Canonical announces Ubuntu for smartphones, - AT&T LG Optimus G

I wonder it can work on the OG because I would love to try this.
I think it looks pretty cool I love using ubuntu on my pc
http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/02/ubuntu-for-smartphones/
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It ooks really interesting and would be cool if someone ever got it working on our optimus gs
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I would love to use this, since most of the apps are native it should be fast as hell on are hardware compared to the galaxy nexus they where using.
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Very possible. I am sure that n4 will get it.
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Ubuntu for Android has been talked about for months.
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I will try it if possible. I seem to remember reading it not being ready till 2014.
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Snow_fox said:
I will try it if possible. I seem to remember reading it not being ready till 2014.
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Source and img is going to being released in a couple of weeks
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Go and get yourself a Nexus 7, it's one of Canonical's targeted development devices.
I use my phone for making calls and other mundane but critical daily functions, so I am leery about experimenting with my phone; however, it's a different story with my n7 tablet. I can flash any available ROM and do unspeakable things to it and I am able to maintain my level of service for daily living.
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Jhoopes517 said:
Ubuntu for Android has been talked about for months.
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There are two separate products.
http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...buntu-for-phones-coming-soon-to-galaxy-nexus/
Ubuntu for Android which was announced about a year ago or so.
Ubuntu for Smartphones was announced yesterday and is a different product.
U4A = a dual boot type environment. when you are walking around it's an Android phone...when docked it's a full fledged Linux OS.
U4S = a full fledged Linux OS...no android at all.
i would love to see this in action. i expect the Carriers to be a big hurdle. AT&T and Verizon will not want to give up control over the handhelds on their network. but just like the ISP has no control over your device's in your home, i hope the consumers can eventually push hard enough that the Carriers go the same route. but to date AT&T still makes the manufacturers lock down their devices and if they could they would revert back to the days when rooting your phone was illegal.

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Go and get yourself a Nexus 7, it's one of Canonical's targeted development devices.
I use my phone for making calls and other mundane but critical daily functions, so I am leery about experimenting with my phone; however, it's a different story with my n7 tablet. I can flash any available ROM and do unspeakable things to it and I am able to maintain my level of service for daily living.
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I flash on my phone number tablet and every other device. I have no hesitations to experiment with anything.
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Petition?

I know this sounds dumb but some say that this phone is set for failure due to it not having a unlock bootloader well what if we start a petition and let Motorola know what we want?
I'm just saying this because I see some people say is development going to pick up or not or some say well this other phone is better because now it's unlocked ...
With that said in a short time I have come to realize that it takes time and well I remember that a petition worked for another phone.
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The phone has been out for less than two weeks and people are already acting like the phone is headed towards failure because of the bootloader and a couple of minor issues that Motorola is working on.
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The phone has been out for less than two weeks and people are already acting like the phone is headed towards failure because of the bootloader and a couple of minor issues that Motorola is working on.
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Yea I agree with you.
And that's why instead of seeing more people complaining about it then how bout the try to do something about it and well a petition was my suggestion.
And like I said I read a article in engadget were owners of this one phone all made a petition and the manufacturer responded to them.
I want to say it was for the Motorola X... But not sure...
And while on the topic anyone know how to start a cyber petition?
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Some reading for thought.
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/internet.asp
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Some reading for thought.
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/internet.asp
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Ok so yea we may just be a small fish is the ocean that's the web but hey it worked for some.
BTW found part 2 of the article I was talking about and it was for a Motorola but they didn't exactly unlocked the boot loader in the end.
http://m.engadget.com/default/artic...e-android-phones/&category=classic&postPage=1
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I think that as processing power and overall I/O performance continues to increase with smartphones, the hypervisor idea that VMware is developing has the potential to be a game changer. I've been using VMware in some form since the early stages and at first it was limited by the current hardware technology at that time. As hardware specifications got better, so did the product. Now I couldn't imagine not having it in my data center. With a platform like this on a smartphone it would do several things. It would allow someone to easily run their own custom OS without modifying the "factory install " but more importantly it could provide one standardized hardware platform no matter what the underlying hardware configuration was. I would love to be able to develop one ROM that would run on 10 different devices without any additional modifications needed. That is my perfect world and with VMware and the performance potential of the dual core processors I think you are going to be seeing some real game changing technology over the next few years.
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Some reading for thought.
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/internet.asp
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While that is a good read, I do believe the online/social blitz petitions was quite helpful in regards to HTC to unlocing their bootloader, or at least in them responding to the development community and creating that HTC Dev site that would facilitate those wanted to unlock their devices.
Even though Motorola is not HTC, I do hope that Moto does listen and make it happen.
TS out
Petition for Motorola to unlock bootloader- created Mar'11- so far 10,000+ signatures.
Motorola Locked/Encrypted Bootloader Policy

