I've had my Photon for a while now and getting a little bored. For those of you who successfully...somehow...were able to install Jellybean, is there a huge difference? Is it worth the hassle?
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pretty new here and was just trying to figure out what it is im looking for hopefully with someone's help.
I have the G2 but i LOVED the myTouch 4g's UI. If what I've heard is correct, the MT4G is running on a custom UI?
is that available anywhere to download onto my G2?
I currently own a Sony Xperia Ray, I like it but after getting very disappointed with the ICS update this phone got, I have been thinking of replacing it, and now I have the chance to do it because my father needs a smartphone for work, and I can just give him my Ray and buy a new one for me.
Anyway, since it's quite an old phone, I was wondering if it's still worth it. I had the chance to try it a few days ago from a friend of mine, his SGSII had some AOKP rom installed and it seemed very fast and bug-free. I did not like the screen very much, since I'm used to the sharp screen Ray has, the screen seemed a bit more pixelated, and also I noticed a blueish tint on white backgrounds.
Anyway, here are my questions:
Which one is the latest official firmware available for it? I heard it's 4.0.4 but I'm not sure. After the giant disappointment I got with Sony, I'd be happier to know it has at least the latest version of ICS right now. I have a thing against homebrew roms and would avoid them if possible, no offence intended to all the talented developers of XDA. I like to keep the stock firmware and just add mods and tweaks to it.
Also, how do you like the stock interface available for it in the latest official firmware? Do you think it's very obsolete or flawed? How does it compare to the one on the SIII?
Do you think there is anything that pushes the SGSII to it's limits and makes you think it's not powerful enough? I often get this feeling on my Ray, especially in the browser and some games. I kind of like some Gameloft games for Android but they don't run as well as I'd like them to on my Ray.
Do you think the low resolution of the screen is a big limitation? Do movies look good on it? I am a bit underwhelmed by the screen on the SGSII, especially after trying the Xperia S, which has an utterly amazing screen.
I assume it's safe to say that Sammy won't update it to Jelly Bean, right?
That's all I guess. Feel free to recommend me another phone if you think the SII is not worth it in 2012. I can't spend much more than what the SII costs though (around 380€ new here).
MarkMRL said:
I currently own a Sony Xperia Ray, I like it but after getting very disappointed with the ICS update this phone got, I have been thinking of replacing it, and now I have the chance to do it because my father needs a smartphone for work, and I can just give him my Ray and buy a new one for me.
Anyway, since it's quite an old phone, I was wondering if it's still worth it. I had the chance to try it a few days ago from a friend of mine, his SGSII had some AOKP rom installed and it seemed very fast and bug-free. I did not like the screen very much, since I'm used to the sharp screen Ray has, the screen seemed a bit more pixelated, and also I noticed a blueish tint on white backgrounds.
Anyway, here are my questions:
Which one is the latest official firmware available for it? I heard it's 4.0.4 but I'm not sure. After the giant disappointment I got with Sony, I'd be happier to know it has at least the latest version of ICS right now. I have a thing against homebrew roms and would avoid them if possible, no offence intended to all the talented developers of XDA. I like to keep the stock firmware and just add mods and tweaks to it.
Also, how do you like the stock interface available for it in the latest official firmware? Do you think it's very obsolete or flawed? How does it compare to the one on the SIII?
Do you think there is anything that pushes the SGSII to it's limits and makes you think it's not powerful enough? I often get this feeling on my Ray, especially in the browser and some games. I kind of like some Gameloft games for Android but they don't run as well as I'd like them to on my Ray.
Do you think the low resolution of the screen is a big limitation? Do movies look good on it? I am a bit underwhelmed by the screen on the SGSII, especially after trying the Xperia S, which has an utterly amazing screen.
I assume it's safe to say that Sammy won't update it to Jelly Bean, right?
That's all I guess. Feel free to recommend me another phone if you think the SII is not worth it in 2012. I can't spend much more than what the SII costs though (around 380€ new here).
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the latest official firmware is XXLQ5 (android 4.0.4) available on samfirmware.com
and with ur budjet i think s2 is the best option for u
I have googled the atrix 4g and its lapdock all week long and I still cant exactly know.
Can I have a really stable ICS or JB working with the lapdock function..
