Hello Everyone...
Been a long time with this phone that I bought in December 2013 and have been with me for another 1.5 years.....
I have bought 2 more phones since and have ported roms to the new phones... I am missing my team of young guys
that have ported roms for this phone and have become popular also.
How many of you are still using this phone and how many want new roms that are available for A116???
Please let me know...
Best wishes and regards
Kannan
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Hello guys,
I'm talking from Brazil, but I believe that what will say now, all users of Blu life pure XL would like to say to you guys.
Why no one develop a new rom or a rom for our smartphone ? I think 'he' is amazing , has a nice hardware... so what the reason that no one developing a new system for him ?
Is there something that you can't do for this ?
Sorry my poor english,
Have a nice day my friends.
Dear Mr. Steven B,
The situation with updates depends on several aspects.
If the update has not been released by Google for this type of processor, will not be released officially.
Best regards!
Damian
Customer Service
Samsung Electronics Romania
-.- They are unacceptable google and Samsung. Τhe one over the other (Sorry for my English)
That's a load of bull. There are MANY devices out there with the same processor that have lollipop. This one's all Samsung.
They really don't want to release it.
Fortunately, we have great developers: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-neo/development/p-motion-rom-ll-t3257790
We must wait untill the bugs will be solved.
been this rabbit hole before. you will never have a custom rom with no bugs. EVER
Samsung said the s3/s3 neo are not powerful to handle TW Lollipop, dafuq? The HTC HD2 is a windows device and has a working port of marshmallow ?. So Samsung is forcing us to buy a new device to get updates. I read that 50% of Samsung phones can get lollipop but only 5% received it -_-
They're ridicolous! There are many devices that are less powerful of our S3 Neo and they've got Lollipop. The only answer to all this is that they're forcing us to buy new Samsung phones, of course.
I came to view the GNex forum because I just bought five of the things on eBay and wanted to know my options, was expecting Lollipop but holy cow did I get a friendly greeting of Marshmallow!! It is cool that this phone has been alive for this long.
Samsung's 2016 flagship can't get past MMB29M for the time being but this phone can!!
Great job everyone, can't wait until N is officially released and I see N on the Galaxy Nexus before the S7!
gilberts555 said:
I came to view the GNex forum because I just bought five of the things on eBay and wanted to know my options, was expecting Lollipop but holy cow did I get a friendly greeting of Marshmallow!! It is cool that this phone has been alive for this long.
Samsung's 2016 flagship can't get past MMB29M for the time being but this phone can!!
Great job everyone, can't wait until N is officially released and I see N on the Galaxy Nexus before the S7!
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Unlegacy-Android has a 7.1.0 ROM out now (and specifically for all - yes; I said ALL - versions of our beloved GNex) - I've been running it since the week after Thanksgiving (replacing CM13 - which had replaced JB). The oldest Android phone in the house (this was originally mom's GNex - and she bought it pre-owned from Amazon; she now has a Samsung J3 purchased from the local VZW store; said J3 is ALSO still on Marshmallow). Therefore, the oldest smartphone trails only the Google Pixel/XL of all of VZW's current OR former carrier-specific phones; so much for logic.
I have a 5 years old mid-range smartphone Samsung Galaxy s4 mini(19192) few days back i flashed lineage os 15.1 on it, and lineage os 15.1 is based on Android 8.1 with January 5,2k18 security patch and on the other hand i have this Xperia z5 premium which is 2.5 years old but still no oreo roms are available for this...so if a mid-range old device can get oreo update and have tons of custom roms then why the developers aren't making rom for Xperia z5 premium?
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I have a 5 years old mid-range smartphone Samsung Galaxy s4 mini(19192) few days back i flashed lineage os 15.1 on it, and lineage os 15.1 is based on Android 8.1 with January 5,2k18 security patch and on the other hand i have this Xperia z5 premium which is 2.5 years old but still no oreo roms are available for this...so if a mid-range old device can get oreo update and have tons of custom roms then why the developers aren't making rom for Xperia z5 premium?
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Finally a question that I can help answer!!
There are several reasons why development for the Sony Z5 Premium is very very slow.
Samsung devices are FAR more popular on the market then Sony https://www.statista.com/statistics/271496/global-market-share-held-by-smartphone-vendors-since-4th-quarter-2009/. So it would make sense that since Samsung is more popular then there would be more development for that brand in general.
Limited development for Sony devices is partly because Sony isn't very helpful in releasing information needed to help our volunteer developers. Custom ROMs need the access to the device's kernel. A kernel is a piece of proprietary software developed by the phones manufacture that allows the operating system to talk to the hardware. Sony is not very helpful in releasing details about their device's kernels. This means our volunteer developers have to work 1000x harder to get limited functionality from the device. Samsung on the other hand is a little more generous with releasing their kernels for public development.
As an aspiring programmer, I respect that it takes a lot of SKILL and TIME to develop ROMs, root mechanisms, and any other work that is needed to bring a new feature to a cell phone. This is done by passionate volunteers who have lives besides making contributions to this community. If you're that interested and passionate in helping these developers then I recommend that you get actively involved in the development community.
I hope this helps. It's frustrating but this is the reality. Even more frustrating is that I just learned that my Z5P has a permanently locked bootloader. I won't be able to play with any of these custom ROMs
Hello. Can I hope for some custom roms for this device later? I really enjoy custom roms but I don't like buy xiaomi phones again and found this phone in really good price! example redmi note 12 pro has same proccesor but it's more expensive and miui has some limitations among features.
Can I hope for custom rom or AT LEAST is samsung sharing kernel source of it's phones and is it possible to make one myself later after learning? I have some plans to learn android developement
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Hello. Can I hope for some custom roms for this device later? I really enjoy custom roms but I don't like buy xiaomi phones again and found this phone in really good price! example redmi note 12 pro has same proccesor but it's more expensive and miui has some limitations among features.
Can I hope for custom rom or AT LEAST is samsung sharing kernel source of it's phones and is it possible to make one myself later after learning? I have some plans to learn android developement
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You can learn to develop your own ROM.
Everything shared here on XDA is essentially a hobby. Developers work for free, and often focus most of their time and effort on devices they already have. The best way to get something ported to your particular device is to learn to do it yourself.