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Did google say anything about 4.0.3 for the nexus?
From what I've heard, it was supposed to start rolling out already, Google found some quirks or bugs so they decided to pull it back. I'm sure we'll start to see it within a week or two.
cvbcbcmv said:
It rolls out when you decide to get your ass off of stock!
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Done "modding" my android phones. Causes nothing but issues.
brian85 said:
Done "modding" my android phones. Causes nothing but issues.
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I disagree.
brian85 said:
Done "modding" my android phones. Causes nothing but issues.
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I feel the same way. Caused me nothing but small heart attacks when I was flashing a rom and I thought I was bricking my phone.
Although I say that now but when I get my phone ill probably end up modding it lol
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I disagree.
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I've owned 10+ android phones in 3 years. Modding them/putting on different roms/etc would have its benefits, but in the end it just caused nothing but issues (either major or annoying minor ones).
And when I put the phone completely back to stock, it just never ran as good as it did when it really was stock before I started modding.
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I've owned 10+ android phones in 3 years. Modding them/putting on different roms/etc would have its benefits, but in the end it just caused nothing but issues (either major or annoying minor ones).
And when I put the phone completely back to stock, it just never ran as good as it did when it really was stock before I started modding.
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im in the same boat and totaly agree! give me root and CWM and im set... chasing the perfect rom is just that, a chase, and it goes on forever.. nothing worng with the chase, but its not for me anymore.
brian85 said:
Done "modding" my android phones. Causes nothing but issues.
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+1 we all deserve timely updates here
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From what I've heard, it was supposed to start rolling out already, Google found some quirks or bugs so they decided to pull it back. I'm sure we'll start to see it within a week or two.
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That was in reference to the rollout OTA for the GSM Nexus S. It wasn't halted as much as they're doing a staggered rollout to catch bugs etc. and gauge reactions.
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Done "modding" my android phones. Causes nothing but issues.
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+1 Learnt the lesson from the developer tablet, the Xoom. Rooted it expecting great advantages and then discovered rooted Xooms couldn't rent movies, no longer got ota updates (but still got the annoying update messages)....
I flashed my HTC because they didn't have the gingerbread update for the Desire z for months and to get rid of sense. Flashed my Samsung SG2 to get rid of touchwiz.
But don't see any reason to mess with Google's best efforts - particularly with Wallet and the like being a big part of this phone's future (the thought of some stranger having complete control over my system when using my phone to pay for things worries me).
Still no update in Australia. Still on 4.0.1 and my phone is the Google direct version.
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Done "modding" my android phones. Causes nothing but issues.
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why buy a phone just to make it unstable and crash. * i got laughed at by iphone friends*
Informed modding enhances the functionality and experience of using the device.
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im in the same boat and totaly agree! give me root and CWM and im set... chasing the perfect rom is just that, a chase, and it goes on forever.. nothing worng with the chase, but its not for me anymore.
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The chase stops when you stop looking for a ROM with all the features you want and make your own.
I think it depends a lot on how much you are willing to mod for example, when I went and upgraded to 4.0.2 my radio updated as well which made my GPS useless so I modded and downgraded my radio back and I have never been happier.
And once voodoo mod makes its way to the galaxy nexus I don't think it would be easy just letting it slip by...
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The chase stops when you stop looking for a ROM with all the features you want and make your own.
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So now you have to buy a phone and make your own software on top of it ?
I liked to flash mods on my Nexus One, it was fun, I found the CyanogenMod pretty good for me. But I did not root my Galaxy Nexus yet and I don't really feel the need to, except to get the official updates.
I think that as soon as Google released the 4.0.3 source code, they should have released the OTA for the Galaxy Nexus as well as the Nexus S. I compiled the official 4.0.3 from the source, but I can't flash it because I did not root my device. I find this a bit strange.
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So now you have to buy a phone and make your own software on top of it ?
I liked to flash mods on my Nexus One, it was fun, I found the CyanogenMod pretty good for me. But I did not root my Galaxy Nexus yet and I don't really feel the need to, except to get the official updates.
I think that as soon as Google released the 4.0.3 source code, they should have released the OTA for the Galaxy Nexus as well as the Nexus S. I compiled the official 4.0.3 from the source, but I can't flash it because I did not root my device. I find this a bit strange.
