Anyone know when we are getting 4.0.4 on HTC One X
emahmood87 said:
Anyone know when we are getting 4.0.4 on HTC One X
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No. We don't even have a 3.0 kernel yet.
HTC already have about 7494643519467 bugs to fix, nevermind 4.0.4
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Fokas. said:
HTC already have about 7494643519467 bugs to fix, nevermind 4.0.4
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And what bugs are these? only problem i have witnessed is an overheat battery which i think i caused my self but got a new phone, everything else seems flawless including battery + external battery !
Fokas. said:
HTC already have about 7494643519467 bugs to fix, nevermind 4.0.4
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As launches go, other than the Teg3 graphics issues (flickering), it hasn't been that bad. Most of the major issues have been addressed between 1.29.07 and 1.29.11 and supposedly there's another update to follow. Rather than compare the phone to "perfect," compare it to other high-end phone launches. You'll see it's not as bad as a lot of people are making it out to be.
BarryH_GEG said:
No. We don't even have a 3.0 kernel yet.
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What does this mean ?, do we not have ICS kernel or something ??.
DANOFDANGER said:
What does this mean ?, do we not have ICS kernel or something ??.
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No we don't. No Teg3 device is on a ICS kernel yet. It's up to Nvidia to do the heavy lifting.
BarryH_GEG said:
No we don't. No Teg3 device is on a ICS kernel yet. It's up to Nvidia to do the heavy lifting.
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Will they ever do this ?, wouldn't this provide some heavy fixes and peformance boosts ??.
DANOFDANGER said:
Will they ever do this ?, wouldn't this provide some heavy fixes and peformance boosts ??.
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Probably not.
We have 2.6.39, the first ICS was based on 3.0.1., or if they hadn't had a massive pointless renumbering, would have been called 2.6.41.
I guess the reason people haven't moved up is because in mainline they started moving all the arm specific files around and consolidating features between the different architectures. This will make it easier in the future, but merging changes when all the files have moved is a ballache.
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Probably not.
We have 2.6.39, the first ICS was based on 3.0.1., or if they hadn't had a massive pointless renumbering, would have been called 2.6.41.
I guess the reason people haven't moved up is because in mainline they started moving all the arm specific files around and consolidating features between the different architectures. This will make it easier in the future, but merging changes when all the files have moved is a ballache.
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The One S and XL are on 3.0 so if Nvidia gets off their lazy asses you can assume Teg3 devices will move up too. All the new Asus, Acer, and Toshiba (some not even released yet) tablets are using Teg3 so I can’t imagine the manufacturers being OK leaving them on an outdated kernel forever. It would make sense though to update the kernel at the same time the OS is updated to 4.0.4 which could be weeks to months away. No one but Nvidia knows for sure what the answer will be.
BarryH_GEG said:
No. We don't even have a 3.0 kernel yet.
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Nothing to do with the kernel sent from an asus transformer tf101 running android 4.0.4 on 2.6.39.4 kernel
Could have also been sent of my LG GT540 which is a year or more old running 4.0.4 on a 2.6.29 kernel has updated to .35 now but regardless you see my point
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So people lets start another petition for HTC and nvidia asking them to update the kernels to 3.0.I think its upto us or else nvidia will not do it themselves as they dont care about developers!
Am I going bonkers, I thought my transformer prime had that kernal and running 4.04?
maxcovergold said:
Am I going bonkers, I thought my transformer prime had that kernal and running 4.04?
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No check in the settings if you are doubtful i am sure its not running 3.0
rn9215 said:
No check in the settings if you are doubtful i am sure its not running 3.0
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i thought the first time the one x is also running on 3.0 but it runs at 2.6.39.4 ...i think its not soooo good ...is it so when it runs on 3.0 the hole system would be better?
One-X-master said:
i thought the first time the one x is also running on 3.0 but it runs at 2.6.39.4 ...i think its not soooo good ...is it so when it runs on 3.0 the hole system would be better?
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Would like to know too, whats our disadvantage from now being on 3.0 ??.
In short.
In details.
And one more for the hope we get upto date kernels!
As already mentioned several times, there are no special landmark
features or incompatibilities related to the version number change,
it's simply a way to drop an inconvenient numbering system in honor of
twenty years of Linux. In fact, the 3.0 merge window was calmer than
most, and apart from some excitement from RCU I'd have called it
really smooth.
