brotkasten
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Coco pls.
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Coco pls.
Coco pls.
This one is very expensive. And very popular among Chinese ghetto riches.
Flashed my Verizon Gnex with 4.1, really enjoying it so far. The Siri clone is goofy and amusing, Google Now is interesting, and Project Butter has made the experience so much nicer...but the real win is all the little tweaks. One of my favorites is the back button doubling as "close keyboard" now. Being able to see emails in the notification bar is another big win, although even on my giant screen having two email addresses means one inevitably gets "squished" on the notification bar and won't show all my messages, sad face.
Don't worry, you'll get spoiled real quick, and months later you'll thumb through somebody's comparatively tiny screen and practically recoil in horror. Big is beautiful, baby
Don't worry, you'll get spoiled real quick, and months later you'll thumb through somebody's comparatively tiny screen and practically recoil in horror. Big is beautiful, baby
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
So, I'm having issues.
I downloaded Cyanogen for Droid X and added to my SD card, booted into Droid 2 bootstrap recovery, wiped everything, installed zip via SD, and everything completed fine.
When I rebooted my phone boots to the Google logo then keeps repeating even after a battery pull. I also can't get back to the recovery mode, as I get to where the Android with the "!" mark pops up, but hitting the search button doesn't bring up the menu.
What do I need to do?
I downloaded Cyanogen for Droid X and added to my SD card, booted into Droid 2 bootstrap recovery, wiped everything, installed zip via SD, and everything completed fine.
When I rebooted my phone boots to the Google logo then keeps repeating even after a battery pull. I also can't get back to the recovery mode, as I get to where the Android with the "!" mark pops up, but hitting the search button doesn't bring up the menu.
What do I need to do?
I don't remember the exact details, someone else will be of better help, but I just wanted to warn you: If I remember correctly from being in this situation, your fix will involve using a special program to send a specific file to the phone to essentially factory restore it. Triple-check to make sure you have the exact file needed for your phone, model, etc. because sending over the wrong one = brick.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Yeah, I'm guessing I need to go back to stock with RSD Lite. Just makes me mad because I don't have my cable with me at work to hook my phone up to my PC.
Doubt it, the back button is getting better and more useful to backtrack when jumping between apps. It's had a massive upgrade in JB, and devs have even more access to create better backstacks.
Yeah, not sure where the Windows Mobile thread is, or which one to post this at. I found this very interesting:
http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/02/leaked-windows-phone-keyboard-curved-for-your-typing-pleasure/
Still, I think Windows Mobile and Android are pushing mobile in the right direction. Not sure if I would use this, but it is something "NEW" that I could have never foreseen. Closest thing I could think of is the on-screen controls on the Android Browser.
http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/02/leaked-windows-phone-keyboard-curved-for-your-typing-pleasure/
Still, I think Windows Mobile and Android are pushing mobile in the right direction. Not sure if I would use this, but it is something "NEW" that I could have never foreseen. Closest thing I could think of is the on-screen controls on the Android Browser.
brotkasten
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Wait, what? Samsung Europe is in control of the updates, even if you buy it off contract and unbranded?
I thought so? I bought mine off contract and unbranded and here in Denmark Samsung should be the one in control of the updates yes. So I'm just wondering how long it'll take for them to release JellyBean.
Have a seat brot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1728555
The good news is that you can covert any GSM phone from whatever version it is to takju/yakju as you please. The current JB build is on takju which I flashed onto my yakju GN.
cyanogen mod can only be installed from a GB kernel. Also, after flashing CM, the button to get into recovery changes (when you see the exclamation point).
Which guide did you follow? Maybe I can help?
Wait, I thought Verizon guys were updated by the carrier since they got 4.0.4 really late?
Google submits the update to Verizon for approval and testing before sending it out.
O. So google does the testing for the GSM models before hand so T-Mobile doesn't have to?
I think T-mobile is not even notified of updates. Can you buy a Nexus on contract on T-mobile or AT&T?
The Nexus GSM is Freebird!
Pretty much, since it's not a TMo device they don't really have a responsibility either.
I think there are a couple of carriers in Europe that get involved with the testing like Verizon does, but I don't think they take as long.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
I actually got it installed after going back to 2.4 and re-rooting. Only bad thing is stupid me forgot to install the Google Apps file at the same time, and now have no google apps. I have the file now, but how do I get back into bootstrap recovery with no way to download Droid 2 Bootstrap onto the phone? The APK file I tried didn't work either.
