Does anyone know the exact reason why z1c doesn't have a CM13 build by now?
karamancho said:
Does anyone know the exact reason why z1c doesn't have a CM13 build by now?
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Don't know for sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if there was no official CM 13 for Z1c, since there will apparently be no official MM from Sony, so the device is as good as dropped, (actually a recent article said that Sony is basically dropping the Z series - http://www.xperiablog.net/2016/02/24/confirmed-xperia-z-series-is-no-more/) However, I would bet we'll see a CM build at some point. We already have several CM/AOSP variants available. It's hard for devs to spend much time on devices that seem to be on their way out...
levone1 said:
Don't know for sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if there was no official CM 13 for Z1c, since there will apparently be no official MM from Sony, so the device is as good as dropped, (actually a recent article said that Sony is basically dropping the Z series - http://www.xperiablog.net/2016/02/24/confirmed-xperia-z-series-is-no-more/) However, I would bet we'll see a CM build at some point. We already have several CM/AOSP variants available. It's hard for devs to spend much time on devices that seem to be on their way out...
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well didn't Sony include z1c into the "Open Devices" project? and don't they already release the necessary LP and MM binaries or am I missing something here?
karamancho said:
well didn't Sony include z1c into the "Open Devices" project? and don't they already release the necessary LP and MM binaries or am I missing something here?
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Maybe it will come, I don't know... I just know that there's dozens of new devices all the time, and development requires someone to put in time and energy and money, and if the demand is shrinking for a certain device as it falls into the shadows of up-and-comings, then the motivation might fade too. I'm sure there are devs out there who would be happy to build for someone if you provide a device and a donation...
It's probably because it's not a very popular device for developers and there's nobody willing to maintain CM13 on it.
But it is a very good device
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yeah it's still a beast hardware wise.
I was asking because my old phone, galaxy s2 plus that I gave to my mother, has had CM13 since 06.12.2015. and samsung hasn't released anything for that phone since android 4.2.2 JB - no ROMs, no drivers, no binaries... nothing. yet the phone had excellent ROM support despite all that. bear in mind that this isn't the ex-flagship galaxy s2 - the s2 plus version I'm talking about here had nothing in common (hardware wise) with the s2 except the looks.
on the other hand, sony is constantly releasing MM binaries for the z1c and all I see in the dev forums are half a dozen tweaked sony stock roms but 1 or 2 AOSP based roms.
I was asking if there are some technical difficulties in building AOSP MM roms, otherwise I believe that it's impossible that a 2014 SD800 device has a better dev support than a 2012 device with a Broadcom SoC.
Hi,
the sources for CM13 are up and they build fine. I tested one a couple of weeks ago and it seemed to be running OK. Keep in mind, that pretty much all Sony devices are now based on the new 3.10 kernel, which requires quite a bit of work. Also, the camera isn't working very well yet, probably requires some more blob updates from Sony.
In case you want to give it a try, I made a quick build last night. I haven't flashed it myself but I would assume not too much has changed since the version I tried.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24499762636006153
I'm not taking any dev credit, I just built what's already there.
Cheers
derf elot said:
Hi,
the sources for CM13 are up and they build fine. I tested one a couple of weeks ago and it seemed to be running OK. Keep in mind, that pretty much all Sony devices are now based on the new 3.10 kernel, which requires quite a bit of work. Also, the camera isn't working very well yet, probably requires some more blob updates from Sony.
In case you want to give it a try, I made a quick build last night. I haven't flashed it myself but I would assume not too much has changed since the version I tried.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24499762636006153
I'm not taking any dev credit, I just built what's already there.
Cheers
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Thanks for the work. There was a recent update to camera sources. @CLINTZ9 mentioned it in his AOSP thread and included in last build. With a good camera app and manual mode, you can get some pretty good pics.
Hi,
yes, I saw that the CM blobs are (from what I can tell) 3 versions behind the ones released from Sony. There was a new one released just yesterday.
