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Hello everyone ;
i just read an article stat that old phones with weak memory 512mg didnt get any new updates but this could be changed with new android !
it says that and i copy from it : ' One important feature will be the ability of low memory models to update to newer builds of Android. Low memory handsets made by Huawei, Samsung and ZTE that have 512MB of RAM inside, are at a major disadvantage to today's mid to high-range models that are packed with 2 to 3GB of the stuff. These low memory models usually are not updated to newer builds of Android. That could change with Android 4.4. '
idk but i guess if they did it it will be such a great news for old beloved old devices like my xperia ray !!:fingers-crossed:
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Android-4.4-features-include-support-for-wearables-and-improved-performance-for-low-memory-devices_id48896
Unfortunately, not likely that older phones will get it, New but even mid and low-end phones might get it for sure.
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stinky dentist said:
Hello everyone ;
i just read an article stat that old phones with weak memory 512mg didnt get any new updates but this could be changed with new android !
it says that and i copy from it : ' One important feature will be the ability of low memory models to update to newer builds of Android. Low memory handsets made by Huawei, Samsung and ZTE that have 512MB of RAM inside, are at a major disadvantage to today's mid to high-range models that are packed with 2 to 3GB of the stuff. These low memory models usually are not updated to newer builds of Android. That could change with Android 4.4. '
idk but i guess if they did it it will be such a great news for old beloved old devices like my xperia ray !!:fingers-crossed:
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Android-4.4-features-include-support-for-wearables-and-improved-performance-for-low-memory-devices_id48896
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I think 4.4 will just run good on low-end devices and it might be easier to port to those devices. But I'd wager quite a lot that Sony isn't going to bother with our phone anymore, 18 months have passed and they have dozens of other devices to support.
No Qualcomm support - no official 4.4 for our devices, get over it. We can only hope to get KitKat beacuse of Letama or Rayman.
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No Qualcomm support - no official 4.4 for our devices, get over it. We can only hope to get KitKat beacuse of Letama or Rayman.
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Letama doesnt have a XS anymore however ,soon enough i will be taking over letamas 4.3 project and just maybe i may be able to port 4.4 to xperia s. I assume RaymanFX will build 4.4 via CM10 it seems like he always has
also sony has compltely abandoned these old devices, most of the contracts end next year but sony dont care enough to even look in this direction.
they dont even care about the Xperia Z and more, then again cant blame them, they are almost bankrupt again :/
try to keep your hopes up , although xperia S is a orphan we have got some great devs
No KitKat 4.4 for Galaxy Nexus.
https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/3468085
I don't really think there would be anymore support or anything as such for SXS.. SONY has and completely will abandon SXS.. Already as Envious said SXZ is also old now and will soon be obsolete in another year.. Tech keeps on moving guys, everything gets old.. U just gotta live with it..
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Letama doesnt have a XS anymore however ,soon enough i will be taking over letamas 4.3 project and just maybe i may be able to port 4.4 to xperia s. I assume RaymanFX will build 4.4 via CM10 it seems like he always has
also sony has compltely abandoned these old devices, most of the contracts end next year but sony dont care enough to even look in this direction.
they dont even care about the Xperia Z and more, then again cant blame them, they are almost bankrupt again :/
try to keep your hopes up , although xperia S is a orphan we have got some great devs
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Wow.. That's good to hear.. I thought letama was gonna continue building 4.3.. Good to hear u r gonna takeover his project.. :good:
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No KitKat 4.4 for Galaxy Nexus.
https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/3468085
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Since Galaxy Nexus even is abandoned, then Why are there rumors in the first place.. Its so confirmed that they themselves have said its OLD and crossed 18 months.. So i guess old in their words mean basic low end budget devices.. Its like in "Pink Panther 2" where the HERO does both Good Cop Bad Cop Routine all by himself.. :silly: And still we gotta accept it..!!! Don't get any hopes up YET guys..