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So no, it is not a huge deal.
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what does it mean for us desires?
Not a thing unless one of the talented guys on here can port it over to the desire apparently it will run on any device that can run gingerbread.
What are minimum specs required for 4.0 will it support our desires ?? Hopefully devs will bring it soon for us .. I really like the new UI changes
Better CM and AOSP roms
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rtb35 said:
pparently it will run on any device that can run gingerbread.
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Just read that, too.
HTC still didn´t confirm ICS updates for their devices since they still have to figure out if and how they are able to implement Sense.
But since google already implemented a lot of the Sense features (or at least the most important for me) I hope/wish porting will be possible. (Go devs! )
But just imagine that: The Desire is like almost 2 years old and might be able to get ICS. What an awesome device!
Wonder if 4.0 will make the interface smoother/less laggy on our Desires?
http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-4.0-highlights.html
I love the Android Beam!
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Wonder if 4.0 will make the interface smoother/less laggy on our Desires?
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Well theoretically should run smoother than our 2.3, because Android 4 first time using GPU accelerated UI, so if ICS can take desire gpu to work it will be smoother. But anyway, first we need to see custom rom for our Desire.
Petols said:
Wonder if 4.0 will make the interface smoother/less laggy on our Desires?
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Its a pretty smooth experience already on Oxygen anyway
MIUI said:
We'll follow Android 4.0 and MIUI based on Android 4.0 will be released as soon as possible.
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taken from their facebook update
I really do hope we get it too! i cant wait for ICS!
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http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-4.0-highlights.html
I love the Android Beam!
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Yes really nice feature. Sadly it will not be supported on desire .. it needs hardware at back cover
Yes its a nice feature but sadly, Android Beam will not be supported. This is because the Desire do not have an NFC chip required to use Android Beam.
owen1978 said:
Its a pretty smooth experience already on Oxygen anyway
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Pretty - yes. Smooth - no.
Terepin said:
Pretty - yes. Smooth - no.
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Saying Oxygen doesn't run smoothly makes me think you've never tried any version of Oxygen...especially not the newest as it's the smoothest ROM I've ever run on my Desire. Incredibly fast.
Simple fact: CPU rendering will be NEVER as fast as GPU rendering. If you'll show me video with zero stuttering and zero slowdown while using live wallpaper, I'll pay you money.
I'm aware that CPU rendering will never be as fast as GPU rendering and I don't use Live wallpapers as I find them distracting but from the setup I'm running I find it perfectly smooth and have never had a slow down. I think it's the fastest, smoothest ROM available for the Desire and it makes great use of the hardware available.
It doesn't matter what you think.
It only matters what you can prove systematically .
Terepin said:
Pretty - yes. Smooth - no.
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Oxygen is definitely by far the most smooth ROM for Desire, by far. I've personally flashed every single ROM on my Desire available from XDA and can tell you this from personal experience; if it wasn't smooth for you, then you either flashed the wrong ROM or you did something wrong! Haha.
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The only thing for me that is smooth is... well, smooth thing. Anything that has even slightest lag isn't smooth by definition. Period.
Hey hey,
I know T989D guys are anxious for some ICS news. I called in today to Samsung Canada for some news about the 100% battery bug (where the battery status will stay 100% until you reboot). Anyway, the gentleman on the phone acknowledged the bug and said unfortunately it would not be remedied until firmware version 4.0 was released. He also mentioned that 4.0 was definitely in the works for the T989D, however, he could not confirm the timing, "whether two weeks or two months, I just can't say".
So, there you have it. I confirmed with him again that indeed ICS was on it's way, he acknowledged it was and he definitely knew what he was talking about.
Cheers!
PS: If you're a T989D owner please post your ROM/Kernel experiences and please recommend your top ROM. Thanks!
Right now im running darksides ROM with included kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1473077 it adds many options and cool boot screens I cant say ive ever had a crash... Gonna use it till ics comes out
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Awesome! Thanks for the update! Hopefully they send it to Telus soon.
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telus announced it will have ics last year...
it comes out in 2 years when...burger french fries sandwich is made for other phones.