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You don't need to be rooted to "flash" what you built. Just fastboot oem unlock to unlock your bootloader and fastboot flash the images.
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Informed modding enhances the functionality and experience of using the device.
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Most definitely, but for now I'm back to stock;
Woke up this morning to find my phone bootlooping, I tried everything to rectify the problem, 2 slice of toast and a mug of tea later I had to resort to a factory image reflash at a cost of losing all of my data
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im in the same boat and totaly agree! give me root and CWM and im set... chasing the perfect rom is just that, a chase, and it goes on forever.. nothing worng with the chase, but its not for me anymore.
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Gotta love the chase! Especially with women....
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That was in reference to the rollout OTA for the GSM Nexus S. It wasn't halted as much as they're doing a staggered rollout to catch bugs etc. and gauge reactions.
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I thought they postponed it for Nexus S because of high battery power consumption by Android OS process. Anyway, I too was wondering when it's going to pop up for us. Any more info on the matter ?
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You don't need to be rooted to "flash" what you built. Just fastboot oem unlock to unlock your bootloader and fastboot flash the images.
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You're right. But rooting is not the real problem for me. My problem is unlocking and reseting the phone. I don't want to loose all my data (including game saves !) but the only way I can save them is ... to be root. I will do it eventually, but it still bothers me
I have not received any update for Android 5.0 yet. I find this pretty odd considering it has been out for a long time. Everything seems to be functionally normally, but I never get any OTA update notification and it says I have the latest updates. Is this something to be concerned about, or am I just extremely unlucky to be one of the last ones to get it? Thanks.
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I have not received any update for Android 5.0 yet. I find this pretty odd considering it has been out for a long time. Everything seems to be functionally normally, but I never get any OTA update notification and it says I have the latest updates. Is this something to be concerned about, or am I just extremely unlucky to be one of the last ones to get it? Thanks.
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The Nexus 7 is experiencing issues with L. My dad's device also didn't get it yet.
However, nothing stops you from flashing the image yourself from Googl's developer site.
This is the first time I've heard of this. Thanks for giving us all a heads up!
Oh wait, there's only about 10 other threads on the first page about this very issue.
I don't know how this will be able to help our situation with locked bootloaders, but I am sure the intelligent among us could somehow use this.
I suppose this would be possible. But I'm pretty sure LG will close that with the next security update (if they can be bothered to issue one, we're still waiting for the February update.)
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I suppose this would be possible. But I'm pretty sure LG will close that with the next security update (if they can be bothered to issue one, we're still waiting for the February update.)
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http://www.androidcentral.com/verizon-updates-lg-g3-and-g4-march-security-patch? now I wish H815 would get it. Amazing to see a carrier phone appear to get this first.
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I suppose this would be possible. But I'm pretty sure LG will close that with the next security update (if they can be bothered to issue one, we're still waiting for the February update.)
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Yes, that is true. But the choice of updating is in the hands of the user. I am sure a lot of people want to use MM on their G4 but cannot let go of root. This can/may provide a middle-ground for these people. They can have root and MM, albeit an outdated version, which in my opinion is better than nothing.
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Yes, that is true. But the choice of updating is in the hands of the user. I am sure a lot of people want to use MM on their G4 but cannot let go of root. This can/may provide a middle-ground for these people. They can have root and MM, albeit an outdated version, which in my opinion is better than nothing.
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I agree considering I'm still on LP because I will not let go of my root access. I'm in no rush to upgrade either but it doesn't hurt to not be too left behind compared to my brother
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I agree considering I'm still on LP because I will not let go of my root access. I'm in no rush to upgrade either but it doesn't hurt to not be too left behind compared to my brother
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I was foolish enough to update to MM, I've since stopped using the device completely except for answering calls, and I am really sad about that. With the leather back, curved screen, replaceable battery, and back buttons this is one of my top phones. Yes, I know I can downgrade, but I don't want to be bothered by that. I like the new MM features enough to not downgrade, yet I hate not having root, the ad-blocking, the tweaking of my phone to my liking. I've already decided on not buying any phones except nexus. But sadly I am stuck with this phone till the next nexus comes out.
Hello,
I was wondering if someone with the right skills could do it.
