Google says that there will be no support for 4.2 on Nexus S, link here: https://groups.google.com/forum/?pli=1#!topic/android-building/-ymcoMuDAbA/discussion
And my question is, if 4.1.2 is the last update for Nexus S, will 4.2 be the last update for Galaxy Nexus?
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Google says that there will be no support for 4.2 on Nexus S, link here: https://groups.google.com/forum/?pli=1#!topic/android-building/-ymcoMuDAbA/discussion
And my question is, if 4.1.2 is the last update for Nexus S, will 4.2 be the last update for Galaxy Nexus?
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Don't think so, maybe the updates will stop next year, around November
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Nexus S got updated until Nexus 4 came, so Galaxy Nexus will probably be updated until the next-gen Nexus arrives.
We pretty much all knew that support from Google ends after 2 years.
Well if you consider that the Nexus S saw Gingerbread, ICS and JB (up to 4.1.2), for a single core, 512MB RAM device, that's pretty impressive. I am expecting the Galaxy Nexus to be supported until it's hardware is outdated. That may or may not be next year, but as long as it can, it will be running the latest version of Android.
I thought it was 18 months of support, anyway I will get a new Nexus by that time or there will be custom roms for it.
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I think we will continue to get support until the next major release. Maybe until android 5.0?
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I think this is it for GNex...
The world is moving to the S4 and S4 Pro, where GNex is stuck with this OMAP from yester-year. I'm looking forward to getting my Nex4
I'm staying optimistic on this one. Wanted a N4, but then thought it might be worth holding to GNex until Android 5.0. With JB GN's hardware doesn't feel that outdated anyway.
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I think this is it for GNex...
The world is moving to the S4 and S4 Pro, where GNex is stuck with this OMAP from yester-year. I'm looking forward to getting my Nex4
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Yeah and when everyone was dual core madness, the Nexus S still saw updates.
Im expecting 2 more major updates. Well maybe 1 major update and a few minor ones here and there.
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Well if you consider that the Nexus S saw Gingerbread, ICS and JB (up to 4.1.2), for a single core, 512MB RAM device, that's pretty impressive. I am expecting the Galaxy Nexus to be supported until it's hardware is outdated. That may or may not be next year, but as long as it can, it will be running the latest version of Android.
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This is my understanding as well..
We all know that Google went the extra mile to have ICS and JB running as best as possible in Nexus S, same for Nexus One (there were several internal builds of ICS for Nexus One until they saw they could not properly update it to ICS in the way they meant ICS to run). Since storage and partitions are not an issue, neither a Dual Core Cortex A9, my belief is that as long as 1GB of RAM is enough to have a good Android experience, they will keep Galaxy Nexus up to date.
It all depends on the hardware. It always has. If Google can no longer smoothly manage to run a build they will update it. It does not matter if it's 2yrs or 18 months
But with the speed in which technology in mobile world is evolving I expect to see the next major update I.e. the 'k' update as our nexus started out with ice cream sandwich.
Dual core is becoming old soon. All major flagship phones are quad core now
But we at xda have managed jb on phones with ram as low as 256 mb so I think we will see a cm 12 and 13 on my phone as well
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It all depends on the hardware. It always has. If Google can no longer smoothly manage to run a build they will update it. It does not matter if it's 2yrs or 18 months
But with the speed in which technology in mobile world is evolving I expect to see the next major update I.e. the 'k' update as our nexus started out with ice cream sandwich.
Dual core is becoming old soon. All major flagship phones are quad core now
But we at xda have managed jb on phones with ram as low as 256 mb so I think we will see a cm 12 and 13 on my phone as well
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Not that it matters but the Droid Razr HD was running on a Dual Core chip, and it was a flagship phone. Just saying.
Based on what Google has been doing with the Nexus line, we'll still updates until the next Nexus (N5) comes out. The N1 got updates until 4.0 and the GNex (N3) came out. The Nexus S (N2) got updates until 4.2 and the N4 came out.
Even if official support goes away for the GNex, devs will still be porting the newest android versions to it. Hell, there's an HD2 running jellybean somewhere out there
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Wait and see... nobody knows but Google.
I think we will see Android 5.0.:good:
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This is my understanding as well..
We all know that Google went the extra mile to have ICS and JB running as best as possible in Nexus S, same for Nexus One (there were several internal builds of ICS for Nexus One until they saw they could not properly update it to ICS in the way they meant ICS to run). Since storage and partitions are not an issue, neither a Dual Core Cortex A9, my belief is that as long as 1GB of RAM is enough to have a good Android experience, they will keep Galaxy Nexus up to date.