Dec 31 2012
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Dec 31 2012
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We would be dead by then lol
nyamd20 said:
We would be dead by then lol
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If I have to wait that long I won't have this phone by then
From ya mums house
If its not out by the next big thing, either SGSIII international, Some new google phone, or an Asus quad core(cause i think asus doesnt mess around when it comes to software updates), then id be upgrading.
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If its not out by the next big thing, either SGSIII international, Some new google phone, or an Asus quad core(cause i think asus doesnt mess around when it comes to software updates), then id be upgrading.
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Asus is a better choice than Google. Google has totally botched our updates and can't seem to get the bugs fixed. Nexus S updates? Hold. Galaxy Nexus updates? Hold.
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I'm pretty satisfied myself with the speed of the phone with gingerbread, holding outs boot longer ain't so bad with such a powerful SoC. This thing bows away my tegra 2 with ice cream sandwich in many ways.
Any other ROM suggestions? Thanks for that one, trying it now!
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I'm pretty satisfied myself with the speed of the phone with gingerbread, holding outs boot longer ain't so bad with such a powerful SoC. This thing bows away my tegra 2 with ice cream sandwich in many ways.
Any other ROM suggestions? Thanks for that one, trying it now!
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could always try foxstar ;]
a call center rep said it will happen, so it will...
i see this ending well... (looks back at similar vibrant threads)
when i bought my t989d from telus in november it said on the website Android 4.0 - available in 2012. This was one reason i bought the phone knowing that it will get it eventually. I do hope it comes damn soon though cause if the gsIII comes out and we still dont have it i will upgrade for sure.
If the T989D gets it, we get it! That's the awesomeness of having a closely related phone to Canadian carriers that care more about updates. The T959D (I believe D) got Gingerbread and we got nothing. Only difference was the antenna bands.
I'm not excited about ics at all, look at the international version of ics.. it looks exactly like gb.
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cashyftw said:
I'm not excited about ics at all, look at the international version of ics.. it looks exactly like gb.
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Who cares, once it drops, we just need to wait a bit and we will get CM9. Bell has the international version and they said in December they would get ICS in April. Looks promising for their date since the other 9100s got the update this week. So if the international version gets it April in Canada, i would expect May to be a good release date for the variants.
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I'm not excited about ics at all, look at the international version of ics.. it looks exactly like gb.
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Agreed. I have a Sensation with ICS port and the only thing that really improved was battery life. A few tweaks here and there...really isnt a big deal and other than better battery management, I dont see what all the fuss is about...the facial unlock that works 15% of the time maybe?
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Agreed. I have a Sensation with ICS port and the only thing that really improved was battery life. A few tweaks here and there...really isnt a big deal and other than better battery management, I dont see what all the fuss is about...the facial unlock that works 15% of the time maybe?
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The fuss is many fold. Better application management. Better Task manager. First Android OS that I had not had to run a Task Killer on to be stable (on Vibrant). Slicker, smoother faster UI. Better Memory management and of course as noted better battery life because of all of the above. Finally, it's System settings screen has a better and more functional layout.
The face unlock is mostly gimmick but nice nonetheless. I will use it once I get it.
Another really big thing is the ICS stock unlock is so far the best I have used.
once the official ICS drop for our phones, the first thing any Dev would do is rip off TW and replace it with something else more AOSP like
personally i've never used any stock launcher
the first thing i do all the time is freeze TW or stock launcher, and replace them with Go Launcher EX
the important stuff of ICS is not the looks of it, but rather the raw power by the 3.x Linux Kernel it uses, and the real usage of SMP
all the top layer stuff can be changed or replaced by something else
Will HTC One V get an upgrade to Android 5 JellyBean? ?? I have already bought this phone but some people say that I've done a mistake and I should have bought a phone with dual core so that I would be able to upgrade it to JellyBean? HAVE I DONE A MISTAKE?? My price range was just Rs.18,000.
The HTC One V has an unlocked bootloader and the kernel source is released. If Jelly Bean doesn't arrive through official means, I think you'll find it'll get it unofficially.
I do not see why a single core device would not be able to run Jelly Bean.
