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Huawei Honor got Android 4.0... wait, what?

full story short.. Huawei is the first non-google manufacturer that releases Android 4.0 for its handsets. The story is so real, and you can head to the huawei download page and get it.. maybe it could help for something on the ICS port to GS2... but Huawei Honor getting Ice Cream Sandwich..?! i don't freakin believe.. it ran 2.3 with SPB shell or something... full story here -> http://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_u8860_honor_gets_an_official_demo_android_40_rom-news-3502.php

Lol.good for Huawei.
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Wow thats quite unbelievable...even LG or HTC havent get ICS==

alexteoh said:
Wow thats quite unbelievable...even LG or HTC havent get ICS==
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Customs roms based on JB 4.1 , 4.2 and 4.3 now available too

surajkala said:
Customs roms based on JB 4.1 , 4.2 and 4.3 now available too
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Nice bump buddy... bringing back a 2yr old thread..

Advise For Selecting Phone!

Can someone help me getting the best phone under 17,000 INR with good rom development support by xda developers ?

Most major brand android phones ..hv plenty active threads on xda ..it just requires some searching search skills
Now wid ur budget best buy wud be Xperia Neo V ..its got Official ics update out alrdy
Bt if u like HTC sense & can extend ur budget a lil .. HTC one V wud be good buy ..
Check flipkart for user reviews and price range
Good luck
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Mindfreak14 said:
Most major brand android phones ..hv plenty active threads on xda ..it just requires some searching search skills
Now wid ur budget best buy wud be Xperia Neo V ..its got Official ics update out alrdy
Bt if u like HTC sense & can extend ur budget a lil .. HTC one V wud be good buy ..
Check flipkart for user reviews and price range
Good luck
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Thanks for your help.. I had xperia neo v and xperia ray on mg mind though.
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Can there be any other phone that suites my budget ?
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Neo V is a de-facto standard for anything near 17-18K. I know quite a few of people who have gone for the Neo V
Other alternatives may be the Desire S which has a very good dev community but will be slightly overbudget (Although today's eBay deal of the day was the Desire S with Mfgr Warranty for 15K), and the Defy+, although Moto is very different to mod, compared to something like HTC. Its difficult to recommend the One V at this point of time, since no one knows how the dev community for this device will turn out to be.

3xeno said:
Neo V is a de-facto standard for anything near 17-18K. I know quite a few of people who have gone for the Neo V
Other alternatives may be the Desire S which has a very good dev community but will be slightly overbudget (Although today's eBay deal of the day was the Desire S with Mfgr Warranty for 15K), and the Defy+, although Moto is very different to mod, compared to something like HTC. Its difficult to recommend the One V at this point of time, since no one knows how the dev community for this device will turn out to be.
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Thanks for your help regarding it. I have purchased a lg optimus sol e730 which looked better than neo v for the same price.
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Which one should I bye
Suggest please ..
Can anyone help me Selecting a dual Sim phone out of these .
1. UMI X2
2 ONN Tiger V8
3. THL200.
4. Zopo C2 /C3

shanky76 said:
Suggest please ..
Can anyone help me Selecting a dual Sim phone out of these .
1. UMI X2
2 ONN Tiger V8
3. THL200.
4. Zopo C2 /C3
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The onn tiger v8 is the best.
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.xxx. said:
Can someone help me getting the best phone under 17,000 INR with good rom development support by xda developers ?
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Hi, Why not invest a little more to get a nexus 5 ?

Please don't revive old threads. Closed

Just bought one off eBay, are they OK?

Hi All
Just bought a 64gb one off fleabay for not much more than 100 quid. It was my fault I know the build quality is good so I bought it off the spec. Reading the posts here should I be sticking it back on Fleabay?
I see Lenovo have released a Vanilla of ICS but my question is; is it a good release?
Which flavour of ICS works best? Does anyone know if Jellybean will be released?
Thanks
Paul

IrishBiker said:
Hi All
Just bought a 64gb one off fleabay for not much more than 100 quid. It was my fault I know the build quality is good so I bought it off the spec. Reading the posts here should I be sticking it back on Fleabay?
I see Lenovo have released a Vanilla of ICS but my question is; is it a good release?
Which flavour of ICS works best? Does anyone know if Jellybean will be released?
Thanks
Paul
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Hey mate look in the android development subforum. Jelly bean custom rom by krook1 almost everything working. Is for ideapad k1. No idea which u bought cos you didnt actually indicate a model number.
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Thanks for the info, It should be arriving in the post today