If I get the chance, I can try to update them to the most recent release this weekend. No promises though, seeing as I'm quite busy these days
Has anyone tried this build? Is it booting/working OK?
derf elot said:
Hi,
yes, I saw that the CM blobs are (from what I can tell) 3 versions behind the ones released from Sony. There was a new one released just yesterday.
If I get the chance, I can try to update them to the most recent release this weekend. No promises though, seeing as I'm quite busy these days
Has anyone tried this build? Is it booting/working OK?
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Can't right now, but definitely will...
derf elot said:
Hi,
the sources for CM13 are up and they build fine. I tested one a couple of weeks ago and it seemed to be running OK. Keep in mind, that pretty much all Sony devices are now based on the new 3.10 kernel, which requires quite a bit of work. Also, the camera isn't working very well yet, probably requires some more blob updates from Sony.
In case you want to give it a try, I made a quick build last night. I haven't flashed it myself but I would assume not too much has changed since the version I tried.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24499762636006153
I'm not taking any dev credit, I just built what's already there.
Cheers
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Using now. So far so good. You should start a thread...
Yes, running fine here. Thanks!
derf elot said:
Hi,
yes, I saw that the CM blobs are (from what I can tell) 3 versions behind the ones released from Sony. There was a new one released just yesterday.
If I get the chance, I can try to update them to the most recent release this weekend. No promises though, seeing as I'm quite busy these days
Has anyone tried this build? Is it booting/working OK?
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will try to get a cm13 build up by next sunday if possible
derf elot said:
Hi,
the sources for CM13 are up and they build fine. I tested one a couple of weeks ago and it seemed to be running OK. Keep in mind, that pretty much all Sony devices are now based on the new 3.10 kernel, which requires quite a bit of work. Also, the camera isn't working very well yet, probably requires some more blob updates from Sony.
In case you want to give it a try, I made a quick build last night. I haven't flashed it myself but I would assume not too much has changed since the version I tried.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24499762636006153
I'm not taking any dev credit, I just built what's already there.
Cheers
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wow, finally CM 13 for the Z1 compact, some bugs?
CLINTZ9 said:
will try to get a cm13 build up by next sunday if possible
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I'm in the process of updating the blobs right now and then make a new build. In case it works, would you be interested in sharing the load to keep it up-to-date? Like I said, I'm kind of busy these days.
derf elot said:
I'm in the process of updating the blobs right now and then make a new build. In case it works, would you be interested in sharing the load to keep it up-to-date? Like I said, I'm kind of busy these days.
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Yeah sure
Do you compile on a pc or do you have a build server ?
I build on my PC, have you got one?
Thanks to @CLINTZ9 and @derf elot to bring us cm13 for this device
Sent from my Xperia Z1 Compact using XDA-Developers mobile app
karamancho said:
yeah it's still a beast hardware wise.
I was asking because my old phone, galaxy s2 plus that I gave to my mother, has had CM13 since 06.12.2015. and samsung hasn't released anything for that phone since android 4.2.2 JB - no ROMs, no drivers, no binaries... nothing. yet the phone had excellent ROM support despite all that. bear in mind that this isn't the ex-flagship galaxy s2 - the s2 plus version I'm talking about here had nothing in common (hardware wise) with the s2 except the looks.
on the other hand, sony is constantly releasing MM binaries for the z1c and all I see in the dev forums are half a dozen tweaked sony stock roms but 1 or 2 AOSP based roms.
I was asking if there are some technical difficulties in building AOSP MM roms, otherwise I believe that it's impossible that a 2014 SD800 device has a better dev support than a 2012 device with a Broadcom SoC.
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Remember me from S2 Plus community? SAZY Rom, Slim Rom?
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Even though Galaxy Nexus is no more officialy supported by Google and stuck at Android 4.3, KitKat Roms emerged quickly and evolve rapidly - thanks to our crazy devs!!! :victory: So how you all handling this? Still at 4.3... already jumped to a 4.4 rom?
I know it took a long way for 4.3 roms to reach that point where everything works near perfect and I think that Cataclysm or SlimBean are such examples. So, some will prefer the comfort of this instead of jumping into the unknown and start dealing with bugs and the trial and error procedure???