1gh is enough for JB. if JB will be improved in terms of speed and smoothness and using less resources then it will be just fine for One V. From GB to ICS it is a major jump because the whole system is cleaned and the clutter is removed (from within android internally) and you can see why. ICS is moving faster than GB on a device as old as Htc Hero (2009 released).
how about our one v RAM? Its always under 100mb in normal use. Will it be able to handle JB ?
Im worried RAM will be an obstacle for one v to get JB update
Jelly Bean hasn't even been announced yet. I don't think there are any answered to the question. Nobody even knows for sure what changes it will bring.
But internet says it will not!
I read on the net that JB will not support Single Core 1Ghz processors and even some Dual Core processors...!!!!
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I read on the net that JB will not support Single Core 1Ghz processors and even some Dual Core processors...!!!!
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They said hat even for gingerbread which even 500mhz processors run beautifully!
So no need to worry and I can guarantee that we will get JB! if not hTC then I will try...I am still learning compiling from source!
Im just gonna wait for some generous devs to port it..
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how about our one v RAM? Its always under 100mb in normal use. Will it be able to handle JB ?
Im worried RAM will be an obstacle for one v to get JB update
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It's like that on stock rom running sense + icecream. What did you expected? from 512 mb ram, to have 500 free?!
After you've installed a custom rom without sense that eats a lot of ram, you will have enough ram for yourself.
One V will maybe won't get OFFICIAL JB update, but it will definitely be ported once it is released and sources are out.
And dudes, come on! You are waiting for port? IT IS NOT EVEN LAUNCHED YET! You have ICS, play with it. I am stuck on Chocolate - Eclair - GB roms from 2009. I had ICS on my current phone but some things are not working correctly because it is a port and it is not done. If I were you I will love every moment that ICS + sense has to offer.
I can't wait to buy the One V... 8 more days!
All you guys complaining about RAM (in this topic and the other one in Q&A) need to relax - that's just how Android works. Android will free up memory when it needs it. I'm not an expert but my understanding is that its memory management is drastically different to OSes like Windows and OS X.
This is the same reason why stuff like task killers are terrible. 512MB RAM is easily fine for ICS and will probably be fine for JB too (on an 800x480 screen anyway).
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All you guys complaining about RAM (in this topic and the other one in Q&A) need to relax - that's just how Android works. Android will free up memory when it needs it. I'm not an expert but my understanding is that its memory management is drastically different to OSes like Windows and OS X.
This is the same reason why stuff like task killers are terrible. 512MB RAM is easily fine for ICS and will probably be fine for JB too (on an 800x480 screen anyway).
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After rooting supercharging also handles ram in a better way...
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shubhamchamaria said:
After rooting supercharging also handles ram in a better way...
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yeah but it's better to tweak the memory settings from within the boot.img itself because then you will not worry about if the script works/it needs resources to run the script and so on!
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After rooting supercharging also handles ram in a better way...
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With 512MB RAM, you do not need Supercharger (I would dispute its usefulness at all).
Let Android handle memory the way it was designed.
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They only support ONE S AND X... they don't give a damn about v...
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yeah. but we give a damn ! xda hosts the best devs in android world. so f**k htc's support!
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They only support ONE S AND X... they don't give a damn about v...
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That isn't true ...I have got 3 its updates since I bought my phone and my friends one x has just got one....they also fixed the menu button problem in our case while it still remains unresolved if not for blubbers...
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With 512MB RAM, you do not need Supercharger (I would dispute its usefulness at all).
Let Android handle memory the way it was designed.
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Agreed. It makes you wonder what Google's software engineers supposedly overlooked that someone had to come behind and fix. What Supercharger does is not secret. If Google wanted to, they could buy it and put into the stock kernel but I don't see that happening.
On an experiential level, the only ROM with Supercharger kernel that I ever used was a great ROM, but it's performance was not noticeably better than a regular overclocked kernel. In fact, it had a greater tendency to hesitate and lag my Wildfire S.
Why do you guys complaining about Ram?? HD2 has 1ghz cpu with 512 mb Ram [up to 576mb] and it runs all custom Roms perfectly!
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Why do you guys complaining about Ram?? HD2 has 1ghz cpu with 512 mb Ram [up to 576mb] and it runs all custom Roms perfectly!
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We are talking about JB. But I don't mind the small amount of ram because it is enough to run linux/android
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That isn't true ...I have got 3 its updates since I bought my phone and my friends one x has just got one....they also fixed the menu button problem in our case while it still remains unresolved if not for blubbers...
