1. How's the build quality? Did it mess up like the Nexus 9?
2. How does the plastic feel? Does it feel like my Nexus 9?
3. Is QFuse in the Nexus 5X?
4. Anything to be careful about?
5. Is it worth it? If not, what device should I get? My country (Hong Kong) is currently in the Waitlist...
All of these have been answered in several threads. Read them.
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So Hi,
I finally got sick of my Galaxy S II, will sell it on ebay, and I ordered a Nexus some Minutes ago.
Well, I have a few questions about the Galaxy Nexus...
1. It's a Google device, so can I just download the pure AOSP, compile it, put it on the Galaxy Nexus and everything will run without hacking around?
2. Do I lose warranty of doing point 1? Since it's a google maintained device...
3. It sounds strange, but can I also compile gingerbread or froyo? WOULD it be possible, or would it be a hard task?
4. Is a Nexus device a good device for starting developement of Kernels / Roms? I son't have experience with that, but I wanted to begin. I made some funny tries on my Huawei U8160, but it can do ... ehm ... nothing interesting...
5. What else should I know, when I own a Nexus device?
Thanks for answering my questions
t0desicy said:
So Hi,
I finally got sick of my Galaxy S II, will sell it on ebay, and I ordered a Nexus some Minutes ago.
Well, I have a few questions about the Galaxy Nexus...
1. It's a Google device, so can I just download the pure AOSP, compile it, put it on the Galaxy Nexus and everything will run without hacking around?
2. Do I lose warranty of doing point 1? Since it's a google maintained device...
3. It sounds strange, but can I also compile gingerbread or froyo? WOULD it be possible, or would it be a hard task?
4. Is a Nexus device a good device for starting developement of Kernels / Roms? I son't have experience with that, but I wanted to begin. I made some funny tries on my Huawei U8160, but it can do ... ehm ... nothing interesting...
5. What else should I know, when I own a Nexus device?
Thanks for answering my questions
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1. Yes. Stock runs pretty well so that is always an option. You might need to hack it to a "yakju" build to receive updates from Google. You can find more about this in other threads.
2. You'll lose warranty, but it doesn't matter. If you need to send it back for warranty purposes, just relock the bootloader and get rid of any evidence that you were rooted. Stock Google Images are present to get you back to stock.
3. I don't see a reason why you would want to compile Gingerbread or Froyo for it. It's a step backwards especially when Ice Cream Sandwich is amazing. You can try but complications will arise getting all the features to work, but again.. I see no purpose in this because Gingerbread / Froyo isn't optimized for dual-cores.
4. Yes its a developer phone for a reason.
5. Enjoy the Nexus experience, the way Android should be without all these manufacturers putting ugly/laggy skins on top of Android.
Hi,
tanks for the fast answer.
3. I don't see a reason why you would want to compile Gingerbread or Froyo for it. It's a step backwards especially when Ice Cream Sandwich is amazing. You can try but complications will arise getting all the features to work, but again.. I see no purpose in this because Gingerbread / Froyo isn't optimized for dual-cores.
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I also don't see any reason... but who cares, I just wanted to know if it's possible to do this - maybe just to set myself something like a destiny, something like "I want to learn that much that I can do BLABLABLA"
But yes, I bought the Nexus just because of Icecreamsandwich, I think the hardware of the galaxy s ii is better, so it feels a bit like a downgrade.
t0desicy said:
Hi,
tanks for the fast answer.
I also don't see any reason... but who cares, I just wanted to know if it's possible to do this - maybe just to set myself something like a destiny, something like "I want to learn that much that I can do BLABLABLA"
But yes, I bought the Nexus just because of Icecreamsandwich, I think the hardware of the galaxy s ii is better, so it feels a bit like a downgrade.
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Lol, I guess it could be a project for you. There are other alternatives like webOS (which is now open sourced).... OR when Honeycomb gets open-sourced (if it ever does) you can port that lolol.
I don't think Galaxy S2 hardware is better, if only thing I'd say the processor possibly. But the screen size and 720p display just leads the road and makes Galaxy Nexus go way further than GS2 imo.
Well, two things that the Galaxy Nexus doesn't have (and oh how badly I wish they did) is the camera and the microSD slot. Other than that, the Galaxy Nexus seem to be on the up and up.
I, too, would like to know how to make Gingerbread and Froyo work on the Galaxy Nexus. It's not a practical thing, but just a "hey, if it's suppose to be a development platform, why can't we?"
Perhaps it's the binary drivers. But mostly I think it's because of the lack of physical buttons.
This makes me wonder if I should get a Nexus S to learn on so I can work with many different versions of Android to my heart's content, as well as extend my learned knowledge to other retail-based phones (HTC, Samsung, LG, etc) since they will also have physical (well, touch sensitive anyways) buttons.
I'm no programmer. I just want to learn how to compile from source, and also to find out how to make the source code work with different devices. Kind of like installing Windows on different PCs (downloading drivers, etc).
Hi! I am from Singapore and i intend to buy a GNEX GSM version but i heard that there are many problems with this phone.