I dont think any old device will get 4.4 unless its a part of some new licence
I guess its good for old devices to run newer android , 4.3 is extremely smooth compared to 4.2 and 4.1 (on xs)
Speaking of which
The first thing im trying to fix with letamas 4.3 build is the HDMI and the graphics crashes and errors
Just waiting for source code
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Envious_Data said:
Letama doesnt have a XS anymore however ,soon enough i will be taking over letamas 4.3 project and just maybe i may be able to port 4.4 to xperia s. I assume RaymanFX will build 4.4 via CM10 it seems like he always has
also sony has compltely abandoned these old devices, most of the contracts end next year but sony dont care enough to even look in this direction.
they dont even care about the Xperia Z and more, then again cant blame them, they are almost bankrupt again :/
try to keep your hopes up , although xperia S is a orphan we have got some great devs
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Lol almost bankrupt ??
No way and totally nonsense about that, they maked alot money with tv's/phones/laptops/ps3's etc like millions in 2012/13
Read better the news ;(
About kitkat 4.4, we shall see because we must also wait a year or longer on JB !!
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Pandemic said:
@Envious_Data
Lol almost bankrupt ??
No way and totally nonsense about that, they maked alot money with tv's/phones/laptops/ps3's etc like millions in 2012/13
Read better the news ;(
About kitkat 4.4, we shall see because we must also wait a year or longer on JB !!
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realy maybe i need to research more often
Xperia s was supose to get 4.2.2 , why i dony think any old xperia is going to be updated by sony
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i want kitkat its will make my xperia s faster,smoother,effecient and best of all battery life i want it.can anybody get me a kitkat bar :laugh:
Source code released
https://groups.google.com/forum/m/?hl=en#!topic/android-building/JVLaFRoJxFk
Someone please tag raymanfx.. I can't do it as I am on tapatalk app.
Kitkat is the way to go.. may be the best thing that can happen to xperia s and above all it features the much hyped screen recording feature out of the box as displayed by koush for CM.
Source code released
https://groups.google.com/forum/m/?hl=en#!topic/android-building/JVLaFRoJxFk
Someone please tag raymanfx.. I can't do it as I am on tapatalk app.
Kitkat is the way to go.. may be the best thing that can happen to xperia s and above all it features the much hyped screen recording feature out of the box as displayed by koush for CM.
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@RaymanFX This is the source to 4.4 already.. I hope this helps.. Thanks to @fundoozzz.. :good:
Not gonna happen guys. Xperia S is pretty much EOL. I will be getting my new phone tomorrow. So I'm ready to leave this place
4.4 Will not be given by sony as the phone is now classed as "discontinued" and is a archived sony phone. I don't know if the end of support for updates has been done yet if not they can update it but very unwilling because they have lots of newer phones.
Most likely a developer will port it over
The only thing that I'm concerned of is, will it run smoother than other ported JB ROMs.
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The only thing that I'm concerned of is, will it run smoother than other ported JB ROMs.
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It definitely should as according to google it will run smooth on devices with mere 512mb of RAM.
The major challenges is hacking the code for our soc as it has been discontinued by arm too..
If Google is not upgrading the Galaxy Nexus, why are you hoping Sony will not do the same?
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We'll know more next week.
This is from Sony Xperia News Tweet:
re. #Android @kitkat, we’re excited – next week our news on: 4.3, 4.4; products & more... #SonyXperia
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The only thing that I'm concerned of is, will it run smoother than other ported JB ROMs.
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4.3 is smooth as heaven no joke
So 4.4 is going to be a load better
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When the kitkat is compatible even on 512mb ram devices, our grand has got such a good ram and it has pretty large user's, why can't we..! This is not fair by the Samsung...! When our competitor micromax canvas 2 is getting kitkat(micromax has announced the list) why can't we.? Samsung look towards only its high end devices like s3,s4, note2 and note3.. its partial towards their high end customers...! Samsung is looking only to increase their sales not continued support for their customers, so it has launched grand lite/neo..!
So this is the petition to upgrade our firmware to 4.4 kitkat.. who are all with me.?
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When the kitkat is compatible even on 512mb ram devices, our grand has got such a good ram and it has pretty large user's, why can't we..! This is not fair by the Samsung...! When our competitor micromax canvas 2 is getting kitkat(micromax has announced the list) why can't we.? Samsung look towards only its high end devices like s3,s4, note2 and note3.. its partial towards their high end customers...! Samsung is looking only to increase their sales not continued support for their customers, so it has launched grand lite/neo..!