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I used to believe that as well, but now that they killed off the Nexus S I start to disagree. I find it hard to believe that Android 4.2 requires much more processing power or RAM than 4.1. Judging from my experience on my Galaxy Nexus, both 4.1 and 4.2 are just refined versions of 4.0. Any device that runs 4.0 should run 4.2 as well.
I think that they don't have the manpower to optimize and test multiple Nexus phones and tablets for each version and are going to kill off devices after 2 years to focus on the newer ones.
Ive read reports of guys who updated their gnex to 4.2 and where left with 2hundred something of free ram
So it could be that it uses too much ram(considering it came with a 2gbRam phone) for the nexus S to handle
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I was thinking about the 4.2 update, and it runs slower than 4.1, you can totally see it.
In 4.2 update there is no big improvement compared to 4.1 (maybe only lockscreen widgets may add some weight), so what do you think, is it just bad coding or marketing?
4.2 has been amazing since I started using it today on my galaxy nexus. Battery life improved by at least 4 hours no doubt. I haven't noticed the speed difference on this ROM seems the same... As for the marketing of course they use it as a marketing tool, same as the iPhone . software is key in selling devices , no one wants the same thing
with new hardware..
I honestly believe Google has done this on purpose, feed us little bits here and there.. Preparing us for probably the greatest update to come in 5.0!!!
-xyience
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4.2 is as same fast as 4.1, I didn't get any lags or "sags" in it (Using it since yakju OTA)
I have noticed that any ROM starts to lag with new CWM recovery backup (I think it's those "Blobs" fault" with 99999999 files)
Its actually a bit faster. Its only heavier on the system ROM size.
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Its actually a bit faster. Its only heavier on the system ROM size.
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I agree, it feel smoother, I'm doing a full installation using the factory image.
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Mine definitely seems just as smooth as on 4.1
Whether it will be vers. 4.3 or 5.0, do you think GSM galaxy nexus will get it?
Personally I think it will. Simply becaus even if Google decides to release the new version of android in combination with a new device, it won't be a new phone. ( Maybe a new nexus 7, but not a new flagship phone )
Nexus S didn't receive android 4.2 not because it's CPU couldn't handle it, but because Google wanted customers to focus on the nexus 4.
I think we will be good for the next 100 years
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1) The nexus s didn't receive the update due to storage issues in the sector partitioned for OS. There is workarounds to this but it requires wiping devices and Google just can't do that to the mass public.
2) The galaxy nexus is only 12 months old, Google promises support for 18 months and likely even longer.
3) The galaxy nexus has a faster CPU then the nexus s and a similar GPU but the galaxy nexus has 1gb of space partitioned for OS.
4) Based on the above facts I can say with great certainty that we Galaxy Nexus owners will be receiving the next OS update.
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Seems unlikely to me
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1) The nexus s didn't receive the update due to storage issues in the sector partitioned for OS. There is workarounds to this but it requires wiping devices and Google just can't do that to the mass public.
2) The galaxy nexus is only 12 months old, Google promises support for 18 months and likely even longer.
3) The galaxy nexus has a faster CPU then the nexus s and a similar GPU but the galaxy nexus has 1gb of space partitioned for OS.
4) Based on the above facts I can say with great certainty that we Galaxy Nexus owners will be receiving the next OS update.
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How much space is partitioned for the OS on the galaxy nexus? And on a 8gb nexus 4?
As from what I read on the galaxy nexus it has 1gb for the OS. Nexus 4, I personally don't care about since I won't be getting one and therefore have no clue.
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Well I certainly hope so. 4.2.1 sucks major scrotum.
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Well I certainly hope so. 4.2.1 sucks major scrotum.
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Why?? 4.2 is just 4.1 but with more stuff added.. Any bugs that 4.2.1 has, will be solved with 4.2.2
If you are experiencing lags and slow system, maybe its time for a healthy factory reset
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Why?? 4.2 is just 4.1 but with more stuff added.. Any bugs that 4.2.1 has, will be solved with 4.2.2
If you are experiencing lags and slow system, maybe its time for a healthy factory reset
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umm dude ? i guess ur not a power user ! cus u can instantly know when ur using the gallery browsing through ur pics ! try to scroll fast as possible when a pic is opened ( even after they;re cached ) the 4.2+ gallery just isnt fast enough and shows u a black pic and takes bout a second to load up ! while the 4.1.2 was flawless ! go as fast as u like it loads up instantly ! this is just one aspect ! there are many more problems faced by others ! specially SOD's,I personally never had them. but others have ! .. oh well m on xylon 15 stable release with purity ak kernel 007 and it makes my device a bit more faster than the stock 4.2.1 but not as how 4.1.2 was ! plus i miss those crazyass realtime video cam face effects !