I'm getting bored of my phone... what do you recommend?

I've been getting bored with my phone, not because its a older phone now but it just doesn't have that fun factor it had when I first got it.
Are there any new apps that make your phone exciting? I find myself doing the same thing over and over, go into the 9gag app look at memes, read the news a bit, go on xda, text etc.
Get an android tablet and root it. Thats what I did after getting tired of messing with this phone.
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I have the same problem. So I just ordered an Asus transformer hoping that will bring me joy
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Get a touchpad and messaround with it!
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manus ferrera said:
I have the same problem. So I just ordered an Asus transformer hoping that will bring me joy
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Prime? Hopefully!
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I always keep looking for random games. Sometimes go back for old ones and replay haha. Glad there's still development going on for this phone. Trying to hold out for that gs3
Glad to see xrider and mrrobc still hanging in the vibrant forums. But honestly no matter what device you use you will get bored of it eventually. I have 6 devices most do the same thing.
However what I enjoy is HDMI my fave games like mc3 to my bigscreen with surround sound. To me its way more challenging to any console I've played.
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Prime? Hopefully!
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I bought a transformern too. Prime is full of bugs with crappy GPS and wifi (you have to be nearly sitting on top of your router) and ICS is extremely buggy. The Prime was nothing more than ASUS getting the Tegra3 chip out before anyone else, but with massive sacrifices.
Manus - PMe me when you get yours and I will get you some link to rooting and recovery. There are 3 different ways depending on your build number.
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Get a touchpad and messaround with it!
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This is what I did. Also got a ffc that should be coming next week that I can install in my phone
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Just put ICS on my vibrant which will hopefully keep it interesting until I can upgrade in a few months. Also got a Kindle Fire that i'm messing with.
I just picked up a galaxy s 2 instead of making a thread id like to say goodbye to all of you great devs (xrider ,alan ,and s1 ) for the great run. Hope to see you guys someday.
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How about an obscure body in the S-K System? You can play with it awhile...before annihilation.
@ woodrube thanks man no doubt I saw that a lot of people said the original was better than the prime and I was able to get the 32 gb version for 399 on best buy.
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ICS has really brought new life to my phone.. I like showing off the features to friends who have just upgraded to newer phones
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just got a new prime 2 days ago and updated it to the official Asus ICS and about 3 hours ago this thing has gone into a reboot frenzy major deal breaker!I read theres another Asus update fix this week.If it doesn't help I'm paying bestbuy a little visit
You could flash MIUI, which has tons of themes avadible. Plus if you dont like having any launcher, you could just install one from the market.
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duboi97 said:
I just picked up a galaxy s 2
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Did you pay full price or did your contract run out?
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Porn. You'll never get bored with it.
Or jrongi1 miui with app drawer
ICS is fun

Google should take the gloves off and merge Android into Motorola Mobility...see this