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1805
In the bug's description it's said that Linux kernels before 3.16 are affected by this, I'm using 20e which runs 3.10.84 so theoretically exploitable.
I work with software development but web/mainframe mainly, anyone with a few hax0r skills willing to work on this?
I would certainly donate for this cause.
Samsung apparently has sent out a final notification to all those enrolled in the Nougat Beta that there will be no more updates and that the beta ends officially on December 30th and that they will attempt to push out the official update to everyone in January. Hope this means they were able to quash all major bugs.
http://www.androidcentral.com/galaxy-s7-and-s7-edge-receive-nougat-update-january
And it is officially Android 7.1.1, at least for those in the US.
Hopefully we get it soon, I would love some Nougat. At this point I prefer to not have to root my phone to get updates because it's a hassle without being able to unlock the bootloader. I was rooted for awhile and IMHO stock runs butter unless you spend hours customizing it. I love debloating but I would prefer a fully unlocked/rooted phone to a partial solution.
I don't have high hopes for when we get this updated because of verizon but we eventually will, about 2 years after everyone else
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Hopefully we get it soon, I would love some Nougat. At this point I prefer to not have to root my phone to get updates because it's a hassle without being able to unlock the bootloader. I was rooted for awhile and IMHO stock runs butter unless you spend hours customizing it. I love debloating but I would prefer a fully unlocked/rooted phone to a partial solution.
I don't have high hopes for when we get this updated because of verizon but we eventually will, about 2 years after everyone else
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I haven't been rooted for over a year. I was on an LG G3 before my S7 and so far, I haven't found a real need to root. Before, I rooted because I used TiBu to backup my apps, but with the G3, they had their own backup utility that worked just like TiBu, but it's only for LG devices.
But with how Google Play uploads settings now, that appears to work just fine for me as well, so at this point, I have no reason to root. Plus, I really love Samsung Pay so I don't want to lose that.
This is the first device I have owned that I have never rooted. No need to. Faster than anything I have ever owned and mine never slows down for my usage. It's the first device that I feel works as intended. I also wasted a few years of my life with this stuff and just don't have the motivation anymore. Especially without an unlocked bootloader and custom recovery, I'd never.
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This is the first device I have owned that I have never rooted. No need to. Faster than anything I have ever owned and mine never slows down for my usage. It's the first device that I feel works as intended. I also wasted a few years of my life with this stuff and just don't have the motivation anymore. Especially without an unlocked bootloader and custom recovery, I'd never.
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Agree completely. The root process works well etc but I had to go through xposed and do a lot of tweaks to get it running well for really no gain over what I had stock.
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This is the first device I have owned that I have never rooted. No need to. Faster than anything I have ever owned and mine never slows down for my usage. It's the first device that I feel works as intended. I also wasted a few years of my life with this stuff and just don't have the motivation anymore. Especially without an unlocked bootloader and custom recovery, I'd never.
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I completely agree. The G3 was the first phone I ended up not rooting. I did at first because I was just in that mode of, get a new phone, root, flash a custom ROM. But as I started getting used to a lot of the features, and found that the battery life wasn't bad, coupled with running Greenify in non-root mode, I could make the battery last 1.5 days. So, over the last year of the two years I owned it, I didn't root.
With the S7, no need to root. This is smoothest phone I've had yet. The quality of the phone itself is excellent. So, this phone will not be rooted.
It appears the official Nougat OTA is being pushed out, with beta testers getting it first.
Anyone on here that has gotten the Nougat OTA notification yet? I'm holding off on accepting until I know better on how it performs, etc.
http://www.androidcentral.com/stabl...ing-galaxy-s7-and-s7-edge-starting-beta-users
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It appears the official Nougat OTA is being pushed out, with beta testers getting it first.
Anyone on here that has gotten the Nougat OTA notification yet? I'm holding off on accepting until I know better on how it performs, etc.
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Nothing on my end yet.
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was there ever a second beta OTA sent out to Verizon testers? I didn't get into the beta but side loaded the only 7.0 beta build OTA that was floating around and my build number is NRD90M.G930VVRU4ZPK4. Was there an update to after that? Trying to figure out if the Nougate beta -> final OTA (assuming someone pulls it) will work on my phone or if I'll need to find the intermediary beta OTAs or else wipe clean and start from scratch.