As I write this Android 4.4.2 is rolling to newer Nexus devices, my new Nexus 7 already running this and something tells me, since none of the factory images for 4.4.1 and 4.4.2 are officialy on google's page, that another update maybe coming soon. Since our phone is not officialy supported, devs will strugle merging new code to their sources and adapting it for gnex. How do you see this evolving?
To end this, it's been 2 years after the release of GNEX and our forum still is in the top 5 list. Quite impressive if you ask me. Tell that to Google... Galaxy Nexus is a legendary phone even though it's not the sharpest out there. And I am sure its "endurance" over time, will make it even more legendary!
PS: Working on a cool Zooper Skin. Will let u know when it's out!
It will continue, but the gnex population will gradually move on. The new incomers will not likely join at the rate the existing users leave to upgrade to a new device.
If it's any indication, Nexus One and Nexus S development are still continuing and they are older than the Galaxy Nexus. At some point when newer android versions get too resource intensive (KK tried to improve the memory management) then we will start seeing users preferring to stick with an older version.
I will continue with my Galaxy nexus and I'm still very happy with it especially so because of the talented developers here at XDA. I'm currently using the 4.4 KK rom : [ROM] [UNOFFICIAL] CyanogenMod 11 for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus with gapps 20131207. This ROM is now my daily driver and I won't be going back to 4.3 :good:
Thanks for this post, I'll subscribe!
myself, I've been thinking of sticking with Cataclysm for a while. But can I ask those who already use a 4.4 rom if they noticed any signifcant improvement on battery life or multitasking?
wrong thread. sorry
itasoulas said:
Even though Galaxy Nexus is no more officialy supported by Google and stuck at Android 4.3, KitKat Roms emerged quickly and evolve rapidly - thanks to our crazy devs!!! :victory: So how you all handling this? Still at 4.3... already jumped to a 4.4 rom?
I know it took a long way for 4.3 roms to reach that point where everything works near perfect and I think that Cataclysm or SlimBean are such examples. So, some will prefer the comfort of this instead of jumping into the unknown and start dealing with bugs and the trial and error procedure???
As I write this Android 4.4.2 is rolling to newer Nexus devices, my new Nexus 7 already running this and something tells me, since none of the factory images for 4.4.1 and 4.4.2 are officialy on google's page, that another update maybe coming soon. Since our phone is not officialy supported, devs will strugle merging new code to their sources and adapting it for gnex. How do you see this evolving?
To end this, it's been 2 years after the release of GNEX and our forum still is in the top 5 list. Quite impressive if you ask me. Tell that to Google... Galaxy Nexus is a legendary phone even though it's not the sharpest out there. And I am sure its "endurance" over time, will make it even more legendary!
PS: Working on a cool Zooper Skin. Will let u know when it's out!
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I'm not one to sit by idly and wait for confirmation of a stable new Android version. When 4.4 was released I flashed it right away. Whats the fun in not "jumping into the unknown"?
I dont think small updates are that hard for developers to merge into our current builds. We are already on 4.4.1 and I'm sure that 4.4.2 will be on our devices soon as well.
KitKat has been running great on my device. I dont know of any issues we have now that havent been fixed yet.
jsgraphicart said:
I'm not one to sit by idly and wait for confirmation of a stable new Android version. Wn 4.4 was released I flashed it right away. Whats the fun in not "jumping into the unknown"?
I dont think small updates are that hard for developers to merge into our current builds. We are already on 4.4.1 and I'm sure that 4.4.2 will be on our devices soon as well.
KitKat has been running great on my device. I dont know of any issues we have now that havent been fixed yet.
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Well...my GPS could be better. I'm seeing at best 30ft accuracy with about 8 satellites locked in with pretty low SNR values.
Im still on 4.3, Slimbean. Waiting for Slimkat to evolve just a litle bit more :good:
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Well...my GPS could be better. I'm seeing at best 30ft accuracy with about 8 satellites locked in with pretty low SNR values.
