likely be out a bit after 9.0 so 9.0 is already assumed to be imperfect (but then nothing ever is truely perfect is it ).
The assumption is that each update builds and improves on the previous one. So if there is something new that the teams of people who develop android have built and I can get it for free then why not have it?
But I do get what your saying, it's not like there's anything wrong with 8.1 on our device at the moment.
It's hardly a big deal If we get it in 30 minutes or 30 days... we're still getting it :laugh:
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With the Changes of Pie they could just say 8.2.
But that wouldn't sell "that well".
They are lifting the major version insanely quick for very little features...
Back with Android 4, they did just add .1, but 1.
Damn annoying of you ask me.

LoaderFabi said:
With the Changes of Pie they could just say 8.2.
But that wouldn't sell "that well".
They are lifting the major version insanely quick for very little features...
Back with Android 4, they did just add .1, but 1.
Damn annoying of you ask me.
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I do find it odd how quickly it went from 4 to 9!
assuming they want to get to android 11 to be one ahead of windows then 13 quickly to be ahead of ios!

GentlePhone said:
I do find it odd how quickly it went from 4 to 9!
assuming they want to get to android 11 to be one ahead of windows then 13 quickly to be ahead of ios!
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Google working on Fuchsia... I don't think so.
But let's see how long Android will be a thing at all.

amiguielesl said:
Man you "sound" like we have an unusable phone in our hands with the firmware we run to the date. I believe it's as good as any other phone out there. Having pie as soon as possible it's just a whim.
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considering simple **** like aptx are not working and we got bootloader unlock about 1 year too late...

grimyhr said:
considering simple **** like aptx are not working and we got bootloader unlock about 1 year too late...
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Aptx doens't work? isnt there an option in Dev-Settings to force Atpx? And a Magisk Module to place the required libs for?