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Meizu M9 UI

I found that some guys are interesting with meizu m9. And i just have one. Now i am glad can upload some pictures of the UI. Maybe somebody like it.
Forum told me i can post outside links. sorry.
If anybody interest with this thread, just open the following link.
Change ccc to www
ccc.doyao.net/meizu-m9-ui.html

Nice! I like how clean and simple it all looks.
I wonder when this will get ported to other ROMS

ErOR22 said:
Nice! I like how clean and simple it all looks.
I wonder when this will get ported to other ROMS
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I guess somebody can move the whole M9 Rom to other phones. They did this on Milestone successfully.

Very nice and elegant.
This is probably the only made-in-China product that I'll happily endorse.

I have an M9 too, this website needs a forum for it. It needs to be rooted!

rashad1 said:
I have an M9 too, this website needs a forum for it. It needs to be rooted!
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It is a good idea. But Meizu is only a small company. Whatever Apple or Motorola are much bigger than Meizu. Actually M9 is a good cellphone.

I love the M9, I would buy it if it weren't so expensive (US$450). Is there any place that sells it cheaper than that?

GnatGoSplat said:
I love the M9, I would buy it if it weren't so expensive (US$450). Is there any place that sells it cheaper than that?
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The standard price in China is RMB 2499 yuan. About 380 dollars.

M9 with Android which had deep customized by Meizu, I really want to get an origial Android system on it.

M9 is just pure awesome. But a Tegra 2 might be more so

Brucew0617 said:
M9 with Android which had deep customized by Meizu, I really want to get an origial Android system on it.
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I guess it is not possible.

[Q] worth buying a low-cost Chinese phone?

worth buying a low-cost Chinese phone? considering that the develop of ROM's is null

HaiKara Fan said:
worth buying a low-cost Chinese phone? considering that the develop of ROM's is null
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it dependes on the type of the phone if it's a well know one sure else don't make this mistake

eladdd said:
it dependes on the type of the phone if it's a well know one sure else don't make this mistake
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well, obviously the better chinese phone at the moment with the best specification

HaiKara Fan said:
well, obviously the better chinese phone at the moment with the best specification
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If the OEM is not going to release kernel source than your choices for customizing the phone will be limited.
Also, there are 2 threads devoted to questions about devices, please post your question in one of these two threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1620179 or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1846277
Thanks!

Should i buy it to start developing for it?

Well i've been considering going back to developing for a few months, however a few things have been stopping me from doing this, but to keep it short: for now i'm going to do it as a hobby so i'm not planning on buying an expensive phone (as i don't own an android phone right now), my contract ends this week and i can get a new Moto G for around 72 euros which i consider is a great price. So here are my doubts:
Is the community good for this phone? I've wandered around its forum a few times and so far i have a good impression, but i'd really want to know the users opinions
Do you think it's worth it and i could take advantage of this phone? I personally think its a great phone for this as its pretty much stock and for what i've seen support is quite good, but i just want to make sure
Thanks a lot, and i know this questions might seem stupid but i'd really use some help

coldflid said:
Well i've been considering going back to developing for a few months, however a few things have been stopping me from doing this, but to keep it short: for now i'm going to do it as a hobby so i'm not planning on buying an expensive phone (as i don't own an android phone right now), my contract ends this week and i can get a new Moto G for around 72 euros which i consider is a great price. So here are my doubts:
Is the community good for this phone? I've wandered around its forum a few times and so far i have a good impression, but i'd really want to know the users opinions
Do you think it's worth it and i could take advantage of this phone? I personally think its a great phone for this as its pretty much stock and for what i've seen support is quite good, but i just want to make sure
Thanks a lot, and i know this questions might seem stupid but i'd really use some help
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Yes, do it!
The community is big and nice, and the phone is very nice!
A big advantage is the nearly stock android.
Have a nice day!

The phone is in Germany always out of stock. I think many people bought this phone all over the world. So the forum will grow!
Do it! Please

The more developers the better
There are a lot of people with the moto g and if you can get it that cheap I really suggest you buying it.

Bl4ckL3gend said:
Yes, do it!
The community is big and nice, and the phone is very nice!
A big advantage is the nearly stock android.
Have a nice day!
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SWTR said:
The phone is in Germany always out of stock. I think many people bought this phone all over the world. So the forum will grow!
Do it! Please
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wilco375 said:
The more developers the better
There are a lot of people with the moto g and if you can get it that cheap I really suggest you buying it.
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I'm probably going for it, thanks a lot for the help

Yes my friend! Do it!
Its a great phone with great support!

Yes please do! This phone is amazing for the money. It's a snappy beautiful device. More roms would be fantastic!

Should be arriving next week or so, i guess i'll give a try at making a rom after a few weeks, really looking forward to this =) Quite an amazing phonee for the price

Great to see another developer getting onboard.
Really looking forward for your contribution.

Good choice! The Moto G is a nice phone for a low price, and one of the reasons I bought it is to try to develop for it as well Compiling CM11 for it as we speak.