I really would recommwnd krooks jelly bean cm10 over the ics much much smoother and no need to flash recovery just reboot iinto it with the option on rom manager
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IrishBiker said:
Hi All
Just bought a 64gb one off fleabay for not much more than 100 quid. It was my fault I know the build quality is good so I bought it off the spec. Reading the posts here should I be sticking it back on Fleabay?
I see Lenovo have released a Vanilla of ICS but my question is; is it a good release?
Which flavour of ICS works best? Does anyone know if Jellybean will be released?
Thanks
Paul
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Do you have the K1 or the Thinkpad Tablet? All of the Lenovo devices have been sharing this forum (because there's not enough of us for a forum for each device).
This thread is about the Jellybean/CM10 build for the Thinkpad: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1846044
This is standard Jellybean for K1: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1842262
This is CM10 for K1:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1825176
Make sure you flash the right rom for the device you have. It probably wouldn't brick it to flash the wrong one but it would be unusable until you found/flashed the correct rom.

Hi Need Some Help

Hi let me introduce myself to you guys..I am A Galaxy Mini user..well thinking of upgrading my device while Searching over Google i came over Huawei ideos X5 Pro..well I am now thinking of Buying this device
My qwestions are -
1)Is this Device Very durable? i basically drop phones in marble floors that is in my home
2)Is this Device ArmV7?
3)And Last one..How is the Service from Huawei Service Centres
Guys Need some help fast
Am confused between Xperia Tipo and X5..well stats wise this Phone beats Tipo fair and Square...But I need ArmV7 architrcture..and so thats a must
I am gonna buy a phone in next week..so just confused between these 2..Guys help
Thank You
Fellow XDA'n
Rik[Rittik]

umm no one?..
Rik[Rittik]

Good and versatile phone.
You won't find a device for same price with same specs.
Worst or basically non client support from Huawei.
This you can get only from the store you bought itand here you will have all the assistance needed.

it wont break screen easily rite?
Rik[Rittik]

The screen might be a bit difficult to brake, since if I am not mistaken there is some space between the plastic and the screen. But the device is made of plastic so if you drop it frequently it might have some problems. Noone can quarantee that your phone will be OK after a drop....
Official support sucks.
Its a armv7a.
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You should probably look elsewhere. This phone is now getting on a bit and will most likely never have a working jelly bean ROM. Huawei has released some new phones like the Ascend G300 and the recent G330. They are better built, the G330 is much faster and they have official ICS. Might even get jelly bean at some point.
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yea my other option is,g300
..but no official xda support still..well ita bad for a developer like me..but why are u guys waiting for official JB update? Use CM10 or Aokp..much better according to me..
Rik[Rittik]

Rittik said:
yea my other option is,g300
..but no official xda support still..well ita bad for a developer like me..but why are u guys waiting for official JB update? Use CM10 or Aokp..much better according to me..
Rik[Rittik]
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check ebay.in it have 10.5k deal for xperia U. Dual core,better build quality,good screen and resolution.

No SD slot
Rik[Rittik]

Rittik said:
..but no official xda support still..well ita bad for a developer like me..but why are u guys waiting for official JB update? Use CM10 or Aokp..much better according to me..
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Official XDA support - that's an oxymoron
By Jelly Bean I meant any Jelly Bean. The new Ascend models have a good chance to receive an official update at some point.

riDDimann said:
Official XDA support - that's an oxymoron
By Jelly Bean I meant any Jelly Bean. The new Ascend models have a good chance to receive an official update at some point.
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Devs can easily port CM10 i.e 4.1.3 To X5 easily..it has enough horsepower to run it smoothly ...my galaxy mini runs CM10 smoothly..with Oc upto 768mhz only..
Rik[Rittik]

Save your money and don't but Huawei. Go for a Samsung our something

Its armv7... It is dependant on whether model it is. You don't want to have the U8800H since it has limited support.

My honest opinion is if you can't afford the very cheap nexus 4 then there is no doubt that this is the phone you definitely want. It is really durable especially the scratch proof screen (Mine has never been scratched) but dropping any phone on a marble would do some sort of damage. Yes its arm 7 and the service center varies between country as one is located in each I think? The one in my country (New Zealand) is extremely good. Mine got hard bricked and they had it back to me within a week of me taking it into the store I bought it from and they gave me a free micro sd because the first time they sent it back the camera told me it couldn't be found. And if you are wanting to get into developing yourself then I 100% recommend this phone to you. Hope this has helped your decision.