And the newset update was the 4.2 jellybean update so does the 4.2 jellybean update has any bugs?
best choose if you can't wait to buy Nexus 4.
sunshean said:
best choose if you can't wait to buy Nexus 4.
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Do you know how much is it in your country?(please state your currency)
if you guys have play store there buy the n4, if not buy the gnex
If the nexus 4 isn't much more expensive than a galaxy nexus in your country then go for that. Otherwise save some money and pick up the galaxy nexus. You won't be missing out on much and the official support (as well as the dev community) will keep the galaxy nexus going for years to come. The Gnex's hardware is still pretty good and runs fine with everything I've thrown at it.
As for bugs, you'll experience that with every rom at some point in time. The devs are usually the ones to provide solutions first, and for both phones the solutions are usually provided in a manner of hours, and at most, a few days.
I want to hear all your problem and is there any issue about the latest gen and the latest model number, do you guys still having problems such as multitouch, lagging. Or any hardware problem and also the gps thing?
And do you guys know what is the latest model type that any kind of retail store has for nexus 7 and also from google site?
Seems the most problem for nexus 7 is still coming from JSS15Q, am i right?
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A LOT of info here:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/mobile/mG4JXaT-SHs[551-575-false]
Some will claim these experiences to be statistically insignificant, but the people who have dealt with multiple units with multiple defects might differ....
Please be advised to READ the other threads before starting a new one, there's been at least 5 threads opened on this exact topic, search there first.
I have a Oneplus One and I'm getting slightly bored of it and looking for other phones but not to pay a fortune on top because the value for the One is low. Been offered £140. I've looked into the Zenfone but I can't find proper retailers, can't work out how many models there is neither.
3 questions-
How many 'roughly' updates has it got, is it on 5.0 still? Does it get updates frequently
Is it worth me selling my One and putting money on top for it?
Which model should I go for? Don't want to spend a lot but definitely don't want a downgrade in anything.
idonttakedrugs said:
I have a Oneplus One and I'm getting slightly bored of it and looking for other phones but not to pay a fortune on top because the value for the One is low. Been offered £140. I've looked into the Zenfone but I can't find proper retailers, can't work out how many models there is neither.
3 questions-
How many 'roughly' updates has it got, is it on 5.0 still? Does it get updates frequently
Is it worth me selling my One and putting money on top for it?
Which model should I go for? Don't want to spend a lot but definitely don't want a downgrade in anything.
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I have the ze551ml which is the most common version as for updates it had about 15 or so but recently it has slowed down a lot so I'm assuming that a big one is coming and it's still on 5.0
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idonttakedrugs said:
I have a Oneplus One and I'm getting slightly bored of it and looking for other phones but not to pay a fortune on top because the value for the One is low. Been offered £140. I've looked into the Zenfone but I can't find proper retailers, can't work out how many models there is neither.
3 questions-
How many 'roughly' updates has it got, is it on 5.0 still? Does it get updates frequently
Is it worth me selling my One and putting money on top for it?
Which model should I go for? Don't want to spend a lot but definitely don't want a downgrade in anything.
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Zf2 is a good phone and value for your money. If I may suggest check the link below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3243093
Since you are on one plus one, i suggest (personal opinion) that u don't change now. I don't see significant differences between zenfone 2 551 and one plus one.
Antutu for ZenFone 2 551 is about 48k
keep your oneplus one
better community support due to more popular chipset
faster software updates
more premium finish and look
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AhmadOkda said:
keep your oneplus one
better community support due to more popular chipset
faster software updates
more premium finish and look
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I had an OPO before my Zenfone 2. I change for dual sim support. But My OPO was best than Zenfone 2 for community support and premium finish and look. But finally there is no significant difference.
Hi! I'm a 6P user and I'm thinking of moving to a OP3, but before doing anything I'd like to solve a couple of questions.
1. Worth changing to the OP3 or better to stay with my 6P?
2. The warning message of unlocked bootloader is only a Nexus thing?
3. How is the audio quality of this phone?
Thanks to all!
MortalPizza said:
Hi! I'm a 6P user and I'm thinking of moving to a OP3, but before doing anything I'd like to solve a couple of questions.
1. Worth changing to the OP3 or better to stay with my 6P?
2. The warning message of unlocked bootloader is only a Nexus thing?
3. How is the audio quality of this phone?
Thanks to all!
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Well, the bootloader warning is on the OP3 too.
audio quality is perfectly fine. (depends on personal preference)
All I can say is that I love my OP3. I haven't had any problems since I've had it. I would do some more research first before making any decisions.
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MortalPizza said:
Hi! I'm a 6P user and I'm thinking of moving to a OP3, but before doing anything I'd like to solve a couple of questions.
1. Worth changing to the OP3 or better to stay with my 6P?
2. The warning message of unlocked bootloader is only a Nexus thing?
3. How is the audio quality of this phone?
Thanks to all!
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Just keep your 6P and wait for the OP4. The 6P is a great phone with a great XDA community and the software advantages it has as a Nexus device are worth keeping. If you have money to upgrade every year then whatever, go for it, but you won't get blown away or anything.
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