Related
I saw a bunch of news articles about it, but dont see any way to enable it in android 2.2
Wanna link us to these articles? And do some fact-checking to make sure you're not confused in regards to the teased features for Gingerbread that were shown at Google I/O?
drmacinyasha said:
Wanna link us to these articles? And do some fact-checking to make sure you're not confused in regards to the teased features for Gingerbread that were shown at Google I/O?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
http://www.slashgear.com/android-2-2-froyo-gets-remote-app-installs-itunes-streaming-2086419/
That was the first one I remember reading. Am I reading it wrong?
From what I understood, those demonstrations were of tech that's to be in Gingerbread, or just flat-out hasn't been released yet. Don't hold your breath waiting...
I still think it's crap how google got everyone so excited with all the cloud features for froyo(like OTA app sideloading) then didn't really deploy them...
They didnt mention gingerbread. And they demonstraited it on a n1 which doesnt have the hardware for gingerbread. Im pissed this feature hasnt been added.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
I think there is a lot of this in the framework for FroYo, but what they showed were more demo level, and they are going to let developers implement these things.
Kinda like the HDMI port on the EVO, the API is there, developers just need to use it.
Buy J. River Media Center and install their free Gizmo Android app. Music streaming and more to your phone.
to the OP or others that said they are pissed... you may be pissed now but i assure you after reading a few things, the future is looking bright!!!!! as f*ck!!!!
I blv google has come to the realization that it cannot fully compete with iphone smart(coughdumbcough)phones as well as microsoft smartphones for the simple fact their proprietary music software pwns all just about in respects to itunes and zune... however with google's purchase of simplifymedia and the already implemented cloud servers... its no doubt in my mind in short time we will rule. Hell Apple aint dumb, Itunes will see cloud computing too.
In the meantime... you all should look into either mspot (music only) or zumodrive (media video included). Its basically an alternative (IMHO) until google gets its service up and running. It syncs the music on your computer to the cloud and lets you access it from within your android app. Damn near instant with cloud computing
did i mention how much i love clouds?
orb
'nuff said
gmelchert said:
They didnt mention gingerbread. And they demonstraited it on a n1 which doesnt have the hardware for gingerbread. Im pissed this feature hasnt been added.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What makes you think it doesn't have the hardware? 1Ghz CPU, 512MB of RAM are the only requirements for 3.0 that we've heard of, and the N1, EVO, DX, Incredible, and Desire all match those requirements.
I think screen size is also a requirement for gingerbread. At least 4" I believe.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
david279 said:
I think screen size is also a requirement for gingerbread. At least 4" I believe.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
3.5", not 4". N1 has 3.7".
I think most of those features are in Froyo, but there are still a lot of frameworks outside of the OS that need to be implemented. The Android Market is still being redesigned to work from the web. Froyo has the ability, as you can see with Chrome to Phone, but the web side of things isn't ready for the public yet. As for media, I think Froyo may have it, but Google is probably waiting for their music service to be ready (which is on its own timeline) before they launch the media features. Remember, they want to sell music through the Market in the near future, and the media features mostly have to do with that. It probably won't come until Gingerbread is released, but most likely 2.2+ can use these features when the "other half" is ready.
Patience is a virtue.
I've seen this issue posted in another thread in the Apps and Themes sections, I figured this would be a good place to get it up as well.
Games are crashing on me with dependable consistency. I can play for around five minutes, ten if I'm lucky, and the game will just close. No FC, no notice of any kind, I'm just unceremoniously deposited back into whatever app I was using when I accessed the game. I've so far only experienced this with Plants vs Zombies; others have had this same issue with many other games.
The folks in this thread ( androidforums.com/samsung-epic-4g-touch/415823-games-crashing.html (Not allowed to link.)) seem pretty convinced that it's related to some sort of audio bug. My personal experience is that turning the sound off / all the way down hasn't made any noticeable difference.
I've so far experienced this on Starburst and Calkulin's. I never tried with stock.
I'm open to ideas and experimentation, as I'd really like to be able to sate my (portable) Plants vs Zombies addiction.
So far there's no fix.
So calkulins rom didnt work either... I was going to flash my phone today... Nm that tho... I guess I'll have to leave it stock... (wait for patch)...