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What???I'm only got one update is there's any effect on update after rooting???
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Interesting link here guys wonder if One x can get some of this.
http://liliputing.com/2012/06/android-is-about-to-get-a-lot-faster-thanks-to-linaro.html
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Interesting link here guys wonder if One x can get some of this.
http://liliputing.com/2012/06/android-is-about-to-get-a-lot-faster-thanks-to-linaro.html
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I'm impressed.
shankly1985 said:
Interesting link here guys wonder if One x can get some of this.
http://liliputing.com/2012/06/android-is-about-to-get-a-lot-faster-thanks-to-linaro.html
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Wow, bring it on!
What i would be interested in is whether battery consumption is therefor increased or if it remains the same? Either way, i hope this gets the attention it deserves. It doubles the fps, this is crazy!
nvidia is not involved in this project according to linaro website
the dev in the video mentioned they were only developing for ARM processors.. .. looks like the wait begins
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the dev in the video mentioned they were only developing for ARM processors.. .. looks like the wait begins
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99,99% of all Android devices are ARM. Intel has just ported it to x86 but there has never been a worlwide release of an Intel-Android phone yet, so it makes a lot of sense to keep it on ARM. Needless to say that the HOX is ARM-based too. No need for sad faces...
basically if u use custom rom which is based on AOSP, AOKP & CM9 your in luck because these developers can use this now,
while sense have to wait for htc to update... thus us <---- right?
personally i dont see if happening anytime soon
Not happening on tegra just because Nvidia is a bad company and will not release any source for their drivers and so therefore there's no way to port the timizations over.
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basically if u use custom rom which is based on AOSP, AOKP & CM9 your in luck because these developers can use this now,
while sense have to wait for htc to update... thus us <---- right?
personally i dont see if happening anytime soon
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Wouldn't google have to implement this into their source or can this be done via kernel update from htc ?.
shadehh said:
What i would be interested in is whether battery consumption is therefor increased or if it remains the same? Either way, i hope this gets the attention it deserves. It doubles the fps, this is crazy!
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I would guess less battery usage. It goes faster because the code is better optimised and therefore fewer instructions to achieve the same goal.
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Not happening on tegra just because Nvidia is a bad company and will not release any source for their drivers and so therefore there's no way to port the timizations over.
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I don't think the ABI is affected by these changes, so it should be possible to build the kernel and still use the prebuilt nVidia binary drivers.
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Not happening on tegra just because Nvidia is a bad company and will not release any source for their drivers and so therefore there's no way to port the timizations over.
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Aren't this changes made to the google code?
Linaro has been applied to CM9 Domination ROM [JUN14-Build3] today On any CM9 build I tried before this all I could acheive on quadrant was around 4300 now im hitting 5000+ with this build.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1692415
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Linaro has been applied to CM9 Domination ROM [JUN14-Build3] today On any CM9 build I tried before this all I could acheive on quadrant was around 4300 now im hitting 5000+ with this build.
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I'm getting 5000 with stock ROM
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13pointseven said:
Linaro has been applied to CM9 Domination ROM [JUN14-Build3] today On any CM9 build I tried before this all I could acheive on quadrant was around 4300 now im hitting 5000+ with this build.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1692415
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as you can see in the users feedback opf this ROM lots of GPU acceleration issues
on the linaro website FAQ
its actually said they dont support Nvidia processors since NV didnt join the program
anyway ill keep my eyes on that ROM
To be fair I think nvidia will keep a close eye on this and work that has worth they will use internally, so its not all bad. It does however mean a long wait until users see anything from it though
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Not happening on tegra just because Nvidia is a bad company and will not release any source for their drivers and so therefore there's no way to port the timizations over.
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Most likely nvidia would like to release the source but can't because of non disclosure agreements with 3rd parties. Anyway acoording to the video most optimization is to the cpu so even on sense we could soon see some of the optimizations on custom roms.
Also a while ago I build custum RPM packages on Mandriva, when building on Mandriva by default it uses strict aliasing and many packages refused to build but adapting the code to compile was relatively easy, even for someone like me with little to no experience in coding.
This would do really, really great on the one x.
How hard is it to port the toolchain to tegra3?