GuzTech said:
Good choice! The Moto G is a nice phone for a low price, and one of the reasons I bought it is to try to develop for it as well Compiling CM11 for it as we speak.
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please share your works in xda

Mickeyvdb said:
Great to see another developer getting onboard.
Really looking forward for your contribution.
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I'll see what i can do, probably not that good but i'll give it my best try :good:
GuzTech said:
Good choice! The Moto G is a nice phone for a low price, and one of the reasons I bought it is to try to develop for it as well Compiling CM11 for it as we speak.
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Cool seeing there arev many devs for the phonee

Hehe, don't expect too much from me though. I'm a software engineer, but this is my first time developing for Android. I wanted to look at the code because my Moto G suffers from the dreaded RAM bug, and I have an idea what the problem could be. Hopefully I can contribute to getting it fixed

It's a great device for the price and it would be nice to have more and more developers going for it!
Sent from my XT1033 using Tapatalk

If you'll be doing it for ze donationz, better don't bother. Posting such a thread is hilarious.

I think It is one of the best smartphone today. It isn't expensive and it has good performance.
Inviato dal mio LG-D802 utilizzando Tapatalk

zened8 said:
I think It is one of the best smartphone today. It isn't expensive and it has good performance.
Inviato dal mio LG-D802 utilizzando Tapatalk
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zazzy24 said:
It's a great device for the price and it would be nice to have more and more developers going for it!
Sent from my XT1033 using Tapatalk
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Already got it, thanks for the help
liveroy said:
If you'll be doing it for ze donationz, better don't bother. Posting such a thread is hilarious.
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I dont recall mentioning donations at all, and if you knew my previous work on the Galaxy S you'd know i started without even the option to donate which i added later on after a few users asked me to do it, wouldn't have put a donation button if it wasn't for that, i don't do this for donations. I do this as a hobby because i find it fun, and it's quite satisfactory reading nice comments on work you've done (not that i have done any for the moto G yet anyway). I find it more "hilarious" you're calling a thread hilarious for such reason, if i wanted donations don't you think i'd go for a high budget phone where you could expect greater donations? The only reason i did this and i chose such phone is because i think for such price, a great base (aosp) i can learn a lot.
Not that i care about your comment anyway as it's based on bs, and saying it's hilarious says a lot about your sense of humour which i'm sorry, but i don't share it
Just wanted to clarify a few things, to avoid confusions, and i'm sorry if i offended someone with the answer but i just answered the same way as the way in which the post i'm replying to was.

yes plz we need more dev

Custom Roms and Software Future

Hey guys,
atm I'm looking for a new phone and as it just dropped 50€ in price I'm highly considering the Honor 8. The only thing that worries me is that there are no Custom Roms. Right now I'm using a Samsung S5 with AICP Android 6 and the Nougat Update just around the Corner. Will there ever be stable and really Daily driver usable custom roms with Stock Android for Kirin CPUs? If there is no hope just tell me and I will move on searching but if there will be some developement in the future I would love to own this phone.
Thanks in advance!

SgtIcetea said:
Hey guys,
atm I'm looking for a new phone and as it just dropped 50€ in price I'm highly considering the Honor 8. The only thing that worries me is that there are no Custom Roms. Right now I'm using a Samsung S5 with AICP Android 6 and the Nougat Update just around the Corner. Will there ever be stable and really Daily driver usable custom roms with Stock Android for Kirin CPUs? If there is no hope just tell me and I will move on searching but if there will be some developement in the future I would love to own this phone.
Thanks in advance!
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Hi, I recommend you to read more threads about development here, that way you'll understand the situation better and why it's like that.
At the moment, no roms and no one working on it.

Its so sad that this awesome device does not have any custom roms yet

krispy321 said:
Its so sad that this awesome device does not have any custom roms yet
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yeah, but lets hope for the best.
its xda, anything is possible

venom007 said:
yeah, but lets hope for the best.
its xda, anything is possible
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Hope so

XePeleato said:
Hi, I recommend you to read more threads about development here, that way you'll understand the situation better and why it's like that.
At the moment, no roms and no one working on it.
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Thanks will do that but doesn't sound to promising.

I'll give it a month, if there no custom ROMs I'll stick to the 5x or buy another device

PalakMi said:
I'll give it a month, if there no custom ROMs I'll stick to the 5x or buy another device
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There are some that are working on it but to be honest developing for this device is almost as bad as developing for xiaomi devices. There are a few teams that were working on it but then just tossed the device aside and said it wasnt worth the trouble.

zelendel said:
There are some that are working on it but to be honest developing for this device is almost as bad as developing for xiaomi devices. There are a few teams that were working on it but then just tossed the device aside and said it wasnt worth the trouble.
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As of for me (I am in the beginning on the path of ROM development and still learning) it's hard to start with a kirin device, but in the future I may start supporting kirin devices.