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium
Soundpool is seriously fukt with these US sgs2 phones... The sound pool is what causes games to crash... No turning the volume down doesn't help either...Samsung is denying it too...
Hopefully some one can create a rom that stops this from happening...
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium
Here a email I got on the.issue today. Good news as Samsung has reproduced the bug...
Comment #78 on issue 17623 by [email protected]: SoudPool HeapDump on DualCore http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail? id=17623
Hello everybody, with the help of supercurio, we have contacted SamsungMobile. They have reproduced this bug. You can follow progress on our twitter accounts (ellis2323 and supercurio).
--You received this message because you starred the issue. You may adjust your notification preferences at: https://code.google.com/hosting/settings
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium
I tried clicking on the link (dead link)...
Thanks for that update tho... I'm praying for this fix...
Pretty frustrating doing dungeons in Order and Chaos with a team... Then *bam* crash/force close...
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium
Certainly glad to hear it's getting some attention. Such an ugly mar on such a wonderful phone. Fingers crossed!
** EDIT for new info **:
Flash for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will be out before the end of 2011. There will be no Flash support for Android 5.0:
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/43152/flash-for-android-4-end-2011-no-flash-for-android-5
The main reason why I switched to Android was it's Flash support. Finding out recently that ICS did not support Flash and that Adobe was discontinuing Flash development was very discouraging.
Google has confirmed that Flash is not yet operational in ICS, but Google is also confirming that Adobe will support Flash in ICS.
“Flash hasn’t been released for ICS yet. So as far as we know, Adobe will support Flash for ICS.” – Google
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
http://www.slashgear.com/google-con...e-cream-sandwich-for-the-time-being-19196702/
Although discouraging and disappointing at first, there is now hope.
So Flash Player doesn't even show up in the Android Market on the Galaxy Nexus but I thought that one can install the apk on the phone. It seems that this doesn't work either, according to other users who've already got theirs. e.g. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1351167
Half the bloody web uses Flash. How are we supposed to view those sites?
To be honest I'm glad there is no support at the moment and wish that it wouldn't come. I haven't missed it since upgrading to the Nexus and if anything browsing is faster!
has anyone tried side loading it
Flash is going to die in mobile platforms, and we should be pressing video stream websites to use html5, instead of crying about flash's death. Damn memory/cpu hog.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using Tapatalk
i dont know about you guys, but for me, more then half the web uses flash. The only reason im not getting iphone because of flash. The stream i always go to, uses flash. gonna wait a month, if they dont support flash on nexus, im getting sgs2
SGS2 will eventually get ICS and will have similar "problem"
uvarvu said:
To be honest I'm glad there is no support at the moment and wish that it wouldn't come. I haven't missed it since upgrading to the Nexus and if anything browsing is faster!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's no problem at all to set the flash settings to "on demand " so you have the fast browsing experience and flash if you need it.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
i her simple apps like tweecaster and facebook do not work! is this true? wtf is going on?. not having flash is a bummer. at least we should have the option. volume issues, no flash, simple apps not working.. this is getting really discouraging
Because they aren't updated for ics I would say. And because the Nexus is the only ics device at the moment they are probably to lazy to do so.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
Nebucatnetzer said:
Because they aren't updated for ics I would say. And because the Nexus is the only ics device at the moment they are probably to lazy to do so.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yea the apps issue i expected..same happened with nex 1 and nex s.. but the no flash and volume issue are real bummers
Who gives a s$&@ about Flash? DOA.
bmstrong said:
Who gives a s$&@ about Flash? DOA.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
you keep running the Apple party line. the rest of us would prefer to have the option for when we need it.
Adobe Flash is currently #24 in the top (free) apps for Android. and the majority of the low reviews are from idiots using 50 dollar Cricket android phones.
don't like it? don't use it. no reason to come in here and spout nonsense.
Hopefully this will shut up the people who keep going on about no Flash support on the GN. It's a brand new hardware running a brand new software; of course there are going to be compatibility issues for early adopters.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App
There are allways apps that don't work with newer OS versions. Happens with iOs, too.
kms108 said:
has anyone tried side loading it
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Several people have reported trying to sideload the latest flash apk for Honeycomb - it didn't work.
About the apps issue, how long is it before they usually get sorted out and ready for the latest OS (right now ICS). I know that the main reason I use my phone for is Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Browsing.
I'm not guessing too long right?