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was there ever a second beta OTA sent out to Verizon testers? I didn't get into the beta but side loaded the only 7.0 beta build OTA that was floating around and my build number is NRD90M.G930VVRU4ZPK4. Was there an update to after that? Trying to figure out if the Nougate beta -> final OTA (assuming someone pulls it) will work on my phone or if I'll need to find the intermediary beta OTAs or else wipe clean and start from scratch.
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I believe there were only two betas for VZW phones and then they cancelled the beta testing for VZW-based phones. Not sure why. Kind of sucks. Probably Big Red had something to do with it.
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Nothing on my end yet.
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Same here, tried rebooting and checking again a few times and still nothing.
Oh well
I spoke to Verizon about this and they dont know when the update will be out.
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I spoke to Verizon about this and they dont know when the update will be out.
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Of course they don't. They have to add crapware, disable a bunch of stuff and add backdoors.
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SoerenHelmer said:
I spoke to Verizon about this and they dont know when the update will be out.
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That's their usual response.
I've read US-Based carriers have no ETA yet. Grr.
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I've read US-Based carriers have no ETA yet. Grr.
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I swear searching around the interwebs for information on release dates has at least as much mis-information as looking for information on the election candidates during the election. So much trash.
But I haven't found anyone stating they heard definite dates. I'm thinking it will be late January at this point maybe early Feb before it hits our phones.
i have given up speculating anything that involves verizon. nothing would surprise me.
Take it where its coming from but it looks like some US non-beta testers are starting to see the update. "Unlocked" phones only but still....
http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/19/14321980/samsung-galaxy-s7-edge-android-nougat-update
I have an official unlocked US model, but nothing yet. I expect to see the update by the weekend. Crossing fingers.
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I have an official unlocked US model, but nothing yet. I expect to see the update by the weekend. Crossing fingers.
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I believe unlocked models should be getting it before us on Verizon. But, there was a story out that stated OTAs for some reason have stopped being pushed out and Samsung has acknowledged this and is looking into why it happened.
http://www.droidviews.com/samsung-galaxy-s7-android-nougat-problems-firmware-delivery-stops/
Whether the "bug" is in the firmware itself or with the update process that sends out the notifications is not mentioned.
What's up everyone !
I just wanted to ask a simple question, who here still use marshmallow ROMs , which ones and why ?
The reason why I ask because for some time now I've been wanting to go back for xposed of course and other features like theme engines and so on.
Has anyone felt like this and ended up reverting back ?
Should I do it ?
Please let me know. Thank you ! :good:
Nexus 5x owner since July 2016. Still using Marshmallow 6.0.1 Stock! (No root, no roms)...
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Nexus 5x owner since July 2016. Still using Marshmallow 6.0.1 Stock! (No root, no roms)...
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Woah seriously ? That's pretty interesting ? I'd have to respect that. With all the roms, mods and rooting I wouldn't be able to hold my stock 5x for that long. I'd go ape s*** !
I'm still on M, because i like xposed features, like gravity box, boot manager etc. I use android n-ify for nougat notification and Pixel navigation bar.
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I'm still on M, because i like xposed features, like gravity box, boot manager etc. I use android n-ify for nougat notification and Pixel navigation bar.
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Nice. I'm thinking of reverting back. Which ROM are you using if I may ask ?
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What's up everyone !
I just wanted to ask a simple question, who here still use marshmallow ROMs , which ones and why ?
The reason why I ask because for some time now I've been wanting to go back for xposed of course and other features like theme engines and so on.
Has anyone felt like this and ended up reverting back ?
Should I do it ?
Please let me know. Thank you ! :good:
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I just unboxed my 5x planning on staying on 6.0 was a long time apple user until I finally got fed up. If there is one thing that I learned it is definitely dont update until you can be sure that you won't lose any fucntionality (obviously)
Potentially looking to Root but still evaluating the cost/benefit. Learning some cool stuff. Just thinking about the possibility of apps that I use everyday not working.