So this is the petition to upgrade our firmware to 4.4 kitkat.. who are all with me.?
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Haha....well LOL brother..its really decent of u who thinks that way and just for that started a new thread....but its not gonna make samsung change there mind...
1st. The samsung giving kitkat only to those four phones is not completely true...
Yes first they will release for those devices...obvious it would be really weird for all those people who purchased there s4 or note 3 ,and samsung gives kitkat not to them first but us ..
2. Its just first installment lets say...its nothing like only these devices will get kitkat...many more devices will get but in later future...they will get the priority as they are flagships...
3.. Any way its universal truth that samsung updates are always late ...google releases kitkat and many devices gets it, still it takes months for Sammy's devices to get the same (bcoz OEMs takes time)...
So just wait and wait if Samsung declares the confirmed list with names of devices which will get kitkat ,after these flagships....
Though its a good gesture u are concerned about it, but starting a new thread just for poll is not required ..
No offence buddy..i am with u...
But lets start developing by ourselves rather than waiting for these companies to do for us..
If pawitp , xenon92 and k2wl would have thought the same , and if they would have just sit on there homes and just make a thread like this one and vote, then i dont think we would have got all these kitkat roms (kudos to all )....
Hope u get what i am saying...
No offense ...
With your cause xD ..
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When Grand 2 will get Kitkat (and it will) we will only get JB 4.3... I think. Developing updates is a money loss for all companies and they prefer to release a sequel device instead.
Besides Grand's main market is for ordinary people in developing countries... And ordinary people doesn't really care about Kitkat anyway, as long as the apps they want work well on their devices. Vast majority of apps still work on JB 4.2.2. And it will be for a few years ahead. Hell, there are even some people who still uses Froyo.
The choice to not update our device makes sense (economically) for Samsung. All companies are built for profit, not for loss, and because of the nature of Samsung itself (a mainly hardware company, not software company i.e. Google) they only get the money from selling as many devices as they can.
You probably should've bought a Nexus device.
And btw, this should be in the general section.
Am totally agreeing with u.Sure u can file a complaint throug samsung official website its simple and it's all what we could do to get atleast 4.3 or a fix for performance. Till recent 4.2udate device is laggy so it's a nice idea
By the way Google havnt updated its Galaxy Nexus to KiTKaT
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By the way Google havnt updated its Galaxy Nexus to KiTKaT
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It won't get Kitkat... at least officially. Google said so.
Guyz samsung will be soon giving us de 4.4 update....
I hav read it on net....
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Guyz samsung will be soon giving us de 4.4 update....
I hav read it on net....
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We can not rely on random sites brothr...
If its not on samsung site....it's nt true ..
BTW.. Evn if 4. 4 comes...unless and untill it has really diffrnt stuffs and features.....i dont think i ll be using it..
I ll still stick to AOSP ports by our devs ..kudos
Or try for debloted rom with some extra features by balliboxer ..that guy really is a gun #respect ...
N till 4.4.2 comes on our device... Maybe a new android will be introduced by that time
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raghavsharmaxda said:
We can not rely on random sites brothr...
If its not on samsung site....it's nt true ..
BTW.. Evn if 4. 4 comes...unless and untill it has really diffrnt stuffs and features.....i dont think i ll be using it..
I ll still stick to AOSP ports by our devs ..kudos
Or try for debloted rom with some extra features by balliboxer ..that guy really is a gun #respect ...
N till 4.4.2 comes on our device... Maybe a new android will be introduced by that time
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Who cares........there is nothing fancy in kitkat
tharmor said:
Who cares........there is nothing fancy in kitkat
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Well..if officially we get kitkay.. then our current roms will be updated too(maybe)..
Drivers and all cud be used to fix several bugs and significantly performance cud b increased...
Many ppl arent able to use custom roms because they don't have dual sim..but this one will have.. Not to forget the process load will be lesser and so over all it will be good!
Sorry if i m wrong
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tharmor said:
Who cares........there is nothing fancy in kitkat
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Exactly.