Clancy_s said:
Several people have reported trying to sideload the latest flash apk for Honeycomb - it didn't work.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
has anyone tried it on ICS, honycomb is for tablets, whiles ICS is for both tablets and smartphones, hopefully it works.
Faz20 said:
About the apps issue, how long is it before they usually get sorted out and ready for the latest OS (right now ICS). I know that the main reason I use my phone for is Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Browsing.
I'm not guessing too long right?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If those 4 things are your main concerns it shouldn't be a problem. As far as I know Twitter works fine. Official Facebook app has always been pretty ass on the Android so if you can live with it before you can probably live with it now. YouTube is natively supported and apart from not having Flash the browser is blazing fast.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App
BiGMERF said:
yea the apps issue i expected..same happened with nex 1 and nex s.. but the no flash and volume issue are real bummers
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Lack of flash is Adobe's fault, not Google's.
I notice that whenever I download a picture from Chrome, and then go to the Gallery, the picture will not show up. However, if I go into the file manager and move the picture to a different directory, it seems to move. It seems to me as if the Gallery is not updating it's database of pictures after Chrome downloads. Is this a normal issue on the GS4 or is this something particular only with my phone?
Keep in mind im un-rooted and on stock firmware
Mateoftw said:
I notice that whenever I download a picture from Chrome, and then go to the Gallery, the picture will not show up. However, if I go into the file manager and move the picture to a different directory, it seems to move. It seems to me as if the Gallery is not updating it's database of pictures after Chrome downloads. Is this a normal issue on the GS4 or is this something particular only with my phone?
Keep in mind im un-rooted and on stock firmware
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Does noone know what's wrong?
Bump
This happens to me too. I noticed that if you just leave it alone and come back like an hour later the picture will suddenly be there. But it is extremely annoying and I have no clue on how to fix it.
Sent from my SGH-M919 using xda premium
It's because of the way media scanner is set to work on Samsung devices. If you force it to rerun with an app it will show up
Wayne Tech Nexus
Makes sense. Very stupid to exclude the browser though lol
Sent from my SGH-M919V using Tapatalk 4 Beta
Mateoftw said:
Makes sense. Very stupid to exclude the browser though lol
Sent from my SGH-M919V using Tapatalk 4 Beta
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It is system wide with Samsung devices. They cache everything until the next time media scanner runs.
Anything else you do though will refresh the media scanner. The only thing that doesn't refresh is the browser
Sent from my SGH-M919V using Tapatalk 4 Beta
zelendel said:
It is system wide with Samsung devices. They cache everything until the next time media scanner runs.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
hey buddy how you been!? You got the s4 right? How you liking it??
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T using Tapatalk 2
elesbb said:
hey buddy how you been!? You got the s4 right? How you liking it??
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Not been too bad man. How have you been? No I gave up on OEM based devices. To long before updates are issued if they ever get it. I only run Nexus devices now.
zelendel said:
Not been too bad man. How have you been? No I gave up on OEM based devices. To long before updates are issued if they ever get it. I only run Nexus devices now.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Meh, i can tolerate it. And ive been alright. Too busy with work though. I hate working in a factory -.- cant wait for school to start in the fall. Oh and the nexus devices just dont seem to be all that great for the price. I hope Tmo does come out with their update soon so i can finally update my ROM lol. Hoping they release 4.3 right away instead of 4.2 updates. That way we dont have to wait forever like you said.
elesbb said:
Meh, i can tolerate it. And ive been alright. Too busy with work though. I hate working in a factory -.- cant wait for school to start in the fall. Oh and the nexus devices just dont seem to be all that great for the price. I hope Tmo does come out with their update soon so i can finally update my ROM lol. Hoping they release 4.3 right away instead of 4.2 updates. That way we dont have to wait forever like you said.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah mine was mostly dealing with the over lays like TW or Sense. I perfer AOSP roms and the nexus 4 having full AOSP support backed by good hardware was a big draw. Mainly as I always pay retail for my devices 350 was a bargain.
