Hi mates..
Does anyone know when android 4.2 will be released for our gs3? Samsung says it wont be updated till q1 of next year.. is there any possibility to make a alpha/beta rom earlier than samsung releases source code?
Thanks and sorry for stupid quest..
tomen94 said:
Hi mates..
Does anyone know when android 4.2 will be released for our gs3? Samsung says it wont be updated till q1 of next year.. is there any possibility to make a alpha/beta rom earlier than samsung releases source code?
Thanks and sorry for stupid quest..
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I dont think they will release 4.2..frankly speaking. Very few feature can be implemented I think. Or at least, they can be implemented but samsung will hate to implement them.
short 4.2 feature list:
1) Settings toggles in notification panel -- Samsung already has that. Also, according to me it is a better implementation. Google's 2 finger swype looks unnecessary. With samsung, its right there
2) Camera app. -- hands down the most futuristic looking camera app from google. Functional, Fast, and featurewise not better than Samsungs. For such a lengthy camera feature list, that Samsung really does have, The pictogramm view that we have now...is not necessarily bad. I would like to see google camra officially customised from Samsung. But I do not think it is in Samsungs "interesting-feature" list.
3) Multitasking. -- nothing to say there
4) In built Editing options in gallery. Samsung has a edit app that sort of interacts with the gallery app.
5) Sphere: nothing to say there
That was it..or?
I think they will bring these updates with the next big android update to S3...so probably Android 5 (Kandy Kane?). But they will not be in a hurry with 4.2
sukulankur said:
I think they will bring these updates with the next big android update to S3...so probably Android 5 (Kandy Kane?)
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Ok so I have CM7.1 Alpha3.5 on the TouchPad. It's decent. However, it's just a blown up phone ROM with some tweaks to make it usable on a screen this large. This means that there's no panes in Gmail or other tablet optimized apps.
Now, I don't mean to diminish the work that has been done to things like the overlay for the buttons - that is really a slick implementation - but is there any way/place to get the tablet optimized versions of apps onto this thing instead of the phone versions of the apps? Or should I just shut up and wait for ICS to come out soon?
EDIT: Sigh. Mod, you can move this to the General section. My bad.
I was thinking of installing this, but if what you say is the case (all the apps will be like they are on the phone) then I guess I will wait til an ICS port comes out. I just REALLY want the Android apps on the Touchpad.
Install it! You have nothing to lose. You can boot into webOS OR CM7 via the startup menu.
Don't let one guy's complaints stop you.
Oh by all means install it. Its crazy fast and in a worst case scenario you lay an easier foundation for installing ICS when it is available. You don't have to use Android - this will get you dual booting.
If your talking about google music or netflix tablet versions, if you edit the device id to something like GT-i900 it will load up tablet versions.
At least this has been my experience...
jzen said:
If your talking about google music or netflix tablet versions, if you edit the device id to something like GT-i900 it will load up tablet versions.
At least this has been my experience...
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Hmmmm... Can I do this on the device itself or adb to it or what?
Build.prop using a text editor of some kind will do the trick
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In my situation, I've had the exact opposite occur: too many apps have told me to purchase the tablet version of their apps, such as SwiftKey for one. Netflix comes up as the tablet version, and i dunno about Gmail, but it doesn't bother me none if it's the phone view, it still works fine.
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Really? I edited my building prop to the Galaxy 7 wifi only since it has same resolution as Touchpad using and is wifi, only. All my apps look gorgeous. Typing on SwiftKey Tablet right now. GT-P1010 Samsung, i used root explorer to and just edit the build prop right on your Touchpad. I think es file will work too
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etnpnys said:
Ok so I have CM7.1 Alpha3.5 on the TouchPad. It's decent. However, it's just a blown up phone ROM with some tweaks to make it usable on a screen this large. This means that there's no panes in Gmail or other tablet optimized apps.
Now, I don't mean to diminish the work that has been done to things like the overlay for the buttons - that is really a slick implementation - but is there any way/place to get the tablet optimized versions of apps onto this thing instead of the phone versions of the apps? Or should I just shut up and wait for ICS to come out soon?
EDIT: Sigh. Mod, you can move this to the General section. My bad.
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Those tablet versions are for .Honeycomb OS we use gingerbread
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FirstNoobToBrickHisPhone said:
Those tablet versions are for .Honeycomb OS we use gingerbread
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Yeah I understand that - but I'm asking if there's a way to install the honeycomb/tablet versions. It sounds like, from everybody else, that we can with a simple edit of the build.prop file.
I will give it a shot later! Thanx everybody!
Well if anyone knows how to get the Plume Tablet version to run with a build.prop setting that would be great.
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Yeah I understand that - but I'm asking if there's a way to install the honeycomb/tablet versions. It sounds like, from everybody else, that we can with a simple edit of the build.prop file.
I will give it a shot later! Thanx everybody!