Nexus S recieved 3 updates. After 1.5 year stopped supporting it. Gnex has received 3 major updates. Its 1 year old and 3 months...
So i believe it is time to say goodbye to Google pure AOSP support and based on developers for the new updates
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I'am confident that google would release the next version for GneX, there's non reason to leave it back, while for the NexS was explained why the official development was stopped! I only hope they put more attention in the development stage because 4.2 has a lot of silly bug that a good JUnit coverage could have found before the release (aka december bug, but why not mentioning the camera).
I am sure, we will definitely get the update! GNexus has a good hardware!
hopefully next 3 months, a major revamped ver, instead of something like buggy Android 4.2
Yes I think we will definitely get at least 1 more major release.
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Nexus S recieved 3 updates. After 1.5 year stopped supporting it. Gnex has received 3 major updates. Its 1 year old and 3 months...
So i believe it is time to say goodbye to Google pure AOSP support and based on developers for the new updates
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As far as I know, the gnex has only received 2 major updates: 4.0.4 to 4.1.1 and 4.1.2 to 4.2. I think that most people would agree that the 4.0.2 - 4.0.4 were minor updates, as were the 4.1.1 to 4.1.2 and the 4.2 to 4.2.1 updates.
As others have said, if be very surprised if the gnex doesn't get at least one more major update.
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Unfortunately the next update will likely be small in nature.
Then huge change will come in November with next Nexus phone.
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Unfortunately the next update will likely be small in nature.
Then huge change will come in November with next Nexus phone.
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and thats the day the gnex gets the hatchet
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and thats the day the gnex gets the hatchet
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you people need to have what some call "faith".
I definitely hope so, I don't plan on changing my Gnex unless some awesome Nexus gets released this year. I love the hw and it just way better than LG
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Anyone have any ideas/rumors as to when AOSP v4.3 will be released?
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Anyone have any ideas/rumors as to when AOSP v4.3 will be released?
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My guess is the middle or end of July and key lime pie by October since that's when the Moto X might be released and Google wants to have Motorola flagship phone on the newest version of android.Im thinking they wont release a new nexus device this year and the Moto X will be there nexus for this year with stock android and a few good customizations such as their 3 ring clock widget,quick setting,smart actions etc. from Razr HD line of phones.
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My guess is the middle or end of July and key lime pie by October since that's when the Moto X might be released and Google wants to have Motorola flagship phone on the newest version of android.Im thinking they wont release a new nexus device this year and the Moto X will be there nexus for this year with stock android and a few good customizations such as their 3 ring clock widget,quick setting,smart actions etc. from Razr HD line of phones.
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We all thought they wouldn't release a nexus device last year, but then they hit the nexus 4 to the market. I really don't know any more. They have become less predictable. Which I really don't mind. I kind of enjoy the guessing game. I think I can surely say key lime pie (4.3 possibly) will be released this year.
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We all thought they wouldn't release a nexus device last year, but then they hit the nexus 4 to the market. I really don't know any more. They have become less predictable. Which I really don't mind. I kind of enjoy the guessing game. I think I can surely say key lime pie (4.3 possibly) will be released this year.
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yea i totally agree with you but it would be no point of a nexus device this year since they already got the nexus 4,Galaxy s4 google edition,htc one google edition and the sony xperia z google edition maybe... since that's still a rumor.
4.3 isn't KLP.
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4.3 isn't KLP.
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This.
Also, I believe 4.3 will drop sometime this fall, around Oct. or Nov., because that's when the next Nexus is rumored to be released.
And apparently, it is likely going to be made by LG again and not Motorola as suggested above.
I'm just waiting to be able to run an AOSP ROM with Bluetooth AVRCP. So I guess as soon as they release the source ...
thanks for all the feedback.
I wonder what new features Google could possibly pack into 4.3? I think 4.3 will be a minor update, then KLP will hit us hard!!
Google need to slow it down so everyone can catch up to the latest Android operating system. To many updates and os versions make it hard for developers. One or two updates is good enough google keep going and going.
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I'd be happy with 4.2.2.
Freeza MD4 DeOdex.
Lol I think that's the first post ever of anyone saying google needs to slow down development. 90% of all posts are always crying about how updates aren't coming out wah wah wah:what::what:
Touché to that post!
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I'm sure there's great features to come with it, but will we need newer devices?