zelendel said:
Yeah mine was mostly dealing with the over lays like TW or Sense. I perfer AOSP roms and the nexus 4 having full AOSP support backed by good hardware was a big draw. Mainly as I always pay retail for my devices 350 was a bargain.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I like all the cool features of the S4, but TouchWiz is history on my phone working on deleting some useless kernel services and other bloat crap that arent just apks in system directory. I love my phone. Just wish the random rebooting would go away -.- I guess thats where having full source and kernel code comes into handy
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T using Tapatalk 2
elesbb said:
I like all the cool features of the S4, but TouchWiz is history on my phone working on deleting some useless kernel services and other bloat crap that arent just apks in system directory. I love my phone. Just wish the random rebooting would go away -.- I guess thats where having full source and kernel code comes into handy
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yup pretty much. So what do you think of Samsungs push to Tizen? Think it will kill the OEM to switch to a fully closed sourced OS?
zelendel said:
Yup pretty much. So what do you think of Samsungs push to Tizen? Think it will kill the OEM to switch to a fully closed sourced OS?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hm, never heard of Tizen. However, "fully closed source OS" means its not Android. And i wont be using it lol. That is 99% of the reason i love android. Same reason i loved windows Mobile 6.5.x. I made custom ROMs for it, was able to change colors/etc via Registry edits, was easily able to write my own apps with C# (as i can do with android in Java) so a closed source OS will totally kill them. Granted, Samsung is a great company. They just better NOT get rid of Android all together. I have been diving into some of the securities with Android. And samsung is doing a great job keeping their stuff closed source by simply writing .c code and putting the compiled version into System/bin and have the system run its special code. So they are still staying closed source to a point
In their defense, i don't blame them. If i create something that is out of this world and beyond all others, i surely would want it to be copyrighted and unable to be repliated to other devices (IE Smart View, and the other things they made) I just fear everything will be "controlled" the US Government is already trying to overtake the internet and crap like that. Oh can't forget about the Verizon call info being shared with the Government. Bleh really strayed off there xD
elesbb said:
Hm, never heard of Tizen. However, "fully closed source OS" means its not Android. And i wont be using it lol. That is 99% of the reason i love android. Same reason i loved windows Mobile 6.5.x. I made custom ROMs for it, was able to change colors/etc via Registry edits, was easily able to write my own apps with C# (as i can do with android in Java) so a closed source OS will totally kill them. Granted, Samsung is a great company. They just better NOT get rid of Android all together. I have been diving into some of the securities with Android. And samsung is doing a great job keeping their stuff closed source by simply writing .c code and putting the compiled version into System/bin and have the system run its special code. So they are still staying closed source to a point
In their defense, i don't blame them. If i create something that is out of this world and beyond all others, i surely would want it to be copyrighted and unable to be repliated to other devices (IE Smart View, and the other things they made) I just fear everything will be "controlled" the US Government is already trying to overtake the internet and crap like that. Oh can't forget about the Verizon call info being shared with the Government. Bleh really strayed off there xD
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Oh it is still android based as only the kernel needs to be open. here is a part of the info. They recently had a developers con for it
Presented originally as an open source operating system, Tizen 2 has a complicated licensing model. Its SDK is built on top of open source components[31] but the entire SDK has been published under a non-open-source Samsung license.[32]
The operating system itself consists of many open source components. A number of components internally developed by Samsung (e.g. boot animation, calendar, task manager, music player applications) are however released under the Flora License which is most likely incompatible with requirements of the Open Source Initiative. Therefore it is not known whether the native application framework and its graphical components can be legally utilized for Free and Open Source Software such as GPL applications.
zelendel said:
Oh it is still android based as only the kernel needs to be open. here is a part of the info. They recently had a developers con for it
Presented originally as an open source operating system, Tizen 2 has a complicated licensing model. Its SDK is built on top of open source components[31] but the entire SDK has been published under a non-open-source Samsung license.[32]
The operating system itself consists of many open source components. A number of components internally developed by Samsung (e.g. boot animation, calendar, task manager, music player applications) are however released under the Flora License which is most likely incompatible with requirements of the Open Source Initiative. Therefore it is not known whether the native application framework and its graphical components can be legally utilized for Free and Open Source Software such as GPL applications.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Im not liking it... Feels way too much like the older style phones. And that screenshot makes me wanna destroy all my electronics xD Never knew something so hideous could exist Lets hope its better than what I'm thinking. Wish they'd just stick to Android and java though..