AOSP and its derivations of Kitkat are just plain JB 4.3 with minor features (ART, printing, white interface, etc.). Most of the Google features are already updated via Google Play Store. So nowadays there's really no reason to rush the upgrade to Google's latest and greatest, because we already have almost all of Google's Kitkat features distributed via Play Store. These are i.e. Google Keyboard, Camera, Photos, Calendar, Hangouts, etc.
It has some upsides:
- People who are stuck in earlier Android versions can taste some of Google's latest features without upgrading the Android version.
- People who are tied to carrier restrictions can now bypass that and get the latest Google features
- These apps will be updated more frequently than the Android version.
- It will be more lawsuit-proof. All of these apps are now copyrighted by Google and closed source, meaning no other companies can copy any of the apps features without asking Google. It was different in the past when it was all open source, everybody can copy and derive (with author credits of course)
And the downsides is that this is bad for developers community because we're now more dependent to Google Apps than ever before...
vinay_kumar said:
When the kitkat is compatible even on 512mb ram devices, our grand has got such a good ram and it has pretty large user's, why can't we..! This is not fair by the Samsung...! When our competitor micromax canvas 2 is getting kitkat(micromax has announced the list) why can't we.? Samsung look towards only its high end devices like s3,s4, note2 and note3.. its partial towards their high end customers...! Samsung is looking only to increase their sales not continued support for their customers, so it has launched grand lite/neo..!
So this is the petition to upgrade our firmware to 4.4 kitkat.. who are all with me.?
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Do you know anything about marketing?
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donnie.darko said:
Do you know anything about marketing?
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Nope, why.?
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Do you know anything about marketing?
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Mahn..if u think that this all new releases of lite/grand 2 is marketing ..then i would laugh at samsung for its poor marketing ..
Stats shows that their sales last year were 18-23% less then last to last year..
S4 didnt sell that well..and making bunch of less powerful phones rather then making one powerful mobile is worst strategy ever...people who live in developing countries (like india) ended up purchasing these poor performance mobiles rather than waiting and saving for a big one (and that's why many good handsets didnt set record as they were supposed to)..giving my example :|..
I was thinking to save so that i could take a good mobile...waited, so that can take a cool sammy phone (coz they are powerful)..
I ended up taking this mobile coz it had released and was in Budget ,rather then saving and getting good one(that was a way too far road )..
So marketing word..is something turns out Samsung has forgot..
Just 1 exynos chip dual core in grand and 720p resolution for 5" screen was 100times better then what they made today... It was okay then if device was a bit costlier too..(at least ppl wudnt hav ended up taking a cell with not that grt power ).. Alot alot of thanks to developers out there who gave there sooo precious time just so that i didnt sold my grand ...all thanks to them mahn..
Yea..so u were telling something about marketing ..
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raghavsharmaxda said:
Mahn..if u think that this all new releases of lite/grand 2 is marketing ..then i would laugh at samsung for its poor marketing ..
Stats shows that their sales last year were 18-23% less then last to last year..
S4 didnt sell that well..and making bunch of less powerful phones rather then making one powerful mobile is worst strategy ever...people who live in developing countries (like india) ended up purchasing these poor performance mobiles rather than waiting and saving for a big one (and that's why many good handsets didnt set record as they were supposed to)..giving my example :|..
I was thinking to save so that i could take a good mobile...waited, so that can take a cool sammy phone (coz they are powerful)..
I ended up taking this mobile coz it had released and was in Budget ,rather then saving and getting good one(that was a way too far road )..
So marketing word..is something turns out Samsung has forgot..
Just 1 exynos chip dual core in grand and 720p resolution for 5" screen was 100times better then what they made today... It was okay then if device was a bit costlier too..(at least ppl wudnt hav ended up taking a cell with not that grt power ).. Alot alot of thanks to developers out there who gave there sooo precious time just so that i didnt sold my grand ...all thanks to them mahn..
Yea..so u were telling something about marketing ..
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+1 too...!
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+1 too...!
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Companhies are filling the market with mid-end mobiles like xperia models, motoX from motorola, and others are coming to Brazil for a fraction of a High end device and still good qualities, exactly as said before.