PalakMi said:
As of for me (I am in the beginning on the path of ROM development and still learning) it's hard to start with a kirin device, but in the future I may start supporting kirin devices.
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thats good news
good luck with that

PalakMi said:
As of for me (I am in the beginning on the path of ROM development and still learning) it's hard to start with a kirin device, but in the future I may start supporting kirin devices.
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I thought about it as well but honestly can't afford another phone when my n6 is still a beast. I have looked at some of source and it is a mess. Almost completely unreadable.

zelendel said:
I thought about it as well but honestly can't afford another phone when my n6 is still a beast. I have looked at some of source and it is a mess. Almost completely unreadable.
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It's definitely hard to develop for a kirin device

PalakMi said:
It's definitely hard to develop for a kirin device
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Yeah mainly when they don't translate stuff out of Chinese. Which even translated comes out to gibberish. This is why many of the teams just gave up on the device and told the people that got them the device that it just wasn't gonna happen.

For now, be away from Kirin devices if you look for Custom ROM. Stay with Qualcomm or even MTK...
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zelendel said:
Yeah mainly when they don't translate stuff out of Chinese. Which even translated comes out to gibberish. This is why many of the teams just gave up on the device and told the people that got them the device that it just wasn't gonna happen.
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What do you think if we can translate those stuffs from Chinese to English? I think on XDA there are quite a few Chinese member, although this translation is definitely HUAWEI's own job...

jerryhou85 said:
For now, be away from Kirin devices if you look for Custom ROM. Stay with Qualcomm or even MTK...
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What do you think if we can translate those stuffs from Chinese to English? I think on XDA there are quite a few Chinese member, although this translation is definitely HUAWEI's own job...
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Some have tried. It doesn't translate well due to the different dialects that are used.
I would pick the Karin over mtk if I had a choice myself.

zelendel said:
Yeah mainly when they don't translate stuff out of Chinese. Which even translated comes out to gibberish. This is why many of the teams just gave up on the device and told the people that got them the device that it just wasn't gonna happen.
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The best part is when they misspell something and instead of changing it they leave it like that everywhere
{ "band_5g_enabled", HISI_CONFIG_WIFI_BAND_5G_ENABLEED},
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. I also hate when when they define their functions STATIC in uppercase, it just makes no sense.
I am going to send an PR to the ViM developers to include a Chinese translator [emoji13]

jerryhou85 said:
For now, be away from Kirin devices if you look for Custom ROM. Stay with Qualcomm or even MTK...
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What do you think if we can translate those stuffs from Chinese to English? I think on XDA there are quite a few Chinese member, although this translation is definitely HUAWEI's own job...
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It was easier for Huawei to make those files available in english and for the community

PalakMi said:
It was easier for Huawei to make those files available in english and for the community
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Not really, they are Chinese so it's easier for them.

XePeleato said:
Not really, they are Chinese so it's easier for them.
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I do agree with you it's easier for them to make them in chinese.
All I'm trying to say it isn't that hard to make the files in english (as it's the most used language) and it will be easier for the community to get started
After all, it's up to them

At least we won't get a ****load of copy/pasted buggy roms made by people who don't even own the device or know what a kernel is.
I now find myself more comfortable with this phone and exactly 0 kernel kiddies around, than with my previous Samsung and the perpetual expectation/hope/false illusion of someone to finally make a decent update out of the hundred available variants, which yes it let me keep the phone a year more, but always on the edge of instability, and with an additional decrease of its used market value (a 2-years old phone still has some market; 3-years old is ready to trash).
I don't see criticalities on this phone for now; we'll get Nougat and an EMUI refresh in a few months, and that's enough for another year. Except some defects on status bar and notifications, I don't miss any of the 10000 features of the various fully modded CM13 roms.

Looking at older model used phones.. but which ones to look for ?

edit 2 Sorry, I think this should have been in the Q&A thread? I can't see any option to move it there, or delete this post, and make a new one there. Sorry
Hey guys,
Have been looking on ebay at phones released around 2-3yrs ago for a new(used) upgrade from my current HTC ONE X... but I'm not familiar with all the smartphone tech, or issues, or what's decent/bad etc..
Originally I looked at the LG NEXUS 5X, then read it's got a fault that causes it to fail/Bootloop (eventually). Few people said, there's other phones in similar price range that would be better, though none suggested any (yet). Then I looked at the NEXUS 6P, but, I read again, these have a bootloop fault too ??
Are there any phones that have gotten a good reputation, probably 2014> that still perform well today, but aren't plagued with hardware faults? I don't mind if I have to repair / reflash firmware etc.. as one reason I look at ebay, hope to pickup a phone for cheap (due to broken.. ie screen, not starting up), then fix it.
Price range, around $100, but obviously price for phone will vary depending on phone and condition etc..
[edit] I should have noted, I'm from Australia, so phone prices vary here. Maybe, if you can, throw some suggestions my way, and I'll look around based on what I can spend.
Suggestions on what to look out for ?
Thanks in advance,

Le Widget said:
edit 2 Sorry, I think this ...
Thanks in advance,
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Ask here my friend , you'll have answers :
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1620179

RaiZProduction said:
Ask here my friend , you'll have answers :
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1620179
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^^^ this
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