elesbb said:
Im not liking it... Feels way too much like the older style phones. And that screenshot makes me wanna destroy all my electronics xD Never knew something so hideous could exist Lets hope its better than what I'm thinking. Wish they'd just stick to Android and java though..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I ahte to say it but its not gonna be. Samsung wants complete control of the device. Just take a look at their unrootable kernels, locked bootloaders, and lack of interest in working with the developers. They used the Devs to make them popular and now couldnt care less. I have a feeling Samsung will go the way of Nokia if they keep this up.
zelendel said:
I ahte to say it but its not gonna be. Samsung wants complete control of the device. Just take a look at their unrootable kernels, locked bootloaders, and lack of interest in working with the developers. They used the Devs to make them popular and now couldnt care less. I have a feeling Samsung will go the way of Nokia if they keep this up.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I noticed that the locked bootloaders and unrootable kernels were only carrier specific. I didnt have an unrootable kernel or a locked bootloader with my T-Mobile S4 variant but noticed other carriers had issues. Hmm. But yes if they keep it up i will not be buying any samsung device in the future. Im tryna make the S4 last me a good 3 - 4 years.
Simple question, really.
Trebuchet was CyanogenMod's default launcher. Is that going to be updated and maintained or will Lineage just use Google Now Launcher or similar?
The only reason I can think of for LineageOS not continuing to maintain and update Trebuchet would be if Cyanogen Inc had close sourced it. I do not know if that is the case, but it seems unlikely.
Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk
Trebuchet, at least on my device (HTC A9) is a steaming pile of ?that would be better off if It died. It's literally had the same problems since CM 12. As far as I can tell it's been abandoned anyway. It's a lot like Internet explorer in that sense. It's there to work good enough to allow you to install an actual launcher.
Sent from my HTC One A9 using Tapatalk
scott8281 said:
Trebuchet, at least on my device (HTC A9) is a steaming pile of 💩that would be better of if It died. It's literally had the same problems since CM 12. As far as I can tell it's been abandoned anyway. It's a lot like Internet explorer in that sense. It's there to work good enough to allow you to install an actual launcher.
Sent from my HTC One A9 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
LOL, yeah I use Nova myself.
Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk
SteveYoungs said:
LOL, yeah I use Nova myself.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Same. I use nova for the customisation. I was just curious as to what would become of trebuchet.
Doofitator said:
Same. I use nova for the customisation. I was just curious as to what would become of trebuchet.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I haven't heard a clear answer yet but I suspect things like trebuchet, snap or anything else that was CM related might pose a legal danger. I've read quite a bit on it but it's terribly complicated. There's cyanogen OS , cyanogen mod and Android AOSP.
From what I've read cyanogen OS is the only thing cyanogen Inc really owns but I know when the transition first happened several devs pulled apps that had been intergraded with CM. I'm not sure whether they did that because it meant they'd have to surrender there ability to keep the app open source because of cyanogen os or they weren't happy with the deal or what. Perhaps someone else can shed more light on it.
I'm curious to know how many of the tweaks (such as is system settings) and apps (such as trebuchet) are actually licensed under cyanogen Inc. I guess we will soon find out.
Seeing how they shut the server's down early I'm guessing it was a nasty break up and in those deals we might see a level of legal pettiness that might not usually be seen in a more civil breakup. The guy Kondik hired appears to a be a huge douchenozzle.
Sent from my HTC One A9 using Tapatalk
scott8281 said:
I haven't heard a clear answer yet but I suspect things like trebuchet, snap or anything else that was CM related might pose a legal danger. I've read quite a bit on it but it's terribly complicated. There's cyanogen OS , cyanogen mod and Android AOSP.
From what I've read cyanogen OS is the only thing cyanogen Inc really owns but I know when the transition first happened several devs pulled apps that had been intergraded with CM. I'm not sure whether they did that because it meant they'd have to surrender there ability to keep the app open source because of cyanogen os or they weren't happy with the deal or what. Perhaps someone else can shed more light on it.
I'm curious to know how many of the tweaks (such as is system settings) and apps (such as trebuchet) are actually licensed under cyanogen Inc. I guess we will soon find out.
Seeing how they shut the server's down early I'm guessing it was a nasty break up and in those deals we might see a level of legal pettiness that might not usually be seen in a more civil breakup. The guy Kondik hired appears to a be a huge douchenozzle.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So huge of one he bailed on his own ship & crew, so the new guy could tread water lol.
I love Trébuchet !