The only one thing bothers me on Grand Duos is lacking of memory management. Even maintaining a controlled number of applications, sometimes I have to close the active ones so the phone can become slower or unresponsive. I´m using 4.2.2 from TIM carrier, Brazil.
I greenified some applications but still a little laggy sometimes, so Kitkat seems a hope for me, but I need dual sim funcionallity, so I need to wait the update, or change for another nexus based model.
I also think our phone will not get kitkat
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Only regret i have on this device is its screwn resolution and broadcomm chipset...which are the main reasons why we dont get official custom roms/high quality game support....thats the main reason whyy...!
I ll keep thia device anyway for few months more and will take moto g or something!..
Abt the petition... Lets see what happens..
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my first phone ill always keep it...and why not if we get such awesome roms!
exist or are planned, custom rom for this smartphone? miui is great but stock Android is very very optimized
Cyanogen?
OmniRom?
thx
So i'm not the only one who are searching a MIUI alternative.
I've made a search on the web but nothing for the moment.
Same here, found, that MIUI isn't my cup of coffee...
So we will see...
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The problem is the MIUI community.
They're sweet but... we can't talk about anything else except MIUI so it will be good if we can regroup a few users here to maybe interest some devs.
PS : I'm sorry for my poor english.
Also interested in this, I have got no developing experience, but I am willing to beta test, who knows maybe one day ill teach myself and cook a rom for it.
BennyBron said:
Also interested in this, I have got no developing experience, but I am willing to beta test, who knows maybe one day ill teach myself and cook a rom for it.
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Same. But if I can do anything to help I'll do my best.
As far as I have been able to find out, no sources are out = no AOSP roms for us, unless we write everything from scratch
MIUI Developers never release sources code = No custom rom, that's reason why we don't have MIUI custom on XDA.
-XDA has most skilled developers.
-If you take closer look MIUI it combines all Samsung IOS HTC and some custom Mods from XDA developers into one without permissions. It's Chinese Way, i have no comment on this.
Really exist one Cyanogenmod on Xiaomi Mi2/Mi2S... http://en.miui.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=16834&highlight=cyanogenmod
But in Redmi 1S right now nothing of nothing ...
facepalm for me... Miui sucks everywhere....
We just need to wait a bit...
And I guess this Cyanogen can't be used on 1S because of Qualcomm processor...
Can u guys help?
IMO, Xiaomi has pretty good hardware packed inside, but this same happened when i thought of buying Mi 3.
But i have 1 question though. I am planning to by REDMI 1S for my dad, can u help me to choose or reject this phone?
PS - He's a total novice when it comes to smartphones. request you to give your opinion accordingly.
Hi,
The MIUI interface is really easy to use.
The only negative point is the 4G unsupported in the Redmi 1S.
So I guess you can buy it, it's a really good product for the price.
Someone is working on CM11 for our Redmi 1s!!!
Check HERE
I hope it will be out soon :cyclops:
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Someone is working on CM11 for our Redmi 1s!!!
Check HERE
I hope it will be out soon :cyclops:
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The link seems to redirect to something else now. Shucks man.
Hi guys, i wanna ask. I'm planning to buy this phone in near months when it launches in my country. However, despite all the great stuff found on this phone - like its processor, GPU, sharp display, amazing cameras, etc - there are many complaints about its battery life and gaming performance - with games like Asphalt 8 running laggy in full graphics. I know that the custom ROM of stock Android for this phone hasn't come out yet until new given that it's a new phone, but i wanna know is there any way to improve its battery life and gaming performance.
I heard that MIUI of this phone consumes a lot of RAM and only leaves around 200MB of RAM. Does this phone allow users to deactivate the pre-loaded apps in order to free some RAM, thus making its battery last longer and performance much faster especially for gaming?
Please, answer my question guys. I'm in desperate for answers here because Xiaomi is about to launch its phones in my country soon and i don't want to be left behind in purchasing this phone given Xiaomi's flash sales.
Everyone?
creamtown said:
Everyone?
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dont know about games
what i can tell is that i have the phone for 2 months now,
and i havent got any problems with it
great phone for the price but u have to like the miui
Root acces was standard, so it isnt difficult to remove some apps.