I am not the only one who thinks that Google should merge android into moto...
http://www.fastcompany.com/3001760/what-if-google-allowed-android-and-motorola-share-secrets
You do understand that if android goes that way you can kiss your custom ROMs goodbye. Not only that but also your options for android devices would shrink because the open handset alliance would quickly fall apart. Why not just buy an apple if you want a closed off system? These thoughts show exactly how you do not understand what open source is and why Google is doing what its doing.
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You do understand that if android goes that way you can kiss your custom ROMs goodbye. Not only that but also your options for android devices would shrink because the open handset alliance would quickly fall apart. Why not just buy an apple if you want a closed off system? These thoughts show exactly how you do not understand what open source is and why Google is doing what its doing.
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Sounds fine to me. I would give up custom roms...
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Well then it sounds like you'd enjoy an iPhone. Why would you want Android like that? I'm interested to hear your response on this question.
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Well then it sounds like you'd enjoy an iPhone. Why would you want Android like that? I'm interested to hear your response on this question.
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Faster updates and all. We can then all have a uniform android experience and not this hap hazard one we now have. Just to turn on wifi is different in sense and touchwiz.... they should compete on quality and look of the phone and not software as the hardware and software should all be the same. And i would never buy a iphone no widgets.
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rezoundness said:
Faster updates and all. We can then all have a uniform android experience and not this hap hazard one we now have. Just to turn on wifi is different in sense and touchwiz.... they should compete on quality and look of the phone and not software as the hardware and software should all be the same. And i would never buy a iphone no widgets.
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Why does this have to be so either/or? Samsung has no intention of suckling from the android teet forever--samba/tizen? Its open now, but won't stay open forever---look at how reluctant they are to release their hardware libraries... hundreds of thousands of people 'superbricked' their (insert qualifying samsung device here)--and though a simple fix would have been to release their emmc firmware to the xda community, and we'd all have functioning (instead of limping) quality samsung mobile warez....i', calling events like the MMC_CAP_ERASE bug instancas of 'planned hyper-obsolescense'... i fell to it too: gTab 7.7? Superbricked and in a coma on my shelf--- why wouod i buy a new one when the gNote 10.1 just came out.
Motorola could set the bar so high, that tthey force companies to stop doing that, or force them onto their own ecosystems. Motorola has liscenced the AMOLED patent from samsung, so we could see a motorola droid or nexus tablet sporting the same features as the Note 10.1 but with Amoled--and hd--and a kevlar back...
I personally am excited about ubuntu mobile and boot to gecko.
Motorola should be Android's greatest champion, but there's no reason why google would ever close-source android just to make motorola its flagship manufacturer. I think we're going to see an incredible rest of the decade---as long as isreal doesnt get nuked---then all bets are off.
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Apparently Mozilla is working on their own smartphone OS - aptly named - Firefox OS, which they claim to be an attempt at a truly open mobile OS. I personally haven't heard much about Ubuntu mobile, but I'd be willing to move over to any other Linux based OS. Fragmentation is an issue, but that's just a side-effect of having an open operating system. Personally I think Android is managing this issue well -- but then again I'm only speaking from the perspective of a RAZR owner.
Fragmentation is not an ssue with open source deployment, its a problem because OEMs are so corporate, so profit/competition-driven, that they cant even fathom a gnu-gpl development scenario---"wait, R&D investment you cant monetize???" Its just beyond them.
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We can have a nexus certified device that has all the gapps. Then enter open source but reduced version no gapps no movie streams no play mArkey no gmail and cant have latest update for two years
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We can have a nexus certified device that has all the gapps. Then enter open source but reduced version no gapps no movie streams no play mArkey no gmail and cant have latest update for two years
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Haha you gotta be kidding. Google loves to make money and by doing what your saying they would lose a lot of money. Just accept the fact that you can't have the latest os without buying a new phone. Even iOS is like that every new revision has new features that work on the latest iPhone and not or only partially work on previous I phones.
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Maximinus I said:
Haha you gotta be kidding. Google loves to make money and by doing what your saying they would lose a lot of money. Just accept the fact that you can't have the latest os without buying a new phone. Even iOS is like that every new revision has new features that work on the latest iPhone and not or only partially work on previous I phones.
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Ok but its been 4 months and in the us no phone from launch date has shipped with jb yet... puttyful
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There are phones that have jb on them? Just because our phone doesn't have it officially doesn't mean it isn't out. why does it even matter if we have the latest OS that isn't even very different on an old phone. It's not like we are stuck on GB.
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Maximinus I said:
There are phones that have jb on them? Just because our phone doesn't have it officially doesn't mean it isn't out. why does it even matter if we have the latest OS that isn't even very different on an old phone. It's not like we are stuck on GB.
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It matters to me BIG time. Never show weakness by having an outdated os. People on the latest os will glare and snicker at those who dont. Its a dog eat dog world. Its like my razr ics is a pcjr without it. I think we need support groups and we should sue Google and the carriers over updates.
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Vzw g2 and Sony smart watch2