Yea Ty guys..Got my x5 pro
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Need some reviews on this phone

I might buy this phone but the company is not famous in my country so was skeptical about it. Just want your reviews guys and its pro's and con's.. Is there any scope of having cm7,9,10 on this phone and is the phone "sources" friendly?
THANKS!

I'm sorry, but you have to be more specific, because there are several models of this phone:
Huawei Ideos X5, or the U8800
Huawei Ideos X5 Pro, or the U8800Pro
U8800-51, which in turn is also called "Impulse 4G"
All in all, you'd be foolish to purchase the original version, which I own, aka. the regular Ideos X5 (U8800). The phone was, for its price, rather excellent, but it is quite outdated at this point. You may want to consider the pro model if it's in your price range as it has official Android ICS, but I'd suggest you to look into Sony Xperia U. This phone was denied official JB, but it still officially has ICS at a low price point with a nice developer base. Don't take my word for this, as I don't actually own this device, though.
Note: The regular version, U8800 has a stable ICS ROM as well, built by dzo. As Huawei abandoned us on 2,2 Froyo with an unfinished 2,3 Gingerbread beta, we are all grateful for dzo for his efforts. (Among other developers)

Tonttunator said:
I'm sorry, but you have to be more specific, because there are several models of this phone:
Huawei Ideos X5, or the U8800
Huawei Ideos X5 Pro, or the U8800Pro
U8800-51, which in turn is also called "Impulse 4G"
All in all, you'd be foolish to purchase the original version, which I own, aka. the regular Ideos X5 (U8800). The phone was, for its price, rather excellent, but it is quite outdated at this point. You may want to consider the pro model if it's in your price range as it has official Android ICS, but I'd suggest you to look into Sony Xperia U. This phone was denied official JB, but it still officially has ICS at a low price point with a nice developer base. Don't take my word for this, as I don't actually own this device, though.
Note: The regular version, U8800 has a stable ICS ROM as well, built by dzo. As Huawei abandoned us on 2,2 Froyo with an unfinished 2,3 Gingerbread beta, we are all grateful for dzo for his efforts. (Among other developers)
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Sorry for being not precise. I am thinking about buying the pro version and its about 200$ in my country INR 10000. It seems very gud phone on net and for very cheap! I think it got ICS official and has cm10 in development phase.

hell_lock said:
Sorry for being not precise. I am thinking about buying the pro version and its about 200$ in my country INR 10000. It seems very gud phone on net and for very cheap! I think it got ICS official and has cm10 in development phase.
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Blefish is working on CM10/10.1 and new kennel 3.4 for u8800nonpro.
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Mlopik said:
Blefish is working on CM10/10.1 and new kennel 3.4 for u8800nonpro.
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I will wait and see which phone gets the best development till the new year. I will start my dev work as soon as I get my phone. Is the bootloader unlocked in this phone? Any way to recover a hard brick on this phone? Something like USB jig for samsung phone?

If you are seeking phon with good support then check my signature.
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It's good enough for daily usage and we've struck lucky with some very dedicated developers (like dzo), but from what I've gathered so far this phone is a nightmare to develop for. You sometimes get the feeling that Huawei has been rummaging around in the wheely bin outside the factory, looking for parts to put in there. Even for the exact same model, there seem to be several hardware revisions.
If you can get it, the Ascend G300 and G330 are much better options. Better built and the G330 might get official Jelly Bean if Huawei continues with one update per phone (X5 got GB, Honour and G300 got ICS).

riDDimann said:
It's good enough for daily usage and we've struck lucky with some very dedicated developers (like dzo), but from what I've gathered so far this phone is a nightmare to develop for. You sometimes get the feeling that Huawei has been rummaging around in the wheely bin outside the factory, looking for parts to put in there. Even for the exact same model, there seem to be several hardware revisions.
If you can get it, the Ascend G300 and G330 are much better options. Better built and the G330 might get official Jelly Bean if Huawei continues with one update per phone (X5 got GB, Honour and G300 got ICS).
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Just saw g300 and g330... 330 is a very gud phone in all aspects but it doesnt hav dev support till now whereas 300 has a very active dev team who made cm10 stable for their phone..
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Yeah, it's only been available for 3 months. I'd be surprised if it didn't get that kind of attention. It's very good value for money and should sell well.