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I haven't had any issues with GPS. It pinpoints pretty fast for me.
And by the way, cyanogenmod just updated us to 4.4.2.
I will be continuing to use my Galaxy Nexus until the 'Nexus 6', it can totally hold up to most of the competition. Currently using the last 4.4.1 Galaxy Nexus Maguro CM11 ROM with ASKP/Franco/Mpokang/Fancy/Stock kernel.
Hello, guys!
Can somebody please tell me, which one is the latest Android generation with working FM radio for Arc?
Is it CM9 or CM10 and with which radio apk is FM radio working? Spirit FM or some other app?
Is any chance to have working FM radio in Android KK?
Thanks for the info in advance!
Since there is no answer on my first question, let's ask you another way - is there any chance to compile a fully working Kit Kat ROM with 2.6 kernel, with FM radio working?
Upto 4.1.2 almost every rom has radio working with 2.6 kernel, no fm radio with 3.++ kernel
KK will not work on 2.6xx kernel, you will need kernel 3.xx which does not have FM radio due to no driver support from the chipset manufacturer.
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popthosegaskets said:
KK will not work on 2.6xx kernel, you will need kernel 3.xx which does not have FM radio due to no driver support from the chipset manufacturer.
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That's pretty poor to read and to know. A friend of mine, owner of the Samsung Galaxy S3 just got an official update to Jelly bean, expecting a new one to Kit Kat, and Sony leaves their flagman phone's users without support and with unofficial releases from CM only. Poor, Sony, poor experience from you!
novicebg said:
That's pretty poor to read and to know. A friend of mine, owner of the Samsung Galaxy S3 just got an official update to Jelly bean, expecting a new one to Kit Kat, and Sony leaves their flagman phone's users without support and with unofficial releases from CM only. Poor, Sony, poor experience from you!
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It's not fair to compare an arc and a s3...
Sent from my Xperia Neo V using Tapatalk 2
novicebg said:
That's pretty poor to read and to know. A friend of mine, owner of the Samsung Galaxy S3 just got an official update to Jelly bean, expecting a new one to Kit Kat, and Sony leaves their flagman phone's users without support and with unofficial releases from CM only. Poor, Sony, poor experience from you!
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I don't trust Samsung when it comes to software, their ROMs have always been buggy and full of problems.
You can't blame Sony as well, the update window is well past the 18 month period since the phone's release. They may have the obligation to fix bugs, but not the obligation to update the phone to a newer Android version.
That's the main problem with most of the users here; they expect the manufacturer to update the phone to the latest version of the OS, which is not 100% feasible due to hardware restrictions and some other PRBS by the company. Sometimes having an old but more stable ROM is more beneficial long term. I have been using a custom 4.2.2 ROM for almost a year and I find it good and stable enough for daily use. There's no rush to update to KK and face more problems with the OS since older ROMs are able to meet the demands of the end user.
The only issue with Sony is that I would have liked them to release the sources publicly so it can save the developers time and effort to develop custom ROMs.
Just my 2 cents on the issue.
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So what about that:
http://developer.sonymobile.com/2012/03/07/fm-radio-module-released-as-open-source-and-sensor-hal-updated/
it was quoted in another topic but no one answered whether exactly this are the drivers needed?
Already discussed here:
https://github.com/M66B/cm-xtended/issues/1
Sent from my Xperia Neo V using xda app-developers app
with so many people creating roms, there will not be a soul here that applies to get the FM radio to work, sure it was well compensated! Greetings to all!
Sent from my Xperia Arc S using xda app-developers app
popthosegaskets said:
I don't trust Samsung when it comes to software, their ROMs have always been buggy and full of problems.
You can't blame Sony as well, the update window is well past the 18 month period since the phone's release. They may have the obligation to fix bugs, but not the obligation to update the phone to a newer Android version.
That's the main problem with most of the users here; they expect the manufacturer to update the phone to the latest version of the OS, which is not 100% feasible due to hardware restrictions and some other PRBS by the company. Sometimes having an old but more stable ROM is more beneficial long term. I have been using a custom 4.2.2 ROM for almost a year and I find it good and stable enough for daily use. There's no rush to update to KK and face more problems with the OS since older ROMs are able to meet the demands of the end user.