On topic:
On cyanogenmod forum there is a request page for the 1S
http://forum.cyanogenmod.org/topic/95500-request-cyanogenmod-for-xiaomi-redmi-1s-snapdragon-400/
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dont know about games
what i can tell is that i have the phone for 2 months now,
and i havent got any problems with it
great phone for the price but u have to like the miui
Root acces was standard, so it isnt difficult to remove some apps.
On topic:
On cyanogenmod forum there is a request page for the 1S
http://forum.cyanogenmod.org/topic/95500-request-cyanogenmod-for-xiaomi-redmi-1s-snapdragon-400/
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Thanks for your reply dude. Hopefully, when this phone receives the MIUI 6, it will improve its performance and battery life. This phone is about to arrive in the next few weeks in my country soon. Hopefully, i manage to buy it because the price of this phone at other retailers is just insane!!
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Thanks for your reply dude. Hopefully, when this phone receives the MIUI 6, it will improve its performance and battery life. This phone is about to arrive in the next few weeks in my country soon. Hopefully, i manage to buy it because the price of this phone at other retailers is just insane!!
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Performance and battery life are in my opinion allready good, remember it's not an high-end phone, a good mid range
martijnn2 said:
Performance and battery life are in my opinion allready good, remember it's not an high-end phone, a good mid range
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Yes, i know that. But i heard that even moto e or moto g can last about 6 hours for intensive gaming without resting the screen. So i think xiaomi should be similar in term of battery life wite moto phones given their similar specs.
Shipment and Availability:
Ordered the device via amazon yesterday and it seems that they have a sufficiently well stocked fulfillment center- after ordering the device at 12AM, it shipped by 6:30AM of 16th September. The delivery estimate shows up as Friday, 19th by 8PM (Free shipping) for me.
Official website to buy the device from:
http://www.amazon.in/Micromax-Canvas-Android-Magnetic-Black/dp/B00NEFFWF6
The offers that Amazon is bundling with the device for the initial (limited?) period are:
1) Coupons worth Rs.2000 (they send these by the 20th of October to the email you register at amazon. Correspond to Watches, Handbags, Backpacks, Shoes, Sunglasses, Fashion Jewelry and Clothing)
2) Strontium 8GB MicroSDHC Memory Card (Does have a 4.5 rating on Amazon page, so hopefully it is reliable. Also, the phone accepts microSD cards upto 32GB in size- the total onboard space is only 2.5GB after all the OS and Google apps installations. Given that apps cannot be moved to SD card right now, additional apps take up this pool of space).
3) 10% Cash Back on State Bank Debit & Credit cards. (Also takes time to process, expect the cash back to come in by the 30th of November- I used SBI CC to buy the device; will keep a lookout on when this goes through).
4) For Airtel users, free software upgrades and app downloads for 6 months. (200MB of data per month for 6 months, Android updates do not count towards this data limit so hopefully the Android L update will download on the Airtel network without messing with this upper limit.
Airtel's website says:
"Prepaid offer:100 MB free data per month for software update & 200 MB free data per month for App download or update, for 6 months."
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Evidently, there are a lot of conditions here and I am a little wary of the wording- it seems pretty certain that the data is useful only for App and OS updates and wouldn't be useful for any other purpose (browsing etc.). Also, seems to be valid only with prepaid phones.
Will have to check this and get back. More details on Airtel's website. Quoted below:
Process:
• Visit http://www.airtellive.com/offers from your mobile
• Check out the offer available for your smartphone
• Click on the ‘Activate now’ button to activate the offer
• ‘Successful’ message indicates that your offer has been activated
T&C apply:
• Offer valid for Micromax Canvas A1, Karbonn Sparkle V & Spice Dream Uno only.
• Offer applicable on the first prepaid active airtel SIM inserted in the handset.
• Post usage of free data or offer period, charges at 4p/10kb (10p/10kb for 2G) will apply.
• Offer can be availed from September 15, 2014 till March 14, 2015
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5) Up to Rs. 10,000 in Amazon.in Gift Cards for lucky customers, ends September 21st. Winners to be announced on October 1st.