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Fyi there is a huge difference between "tablet version(hc)" and " tablet optimized " tablet optimized works on larger screen gb units( like our tp)
tablet version is intended for honeycomb devices with the appropriate framework and can only be loaded on honeycomb os.
The reason why ppl are needing to edit the build.prop is for the app/market to recognize our device as a compatible device/hardware on a "tablet optimized " app.
No matter what u do a "tablet version" application will not work on a "phone version " os.
If it were that easy to install a hc application, the current fragmentation would not exist within androids, and ics would not be that important coming out.
Just a food for thought rant since I'm seeing so many God damn threads about this matter lol..
Thanks for listening
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Honeycomb source was never released so we are stuck with a phone optimized version of Android until we can get an CM9/ICS ROM. There are new APIs etc in Honeycomb that won't allow those apps to run in Gingerbread even if you somehow force installed them. You can find some apps that will display a tablet UI. Here is a few of ones I use that run a tablet UI:
Netflix (really nice tablet UI update that is working great)
OfficeSuite Pro 5
Maxthon Browser for 10" Tablet
Firefox (tablet UI can be enabled in about:config)
What I look for is apps that have tablet screenshots or have been updated for ICS yet the same version also runs on GB.
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Honeycomb source was never released so we are stuck with a phone optimized version of Android until we can get an CM9/ICS ROM. There are new APIs etc in Honeycomb that won't allow those apps to run in Gingerbread even if you somehow force installed them. You can find some apps that will display a tablet UI. Here is a few of ones I use that run a tablet UI:
Netflix (really nice tablet UI update that is working great)
OfficeSuite Pro 5
Maxthon Browser for 10" Tablet
Firefox (tablet UI can be enabled in about:config)
What I look for is apps that have tablet screenshots or have been updated for ICS yet the same version also runs on GB.
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so once we have an ics port we will have something that functions just like honeycomb does on the current tablets?
For those who want a swype style keyboard, try TouchPal keyboard tablet edition. I may install it in update.
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What exactly should i put in build prop? Which line to edit and what to put?
Thx
Netuser said:
What exactly should i put in build prop? Which line to edit and what to put?
Thx
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There is a video somewhere in the forums. There are two lines you need to edit. I know what to enter, but can't remember the exact name of the lines that are changed.
Here is a link to the video: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1381728
GT-I9100 and Samsung are the edits. It still won't let you download too many tablet apps as this is a phone port, but it still rocks.
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spunker88 said:
Honeycomb source was never released
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Actually the Honeycomb source was released, it's included with the ICS source.
http://groups.google.com/group/android-building/msg/c0e01b4619a1455a?pli=1
This release includes the full history of the Android source code
tree, which naturally includes all the source code for the Honeycomb
releases. However, since Honeycomb was a little incomplete, we want
everyone to focus on Ice Cream Sandwich.
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But since ICS is here nobody cares about Honeycomb anymore.
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Actually the Honeycomb source was released, it's included with the ICS source.
http://groups.google.com/group/android-building/msg/c0e01b4619a1455a?pli=1
But since ICS is here nobody cares about Honeycomb anymore.
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More importantly, the HC releases are not tagged, so it is all random guessing as to which ones correspond to the HC builds..
Hey,
does someone know, why one of the Promoted 4.0 features, "video snapshots"
is not available in AOSP builds like Cyanogenmod? it means you can take a high-res photo while recording video at the same time.
It is an android 4.0 feature and not specific to the HTC One X as some people suggested earlier (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64JulxSOjzc&feature=relmfu#t=46m13s)
It does not need a special camera sensor since it is available in the value pack for the galaxy S i9000 (http://www.sammobile.com/2012/04/10/guide-samsung-galaxy-s-s-value-pack/)
does someone know how this comes?
The Samsung camera hardware drivers are not open source and are therefore not part of AOSP, the CM devs have modded the AOSP camera apk to run on the SGS2 camera, but not all features are implemented, until a couple of weeks ago you couldn't even save video taken with the SGS2 camera, if it's possible to implement, I'm sure they will at some point, be patient. If you want it faster than 12/24/2045 I suggest downloading the sources for the AOSP camera and see if you can add the features yourself.
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The Samsung camera hardware drivers are not open source and are therefore not part of AOSP, the CM devs have modded the AOSP camera apk to run on the SGS2 camera, but not all features are implemented, until a couple of weeks ago you couldn't even save video taken with the SGS2 camera, if it's possible to implement, I'm sure they will at some point, be patient. If you want it faster than 12/24/2045 I suggest downloading the sources for the AOSP camera and see if you can add the features yourself.
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yeah, i know that video recording wasn't working until just recently (i've been using CM9 since the first nightlies)
i wish i could help with this feature but i have barely any clue of coding so i would be of no use
Generally the CM team worries about things actually working and working properly before they get into added features, they've made a lot of progress but there are still a few issues that are probably on the list above camera snapshot, patience is always the key with these things.
don't know how this works, but will it work with our touchpads cm9/10 etc?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1803562
https://www.otaupdatecenter.pro/?page=home
edit: oh i see.. "A ROM which uses our update center has the app installed by default"
so i guess it is up to developers to implement it.
something tells me we wont ever see this for our devices =/
Why not use Goo Manager to handle your updates/downloads?