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I just unboxed my 5x planning on staying on 6.0 was a long time apple user until I finally got fed up. If there is one thing that I learned it is definitely dont update until you can be sure that you won't lose any fucntionality (obviously)
Potentially looking to Root but still evaluating the cost/benefit. Learning some cool stuff. Just thinking about the possibility of apps that I use everyday not working.
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Woah ! That's nice to know. Congrats on your switch and welcome to the wonderful world of Android. Lol
I totally understand about being fed up with apple. And tbh with updating android you will gain functionally but also lose abilities to use certain things such as mods and apps that haven't been updated. It can both be a win and or a lose. But not too major.
And for a new comer to an Android device I'd say stay stock right now. Get to know your device and read all over XDA on the potential and great things your device is capable of.
Once you get through that your first step is to root and then choose your ROM and mods.
Xposed will be your main go to for mods.
Thanks for you input BTW good luck on your new device ! :good:
I would go back to Android 5.1.1.
It is the best and most optimized version made.
Too bad NX5 goes back to only 6.0 as it was the first to feature it.
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Nice. I'm thinking of reverting back. Which ROM are you using if I may ask ?
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I'm on latest modded official M: mtc20k.
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Woah ! That's nice to know. Congrats on your switch and welcome to the wonderful world of Android. Lol
I totally understand about being fed up with apple. And tbh with updating android you will gain functionally but also lose abilities to use certain things such as mods and apps that haven't been updated. It can both be a win and or a lose. But not too major.
And for a new comer to an Android device I'd say stay stock right now. Get to know your device and read all over XDA on the potential and great things your device is capable of.
Once you get through that your first step is to root and then choose your ROM and mods.
Xposed will be your main go to for mods.
Thanks for you input BTW good luck on your new device ! :good:
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I appreciate this. It is a refreshing change from apple, whom in my opinion locks you into their singular way of doing things and users dont really have the freedom to opt out. New exploits are patched within days, old firmware stops being signed by apple within about a week so that once you update you can never go back. They are making things really tough for the jailbreak community, which is ultimately the reason I chose to switch. So far, I really like my 5x. Only issue I am worried about right now is battery life and not making it thru a full day. I taken measures in order to reduce power consumption, but theres only so much you can do as you know.
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GunToYoMouth123 said:
Woah ! That's nice to know. Congrats on your switch and welcome to the wonderful world of Android. Lol
I totally understand about being fed up with apple. And tbh with updating android you will gain functionally but also lose abilities to use certain things such as mods and apps that haven't been updated. It can both be a win and or a lose. But not too major.
And for a new comer to an Android device I'd say stay stock right now. Get to know your device and read all over XDA on the potential and great things your device is capable of.
Once you get through that your first step is to root and then choose your ROM and mods.
Xposed will be your main go to for mods.
Thanks for you input BTW good luck on your new device ! :good:
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I appreciate this. It is a refreshing change from apple, whom in my opinion locks you into their singular way of doing things and users dont really have the freedom to opt out. New exploits are patched within days, old firmware stops being signed by apple within about a week so that once you update you can never go back. They are making things really tough for the jailbreak community, which is ultimately the reason I chose to switch. So far, I really like my 5x. Only issue I am worried about right now is battery life and not making it thru a full day. I taken measures in order to reduce power consumption, but there is only so much you can do as you know.
Still running Stock 6.0 not rooted,
Really wanted to upgrade to 7.1.1, Notification just sits there.
I am afraid of that whole Bootloop problem that everyone has been complaining about.
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Still running Stock 6.0 not rooted,
Really wanted to upgrade to 7.1.1, Notification just sits there.
I am afraid of that whole Bootloop problem that everyone has been complaining about.
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How long have you had the device just wondering
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Still running Stock 6.0 not rooted,
Really wanted to upgrade to 7.1.1, Notification just sits there.
I am afraid of that whole Bootloop problem that everyone has been complaining about.
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I would just go for it. The bootloop didn't affect that many people, and I thought they fixed it? A lot of people are running 7.1 now.
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How long have you had the device just wondering
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Yes sorry since October.
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I would just go for it. The bootloop didn't affect that many people, and I thought they fixed it? A lot of people are running 7.1 now.
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I'm still really afraid of it
I´m also using MM. AOKP is the only ROM I could get that applies Security Patches very often. And I will stay on MM until Xposed lands into Nougat