I just picked one up today at best buy today to scratch the itch that I've had for a while now. Idk if many like the idea but I'll give my initial impressions.
First off pro and con
* the band it comes with. Reason being is the one I got(which surprised me since I thought it would come with the rubber one) is metal and no one could get the links out. I am the definition of a skinny person. I had to buy the tool which arrives tomorrow.
Pros
* I like the screen size and being touch. (I was debating between the pebble also) looks good enough to satisfy.
* the notifications work better than I thought. The vibration when you get a text fb or any sort of notification is nice since I rarely feel it in my pocket.
*can control the play music app through the watch so I don't have to mess with the phone wile driving
Con's
* Facebook extension if you just choose the ppl you want it to show up doesn't seam to stay logged in.
*still skeptical since I was on the fence about getting one. Maybe a few days with it I'll start to enjoy it.
If you have questions I'll try to answer them for you
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So this is a smart watch that works with other phones not just Sony. Was just gonna start researching this. Love the galaxy gear but didn't want the note 3. So I got G2. Are there other manufacturers doing this.
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jmileti said:
So this is a smart watch that works with other phones not just Sony. Was just gonna start researching this. Love the galaxy gear but didn't want the note 3. So I got G2. Are there other manufacturers doing this.
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The galaxy gear works with other phone's if you root it, but the phone has to running 4.3+
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Jocelyn said:
The galaxy gear works with other phone's if you root it, but the phone has to running 4.3+
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Really. Didn't know it was possible yet. Kinda gave up once I decided I didn't want note 3. Gonna look into it. Thanks. Is there a forum here for it.
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Really. Didn't know it was possible yet. Kinda gave up once I decided I didn't want note 3. Gonna look into it. Thanks. Is there a forum here for it.
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Ehhhh I think it's more of a vanilla feel, meaning obviously no TouchWiz stuff. I'm trying to find direct xda links, but here you go for now...
http://theunlockr.com/2013/11/27/use-galaxy-gear-android-devices/
http://androidlegend.com/connect-samsung-galaxy-gear-to-any-phone/
http://androidlegend.com/how-to-root-and-install-twrp-recovery-samsung-galaxy-gear/
Edit - Sorry for not posting the original story links. I've had a long day, I'm tired, and I posted the first ones I could find lol.
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jmileti said:
So this is a smart watch that works with other phones not just Sony. Was just gonna start researching this. Love the galaxy gear but didn't want the note 3. So I got G2. Are there other manufacturers doing this.
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Yes this one work with all androids. I like the fact that I don't have to go to my pocket to check to see about a message. I don't always feel it when it vibrates since I don't like the sound. Its really easy to see it sun light just not in the dark with out turning on the back light
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Letting y'all know I'll be returning the smart watch just the few days I've had it the watches battery got better but my phones battery dropped from 5 hours of screen on to 1-1/12 hrs. I'm not around a charger that often. I can't have it die on me that quick. I loved it just thought it would help battery life since I wouldn't be turning the screen on that often
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My LG G2 is being delivered tomorrow.

