Baroquemantic
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Well, I'm on at&t so I doubt I'm getting the update anytime soon.
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Android |OT5| The Sonic Cycle
- Thread starter Bboy AJ
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soundahfekz
Member
I was going to wait for reviews but my HTC's battery is crapping out pretty rapidly now
.. so I bought a OPO today. May god be with me
-Pyromaniac-
Member
so close to that oneplus 2. Brave fellow.
Kill Your Masters
Member
But with the invite system, its like its not coming out...
-Pyromaniac-
Member
I doubt they will continue with the same format. At worst I think it'll be what it is right now where pre-orders will be open once a week or something. And that's at worst.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
It will never end >.>
brotkasten
Member
It wouldn't be so bad, if manufacturers would work on higher DPI screens for smaller phones. There's no reason why we can't have sub-5" phones with 1080p screens at least. That's why the rumor about the Z4 Compact was so great.
Jigolo
Member
Why would it stop, it's an advancement in technology. What's next, who know?
Stretchable screens to whatever size you want.
Hologram 8k screens
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
It's nice to want things.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
Well they've spoken on it many times and it has been their number one complaint. It also made semi-sense for a startup but they're out of that phase and say they have heard the feedback.
I personally don't care either way but I don't think they'll do the exact same format.
We just have to wait and see.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
That's the android theme of 2015.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
That's exactly what I've been saying. But apparently, some people think 1080p displays are enough for us and there's no reason for higher screen displays.
What do you mean? You would still have to wait for t-mobile to release lollipop Unless you root and flash a custom rom.
Baroquemantic
Member
Sounds about right.
Jinfash
needs 2 extra inches
Figured Kies might circumvent that hurdle if the phone is unlocked. Doesn't matter anyways cause my request got rejected. They told me to try again after using the device for two months. Lulz.
The Faceless Master
Member
I'd say a 6-inch flagship is pretty interesting
And if the Nexus 6 is an anomaly, shit they should pull an anomaly every year with how well it turned out (the phone itself, not the sales or marketing campaign :/).
In any case, skip year, I'm waiting for the Nexus 2016 with Snapdragon 900 and pure Android Nougat.
indeed. they were making a real phone and quickly converted it to a Nexus so Google didn't have enough time to fuck shit up.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Ha! They only had enough time to fuck up the logo placement.
You don't seem to understand what carrier unlocking means.
The Faceless Master
Member
people with money want big phones.
osiris3355
Banned
Corrected
The Faceless Master
Member
sure they do now...
i dont think there is no reason, just very little.
when the dpi jump happens, people move to it too fast, which leads to shitty screens in its first iteration, then decent screens in its 2nd, fantastic in its third, then the next dpi jump comes. Pushing dpi for the sake of dpi is dumb.
osiris3355
Banned
I stand corrected.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
are you missing a comma somewhere here? I can't tell what your reponse is lol.
sure, they do now
sure they do, now...
suuuuure they do now
One of those variations is correct.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
breaking news guys:
Jinfash
needs 2 extra inches
Unless I'm mistaken, it refers to being able to use the phone with other sim cards/networks. Now if you said "you don't seem to understand how carriers push OTA updates to Android phones" then you'd be correct, since I've only used Nexus phones before this.
Baroquemantic
Member
Yoshida working at HTC now?
Marty Chinn
Member
The simple solution is to stop playing shitty games. =)
The Faceless Master
Member
should have used something witty like 'from one to infinity' or 'sell your seoul'
Marion Cobretti
Member
What do you guys think of the Asus ZenFone 2?
Looks like quite a phone on paper, and should nerve a great price to boot.
I like my Nexus 7 quite a bit, so I'm open to seeing what these guys can deliver phone wise.
Looks like quite a phone on paper, and should nerve a great price to boot.
I like my Nexus 7 quite a bit, so I'm open to seeing what these guys can deliver phone wise.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
The problem with a lot of these phones is they aren't perfectly suited for the NA or even EU market.
Even the One Plus doesn't have all the exact bands to fit AT&T. So if it isn't a phone already being sold here most of the unique stuff from Asia just gets a shrug.
soundahfekz
Member
ZenUI fucking sucks, but specs wise it could be great.
Motherfuckers just need to embrace pure android and make tweaks based off camera, messaging, gallery, etc and leave the god damn skin alone
Marion Cobretti
Member
Guys, I need some help. I very badly wanna install lollipop on my Nexus 7. Problem is, the USB port doesn't work beyond charging. Won't hook up to a computer.
I have twrp installed, and am willing to wipe out all my data to install lollipop.
I got one of the ota roms online for a manual install.
Every time I try I keep getting this error. Any suggestions?
I have twrp installed, and am willing to wipe out all my data to install lollipop.
I got one of the ota roms online for a manual install.
Every time I try I keep getting this error. Any suggestions?
Oh wait nevermind... You need stock recovery to install a OTA rom.
Unknown Soldier
Member
What about 'We are Already Dead'
Marion Cobretti
Member
I just used AirDroid to put the OTA rom onto the Nexus 7, renamed it to update.zip, booted into TWRP, tried to install the zip file, and I got the same error. .
I'm currently on 4.4.2
Marion Cobretti
Member
I tried to get into stock recovery, but it just launched TWRP.
Tried downloading the rom from a couple places, same error.
This fuckin blows. I don't understand why this is so difficult, especially when I'm willing to wipe everything out and return to completely stock android (which i'm already running).
If I just go with Cyanogenmod 12 will I not have this problem?
Tried downloading the rom from a couple places, same error.
This fuckin blows. I don't understand why this is so difficult, especially when I'm willing to wipe everything out and return to completely stock android (which i'm already running).
If I just go with Cyanogenmod 12 will I not have this problem?
Unknown Soldier
Member
I'm more concerned about how it says it expects a build fingerprint of
You should probably start there.
You should probably start there.
That's cus twrp is your recovery now. That's why you can't flash the update. You can flash google's image through adb if your PC can see it.