Note:
Google also offers 35GB of cloud storage on drive in addition to the 15GB space you get with the google account. Make sure to register your device with the google account you want this to be credited to.
Reviews, Unboxings etc.
In an effort to get reviews from across the internet and from users on XDA, here are a few to start with:
Times of India (First impressions):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...droid-One-smartphone/articleshow/42559430.cms
Indian Express:
http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/mobile-tabs/micromax-canvas-a1-review-for-the-price-android-one-is-a-good-experience/
Unboxing and Overview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4FID2teHeo
* The device does have a notification LED and also comes with a microfiber cloth and a screen protector that can be applied by the user.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7La-DJAzA0
Brief review of the Spice variant of Android One:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ7Uy81tEWw
Comparison of the three Android One devices:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpmyFCh4MK0
Comparison of the Redmi 1s and Micromax Canvas A1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNoL1-f_NXE
An overview of the Android One devices (Since all the three release day devices sport the same set of hardware specifications):
http://www.digit.in/mobile-phones/first-impressions-android-one-23914.html
Benchmarks:
From Digit:
http://www.digit.in/slideshows/android-one-benchamarks-micromax-a1-performace-camera-quality-1.html
The overall responsiveness as well as multitasking CPU score is higher on the Micromax in comparison to the Moto E as well as the Xiomi Redmi 1S. The GPU however is a different story. In spite of the lower pixel count, the Mali 400 GPU has a lower score in comparison to the other two phones. Xiomi beats the device by a good 40% higher score on the synthetic test.
Issues:
1) The device does not support USB OTG out of the box. (Source)
2) The camera app and any other application that requires handling of picture or video files fails to save them without the presence of a microsd card in the card slot (Source via BGR)
3) Obviously, the entire GPL headache with Mediatek- Let us hope the partnership with Google compels them to release the CPU kernel sources so that we may have some android development on the forum. This would help so many devices that have been released in India over the past year.
Edit: Good news is that Google is making some inroads here. They released the 4.4.4 kernel sources on 17th September 2014.
Other Information:
1) An interesting interview that NDTV had with Sundar Pichai on the future and goals of Android One:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOsXUq49hFY
2) The android one website:
http://www.android.com/one/
3) The original I/O reveal of Android One:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wnljlMvXIc
Kernel Source from Mediatek: https://github.com/eagleeyetom/android_kernel_mediatek
Android One Branch Source from Google: https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/mediatek/+/android-4.4.4_r3
Root/Bootloader Unlocking: http://forum.xda-developers.com/crossdevice-dev/android-one-general
So are the kernel source released by google??????
Android One devices specifications
Hello,
This is an interesting link that presents Android One first devices specifications :
Sylvain
How many Indian languages it can display out of the box?
siffar said:
How many Indian languages it can display out of the box?
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Seven from the looks of it. Hindi, English and six others that Google has yet to make public.
thejoker said:
So are the kernel source released by google??????
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It seems like Google has heard you
http://www.androidcentral.com/google-releases-kitkat-kernel-source-android-one-devices
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avinash60 said:
Seven from the looks of it. Hindi, English and six others that Google has yet to make public.
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Its going to be a deal breaker (till L releases) for the group, Google has targetted with this phone.
avinash60 said:
3) Obviously, the entire GPL headache with Mediatek- Let us hope the partnership with Google compels them to release the CPU kernel sources so that we may have some android development on the forum. This would help so many devices that have been released in India over the past year.
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Looks like Mediatek heard you, OP :good:
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/mediatek-android-one-source/
Oomahey said:
Looks like Mediatek heard you, OP :good:
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/mediatek-android-one-source/
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That was a happy surprise- things are looking good for the long term viability of the devices if google commits to it this way in the future as well.
I bought this phone but facing lagging issue in games like subway surfers,temple run 2,youtube video playback.
it lags for just a fraction of a second sometimes,otherwise its fine.
do you all who bought this phone face the same issue?
shall i go for refund?
On the contrary, its smoothest phone I've seen in a real long time. I have not done much gaming except SkyForce, which had frames dropped once in a while.
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On the contrary, its smoothest phone I've seen in a real long time. I have not done gaming except SkyForce, which had frames dropped once in a while.