Will I be disappointed? Will it blow me away?
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Google best phones of 2013, it's awesome as hell & stupid fast.
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Take your time with the LG UI, its much better then you think
You will love it. Really.
Not at all.
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Corylsu said:
Will I be disappointed? Will it blow me away?
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No. Yes.
Best phone overall I've ever owned. And the development on here is awesome. I'm like a kid in a geeky candy store.
coming from HTC and sense I have to say the gui is really nice. stock Wetherclock is ugly as hell... just change.
the camera sux when using flash other then that it's amazing best phone ever
miss not being able to fully unlock bootloader but there is actually no point in doing that when stick Rom is near perfect. just root and disable som blotware
IamPro said:
Take your time with the LG UI, its much better then you think
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I couldn't agree more lol. I've never liked any stock UI but.... it just works nicely. Camera is the only disappoint to me.
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Dont flash cm/pa only because you want to flash something. Stock is faster and easy adjustable.
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Fraxon said:
Dont flash cm/pa only because you want to flash something. Stock is faster and easy adjustable.
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Come on, faster?
Noooo. 4.4 debloated and running in art mode on this thing is ridiculous fast, and the extra free ram and fewer running processes make for much better multitasking.
I did love the stock rom, but a properly setup aosp rom will always be faster.
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Coming from a Sony xperia with a snapdragon s4 pro, i can only say that i'm blown away like a poor guy that stepped on a mine. Best phone 2013.
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Best phone to date! You will be amazed from the speed and battery life.
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LG G2 and Paranoid Android 4.0 is a match made in geek heaven. I love this phone and haven't even thought of trading it (coming from a guy that has had the S4, iPhone 5, and iPhone 5s all in the past 7 months because he wasn't satisfied.)
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Ghstudent said:
LG G2 and Paranoid Android 4.0 is a match made in geek heaven. I love this phone and haven't even thought of trading it (coming from a guy that has had the S4, iPhone 5, and iPhone 5s all in the past 7 months because he wasn't satisfied.)
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Any extreme bugs? Thinking about switching from cm10.2.
xblackvalorx said:
Come on, faster?
Noooo. 4.4 debloated and running in art mode on this thing is ridiculous fast, and the extra free ram and fewer running processes make for much better multitasking.
I did love the stock rom, but a properly setup aosp rom will always be faster.
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If you have much free ram on android something is wrong. Android is based on Linux and it runs faster with the ram as full as possible.
http://www.androidcentral.com/ram-what-it-how-its-used-and-why-you-shouldnt-care
nrage23 said:
If you have much free ram on android something is wrong. Android is based on Linux and it runs faster with the ram as full as possible.
http://www.androidcentral.com/ram-what-it-how-its-used-and-why-you-shouldnt-care
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There is no point repeating this, mate. There will always be "smarter" people who will claim that free RAM is good as if our phones were running Windows 95.
How do you like your new G2, OP?
robogo1982 said:
There is no point repeating this, mate. There will always be "smarter" people who will claim that free RAM is good as if our phones were running Windows 95.
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Hey, think what you guys want. Haha
There's a reason they keep including more ram in phone's. But hey you guys know best right?
Hahahaha. K.
More free ram will always allow for more multitasking and a snappier opening of apps. If you geniuses want to run your phone's bogged down to ahead. More running processes also loads the cpu.
There's so much wrong in what you guys are saying it's not even funny.
How do you think the infamous v6 supercharger script worked?
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nrage23 said:
If you have much free ram on android something is wrong. Android is based on Linux and it runs faster with the ram as full as possible.
http://www.androidcentral.com/ram-what-it-how-its-used-and-why-you-shouldnt-care
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That article was written 2 years ago and was incorrect when it was written. Do you understand that an article isn't definitive proof? You just linked me to the opinion of another because you're not intelligent enough to articulate the idea your self.
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ckyy said:
Any extreme bugs? Thinking about switching from cm10.2.
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I would take Houstonn's PA 4.0 over CM. I use PA as my daily driver and I don't see any bugs. FYI, I use my G2 as a phone, meaning Emails, calls, sms, internet( for info search only), gps, lite YT and all of these work just fine for me.
Can't complain with mine....coming from L920.....very fast, running with Buckeye 2.1....mostly stock, just debloated.....LG G2 has come a long way from the LG G2x...I hated that phone mostly due to the poor battery life....and the crashes and reboots.....gave it to my son then passed on to his mom, the ex-wife, but surprisingly, she's still using it.
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