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This would do really, really great on the one x.
How hard is it to port the toolchain to tegra3?
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To get a issue free port I would say it needs Nvidia to do this.
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I have used Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora - currently having an Ubuntu Server) and I pretty much know what a Kernel is and what it does.
I also know that the 3.0 Linux kernel is a pretty big improvement overall.
But, regarding Android, what does it bring that makes it so important? Also, why would it improve the speed of ICS on our devices? I can't get my head around this.
Well one thing to keep in mind is that Android isn't just another 'flavor/distro' of linux. So there's quite a bit of difference than say Ubuntu running a 3.x kernel and Android/Dalvik running 3.x
I don't know the technical details of it, but that's generally how it's been in my layman views of it.
PS: The ICS rom I'm using has 2.6.35.14 for the kernel version (based off CM9's kernel), so unless Jelly Bean is supposedly upgrading the kernel version to 3.x I'm not sure where you're getting that info at.
Well, I see in the Andromadus thread discussions regarding kernel 3.0 and how it will bring camera and speed improvements to ICS on HTC Desire Z/G2. Also, in Sense 4 ROM threads the kernel is referred nothing short of a lifesaver.
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Well, I see in the Andromadus thread discussions regarding kernel 3.0 and how it will bring camera and speed improvements to ICS on HTC Desire Z/G2. Also, in Sense 4 ROM threads the kernel is referred nothing short of a lifesaver.
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The camera issue is more a driver issue since there are no official ICS roms for the G2/Vision yet, it's not going to be solved simply by a kernel version.
By the way which threads were those?
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By the way I noticed that some like CM9RC1 (unofficial) which is the kernel EliteMod is based off of, that there's a lot of "from 3.0" but nothing seems to be running 3.0 as a whole rather 2.6.x with bits and pieces from the 3.0 kernel. Kind of back-porting features etc basically.
Apart from the Andromadus thread, this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1679962 regarding speed.
I know that we are waiting for the Desire HD update in order to fix the camera, and that is supposed to have a Kernel 3.0 which can be easily ported to the DZ
bogdan5844 said:
Apart from the Andromadus thread, this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1679962 regarding speed.
I know that we are waiting for the Desire HD update in order to fix the camera, and that is supposed to have a Kernel 3.0 which can be easily ported to the DZ
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Funny how the DHD is older than the G2/Vision yet seems to get more attention.
I assume they mention that possibly because the DHD uses the same camera hardware as the DZ, as such if a driver source were made available it could be ported. Same would be true if they made the source available via the 2.6.x kernel, so not 3.0 specifically just that 3.0 is likely what the DHD will get, and that'll be the source for getting the camera working.
Wasn't the Desire HD released at the same time as the DZ ? I think it's favored because it's easier to develop on a non-QWERTY phone.
bogdan5844 said:
Wasn't the Desire HD released at the same time as the DZ ? I think it's favored because it's easier to develop on a non-QWERTY phone.
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As I recall it was about a month prior to the DZ... and the non-QWERTY shouldn't have anything to do with it since that's a system-level thing.
A 3.0 kernel will likely bring no speed improvements or camera fixes. At this point speed is mostly limited due to hardware, not software. 3.0 offers a variety of features and power saving options discussed elsewhere by people more knowledgeable on the topic than myself.
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kbeezie said:
As I recall it was about a month prior to the DZ... and the non-QWERTY shouldn't have anything to do with it since that's a system-level thing.
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Desire HD has more RAM and technically a better CPU (though thats not really the case, as the Vision has pretty much the same CPU just underclocked). Believe it was stated by HTC that devices with 512MB of RAM and less would not officially get ICS.
Thats why the Desire HD is favored over the Desire Z/G2; its probably not helped by the fact that the G2 was discontinued by Tmobile.
actually, kernel 3.0 has nothing special about it. Linus Torvalds got bored of the 2.6.XX names, and the kernel was nothing like it was as 2.6 scheme started, so he renamed it. You can read the mail about renaming at this address:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/5/29/204
HTC said 512 ROM not RAM.
stranded.eu said:
HTC said 512 ROM not RAM.
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Yea that makes more sense, gota have room for the whole 'stock' system and then some. (though sd-ext helps for anyone who are right on the 512MB ROM size )