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I highly doubt we will see an official OTA
Unless it can't be done someone's bound to try
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Sorry I meant an official OTA to 4.4
4.3 I'm pretty sure we'll get
This will be a heated debate for the next 3 - 6 months
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This will be a heated debate for the next 3 - 6 months
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Our hardware becomes older and older day by day so is there any point to Android 4.4 on our S3's?
stealing from CNexus post in another similar thread...
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"I think the reason why is because of this
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/...gging-android/ "
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Our hardware becomes older and older day by day so is there any point to Android 4.4 on our S3's?
stealing from CNexus post in another similar thread...
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"I think the reason why is because of this
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/...gging-android/ "
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I had replied to Cnexus 2 above your response in that thread. I actually posted in another thread beating on when it would be asked if we would get it.
My 4 year old OG epic 4g has CM10 running on it, a phone that stopped receiving updates at gingerbread... So hardware while it is a factor can still run latest android versions. It's all up the creative minds of developers.
Have a great day!
I have cm 10 but it won't update because I need to reflash md4 bootloads
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edfunkycold said:
My 4 year old OG epic 4g has CM10 running on it, a phone that stopped receiving updates at gingerbread... So hardware while it is a factor can still run latest android versions. It's all up the creative minds of developers.
Have a great day!
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Ditto
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Pretty sure s3 will get 4.4 , because I got jellybean 4.1.2 on sgs2 so why not s3 catch this kitkat. Only a year old this phone
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edfunkycold said:
My 4 year old OG epic 4g has CM10 running on it, a phone that stopped receiving updates at gingerbread... So hardware while it is a factor can still run latest android versions. It's all up the creative minds of developers.
Have a great day!
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Mine is now on cm10.2 and runs it pretty darn well actually
I refuse to call it KitKat, Damn google and their marketing schemes. 4.4 forever, and OG Epic for the win!!
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Mine is now on cm10.2 and runs it pretty darn well actually
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The galaxy S3 will be getting 4.3 in October
But I don't think it will officially get 4.4. However does officially really matter, when you can just get it unofficially?
Also by the time carriers actually start releasing 4.4 the gs3 will be a third or even fourth tier phone in the series
Also I like the idea of KitKat it was Google one upping all those people who thought they could predict them in a creative way that also set up more advertising ect...
Eh, not holding my breath. I would rather get it unofficially IMO. Nice to brag to my friends or others
"here look, I'm running the latest of android"......and your not:laugh:
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The galaxy S3 will be getting 4.3 in October
But I don't think it will officially get 4.4. However does officially really matter, when you can just get it unofficially?
Also by the time carriers actually start releasing 4.4 the gs3 will be a third or even fourth tier phone in the series
Also I like the idea of KitKat it was Google one upping all those people who thought they could predict them in a creative way that also set up more advertising ect...
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The Galaxy S3 will but ours won't. Always always always when they announce updates forthcoming they are talking about the international versions. It is then up to Samsung and the carriers to invest resources to put them on US phones. Typically this takes several months IF the carrier is interested. AT&T just got 4.1.2 and it is not a pushed update.
As for 4.4 I have no doubts about the S3 getting that version but you will be asking the same hypothetical question then about 5.0.
I could see the s3 getting Kitkat, but not for a while after all of the other phones. Just because the s3 was a very successful phone and they're still being sold like crazy. Anyways, I hope I'll have Kitkat on my s5 on release .
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Galaxy S phones have always had two major updates (Galaxy S1 got Froyo and Gingerbread, S2 got ICS and JB. Since Android has had multiple versions of Jelly Bean, it is hard to say whether or not they think of Jelly Bean 4.1 and Jelly Bean 4.3 as two major updates for the Galaxy S3, but if not, then it is likely we will get Android 4.4 KitKat.
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Galaxy S phones have always had two major updates (Galaxy S1 got Froyo and Gingerbread, S2 got ICS and JB. Since Android has had multiple versions of Jelly Bean, it is hard to say whether or not they think of Jelly Bean 4.1 and Jelly Bean 4.3 as two major updates for the Galaxy S3, but if not, then it is likely we will get Android 4.4 KitKat.
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Since we don't even have a clue about a release date for 4.4 I would not venture a guess.
Look what I found in one my server logs today...
Linux; Android 4.4; Nexus 5 Build/KRT10C
The originating IP belongs to Google.
How about our phone, will our phone have kitkat? Base on rumours, kitkat will base 3.8 kernel...
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How about our phone, will our phone have kitkat? Base on rumours, kitkat will base 3.8 kernel...
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3.8 kernel is not essential, there are some screenshot where you can see kitkat running with 3.4 kernel. Yeah, we don't have 3.4...