The only issue with Sony is that I would have liked them to release the sources publicly so it can save the developers time and effort to develop custom ROMs.
Just my 2 cents on the issue.
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I'm on KitKat already and it's actually not half-bad, aside from a few random glitches here and there. Still too fresh to be perfect I guess.
I think that Arc's hardware is the main reason for the lack of further official upgrades. It'd take too much work to get it to work perfectly with all of Sony's additional apps and branding required to make it flashy enough for an official rom, if it would even be possible at all. Short on ram as well as internal memory as it is, I'm honestly amazed what developers are managing to port to our beloved phone.
This tablet line has really sparked my interest but there are almost no roms (only cm11 that I see) and I'd like a nexus experience with physical buttons.
How long before we get some news on the GPE tab pro? Seems like that is what's holding back rom development for this line, correct?
kronikwisdom said:
This tablet line has really sparked my interest but there are almost no roms (only cm11 that I see) and I'd like a nexus experience with physical buttons.
How long before we get some news on the GPE tab pro? Seems like that is what's holding back rom development for this line, correct?
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It's out for a very short range, thats why there are no roms so far. I dont think it will get a Play Store Edition :crying:
kronikwisdom said:
This tablet line has really sparked my interest but there are almost no roms (only cm11 that I see) and I'd like a nexus experience with physical buttons.
How long before we get some news on the GPE tab pro? Seems like that is what's holding back rom development for this line, correct?
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I would say that what is holding back ROM development is a complete lack of developers...
With my CM11 device tree repos, it should be relatively straight-forward for someone to build other source based ROMs. But, none have appeared.
Then there is the world of ROMs that are based on the stock ROM. We don't have anyone that has stepped up and made the standard debloated ROM. Sadly, that means that there probably aren't any people that know how to do that either.
That said, the hardware is great and I get to piggy-back on a lot of the work that Cyanogen does for the Note 3 which makes some of the hardware support very advanced. FWIW, I'm quite happy with my purchase.
As much as I love my 8.4, A black 32GB Google Play edition would pretty much require me to buy another :good:
crpalmer said:
I would say that what is holding back ROM development is a complete lack of developers...
With my CM11 device tree repos, it should be relatively straight-forward for someone to build other source based ROMs. But, none have appeared.
Then there is the world of ROMs that are based on the stock ROM. We don't have anyone that has stepped up and made the standard debloated ROM. Sadly, that means that there probably aren't any people that know how to do that either.
That said, the hardware is great and I get to piggy-back on a lot of the work that Cyanogen does for the Note 3 which makes some of the hardware support very advanced. FWIW, I'm quite happy with my purchase.
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Agreed. I really wish I had the equipment and know-how to use your kernel and device tree and build SlimKat (my ROM of choice). Hopefully more folks will buy this tablet as time goes by, and we'll get some more talent in here. I did have a pm conversation with someone from the Slim team who expressed a little interest in the device, so fingers crossed.
From my Pro Tab 8.4
crpalmer said:
I would say that what is holding back ROM development is a complete lack of developers...
With my CM11 device tree repos, it should be relatively straight-forward for someone to build other source based ROMs. But, none have appeared.
Then there is the world of ROMs that are based on the stock ROM. We don't have anyone that has stepped up and made the standard debloated ROM. Sadly, that means that there probably aren't any people that know how to do that either.
That said, the hardware is great and I get to piggy-back on a lot of the work that Cyanogen does for the Note 3 which makes some of the hardware support very advanced. FWIW, I'm quite happy with my purchase.
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Any chance your work will be submitted to be an officially supported Cyanogenmod device?
Or is it too much work to be a maintainer for a device.
Thank you so much for your work already.
Dazog said:
Any chance your work will be submitted to be an officially supported Cyanogenmod device?
Or is it too much work to be a maintainer for a device.
Thank you so much for your work already.