Can I really improve the lapdock functions like adding more applications and so..
do you recomend buying an atrix 4g and a lapdock now. prices phone about 170$ dock about 60$
if i recall right the ics-webtop (at least the one for leaked razr ics) was just some tablet-like android interface, so real linux interface anymore.
take a look here:
don't know if our atrix will get a real linux interface or just some bigger android screen like the razr, but if you really want some linux interface on your lapdock you could use chroot envoirnment ant vnc-server but this does not quite serve much usability as it's a real ressource hog and allover quite slow.
regarding jellybean: i really doubt that we will ever see android 4.1 as an official update. custom roms based on ics driver is a totally other sory,
well, on a blurbased rom you can actually install a genntoo or debian/ubuntu enviornment and ise almost every program that can be natively run on this architecture (ARM7) so yes you can take that webtop thing to a totally new level, but i think this will be limited to froyo/gingerbread and not be availlable for ics/jb roms, but we will see if moto can please us.
regarding the question weather to buy or not to buy:
well this device may be outdated and lacking update support (moto takes its time as usual, but at least this quater we will get one for ics, if other updates will come ... well we will see but i guess we will have to wait looong time), but apart from that this is still some neat device.
but here one question: where would you want to get an atrix for 170 bucks? this thing should still cost about 100 bucks more
if you can get this device for just 170 i guess this would be a good deal, since ics update is just around the corner.
nchantmnt said:
if i recall right the ics-webtop (at least the one for leaked razr ics) was just some tablet-like android interface, so real linux interface anymore.
take a look here:
don't know if our atrix will get a real linux interface or just some bigger android screen like the razr, but if you really want some linux interface on your lapdock you could use chroot envoirnment ant vnc-server but this does not quite serve much usability as it's a real ressource hog and allover quite slow.
regarding jellybean: i really doubt that we will ever see android 4.1 as an official update. custom roms based on ics driver is a totally other sory,
well, on a blurbased rom you can actually install a genntoo or debian/ubuntu enviornment and ise almost every program that can be natively run on this architecture (ARM7) so yes you can take that webtop thing to a totally new level, but i think this will be limited to froyo/gingerbread and not be availlable for ics/jb roms, but we will see if moto can please us.
regarding the question weather to buy or not to buy:
well this device may be outdated and lacking update support (moto takes its time as usual, but at least this quater we will get one for ics, if other updates will come ... well we will see but i guess we will have to wait looong time), but apart from that this is still some neat device.
but here one question: where would you want to get an atrix for 170 bucks? this thing should still cost about 100 bucks more
if you can get this device for just 170 i guess this would be a good deal, since ics update is just around the corner.
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http://www.change.org/es/peticiones/ics-for-atrix
afasseeh said:
I have googled the atrix 4g and its lapdock all week long and I still cant exactly know.
Can I have a really stable ICS or JB working with the lapdock function..
Can I really improve the lapdock functions like adding more applications and so..
do you recomend buying an atrix 4g and a lapdock now. prices phone about 170$ dock about 60$
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For me, since i got my device used, and the last owner already upgraded to 2.3.6 and got the bootloader to be un-unlockable as of right now. Personally i would not update to ICS if i dont get the full webtop.
If you have an unlockable bootloader, I am sure eventually the current webtop can be moved to ICS roms even if the official moto update switch to the tablet interface.
neodarksaver said:
Personally i would not update to ICS if i dont get the full webtop.
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Hello, i have an atrix 4g, but i'm afraid of it because it can be defased. Because didn't have official update... Than, what do you guys think??
Sell it? Or invest in it? Because i really want another phone. But im not rich haha..
Thnks guys!
Getting a new android is always fun.
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personnaly , i just buy a atrix : why .
because hardware/price is actually the best . i know that no new update coming soon from motorola but , the xda dev work hardly to create a good rom.
another thing, i haven't got any android but i think that with GB it will be sufficiant for me .. yes ICS / JB are pretty great but for me the ui is not important for me ...
the security is , so i will install avast when i got it to prevent virus and othe hole problem ...
for the rest it's pure commercial
If you can afford another phone right now then thats on u, otherwise atrix is good with decent hardware.:thumbup:
Velcis Ribeiro said:
Hello, i have an atrix 4g, but i'm afraid of it because it can be defased. Because didn't have official update... Than, what do you guys think??
Sell it? Or invest in it? Because i really want another phone. But im not rich haha..
Thnks guys!
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Hardware: excellent, gorilla glass, fast processor, 16gb, decent camera
Stock software: terrible and unstable
Gingerbread roms: awesome battery life and stability.
JB roms: good battery life, good stability, very pretty.
I love my Atrix and I'm no android expert.
Hi, depending on your budget. |You could get a Smasung S2 or one of the Xamio M1 phones.
Hi guys, after I bricked my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 I just get HTC Flyer. I don't wanna to brick or damage my tablet again so im going to ask 2 times before i'll do something with my tab lol This tablet is laggy as hell, can you guys tell me what I need to do so the tablet will run smoothly? I mean new rom, new launcher etc. Currently I have GO Launcher and it looks good but it's still laggy If you guys can tell me how I can upgrade my Flyer so it will to maximum of it capacity and will run super smoothly then please share
Hard to know what you mean by "laggy". I mean, we are talking about a device that is 20 months old. Its simply not going to perform as smoothly as newer devices.
But if the phone is on Honeycomb, you might find that downgrading to Gingerbread to be a bit smoother. You might also look at flashing an AOSP ROM (may lose some functionality, like the pen) or a Sense-based ROM that has the Sense components removed.