I know it's not an end-all OTA concept like that one is showing, but it make a decent alternative for people who want to work with CM9 nightlies - and possibly CM10 or however they end up classifying Android 4.1 on TouchPad.
--McBean
oh i just think the concept is pretty cool for ota updater.
Does anyone know, or even have a guess of how many apps are compatible with the screen resolution on the nexus 10
It's likely that right now there are no Apps in the market which support this resolution.. Closer to it's release date or on the release date, I'm sure you will see that there are updates for your Apps bringing "official" support for 4.2 and sneaking in new resolution support for the Nexus 10.
I say "official" support because it is likely all Apps that support Jellybean will support 4.2, as it isn't a major update and is still called Jellybean.
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It's likely that right now there are no Apps in the market which support this resolution.. Closer to it's release date or on the release date, I'm sure you will see that there are updates for your Apps bringing "official" support for 4.2 and sneaking in new resolution support for the Nexus 10.
I say "official" support because it is likely all Apps that support Jellybean will support 4.2, as it isn't a major update and is still called Jellybean.
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The DPI system and the concept of "density independence" were designed with this sort of contingency in mind. Look here
Here are some "official" Google recommendations:
https://sites.google.com/site/androidpresssite/home/recommended-apps
Also many games are being optimized for the screen resolution:
http://www.droidgamers.com/index.ph...s-will-be-available-for-the-new-nexus-line-up
http://blog.gameloft.com/index.php/2012/10/30/google-nexus-games/
Though it has to be said that if the devs make proper use of the tools and API, app quality should never have been a problem.
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Here are some "official" Google recommendations:
https://sites.google.com/site/androidpresssite/home/recommended-apps
Also many games are being optimized for the screen resolution:
http://www.droidgamers.com/index.ph...s-will-be-available-for-the-new-nexus-line-up
http://blog.gameloft.com/index.php/2012/10/30/google-nexus-games/
Though it has to be said that if the devs make proper use of the tools and API, app quality should never have been a problem.
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thanks these links were really helpful
Another thread just said MX Player has been updated
hot_spare said:
Here are some "official" Google recommendations:
https://sites.google.com/site/androidpresssite/home/recommended-apps
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What makes this "official"?
Cleaned the thread a bit. Useless rantings about some apps are of no use. But there are some other posts here borderline. I'll have an eye on this thread and maybe clean again.
Hi!
Could someone please check whether the tablet supports project treble? It should, because it ships with Android 8, but you never know whether a manufacturer follows the rules or not.
There are currently two apps available in the Play Store which can check this. I would suggest the following, because it can also check for A/B system partitions, which makes updates easier:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kevintresuelo.treble
I have tried the app on my older tablet - the "uses in app purchases" is only there for a "Donate" menu item.
Why is treble relevant? If you look at the xda developer forums of the predecessor, the Mediapad M3, you can see that there is not a single custom ROM available for it, although TWRP is available:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mediapad-m3/development
Since Huawei doesn't seem to care much about updates, having project treble would make it much easier to get custom ROMs in the future.
Thanks
Chris
@chris_g treble is supported but A/B updates not.
Thanks for the info. I have bought the 8.4 inch WiFi model now, and I can confirm what you write (treble yes, A/B no). It's a nice replacement for my old Nexus 7.
chris_g said:
Thanks for the info. I have bought the 8.4 inch WiFi model now, and I can confirm what you write (treble yes, A/B no). It's a nice replacement for my old Nexus 7.
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Have you taken advantage of Treble and installed a custom ROM?
KnifeFed said:
Have you taken advantage of Treble and installed a custom ROM?
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I would do so immediately ... unfortunately there is no stock image available yet, so no parachute if something goes wrong, and this is a no-go for me.
KnifeFed said:
Have you taken advantage of Treble and installed a custom ROM?
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No, I`m quite happy with the Huawei stock ROM so far. You can get the Android app drawer if you don`t want all apps on the home screen, just search for "drawer" in the settings. And the Android button emulation via fingerprint scanner is great (tap = back, long tap = home, swipe = task list). Also it`s quite up to date, January 2018.
It`s more about future updates for me, when there will be no security updates.
@chris_g I am currently using the pixel launcher ... looks like an XXXL-Pixel device now
chris_g said:
No, I`m quite happy with the Huawei stock ROM so far. You can get the Android app drawer if you don`t want all apps on the home screen, just search for "drawer" in the settings. And the Android button emulation via fingerprint scanner is great (tap = back, long tap = home, swipe = task list). Also it`s quite up to date, January 2018.
It`s more about future updates for me, when there will be no security updates.
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Same here. I'm fully content with the stock ROM for now. I'm just looking forward to a build of TWRP so it can be rooted.