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My goal is to make it official when I have everything working. But, I have to finish it first... I already maintain one device so adding a second wouldn't be that big a deal.
I just couldn't hold out any long. Picked up the black on yesterday and WOW this screen is amazing. I'll be running CM11 from your thread by lunch, and will help to provide feedback over there. thanks!!
I was wondering why any root/rom discussion seems to only be focused on the 8.4; are there reasons the 10.1 isn't included (I realize less people seem to be getting the bigger tab). Looking to love my 10.1, as the 8.4 is too small for my reading needs. Thanks for any info!
djroese33 said:
I was wondering why any root/rom discussion seems to only be focused on the 8.4; are there reasons the 10.1 isn't included (I realize less people seem to be getting the bigger tab). Looking to love my 10.1, as the 8.4 is too small for my reading needs. Thanks for any info!
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Two reasons. One, I have a tab pro 8.4... Two, the 8.4 is based on the snapdragon 800 (msm8974) processor which is very well supported on other devices. The 10.1 is an Exynos processor which is not well supported by source built android roms.
crpalmer said:
Two reasons. One, I have a tab pro 8.4... Two, the 8.4 is based on the snapdragon 800 (msm8974) processor which is very well supported on other devices. The 10.1 is an Exynos processor which is not well supported by source built android roms.
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Thanks for the quick and helpful reply. Pretty new to Android world, but I loved switching from my iPhone 5 to the Nexus 5 so much, and how easy it was to root, and add Franco and Gravity Box, that I jumped on the 10.1 to replace my iPad Air. Knew Nexus' were known for being easy to root, but didn't know about Samsung's Knox Warranty Killer! But still mostly pleased, and as I despise Apple's $200 for 64gb(- os) policy, love being able to carry around 3000 books, several movies, and 30gb of flac music.
Hopefully it will be safe to root soon.
I am considering a new tablet and Amazon has a refurbished 8.4 for less than $200. It is the right size tab for my needs and the specs are better than my Asus TF700.
Does this device have any limits on what bootloaders can be unlocked? I don't want to be stuck with a safestrap device… I want a custom recovery that allows TWRP and custom ROMs.
Not seeing any 5.x ROMs for this device.
Should I consider this device, or is it nearing its "end of life" for support and development?
TWRP is easy with Odin. I've successfully installed CM11, SlimKat, and a couple of ROM posted on XDA. Lollypop - no idea.
I bought 8.4 Wifi from BestBuy and bootloader is easily unlocked.
I would expect Samsung to release one last update of Lollipop seeing as how it's only 1 year old, but you never know.
There is CM12 Lollipop Nightly in Original Development section. It's really stable for a nightly. It works flawlessly for me.
Does OTG work on this device on custom ROMs like the CM12 nightly?
duckredbeard said:
Does OTG work on this device on custom ROMs like the CM12 nightly?
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Yes OTG works on cm12
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IMO this is a dead device. only get if you plan to switch it to a custom rom like CM11 or CM12
check sammobile firmware list... there hasn't been anything new for this device since November (5 months) and even THAT was 4.4.2, which is an already out-of-date version of android
if you look in this forum history, there are various gullible people who were saying we would have already had a major update (or 2) by now... i say "ha-ha!" to them, they were so wrong
Another vote for CM12. It runs faster than TouchWiz, and looks nicer as well. Who need stock software when you have CM?
All Android tablets are unfortunately considered "disposable" by the manufacturers. They crank out a new version every year (or less), sell a few tablets, then rinse and repeat. Even if you moved onto something else, it would also be obsolete in less than a year.
The hardware works fine, and I plan to use it for some time yet. I don't expect any dazzling new tablets in the near future. Just incremental updates on what we already have. Cranking out "more of the same" is pretty much the name of the game in tablets for now.
Already got the tab. Second time it booted up I had it rooted. Third time booted had twrp installed. Fourth time booted had cm12.
Still getting settled in and it is soo much faster than my tf700.