EDIT: Got into recovery, apparently Cyanogen has Clockworkmod installed and it has a boot to recovery feature.
Some more info (make sure you're using revnumbers Cm7)
Once on 602, root, download d2bootstrap. Once in recovery, wipe data, cache, dalvik, then flash cm7 in clockworkmod recovery. Make sure you flash cm7 on ginger kernel by revnumbers... I'm assuming you already have the current cm7 zip by revnumbers, if not you can download it through rom manager...
brotkasten
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Is it okay to say that the Nexus program is a joke, or do I have to go to the iOS/Windows Phone thread for that?
its not a joke if you live in the US.
Other than that, yes, it is, at least this go round. I think the N1 and Nexus S were all straight up Nexus phones.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Ha. All is well! My Droid X is running Cyanogen 7 and I have all my google apps!
Took a bit longer than expected coming from Apex, but everything looks fine now.
Took a bit longer than expected coming from Apex, but everything looks fine now.
The intent of Nexus line died when they released a CDMA version of the Nexus S.
They're sorta coming back around though, with the N7.
jobber
Would let Tony Parker sleep with his wife
Sprint backs everything Google for brownie points.
Turn on 16bit dithering in the cyanogen mod tweaks. Improves browser scrolling performance quite a bit.
But Sprint's version isn't on the list for official updates from Google, so that doesnt count
the CDMA version has no bearing on the 27 other GSM variants around the world that don't get support from Google. The CDMA variant at least gets updates, if not quickly, anything other then yakju/takju are still on 4.0.2
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Ah, thanks. Now to find that section... I'm new to Cyanogen.
Its in settings somewhere, under the cyanogen heading I believe. Its been a while...
I'm more inclined to say that it is at this point. Tons of variants that get no support from Google and both the Nexus One and Nexus S with their promises of fast updates and support took months to get the next version of android. Wonder if the galaxy nexus will get treated the same way this fall.
That being said, I would still pick them over other android phones :/
Hey, Samsung gotta make sure no other Galaxy leap-frogs their precious SIII, in the software department. If that wasn't the case all the Nexus in the world would be on Jelly Bean come mid-July. They foresaw this coming, so they made arrangements with Google.
I really hate the relationship Google has with Samsung, and on a separate note with Verizon.
Every time i think about going back to GSM I go somewhere with more then 30 people around me and can still browse. Then i forget my problems and enjoy my functional phone
The Sprint Nexus S was the precursor to not handling all the software in-house. The alternative would have been to let Google handle the entire thing.
It took them like 8 months to get an ATT compatible Nexus One/Nexus S, they probably still wouldn't be shipping GNs out of the Play Store if Samsung wasn't selling them in different regions.
For people who cares, I got quite a few freezes with KingDroid v6 on my International Note. I thought it was hardware issue so I flashed to UK official 4.0.3 in order to return it. Interestingly I haven't had any crash with this ROM, and it seem to be smoother than the Hong Kong official 4.0.3 ROM I tried earlier.
With the HK official ICS ROM sometimes I got the "press home button but no responds" issue which was a major turn off for me. The HK ROM also ran benchmarks slightly higher. I didn't think there was quality control issue with official ROM but now I know.
With the HK official ICS ROM sometimes I got the "press home button but no responds" issue which was a major turn off for me. The HK ROM also ran benchmarks slightly higher. I didn't think there was quality control issue with official ROM but now I know.
i'm confused by your post but i'm tired and getting over a cold. Either way, its a bastardized program and the rule of thumb is if you didn't buy it directly FROM google, its not a nexus.
Pretty much.
brotkasten
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So it's more like Xbox Live Gold. Pretty neat and maybe even worth the price, but useless outside the US.
There are some official kernels for your phone that can cause a hardbrick. See this.
brotkasten
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I'm laughing way too hard at this. :lol
You're not the only one who's tired.
e: I think I'll have to order it this week. My current phone is unusable. Took it out of the pocket, woke it up and saw that it rebooted again. Entered the PIN, 3 missed calls and an angry voice message.
Fuck LG.
now here's something we can all agree on
well, at least the optimus one wasn't so bad
I know all about that. I am not talking about leaked beta ICS ROM or whatever. These are the new official ROMs that came out last month.
But yeah, Galaxy Note has the most complicated ROM flashing steps: Odin to old GB ROM -> Root and intall CWM -> flash Abyss 4.2 -> Reboot to recovery -> full wipes -> install Custom ROMs.
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