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3.8 kernel is not essential, there are some screenshot where you can see kitkat running with 3.4 kernel. Yeah, we don't have 3.4...
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No 3.4 yet
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3.8 kernel is not essential, there are some screenshot where you can see kitkat running with 3.4 kernel. Yeah, we don't have 3.4...
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Oh.. It mean our Kitkat phone missing ram optimisation..
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How about our phone, will our phone have kitkat? Base on rumours, kitkat will base 3.8 kernel...
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I doubt it, I only see log entries for nexus 4, 5, 7 and 10 running 4.4 - Though now I am seeing slightly different builds i.e. KRT10F instead KRT10C
Nexus 7 4.4 KRT10F
Nexus 10 4.4 KRT13
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Nexus 4 (Svelte test mode) 4.4 KRT08C
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I doubt it, I only see log entries for nexus 4, 5, 7 and 10 running 4.4 - Though now I am seeing slightly different builds i.e. KRT10F instead KRT10C
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in fact it's not suprise that our GN not receiving 4.4...but still feel a little bit disappointed when knowing that
My two cents...I would be very surprised if we don't get 4.4 officially. It is technically a minor version bump.
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My two cents...I would be very surprised if we don't get 4.4 officially. It is technically a minor version bump.
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technically it has a new name (K ), so it's a new android version with new APIs
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My two cents...I would be very surprised if we don't get 4.4 officially. It is technically a minor version bump.
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...Not as minor as 4.2 -> 4.3. UI drastically changed (not just the launcher) and they decided to make a universally available Launcher called Google Experience, so you see Google is determined to make KitKat a large step forward.
But yeah, based on this point (universal, unified experience) and Google's saying of "making the best experience for everyone", I can say that we're going to get KitKat in one way or another (I don't personally care if Google decides no official release, AOSP is always there). Plus, who said we need 3.4 or even 3.8 kernels to run it (any RELIABLE sources)? Many older devices run JB 4.1 and even 4.2 nicely with 2.6.xx kernels. Many 3.4, 3.8 and even 3.1x features are being backported too.
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My two cents...I would be very surprised if we don't get 4.4 officially. It is technically a minor version bump.
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I'm surprised that you're this delusional, personally I'm planning to rollback to 4.1, the recent versions of android is just too choppy for my liking, ram management is horrible too.
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I'm surprised that you're this delusional, personally I'm planning to rollback to 4.1, the recent versions of android is just too choppy for my liking, ram management is horrible too.
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Well, I have had nothing but a well-running Nexus on 4.3 for the last little while, so it really sucks to hear you're having problems. I appreciate a discussion here, but starting off a reply by calling someone "delusional" seems a bit rude and harsh, no?
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How about our phone, will our phone have kitkat? Base on rumours, kitkat will base 3.8 kernel...
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Look i don't know about Linux Kernel, etc..
But i just saw that the 3.8 is officially discontinued.
3.4 is continued until October 2014.
So i think the next Kernel version for Android will be the 3.10 (long term: until September 2015) not 3.8.
By the way....a Nexus 5 with 3.10 kernel would be pretty nice. But it seem it will be 3.4.
Source
I remember when 3.0 was released (after the 2.6.39), Linus Torvalds said exactly this:
"So what are the big changes? NOTHING. Absolutely nothing. Sure, we have the usual two thirds driver
changes, and a lot of random fixes, but the point is that 3.0 is
*just* about renumbering, we are very much *not* doing a KDE-4 or a
Gnome-3 here. No breakage, no special scary new features, nothing at
all like that. We've been doing time-based releases for many years
now, this is in no way about features. If you want an excuse for the
renumbering, you really should look at the time-based one ("20 years")
instead."
I post that, only to say that sometimes numbers mean nothing..3.4 is a stable kernel, there isn't a big difference that you can see in the daily use with 3.10..really
Lets pray, for kitkat on our phone..!!!
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I thought the new nexus an kitkat would have been launched by now, everything has gone quiet now an the hype has gone, iOS7 is keeping me amused for now, the kitkat screenshots look like google got a lot of their inspiration from apple an iOS7, just hope the nexus 5 is as good if not better than iPhone 5s.
They may not have FCC approval since government is shut down
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Government reopen. Let's get going FCC
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They said that 4.4 will work on devices with 512mb of ram. And they said it will be available for older devices.
I think we'll get the update, even though it will be the last one...
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They said that 4.4 will work on devices with 512mb of ram. And they said it will be available for older devices.
I think we'll get the update, even though it will be the last one...
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that all rumors, they (google) didn't say anything about ram usage