Cyanogenmod has team up with qualcomm. They are supporting snapdragon 400,600,800 with future cyanogen mod and their own store. So i see some hope here . Correct me if i m wrong
NExus factory images live today. We are suppse to get it but end of this year or start of next. Is anyone out there planning on porting this maybe to both models of our phone? Im on Z008 Just curious
cell2011 said:
NExus factory images live today. We are suppse to get it but end of this year or start of next. Is anyone out there planning on porting this maybe to both models of our phone? Im on Z008 Just curious
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If the source code isn't released we can't do anything. So it's probably not even the dev's fault as much as it is Google's.
All we can do is wait.
cell2011 said:
NExus factory images live today. We are suppse to get it but end of this year or start of next. Is anyone out there planning on porting this maybe to both models of our phone? Im on Z008 Just curious
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Hate to be the bearer of bad news...
Ports assume the two devices (the base device, and the one to port to) are very similar (same chipset, et cetera). A good example (I used to use HTC) is the Sensation was a very good base for the MyTouch 4G Slide (they even shared the same battery design/size).
Unfortunately the Zenfone 2 and either of the new Nexus devices are worlds apart from each other. They don't share the same architecture, let alone chipset. We would be better off piggybacking off the work of the ASUS Fonepad 7 FE375CG (Z3560 Chipset) or the Asus Memo Pad 8 ME581CL (Z3580) - but in reality, in terms of updates - it's more likely we would be the base for those devices in a few months time.
Sorry.
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AkiroX said:
If the source code isn't released we can't do anything. So it's probably not even the dev's fault as much as it is Google's.
All we can do is wait.
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That's right, all we can do is wait, then build from source once available.
Porting has it's place, but it can be a gong-show.
Source already available
We should wait for devs to build it ?
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Source already available
We should wait for devs to build it ?
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AOSP is available, but now we have to wait to have CM13 in a manageable state. I don't imagine cpalmer and jrior001 will put on the brakes with CM12.1 to build straight from AOSP.
ROMe wasn't built in a day, and it will be months before CyanogenMod will be able to have the AOSP source modified for the new CM13 and reach the coveted milestone one.
Yap, waiting for you too @joel.maxuel for working on it
allasca said:
Yap, waiting for you too @joel.maxuel for working on it
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Why am I being thrown under the bus? :silly:
In all seriousness, if CarbonROM continues to base their stuff off of CM (which I heard talk of that changing), this time around they may be once again months behind CM in terms of an official product (e.g, none of their devices have hit official status yet this round, or at least as of last night).
Not to speak ill of course, which is why I am curious of the route that does not involve basing off of CyanogenMod.
No guarantees with my involvement to 6.0, but I am interested in the job. I just can't predict what my life demands are going to be like in the spring (time seems tight right now, but I manage).
My short and medium term plans is to keep the 5.1 builds going, hopefully even after Carbon calls it quits for this branch to focus on the new one. The only possible things stopping me are:
Carbon leaves lp5.1.1 branch perfect, meaning I don't even have to do monthlies anymore (also means no future security issues)
CyanogenMod breaks their sources badly (has happened recently when Carbon couldn't keep up)
I get the official stock 6.0 image which ends up breaking modem usage - leaving me unable to properly downgrade to 5.1 to test
It feels like with this plan, someone is going to beat me to the punch by building a CarbonROM mm-6.0 ahead of me. Which is why at some point, I will (probably) be doing builds in parallel. But we shall see when we get there.
Just read this: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/10/android-6-0-marshmallow-thoroughly-reviewed/
Doesn't seem much for us CM12.1 users to get very excited about anyway. Material design not changed from Lollipop, Google Now launcher already updated with the changes, selectable app permissions already included in CM12.1 via Privacy Guard, fingerprint api and 4K display stuff irrelevant to our zenfones...
Personally, I think a stable CM12.1 (5.1.1) build is more important. In fact, the unofficial build we already have is stable and very nearly there, but I would rather see the last few kinks ironed out and official status before any time is put into 6.0
Most importantly, it should support 64bit for the z00a. Any news on this?
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The next month, asus update android 5.1 for zenfine 2, maybe 6.0 ? I don't know this,