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Yes exactly the frames drop but this is happening even in normal games like subway surfer ,so kindly check it and let me know, I think to go for replacement.
teja989 said:
Yes exactly the frames drop but this is happening even in normal games like subway surfer ,so kindly check it and let me know, I think to go for replacement.
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You can compare your experience to this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRR0H3JXdZ0
avinash60 said:
You can compare your experience to this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRR0H3JXdZ0
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Got this video whose subway surfer is also lagging like mine.
So it may be a software glitch which google should soon fix it.
http://youtu.be/_zIIymGfbP0
hi how is battery backup guys post with battery graph ...
Sk.vignesh said:
hi how is battery backup guys post with battery graph ...
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http://www.digit.in/mobile-phones/android-one-vs-android-competitors-battery-test-23951.html
In my experience, battery life is decent. You can expect 18 hours of runtime with moderate use, including 2 hours of screen time. I wouldn't put too much weight on the overall numbers though, Android L is expected to have a good 30 to 50% increment in battery life compared to kitkat because of the move to ART runtime and project Volta.
avinash60 said:
http://www.digit.in/mobile-phones/android-one-vs-android-competitors-battery-test-23951.html
In my experience, battery life is decent. You can expect 18 hours of runtime with moderate use, including 2 hours of screen time. I wouldn't put too much weight on the overall numbers though, Android L is expected to have a good 30 to 50% increment in battery life compared to kitkat because of the move to ART runtime and project Volta.
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thanks fr ur reply..i also had one doubt.
After reading many reviews i heard that micromax has some issues in some.a1 handsets like connetivity,speaker problms ,and spice is good in a1 mobiles..
which one u suggest guys??
spice or mmx?
Sk.vignesh said:
thanks fr ur reply..i also had one doubt.
After reading many reviews i heard that micromax has some issues in some.a1 handsets like connetivity,speaker problms ,and spice is good in a1 mobiles..
which one u suggest guys??
spice or mmx?
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I have personally not experienced any problems- could be some people may be having issues though I don't know if the Spice variant is better than the MMX or if it is just a matter of MMX getting more customers causing the issue to be more apparent.
I would just go with any one of the three variants- I don't think any one is better than the others since the hardware is inherently the same.
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thanks fr ur reply..i also had one doubt.
After reading many reviews i heard that micromax has some issues in some.a1 handsets like connetivity,speaker problms ,and spice is good in a1 mobiles..
which one u suggest guys??
spice or mmx?
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i suggest mmx or karbonn. since eveything except the look is same, u want to get a phone which has good customer service. i bought karbonn. but there is some problem rooting as of now. I would recommend redmi if u want good hardware. that was my top choice. but i needed good updates. btw the battery sucks on this phone.
Google seems to have changed the way the bootloader and system partitions in this device work substantially enough that we now need a completely rehauled way of rooting, installing custom bootloader on the thing. Might take a few days for the developers to do that before we see new ROMs.
Edit: Varun over at Android one cross-development subforum has been successful at rooting the device as well as getting CWM recovery on the device.
So basically my mate got a z5 under his insurance about 5 months ago..I believe it was a new handset..sealed original box etc..his now getting a s10..debating if I should buy it off him..he said it gets hot alot..and now after googling it, it seems common..or can it be resolved with root and mods??thankyou
Currently got a budget 2018 phone with sd450..the Vodafone smart x9..
It's still a really fast phone. Depends on what you do on a phone but for the majority, it should be enough. Official support has been cut which means no more security updates from Sony but you can still flash it to lineage os and get the latest security updates from this forum.
I don't game on a phone..i wait to go on tablet..I wouldn't say I'm a heavy user really..the 23mp camera would be nice to have..
russy23 said:
I don't game on a phone..i wait to go on tablet..I wouldn't say I'm a heavy user really..the 23mp camera would be nice to have..
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Everything @Mike3009 wrote. For use as a normal fone, this is good. Put a custom ROM on it that gets updates and you're good to go. It all depends on the price you get it for...
Sent from my Galaxy Tab S5e using XDA Labs
hopefully for free lol, after he gets his s10 he might be kind